COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1740, 22 May 1888, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORT. TIMARU. Mr E. R, Guinness (for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports for the week ending Saturday, May 19th, as follows ;

Washdyke Yards Cattle: There have been average enteles, and prices show no improvement. Quotations are from 15s to 17s per lOOlbs for prime beef. Stores; Nothing of any importance has taken place, and transactions are only nominal. Sheep : Large supplies have come forward at the weekly sales of various sorts, including several exceptionally good graziers’ lines, all of which were keenly competed for. The demand for healthy half and crossbred lambs, 2 and 4-tooth crossbreds, fit for turnip feeding, is good, especially the latter. On the 10th we yarded 1414 and sold every lot as follows: 65 fat crossbred ewes at 6s, 172 4-tooth ewes at 6s Bd, 26 store 4-tooth crossbred wethers 7s 6d, 290 2-tooth ewes and wethers at at 6s 7d, 194 small 2-tooths at 5s 6d, 161 2-tooth fat crossbred wethers at 9s, 228 crossbred lambs (small) at 3s 4d, 468 old half-bred ewes at 3s Bd. On the 17th we sold 292 2-tooth crossbreds at 7s 3d, 88 do do at 7s Id, 130 do do at 6s 3d, cull ewes at 3s lid, and lambs at 4s 3d. Wool and Sheepskins—On Wednesday last, at our annual fortnightly sale, there was a fair attendance of buyers. Owing to the inclement weather supplies were not large. The same cause has prevented fellmongers drying, consequently they had large stocksjonhand which made them operate with great caution. Prices suffered to the extent of 6d per skin. Prices were as follows : Wool (mixed merino, 3f d to 4d per lb; fleece, sid to 6d per lb; crossbreds, 5d per lb. Skins Butchers’ crossbreds, 2s 6d, 2s 9d, to 3s for best; second, 2s, 2s 3d, to 2s 4d; country lots according to size and condition; factory skins, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Privately and by auction we have disposed of 8 bales and 5 bags wool and 1852 skins. Hides— We repeat late quotations ; all are disposed of. Pat—The enquiry for rough fat is steady ; we cleared our supplies at 9s to 10s per cwt.

TIMARU MARKETS. Wheat Quotations are : Prime velvet and tuscan, 2s 7d; red chaff, 2s 6d; squarehead, 2s 6d; whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s Id; broken do, Is 6d.

Oats Quotations; Prime milling, Is 8d to Is B|d; good short feed, Is 7d to Is 8d; bright heavy danish, Is 4|d to Is s^d; fair average, Is 4d to Is 4|d. Barley.—Malsters being fairly well supplied for the present, the market is somewhat easier, but no large quantities are offering. For prime malting 3s 9d is present value.

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednes day the following business was trans acted :

Fat Cattle—Two hundred find fortyseven head were yarded, about half being prime. The demand was very slack, and prices for anything but primest pens were very low, several pens going to winter feeders. Bullocks sold at £3 2s 6d to £lO ; cows, £2 10s to £6 7s 6i. Wright, S'ephensou, and 00. sold for Mr J. Guild (Trevenna Farm), 12 heavy prime bullocks, heavy weights, at from £7 2a 6i to £8 10s.

Fat Sheep—32so were penned, consisting of 750 merinos and 2500 crossbreds, a small proportion being wethers of prime quality. Crossbred wethers sold at from 8s to 12s 6d ; crossbred ewes, 5s 9d to 11s 6d ; merino wethers, 6s to 6s 91. Donald Reid and Co. sold for Mr William Grant (ifilloughlon Grange), G 5 half bred ewes at 7« 3d. Reid, Maclean, and Co. sold for Messrs Bourne and McDonald (Washdyke), 89 crossbred ewes from 7s 9d to 7s 6d. Fat Lambs —340 were penned, all good quality. These mot a ready sale at about last week's rates, viz., 3s 6d for very email to 8a 6d.

Fat Pigs—ls 4 wore yarded, nearly all prime bacon pigs, Curers again took all suitable at late quotations, Reid, Maclean, and 00. sold for Messrs Bourne and M. McDonald (Wushdyke), 25 from 52s to 26s 6d. Suckers realised from Gs to 8s 6d.

ENGLISH MARKETS. London, May 17, The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,720,000 quarters and for the Continent 484.000 quarters. The American visible supply of wheat is 29,250,000 bushels. The wool arrivals to date amount to 260.000 bales. May 18. An Australian wheat cargo of 8500 quarters, May shipment, has been sold at 345. Tallow Mutton is easier, and quoted at 255; beef at 235.