COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2011, 22 February 1890, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT.

GERALDINE. Messrs J. Mundell and Co. report sales for the week ended February 21st, 1890, as follows : At the Geraldine market on Wednesday the entries of stock were the smallest that have been at these yards for several months. Harvest being now in full swing farmers are all busily securing the grainl Our quotations are as follows :

Sheep—Crossbred 2-tooth, in forward condition, 11s lid; crossbred ewes, full-mouth, fat, 9s, 7s 6d to 6s 9d; merino ewes, 3s 9d.

Cattle-—Two-’y ear-old steers, fat, £3 17s 6d; yearlings, £1 ss; drv cows, £l.

Pigs—Hone sent forward. Clearing Sale —On account of William Upton Slack, Esq.. Woodside, Geraldine, we held a sale of live stock, furniture and effects, which was largely attended by buyers from all parts of the district. Every lot sold under keen competition at satisfactory prices, a few of which we append—bheep : Crossbred wethers and ewes, 4-tooth to full mouth, 10s ; crossbred lambs, 6s; Leicester rams, 2J to 2 guineas each. Cattle: Dairy cows, £8 to £4 ss; yearlings, £2 2s. Pigs ; Young Berkshire boar, £1; breeding sows, £1; strong stores, £1 • weaners, sa, Horses; Draughts, £2O; light harness, £22; hackneys, £l4 10s to £8 10s. Household furniture and dairy utensils at prices satisfactory to the vendor.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS,

At the Addington Yards on Wednesday there was a good attendance of buyers of stock, and the market was fairly brisk.

Fat Sheep—4ooo were yarded. Of these a large proportion were of the very primest quality, inferior mutton being in the minority. From the opening of the sale it was evident that there was less demand than there was last week, and the first thousand were sold subject to a slight decline in values, though not sufficient to warrant an alteration in quotations. As the sale proceeded there was better competition, and the best quality averaged throughout only a shade less than 2£d per lb, while there was no mutton sold under l|-d. The general average went as near 2d alb as close calculations can make it.

btore Sheep Two-tooth mixed cross-breds sold in lots of from 100 to 500 at 8s Bd, 10s 3d, 10s lOd, ll s 4d, and ils sd, the last two lines being* keenly sought after, as was proved by the price they brought. Full-mouthed half-bred and cross-bred ewes realised from 4s 2d to 7s. Full-mouthed inerino ewes brought 2s 9d, and a line of cross-bred lambs fetched 6s. Merino wethers, offered at 6s, were withdrawn at 5s 9d.

Lambs—The demand for fat lambs was not so great, and the sale showed a drop of from Is to Is 6d per head on prices recently obtained There was nothing of extra quality in the yard, the highest price obtained being 12s' for one small pen. ’ Fat Cattle—This was the weakest section of the day’s, there bein» neither many head nor much that could be classed as prime beef. A line of very nice heifers and cows from the School of Agriculture was the most attractive feature of the sale These realised up to £7 a head, and some big bullocks from Mr Dean’s estate went up to £7 7s. Best ox and heifer beef realised about 18s, but cow or inferior quality sold at various rates from lls to 14s per 1001 b.

btore Cattle—There was only a moderate entry, and a good few of these changed hands at satisfactory prices. J

Pigs—There was a better entry of store pigs, but not sufficient to meet the demand of farmers wanting stubblers, who paid well for their requirements, though not within 2s 6d a head of last week’s prices. Some heavy bacon pigs were offered, which did not realise as much per pound as the stores did if weighed.

The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday: —

Wheat—The market still remains in the unsatisfactoiy state, and, although there is rather more business doing in second-class samples, it is at prices which cannot be otherwise than very unsatisfactory to growers Prime milling is not too plentiful, but sufficiently so to meet the demand. We quote prime milling, 2s lOd to 3s • medium, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; inferior and fowl feed, 2s to 2s 3d.

Oats—There has been rather more inquiry for shipments during the week, and, as growers have made up their minds to face the situation, sales of some considerable extent have been made. The stocks held are now not largre, and until the new crop is ready for the market we do not anticipate any change in values. We quote prime milling, Is 4d to Is 5d ; bright feed, Is 2fd to Is inferior, Is to Is 2d.

Grass oeed "Wo quote machinedressed, 3s 8d to 4s ; clean threshed samples, 3s to 3s Od ; inferior, 2s to 2s 6d,