COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2057, 10 June 1890, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. GERALDINE. Messrs J. Muadell and Go. report sales for the week ended Juno 7th, 1890, as follows: A 1 Pleasant Point Monthly Sale on Monday there was a large entry of s'ock yarded, th» built of which wag sold at satisfactory prices, Of our entry, we sold in Sheep—246 llme-quar'er-bred wethers and maiden ewes 2-loolh at 14s Id ; 63 crossbred we hers and maiden ewes 2 and 4-lootb at 14s ; 163 crossbred lambs at 8s 7>l ; 75 crossbred welbers and maiden at lls sd, and a line of store merino weibeis at 3s Bd, Cattle—4 steers, and heifers at £4; 5 steers and heifers, fat, at £5 ; cows in profit, £2 5s ; 2 year-old steers at £1 15s *, yearlings, 15s ; calves, 10s. : Pigs—-Weaners we sold at 10 the following price?, viz., 6s 6d, 5«, to 4s 6d, At Geraldine Live Stock Market on Wednesday tip yarding was the smallest we have had for several months, but the competition was good on a'l lots coming under the hammer, and we could have disposed of at least 3000 sheep at satisfactory prices if they had been yarded, A I lots under offer so'd at the following prices ; bbeep Crossbred 2-looth wethers and maiden ewes, 14s 7d ; merino wethers, 7s Id ; cull crossbred ewes, 3s 3d 1; iia If bred 2-toolh wethers and maidens, fit for turnips, 12s, Cattle—7o head yarded. Wo sold 2 steers, fat, at £6 ; fat cows at £4 12s 6d, £3 15s to £3 10s; rows in profit. £ss ss, £2 5s to £2 ; 2 year-old steers and heifers, £2 5s to £2 ; yearlings, £1 2s 6d to £1 ; calves, 12s. Pigs—Weaners, 8s 6J.

At Washdyke yards on Thursday we sold SO.crossbred wethers and ewes, fal, at 11s lid 5 205 crossbred ewes, in lamb at 7s 6d ; 73 crossbred 2-tootbs at jlla ; 100 balfbred ewes in lamb at 6s 4d ; 100 do do do at 6s 3d ; 400 imerino ewes at 4s ; Border Leicester rams at 9s. ! | At our sale rooms, Geraldine, on Saturday, we held a clearing sale of .household furniture and general drapery. |Tfai re was a large attendance, and all lots submitted sold at satisfactory prices.

TIMARU. Messrs William Collins and Co. report a good attendance at their regular weekly grain and general produce sale, held by them on Saturday, Pigs were in good demand and brought as high as 17s 6d each, carcases pork per lb. for 150'bs ; anything larger are sold at a lower rate. Derwent potatoes sold well at 50s per ton, onions »t per lb. I hero is no demand for kidneys. For feed oafs the owners will not accept ihe price offered, Late advices from Sydney show ajoss on all consignments from ihtre. '. 800 tons of maize arrived by the last Ban Francisco boat in Sydney, and while that article of horse feed continues to arrive, Kgw Zealand oats must take a back seat. Fowl wheat sold well ; for o ean broken seconds 2s 2d per bushel was the top price, thirds 4s 6d, 5s 9d, to 6s 3d per bag ; seconds oats 3s per bag ; big potatoes 30s per ton. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, June 6. Quotations for frozen meat are unchanged j

New ZeaLandhemp, good]o medium I quality, averages £2O to 20 ss. , 1 Kauri gain, fine pale selected, £ll, 1 June 7. j New Zealand oats are'selling at 26s 6s : to 29s 6d. j Galvanised iron, Orb brand, £lB ; I Gospel Oak, £l9. I i Leather, best sides, 8d to j The market for hindquarters of New Zealand beef is weaker,, and there has . been a decline of per )b. The British i Government will make no further purichases of frozen beef until October next. For New Zealand hemp there is no jdemand, and 1400 bales were bought''in. i The wool list for the third serieshas closed, and the total namber of ' bales available is 406,000. At the Antwerp j sales 100,0 bales were offered, but ,on|y 1 half werq disposed qf f> Australian greasy : sorts were;s per ,cont., and, scoured; 10 ' per cent., below the prices obtained at lbe close of .the-.last sales in London. , The value of the exports for May have increased by £2,500,000, and the imports have decreased by, £1,500,000 as compared with the corresponding month last year. , ’.