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Temuka Leader, Issue 2099, 16 September 1890, Page 4

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AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. | w GERALDINE. Messrs J. M undell and Co. report sales for the week ended Sept. 13tb 1890, as follows : • i

At Temuka Tarda on Friday a largp entry of stock was submitted to auctiop' which sold at satisfactory prices,'notiwitfastanding the labor troubles and closing of the freezing works ip North Canterbury causing a drop of about 3s per head in fat sbeep. Prices obtained during the sale were :

Sheep—Crossbred wethers and ewes, fat, 16s to 15s; crossbreds, 2-tooth stores, 12s to lls 9d ; three-quarter-bred hoggets, 12a sd, 12s 4d, 12s 10s 7d to 9s; crossbred ewes, witp lambs at foot, 14a 4d to 10s; merino ewes, in lamb, 7a; merino wethers, stores, 6s 6d. Cattle —Cows, fat, £4 10a to £4 ; cows, springing, £3 to £2 10s; dry cows, £1 10s to £1 ; three-year-old; steers and heifers, £2 7s 6d ; yearlings, do do, £1 5s to £1; calves, 10a. ) Pigs—Porkers, £i 18a to £1 7s 6d J stores, 10s, 9a 6d to 6a. I

TIMARU. j i Messrs Grade, Maclean and Co. report for the past fortnight as fob, lows : : <

Horses —At the Timaru fyprse bazaar our entries continue small, anjd. buyers of draughts cannot get their wants supplied. A small consignment from Oamaru. sold to-day at up tio £25. Light horses of. good quality, are saleable at_fair values. To day we sold on account of the owner, a 2-year-old colt (by Borderman, dam Beeswing) for 40 guineas, and. th'o trotting mare ; Jo for £2B 10a. Ou’r sales of medium to good draughts at from £ls 10s to £5 ; inferior, £8 to £l2; medium hacks, £6 to £lO 10s. !

Pigs—A large entry at Pleasant Point, but sales are difficult to effect. We sold weaners at 5s to 7s 6d; slips, 10s to 13s 6d. ’ ■

Mr K. R. Guinness (for the Nevr.Zea-; land Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports for thaweVli ending September l3lb ; The labor troubles, and the uni-: fortunate fact that the freezing worlds both north and south of us at this time of the year should have to suspend operations, has caused a depressing effect on the stock market, and in our opinion it is very trying for graziers, ’their turnips being finished and the grass not sufficiently forward to keep sheep going. The result is that they must be saerificeid to the tune of 2s to 3s per head, or held until after shearing. The above has not had the same: effect on beef market, which is very bare, anjl : shows an upward tendency. Washdyke Yards numbers brought forward of both cattle and sheep, and very little business transacted. We sold 109 prime crossbreds at 16s 2d. Pleasant Point—A large entry cJf, sheep came to hand, and an averageone of cattle. We sold half bred ewes in lamb at 12s lOd, crossbred hoggets at lls lid, merino ewes in lamb at 6s 7d, crossbred hoggets at 12s, halfbred hoggets at 13s, old halfbred ewes in lamb at 6s 7d. Cattle: For Mr. P. O’Connell, fat heifers from £3 12s 6d to £5 15s a piece.

Geraldine Yards—A full entry of sheep came forward, made up principally of hoggets and old crossbred ewes in lamb. We sold for Mr J. M. Barker prime fat crossbreds at 16s 4d, and for the same owner fat ewes 14s 5d ; for other clients crossbred ewes in lamb from 10s to 10s 6d.

Temuka Tards—On Friday, 12th inst., we held our first sale at this fixture, when there was a large entry of sheep, and a good attendance of buyers. Although the prices showed a drop on rales ruling a few weeks ago a good clearance was effected. We sold fat crossbred ewes at 12a and cull hoggets at 9s sd. Cattle : Not a large number came forward. We sold 2-year-olds (small) at 35s and yearlings aflss. We anticipate a good demand; for store cattle during the next few. weeks, and, as this is. essentially,-a? cattle district, we expect a full entry at the next few sales.. , Sheepskins and Wool—On Wednesday at our usual fortnight sale there was a fair attendance of" the, trade, and prices for some classes of skins were 3d to 6d down. Our sales privately and by auction were 2783; which realised as follows Best factory crossbreds, 5s 9d to 6s Id ; best butchers’, 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; extra, large, 6s Id to 6s 2d ; second quality;'; 4s 6d to 5s 3d; merinos, 4s 6d to 5s ; second quality, 3s 6d to 3s 6d; country skins, 2s to 4s 6d—according to size and quality. Wool in bags from 3|d to 6|d per lb. Fat —All on hand cleared at, late quotations. Hides —The market remains inactive. We have sold a large number at late prices.

Messrs William Collins and Co. report a slack week. The strike is beginning to make trade very dull. Potatoes are offering freely, but there' are no buyers. Fowl wheat sells well at 2s 3d to 2s 9d per bushel; feed oats, Is 2d to Is 3d do. At their regular weekly auction on Saturday

i live piga bro.ught 7s 6d to 15s each, 5 an eßlry'ef’tarns and’ ha'cbn 6|3 round, kidney potatoes 25s'' per!’tori, Gariiiiru ! s’edd’' ? de i rweri't , B J W|> ! bought during the day a A mce' line ’of tffte&nteMfis |d 1 arid °heavy do°al; 'leiri Values! S : qiH imilf-l'! 1 ' K ‘ l i<i’. ■ ; . .* j -■ENGLISH MARKETS. ; : London Sept. 12. | , i Adelaide ]wheat lis flat at>,3,9a 3di; .Victorian. is; iweaker. at/, 37s' 6d,! /Ne# 1 3 Zealand ldng-.berried.is.also weaker,at. . **>• "■ ■■ " • 1 '■ i