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Temuka Leader, Issue 2118, 30 October 1890, Page 4

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AUCTIONEER’S REPORTS. TIMAKTJ. Mr E, R, Guinness, for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ageney • Company, Limited) reports for the week ending October 25 h : Sheep—Entries at the various fixtures—especially Geraldine and Temuka —have been fairly good, and, considering that we have had a very dry- spring, with any number of nor’-westers, the demand and prices must be admitted by the most despondent to be beyond their most . sanguine expectations. When venders are prepared to accept current rates sales are easily effected. Cattle—Very small numbers of fat cattle find their way into the saleyards—in fact, there is no beef worth mentioning in the district. Anything approaching fat that is offered at auction sells remarkably well. Stores are now coming in freely, more especially at Temuka, which is essentially a cattle dit-trict, and large exchanges take place. Geraldine Yards —At the above yards, jointly with Mr A. B. Cox, on the 15th inst., we had a large entry of sheep and cattle yarded, and good business was done. "We effected the : following sales by auction 30 fat j crossbreds at 17s 7d, 90 fat haltbreds at 16s, 30 fat three quarterbreds at 16s 6d, 64 store 2-tooth crossbreds at 14s 6d, 20 do do calls at lls 6d, 190 store 2-tooth crossbred ewes at 13s 6d, 19 crossbred ewes with lambs at foot at 13s 9d, and 563 half and threequarterbred hoggets at 12s Bd. I Temuka Yards—Ou the 21st inst., 1 jointly with Mr A. B. Cox, our entry | consisted of 1055 sheep, 50 head of cattle, and 15 pigs, on account of the following valued clients :—Messrs P, Wareing, G. McMillan, M. Quinn, C. Bisdee, W. Brogden, J. Grant, J. E. Park, A L. Barker, W. Chisholm, T. Daly, W. and H. Macaulay, W. G. i Aspinall, and others. The following are our sales : —Sheep : 130 fat crossbreds at 16s, 208 do do at 16s 3d, 32 do at 13s, and 68 crossbred hoggets (culls) at 9s 7d. Two of our principal Tines were withdrawn, owners’ values not being reached Cattle : 5 heifers at £2 7s 6d, 1 fat cow at £4 7s 6d, 2 heifers at £2 17s 6d, 7 2-year-olds at 42s 6d, 6 do do at 355, 7 dry cows £2 2s, and 17 yearlings from 10s to 20s each. Washdyke Sales—We have again to report light entries of both sheep and cattle, with a small attendance of buyers; consequently very little business. Sheepskins —On Wednesday we sold factory crossbreds at 6s 4d to 6s 6d, extra good 6s 9d; butchers’ best crossbreds 6s to 6s Bd, extra large 6s lOd, second quality 5s 3d to 5s lOd ; merinos 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; dry country skins sfd to 6fd per lb — according to condition. Hides—Demand inactive, and prices are without alteration. Eat—Prices remain steady; good demand for all brought forward.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Ocfc. 28. Wheat —Chick, 3s 8d ; milling, 4s to 4s Id. Oats, Is XOd to 2s Id; maize, 3s lOd. Bariev —Cape 2s (nominal) ; English, feeding, 2s 6d. Bran, 7d; poilard, 6fd. Peas — Prussian blues, 3s 9d. Potatoes, £2 5s to £2 10s; onions, £l2. Butter —Dairy-made, 6d ; factory-made, 8d ; separator-made, 7d. Cheese—Loaf size, 5d to 6d. Bacon —Machinecured, 5d to 6d ; hand-cured, 6d to 7d; rolls, 7d to 7id; New Zealand, 9d Hams—New Zealand, lOd to Is. Melbourne. Oct 28. Wheat (limited sales), 3s Elour (quiet) Stone-made, £8 10s ; roller-made, £9 10s. Maize, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; bran, 9d to pollard, 9d ; peas, 3s. Adelaide. Oct. 28. Wheat, 3s 9d. Elour—Roller-made, £8 5s to £9 5s Barley—Cape.2s 3d to 2s 6d ; English malting, 2s 6d to 4s, Bran, 8d to ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Oct 25. Tallow—Medium mutton, 20s ; do beef, 255. The English wheat market is firm and Continental dull, while American has an upward tendency. A cargo of wheat per barque Diana from Lyttelton has been sold at 36s 3d. Leather—Australian, B|-d to 9d. Eleven hundred cases of kauri gum have been sold. Fine selected averaged £l2 10s and good scraped £4 Bar silver, 4s.