COMMERCIAL.
AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. GERALDINE. Messrs J, Mundell and Co. report , sales for the week ended February 14, 1891, as follows : At Temuka Live Stock Market on Wednesday the following entries of stock were yarded—24l7 sheep, 165 cattle, and 25 pigs. The following prices were realised during the sale: — Sheep Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, fat, 11s 9d to 12s 3d; merino wethers, fat, 6s 9d ; crossbred ewes, fat, 10s Id to 10s 6d ; halfbred wethers and maiden ewes, stores, 9s 6d, Cattle Fat steers, £5 7s 6d, £5 12s 6cl, £5 17s 6d, to £6 2s 6d ; cows, fat, £3 10s, £4 to £4 5s ; steers and heifers, 2-year-olds, £2 to £2 10s ; yearlings, £ I to £1 5s ; calves, 7s Gd to 10s. Pigs—Breeding sows, £1 Is ; strong stores, 12s 6d to 13s; weaners, 6s sd. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, February 14. Tallow, medium beef, 25a. One hundred and. eighty-six thousand bales of wool have been sold to date. Silver, 3s lOd. The New Zealand Farmers’ Association are in receipt of the following cable from their London office : “ Prime Canterbury mutton is worth 2s lid per stone. The market for hemp is stronger, with an upward tendency. The value of New Zealand wheat, February-March shipment for orders and discharge United Kingdom, is 36s per quarter.” February 17. Good quality wool is firm, but j medium and inferior sorts are irregular »
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2165, 19 February 1891, Page 4
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229COMMERCIAL. Temuka Leader, Issue 2165, 19 February 1891, Page 4
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