COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2181, 28 March 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. GERALDINE. J. Mundell and Co. report sales for the week eiided March 25, 1891, as follows GERALDINE YARDS. Wednesday— The entries for the day consisted ot 11,650 sh&ep, 45 cattle, and 57 pigs. The major portion was sold under keen competition at the following quotations:— Sheep Crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 2 and 4-tooth, 12s lid, 13 8> to 13a lOd; crossbred wethers and maiden eweS, 2-tooth, lls‘6d to 12s Id j crossbred ewes, fal r 11s 6d,’lls 9d, to 12a ; three-quarter-bred lambs in good condition, 9a 3d, 9s 6d, to 10s; halfbred lambs, Bs, 8a 3d, to 8s 6d; culls, 5a 8d to 5s 6d; crossbred ewes, full mouth, 5s 6d, 5s 9d, to 7s 4d; merino ewes, breeding sheep, 3s lOd, 4s, to 5s 6d ; culls, 2s 6d to 3s. Cattle —Steers and heifers, fat, £4-10a to £5; forward store steers and heifers,'£3 12s; dry cows in forward condition, £2 17s 6d; 2-year-old steers i and heifers, £1 15s, calves, 9s 6d to 10s.

Pigs—Porkers, 15s to 17s 6d; strong stores, 9k to 10s 6d; weaners, 3s 6d to 4s. ' TEMUKA TABUS. Tuesday—The entries consisted of 6250 sheep, 75 cattle, and 130 pigs. For all lines of young sheep, competition was good blit for cull ewes, of which there were large numbers yarded, the sale was dull and dragging, buyers evidently having decided to wait the course of events rather than give the prices asked by vendors for this class of sheep. The following prices were realised ,

Sheep—-Crossbred ewes and wethers* I 4-tooth, 13s lid to 14a ; three-quarter bred wethers and maiden, ewes, 4-tooth, 1 forward stores, 13a 6d to 13s 8d ; halfbred wethers and maiden ewes, 2 and 4-tooth, lls 6d, to 11s 9d; halfbred ewes, breeding sheep, 8s lOd, to 9s; halfbred lambs, 9a ; three-quarter-bred lambs, 8b 9d to 9s 6d ; crossbred wethers and ewes, fat, 12s; merino ewes, 5b to 5s 2d. Cattle—Steers, fat, £7 ; steers and heifers, light weights, £8 5s to £4 10s; heifers in forward condition, £3 12s 6d ; fat cows, £5 ; dry cows, £1 to £1 10s. Pigs—Bacon sorts £1 lls ; porkers; 14s 6d, 15s 6d, to 16s ; medium stores, 9s to 10s 6d; weaners, 3s 6d to 4s. CLEARING SALES. We held a clearing sale of live stock; farming implements, etc., at Dinda Farm, Waitohi Downs, on Monday.' The sale was largely attended from all parts of the district, every line selling readily at prices satisfactory to the vendor. PBIYAXB SALES. We have sold during the week about 4000 breeding ewes at prices up to quotations.

SALE AT RAUKAPUKA. On Wednesday last Messrs H. B, Webster and Go. held a very large clearing sale of land, sheep, -implements, etc, on account of Mr W. Postlethwaite, at Eaukapuka. Buyers! were present in large ; numbers* fr6mi all parts of the district, and biddings were spirited, the result' being that nearly every line ■ was disposed of, A portion of the land, however, failed to reach owner’s reserves and was passed in. l

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington yards on Wednesday the weather was all that could I be desired,' and- there was- a large attendance. The entry of stock was large. Sheep—From 6000 to 7000 were yarded, including nearly all classes. - The leading lines were crossbred ewes 1 which did not meet with so ready a 1 market as recently, though some very good quality and conditioned sold well. Forward conditioned maidens brought 13s, sound mouthed ewes 10s 2d, lls, to lls 3d, aged ewes from 7s to 9s 9d,; crossbred Istmbs in poor condition 6s sd, store merino wethers 5s 2d. Fat Sheep—ln fat sheep about 4000 were yarded, of which there was some very nice sorts, but there was an absence of heavy weight wethers. Crossbred ewes sold well and some lines of merinos brought very good prices, but the market as a whole showed a tendency to fall. The change from last week’s values, however, is hardly quotable.

Fat Lambs —In fat lambs there were nearly 1100 yarded, but the quality was uneven. Prime freezers were bought for that purpose, but values were from Is to Is 6d a head less than last week’s quotations, the general price given being from 9s to lls 6d. There were sold for Mr A, M. Clark 209 at 9a 7d to lls 6d, Fat Cattle—lsß head of nice sorts were sold, nearly all finding a market at slightly better rates than have existed lately. Best steers and heifer beef was fully 19s per 1001 b, and very little of any kind was sold under 17s per 1001 b.

Store Cattle—ln store cattle there were only 98 head yarded, the most of which were old cows, bulls, and a few head of yearlings. The demand was small and the sale dragged considerably, those sold not realising satisfactory prices. Yearlings were disposed of at from lls to 17s, and cows at all prices. The sale of dairy cows was also limited. Pigs—The entry of pigs was not large, being made up of a few stores, the greater part porkers and some baconers. The sales were unimportant, DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted : Pat Cattle—l6l head yarded, of which number scarcely half were ot medium to prime quality. Prices paid for beef of prime description was a shade better than last week. Best bullocks brought £7 to £8 ss, one or two pens of very heavy and - prime cattle £9, £9 2a 6d to £9 7s 6d. Prime cows and heifers, £5 5s to £6 15s; medium, £4 5s to £4 12s 6d j light and inferior, £1 10s to £2 15a and £3.

Fat Sheep —2325 yarded, nearly all crossbreds, and for the most part of fair to medium quality only. Taken on the whole the day’s transactions were rather firmer than those of last week, the only exception to this rule being lots of fall and broken-mouthed ewes, which towards the close of the sale eased off a little in price. Average weight wethers brought 13s 6d to Ms; extra good, to 14s 6d; medium, 12s 9d to 13s 3d; light, Us 6d to 12s. A few very heavy ewes brought 14s, 14s 6d to 14s 9d, but good lines may be quoted at 12s to 13a; medium, 10s 6(1 to Us ; light, 9s to 10s. Fat Lambs lines brought 10a 6d to lls 6d; medium to good, 8s 6d to 10s ; inferior, 7s to Bs. Pigs—ls 9 penned. The demand was dull, and prices low and unsatisfactory. Suckers brought 4s to 7s 6d; stores, 12s to 16s; porhers, 20s to 245; baconers, 27s to 335; a few extra heavy to 40s.