STOCK REPORT.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 248, 31 October 1872, Page 8

STOCK REPORT.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report, for the week ending October 26th, as follows : •

Fat Cattle. — 75 head were yarded, a number in excess of the requirements of the trade, and prices ruled a shade lower in consequence. Our sales consisted of 3^ head at from £7 to £13 10s for bullocks, and £1 2s' 6d for cows - equal to 28s per lOOlbs for prime quality, and 22s for middling ditto. Fat Sheep. — An unusually large supply came forward, 3250 being penned. We sold 130 cross-breds at 18s 6d ; 197 merino wethers, good quality, at 14s 9d ; and 100, middling quality, at/12s. The balance were turned out. We quote prtfne quality cross-breds, 4Jr per lb ; do merinos, 3|. " Store Cattle. —There is a good enquiry for this class of stock. We quote bullocks, 3 to 5 years, £3 5s to £4 ; mixed herds 45s to 50s.

Store Sheep. Transactions are very limited, owing to shearing being so close at hand. We sold 800 half and threequarter bred lambs for delivery in February, at 103 each. Horses. — In the absence of the arrival of fresh lots, not much business has been done. ' There is, however, a good demand for young draughts and coaching horses of the right stamp. We quote first-class draughts, £45 to £50 ; medium do, £25 to £30; good hacks and light harness horses, £25 to £'30 ; medium do, £10 to £12 ; light and inferior, £5 to £6. Wool, &c. — At our weekly sale,' on Wednesday, there was an excellent attendance, and all the lots offered — comprising 1400 sheepskins, and hides — were disposed of at full rates, -as follows :—: — Merino, station skins, 2s lid to 5s Id each ; do green do, 6s to 6s 2d ; half-bred station do, 9s ; do green do,- 9s to 10s. Hides, inferior, 14s each. Grain. — Wheat is in fair' demand, and good samples are saleable at 5s 3d per bushel. Oats are in request at 2s to" 2s Id for feed, and 2s 2d to 2s 3d for milling qualities. ■"