Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 207, 24 May 1902, Page 2

Commercial.

0 THE BURNSIDE MARKET. JJunkdin, May 21. Cattle 215 fat outlie were var. ed. Beat bullocks sold at £9 5s to £10”l2s 6d” nne p n very prune fo died €l2. medium £8 2a (11 to £9, others £7 IQs tn £B, best cows £7 5s to £7 12s 6J, other £4 IQs to £G. Sheep 1543 fat sheep were pen edDe l «dhe,> sold at 15s u. 17- G.|, „rh-,8 nie-uum lbs to 11- tkl, oth- rs 7s to 8s (id. 154 iambs wu,e yarded and best .old at T-. t. Ids hi, im-dniii, 9s 9 i u, i ls 3 | olhei s 6i b.l to o . lMgs-204 pip were penned. puckers sdu a. 2s 6d to 7s, .dips 9s to 12s. stores 14a to l/s 6d, porkers 24s to 325, 3 '!i h.-avy pig- 60s. A heat t here is more inquiry for prime milting wheat hut riot mm h bus ness is doing. h\ )v , j ti a being sold at (pi Rations for local use but shipping orders are being supplied at lower rates from northern por s. Prime milling is quoted at 4s 2d to 4a 3> medium nominal 3s 9d to 4-, g od old fowl » heat 3s Id to 3s 3d, inferior and broken 2s 9d to 3-, sacks extra.

Oats Milb-rs are buying sparingly, Thfii't! lias a good demand for all feed Its in good condition. Prime milling is quoted a' 2- 7d to 2s good to beat feed 2 s 5d to 2 S 6Jd, medium 2s 4cl to 2s 5 s inferior s rts 2a to 2s 3d sacks extra *

Barley—Some business is doing in feed lines but ma sters are not buying much. Prime lakes is quoted at 4s, medium 3s to 3s Gd, feed and milling 2s Gd to 2s 9d sacks extra. ’

TIM All U SKIN SALES. The usual fortnightly skin sales were held on Wednesday, when some of the entries were largo and there was an advance on late prices. Pelts sold at Id, 6d, Bd, Hd, Is, Is 3d to Is lid; crossbreds, Is 2d, Is 6d, Is lid, 2s, 2s 2d, 2s 3d. 2s sd, 2s Gd, 2s Bd, 2s 9d, 3s, 3s Id, 3s 2d to 3s 4d; halfbreds, 2s 7d to 2s 8d ; lambs, lid, Is, Is ss, Is 6d, Is 7d, Is Bd, Is 9d, Is lOd, 2s, 2s 6d, 2s 9d to 3s ; butchers* skins, 2s 4d, 2s 6d, 2s Gd, 2s Bd, 2s lid to 3s; botchers' merino skins, 3s 4a; merino skms, per lb, sd; crossbred skins’, per lb, 2Jd, 3d, 3id ; mixed, 22-3 d, 3d, 3 2 d ; lamb skins, 2Jd, 3d ; halfbred w- 01, per lb, 4Jd ; three-quarter bred, per lb, 3Jd ! crossbied. per lb, 4£d ; merino loeka and nieces, 3|d ; dead wool 2gd, 3id, ; black, 3ijd; ordinary locks and pieces, l£d, 2d. to m 2*d t 0 ; good merino wool, 5M to per lb.

STUDHOLME HORSE The Canterbury Pamiers’ Co-operative Association, Limited, report having received an entry at the Studholme yards on Thursday of 53 h;ad of draught, harness and hackney horses, of which entry 49 were offered under the hammer, 23 of which changed ownership. All young sound draughts met with good competition, the only lots of this class that were passed consisting of a few high priced ones, which although being competed for up to good figures, came slightly below owner’s reserves. The next sale will be held on Thu-sday a month ahead. Quotations are as follows ; —3 to 6 year old mares and geldings, L 23. L 24, 1.26, L 26 10s, L3I 10s, L 32 10s, L 34, L 36 10s, L 57, L 39 10s, L 42, L 43 to L 47; medium to good aged draughts, Ll 5 15», LlB, L2G, L 29 10s. L2B L 27 10s, L3l 10s; old stagers, L 9, LlO 10s, LI2 to Ll 4 10s ; harness sorts, LlO 12s Gd, Ll2, Ll 3 10s. Ll 4to L1515s : hackneys, L 5, L 5 10s, L 7 5s toL9 10s.

STUD3OLME JUNCTION SALE. At this sale yesterday there wag barely room for the entries sent forward, these comprising about 10,000 sheep and 60 .lead of cattle. There was a very large attendance if buyers, but the yarding was in excess of the demand. Anything far or forward brought exceedingly good p ic s, but sales of backward stores were very much in favour of buyer* Sheep prices -Heavy weig.;, 2 tooth maiden sheep 18s Id, 2 tooth halfbred wethers heavy weights, 17s 101, extra good fa- 2 tooth ewes and wethers 16s to 15s, but hers’ ewes, fat, 10s 3d to 10s Id, forward conditioned 2 tooth thiee-quarter bred ewei 13s, fat and forward lambs 10s 3d,to 9s Grl, good store lambs 8s 9d to 7s sd, medium quality lambs 6s to os Id, 4, 6 and 8 tooth three-quarter bred ewes {in lamb) lls to 8s 6d, band 8 tooth halfbred owes in lamb 10s Id, cull ewes unpty, 3s 6 •, sound mouth merino ewes 4s sd, extra good fat lambs on account of b. R. Dickson 13s 3d, cull lambs 3s lOd to 2s -d, bouthland half and three quarter bred wethers, mostly 4 tooth, 12s 3d to lls 6a.

Cattle—Fat 3 year heifers L 6 10s, good store 2 year o'd steers L 3, forward conditioned 3 year old steers L 5 7s 6d, good cows close oa calving L 7 to L 5 ss, 2 year old heifers in calf L 4 lie, dry cows L 5 to L 3 15s 18 months steers and heifers L2, yearlings L2 4s to LI Ll, 18 months heifers L 3 to L2 ss, calves 34s to 18s.