Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 228, 12 July 1902, Page 2

Commercial.

GERALDINE LIVE STOCK SALE. There \v is a good attendance at the Ger.ddine live stock sale on Thursday, and a fairly s.tisfactory market. The entry of sheep was about 4000. Threequarter hied hoggets sold at ss, os Gd, 6s Gd, 7s 6d, 8s 6d to 10s ; ewes in lamb, 4 and 6-toolh, 12s Gd to 13s ; old ewes in lamb, 5» 3 i, Gi 6d to 8s ; 2and 4 tooth wethers (stores), 10s 6d to 12’ 3 I ; tat and forward wethers, I2s Gd to 15s. There was a good entry of cattle which sold well. Springing cars brought £7 to £8 15s; fat cows up to £8 ; cows in profit up to £8 There was a fair en'ry of pigs. Small stores fetched 9$ 3d, 9s Gd, 11s to 12s. THE ADDINGTON MARKET. Christchurch, July 9. “ Cattle—lss fat cattle, mostly secondary sorts, were yarded, and prices showed an improvement. Prime stores sold at £9 5s to £lO 12s 6d, others £0 10s to £3 10-, best heifers £8 to £9 15s, cows £6 to £8 12s Gil. No business was done in stores. Good dairy orttle sold well at £7 10s to £9 12s 6cl, others were uegleated at £4 to £6 10s. Sheep—3soo fat sheep, mostly ewes with a few good wethers, were penned. Exporters and batchers competed keenly for su'.jab’e wethers, but only best ewes were in demand. Anything likely to be in lamb was neglected and several lines were passed." Heavy wethers seld at 19s to 22s 6.1, freez-rs 15s to 18-5 Gd, prime heavy owes 17s to 2 Is Bd, good 12s Gd to 16s 6J, inferior 6s G I to I Is. About 250 prime merino wethers were taken for export at 16a Gd to 18s 7d. The 600 fat lambs were mostly of secondary quality. There was a better demand for good and the bulk was taken for export at 10s 61 to 13s sd, a few extra good fetched 14s 3d, inferior 7s 6d to 9s 6d. The 800 store sheep included only one little lot of wethers which sold at lls 9d, small lots of good ewes 10s 6d to 12s Bd, aged 7s 4d to 8s and boilers 2s 4d ; 196 lambs at 8s 4d and little lots at Gs 3d to 9s 2d. Pigs—4oo pigs were penned and met a better demand for fats, but stores were neglected. Bacooers sold at 34s 6d to 51s 6d, porkers 2is to 325, stores 10s to 18s, small 5s 6J to 9s Gd, THE BURNSIDE MARKET. Duxedix, July 9. Cattle.—2oo fat cattle were yarded, and prices ruled slightly easier. Beat bullocks sold at £9 to £lO 17a 6d, medium £7 5s to £8 15s, best own and heifers £6 to £7 12s 6J, medium £5 to £5 15s. Sheep-3200 fat sheep were penned, and prices ruled about Is lower than last week. Best wethers fetched 16s to 17s 3d, medium IE to 15s 91, best ewes 13s to 14s 6d, medium lls lo Pis 9d. 450 lambs were yarded, prees ruling about the same as lasi/week- Bed sold at 9. 9 t to lls, medium 8s t'9s6l, others 6» to 7s 91. Pigs— l 4B pigs were penned, all sorts being ; n good demand. Suckers sold at 6s to 9q s’ips lls to Us, stores Ui to 20.-, potl.e ;s 21s to 335, bacooers 3os Lo 545, heavy | g“ 755, VYheat—Tnors is soma demand for

prim) velvet bat very iotle of that qualuy is on the market. Other sorts are not asked for except fowl feed for which there is a fair local demand. Prime velvet is quoted at is to 4s 3d, medium, (nominal) 3s 6d to 3s 9d, fowls feel 3s Id to 3s 2d, medium do 2s lOi to 3s, inferior 2s 6d to 2s 9d, Oats—There is no outside demand for oats and business is confined to small 'ots for local requirements Tfio market is weak- Prime milling is quoted at 2s 6fd to 2s 7id, good to best lead 2s 4fjd to 2-i 6 i, interior to medium 2s to 2s 3i, be a seed lots 2s 10 to 3s. STUD.IGi.ME JUNCTION HORSE SALK. The Canterbury Fanners’ Co-oparative Ansoci irion, Limited (per Messrs Man lell ami J -n a, auctioneers), report holding a . sale at dtudhoime on Thursday, which was admitted to be the most sucessrd yet held at the yards. An entry of 46 hor.-es came forward, out of which in loss than 2d wore sold under the hammer and the sales .it the finish totalled 31, a result due to the good class of young draught stock which came forward and to tire keen demand for same, aged horses a'so being not nearly so neglected as ot late. Tno top price was £47 10s for a ■4 year-old gliding and the better sons sold from T 27 on to .-everal ar. £37 and £39 ; medium £2l t.o £2 l ; a;e t £l3 to £2O ; unbroken coita and fillies £l3, £l7 10s £2O o £27. The sale commence ! at I o’c ock and was liuLhsd »t 3.30. 'I ha n.-xt sale at these yards will be held on Thursday, ihe 7'h August. : TULHOI.ML JUNC'JION SALE. Mcssr- tin! ness and Lr Cam, Limited, r* po.t that at th s sal yes.'e day there was a s nail yarding of sh cp and about 30 head of cat 1 le. Sheep There was a keen clem m 1 tor sheep, lambs showing an improvement of about Is 61 per he d. Fat ewer made 7s Id to 8s 2d ; forward wethers and maiden ewes, 12s lid ; lambs, 7s to Bs. Cattle Fat stores, £6 2s 61t0£7 12 ■ 6d : dairy cows, up,to £7 8i ; old cows, £1 ; calves, 19s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, July 9. Wheat, chick, prime 4. 4d; milling, 4s 3d to 4s sd. Flour, £9 10s ; Manitoban, £l2 10s. Oats, feeding, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; seeding, local 3s 6d to 3s 7jd, New' Zealand 3s 7d to 3s Bd. Barl-y, Cap", prime 4a: English feeding, 3s 8d to 4s. Bran and pollard, Is 4d. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £5 to £5 10s ; New Zealand denvents, £5 to £5 2s 6d ; early rose, £7 10s. Onions, Victorian, £8 5s to £3 10s ; New Zealand, £7 to £7 10a. Rutter, local, Is 4d to Is sid ; New Z a'and, prime Is secoudary Is 3d to Is 3^d. Cheese, New Zealand loaf, to 9d. Bacon 71gd to 9d. Melbourne, July 9, Wheat, 4s Id. Flour, £9 to £9 10s. Oats, Algerian, 2s lOd to 3t 2d, Bran, Is 2d to Is 2^d. Pollard, Is 22d to Is 3d. Potatoes to £5 ss. Onions, £6 15s to £7. Adelaide, July 9. Wheat, 3s IOJd to 3s lid. F:our, £8 15s to £9. Oats, Algerian, 3s to 3) 3d; stout, 3s 6d. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is 3|d.