Market Report.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4724, 18 May 1894, Page 3

Market Report.

Messrs A. G. Taincand Co., auctioneers, Wellington, report on the stock, wool and produce market for the week ending Afav loth; — Fat Siro;i': We have held no public sales, and private business has been restricted to Die sale of good meaty wethers, at lis 9d ; fat ewes, good weights, 9s to 9s Gil. We quote good heavy fat wethers, 12s to 12s (id; medium, lis to lis 3d; and a good demand for all, fat ewes, except guaranteed not in lamb, slower of sale, Store Sheep: All lines of good store fihecp coming forward are saleable at improved rates, We quote good forward wethers from 9s to 9s (id, and up to 10s has been paid for a really good lot well-woolled and very forward, Lambs which have been very unsaleable for some time, are now in fairly good demand, and saleable at bs to (is (ill, for good; 5s to os Gd for medium. No demand for culls, Ewes in lamb, young and in good condition are selling up to 9s; f.m. ewes, Gs to 7s, if good mouths and in good condition, with a demand for more. At these prices business can be done.

Fat Cattk: As winter advances the demand is increasing, and settlors are hardening their prices, Good beef is saleable at up to 18s Gd for best bullocks; cows at lower rates; store cattle are rather unsatisfactory just now, and very little business is being done, "sellers' prices being too extreme to do business. I'iGS: 111 sympathy with the Southern markets, prices are slightly easier. Baconers and good porkers being the only kind in which business is being done: Good porkers, 25s to 335; baconers, 425; slips, 10s to 12s Cd, , Houses : We held our weekly horse sale in our yards on Saturday. The entries wero rather smaller than usual, No really good sorts wore forwarded, and very few draughts in the yards. We sold young harness horses from £lO to £l4; aged sorts, £6 to $8; and inferior hacks, £4 to £6, We quote good heavy draughts, £lB to £25; medium, £l2 to £ls, There <is a fairly good demand for horses I for tramway and express woritmnerand well broken. A MHHBf horses from Sydney

have been offered in the yards of lrtte, but as they are mostly unbroken Bales havo not been very good, as buyors prefer thorn ready for work. Sheepskins : Wo held our weekly sale on Monday, and sold all forward We sold country butcher's skins at 2s Gd; dry skins, 2s; pelts, Is Gd to Is 8d and Is KM; inferior pelts, Gd to Is Id; good butchers' skins, 2s lOd to 3s; dry woll woollcd skins, 3jd to 4jd per lb, Wool : It is satisfactory to note that the London wool sales are now progressing with more animation and prices firming. • Hides : Good liallocks, 12s 6d to 15s well ilaved; cow hides, 7s Gd to 9s,

Tai,i,ow and Fat : Good demand, prices slightly easier in sympathy with Homo market, Good rondorcd tallow, 17s Gd to 18s; medium to good, 15s to lGs; best caul fat, 12s Gd to 13s.

Raiiiiit Skins : Very little business doing, very few forward. Demand will increase as fur gets better, Autumn skins, Gd to 7d; summers, 5d per lb.

Fux: Market unclmngod. QuotaI tions arc nominal. £l3 -10s to £l4 for best, and £lO to £l2 for medium. Grain : Wheat: No business except in fowl wheat, Price, about 2s Gd.

Oats : Good feed, Is 8d to Is 9d; best, Is lOd to Is lid.

Chaff : £3los to £3lss for best; ordinary, 655. Potatoes: nos to GOs per ton; plenty offoring. Glass Sum : No demand; season over.

Properties : Good demand for country properties, and if sellers were disposed to mako concessions business could be done with both sheep and dairy farms.