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New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 45, 7 March 1874, Page 5

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Mwssrs Deivbb, Stewart and Co. report as follows for the week ending March 4th : — Fat Cattle. — Only a moderate supply of 65 head were yarded today, and the quality for the most part being very ordinary, we are unable to report any improvement in late prices. Really good quality would have been eagerly sought after. Best bullocks brought from five guineas to £7 12s 6d ; cows, £4 to £6. We sold, on account of Messrs Win. Shand and others, 38 head at above rates, and have placed during the week 30, privately, at market rate 9. Fat Sheep. — About 450 of various sorts were penned. Half-breds realised up to 13s ; merinos, from 8s to 10s. We sold 200 at the yards, and have placed 700 privately for forward delivery. We are unable to report any improvement on late quotations— say 2id for crosf-breds, and 2d for merinos. Fat Lambs. — Only a few inferior sorts were penned, which brought from 7s 3d to Bs. We have sold 100 privately at 9s. Store Cattle — We have no important transactions to report. There is a fair demand for speyed cows and bullocks in good condition, at from £3 to £4 for cows, and £4 to £5 for bullocks Store Sheep. — There is still a very active demand for sheep of every description, and large transactions have taken place during the week. We have sold in various lots about 7000 at our quotations. Young merino ewes are much sought after at 6s 6d to 7s ; do wethers, 6s ; do full-mouthed, 5s 6d ; do lambs, 6s to 6s 6d ; croes-breds, from 9s to 10s ; do lambs, 7s 6d to Bs. Wool. — Advices from the Home market to hand per Claud Hamilton, at Hokitika, on 20th ult., report the wool market as unchanged. The quantity for offer at the February sales was 16,000 bales. On the opening night 5000 bales were offered— the attendance of both home and foreign buyers being good. Prices ranged same ac last series. In this market there has been comparatively little business done during the week. We shall offer a. quantity, embracing come choice light clip on Wednesday next. Sheepskins. — At the usual sale this day there wos a good attendance and fair competition, and about 1000 skins were sold at prices fully equal to those of last week. Full woolled skins fetched 4s 9d to 5s 6d ; medium, 2s 9d to 4s ; pelts, 9d to Is 9d ; lamb skin*, Is 5d to Is9d. Hides — None offered. Grain. — The market is active for both wheat and oats, the stocks of old crop of either sort being now all but exhausted. New wheat may be quoted at 4s 7d to 4s 9d Good old oats are in request, and saleable at fully 4s per bushel. The late fall in tie Melbourne market of about 6d per bushel has apparently made no alteration in the market, the stocks on hand being so light, barely equal to immediate requirements