STOCK NOTES.

Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume 1, Issue VI, 7 June 1905, Page 3

STOCK NOTES.

MAY,. 1905.

(Specialty written fo£, the BacoaS'O

O inousJ-utttours Jhaving filtered through to Southland, of a. sudden fall up N irth m the prhes obtainable'fpr alt classes of store -sheep — w'Jere dealers wertVreporte J to bi stock with 40,000 or .50,000 1 mori. or. leis-rit Was not surprising that the opening saleVefJlflyliq, the month dragged^"cpnsiderably. ; Extreme caution prevailed among buyers, >nd * "prSSes receded m consequence. Happily, ' however; • for holders of stock fdr sale, the bbare wvs only temporary and, aithoagh the revival did riot bring vilues quite up t » _|(M 4 ' rate^, ther fall was not sufficient to make any material dh?erehJe;,<'ld ewes being the only, ciass^pf; sheep 4 that suffered to any eiteht. "As we' anticipated, there Were ' too "hiany farms understocked, for anything like a slump to oicur, and at the time of writing every -cleariiigviaJe emphasises- the fact..,- The winter also has opened well and*: as .-'long.) as,^severe weather holds off , there nee^ : b^, pp.,. ieir, of prices-falling stilVmore. As isV usual; about this time. of the year -the demvjdV for. ; ; any kind of stock is not active, and that and the fact that there is a general impression* that sheep have reached their limit, will "steady ; things. 'Luckily the ; wool market fljitiers one's hopes.for the future, and, .although as yet thsrowners of hoggets-have nbt Vbpneflted,' it has, without doubt, had a-fa^p^rable eftadt oh,th*e local freezing fnarkjit f Vby jehl)iap,ojng, ; the-, Value ;. of skibs^ .'.Those . who . Jtire: jiheV fortunate possessors of. forward, wethers oi* fat sheep or lambs — and tbe number -is limited—are already reaping the benefit, and we are quite opinion, th'itr tbey will continue to |o so to an ihbreased ekteht^uotil sbsar|;nfg.. - 4 "' Cattle.— lt is a subject fdr regret tbat?£tores' are -still distinctly at a discbunt, and : it.^em . that tfaty mu,st ; surely now; have .almost reacbed the bottom* abd-buyers of well hred youpfi ones' be safe to cqnie but eventually .] lii% pretty generally; 'odautfed amoift. stpekj men that tbe yisibleiiu^ply of priinie,. bullocks is limited and consequent" j prices baye maintained w th'.a^tgbod prospect .[ of '.•"heir, har^enmg" before tbe .winterclps^s;.; ;. ', . "'"::. t XXX..'" .■" ■„ 'pijicßs. .\ y 'y . 'A, ... y; '"' JBbeep— Fat wethjßwy2<Js to. '22s for. * prima up totals for extra heavy, freezers all sunk 4d per lb ; fat eweaf, 14s to 20s ; . lambs, 16 i "to 20>, freezers all sunk 5d per lb;; breQdiA{ ewes, 2 4 and 6-tobth, 20s tQ L ..255j souni mouth, 16s to 20s 5. fall and broken, 9s to 13s; hoggets, 10.s;, to i^B. f ;/ : ." ' '. •■ •XJ Cattle -Bullocks fat 4 , -about 201s per hundred lb ; cows fat, 15s to 17s 6d per 100 lb ; forward c ittle L 4 10s to L 5 10s '; ; two an i three year olds, L 3 to JJ4^ yearlings, 80s. to 50s; calves^ 10s lo 20si"i -.