SHEEP SALE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 28, 3 February 1899, Page 8

SHEEP SALE.

OHAUPO, Thursday

Messrs McNicol and Co. held a most | successful sheep fair —the first of the j season—at Ohaupo yesterday. Twenty I thousand sheep were submitted, and almost the whole lot were quitted at high prices in a little over two hours. Very few lambs and fat sheep were penned, and a good demand existed for wethers, young breeding ewes, and sheep fit to go., on turnips. The Napier sheep sold readily, Mr A. McKinnon securing the pick, of the four-tooth ewes at 7/10, taking 890 at this figure. Mr Anderson, of Mangere, took 1360 at 6/9, and Mr N. I. Hunt, of Gorton, 1000 at 7/. A line of 420 twotooth wethers from Rotorangi were purchased by Mr Hawkins, of Puriri, at 9/, the highest price realised during the sale. Fat lambs brought up to 7/3, fat ewes and wethers 7/ to 10/9, lambs 3/2 to 6/3, dry ewes 3/2 to 6/7, four and six tooth ewes and wethers 7/1 to 7/10, two-tooth ewes and wethers 7/1 to 9/. There was a rise of about 1/ a head on high-priced sheep, and from 1/ to 2/ on inferior animals.

LONDON, February 2. WHEAT.

The American visible wheat supply is estimated at 51,648,000 bushels. The wheat market is slow, showing a 6d decline on the week.

The wool sales closed steady, with prices at about par with the opening1 rates. The extreme rates at the beginning and middle of the series were not fully maintained. Compared with December prices, merinos were 5 to 7 1-3 per cent., higher; crossbreds 10 per cent, higher. The total catalogued to date is 173,500 bales. Sold to home buyers, 77,000; to Continental buyers, 92,000; to American buyers, 5000, chiefly crossbreds. Held over, 19,000 bales.

Copper, 705. Supplies, 18,<W4 tons; deliveries, 20.755 tons; stocks, 26,015 tons; quantity advised from Australia, 2350 tons.

Tallow in stock, 2G,357 casks; imports for the month, 7077 casks; deliveries, 6470 casks.

LONDON, February 2.

Tin, 113:,; stocks, 22,674 tons; spot. 7299 tons; afloat, 2069 tons.

(Per Loan and Mercantile Agency.)

LONDON, February 2,

Wool: The sales closed firmly this day. Since close of last sales greasy merino super, greasy merino medium and inferior, and fine greasy crossbred are Jd lb higher. Scoured merino super, washed and scoured merino medium and inferior, fine was-hec 1. and scoured crossbred, and medium gieasy crossbred are Jd to Id -b high jr. Medium washed and scoured, coarse greasy, washed and scoured, and scoured crossbred lambs, merino and crossbred slipe.are Id lb higher. Other descriptions unchanged. The total quantity sold during the past sales is 164,000 bales, of which 82,000 bales have been taken for the Continent, and 6000 bales for America. It is estimated that 20,000 have been held over for future disposal.

Tallow: Market firm

Frozen meat: Mutton market firm. Wellington mutton is worth Old lb, Southland 3gd. Lamb market quiet. Canterbury lamb is worth s}d. Beef market firmer. New Zealand beef forequarters is worth 2£d, hindquarters 3Jd lb.