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Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 400, 3 January 1872, Page 4

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R. W. Capstick reports having held his first wool sale iv his wool and produce stor^, adjoinius the Bank of Otago, limited, Milton. tTokomuirir , on Saturday, Ihe 30th Dtfcembei 1 , when he dispvsd of the following lots . — 2 bales of merino und crossbred (tjreasy), afc Is 2d per lb 3 1 bale do do, 1* to Is B£d ; 7 bales do crossbred (s.m ly) do, lOd ; 6 bales, merino do, Is ; 2 bales do pieces and iocks, do, 7-} i : 1 bale do, black and sandy, do, B^d ; 4 bal.'s, do, lock-3, do, 4|d ; 2 bales do dp do, s£d ; 25 bales of wnshed wool withdrawn, Is sid offered. The bidding was spirited, and if the wool had come forward as anticipated, satisfactory prices Would . have .been ojtained; as it was, vendors were well sat'sfied with prices realised. The next sale will takes p'.acj on Saturday, the 21»t iu*t., when coinpediion is expeet«'d to be bi'i«k, aB,-sinco lioldrng the sale, the arrival of the English mail briugs "news of a further advance of Id per lb. .•

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, c»nd Co., report I for the week ending 30th December, as follows :— Fat Cattle.— There was a full supply. 97 ; l»ead being yarded, not more than half of which were of good quality- Of the latter we soil 30 head at prici b equal to about 20s per lOOibs, and the ramaindw w«.<re turned out. We also sol I privately for forward delivery 30* head at 20s per lOOlbi. ■Fat sheet) 700 were penned. 300 merino ewes were turned oufc unsold, and the rest weiv quieted si 3 follows : — 2o> merino ewes in wo.il, 8s to 8» 3 I; 200>ali-bred3, small but good quality, at 7s t • 78 6d. We qnote ; rime haif-ureds, lfdto'vd per.lh ; do meiinos, 1| I to l|cU • Stove Cat le. — .mo transactions. - 'Store Sheep.' — Half-bred and merino wether?, and hul f-bred lambs and breeding ewes, are in , demandj arid q : )uld bti plaosd by us in considerable "numbers at market rates: We sold 60 4- tooth Lfii'Wter. rams at L 3 10s. We quote • merino ; wethers, 45.; half-bred do, 03"6d.t0 6s j do lambi, I 4s 6d to sa. ; Country sales. — We held a 'sale at Wi-st Taieri on fri.la''; 29ih inec, on. account of Mo«srß P. Grant andSonv ■■; There wus a fair attendance; of buyers, bat the competition whs only, moderate. Fat cattle brought from. L 5 to L 7 per head ; store do, L 2 12-< 6d ; horses, L 7 to L2l ; impbinents, saMsfuctory prices. . I Hors- s.'— Our lijarltet contmiies firm for good I young draughts and upstanding saddle and ■ light harness horses. Lisjht and 'inferior stock, are guile unaaleuble. We quote first-class draught*, L4O bo LSO ; medium ditto, L 25 to L.30 ; Kood j huokei and light liurheoshors'd, LlS'to l>32ji. ! middling ditto, LlO to Ll4*, light and ihferiioiv iLS toL7. ■ ' ■'■■■■.■ ■■■■"'.■• "'■ .;- :■- ■ i. Wool.— No publio 'sales have ta^en- place this week, but a considerable quantity has b v *a sold

privately at satisfactory rate 3,' chiefly for shipment - to America. J3y the arrival of thefßangitoto nt. Hokitika, with the' Suez mail, we are in possess- ' ion of telegraphic news to the end of November, which states that the November-December .sales > opened with an advance of Id per. lb., and that I competition was very spirited. 63,000 bales were catalogued. Grain. — The market has been inactive this week, and prices hardly 'bo firm? Good wheat is saleable at 4s r 9d to 5s per buskfl ; inferior can only be sold 'as fowls!-' foo4>" Oats.— Middling sample's are worth 2s£&?ti?:2a 3d ; feed, 2s to 2a 2a'/ B'^ley^lSg^^M 96l to 43$ inferior, unsaleable. " m^

A. Mercer reports for the week ending Dee. 30 — "Retiiil priee3 only: Fresh butter, in £ and lib prints, for the first qnality, 7d, to 9.1 ; second quality, 6d to 7d per lb ; fresh better, in lumps, 6.1 per lb ; pow iered and salt btrtter, 7J to 8d , per lb. Butter is still very .plentiful, and a great quantity of butter is being salted down every -week. 'No enquiry after salt butter in kegs, and; stocks getting heavy ; several parcels are about; ,< to be shipped to try the home market. Choese. is still very plentiful, and very little of the new I Beason cheese in yet. on account of the market : being stocked with old cheese — forthe best qualit-. , 6d to 8d per lb, second quality 4d to 6d, G-ood Colonial hams and bacon are scarce at present, and for good ha^is Is per lb, and side and rolled bncon, lOd to Is. The market is completely glutted with eggs, and retailing at 10J to Is per: dosen. In the produce market no real alteration has transpired ; the enquiry for flour has been slightly belter, but without stiffening quotations, which "remain Ll3 nominal. Holders of wheats demand ss, but the sales have been very tiifling. Millers not caring to do business at the figure. Oats quiet, prices varying from Is 8d to Is 10d for inferior, to 2s to 23 2a for bright and superior lots. Good malting barley is quoted at 3s 9d to i 4s, none offering.