LIVE STOCK MARKET REPORT

Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6548, 17 September 1886, Page 2

LIVE STOCK MARKET REPORT

Wbmmm H. Kirsm 4jr» Co. report upon tie ■ ■ ■ «»■ sfcaefc ssMfcist i. fa, tar the weekepdinsrTfcaTs. *f.Bsi|f>» V*h. net. as fallows j—Testarday-s i TTnt 1 i|li jii Till a Urr» snpelr (rfSHOßssuth* yards ast apart for £»t sheep bets* ' w«fflsl whlW ia stem both the io^iiaeS better trade aoUaeahte mark this as ' M«tt* nnitu sale o< the serine season tor sfMSyefthisotass. bWckm'tTM, then was •ttlMkafekaaeafarthe trade, either as revaxds •jvmerercmbty. for. aithooc* the entry was S~ BtteUk*avan««isthelatterre»pset,itw>s itoSßOTKacthaloetcf aUrtre Bspptythere taaosrtaiaprcpertioaof Of\t vnght aad «ssj—w*st»s»>T.iidjialsiil»j-*ssaiewainofiatip. Mnamfcsrrtii P»faq<orary»cspeoik»oftre«ing ' «MsjttßeahM«nttT waUpsta stop, for the time liiactarttwexsart demutd which has so helped IM ■■ i %t» i cfltf*. aad the absorption of yecte.--Ar*> t»fl ertir «left, we nay ay, whaQy in the !■■•■ ef lα, as far as tisds pcrpoaes 4Wi ejejsescsjsjd, Xllxs hetm so. and after «M«rtw» eisotimt heary asarkata, the supply <Msli eirnswi o< the day's lenitlnmegta. a weak tiaw<. liietilii liiililimiiii. iiiil liflimiilr mil \ -wftaas feats* «»• he&ac ehar«re»ierbtteeotthe sale. I*kias;tae ds/s trusmetiou reeetmlty in fat ■hsssjse ennaider the Aechae is pHeee equal to t>esf«i to SsM per head, as treat the hose choice afkale*, aad the ■Ham m et as? eoayetitioa tor ataMaKtiMkaalbwyen hsd e*tte»p>itty much •Bfaaer m au4a, sad astaxmSy aeJeetad the aaaVIBMB to the negJact e< ether deacriptuma. SMasseMr far earners of Kcht-wngtrt sbesp. the .lM»taBBtw««BBB>t in the wsbUmk, the isutediate avaayeetof Used, aad the heal hSertose of the wool sassfct. fcj nail a tmm gcazien forward, who re»#»Bf the sals of asoat of the seeosd-rate sheen, 4aea«aee4y at what east he aoaridered UttG tetter ttaa stem prieee. PriaM hatchers* Uses saw* w«y te «khMa-«pe eoecider to the extent of ia—a » par herf. ether rinsii ai6Jto3a. We Sarhwe wether SBBttea at to tid per Da. Ssmm shoe* fid, OesSeratof Mesan «s«M sad CssMroa w» oSend a farther exmxinsaaat et thetr pttsse santao wether*, which sold at £■> tti wjjoli. the latter heike topprioetor H» w»r. Ye also dltpeeed oOor t£s same ejsHWBB, ■ra w j*iriHewe»atias3d.aad asdeeUaeof •»»•»» fcjsMaet* Dwra ewes at IS. « to 14s. - Itr 3. ■. Cassffceß aisa aasA forward a good Ba* ' liHi.thewwhmsofwhieSwesoM atlSiMtelts; awidea ew«*. IS» 9d to Us; fall. gi l ll>l J I was- ad aad Us Sβ: aeoocst atr «. Aadenn. hatred wethers at 13s 3d U 13s 3d. mm •»»■**[■"'Jtwgsrlsad. croesfertd ewes at ~ ajmesMlft. **^> 4 woeahreds at ~j Msjd; siiiiiimais» «r Ejam. faght w»%ht eweaared .. : < waaß«aasiwiasSd;aeiee<es3i,ferW. a. Jassiaum. aeoeont Mr m^MM^jawsateat e*eiat le. 64 and lQs; " •SMfclte «■ Ba-Var, &rU eromkt*4s at \S; hw. >» M s *oootta* Mr J. mir«< * »d; *K»«iß* Mr P. Dremeaoad,

Sr 7 taSt 2*»ed. * d«M«fIT kato iiiahj shown ; £»* fact, many uf ttnilwand* woeld bear iromble comparison to MM Of the exehanfes in the Ut pen*. The folLiwiaCßre Uμ prlucipai traasaeUons (or the day:— A. Bm«I w*tt*T©wn, heavy woolled 4 and β-tooih aroatbred wethers, in very freak condition, at 12b ; eroaakred hoggets, 7« Id to 7a 7d; mixed eros«breds at Hi 3d. a and 4 tooth mixed crotsbreds, a «ood line, at 10s; a*ed crossbred ewes, in lamb (inferior) at 4* lid ; old merino eves, at 2a 4d, prices which on the whole thow a decided improvement. Iβ Cat lambs, conai'lerinir the earl; mm up. there were a good, few penned, bat the result of the sale must hare convinced owners of the futility ofsending their oonkijrnmenta forward until fit f rthe market Bbme few peoaof the bast sold at from 9* to 14a. while in other instance* a few of the aomder fc>t» bad to fled bnyers at from 5* apwarda or he returned to tie owner*. The adoption of the Utter }>bu» nrsst. we think, be considered the miet, as it U on!/ a quertiou of a few weeks to make ru h Hrabe worth double the money, and thn« pay for the coat of prtxiaetion On account of Mr Dawson we sold a few pens at ISa to 14a, a pen account Mr W M. Thon-pson at 14*. two pens aeooont Mr Preb j> as «< to lie «d. two pen* for Mr »isr*ltall«se«to7a. and one pea for Mr Clothier at e< ratCAttle-TbewTerityofthepastseaaoafaaa pcodaecd a famine in the •apply of beef, nearly •very available hoof of teahy sV-ck hmd been eagerly sought for and lecared by the experienced and longheaded men of the trade, who are at this season o* the j ear generally well fortified to meet the demands which the " city commi«*ariat" as a ml* » open to make at moderate advances npon original eoct: bat also the devices ot both men aad mice at times go astray—«nd in this case the -wary fle-her," feeltn* the presanre of price. Bade a bold recture of a shilling telegram to a neighboring province, and found to the surprise of many and to the disgßst of oar local grower, or ratbor bolder, of beef that the sonny climes of the Sortk Is and had ample anpply, which con d be obtained in arease at a price to fairly a<'ay all poeubteohaneeof a"famineinbeef." Onthetep of thi*, that enterprising Soathemer, Mr Alex. Thompson, who does things "ill 'Merica,"la*t Wednesday " fed the yards " with a line of magnificent oxen S7 head in aE. Bis instmctions w«re short, as follows .—"Beeeive catUa Peuguia; pay proceed-i Xational, Dunedia; wire result, chip sesin following week." We sold the following:— i at £10. to B*rry Bros.; S at .£lO ss. R. M«rraek: 3 at £10 10s. H. li. Lane; 2 at it 0 5e,W. Kossiter; Hat £10 ISs,C. During; 2 et £11. J. Baker; 4 at£il. to Hopkins uid Cj.; 4&t £1017s 6d, C. Bearing; 31>t itiO 15* 6d. Wm. Thomson ; 2 at £10 15s, •>. F. Radd, staking the average of £10 lls per head. For local owners the jnpply was meagre, the quality wretched, prices fully beyond last week Any of oar local frienia havirg good beef onbtnd need not fear satisfactory accoaut sales if consignment* are sent forward any time dnricg the next six weeks. For store cattle the better tee ing shown daring the last fortnight on the part of boy era has now developed into an actual enqairy.moreespecialljfor goodtwoand three-year-old lines. With an increased growth of feed will no doubt also come a more general demand, to that daring the next two months this branch of trade thonld once JEcre assume a healthy tone. At the present time we could readily place a large number of three-year-old steers at«tusf actory prices, and though other descriptions are perhaps not quite so much in request as yet, we are inclined to think that for any useful lines of young ttock the enquiry, are loaf, will be quit* eqaul to if not in excess ef the ■apply. On account of Mr F. H. BritUn. we sold alise of forward conditioned steers at £5 Us, and (or another client 31 headef three-year-old eteers at £4 lOe. dairy oows from £4 10j to &6 is 6d. In fign there were comparatively few yarded, the entry being for the most lart nude np of porkers. For snoh the demand was a fchade better, the various lots being cleared witcout mnch diiEcn.ty. Oar entry we placed as under— «at 18a. sat2U,Sat 0... sat 20s. I7at !9s.e atl9s, fls at 20b. 4 at 18i, 3 at 21s, 2at Us 6d, Ac The totals yarded for Uμ day comprised 6336 sheep, 272 head of cattle, and Hi Ipigs, of which onr entrr included 1662 sheep (all batchers' lines). 102 heed of cattle. 58pigs.and 5 J f*t lamb* for the few Zealand and Australian Land Company. Messrs W. IT. Slack. P. Drnnunond, Genld and Cameron, J. S. Campbell, S. Hani*. Henderson and Mcßeath, J. Anderson. J. Campbell (Orari), G. Hill, H. Garland, T. ehield*. «?. Kyan. B. Bailey, M. Dixon, W. H. Jamieaon, W. Dllxett. A. Thompson (Foxton), T. T*B(rftrn. D. Patehett, B. Tableau, J. Allen, J. Htrding, J. Clearer, K. Wilson, H. Tisch, F. C. Marray. W. Btlek. W. Guy, J. W. Prebble. W. V. Thomson, T. Vawsoa. 1. Marshall, E. Clothier, A. Oraat, F. H. Brittan, •. D. lioman. J. Deaman, J. Holland. R. Eaglesome, i. Wright, >. Hure.moe, Q. Dickensoa. W. Carain, aad others. Cantirbory Horse Market— fhe entries of horses coming to band still continue very light in comparison to what they were a few months since;' while fox draught stock of a useful stamp the demaxd is slightly improving , . Wβ nave intentionally qualified the abore remark, inasmuch as up to the present date the enquiry is flotsuffieiently general for second and third rate horses to BBOTe off with any degree of spirit or at much advance of prices, taongh for the better sorts there is no lack ot bnyns at fair rates. At our sal* on Saturday most of the lota gassed were aged light hacks aad harness hones, animils which at the present prices el feed are aeucely able to give a fair return in the shaf c of work tor what they consume in fodder. There wee* also a few unbroken ooits returned to the owner*, hones a little on the small side for taking their place in the teams now so fully employed Iα sprmgr sowing *nd cultivation; other than these, most of the lots offered caaug*d owners. Unbroken, 3-year-old colts sold at from £13 to £17 IC*; light plough hone*, £9 to £ IS; firm ncnsM (broke*). £16 10* to £23 and £25 10s; ynung dray horses, £9 to £18; Jght weedy hacks, £* to £8 and £10. Woo), Sheepskin*. Hides, Tallow, to. — The crumbs of coxnfort which continue to crosathe ocean cm wire, feed the hanger ot the sickly farmer ox cquatter, and for the first time during many long months there is a briskness about this creator* of drcamstaaon which really makes one happy to greet him. There is now an absence of that mucoid nod and pallid smile which for long has been an effort to m«ke, and it i< replaced with a ** Well old tellow, wools np. how'a motion goiog to keep,** Onr simple reply is. and ha* been. " keep np your pecker/ To-day 328? ahtepskias. 350 ox hide*, l>s bagd of rough fat formed oar catalogue. Pric* s for sheepskins were really good, oroMbreda to 5s Td each, melfnoß for s* 5d each. What better do you require ? Ordinary lots •ocordisff to iriade. Country skins sold tell, and the marked improved condition in which our lots arrived was vary generally commented upon. Kortgh fat, fd to lid per lb. Ox hide* held over. Peninsula Stock Fa'e*—At the Head of the Bay on Tuesday last we held an auction of cattle. The ■witlull was agaia unsettled and interfered with btirlnwas The ectry comprised 15j head of store cattle, ranging from yearlings to two-year-olds ; Uμ former reslUed SSs to 27s each, the latter 50s to Sis j heifers. 51s to 62s 64. The backward season has prevented buyers from the plains operating freely at these sale*, the question of feed being a •srions ose f#r all patties; bat with settled weather we hope to bee a large gathering at oar little Biver auction, to be held on the 30th, the entries being large trombona fide vendor* anxious to doae their pastorr* for cocksfoot.

Mmn MrLss aid 00. report upon the local markets (or the week ending Thursday, 16th Beptember, m follow*: — Addiugton—The beef fens on Wednesday, although not largely supplied, aaataiaadthe best in point of quality thmt we have •MB for a very long period: in fact, the ooneignmaat from the Korth Island would be extremely difficult to beat or even to equal; the cattle, besides having ace b%d oertainly been grazed nnder cirenmstanoffs differing* very widely from the hard winter asd ahort commons experienced hy stock in this Island. Tie bollock* were stated to have bees entirely grssafed. and aa sneh were perfect marvels, and njinak volumes for the diatrict whence they ouw. Their advest, whilst of ooone hiring come effect upon local ralnea, did not oanee so heavy a decline as waa anticipated, the easier tone in the market being more attributable to the fact that considerable quantities of beet in carcase is being landed from the North Island at low rates. This carcase •apply, of -oor»e, as the weather grows warmer, will Call off considerably, and mart ahortly oeiae. bet we h«ex that tat cattle are still available in km number* in tie Koxth LJand, at prices which will afford plenty of mania, to shippers, and this, we anticipate, win prevent any considerable rise in nines here. We quote beef at from 20b to KSa Iper lOOlbe. Pat Sheep—Tbe aapply of fat sheep was again much above the average both as regards quantity and Quality, and coming aa it did at a time when expott easagesienta were completed the A*mtn<t was peratyloeaX. In consequence of this values receded io the extant of from Sato 3s per head, and in tbe afcasnoo of enquiry far shipment we see no prospect of any improvement. We would mention to holders of fat stock that freight to a limited extent is available for the October steamer, and weald reoommead them to avail themselves of the opportunity rather than clog the local market, which from past experience we know to benoet easily glutted. Store cattle—A small entry, but censistJTig for the most part of fairly food lots. A ■inch better enquiry was and values advanced considerably. Two-year-old steers sold at op to £4 8e Bd, three years ditto at £S 10s. Dairy stock, exoept where of extra quality, were not easy of sale. Store sheep—A decided in. crease in number of entries, the only noticeable feature being a line of croesbred lambs, [which met with fair demand. Pigs—Only a small entry, consisting chiefly of porkers aad stores; demand good, and prices folly equ*l to hut week's quotations. Onr entries were on acooant the Cashmere Estate, Hon. John McLean. Messrs W. Gerard. Donald McLean, Upton aad Eueell. T. A- Phillips. W. Chapman, H. A. Kalgfct. Coiin Stewart, M. Quinn. Pitcaithley, 8. H. Amyes, James Holmes. James MoLanghlin, and others; the principal sales being—for the Hon. J no. VrTiWn. s»0 croashreds from 15s 6d to 17s, and merinos tt lai for MrH. A. Knight, SS9 first cross wethers, from 15s 6d to lSs; 300 merino wethers for MrT. A. PhOlipa. at 10b 6d to 10s 9d; 191 croeehmds for Messrs Upton and BasselL »t 13s 6d to tta 9d; 80merino wethers for Mr W Chapman, at 7s Gd; 309 ditto ditto, for Mr W. Gerard, from Sis to 10a ; 119 long-wool wethers for Mr U. Quum. at 14e and Mc 9d; 91 eronbred wethers for Mr Donald McLean at Us 6d and Uβ • Ut lambs for Mr S. H. Aymaa, from &s to 8s Gd; for Mr Stewart, U7 crossbred ewes in lamb at 4a lid • two-year-old steers up to £t 8e 6d; porkers, ISs to

Country lalee—Barry'* Bay—On the 7th instant we held a special sale of aheep and cattle at Mr Sliff , * , ?? 3n *^,^ CT K a ***' ween "otwithstandiagthe unaTOJdable ahsrace of a considerable number of the stock which bad been entered tad adrertiaed for «ale, the very oommodioas yards tocmU filled and t£e attendance being good, and oumui-ed of both, local bayer* and -visitors from Chrutehsrch and the plains, the scene m a particaUriy it) i rented one. In regard to the non-ap-p*ar»mr» of oeruin Use* of aheep, befare commeetangtheaUeit was fully explained that the Tery bad state of the roads in some oases, aad the fact that tn others lambing had ooml meaeed. and the flocks ooold not be brought to the yards, had preventing an appearance being pot tn. Although naturally causing some little disappointment to those who had come from a riintanoe with the intention of purchasing not a growl was ottered, risrtors baring from ocular dencnctratfen a Tery Urely conception af the dimeoltfee atteedia* the trarelling of stock (p«rtieaiarlx aheep) in these times oftempest, and the <*5£* tttt *«L wtthwiiidi the reettentTaecept the postoM. n»entrfe« totalled 2300 sheep aaTore owh * th e P eflectas euseptionaUy seTere weathei-. eomprieed ?£»«"• *«**>>tr » wry snperiSlbt

•iwve *efee*e to realised the very hand■ii*** averan ©f close npon £5 each. lie Boa's Bay—The first of oar annual sale* at Lβ Bon's Bay was held list Friday, when about 400 head cattle sndiOOO cheep were iwaned. Consider, ing the low ormdltion of most of the stock entered, and the bare state ot pastures, the •*>■ bear favorable comparison with local rate*. The biddings were apixittd aad well sustained, resulting in business which was unanimously considered to be extremely *attsfactory to vendor*. Three-year-old steer* sold op to £4 lie, two-year-old ditto to £3 Is, yearling* to 37d, cows and heifers from £217* to £s.'*. Skins, Fat. *c—Wβ held oar usaal weekly sale on Thursday, when we offered a large catalogue of skins, fat. Jtc. The trade turned op in strong force, business was brisk, and value* improved consequent opos'fhe welcome eew* received from the London markets. Wβ sold butchers' erossfareds from 3< Ud to 5r 9d for a grand consignment sent forward by Mr B. Marraok, and in one case fa lid was reached; factory crossbreds. 3s 7d to 5s 3d ; ditto merinos to 4s lid ; Vratcbers' merinos, 3s 6d to 4s lOd up to ss, a good even line from Mr H. B. Lane. Country skins. 9s 6d to 4s 9d, aocordiur to qaxlity. Fat, Id to lid per lb. Bides over 601be.4d;50t0591b5.33d; 4S to 491 be, 3{d ; 451bs and under, 3d ; damaged aud cut, 2\d ; sound calfskims, 4d per lb.

Thb Niw Zsaubi> TjOax us M»«oisrn.n Aerxcx i'OMtAST, JuMTTXD, reports on live stock markets for week ending 16th September, 1886: - Totals yarded at Metropolitan Saleyarda, Addington, on 15th inst—Sheep? 6366; cattle. «2; Pig*. 112. Sheep—A large entry came forward, Dothfat and store pen* being fairly filled. There was a good attendsnoe. but the demand for mutton being confined to the local trade, and a Blight speculation inquiry by graziers, was insufficient to cope with such a foil market, and a heavy fall in values resulted, ranging from 2s to 3s per head. In several instances salesmen withdrew consignments rather than submit to the drop, doubtless anticipating that upon resumption of operations at the freezing works price* will recover. We quote mutton for the diy at Sid to 2jd per lb. For Mr John Cox we sold excellent quality ha'.fbred »hro t shire Pown wethers. Razed to perfection, at 15* and ISm 2tL For Mr Walter Macfarlane. Kaiwara, nice merino wethers, medium weights, at 8s 6d to 9a. For Mr T. Dowlicg, light weight croesbreds, lla 9d. and mixed sexes, for Mr O. Kinley. 12a 3d, and o-her lota at quotations. Prices ruled as follows: —Prime heavy crossbred wethers, 148 to 18s; meditm do and mixed sexes. 10s 3d to Uβ 64; ewes and light weights, 9b 6*l to 12s; prime merino welhetß, 10* 6dtol3s; medium do. 7s 6dto 9s; prime fat lambs, lOβ to lie; ordinary do, 4a to 7*. Aβ might be expected after each a severe winter, the average quality ot the lambs this eeason is not np to the standard of previous years. With a good entry of store snewp, matters in this department assume! a livelier tone, and the private demand recently reported by as was for the first time manifested at auction yesterday. Every line changed hands readily at the following; price* :— Sound crossbred hoggets, 7s Id and 7s 7d; aged crossbred ewes in poor condition and in lamb. 4e lid ; 2 and 4 tooth orossbreds, 8s 3d: mixed ewes and wethers, 10s; and ditto in very forward condition, 12s. Pigs—A moderate supply to band, chitty porkers and stores, for both ot which there was a fair demand. Porkers. 12* to 255; stores, 7s to ,15s. For Mr Edgar Jones we sold nioe quality porkers, 16s to • 25*. Cattle— «n average entiy of fat cattle met a quiet fale, prices ranging somewhat under those of last week, viz., 31* to 23s per 1001b. A feature of the market was a consignmentot grand bullocks farm Wanganni, which were mnchaamired. Prime heavy bollocks brought £9 to £11, ordinary do, £5 10s to £7 15s; cows and heifers, £510s to £7 15b; do, exceptionally heavy, £105s. In the store cattle peas there was a fair entry, and .here also there was an improved demand. Three-year-old steers made £4 10s and £5155. twenty months' do £2 6e, two-year-old beifers £3 lie, yearlings SO* to 365. . District Sales-At Leeston Yards, 10th in&t, there were average entries of stock, and the sale phased off satisfactorily, cattle being in good demand. Ordinary crossbred hoggets made 4a 7d. gooddo7esdaudßa6d. We sold aged crossbred ewes, with good percentage lambs, for Mr M. Jones, at 8s 3d; two-year-old heifers fetched £3 lCs, and medium dairy cows £5 15s and £6. AtChertaey Tarda, 13th inst, the inclement weather interfered considerably with • business. There was a fair yarding of sheep, and we sold a line of crossbred hoggets, for Messrs Harrison and Sons, at 7*; aged merinos, in inferior condition, made 3s 6d. At Tinwald yard*, Hth inst; there were about 1000 sheep, and small entries pigs and cattle. Business was quiet throughout. Fat crossbred ewes brought iOs; fat merino wethers, 10* M,; forward do, 4a lid; aged merino ewes, with good percentage lamb*, 4s; good dairy cows realised £4 17*6dto£7: and fat oows to £7 lOs. No good lots of store cattle yarded. Private Sales—We have placed 1100 medium crossbred hoggets at 7s, audlsooprimefat wethers for export at current value*, and have other transactions in course of negotiation.

Mkssss Bcxvstts Bbos. - report on the Lite Stock Markets for the week ending Thursday, September 16th, as follows.—On Wednesday at Aldington 6368 aheep. 292 head ot cattie, and 112 pigs were yarded, and there was a good attendamoe of buyers. The entry of fat cattle was not a vftry large one, onr own supply being augmented by a draft of about SO bullocks from the North lelaad. The demand was fairly (good, but late values were not upheld, prices ranging from 21s to 83s per 100 lb. The North Island bullocks sold up to £11 per head. Onr sales comprised— S steers at £7, 2 at £7 10s, 3 at £5 6s, 3 heifers at £6 ss. 2at £6,3 at £7 10s, 3at£7 7s 6d, lat £815s, and lat £10 ss. There was aot a large entry in the store cattle market, but a decided improvement was noticeable in the demand, and all linee, they were mostly young cattle, were sold. Three-year-old steers sold at £4»2e 6d, £410e, and £S 15s; eighteen months to two-year-olds, 4Ca and 49a; yearling cattle, 24s to 30s. There was not much doing in the dairy cattle market. The fat sheep market was quire filled up, though a few lines were barely fit for the butcher, the demand was confined to the local trade, end they had things their own way a< little, late values coming- down from Is 6a to 2e 6d. per head. Crossbred wethers sold at fromlSsto' 18s for prime, lls to 14s medium; crossbred ewes, 10s to 15s 9d merino wethers, from 8s 9d to 13s, ranging from 21d to 2{dper Ib, according to qua* I lity. The store- sheep market was a little more lively thaa of late, the long-deserted pens being fairly well filled. Toe demand was pretty good, most lines changing hands. Prices were as folI lows:—Crossbred hoggets, 7s Id to 7s 7d; a lime of 2-tooths at 8s 3d. do at 10s; aline of 4-tootb. crossbred ewes and lambs at 9a, and a Una of old ewes in lamb at 4s lid. A. few fat lambs were on. offer, prices ran from 8s to 14s per head. The pig market was not very largely supplied; values showed a slight improvement over those lately quoted. We sold on account of various clients tines of porkers at from 18s to Sis. the latter price for a ver* nice, even pen, bred and fed by Mr Chas. Collins, Springsron. Onr entries altogether were on account of Messrs F. Marriner, J. Stokes, W. Bridges, C; Clarke, J. Hannan, J. Toon, W. Donoghne, G. Tayler, £ Garland, a Jackson, W. Johnson, J. Dunn. J. Torrehs, P. Hill, C. Collins, Q. Wenlook, *. J. Mullins, S. Oarfortb, W. B. Ciarkaon, A. F. - Bennetts. Q. Ferguson and others. Onr sales, including lines of fat cattle and store cattle, as follows—l 4 steers at £4 12s 6d, 6 heifer* at £2 Us. 6 steers at £2 3s, 29 steers at £8 to. Pat sheep—6o merino wether* at 11*, 48 crossbred wethers at lls 6d. Store sheep—ls4 hoggeta at 7s, 69 ditto at 6e 7d, 203 hoggets at 8s 3d. 260 crossbred mixed sheep at 10s. Ac- to., and daring the week, privately, we have placed several lines ot ■tore sheep and cattle at market rates. Leeston Live Btock Market—The usual sale at above township took place on Friday laat, and only a week having elapsed since tbe previons sale, the entries were hardly so numerous as usual. Taking ail things together, however, business and prospects all round teemed brighter, and most lines of both sheep and cattle owners before the day was over. On account of numerous esteemed clients we sold crossbred hoggets at from 4s 7d to 89 6d per head, fat sbeep up to lls 9d, lines of young cattle from 21s to 47s 6d per head, onr entries being on behalf of Messrs John Coe, J. Wright, the Public Trustee. A. Lean, Esq., J. H. McPherson, H. E. Davison, B. Hamey. Wα. Blackler. P. J. Healey, the Hon. H. K. Taiaroa, Geo. Barrett, Job Osborn, Geo. Bennett, Mrs Moorhead. Jno. Barnett, Jas. McLella&d, A. IT. Bennetts, T. Attwood.Thos. UcClure. W. Marshall, Jno. Gabble, W. J. McQuiness, J. Sogg. J. Patterson, and others.

lend and Property—During the past week we have diapcaed of by private sale the farm of 47 acres, the property of Mr Stephen T-~-vi»»««i _ situate in Shand's Track, for £7 6s per acre, the purchaser being -onr wel'-known ana esteemed friend and client. Mr Patrick Henley, near whose farm the present property stands. Sheepskins, Bides, Fat, Tallow, *c.—At onr yards this day we held onr usual weekly sale of above, submitting an average entry. A good attendance of fellmongers mastered, and with the combined good reports from England business was livelier than for some lrng time past. We sold crossbred skins at 4s 6d, 4eßd, 4e lOd, Sβ, Sβ Id, 5s 2d and 5s 3d; merino skins at 4a 4d. 4s 6d, 4a 7d, 4s Bd. 4s 9d, 4s 10J. 4s lid and 5s each; country skins at from Is »d to 2s 10d. Onr entry of fat we cleared at id. Id and lid per lb; rendered fat at 12s per cwt; and cikee of tallow at 18s 8d per cwt; the highest price that has been for a> lone time recorded. Oar entry of hides and calfskins we cleared at late rates for immediate delivery. Poultry, Produce, *c.—At oar yards on Saturday last we had a very heavy entry of poultry of ail kinds, the demand however was none too brisk, only low prices was the order of the day. anything very good however stm commands fair values. We cleared our entries as follows:—Best table fowls, 2b 9d to 3» 6d per pair; medium and inferior ]* S M; dock * *•* freely at from 4a 3d to *" M. »»d 5a per pair; geese from <s to 8a ; and tarkejsfrom fs to 15s per pair. TVe sold Derwent potatoes at 4s 6d and 5s per bag. Farmers , rye*W P * r * a * b ** i t l * 0 *? «*>* potatoes.

■Nasa W. A. Bsewjf m Co/s weekly report ofsales o< h»e and dead stock. OurLichfield street seJeyards on Satarday last were Urgely attended, and a considerable amount of business was transacted. Mg«_A large entry; demand be 2S-- * aA S** , ?*** "d»»>«!o of oir preTiona quotations. Suckers and weaners. Sj, 4s 9d. 5b to 80s. to S4e «. Pontoy—a Tery Urge quantity S^Ti •» pwrtous weS Good table fowls, 2s ed, 2b 9d. to 3s 3d per pairwferior Is 3d to Ss M; fanc/feCa? 6d, 7s. to 9* per pair; bantams, is 3d to Sβ. per pair; docks, ts 9d, 4s 3d, to 6s per £•»•». «• »a..eß.Je, 8s per paiT; turkeysfes Jd. 7s to 15e per pair; ferrets, 7s; cockatoos, te to 7a each; parrota.eeeach; pigeons, la6d to2s per pair; calres. Is 9d to Is &; mm. £3 to £4, iS. entry, pricee from «1 lOe. £1 17s6dtpC310s. Froduee—Seed kidneys.6s to 9i per sack i Derwenta. 4a 6d per aaok; carrots, 2a 6d per sack; onions. 1W to 2d per lb; barley. &s 9d perbosheL Also abuse quantity of shrubs, *c., which aold well*