COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7246, 28 February 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

♦ addington live stock market. Wednesday. Large entries of sheep and lambs, and very moderate entries of cattle yarded for the day's supply. Weather fine, and a better attendance than of late. Fat Cattle.—A small entry and a very poor enquiry. No improvement in values. Steers sold at from £5 2s 6d to £6 7s 6d; heifers at from £3 to £5 2s 6d ; being at from 16s to 17s per 1001b, according «b quality. Messrs Matson and Co. sold for clients 6 steers at £5 2s 6d; 6at £5 10s; 12 heifers from £4 5s to £4 12a 6d; 7at £4 10s and £4 15s; 6at £4; 2at £4 ss; 6at £3 15s to £4 10s; cows from £215s to £4 ss. MessksMhses and Co. sold for Mr J. T. Wright, steers at £4 12s 6d and heifers at £5. Mb F. C. Tabart sold for MrMaxFriedlander 7 bullocks from £5 to £5 12s 6d; for a client, 5 do at £6 ss. Messrs Bennetts Bros, sold for Mr Purvis 4 steers at £510s; for Mr J. Hey ward, heifers at £4; for Mr B. Borgfeldt, 5 heifers £4 7s 6d to £5 ss; for Mr P. Jackson, 4 heifers £3 to £3 Is; for Mr Bell, heifers at £4. Store Cattle—A very few yarded only and little o3d lots. No quotations to record. Dairy Cattle—A small entry. Values unaltered. Veal Calves—A small entry. Prime sorts sold at from 13s 6d to 235, medium 5s 6d to 11s.

Fat Sheep.—A. very large entry, the quality, on the whole, fairly good. The demand was materially strengthened by outside buyers, who were on the look out for sheep that would pay for further grazing, and with this relief values for a time were fairly well upheld. As the sale progressed, however, the demand became easier, and last week's partial recovery was lost, values being lower, if anything, than thoee ruling a fortnight since. Tbe primest crossbred wethers sold at from 9s 9d to 10s 6d, and in one case as high as 12s; medium weights, 8s 6d to 9s 3d; crossbred ewes sold at from 5s 3d to 9s; merino wethers, 4s to 5s 3d, being at from lid to lfd per lb, according to quality. Messrs Bennetts Bbos. sold for Mr John Smith, 33 crossbreds 6s 0d to 7s 9d ; for Mr A. F. Bennetts, 24 do at 8s 7d; for Mr P. Clark, a line of crossbred wethers at 9s 3d, and do at 7s 3d; for a client, 41 crossbred ewes at 7s 2d, 49 do at 5s lid ; for Mr A. W. Bennetts, a line of half breds at 9s, 146 do at 8s 3d; for a client, 237 crossbred ewes 7s 8d to 7s 10d, 45 ditto at 5s 6d; for Mr Shields,3ocrossbredsat6s 6d, 38at6s 6d. Messes C. Newton and Son sold, for Mr J. O. Amyes, crossbred ewes at 7s 6d to 8s 6d; for clients, crossbred ewes, 7s 3d to 7s 6d; do, 8s Bd. Messrs Miles and Co. sold, for Messrs J. and J. Innes, 30 crossbred wethers at 10s, 48 ewes at 9s to 9s Id, and 147 merino wethers, 5s 9d and 5s 10d; for Mr E. M. Templer, 28 crossbred ewes, 7s to 7s 3d; for a client, 25 four and six-tooth ewes at Bs, 28 halfbred wethers at Bs, merino wethers at 7s; for Mr J. Homer, 129 crossbred ewes at 8s 6d; for Mr P. C. Threlkeld, 130 crossbred ewes and wethers, 7s 6d to Be, The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agkncy Company sold:—For a client, 22 crossbred wethers at 9s 6d, also 85 merino wethers at "4s; for*Raynham Estate, 25 crossbred ewes at 7s, 40 at 6s 6d, 18 at 6s 3d, 71 merino ewes at 6s 2d, 44 do at 5s 3d; for Mr W. Irving, 30 crossbred wethers at 10s 2d, 30 ewes at 8s 10d; for a client, 20 crossbred ewe 9at 9s Id, 20 do at 8s 10d, 20 do at 8s *6d; for Mr Joseph -Pearson, 30 crossbred ewes at 6s 6d,6lat 6s 2d, 107 at 6s; fora client, 25 crossbred ewes at 8% 2d, 22 at 8s Id, 45 at at 8s», 23 at 7s Id; for Mr E. Jones, 20 crossbred wethers at lGs, 23 at 9s 9d, and 29 crossbred ewes at 7a 6d. Mr F. C. Tababt, for Mr E. Bowman, 32 wethers, 10s 4d to 12s, the top price of the dayJ and 30 medium ewes at 9s; for Mr J. Knight, a line of crossbreds at 7s Bd. Messrs Matson and Co. sold for Mr W. Goodwin, 130 crossbred wethers at 10s Id to 10s 6d; for Mr R. M. Morten, 232 crossbred and halfbred down wethers from 8s 6d to 10s 6d; for Mr P. Duncan, 12 mixed crossbreds at 7s and 28r crossbred ewes at 4s 4i and 6s 4d ; for Mr Byan, 73 .crossbred ewes, 7s 4d and 8s; for Mr J. Pearson, crossbred ewes at 8s 7d; for Mr E. Greaves, Springston, 40 mixed crossbreds, 7s and 9s Id; for clients, 100 crossbred ewes, 8s iOd to 9s 6d, and 50 at 99 and 9s Id; for Mr T. Cooney, 61 crossbred ewes. 78 6d and 8s Id; for Mr W. Till. 34 crossbred ewes at 7s 93 and7s lid; for a client, 14 fat crossbred ewes at 9s Id. Store Sheep.—A very large number larded ; the demand was only very middling, and values had a downward tendency. Full particulars of sales as follows:—Messrs Bennetts Bros, sold for Mr S. Clark, a line of aged crossbred ewes at 4s 2d; for Mr Jno. Smith, 111 halfbred ewes at 6s 8d and 6s 9d, 30 culls at 4s 6d; for Mr W. B. Clarkson, 161 (merino ewes at 2s lid; for Mr C. Gardiner, 197 merino ewes at 3s sd: for Mr G. Fenton. 130 lambs at 6s 6d; for Mr A. W. Bennetts, 200 merino wethers at 4s 7d. 143 ewes and wethers mixed at 8s 9d, 214 ditto at Ss 3d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency sold for Craigieburn Station 2000 merino wethers at 2s; for a client, a small line of the same at 3s 3d; for Mr T. Cottle, 211 ewes and wethers at 7s sd; a small line of ewes at 8s sd. A line of 500 store lambs was withdrawn from sale by this firm. Mr F. C. Tabarx. sold for a client 799 crossbred ewes at 6s 6d, 438 full-mouthed ewes at 4s 3d, 370 lambs at 3s 9d. Fat Lambs. —A very heavy entry, and a falling off in tbe demand, and a drop in values of about Is per head. Very primest sold at from 8s to 9s Id; medium, Ss 6d to 7s 3d. Messrs Bennetts Bros, sold for Mr R. H. Jackson, 8 lambs at 6s 6d; for Mr George Smith, 31 at 5s 7d; for Mr W. B. Clarkson, 33 at Rs 6d: for Mr W. Stevens, 14 at 5s lid; for Mr A. Bissett, 12at 8s 6d; for Mr W. Smythe, 50 at ss9d; for Mr A. Orchard, 74 at 5s 6d to 6s 4d ; for Mr P. Chirk, 5 at 6a 7d; for MrW. Waters, 22 at 5s Id; for a client, 32 at 6s; for Messrs Wilcox and Keeley, 69 at 7s Id to 8s sd; for a client, 70 atfrom/>34dto7s Id. Messrs Matson and Co. sold for Mr W. Gill 119 at 6s 7d and 7s; for Mr T. Cooneys 59 at 7s 6d and 7h 7d ; for Mr P. Mannion, 27 at 7s to 8s 2d; for Byan Bros., 34 at from 5s to 6s; for Mr T. Hancock, 16 at 6s 8d; for Mr T. Guy. 5 at 8s 3d; for Mr Mutton, 4 at 7s 9d : for Mr J. Stringfellow, 78 at 6s to 8s; for Edmonds and Gebbie, 11 at 5s 9d : for Mr J. G. Ruddenklau, 95 at from 5s 8d to 6s 6d; for Mr Pearson, 23 at 7s lid, and 23 at 7s 9d; forMr H. Larcomb, 24 at 8s; for Mr F. H. Brittan, 100 at 5s 7d ; for Mr H. Chamberlain, 144 at 9s. Messrs Miles and Co. sold for Mr E. M. Templer3oat6s6d to7s3d; for the Lowcliff Estate. 76 at 7s 8d to 9a 6d; for Mr J. Campion. 84 at 7s to 7s 6d; for Mr A. McNae, 30 at 7s 3d to 7s 6d. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company sold for a client 39 at 8s 7d; for Mr T. Cottle, 130 light weights at 4s 9d; for a client, 15at6*3d,45ates7ll atss9d. 12 at 5s 6d. Mr F. C. Tabart sold for Mr C. G. King, 81 at 5s 9d to 6s 3d, for Mr Urquhart, Iβ at 6s; for Mr J. Knight, a line of lambs at 7s 6d. Pigs—A moderate entry, with a fairly good demand. The sale, however, was not concluded until a late hour, and the attendance was scanty. Stores sold at from 12s to 21s; porkers 21s to 355.