WEDNESDAY'S STOCK REPORTS.

Press, Volume LV, Issue 10130, 1 September 1898, Page 4

WEDNESDAY'S STOCK REPORTS.

(BY OUR COMMERCIAL EDITOR.) Following the large market of last week j the yarding of fat sheep was comparatively I small, and business was anything but brisk. All other departments were well represented as to numbers, and there was a fair attendance, I The entry of store sheep consisted principally of small twp-tooth wethers, hoggets, that had been shorn as lambs, and one or two lots of forward wethers, and ewes in lamb. There was not a very active demand for anything except forward sheep, and the sale was dull throughout. A nice line of 300 full-mouthed halfbred ewes in lamb made lis lid, 210 merino ewes in lamb 3s, a good line of 105 forward crossbred wethers 12s 6d, others 9s to 10s 2d, 350 small twotooth crossbred wethers 6s to 6s 7d, and 650 shorn hoggets 5s 3d*to 5s 6d. The yarding of fat sheep was very mixed, the best quality being represented by Southland and North Island sheep. The bulk of the local sheep were unfinished. The line of North Island sheep- were Lincoln and Bomney cross wethers, with splendid skins and inprime condition., These sheep, which come from the West Coast, are the best line that have ever come from the North, and the price obtained, 18s 4d to 18s sd, is considerably above what sheep from that quarter have hitherto brought at Addington. They were bought for butchering purposes, as were most of the heavy Southern sheep. The sale was very slow, prime sheep barely holding their own, while the carefulness with which the export buyers were operating weakened the 1 price of freezers. Half fat sheep were very difficult to dispose of; were it not for the fact that speculators chipped -in and bought up several lines, they would have been almost unsaleable. Heavy crossbred wethers made 17s 6d to 18s *sd, prime freezers 15s to 17s 6d, light weights 13s -6d to 14s 6d, unfinished wethers and ewes 10s lOd to 13s, heavy crossbred ewes .16s to 18s, medium 12s to 15s 6d, merino wethers 10s to 16s 9d. The principal sales Island line of 166 crossbred wethers 18s 4d to 18s sd; Southland client, 60 crossbred wethers 17s 4d to 18s 4d, maiden ewes 16s Ud to 17s; Rakaia client, 110 crossbred ewes 16s 2d to 18s 3d, 110 halfbred ewes 15s to 17s 9d; Methven client, 90 halfbred ewes 16s 8d to 18s 2d; Timaru client, 112 crossbred wethers 16s to 18s; North

Otago client, 160 crossbred wethers 14s lid to 163 lOd; Mr J. Grigg, Longbeach.cross' bred ewes 15s lOd to 16» lid, halfbred ewes 153 lid? Sneddon estate, merino wethers 15s to 16s 9d: Mr A. Macfarlane, »«"««»* 150 crossbred wethers 15s to 16s 8d; Mr D Williamson, Ashburton, crossbred wethers 13s to 16s 5d ; Mr W. B. Andrew, jun.. Southbridge, crossbred wethers .a 16s sd; Mr A. Gunn, Racecourse Hill, 180 crossbred wethers 15. 2d to 16s 3d; Mr J Graham, Woodlands, Southland, 230 crossbred wethers 16s Id ; Mr E. B Millton, Birch Hill, 126 halfbred wethers 15s lid; Messrs D. Henderson and Son, Methven, crossbred ewes 14s id to 15s lOd, merino wethers 10s; Mr W. W. McClelland Kimberlev, crossbred wethers 14s to 15s 9d_; Mr T. Mills, Lobuni, crossbred wethers 15s 7d ; Mrs Bowman, Amberley, 124 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes 14s 8d lo 15s 6d ; Mr J. R. Mcllraith, Rakaia, 104 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes 13s Id to 15s 4d ; Mr A. Beattie, Greendale, 127 crossbred wethers and maiden owes 15s 5d ; Balmoral Estate, 132 merino wethers 13s lOd to 15s ; Mr T. A. Phillips. The Point. 12s to 14s lid, merino wethers 12s 8d; Mr E. Harris, Glenavy, 249 crossbred wethers 14s 2d ; Mrs Daily. Laurisron. 260 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes 13s to 13s 3d ; Mr H. McLean, Mount Hutt, merino wethers 13s to 13s 3d; Mr T. D. Blain, East Oxford, 150 crossbred wethers lis 8d to 13s Id. The supply- of beef consisted of 147 head, including 28 North Islanders. The sale w:is dull and dragging, and prices a shade easier. A steer that took second prize at the last Christchurch Show, and another thnt took first) prize as a two-year-old at the same show, both belonging to Mr S. Garforth, made £14 and £13 respectively, and 20 of the North Island bullocks were sold at £9 12s 6d to £11 17s 6d. Other steers made £5 15s to £9 15s; heifers, £3 17s 6d to £8 10s; and cows, £3 15s to £6 15s—e.jual to 20s tb 22s 6d for prime, 16s to 19s for medium, and 13s 6d to 15s for cow and inferior. There was a fairly large entry of cows, mostly very poor sorts, which sold at 30s upwards, one really good one making £6. There was a full yarding of rough store cattle, including a mixed line of 150 from South Canterbury. There was a fair enquiry for the better sorts, and sales were made as follows:—Yearlings to eighteenmonths 18s to 255, two-year steers 465, three year mixed sexes £3 7s 6d. A large entry bf pigs was cleared at late rates, fats making to per lb. Baconers realised from 65s to 575; porkers 21s 6d to 325; stores 15s 6d to 27s 6d, and weaners 9s to 12s. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, August 31. Burnside market:—Fat cattle—Two hundred and ten were yarded, the bulk of entry consisting of half fat and inferioi sorts, and prime animals were very scarce. The result was that anything that could be called good beef excited keen competition and prices for this class may be quoted at an advance of about 10s over last week's rates. Other sorts remain unchanged. Prime bullocks sold at £9 to £10 15s (one extra good £11 7s 6di, good bullocks £8 to £8 10s, medium £6 10s to £7 10s, light £4 10s to £6, prime cows and heifers £6 10s to £7 15s, good do £5 to £6, light and inferior £2 10s to £4 10s. Fat sheep—l 797 were penned, a very large proportion consisting of fair to good wethers. Aged ewes were almost entirely absent. Owing to the small enliry, .-competition was somewhat better than last week, and prices show an advance of from 6d to Is. Prime crossbred wethers sold at 14s to 16s 6d, two extra heavy sheep bringing 17s 3d, good wethers 13s to 13s 6d, medium do lis to 12s 6d, light from 8s 9d. Pigs—Oniy 66 were yarded, and all sold well, under keen competition. The following was the range of values: —Suckers 9s 6d to 14s, slips 15s to 17s, stores (none in), porkers 28s to 365, baconers 39s to 50s, no choppers or heavy baconers in.