WEDNESDAY'S STOCK REPOETS.

Press, Volume LVI, Issue 10480, 19 October 1899, Page 4

WEDNESDAY'S STOCK REPOETS.

(BY OtJB COMMERCIAL EDITOR.) There was a fairly large entry of stock, and a> good attendance. The bulk of tihe store sheep -were odd lots, with the exception of a large line of rather level croasbreds, and the market was, if anything, a shade -weaker for all classes. The line mentioned, 866 wethers and maiden ewes, made 14a 9d: 111 four-tootih wethers, 15s 4d; small lots of wethers, 15s 9d to 16s Id; 153 shorn, 10s 4d; 100 shorn wethers and ewes from the Chatham Islands, 8s sd; 100 do, 9s yd; 107 hoggets, lls 7d; others, 13s; ewes in. lamb, 13s lid to 14s 7d. About 200 fat lambs made 15s to 16s 6dfor prime, and 12s 6d to 14s for others. Tuere was a full yarding of fat sheep, the bulk of which were freezing sorts. A number of the lines, however, contained unfinished sheep, and these to a large extent spoiled the saJ.es. ' Merino wethers, suitable for freezing, unless of undeniable quality, showed a aeoline on last week's rates. Tne market closed with a weaker tendency, more especially on. butchers' sheap, which were in over supply. Best ireezing sheep made 18s to 22s lid; lighter, 16s tc» 17s 6d; unfinished, 14s 6d to lbs 9d; shorn wethers, 12s to 14s 9d; best crossbred ewes, 16s to 18s 6d, and up to 19s od for extra prime; others, 13s 6d to 15s; shorn eweSj 10s to 12s; merino wethers. for freezing, l6s to 17s Bdj others, 10s 6d to I*s. The chief sales were: Mr J. A. Pannett, opringsfcon, 100 crossbred ewes, 15s lid to 18s Bd, 91 crossbred wethers 18s to 20s: Mr W. Widdowson, Lauriston, 58 half bred wethera 19e 7d to 21s; Riccarton client, crossored wethers *:0s to 21s Id, shorn do 12s 9d, shorn maiden ewes 123, merino wethera 14s lid; Mr J. F. Rudd, Greendale, 64 merino wethers 12s 3d to 14s 7d; Mr D. Mulholland, Darfield, 67 crossbred ewes 13s ' 3d to 16s 2d: W. Strachan, Rakaia, 50 crossbred wethers 15s Id; Thomas Nee, Cairnbrae, crossbred wethers 16s 10d to 19s 3d; W. Lochhead, Rakaia, crossbred wethers 19s 4d, and crossbred ewes 16s 3d to 17s; J. Grigg, 56 crossbred wethers 20s to 22s 6d, 14 halfbrad wsfchere 21s 3d; E. i Derrett, Hororata, £0 halfbred wethers 17s I 7d to 18e 4d; W. Conway, Oust, 60 crossbred ewes 15s 4d to 16s; G. M'Bean, Springston, 40, shorn crossbred ewes 12s lOd to 13s 7d; W. F. M. Buckley, Dunsandel, halfbred wethers 19a 5d to 20s 6d, crossbred wethers 17s 9d to 18s Bd, merino wethers 16e 3d to 17* 8d; a Timaru line of 60 ewes 17s to 17e t George Rutherford, Dale thorp, 43 ed wethers 19s Id, 128 halfbred maiden 18e sd, 134 merino wethers 15s 4d to G. Richards, Rakaia, 80 maiden ewee 15s 8d to 17s 9d, crossbred ewfes 19s 6d; J. Deans, Horaebush, crossbred ewes 17e sd; C. Voice, Templeston, wethers end maiden ewes 18s. ewes 15s IOd; J. Maddroon, Norwood, 25 haifbred wetbere 18s 2d to 19s Bd, 133 merino wethers 16s 9d to 17s 6d; C. Hurst, OaJdeigii, 182 ehcm wethers and m*iden ewes 13s 7d to 14e 9d; A. Stor.'y, Soothbridge, 50 ewes 16s 3d to 17e,'45 halfbred wethera 19s 6d to 20s lid; J. W. Overton, Templeton, ewes 16s 8d; W. M'l£av, Glenroy, lnerino trethers 12s 8d *o 14e 4d; F. Crow, Oxford, wetihers 17« t>, 37* 6d; R. Wright, Irwell, halfbred wethers 3 Bβ 6d; George Geddiugs, Tnrwald, 100 lialfbrcd wethers and ewes 19s 3d to 21s od; H. Wariibourne, Selwyn, ewes 16s 10d, Sir J. Hall, 320 crossbred wethers and ewae 18s 106 crossbred * wethers and ewes IGs sd; 109 merino wotJuers 14s lid to 16.s 7<!. There w«re 148 head of cattle penned, the supply being quite equal to the demand, ti d a somewhat dull sale resulted, last week's prices being maintained. Steers made £5 15e to £8 se; heifers, £4 10s to £t 7s 6d: and cows, £3 7s 6d *o £5 10s. There was a fairly large mixed entry of store cattle, but little business was tioce at auction, md then wm also a poor sole of dairy cows, i A modferate entry of pigs met <wi& ft

alack demand, and prices were ea»er. Baooaers made 25s to 34s 6d; porkors, 21s 6d to 325; stores, 20s to 26s 6d: weaners, 15s to 17s wu, and stickers 10s to 13s 6d.