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Clutha Leader, Volume III, Issue 149, 18 May 1877, Page 4

Messrs .Maclean Brothers report; for the .week ending;May,l6,.,as follows ::— , Fat Cattle;—:A fair, supply of 200 head of from .really prime to fair medium quality came forward ■ torto-days market, which was dull throughout .and even the,be^t. quality -barely-realised last week grates, several pens of inferioivquality beinsr!left/un?old, although/ store "prices' would havebeen taken for them,.but could hot be obtained

■'»■-. ..ht.i i linn in i in i L i rmgiFMnßnirriTwli JU*JMCttiaa ; ' I r ' - *' *''' l "V : Ori abcouut of' WY So'uterY Es^. , .we sold nr mii*--.nificeut draft of .40 bullo'cks"from->'Southland at prices ranging from, £B 10,3to J £l2 r ss; and on account of Messrs Grey, Miller,'- Moir,' and Bryce, , 30 head at' from £5 to £8 iO's,t'or equal to 25s to U 27s for best, quality,:and 20s to 22s Gdtfor medium, bringing, oul^ low store prices.! ' l! Fat Calves;— Only- 16' were,pehixed, which rea-' ■' .lisedfrom'2ss to v sos. <-.-''n-: : , t :r, ... ■,: f,Eat Sheep.— A, moderate;, supply' 'of 1700 came , .to hand, chiefly, of inferior quality, but in con-, 'sequence of a ! better demand, the prices" Realised' were fully.a shillinghigher than/last week's rates, j , A.t the y.ards we sold, ;orr accoiin fc pf . Reid, Esq.,' of Elderslie, .627 cross-breds ; on account of - 'Henley -Estate 061, 185 do; onaccbunt of" Mr : Gibson,;2Bl very fine do ; arid on- account; of J". . M'Kenzi / e, ; E.sq;, I 2QI merino wtithers ; cross-breds realising.'from 8s Gd to' 13a 6d "; merinos, "ss ! 6d io : 6s.'P;-*"' '-•-- ••■■ v ■" '■ . --'•■ ' • '■ : „._■.;,..,•,.: = Store Cattle.— There is .little or- no business : doing m this description of stock. . Store Sheep.—T here is a fair demand for sheep suitable for turnip feeding,' and" half-brad? -hog- • .gets.. i W'.e ..have iplaced during, the week 3000- -' cross-breds and 400 cross-bred hoggets at our last 'quotation. -'•"' ■' : " * : ' ''-'■ * : " ; ' ; ■> • ■■•! , •> ; .Country sales.r4-On Friday, llth inst. , we helda clearing sale at Mauogatua, on account of Mr T. FT. Blatch. There was a fair,a,ttenrlance, and competitibn'inoderately spirited/ 'Cows sold from; L7to.Llo; store. bullocks, at L6rss.f Young cattle, horses, implements, grain, &c, brought jji-icos satisfactory to the vendor. We would 1 direct attention to' our sale' at Messrs M 'Donald Brothers' farm v Matau Bank, Inch Ciutha, on . Friday Erst, when we shall- offer , 60 head fat, : cattley- : 20 shorthbrh '-cows' and heifers, a largequantity of mixed cattle,, pigs, &c. \ also horses, drays,, and fai-ming implements. . '- ; ' Wool.— Since the date of ' our W report, we . have received through.' our frieiVd'^, ; Messrs' Car-gills,-Gibbs, and-. Go. j thefoll owing- telegram from Messrs Helmutb, Sch\yartze,,.and. Co., "dated London, Bth May :— " The sales', opened with' a large, attendance of. ; both ' Home" and foreign , buyers., .Competition ,is if airly animal ed, but pricesior fleece^ washed, and scoured wools, show . an- average decline of 1M to 2d'pef lb. . and greasy, .of ld,per ; lb. on closing rates of last sales. " ■ . . <■ .^^l^Mns- — 4-fc ouy. sale on. Monday, 14th insfcy 1 fair "prices' were' obtained, say for full-woolled skins, from 4s to 4s 6d; inferior and medium, Is ,lld,to 3,sGd;. butchers' skins, 2s' 5d to 2s 7d;. pelts, Is to Is 4d. , ■ -■'.. \ ■ ' ■ Hides.— We sold ; ori Monday, at price's • iip to 3f d per lb., only a limited supplybeirig forward.. ,;Talloyv..— \ye had no extra • quality forvard for sale this week, but we sold a quantity of ordinary at £20 10s per ton. ' : ■■ , Grain. — Wheat has-been in eood request,: and prices, have advanced since our" last .report.- We quote prime wheat up to 6s; ordinary, 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; interior and fowls' feed, 3s 9d to 4s 6d. : Barley of good-, malting quality. is in ' demand iip to 5s ; ordinary, at 4s to 4s Gd ; inferior, almost unsaleable, at'2s 6rl to 2s 9d. Oats meet witliready sale at 2s id to 2s 5d for good to fine feed ; . old,, up to 2s Gd ; milling, 2s Gd to'2s Bd.