CLUTHA LEADER OFFICE,

Clutha Leader, Volume XVII, Issue 833, 4 July 1890, Page 5

CLUTHA LEADER OFFICE,

Thursday Evening. Individual reports inserted in tho CtiUTHA LeadßH at special rates.] WEEKLY GR.-VrN", PRODUCE, AND STOCK REPORT. The Farmers' Agen t cyCot., Limited, report for the week ending Wednesday, .July 2, as follows ; — THE GKAIN TRADE. We held our usual sale on Monday at 10 30 sharp, at which there was a large and representative gathering. There wa3 a fair demand for most of the lots catalogued, hut prices were without change ; lower grades of wheat were perhaps a little neglected. We sold as follows : - B, Waikaia, 760 sacks super, sparrowbill oats, Is 4d, bags 6d ; H, R-dale, 210 do do do, Is 4d ; D M'K, 140 do do do do, Is 41 ; GJ, 70 do feed oats, Is 3d ; B, 224 do inferior Danish, Is o£d ;- Reid Bros,, 350 rlo super, sparrowbill osita ,

Is 4d ; JL, 70 do ordinary feed oats, la 3$ ; T, 3do do do, 1b 3£ ;N. M'G, 115 do lodo, Is 3d; A M'K, 350 do common Danish oats, Is 2jd; TG, 10 do fowl's wheat, 2s 7d, sacks wnighod in as wheat ; G, 50 do prime tuscan -wheat, 3a 5d ; WW, 200 <lo fair velvet do, 3s Id ; X, 70 do do do, 3s ; total, 2,G28. l*o!,atoos.— A few trucks want off at 60a to 65g for prime. Turnips. -Several trucks swodes at 15? to 17s per ton. Clover Hay. —7 trucks pressed in bales, 50s to 60s per ton. Chaff. — A steady sale at 40s to 47s 6A for prime quality ; ordinary aud inferior, 30sj to 37s Gd. Ryegrasa Seed.— Vory little inquiry, and quo f atious may bo takon as follows: — Best machine dressed, guaranteed pasture, 4s to 5s 6d; ordinary do, 3s to 3s 9d ; farmers' dressing, 2s 6d to 3s 9.1. Cocksfoot — Rangrs front. 3^d to 5d per Ib^ Dairy Produce —Salt butter: Prime, 7Ad to 8d per lb ; ordinary, 5d to Gjd ; inferior, 2£d to 4^d. Cheese : Factory, 3.Jd to srt per lb ; ordinary, 2Ad to 3d. Hums, 7d to 9d ; bacon, SJto7.U. ' Flax.— We cleared a few lines of medium as 1 follows :— GR, Mataura, a lino of medium un* scutchod at L 1 0; MeN", Tuapoka, do do scutched at Ll3 103 ; R & J, Milton, do do do at Ll3 los. THE BUEINSIDE STOCK SALES Fat Cattle,— For the week's supply 187 hoad wove yarded, and soM under good competition nt prices slightly in advance of last week's rates. Best bullocks brought L 8 10s to Lll 15a ; light weights, L 4 15s toJL6 ss. Cows (best), L6 lss to L 8 17s ; a few extra prime, L9 to LlO 5s ; in* ferior to medium, L 2 10s to L 5 15s. — Wo yarded aud sold : — For Mr Thomas Kirk (East Taieri). i. heavy bullocks at LlO 12s 6d, 3 primo heifers nt L 7 los ; for Mr Saundors Forrest (Fairfax), 19 prime cowa at L 5 16s to L9, 7 bullocks at L6 to L 0 lfis ; for Mr Alfred Coster (Birchwood, Maturn), 7 bullocks at L 8 10s, cows atL5 17s 61 to L 6 10s ; for Mr William Smith (Waitahuna), 1 ciw at L8 2s 8d; for Mr Charles Johnston (Ridgeland),lß prime bullocks at L 9 103 to LlO ; for Afters A. aud A. Scmnoss (Otakia), 'A bullocks at L7 2s Gel, 5 heifers at L 5 10s ; for Mr S. Liauie (Whiire Flat), 7 store cows at L 2 l.s. Fat Sheop.— 3244 wore penned comprising 299 1 oi'osssbreds and 250 merinos. A good demand was experienced, prices rcalisnd ruling about R3 follows:- Best crossbred wethers, 15a Gd to Yin 61 ; medium 14s to 15s ; light weights, lls Gd to l**s Gd ; best ewes, 14s 6d to 158 9J ; one pon of prime maidon owes, 17s ; inferior to medium and pood, 9s 6(3 to ,13s M.-Wo penned 775 head, and sold :~For Mr .Tamos Logan (Groenvalo), 120 small maiden ewes at 13s Gd to 14s Gd ; for Mr Jas Lojjan (Popotunoa estate), 176 throe-quarter-bred liomnoy wethors, 14j 9d to 17s Gd j for Patrick Morley (Springfield), 66 crossbred ewos, lls to lls 9d ; for Mr Alex Thomson. (Grey town), 74 merino wethers at lls Gd ; for Messrs A and J Browu (Abbotshill), 77 merino wethers at L93d ; Mr T M'Lay (Silver Peaks), 49 mcriuo wethers at 7s ; for Mr J B Blair (Wost Taiori), 200 halfbred wethers at 15s. Lambs,— U3 woro sold at 7s Gd to 10s 9d. Pigs. — 304 were penned. Suckers made 5s to J).s ; stores, 16s to '/Is; porkurs, 22s to 28s; baconers, 32s to 4Gs Gd ; one or two extra heavy, 50s.