WELLINGTON STOCK. HORSE, GRAIN, AND WOOL REPORT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 137, 12 June 1895, Page 3

WELLINGTON STOCK. HORSE, GRAIN, AND WOOL REPORT.

A. G. Taine & Co.'s report on the market for the'weclf. ending June 7.th :— Fat Sheep. — No alteration to record, but we think there is a slightly hardening tendency, and that by next month thero will be a good advance. We quote prime fat wethers 9/- to 10/-, medium 8/- to 8/C. Fat ewes have sold- heavy weights up to 8/4, medium G/- to 7/-. Store wethers- very few transactions taking place; for very ir.eijh y. ethers wo hiu'e'obtu'ncd up to Y/t), twottooth medium, 5/- to 0/-. Lambs 8/to 4/- fof best woolly, others 2/- to 2/6. Four to six-tooth ewes in lamb— sold good line at 7/- ; six to eight tcoth mixed— sales 8/6 to 4/-. Fat Cattle.— We have sold bullocks up to €8 7a 6d, equal to 18/- per lOOlbs ; heifers £4 to £5 4s ; cows £i ss, eejual to 14/0 per lOOlbs ; store bullocks— no business ; twoyear old £2 to £2 10s; yearlinps — sales 88/-' to 32/6 f weaners 10/- to 14/-. Market very qniet except for young growing cattle. pics.— Only porkers and baeoners selling—porkers 18/- to 20/-; baeoners 35/- to Horses.— There was a good entry and a veiy large attendance nt our yards on Satnrday last, attracted to some extent, no doubt by the sale of the Wellington 'Bus Company' 8 horses in the yard. Our entry consisted of horse's of ail olasses, including a Jew medium draughts ism Cheviot

(which were unsold), and also some useful harness horses, broken and unbroken, and the trotting mare Khandallah, which was sold at £10 10s. We also sold harness horses broken at £8 to £10 : some light harness sorts from £6 to £7 10s; and a good colt and filly for harness work at £25 the pair ; aged aud inferior horses about the usual prico. Buyers were present for good express and cab horses, and all likely-sorts found new owners at fair values, but there was a singular absence of really good material. We eould placo really good heavy draughts at values well up, but Canterbury cannot supply us at present, owing to the quantity of wheat going in just now. Wo sold horso covers to 13/-, and withdrew a nice dog-cart from ralmerston at -20. Grain.— Wheat market a little easier, and the rush is over, but later values maintained. Oats : market firmer, in sympathy with wheat — best feed 1/9 to 1/10, medium 1/7 to 1/8.

Sheepskins and Wool —All coming forward selling freely. Green skins up to 3/for best, 2/- to 2/G for medium, 4Jd per lb for dry skins.