Stock Reports.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1425, 22 June 1899, Page 7

Stock Reports.

DNEr. Wcdnovdav. IV he at. chick. 2s 3d to 2s 6d : milling. 2s 10,1 to Bs. Flour. £6 10s to £(5 13s; Manitoban. £f> 13s. Oris, feeding. New Zealand. Is *d to Is 10c:: Tasmanian. Is 7d to Is 9<i: Tartarian, seeding. Is ]()d to 2s. Barley. Cape. 2s 4., to 2s Gd : English. 2s Gc! to 2s 0<». Ma'.zo. 2s Bcl. peas. Prussian blue. 3s Gd to os 9d. Brim. 3d to 9.1 d : pollard. 9’d. Potatoes:—Circular Heads. £2 IPs : New Zealand derwents. C2 2r< Gd to £2 os. Onions, £4 13s te £3. Rutter, dairy. 8d to 9d : factory. It'd. Cheese. large, 4 id; loaf, 3.1 d. IP;eon. 3ld to Sd. i IE LBOURNE, Wednesday. Wheat. 2s 9d to 2s lOd. Oats. Is 3d to Is Bd. Barley. Chevalier. 4s to 4s Gd. Maize, 2s: 7d to 2s 9d. Bran. B.ld. Pollard..B Jd. Potatoes. £1 13s to £2. Onions. £ j to £4 3s. ADELAIDE. Wednesday. Wheat. 2s 8d to 2s Pd. Flour. £0 13s. Oats, dun and Algerian. Is Gd to Is 8d : stout. 2s to 2s Gd. Bran and pollard. 9d. DUNEDIN. Wednesday. At Burnside yards to-::av 173 far cattle were yarded, the hulk being small medium steers and cows. For a few pens of prime fat cattle competition was keen and prices good. say. 20s per 1001 b. but medium sorts were dull ot sale, from 14s to 16s Gel per 1001 b. Of fat sheep 1623 were penned, and ccming after last week’s over supply, proved quite sufficient. The hulk of the entry consisted of fair to good crossbred ewes, .with a few pens of prime, but not heavy wethers. The latter sold on a par with prices lately ruling, but for ewes a shade less had to lie accepted. Best wethers brought 13s Gd to 17s (id: two tliow sheep, 235; best ewes, 13s Gd to 13s. Or host lambs 34G were penned, the greater portion being freezers. For these competition was keen, and prices ruled from 13s to 14s; butchers’ kinds from 10s to Us. Only twenty-eight pigs were penned, and they sold at late rates, under keen competition. CHRISTCHURCH. Wedi.csday. The entries at Addington yards today were:—7ll3 fat sheep. 8179 tat. lambs, 4974 store sheep'. 489 cattle, 293 pigs. One bullock. £l 4 ; 13 head local bullocks. £8 13s to £ll 19s: and 20 from, the North Island, £9 2s to £lO. Ordinary steers brought £3 3s to £7 2s Gd; heifers, £4 os to £3 13s; and cows, £3 10s to £3 7s Gd. A line of 80 bullocks from Pelorus, Sounds sieve pens, sold privately, with many ether lots, at £3 2s Gd. Heifers brought £3 13s, and yearlings from 20s to 80s, Export buyers being disinclined to operate, the freezing sheep sold suffered a drop of Is to Is 6d per head, while many lots were withdrawn. Butchers’ sheep were also easier, there being too many in for the trade. Freezers sold at

from 10 s to 19s; but cm on” owes, best, Ids to 13s Id; and oG-ors down to 9s; freezing lambs, ]Js to l‘)s Id. other sorts were easier at fre in lb's 3d to BN. Store sheep of all kincs were a regular drug, holders declining, to accent a reduction. and buyers ionising to give late prices caused very little business to he done. Of fat pigs here was c niy a small entry. Baconer-; sold at over" 4d per lb, and porkers at 4\d to 3d. T-la-c-oners brought 40s to 38s per head; porkers, 30s to 435; stores, 23s to NV ; and weaners. 14s to Ijs Gd. *