STOCK REPORTS.

New Zealand Mail, 15 February 1900, Page 9

STOCK REPORTS.

v- , 3GOO "fat sheep-,. rISOO. fat latab^ r ieepr cattle and pig« v .. / . £ Hhe 266 fat cattle were mostly good - r mGluding some, prime steers. Bia 1 - '^ rLs > for the better classes, ' '' ; ding owing no dohht to the 'h SSast Company freeing large- humS this sort. Prime steeds brqught nh t 0 £3 10s;. lighter sorts,. £5 17s 6 a. foiek; hcif«'3(aU^t®^)'|| - tp £G .ss; ar.d cows, £j I.s cJ. to a-o - Store cattle were in great request,, and many were taken privately -before ' tke rale By auction 3-year - steers ■ Wnnrriif- £4 Is to £5 10s; heifers, £4 "t o '£4 10s; 18-months cattle, £2 2s 6a • & 17s 6d. The dairy cows- were a bhnoc?dot selling at £3 10s to-"£& 10s. • • fat’sheep there, was a mixed, entry, nmostly, of. butchers* ewes,- with no good ■ lines of freezers.’ For-all-cla3Se3>-theke ’ Vos" keeii -demand. -Wethers',«44s ,_2d ■ .to 15a 6ct; ewes, L2s-to- 14s-6a../- No '‘•ventra.-prime fat lambs were—penned,- £ ' ! 'baing mostly, medium, quality. -hreei.1 - era, 119 61 to 13h;' down, xo 10ft 6d. , ‘ ~; ' " Tn ' store sheep tnere vf-exo^ . medium-sized -lines of wethorsp .-.iambs-, rtf and ewes.. AIL- classes 'were... ur great ■ ■'-"request.- Wethers, 11s- ?d. to lips’. 7d, ow<33, to 1A& ]' lambs, - 3s llu : . ' . lift 43. • . - T . , . ,Piga were, in short supply, ana. rose in price, esneeially stores. •*. 'Bacbners, r: :30s to 375, or 3*d per lb 265. t 0.335, or 32d to 4d; stores, 15s to. --20 s; wear.ers, 10s to 14s 63. ‘MMa ' DUNEDIN, 'Wednesday. ,• At the Burnside market; best bullocks -" brought £9 to £9 7s 6d; . medium, £7 , •-•109 to £8 5s ; light, £6 to £7; best “'heifers, £6 10s'to £7 \ mediumy £5 ... to £6; light, £4 10s to £s'; best- wethers,- - to 14s ' 6,d; light, 12s to 13s; best ew.es, T3»‘6d - • to 14s9d; medium to light, .10s 6d - to12s; lambs, best 10s 6d-to 11s 63, medium 9s 6d - to- 10s, stores 8k Gd to-Ss ■ ■ • '6d -'-'.pigs, suckers 5s to 105,.. slips 12s to. 16s, stores IGs -to* 20s.;. f .porkers, 2fcs ; ' - to 345, baconers 35s to. 425, r - A new system for: increasing;' the' con-

sumption'o£ Austrsllidh and" NeW Zeafrozen meat, '&nd bringing the consumer into closer topch with the shippers, is now being formulated- in London. _ The leaders of-the movement are largely interested in'the trade, and spe'ciai efforts will ..be made to ensure success from the stark. One of the promoters of the proposed new departure will visit the colonies ’shortly, and the whole of the details, which have been carefully worked out, . will: be. placed before the shippers or. this side, whose cc-operation will be sought;.

AUSTRALIAN: PRODUCE MARKETS. ■ ■ - - ■ ; • 'SYDNEY;' February 7. - Wheats—Chick, 2s to:';2s . lid; milling, 2s 8d- to” 2s 84d.; . Flour, £6 10s to £7.. Oats—Feeding, New Zealand, 2s 4d to' .2s 6’d; Tasmanian, 2s 4a. Barley—-Cape,-.-gs- 3d- to :2s 6d. Maize' —Prime, 1 2s 6d t 0..-23 9d..- Peas—'Prussian';blhe, os .3d to. 357 6d, Bran, 7|d to Ba. Pollard, 9d. to 9id, Potatoes, only local. ~ offering,.. £2Yto £4, Onions l , -• maTkeb.'ibareTT-Yrictpriar.^:X £3..; Birt'terT--Bairy,;-£q tb Yl.d ;■ factory,; Sid.' .Cheese, •: New . Zealand—Unquoted.; BacdnAAjd to-7d;., -1, • e ■" . The above., quotations.age those ruling. Between merchant and; retailer,, and dd; : not represent -slightly .lower, values obtained, by recognised broker.; ~ , - . - MELBOUBNEv February 7. : . Wheat, firm, 2s 9d to; 2s 9kL Large’

sales for export at higher figure. Oats 2s’ Id to 2s'-3d; stout, up, to 2s 3ld. Barley—Cape, 2s to 2s 3d._ Maize, 2s Sd. Bran. S*d. Pollard," lOld. Potatoes, £1 10s to £2 2s 6d. Oriions, £1 15s to £2. t ADELAIDE, February 7. Large demand 'for', breadstuffs for export. Wheat, to 2s Sid. ■ Flour, £6 5s to £6 10s. Oats—Dun and Algerian, Is 9d to ,2s; stout, 2s- to‘2s 6d. Bran, 9d. . Pollard, 10d, <- < -