COMMERCIAL NEWS

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 8491, 26 May 1904, Page 4

COMMERCIAL NEWS

•, dujtbdin .MABEETTS. • By Telegraph. . Bunedm, "May 25. Fat Cattle—l 43 .JTere yarded. Prime bullocks realised up to last "we6k.s_ rates, but as the sale progressed medium .quality steers and heifers. -dropped 10s to 16s per head. ' Best bullocks £lO 12s 6d to £ll 7a 6d, medium JB7 15s to £9, ss, lieifers, light £5 5s to £6 15s, cows £5 to Sheep.—2477 were penned. Bie market opaned at about; last week s rates, but towards the close a reduction of Is per bead was noticeable. Best wethers 20s to 255, one pea extra heavy 295, medium 18s 6d to 19s, light weights 16s to 1/s, best ewes 18s to 20s, medium 16s to 1/s 6d Lambs.—Only 317 were penned. Prices ranged from 15s to 17s 6d for, best to 14s to 13s 9d for others. ■Pio- s .—The yarding was only medium, and prices were about the same as last week. Suckers 9s to 12s, slips. 14s to 18s, stores 20s to 255, porkers 27s to 38s, baconers 41s to 525, choppers up to 58s. Wheat. —The market continues dull, ana little business is passing. Millers buy sparinglv, and deal only with best samples. There is a fair demand for fowl feed m trade lots. Prime milling 2s lOd to ,3s, medium (nominal) 2s 5d to 2s Bd, good whole fowl wheat 2s 3d to -2s 4d, inferior 2s to 2s 2d (sacks extra). , ■ Oats.—There are enquiries for prime miUin.tr and best lines for shipping, but there is a difference between buyers' and sellers ideas of values. There is some business doino- for B grade and best feed. Pnme •nulling and best feeding lots are quoted at Is 4d to le sd, best feed Is 3d to Is 4d, inferior to medium Is to Is 2d; sacks extra.

ADDINGTON markets. Christchurch, May 25. Owing to rainy weather the entries and attendance were very small at Addingtom yß, Fat 'Cattle. —-The yarding was 150 head, of fair quality, but included nolmesof importance. . The sale opened dull and several lots passed, but afterwards. there was a slight improvement, the remainder being fairly cleared, and the withdrawn, pens "were sold privately. Steers sold at £6 15s to £lO ss, heifers £5 15s to £7 17s 6d, cows £5 to £B, being at the rate of 18s for cow to 22s 6d for good beef Fat calves sold at late values, making from 10s to 555. , The store cattle included only one quottable line of 22 three to four-year-old bu!locks, which were withdrawn at £o 10s. Dairy cows sold up to £lO 2s 6d. There was ai very small entry ol rat sheep. The entry on the whole was of „ood quality, and included several lines of Aethers from Kaikoura. sale opened rather flat, but quickly rallied, the small supply being keenly competed for by both butchers and exporters.. Wethers brought fully late rates, while prime ewes made a further advance. Prime wethers sold. at 21s 6d to 23s 6d, extra to 27s 9d, lighter (secondary 19s to 21s, prime heavy ewes 18s to 22s 6d, extra to 25s 3d, ordinary* to good 13s to 17s 6d. Fat lambs met with good competition at about last week's rates. Tegs sold at 18s to 19s 4d, lambs at 14s to 17s Bd. Store Sheep and Lambs.—There were few buyers, the rain checking the demand for turnip sorts. Prices, however, were fairly well maintained, the entry of lambs and wethers bein- of ver-- fair quality; "W-ethers brought 16s to 18s 6d, ewes lis to 16s 2d, lambs lis 4d to 13s lOd. Fat pigs sold well, but stores were dull. Baconers realised 48s to 62s 6d (or to 4gd per lb), porkers 34s to 43s (equal to s£d to s|d), stores 20s to 28s, suckers 10s to 12s. STOCK SALES. There was an entry of about 3500 sheep, and a few cattle at the Ashburton Yards, on Tuesday. Tha heavy rain affected the attendance. Sheep sold fairly well, but neither the demand nor the price was so good as those for last week's sale. Prices were:—Fat Sheep—Merino wethers up to 13s 3d, merino ewes 10s 6d, crossbred* 15s lid to 16s sd, freezing lambs up 1» 17s lOd. Store Sheep—Halfbred ewes up to 12s Sd, full-mouth crossbreds 14s 4d; fairly forward ewes 14s 3d. Two fat cattle were sold ; one cow, at £9 7s 6d, tke other, a steer, at £6 15s. At the Washdyke yards on Tuesday there was a larding of about 40 fat sheep, all of which were sold at good prices-,, bringing 20s, 21s to 21s 6d, a line (not too prime) 16s 4d. The sale gave a good indication that a regular fat stock market is required at Washdyke; and if people would send their fat stock to these yards they would make sure of getting good values. The butchers. of Timani have intimated that if a regular supply can be kept up, they will attend these yards, and buy their fortnightlyrequirements. The auctioneers have no doubt that, should the yardipgs warrant their attendance, buyers from Ohristchurdi will also attend the sales at Washdyke. In a district such as this, with an ever-increas-ing demand for butcher's meat, there seems no reason why such a fat stock market should not be established, on lines following those of larger centres.