Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 9, 31 July 1894, Page 3

Commercial.

Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co.’s Stock Report.

Hawera, July 28. On the 21st inst, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr F. Finlayson. Dairy cows sold from £4 10s to £8 15s ; springing heifers, £4 Is to £5 10s; yearlings, £2 Is 6s; trap horse, £l6 ss. At Opunake on 24th inst we had a large muster of stock, mostly of good sorts. Competition was keen, consequently nearly every line was disposed of. At Manaia on the 26th inst we had a fair entry, and prices on the whole were good. With the exception of three pens everything was sold. We quote—At Opunake—Calves, 21s to 245; weaners, 80s to 355; weaners to yearlings, £2 to £2 ss; 18mouth steers, £2 10s to £2 15s ; 2year steers, £8 ss; 2-year heifers, £2 15s to £8 ; 24 to 8-year springers, £4 10s to £5 5s ; dairy cows, £5 5s to £6. At Manaia—Weaners, 32s to 38s ; yearlings, £2 2s to £2 5s ; 2-year steers, £8 to £3 ss; 24 and 3-year steers, £3 18s to £4 2s Od ; 2-year heifers, £3 2s Od ; 8-year springers, £4 5s to £4 15s; dairy cows, £5 to £0 10s. Sheep,—Shorn lambs, 5s 6d.

Mr Newton King’s Weekly Report. New Plymouth, July 20. Cattle.—At Stratford, on Tuesday, there was a good muster of stock in spite of the incessant rain. Bidding was fairly brisk, but prices were rather lower than the previous sale, the decline being most noticeable in small calves and dairy stock, except where the latter were of extra quality and close to calving, when good prices were realised. Good strong yearlings were best in demand, and all of this class sold at satisfactory rates. Calves made 24s to 38s 6d ; yearlings, 42s to 48s Gd; 18-month steers, £2 18s to £3 Is Gd ; heifers, in calf, £3 2s to £3 13s ; springers, £4 2s to £5 Is ; store cows, £3 to £3 15s ; springing do, £4 12s Gs to £6 2s Gd ; heifers and calves, £8 15s. Mr Rowe’s dairy cows were a nice lot, and wore well competed for, prices ranging from £3 IGs to £6 7s Gd ; ewes, in Jamb, 7s. At Waiwakaiho, on Tuesday, the yards were full. There were few buyers, however. The sale was the quietest I have had for some time. Most of the young cattle were passed in, and went home. Small calves made 12s to £1 4s ; good do, 26s Gd to 81s ; 12 to 18-month steers, M2 Gs Gd to £2 9s; 18-month to 2-year, £3 ; heifers, in calf, £2 12s to £3 3s; springers, £3 12s Gd to £4; store cows, £2 2s to £8 ; springing do, £8 5s to £5 15s. Mr Salway’s dairy cows were well competed for. Half-bred Holstein heifers and calves, £2 2s Gd ; yearlings, £2 15s.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan’s Report.

Auckland, June 26. On Friday horse stock (yarded in moderate numbers) were without alteration in value. Active draughts, from 10s to £l6 ss. A waggon brought £l2 ; ’bus, £5 10s. At the cattle sales, held respectively at Pokeno and Drury, cattle were yarded in less than the usual number. Quiet cows and fat cattle maintained late values. No grown steers offered. Calves and yearlings advanced in price from £5 10s each.

At Remuera dairy cattle yarded numerously, but were dull of sale ; many were passed ; those sold ranged from £3 8s to £8 each. The store cattle yarded were mostly dairymen’s dry cows ; those sold well, and brought from £2 to £3 17s Gd each. Calves yarded numerously, and sold at high values. Fat cattle in full number (2-10 yarded) were lower in value than for several weeks ; prices for steers ranged from £5 us to £ll 10s ; cows, £4 to £6 each. Sheep in full numbers (155 Q yarded) ; ak,qut one-third stores, and those classed as fat were few of them of choice quality ; wellfatted sheep were keenly competed for, hjong-woolled eyes brought as high as lUs 3d each; ewes, near lambing, brought from 10s to 12s Gd; barren store ewes, 5s Gd to 7s Gd ; lambs or hoggets, 7s Gd to 10s Gd; wethers, 10s to 16s Od ; fat ewes, 8s Gd to IGs

Sd each. Pigs of all tizos fairly represented ;92 sold. Store pigs were from 3s Gd to 17s; porkeis, 18s to 31s ; heavy pigs, 52s to 75s each.

Greymouth Stock Market.

Geeymouth, July 16. Fat Cattle. —Although only 67 head were yarded, these were evidently in excess of the requirements, as 10 were left unsold. Perhaps the weather had something to do with it, as the sale was conducted in the midst of a perfect thunderstorm, accompanied with a cold bitter rain, which gave the shivers to everyone. Mr Struther’s line of thirty Wanganui bullocks brought from £lO to £8 us, averaging £9 2s 6d ; Messrs Fox and O’Neill’s thirty were quitted at from £lO 5s to £7 15s, averaging £9; while Russell’s local cattle, which were very rough, but heavy, topped the market at £l2 to £9 ss, averaging £ll. We quote prime beef to-day at from 27s to 80s per lOOlbs. Fat Sheep.—These were also in excess of demand, 106 being left unsold. Kilgour’s 61 crossbreds brought from 12s to 12s Od ; Russell’s 59, 15s ; Fox and O'Neil’s 21, 12s ; and 80 of Kennedy’s, 12s. Best mutton to-day brought from 3d to 3id per lb.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Limited.

Received by cable by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), Wanganui. (Quotations corrected up to July 24.) Frozen Meat. Lamb —Prime New Zealand per carcase ... ... 4f d per lb Mutton—Canterbury ... 3£d „ Wellington ... 3£d ~ Tallow. Fine mutton ... 25s Gd per cwt Good beef 2Bs 9d ~ Hemp. Medium N.Z. is worth £l6 Os per ton Wheat. Average ... ... 24s Gd per 49Glbs Longberried ... 25s 2d ~ F.a.q. to arrive iron ship, c.i.f., new crop ... 22s Gd 4801bs

London, July 25. Wool.—The sales closed firmly this day at the level of last sales, except greasy Merino super, second Merino super, greasy Merino medium and inferior, fine greasy cross-bred, fine scoured cross-bred, and medium greasy cross-bred, which are par to -|d per lb higher since close of sales. The total quantity solb during the past sales is 216,000 bales of which 115,000 bales have been taken for the Continent, and 1000 bales for America. It is estimated that 78,000 bales have been held over for further disposal.