Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 78, 2 April 1895, Page 3

Commercial.

Mr Newton King’s Weekly Report.

Cattle. —At Toko, on Tuesday, owing no doubt in a great measure to the counter attraction of the Eltham races, there was only a moderate number of stock and a very small attendance, and little business was done.

At Stony River, on Wednesay, there was a fair muster, with a rather small attendance. Bidding was quiet at the start, but improved as the sale progressed, and a fair number of pens changed hands. Small calves made 7s to 12s Gd ; good do., 15s to 22s Gd : yearlings, 28s Gd to 395; store cows, £2 7s 6d to £2 15s; fat do., £4 ; springing heifers, £8 12s Gd; ewes, 6s. Egmont Farmers’ Union (Ltd.) Report. There was a moderate number of cattle yarded at Okaiawa on the 21st, and, though a number of persons attended the sale, bidding was slack throughout, though we placed a number of the lines entered. We quote— Forward steers, £4 to £4 10s; 2 to steers, £2 7s 6d to £3 18s ; yearlings, mixed sexes, £1 5s to £1 7s 6d; fat cows and heifers, £3 15s to £4 ; 2-year heifers, £2 10s to £2 17s ; weanera, 10s Gd to 19s Gd; springers, £4 to £4 ss.

Oiir Manaia sale, which was held on Wednesday, the 2Gth instant, was a contrast to previous sales held there, in that it was one of the dullest we ever remember. The yards were well filled with stock of good quality, but everything was so flat that scarcely anything was sold, either at the hammer or afterwards. We quote—Fat steers, light weights, £5 5s to £5 10s; forward steers, £4 5s to £4 11s Gd ; yearlings, £1 5s to £1 10s; dairy cows and heifers, £4 to £5 15s ; yearling heifers, £1 5s to £1 11s ; pigs, 3s 6d to 14s. Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co. s Stock Report. At Eltham, on the 25th instant, there was a good muster of cattle. Bidding was slack and sales hard to make. At Hawera, on the 28th instant, considerably more cattle and sheep came forward than were advertised. for the former was not but the latter were keenly competed for, and showed a slight upward tendency. We quote—- * At Eltham —Weaners, 15s to 25s ; yearlings, 80s to 32s Gd; 18 month steers, £2 3s 6d to £2 5s ; store cows, £2 TOs to £ 2 15s; cows and calves,

£0 10s to £3 12s Gel; springers, £4 to £1 10s ; 2Jr-year heifers, in calf, £8 to £3 3s.

At Hawera—Wcanrrs, 13s. to 18s (kl; yearling steers, 30s to 35s ; i 5 to 18-menLb steers, £2 3s to £2 (is ; 3-year steers, £2 10s to £2 15s ; 2-|- to 3-year bullocks, £3 to £3 10s ; 3-year bullocks, £3 12s 6cl to £4 ; 2-year heifers, £2 to £2 10s ; hdfers, in calf, £2 J.7s Gd to £3 3s; 3-year heifers, springing, £4 to £4 15s; store cows, £2 10s to £2 17s Gd ; cows a: d calves, £3 8s to £3 15s. Sheep— Shorn lambs, 4s to 4s Bd ; 2-tooth ewes, 5s Gd to 8s Gd; mixed hoggets, 5s 9d to 5s ; 2-tooth wethers, (is to 7s ; 4-tooth wethers, 7s 9d to 8s 7d. Messrs Hunter and Nolan’s Report. Auckland, March 28. Grass seed—Cocksfoot, Cs 3d to 8s 3d per bushel. Horses—A good many have been brought forward and found purchasers. Prices were slightly in favor of vendors. The Durham Yards were completely crammed on Friday, and- a large attendance of buyers, attracted by a big shipment from Sydney, were present. Competition was brisk all through the sale. We quote—Heavy draughts, £l2 to £2O 10s ; medium draughts, £9 10s to £ls ; light harness horses, £G 10s to £ll 10s; lot of unbroken medium draught colts and fillies, £6 10s to £lB ; hacks, £3 10s to £9 15s. Cattle.—A moderate number of fat beasts and a good many store and dairy cows were brought forward and disposed of at barely the previous week’s values. There was a good muster of stores at Newmarket on Tuesday, and the butchers’ pens were moderately full. Bidding was deliberate throughout. We quote—Calves, 15s to 22s 6d ; yearlings, 18s to 27s Gd ; dry cows, 80s to £2 15s ; 2-year steers, £2 5s to £2 12s 6d ; 8-yeny steers, £2 17 6d to £3 17s ; grown stjeers, £4s 10 to £5 ; dairy cows, £4 2s Gd to £6 ; beef, 17s to 18s per lOOlbs ; cow, 15s to 18s. Sheep were in ample supply, but dull of Wethers sold at from 8s 3d to 10s Gd ; ewes, 5s to 8s 9d ; mixed sexes, 6s 9d to 9s Bd ; lambs, 7s to Bs.Pigs.— A few stores and small porkers were yarded, and sold at from 13s Gd to 80s each. . Christchurch Markets. Christchurch, March 28. Fat cattle—Full supply ; slack competition. Prime steers, £7 to 7s 15s ; cows and heifers, £5 to £6 10s ; beef IGs Gd to 20s per 1001 b. Store cattle —l5O yarded ; demand extremely dull, and values' suffered a substantial decline. Store sheep—7soo yarded—met improved demand, values hardening. 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 Feb. 22.) Frozen Meat. Lamb—Prime New Zealand per carcase ... ... Sfdperlb Mutton—Canterbury ... B£d ~ Wellington ... 3d ~ Tallow. Fine mutton ;.. 24s Odpercwt Good beef ... ... 22s Od ~ Hemp. Medium N.Z. is worth £l6 0s per ton Butter. Fine Aust. qlts. 90s to 94s per cwt