WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT. Wednesday, August 1.

Otago Witness, Issue 1915, 3 August 1888, Page 18

WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT. Wednesday, August 1.

Fat Cattle.— 24B were yarded for the day's requirements, a large portion of which were prime and heavyweights, the balance inferior to medium ; notwithstanding the full market competition was fairly brisk, more especially for the former, and prices showed a slight advance on last week's sales. Best bullocks brought £8 10s to £9 12s 6d, one pen £10 10s ; medium, £5 10s to £7 10s ; others, £4 5s to £5 58 ; cows in proportion.— H. M. Drivkr (on behalf of the Mutual Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited) sold on account of Mr P. Williams (Kaihiku), 15 prime heifers (light weights) at up to £5 7s 6d ; on account, ot Mr H. Guy (North-East Valley), 2 cows at up to £2 7s ; on account of Messrs Wm. Boberts (Dunedin), Hugh's (Mosgiel), and others, 6 cows at up to £3 7s 6d.— Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 63 head as follows:— On account of Mr Arch. M'Pherson f Southland) 2 very prime bullocks (heavy weights) at £10 10s and 4 do (medium weights) at £8 10s; oa account of Mr Jas. Guild (Trevenna), 5 very prime bullocks at from £10 5s to £9 2s 6d ; on account of Mr Wm. Quinn (Makikihi), 18 bullocks at from £8 12s 6d to £0 10s ; on account of Mr D. T. Shand (as administrator), 10 speyed heifers at from £6 ]0s to £5 17s 6d ; und on account of Messrs Alex. Bannatyne (Waikouaiti), J. J.M* Auley (Portobello), J. Shand (West Taieri), John Martin (Green Islund), T. N. Morris, Alex. Douglas, J. Scott, J. O'Connor, and others, 24 head at quotations.— Donald Keid and Co. yarded 96 head and Bold— For Mr James Guild (Trevenna, Temuka), 5 extra prime bullocks at £9 17s 6d to £10 10s ; for Mr Davis (Northside), 6 bullocks at £7 2s 6d to £7 15s ; for Mr James Shand (Abbotsford), 16 prime bullocks at £7 2s 6d to £8 7s 6d ; for Mr Robert Mitchell (.Kaik), 14 cows at £4 2s 6d to £5 15s ; for Mr William Shand (Keith Hall), 20 bullocks at '£7 to £8 ; for Mr William Eobertson (Maheno), 6 prime bullocks at £8 to £9 ss ; for Mr Thomas Kirk (Kirk Hall), 7 prime bullocks at £8 15s ; for Mr M. Hornby, Gore, and others, 19 cows and steers at quotations ; for Messrs M'Leod Bros. (Woodside), 20 small bullocks as a line, at £4 10s.— Eeid, Maclean, and Co. sold 84 head as follows:— For Mr Neill M'Fadden (Strathtaieri), 10 bullocks from £8 to £8 7s 6d, and 5 cows frcm £5 10s to £1 2s 6d ; ,for Mr Sinclair Wright (Balclutha), 6 cows from £7 to £5 7s 6d ; for a South Canterbury client, 5 bullocks from £7 17b 6d to £6 10s, and 7 heifers from £7 5s to £6 12s 6d ; for Mr Joseph Smith (Stirling), 14 bullocks up to £6 ; for Mr William Duff(Outram), 17 bullocks from £5 2s 6d to £3 15s ; for Mr Isaac Green (North-East Valley), 11 bullocks and cows from £6 to £3 15s ; for Mr William Lindsay (Greytown), 2 cows from £5 to £i 7s 6d ; and for Mr John Holmes (Portobello), 7 cows and bullocks from £5 7s 6d to £4 17s 6d.

Fat Sheep.— 294l were penned to-day, including 400 merinos, the reßt crossbreds from medium to prime quality. Bidding was good, and wethers fit for freezing fetched fully Is per head in advance of last week's prices, while medium and ewes were in less demand, but showed no reduction. Best crossbred wethers brought 13s 6d to 15s 9d ; ordinary, 9s to 12s 6d ; best crossbred ewes, lls to 13s ; ordinary, 6s to 10s 6d ; merino wethers, 8s to 9s 3d.— H. M. Driver (on behalf of the Mutual Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited) sold on account Messrs M'Leod Brothers. (Woodside). Mathew Baxter (Wingatui), and others, crossbred ewes (small) up to 8s 3d.— Donald Stronach (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) sold on account ot Mr A. M. Clark (Temuka), crosabred ewes at 12s 3d ; Messrs Boss Brothers (Bushey Park), merino wethers at 8s 9d to 9s 3d ; for other vendors, crossbred ewes at 10s 6d to lls, and wethers at 10s 9d to lls 6d. — Wright, Stbphknson, and Co. sold 1835 as follows:— On account of the New Zealand Agricultural Cumpany (Waimea estate), 201 very prime crossbred wethers at from 15s 9d to 15s ; on account of Mr Arch. M'Pherson (Southland), 21 prime crossbred wethers at 15s 3d. and 40 do (smaller) at 13s 6d ; on account of Mr William Smith (Newton), 16 crossbred wethers at 14s 9d, 32 do (smaller) at 13s 6d, and 16 maiden halfbred ewes at 138 ; on account of Mr James Shand (West Taieri), 262 crossbred wethers at from 14s 3d to lla 3d ; on account of Mr George Nichol (Abbotsford station), 356 crossbred wethers at from 14s 6d to 14s ; on account of Mr B. J. Jefferis (Te Houka), 28 crossbred wethers at 14s, and 33 crossbred ewes at 12s ; on account of Mr James Logan (Greenvale estate), 412 oiossbred wethers at from 13s 9d to 12s 6d ; on account of Messrs Murray, Boberts, and Co. (Gladbrook estate), 76 prime Leicester ewes at 14s 6d, 70 halfbred ewes at lla, and 331 merino wethers at from 8s to 8s 3d. — Donald Ehid and Co. sold for Mr J. Thompson (Banks, Maungatua), 63 prime halfbred wethers, 14s 9d; for Mr Thomas . Eeid (Gore), 37 halfbred wethers. 13s 3d, and 87 maiden ewes at 13s 3d to 13s 6d ; for Mr James Sutherland (Mayfield), 79 quarterbred wethers to 9s 3d ; for Mr M. Fleming (Greytown), 356 crossbreds at 10s 6d ; for Messrs M'Leod Brothers (\Joodside), 96 Southdown ewes at 12s; fot Mr S. Thompson (Banks), 33 crossbred ewes, 13s 3d ; for Mr A. Cameron, 61 crossbred wethers at lls 6d.— Beid |Maclean. and Co., for Messrs Mathew Baxter (Mosgiel) and P. Martin (Balmoral), sold drafts of crossbred wethers from 10s to lls 9d, and privately during the week placed 11,800 prime crossbred wethers for freezing on account of Messrs James Smith and Sons (Greenfield), John Beid (Elderslie), Hon. E. Oliver (Corriedale), William Grant (Timaru), J. C. Gilchrist (Oamaru), and others.

Pigs.— lsß were penned, comprising all sorts. Bidding was brisk, and prices a shade higher than last week's quotations. Suckers brought 6s 6d to 11b ; stores, 19s 6d to 26s ; porkers, 30s to 365 ; baconers, 43s to 60s.— Wright. Stbphenson, and Co. sold 58 as follows :— Bacon pigs, at from 60s to 365; porkers, at from 34s to 23s.— Bhid, Maclean , and Co.' sold 96 as follows :— For Mr John Molloy (Waimate), 33; from 43s to 19s 6d ; for Mr John Smart (Waitaki), 61 from 52a 6d to 6s 6d ; and for Mr J. Knox, 2 at 58s and 9s.

Store Cattle. - The business resulting from the small inquiry experienced is only to a very moderate extent, and nothing of any importance in the meantime passing. Store Sheep.— There are no sales of any consequence now effected. The only business coming under notice at present is confined to occasional purchases of lines not suitable for killing at the Burnside sale yards, and which leave but little margin to the buyers.

Country Sales.— H. M. Driver (on behalf of the Mutual Agency Company of New Zealand, Limited) reports having held a clearing sale of farm stock and furniture, &c, on account Mr James Henderson, Waikouaiti, and satisfactory prices were obtained all through. Sheepskins. — These as usual command good attention, all descriptions being; readily disposed of. At the regular weekly auction sales on Monday i here was a large attendance, all the members of the trade being present . Large catalogues were offered of all classes of sheepskins ; competition was brisk, and prices showed a slight advance on last week's sales. Country crossbreds, low to medium, brought ]s 3d to 3a 6d ;do do merino, la 2d to 2s 9d ; medium to f ull-woolled crossbreds, 33 8d to 6s 3d ; do do merino, 3s to 4s 7d ; dry pelts, 2d to Is 2d ; butchers' green crossbreds, ss, 4s lid, 4s lOd, 4slßd, 4s i d, 4s Id ; inferior, 3s Bd, 3s 2d ; green merinos, 2s lOd to 3s 4d ; lambskins, 2s 3d to 3s 2d.

Batbitskins. — The demand continues , brisk, all sorts being in good request, but more especially fullfurred thin-pelted greys, and realise prices equal to those obtaining previous to the advices reporting* a fall at the last sales in London. There are several orders in the' market, but* the paucity of supplies, ia retarding their completion. Meantime, however, buyers are limited to price, and in the absence of a

substantial' advance in price at Hoinef we can hardt. look for very much further improvement in v»in2 here. Quotations are at present : — Summers 6d tl 9d ; autumns, 9£d to Is ; early winter, 143 dto lUa full-furred bucks and does, 16d to 16M per ( lb. ! Hides.— The market it in much, the same potitfo, as when we last reported, there being no altetatl* to note either in demand or values. Tallow. — The market continues steady, and «- material change in any way to report. Stocki^J low, but as the supply coming forward is sufficjS for requirements, and the only operators being t£ local manufacturers, in the absence of any dem»3 for shipment prices remain as last ■ quoted—vv prime rendered mutton, 18s to 19s ; medium to goc? 15a 6d to 17s ; inferior and mixed,. 13s toHjj? rough fat— inferior, 8s to 9s ; medium to good, 9j*J to lls 6d ; best (clean and fresh), 12s to 18s per o^ Grain.— Wheat : The demand for good mili£ continues extremely restricted. Millers ara ow ting with increased caution, and only purcha^ in satisfaction of their immediate requirement Second-class milling is in no demand whatever £ local use. During the week, however, a few sm parcels of this description have been placed for »1*! ment. Inferior and fowls' wheat continues md demand, but without any improvement in prijj The only descriptions for milling inquired for in t2 meantime are prime Tuscan and red straw, f. mixing; and the quantity used is comparative insignificant. Prime milling velvet and red atr»t 2s lOd to 3s Id ; Tuscan, best a shade more, medius 2s 6d to 2s 8d nominal ; fowls' wheat, whole andfuj 2s 3d to 2s 6d; inferior and broken, la 9d to 2s (. store, eacks weighed in).— Oats : I'he market,!; though firm at last week's quotations, has ta further improved to any appreciable extent; an beyond the disposal of a few lots suitable k milling and an occasional lot .for shipment, tt bminess passing is limited. A good demand exit! for shipping, but until there is a correspondln rise in the Australian markats shippers are not In position to operate at the prices now deraande here. Prime milling, stout and bright. Is Jld to& extra choice a shade more ; short bright feed, h9l to Is 10£ d; medium, Is B|d to Is 9d; inferior,' which the market is pretty well cleared ont, Is 6dt Is 8d ; black, In small lots, up to 2s ; long Tartars^ Danish, fit for seed, Is 9d to 2s (ex store, sad weighed in).— Barley has very little attention froi malt3ters, especially if in the slightest degree 0 colour. There is some inquiry for milling, but unt growers reduce their limits very little business wi be effected. There is no demand for feed; quod tioHs nominal.

Grass Seed. — The market for ryegrass is still k active. Small lots are occasionally disposed of, whi parcels of any size are difficult to move. Potatoes. — The market continues bare, and prio further advancing. Northerns are worth 70s to j! and Southerns 65s to 70s, according to quality,