WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, AND CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2250, 15 April 1897, Page 26

WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, AND CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Fat Cattle.— l 63 head yarded. This number proved in exce.-s of trade requirements, and several Taieri graziers took their consignments back to the pastures again. A good ruauy of the cattle forward were of medium quality and these met with a very pooi s.tle, piices for such showing a (IltHiii- of close upon 2'!;> V'V h>ail. Hren £;ood e-ittli' were not. )-o well competed for. Ke-st bom brought, from 17« fcVi to 50-> per ICOU', medium 13 1 -, an i inferior about 12< Kd. Wi* sold SI bead .is follows :— For Mr I. A Vyner (Otakarama), 2 extr.i prime bullocks ut £'.) 12s fd, 2 no at £i\ 1 small bullock at £7, and 1 very prime cow at JEtJ 12s tid ; llc^rs M array, Roberta, and Co. (Gladbronk esfntt), 5 bullocks at £7 5s to £7 10.s and 13 heifers at £i Ills to £0 l£s 6d ; TiTr Joshua Duntey (Mills* ove), 7 f-tueis at quotations ; Mr Benjamin Urjy, jun. (W^ikouaiti), 7 priino steers .^nd heifers at up to £7 ; .Mr J. A 'J'owneend (Hawk&bury), 4 cows at £l 2s lid to £1 12« fid ; aud for Messrs Thomas Henuitgs (Seacliff), Thomas Richards, David Davidson, D. and J. Bacon (Broad Bay), Thomas Laiug, H. Mvans, D M'Gregor, J. Hegarty, J. Morton, and others, 37 head at quotations. F.tt Sheep. — 2351 pciiued, by far the greater proportion of them being ot medium quality and mostly ewes For pr.me wethers the demand was good and prices unchanged, but medium and inferior qnaHr.y werv dvii of sale, aud prices quite Is pnr head easier. B-ist wethers brought fiom 12a61 to 13s ; urd>naiy, lls to 12s ; medium, 9s fid to 10s ; and light, 7s to S^. Prime ewes brought fiom 10s to lls; medium, 8s to 9s rid ; and inferior, 3s to 63. We fcold 39S as follow . Fur Mr Geoig-e Black (Southland), 120 vrry priim crossbr«"d wethers at from 12s to 12s {Ki. and 70 prime do ewes at 10* ; Mv J^mes Scott (Drum > ! ak), 39 prime crossbred ewes at, from Us 61 to 10i ; and Messrs A. 8. Orbell (W.iikouaiti), George Grey (Milburn), Robert Clearwati-r (Portobello), and John Golightly (I'urakanui), drafts at quotations Fat Lambs. — The supply was an excessive one, 1959 being i>ennel, and as a well-known exporter was not operating this" week prices suffered a decline of fully Js psr head. To-day's proceedings lacked the animation that has bean chdraiteristie of recent sales of this c'asa of stock ; sltl), even this week's prices cannot be regarded as otherwise than satisfactory. We sold 303 aa follows : For Mr VV. B. Galloway (Palineroton. as asjent), 40 very prime at 10s 3d and 30 ah 0a ; Mr A. S Orbell (Waikouaiti), 32 do 10s and 29 at 939 3 3J ; Mr James Miller (Saddle Hill), 13 at 9s 3d ; Messrs Dempster Bros (Fiag .Swamp). 40 at 8< ; Mr Robert Clearwater (Portobello), 40 at pj Dd.to 7s 3d ; and for otber vendors 77 atnuotstiotis. Pigs. — 260 forward. Unfortunately more than half of them were stores, and us th^re proved to be very few buyers in the market for them, this class of pigs suffeied a decline in price of fioni 63 to 7s psr head. Bacon pigs and porker.", on the other hand, met with good competition, and sold at pretty well up to rec-nt quotations We sold 212 ac follows :— Bacon piih, 15 at 50-=, 9 at 45s (i.i, 5 at 455. 9 afc 4-is, 4at 43s 6d, sat 42s 6 J, 3at 40s, 3 3S<, and 7 (light) at 31s ; pirkcrs, 52 at fiom 21s to 5:8; ; stores, 112 at from 6s to 23.. Store Cattle meet with but slight inquiry. We have no sales to repurt. Stoic Sheep. — 'Ihere is a strong demand for forward-conditioned three-quarterbred wethers for turnip feeiing, and hs the number offering is not great prices have a hardening tendency^ We have buyers for good crossbred ewes, but this class is also scarce Our sales for the week amount to 4700 sheep of one class and another. R<tbbitskins.~We did not offer any this weik. Sheepskins. — There was a good attendance of buyers at our sal* on Tuesday, when we offered a fair-sized citalo?ue of all descriptions of dry and gieen skins. Prices, we regret to say, show a decline on those ruling last, week, in sympathy with the Londoa market, which shows a decline of id psr lb. We quote : Green crossbred?, Is 9d to 2s <M ; extra good, 2s 9.1 to 3s ; do lambs, Is 9d to 2s 4d ; dry crossbreds (best), 3s 8d to 5« 3d ; do (medium), 2s Id to 3s ; do pelts, 7d to Is 6J ; dr,y merinos (best), 2s 9d to 3i 9d ; do (medium). Is 6d to 2s Od ; do pelts (small aud damaged), 3d to Is each. Hides continue in good demand, and we"cm place any quantity of well flayed stout ox at good prices. We quote : Primest heavy ox, 3Ju to 3}d ; medium, 2id to 2^d ; light and inferior, IJd to 2d per lb. Taltow. — Market unchanged. Some large consignments have reached-us this week, and hav<' been disposed eofc of as follows :— Best rendered mutton, 14s 6d to Jsj lid ; medium, 13s 6d to 14s ; roueh fat, Ss to lls p^r cwt. Wheat. — The market shows more activity, and since last repoit we have made goo'J- sales xt prices on a par with those ruling laßt week. We have inquiry for prime seed Hne3 of Tuscan and red sorts, aud can place these at hi^h prices if clean and true 1o name. We qnoie: Prime southern Tuscan and red sorts, 3s lljd to 4* ; go id 3h lOJd to 3s lid ; fair to medium, 3s 9d to 3s lOd ; velvet, 2d to 2J.1 more ; whole chick, 3s 3d to 3s 6d per bushel (sacks in, terms). Uats.— This market is iv an excited state, and since last report piices have advanced 2s per bushel. We can place large quantities of feed, milling, and seeding sorts at the following prices : Good to piime feed, 2a to 2s Id ; fair to medium do, Is lid to Is Did ; bast milling, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; seed, long Tartarians, and Duns, 2s 2d to 2-i 4d per bushel (sacks extra, net). Barley. — There is, a brisk demand for all malting descriptions, and we can place large quantities at full rates. We quote : Ckod to best malting, 3s 9d to 4_s ; extra prime frlraae more ; fair to medium malting, 3s to 3s 6d ; feed and milling, 2s 3d to 2s 9d per bushel (sacks extra, nat). Chaff.— l he market during the week has been well supplied with all deicriptions, and prices in consequence are slightly lower than last week. We quote : Piime oaten sheaf, £3 2* (id to £3 5.s ; extra heavy and well cut. up to 70s ; fair to medium, £2 15s to £2 17s 61 per ton (ex truck, bags extra, net). Note — We hold heavy stocks of primest agricultural seeds, wire, standards, bheep and rabbit netting, and all farm and stationrequiiites, and can quote low prices. A fresh supply of the now famous Highland sheep dip has been ordered by cable, and will be landed in the course of a few days. Tub Mutual Agency Company of Nkw Zealand (Limited) report .-—The supply of cattle at Burnside yesterday proved a gre it deal in exce s of the demand, and although sales opened fairly well business was difficult to do towards the end, even at a fall of from 10s to 20s per head on prim's cattle, and a lot had to be turned out Sheep sold well, and all lots fouad buyers at late rates. Lambs w»re in very heavy supply, and prices on freezers show a. decline of Is to Is 6d. The sales j all through dragged heavily.

Cattle.— We fold for Mr G. Ilarvev (.Stirling), ' 5 bullocks to £7 2s CJ, 2 cows to £6" 12s 6d ; Mr J. A. Townsend'(Waikouaiti), 3 do to £(j 12s fid; (per Otajn Farmeis' Association) Mr J. Dove ■; (Titri), i) bullocks (prime) to £7 17s b'd ; Messrs | Irvine, Campbell, Beaver, and others, co\vs and calves at market rates, and turned out 11 head. Sheep.— We sold for Mr D. M'Lood (Bushy), 1 pen nice wethers at 10s 3d and 2 pens ewes to 11s ; a southern client, 5 pens at market rates. Lambs.— Wo sold for Mr I). M'Leod (Bushy), 6G to 7s 7d ; Mr T. Johnston (Flag Swamp), 7<i to 8s !)d ; Mr J. Stewart (Dunbark) and Mr A. G. Davis (Dunback), 2 pens at market rates. Sheepskins.— The sales were attended by the usual number of, the trade, but competition was less keen than usual, and prices show a slight decline on late rates. Grain and Produce. — Our 'usual report was published on Tuesday, since which nothing fiesh has , transpired. I Country Sales.— We remind clients of our stock sale to be held at Mr Lindsiy'e, Allanton, on Thuisday, 22nd inst.