WRIGHT, STKPHENSON, & CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT Wednesday, February 23.

Otago Witness, Issue 2295, 24 February 1898, Page 26

WRIGHT, STKPHENSON, & CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT Wednesday, February 23.

i F At Cattle. — \Bp head wera warded, about half i of which Were fair to good quality, the otber half , only itore.s. The demand, excepting for best j cens, was very slack and price* were easier than List week—even for prime cattla rates were barely I so firm J'rinie bullock* brought £7 lf*s to £% 15s • I ordinary do, -CS to £7 : liaht do, £i 10< tn M 5 l(k ; . piimecnis, £o to £6 ; mdin-arydo, £3 10< to £4 j 15< ; inferior do, £1 to £2 10rf. We sold 48 heart [ as follows : — For a noithern client, 7 prime bullocks at £6 17s 6d to £8 12s M ; New Zealand ' Agricultural Company, Litnitei] (Waiinea estate), ; 7 prime bullocks at £7 to £S 5s ; aDd Messrs i Goo. Mori is (Owaka), 'Ihornas Carter, J. Nichol- ! sin, J. Richards, W. A. Fox, W. Crowe, T. Shale, { Wilson and Scofcr, T. Lynn, W H. Mitchell, and | Hi chard Mitchell 'M head at quotations. ; Fat Rh c ep. — 2177 penned. The market was one . of the dullest we have ever experienced at Bumside, and pi icea for wethera d-clined Is per head, \ while ewes were fully li 6d below last week's ' rates Prim? crnssbiwl wethers brought 93 to 10s : 6.) ; mr-dium do, 7s to 8s 6d : )ieht do, 5< b'd to 7s ; ' prim- ciO'sbied ewes, 7s to St 6d r oidmary do, 5s ;6lto 6N 6tl ; inferior do, 3* fid to si. We sold 621 as follows : — For New Zealand and Australian ! L^nd Company (M>ptvki eetate\ 51 crossbred . wethers sU 10*. ami 69 do ewes at Gs 3d to 7* ; Mr i Robert r,ogau (Mai it.xr.ga). 19S crossbred wethers j at 7s 1o 9, (Jd ; Mr Jainn-< 11. dlder (Maheno), 74 j erosj-bivd e«ved nt 5s to 5s 91 : Mr <>eor«t> Archif bald (Kurow), 140 halfbieds (small) af quotations ; Mr 'Foster Neill (Waikouaiti), 5St halfbied wetbers at 6-i lid to 6s 9d ; Mr D. Miller (Palraerston), 30 small cro«sbreds at quotations. fat Lambs.— ss2 came forward this week, and as tbeie were not nnnv of th"se really prime, i prices for this class advanced fully Is ; for other de<=ciiptions recent values were fully maintained. Primp lambs brought 9s to 10s 9d, ordinary 7s 6d to 8> (yd. small 4s (id to 7s. We sold drafts for Messrs T. L?e (Highcliff), D. Miller (Palinerston), and James Curls (S 1 ". Leonards). Pig*. — Only 68 penned, and all c^B^es met with keen demand. We 501d 37 at the following range of value* :— Bacon pis*<, 33s to 18* ; porkers, 26s to 34s ; s; ores, 15s to 24s ; suckers, 7s 6d to 13s. Store Cattle.— We have no transactions to report. j Srore Sheep— We shall hold a largp sale nt j Otekaike station on the 10th prox. ; and we also i diiect attention to tbse date? of our March. Otago i Central sales, which are notified elsewhere in this } iesu«. Wool — Our fourth sale of the season takes ' place to d-»y, a full report of which will appear in. j to-morrow's issue. The Bradford market shows a : slight imyvovimeiit, and wo look for a good sale, although the selection offered is a very poor one. ' Sheepxkin3. — There was an excellent attend. . atico of buyers at onr sale on Tuesday. Bidding ( was animated throughout, and prices realised | were fully equal to those juling at lust week's sale. Competition was particularly strong for all good lots of full-wooUed merinos and fine halfbreds We quote : Green pelts, 9d to Is 6d ; lambs, Is to Is 9d ; dry crossbreds, good to best, 3s Sd to 5s 6d, ! fair to medium 2s Id to 3i ; pelts and inferior, ■ /a to Is 6d ; dry merinos, good to best 2s 9d to 4s, i firf *ir to medium -Is 6d to 2j 6d ; pelts, small ok j damaged, 3d to Is each. Hides.— Market unchanged ; all forward are readily sold at full rates. We quote ; Prime heavy

ex, 3}d to 3Jd ; medium, 2fd to 3d ; light and,' inferior, lfd to 2}d. ! Tallow. — No change to report. We quote: Best- | rendered mutton, 10s to 12s ; extra do, up to 13s ; medium do, 9s to 10s ; discoloured and inferior, 7s 6d to 91;9 1 ; rough fat, 7s 6d to 10s per cwt. Grain. — Wheat : Toe market has barely opened yet, growers' ideas of value being about 4s Id to 4s 3d on trucks, Orttnaru sidings, while buyeis are disinclined to operate meantime at these prices ; consequently but little business is passing. Next week, however, we expect the market will have opened, and reliable quotations can tben be given. Meantime the following are nominal values : Prime Tuscan and red sorts, 4s 2d to 4s 3d ; mpdium to good, 4s Id to 4s 2d ; good to prime velvet, 4s 5d to 4s 7d, extra prime Id more ; chick wheat. 3s to 3* 8d per bu«bel (sacks in, terms). Odts : Ihe demand is still goori, and a fair business is doing at last week's quotations We have a special outlet for all good lines, and shall be glad to receive samples We quote : Good to best feed 2s to 2s Id ; fair to medium, Is lid to Is lljd ; di-.-coloured and inferior, Is 8d to Is ]OJd ; best milling, 2.s 2d to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra, net) Bavlpy : There is a splendid demand for all good j aaaltintt sample*, and during the week we have sold several lines of new season's giain. We have I a special outlet for prime descriptions, and can j obtain top piices. We quote : Prime malting, 4s | Si to 4s lOd ; good do, 4s 3d to 4? 61 ; medium, 4<s ' to 4s sid ; feed and milling, 2s 6d to 3o 6 I per bußhel (sacks extra, neO Ch^ff — Heavy deliveries during the week have had the effect of lowering prices to the extent of fully 10i per ton, and prime oaten sheaf is to-day j worth £3 10j per ton. So far very little new i season's chaff is on the market, and the bulk offering is chiefly la-t year's. We quote ; Prime oaten sheaf, £3 7s Gd to £3 10s ; good do, £1 to £'B 5% per ton (ex tiuck, sacks extra) ] Ryegrass.— A la>ge quantity of seed has bean | offered this week, and prir-es, especially for small, heavy seed, are firm. The following are the prices current for farmers' sample* : Snotty, clean seed, 3s 2d to 3s 5d ; oi-dmary clnan seed, 3r to 3s 3d : medium seed, 2s 8d to 3s ; light and inferior, 2s 3d to 2s 6d (sacks extra, net).