WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, AND CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT. Wednesday, June 8.

Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 26

WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, AND CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT. Wednesday, June 8.

Fat Cattle.— A full market. 222 nead being yarded. This proved more than w»s tequired, and there was a decline on last week's values of about 10s psr head for prime sorts, and 15s to 20s par head on half -finished animals. Most of the latter class were taken up by graziers, and had it not bsen for their competition prices would have been even worse. Prime bullocks brought £8 to £9 10s ; good do, £6 10s to £7 10s ; medium, £5 10a to £6 ; light and half-fat sorts. £4 to £5 Wb yarded 70 head, and sold : For Mr J. M. Roderick (Greenhills), 3 bullocks at £7 < 10s, 2 do*t£7 6«, 3do at £6 7s 6d ; Mr William Kirke, 2 prime bullocks at £8 17s 6d ; Mr J. A. Hampton (Mata Falls), 1 bullock at £7 17s 6d, 3 do at £7 7s fid. 3do at £5 103 ; Mr E. Hodgkinsoo (Kurow), 15 bullocks at £4 2-; 6d to £7 17a 6d. I cowa and heifers at £4 7s 6d to £6 15s ; Msssra Dicksoo Bros. (Portobello), 16 small bullock* at £4 2s Sd to £5 53 ; Messrs J. Graham and others, 6 head *t quotations. _ . Fat Sheep.— 2l67 yarded. Prices were much the same as last week. Prime heavy crossbred, 13s 6d to 15s ; medium do, lls to 13s ; tight, 9* to 10s 6d ; prime crossbred ewes, lls to 12s 6d ; one pen extra prime, lls 9d ; medium do, 8s 6d to 10^ ; light, 5s to 7s 6d. We yarded and sold 603 as follows : For Mr J. Cleghorn (Tapanui), 60 very prime ewes at lls 9d to 14s 9d ; N.Z. A. Company (Waimea), 108 crossbred ewes at lOe «5d to lls ; Mr J. W. Francis, 30 prime ero««bre<J wethers at 14s 6d ; Mr Geo. Nichol (Taurima), 68 crossbred wethers at 13s 9d, and 50 crossbred av/e% at 8s 9d ; Measrs John Reid and Sons, 61 half, bred wethers 10* 6d to Us 6d ; Messrs J. Kemp, A. B. Kitchener, E.'Gallagher, D. Andrews, Jf. S. Alexander, and others, 226 at quotations. Fat Lambs.— 6s6 yarded, mostly only i\pva3 We yarded 231, and' sold at 53 3d to 5u 6d. Store Cattle.— We yarded 53 steers *nd bullock*, and sold : For Messrs Dickson Bros. (Portohello), 36 bullocks at £3 lls to £5 2s ; and Mr S. S. Cantrell, 11 small steers at £3 8s 6d. Piga.— Only 40 yarded. Owing to scarcity of feed there is little sale for anything except gos* porkers and baconers. For the latter we have an almost unlimited demand, and could place « very large nnmber at good values. JLhe touowing are prices current :— Suckers, none forward; slips, 12s to 13s 6d ; stores. 18s to 23» j porkers. 24s 6d to 295 : baconers, 46s to 553 1 shoppers, up ta^ia. ;

Country .Sales. — On Monday last we sold for Mr j ■ James Beattie, juii., at Highcliff, the whole of his -: herd of dairy cattle ; also implements and utensils. There was a good attendance, and full • values were paid for the stock ; cows brought from ; £5 to £7. Oar monthly sale at Palmerston took ! place on Tuesday. Very little stock came for- 1 ward, and only a small amount of business was ; done. We desire to direct special attention to our sale on account of Messrs A. and J. M'Farlane j next week, when we will sell, without reserve, at Ayrshire .Park, their famous herd of Ayrshire cattle ; also draught horses, farming implements, &c The cattle are to be sold on Thursday, 17th inst., at 11 o'clock, and the horses and implements the following day at the same hour. (See advertisement.) ' Muepakius.— There was keeti demand for all descriptions at our sale on Tuesday, aud prices ruled fully up to those current last week. We ! quote ; Green skins. Is 6d to 2s 9d ; do lambs, Is 6dto 2s 4d ; dry crossbreds (good to best), 3a 8d to '5s 6d ; fair ,to medium, 2s Id to 3s; pelts and inferior, 7d to Is 6d ; dry merinos (good to best), 2s 9d to 4s ; fair to- medium. Is 6(1 to 2=. 6d ; pelts (small or damaged), 3d to Is each „ Rabbitskins. —We submitted a very large catalogue at Monday's sale Buyers were present in ! fuli force, and they competed with much activity | for every lot Prices rulerl if anything a shade j better than last week Of course the- higher | values obtained for winter skins are in a great ; " measure due to the increased quantity of fur the skins will cut now, as compared with a few weeks i back. Winter greys "brought 14d to 15d per lb, i other qualities in proportion. - { Hides.— Since last report we have sold our con- i aignments at satisfactory figures, th«re being a ' apseially good demand for all descriptions of < heavy ■well-.&ryed ox. We quote : Prime heavy i ox, 3Jd to 3fd : extra prime up to 4i ; medium, 2Jd to 3d ; light and inferior, ]|d to Sja. . Tallow,— Deniana continues strong, and prices are fully up' to our last quotations, -which are : Best rendered mutton. 10s fid to 13s 6d ; extra i <"good, up to 15s; jnediuna, 9s 6d to 10s 6rJ ; dis- ! coloured and inferior, Ss to 9s gd ; rough fat, 7s • fc'd to 11s per cwt. j ~~ l&'faeat.— Sales are -socuew-hat difficult to effect ' Millers display no keenness to purchase anything j except prime samples,' and even these at a reduction on late quotations.- We quote : Prime Tuscan and red sorts, 4s .10d to 4s~l()Jd ; medium to good, 4s 8(1 to 4s 9d ; prime velvet, 5s to Ss'Ojjd ; : i medium to good, 4s 10d to 4s 10£ d; chick wheat, (whole), 3s 101 to. v 4s per bushel (off trucks 1 Dunedin, sacks in, terms) ! Oats. — Market* somewhat dull, and values are ■ barely up to last week's quotations, but deliveries . are short of expectations, and all forward are taken up by shippers and for local consuajption. ■ "We quote : Guod to best feed, 2s 4d to 2s 4Jd ; extra heavy and bright, up to 2s sd ; fair to medium, 2s 2§sL to 2s 3id ; discoloured and inferior, 2s to 2s"2sd ; milling, 2s 5(3 to 2s 7d ; long Tartars and duus, 2": 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra, net). • - Barley.— No>, change to report, in this market. Good inquiry for prime malting lines, but none for medium to inferior * qualities We quote: -Prime malting, 4s 9d to 5s Id ; fair to medium, / *4& 3d to 4s 8d ; feed and milling, 2e 6d to 3s 6d per bushel <sacks,extra, net). Chaff —Heavy deliveries during the week hava had the effect of increasing values to the extoat of 2s 6d to 5s per ton. A considerable quantity of light aud inferior chaff is on thsinarket, arid this is difficult to quit even at reducedTates. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf. £3 ]ss"; exa-a prime, up to £3 17b 6d ; good do, £3 7s 6d to £3 103 per ton (ex truck, sacks extra, net). Potatoes. — Prices have declined 5s per ton jfor : Derwents. Seed kidneys, true to name, are ' wanted, and prices for these have stiffened to the extent of 5s to JOs We quote : Prime Derwents, £5 15b to £5 17s 6d (off trucks, JUunedir, ba^s 'in). i Ryegrass. — Good 'inquiry Jor this. We quote : Fai mers' dres-sed, shotty .and clean, 3s 6d to 3s 7d ; ' ordinary clean, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; mediuro, 2s 9i to 1 3s ; light and inferior. 2s 3d to "2s 7d per buahel (sacks extra, net). GRAIN AND. PRODUCE REPORT. Messrs William E Reynolds, Bond street, report for. the week ending June 8 "as" follows i— . Wheat.— There is little to report, unless it be li >t the market is slightly easier, and some little difficulty is exparienced in selliag at ouotatfeas, - which we give at— For priaie velvet, up to 5s Id ; Tuscan, 53 ; red 'Sorts, 4s lOd ; fowl feed is .easier, and it takes a gond sample to realise 4s. Qats. — The demand has not been so good during past week, and to-day values are, if anything, lower. We quote : Milling sparrowbills, 2s 4id ; - good sound, 2s 3Jd to 2s 4d ; ordinary, 2s 2d to 2s Sd ; seed lioes mett with ready sale at up to 2s 7d ; Duns (scarce-), at 2s 9d. Barley.— The market is without alteration, 'and we repeat quotations- at 4s 101 io 5s 2d for " prime. • Chaff continues in rather full supply, and anything but very prime quality, which we quote at up to £3-17s'6d, is hard to place. Potatoes_eased somewhat during the week, but supplies have fallen off again, and to-day prime are worth £6 53 to £6 7s -6d ; ordinary quality, £6. GRAIN STACKS. As agents for Otago for the Imperial Insurance Company (Limited), we are in a position to insure grain and haystacks at lowest current rates. Full particulars -on application. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs Mohitzson and Hopkin report for week ending June 8 :—: — Wheat. — There is very little life in the marketi and to force sales lower prices had to "be taken. We quote : Best velvet, 5s ; best Tuscan, 3? 9d to 3s lOd ; fowls' wheat, 3s 6d to 4s. Oats : The market is fairly brisk, but prices during , the .week show no alteration. We quote: Best J feed, 2s 4d to 2s 4£d per bushel ; Sutherlands, 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Barley : Feed torts aie quoted ; at 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; milling, 3s 3d to 4s ; malting, • from4s 6d toJ&Sd Ryecorn, 3s 3d to 3s 9d. Flour : "We "quote £13 Oatmeal in •-'25's, £13 10s. Pearl barley, £21 10s Bran, £1. Pollard, £5. Nelson Tiops are quoted at Is 33. Chaff : ifixtra prime, .£3 15s to £3 17s 6d ; medium, £3 to £3 12s 6d. Ryegrass : The demand is good for small, shotty seed. We liave large orders to fill, and can place any quantity. JPanners' dressed, 2s to 25103 ; machined, 3s 3d to 4s. Cocksfoot, 3d to 5Jd for farmers' lots, and 4|d to 5Jd for Tnaehined. Xiinseed (wanted), £12. Pressed straw, ■ 255. Oiover-ihay, £4. Nitrate Of soda, £15. Basic slag, £0. Clovers, rape, <fee, "just Sanding. We c»n nffefall classes of seeds pure and fresh. ' Potatoes. — The market has been well supplied : driving the week, but prices .are without alteration. We quote : Derwents, £6. Hides, n^d to 3fd, according to weight (and ' condition. Tallo-w : Rough, fat, -9s to lls^ Tendered, 10a . • <6d to 15s, according to quality. Horsehair, Is 3d to Is sd. "Rabbitskins.— Thedemand .continues very keen, though buyers are not giving the «xtreme prices of a few -weeks ago. We quote : Incomings, lid- to 13d; winters. 15d to 16d ; «utumns, 8d 1« 103 ; summers, 53 to-8d ; Buckets and runners, .5A to 4£d per lb ;' l>est blacks, 17d. We sell by auction 'every Monday. SheensMns. — The demand is very keen and prices firm at quotations. We quote : -Dry , cromsbreds, 2s 6a to 5s ,9d ; inferior, Is 3d to 2s 4d'; dry 'pelts, 4d to Is 3d ; dry merinos, 2a 3d to ss ; inferior, leto2s ; green pelts, ' ■ ;Ss to 33, *xtra to ,3s 3d to 3s 6d ; green lambßkins, Jsjd to "3s each. " ' TVe undertake country clearing sales. [" . ..." "FRUIT -AND PRODUCE REPORT; . . Butter.— Prime salt l, Tery little inquiry;nominally lOd per lb. 1. Cheese : Factory, 4Jd to sa.Pigs.—lor good quality, 4d. ' Poultry received for^aale any day. Roosters (young), 2s 6d to 2s ■Qd ; hens, 2s to 2s 3d; ducks ;*j(youngj, 3sto 33 fid, according to quality. .(wanted), Is 2d to Is 6d for prime, quality; Emit.— We receive .consignments of all .kinds of • fruit and garden produce, which we sell either .by = auction or privately, -as yrc think best in the in-- : terests of .consignors. .Apples 1 Dessert, Ifd to 3d j - cooking, l|d te 2Jd. Pears : Dessert, SJd to 3Jd ; , cooking, ld.-to 2d per lb, bananas, Sd to 2Jd i per lb o - - : - .