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Weekly live STOCk and produce REPORT.

Wednesday, September 21. Fat Cattle.— 2os were yarded, and of this number the bulk were unfinished cattle. Competition for prime beef was good. Best bullocks brought £8 10s to £10 10s ; medium, £6 123 6d to £7 16s ; light, £4 10s to £6 15s ; best cows and heifers, £6 10s to £7 7s 6d. — Stronach Bros, and Morris yarded 40 head, and sold: For a southern client a line of prime bullocks at from £9 to £10 10s (top price for the day) ; Mr James Harrison (Middlemarch), bullocks to £9 17s 6d ; Mr Walter Blackie (Glasgow Farm), light bullocks to £5 15s; Mr William Gordon (Maungatua), bullocks to £6 15s; Mr Alex. Douglas and J others, bullocks and heifers at quotations. j Maclean and Co. yarded 45 head, and sold : For Mr A. Douglas (East Taieri), 7 bullocks at £8 10s, 3 cows to £5 12s 6d; Mr Walter Blackie (Glasgow Farm), 2 bullocks at £6 15s; Mr Jas. Harrison (Middlemarch; per Co-operative Co.), 5 bullocks at £7 12s 6d to £6 12s 6d; Messrs W. Bowles, J. Paisley, G. Blandford, T. Deveney, J. Anderson, W. Robinson, T. Lynn, A. Crawford, F. Perniski, W. Townley, James Matheson, W. Cowan,_J. Cadzow, W. Irvine, Mrs Berwick, and Mrs Walker, cows, etc., to £4 12s 6d. Donald Reid and Co. yarded 64, and sold : For Mr R. Hewitson (Loven s Flat), 2 bullocks £6 12s 6d, 1 heifer £5 15s ; Mr Walter Blackie (Glasgow Farm), 4 bullocks at £7 to £6 15s; Mr Thomas Connolly (Hyde), 12 bullocks at £7 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d; Carmichael Bros. (Riverside), 7 bullocks at £9 2s 6d to £7 ss, 1 heifer at £7 15a; Mrs W. Heenan (Maungatua), 6 bullocks £6 2s 6d to £5 ss, 2 heifers at £4 7s 6d; Mr F. J. Wright (Mosgiel), 19 bullocks at £6 ; 15s to £4 17s 6d, 1 heifer at £4 15s ; Mr Thomas Gordon, sen. (Maungatua), 2 bullocks at £6 10s ; Messrs James Robertson, W. Jennings, and others, 7 head at market rates. Privately during the week we have sold 77 head at satisfactory prices. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold: For Mr Thomas Jones (Greenhills) and others, seven pens of bullocks to £8 10s, and heifers to £6 7s 6d. The Farmers' Agency Co. (Limited) yarded 23 head, and sold: For Mr A. Douglas (East Taieri), 5 bullocks £6 10s to £6 17s 6d, 2 heifers to £7; Mr W. Kirkland (Elmgrove), 3 heifers £6 7s 6d to £6 17s 6d; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 5 bullocks £6 10s to £8 10s, 1 cow £4 10s; Mr John Kirk (Mosgiel), 1 bullock £& 7s 6d, 2 cows £5 15s; Mr W. Kirk (East Taieri)) 1 cow £4; Mr Thomas Gordon, sen. (Maungatua), 2 bullocks £6 to £7 2s 6d, 1 cow £5. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded 44 head, and sold: For Mr F. Morrison (Coal Point), 14 prime bullocks to £9 ss; Mr J. C. Anderson (Stirlii.,,), 13 bullocks £8 7s 6d to £6 12s 6d, 3 heifers £4 10s; Mr P. Maley (Clarkesville), 4 bullocks £8 15s to £5 7s 6d, 2 heifers £4 12s 6d; Mr John Kirk (East Taieri), 4 bullocks £6 17s 6d to £6 ; Mr O. Waite (Stirling), 3 bullocks £6 5s to £4 ss ; Mr A. Douglas, 3 cows £7 to £5 7s 6d. Fat Sheep. — The entry forward to-day comprised 4903 (including 159 merinos), being the largest number offered at Burnside for a long time, and making tho third heavy market in succession. Amongst the large entry there were not many pens of prime finished sheep, although some few exceptions left nothing to be desired. Best crossbred wethers brought 15s to 16s 9d; good do, 13s to 14s 9d; unfinished do, 9s to lls ; best crossbred ewes, to 14s; best merino wethers, to 13s 3d. Stronach Bros, and Morris "penned 300, and sold: For Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Gladbrook estate), merino wethers at 13s 3d; Mr J. Howat (Milrig), light sheep at 9s 6d; and for other clients, wethers and ewes at quotations. Maclean and Co. p e nn e d and sold: For Mr T. Lowery (Lovell's Flat), 66 wethers and maiden ewes at 12s to 10s 9d ; Mr H. B. Flett (Milburn; per Co-operative Company), 88 merino wethers at 9s 9d to 9s 6d, 51 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes at lls to 10s; Mr W. BJackie (Glasgow Farm), 30 crossbred wethers at market rates. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) penned 1500, and sold: For Mr Robert Turnbull (Linburn station), 118 splendidly finished halfbred wethers, in a line, to Mr Wm. Dxike (George street) at 16s 6d (top price), 58 prime merino wethers at lls 3d ; Mr James Liddell (Taieri Beach), 24 crossbred wethers and ewea to 14a Cd; Messrs Craigio

and Sons (Henley), 32 crossbred wethers at 14s; a southern client, 108 crossbred wethers and ewes at 13s 6d, 54 crossbred ewes at 10s to 11s, 130 small halfbred wethers to 8s; Messrs Crane Bros. (Otakia), 51 crossbred wethers and ewes to 12s 6d ; Messrs P. and J. Kenny (Hyde), 192 crossbred wethers to lls 3d ; Mr L. Fenwick (Waitati), 19 crossbred wethers at lls 9d ; Mr James Nelson, 57 crossbred wethers and ewes at lls 3d to lls 9d, 293 do at quotations; and turned out 350 unsold. The Farmers' Agency Company penned 495, and sold: For Mr R. Patrick (Woodlands), 60 crossbred wethers at lls to 13s 3d; Mr J. G. Banks (Fernlea), 63 crossbred wethers at 10s 6d to lls 9d; Mr B. Roberts (Flathill), 60 crossbred wethers at 10s 9d to 12s 6d; Mr John Armstrong (Willowvale), 181 crossbreds at 9s to 10s 9d; Messrs Walsh Bros. (Henley), 131 crossbred wethers at 13s 6d to 15s 3d. Donald Reid and Co. yarded 1463, and sold: For Messrs Matheson and Sons (Hartfield), 180 wethers at 14s 9d to 13s; Mr Walter Blackie (Glasgow farm), 6 ewes at 12s; Mr W. Mosley (Inchclutha), 30 crossbred wethers at 16s 9d (top price to-day), purchased by Mr Thomas Carroll (Morniugton) ; Mr Robert Bagrie (Hartford farm), 120 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes at 12s 6d to 10s 9d; Mr George Lindsay (Milton), 18 wethers at 16s 3d; Mr E. Prendergast (Otautau), 177 crossbred wethers at 12s 9d; Messrs Wilson and Scott (Waihola), 40 crossbred wethers at 12s 3d, 17 do ewes at lls 3d; Mr W. Hewitson (Lovell's Flat), 60 crossbred wethers at 12s 9d to lls 6d; Mr P. Williamson (Milburn), 24 crossbred wethers at 12s 3d, 36 do ewes at lls 9d; Mr R. F. Kirk (Kelso), 57 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes at 13s 9d to 12s 3d; Mr W. G. Jones (Middlemarch), 59 wethers at 13s 6d to lls 3d, 9 crossbred hoggets at 10s; a client, 100 crossbred wethers at to 10s ; Mr J. T. Nicolas (Waihola), 55 wethers at 13s to 12a 6d; Mr R. Leishnian (Whare Flat), 128 crossbred wethers and ewes (small) at 9s 6d to 8s; Mr Robert Gibson (Kemton farm), 130 wethers at Ids 9d to 14s 6d ; Mr Frank Wright (Mosgiel), 81 wethers at lls 3d to lls, 56 ewes at 10s 6d; and turned out 80 unsold. Privately during the week we have sold 4120 freezers at satisfactory prices. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded 546, and sold: For Mr R. Irving (Femdale), pen very prime heavyweights at 18s 6d, 45 very prime wethers at 15s 9d to 17s; Mr F. M. Ayre (Redan), 61 crossbred wethers at 14s to 13s ; Mr A. Duncan (Owaka), 122 crossbred wethers at 13s 6d to lls; Mr James Taylor, 57 crossbred ewes at 14s to 12s 9d; Messrs R. Craigie and Sons (Henley), 100 crossbred wethers at 15s to lls 6d; Mr S. Wright (Balclutha), 57 crossbred wethers at 14s 9d to 12s 9d ; Mr F. Campbell (Millray), 31 crossbred wethers at 12s 3d; Messrs J. and A. Roberts (Warepa), 58 crossbred ewes at 9s 6d to Bs. Pigs. — 95 were submitted, and met a good market, all selling in vendors' favour. Suckers, 8s to 14s ; slips, 16s to 19s ; stores, 20s to 28s ; porkers, 28s to 38s ; baconers, 40s to 50s ; heavy pig 3 up to 595. Stronach Bros, and Morris sold for a client, a small draft of baconers at quotations. Donald Reid and Co. yarded 29, and sold: For Mr W. H. Lobb (Brighton), 4 at 41s 6d to 37.3; Mr P. Murdoch (Mosgiel), 3 ac 35s 6d; Mrs W. Heenan (Maungatua), 4 at 20s 6d; Mr J. W. Neill (Sandymount), 6 at 123 6d to 5s 6d ; Mr Robert M'Caw (Allanton), 1 at 545; Mr M. Hughes (Wingatui), 11 at 17s to 15s. Maclean and Co. sold: For Mr J. Campbell (Pine Hill), 4 at 22s 6d, 3 at 18s 6d; for Mr J. Beattie (Green Island), 2at KOa » , 445; Mr J Oughton fM-- t - DrJgety and Co. (T^ted) yarded and sold 24 at qvo^tlGus. " Country Sales. -The New Zealand Loan and Meicantilo Agency Company (Limited) report having held their usual fortnightly sale at Clinton on Thursday, 15th inst., when they submitted about 1700 mixed sheep for sale. Bidding- was exceedingly slack owing to tho scarcity of feedi and most of these were reti.rued to the paddock. Ewes in lamb were particularly slow of sale. They sold wethers to IDs 6d, ond hoggets to 9s sd. Next day, at BaJclutha, they held their usual "fortnightly sale, when there must have been at least 5000 sheep for sale by different agents. Bidding there was by no means brisk either except for picked lines of hoggets and wethers. Ewes in lamb, as at Clinton, being quite impossible to shift. They sold wethers at 12a 9d, and hoggets to 9s 3d. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their fortnightly sale at Balclutha on Friday, the 16th inst., when they yarded 3210 sheep and 15 head of cattle. There was a large attendance, and with one or two large buyers in the market for hoggets and forward wethers, the most of these descriptions were cleared at satisfactory prices. Breeding ewes and small and low-con-diticned wethers did not meet with the same demand, feed not being forward enough to allow of farmers operating. Fat and forward store cattle met with a good demand at current rates. Best crossbred hoggets brought from 9? to 9s 6d ; good do, 8s to 8s 7d ; medium do, 7s to 7s 9d; small do, 6s to 6s 6d; forward crossbred wethers, 10s to 12s 3d ; fat do, 12s 6d to 14a 7d; fat crossbred ewes, 8s to 10s; forward steers, £5 to £6 10s; fat cows, £4 15s to £5 ss. Wool. — Cable advice has been received to-day from London stating that at the opening of the sales on the 20th inst., merino wool advanced 5 per cent., good combing greasy, merino being relatively dearest. Coarse crosabrefl declined a shade. Locally there is .very little doing, a few small lots of oddments being soli at the weekly skin sales at prices on a par with late rates. Sheepskins. — There was the ÜBual attendance of buyers at Tuesday's auction sales, and prices were on a par with those ruling the previous week. Merinos and fine half-breds, as usual, caused keen competition, and crossbreds were also well competed for. Quotations are as follow: Best half-breds, 4s to 5s 3d; medium, 2s 6d to 3s 9d ; inferior, Is to 2s 3d ; best crossbreds, 3s 9d to ss ; medium, 2s 3d to 3s 6d ; inferior, Is to 2s; best merinos, 3s 9d to 5s 3d; medium, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; inferior, Is to 2s; crossbred pelts, 4d to Is ; merino pelts, 3d to 8d ; butchers' green crossbreds, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; extra, a shade more. Rabbitskins. — Only medium-sized catalogues were offered on Monday, but prices remained unchanged, the following being values ruling at present: — Prime winter does, 18Jd to 18|d; prime winter bucks, 16d to 16|d ; prime winter (mixed), 16Jd to 17d; medium winters (mixed), 14Jd to 15|d; autumns, 9d to 13d; summers, 5d to B£d ; suckers and small, ljd to 4£d ; prime winter blacks, 14Jd to 15Jd. Hides remain as per last report, the demand all round being good, and especially keen for heavy ox hides well taken off. Prime heavy ox are worth 3Jd to 4d ; medium, 2|d to 3Jd ; light and inferior, ljd to 2Jd. Tallow. — No change during week. Best rendered mutton, 13s 6d to 15s ; medium, 10s 6d to . 12s 6d ; inferior, 8s to 10s ; rough fat, 9s to lls 6d. Grain. — Wheat — There is no change to report, the only demand from millers be- [ ing for samples of prime velvet, which they require for mixing purposes. Fowl wheat is moving off slowly at late quotations. Nominal values to-day are as follow : — Prime velvet, 3s lid to 4s Id; prime Tuscan and red sorts, 3s 9d to 3s lid; medium do, 3s 6d to 3s BJd; medium velvet, 3s 9d to 3s lOJd; whole fowl wheat, 2s lid to 3s 2d ; inferior and broken wheat, 2s to 2s 9d. Dunedin terms: Oats — There is a small business passing in this cereal at prices fully equal to late quotations. Stocks are not heavy, and with any demand from outside markets pric&s must rise. To-day's quotation s are : Milling samples, 2s 3d to 2s sd ; seed lines, from 2s 4d to 2s 8d ; good to best feed, 2s Id to 2s 2£d ; medium do, Is lid to 2s OJd ; inferior do, Is 8d to Is lOJd (net cash, sacka extra). Barley— There ia not xrnir.h, business doing, a

few small sales for seed purposes being about all that takes place. Quotations nominally: Prime malting, 4s 9d to 5s Id ; fair to medium,4s 2d to 4s 8d ; /feed, 2s 6d to 3s 9d (net cash, sacks extra). Chaff — The principal demand, as usual, i 3 for prime well-cut chaff, which is worth £3 10s to £3 12s 6d; medium, £3 to £3 7s 6d; inferior, £2 5s to £2 15s. Potatoes are slightly easier, owing to increased supplies. Best Derwents, £6 12s 6d to £7; medium, £6 5s to £6 10s. ; [The individual reports of Stock Agents, Wool, ] Babbitskin, or Grain Brokers can be inserted in \ the Daily Times and Otago IVitness at Special Mates.} WRIGHT, STEPHENSON, AND CO.'S WEEKLY REPORT. Wednesday, September 21. Fat Cattle.— 2os head yarded. Prices remained at about last week's level. Prime bullocks brought £8 10s to £10 10s; good do, £7 to £8; medium, £6 to £6 15s; light and unfinished, £3 10s to £5 10s; prime cows and heifers, £6 10s to £7 10s; good, £5 10s to £6; light and inferior, £3 to £4. We sold 46 head as follows: — Mr T. A. Connolly (Hyde), 6 bullocks at £8 17s 6d to £5 12s 6d; a client, 12 bullocks to £9; Mr Bathgate (Gowrie), 7 bullocks and heifers at £7 17s 6d to £5 15s ; Mr James Harrison (Strath-Taieri ; per Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association), 4 bullocks at £8 12s 6d to £6 10s; Mr James Scott i (Owaka), 8 bullocks at £7 12s 6d to £6 10s; a southern client, 7 bullocks and heifers to £7 7s 6d; Mr J. Grant (Milton), 2 bullocks at £5 7s 6d. Fat Sheep. — A very large market, 4903 being peniied, including 159 merinos. Prices showed a decline of from 6d for prime sorts to Is for unfinished lines. Prime crossbred wethers sold at 14s to 16s 6d ; good do, 12s to 13s 6d ; light, , 8s 6d to lls 6d; merino wethers, 10s 3d to lls 3d. We yaided 9G6, and sold : For a southern clienf, 38 very prime wethers at 16s, and 22 wethers and ewes at lls 9d; Mr James Holmes (Waimahaka), 13 prime crossbred wethers at 16s, and 39 prime crossbred ewes at 14s 9d to 12s 3d; Mr George Nichol (laurima), 203 crossbred wethers at 14s 9d; Mr John Beattie (Maungatua), 65 crossbred wethers at 14s 3d to 13s ; a client, 60 prime halfbred wethers at 15s 3d to 14s; Mr Dore (Washdyke), 100 halfbred wethers at 13s 3d to 12s 9d, and 20 merino wethers at 10s 3d; a southern client, 237 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes at 13s 3d to lls: a client, 128 halfbred wethers (small) at l'2s 6d to 10s; and for another, 61 crossbred wethers and ewes at lls to 8s 9d. Pigs. — 95 penned. Competition again exceedingly good, and prices in favour of vendors. Suckers, Ss to 14s ; Blip 3, 16s to 19s ; stores, 20s to 265 ; poikei's, 28s to 38s ; baconers, 40s to 50s; heavy pigs up to 595. Our entry consisted of 25, which we sold at quotations. Sheepskins. — We offered a fair - sized catalogue on Tuesday, when prices for all descriptions were slightly above prices ruling last week. Bidding was very animated, and nearly every lot offered was sold at very full values. We can recommend consigurnents of all descriptions. We quote: Croasbieds, half to full- woolled, 3s to 5s 6d; crossbreds, quarter to full-woolled, Is 6d to 3s ; crossbred pelts and inferior, 5d to Is 6d; merinos, half to full-woollo^ 2s 9d io ss; merinos, quav^ 0 na ,if- WO olled, Is 6d to Ss 8 .) 'merino pelts, 2d to 8d; green crossbreds, 3s 6d to 4s 3d ; freezers, up to 4s Bd. Rabbitskins. — We put forward a large catalogue at Monday's sale, when bidding was spirited, but prices somewhat irregular. Nearly all the winter skins now aie showing signs of spring, and although prices Were practically unchanged this had the effect of lowering the average somewhat. The highest price obtained at our sale for winter D'erwents was 18|d. We quote : Prime winter does, 18Jd to 19d ; do bucks, 16d to 16|d ; do mixed, 16£ dto 18d ; blacks, 13d to 15d; medium greys (mixed), 14Jd to 15Jd; autumns, 9d to 12d; summers, 5d to 8d; runners, 4d to s£d; suckers, ljd to ljd per lb. Hides. — We^ cleared our consignments last week at satisfactory prices. There is still a strong demand for well - flayed heavy ! ox, and these fetch very full rates. We quote: Prime heavy ox, 3Jd to 3|d; extra prime, up to 4d; medium, 21d to 3d; light and inferior, l|d to 2£d per lb. Tallow. — Good demand, and prices on a par with those ruling last week. We quote: Best rendered mutton, 12s to 14s 6d ; medium, 10s 6d to lls 6d ; discoloured and inferior, 8s 6d to 12s; rough fat, 8s 6d to 12s per cwt. Wheat. — Market still remains lifeless, and there is but little business transacted, and the few lines going through are chiefly prime northern grown grain for blending purposes. We quote: Prime Tuscan and red sorts, 3s lid to 4s; prime velvet, 4s to 4s Id; medium Tuscan, 3s 9d to 3s 10|d; do velvet, 3s lOd to 3s lid ; chick wheat, 2s 9d to 3s 2i per bushel (off trucks, Dunedin, sacks in, terms). Oats. — The demand continues good, but the business passing is almost entirely confined to shipping lines of medium quality. There is good inquiry for duns, but tartars and Danish are somewhat neglected and difficult to place at recent values. We quote: Good to best feed, 2s Id to 2s 2d; fair to medium, 2s to 2s o|d; discoloured and inferior, Is 9d to Is lid ; milling 2s 3d to 2s 5d per bushel (sacks extra, net). Barley. — This market is somewhat lifeless for_ prime samples, although there is good inI qiiiry for medium malting and milling lines. I We quote: Prime malting, 4s 9d to 5s Id; fair to medium, 4s 3d to 4s 8d; feed and milling, 2s 6d to 3s 6d (per bushel, sacks extra, net). Chaff. — There is no change to report in the market. Prime samples are in good demand, ■while discoloured and light are difficult to place. The quantity of prime offered during the week was somewhat below the requirements of the | trade. We quote : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 12s 6d to £3 15s; good, £3 5s to £3 10s (per ton, ex truck, sacks extra, net). We have buyers for prime lines, and can recommend consignments. Potatoes. — Quantity offering is more than sufficient for the requirements of the trade, and I the market has suffered a decline of 10s per ton. Prime Derwents are to-day worth £6 10s ; extra prime, up to £6 15s ; other sorts, £5 to £6 per ton (net, ba<*s in). Seeds. — We Jiold very large stocks of clovers, [ grasses, turnip seed, etc., specially selected and of splendid quality. Samples and quotations on appliottion. Manures. — The Mary Moore has now arrived with the first shipment of Coral Queen guano, and we are now supplying this at ex ship — viz., £4 2s 6d tier ton (on trucks, Dunedin). We have also a full stock of Lady Elliott guano, bonedusts, superphosphates, grain, potato, and turnip manures, and can supply customers at exceptionally low prices for high-grade fertilisers.

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Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 30

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Weekly live STOCk and produce REPORT. Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 30

Weekly live STOCk and produce REPORT. Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 30

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