WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2356, 20 April 1899, Page 30

WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT.

- - - Wednesday, April "19. ~ t Fat Cattle. — There were 204 yarded for today's market, fully one-half of which were stores, the balance fair to prime beef. For all prime beef bidding was spirited, and prices •ruled about equal to late, rates, while* for medium and inferior it wasvdifacult to get a bid at all. Best bullocks brought £8 to £9 ; good do, £G 103 to £7 15s; best -heifers, £5 to £G; cows, £3 to £4; prime beef, 18s to 19s per 1001b; cow beef, 10s to 15s. The Farmers' Agency Company (Limited) yarded 12 head, and sjld: For Mr R. Charters (Ury Park), 2 prime sleers (small) £6 7s 6d; Messrs Walsh Bros. (Henley), 5 bullocks £6 12s 6d to £7 7s 6d, 1 heifer £5 ss; Mr F. Perneski (Allanton), 4 heifers to £4 17s 6d. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded 38 head/ and sold : For Messrs A.~and A. Souncss (Otnkia), 8 bullocks from £7 17s 6d to £6 10s, 2 heifers at £-i ss ; a client 20 bullocks to £6 ss; Mr M'Phee (Owaka), 8 bullocks at market rates. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Coinpanv (Limited), sold^ For Mr D. Moore "(Milton) "and ■ others, steers to £4 17b Gd, and heifers to £3 2s 6d.- — Stronsch Bros, and Morris- sold: For Air Robt. Charters (Ury Park),..niedium-weight bullocks at £7 2s 6d to £6 12s Gd; Mr F. Gorman (North-East Harbour), cows at £3, heifers at £4 2s Gd ; Mr W. Cowan (Highcliff), heifers at £3 7s Gd; Mr F. Kovaleski (Allanton), heifers at £5 5s to £2 8s ; Messrs Jho. Kirk (Mosgiel), W. Townley (Highcliff), and other vendors, cows, bullocks, and heifers, at quotations. Donald Reid and Co. yarded 34, and sold : For Mr L. Meier (Henley) 5 bullocks at £5 15s to £4 17s Gd, 3 cows ■at £4 7s Gd to £3 2s 6d ; Mr John Kirk (East Taieri), 2 bullocks at £5 10s, 3 heifers at £3 Tss- Mr J. J. MAuley (Portobello), 4 heifers at £5 to £4 10s; Messrs R. Piyde, D. C. Mit'chell, /Townloy, Bishop, and others, 17 head at quotations. Maclean and Co. yarded. 125 head, and sold: For Mr A. Douglas (Bulyondale). 7 head at to £6 12s 6d; Hon. A. Lee Smith (Titri), 13 bullocks at £6' ss to £5; Mr R. Charters (Ury Park), 2 bullocks at £7 2s 6d; Mr W. Townley (Highcliff), 2 cows to £4; Messrs Early and Son, 1 heifer. Wri»ht, Stephenson, and Co. sold 86 head as follows: — For Mr P. Ha ugh (Owaka), 10 bullocks at froni £4 17s Gd to £7 17s 6d; Mr D. M'Nutt (Owaka), 5 small steers at from £3 10s to £5; Mr Alex. M'Lachlan (Whitstone Farm), 10 prime bullocks at from £7 to £3 15s; Mr F. Cannon (Mount Cargill). 8 steers at from £4 17n Gd to £5 12s Gd ; Mr John Law.-on (Berwick), 12 bullocks nt from £3 17s Gd to £7 12s 6d; Hon. A. Leo Smith (Waipori), 12 small steers at quotations: Mr Wm. Kirkland (Elmgrove), 2 heifers at £4 10a ; Messrs W. Bowles, A. Rutherford, Stuart M'Donald, J. J MAuley, R. Milne, G. Edwards, Wm. Robinson, John Sidey, John Morton, Wm. Townley, and others, 27 head at quotations. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative -isspciation of New Zealand (Limited) yarded 54 head, and sold : ' For Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), bullocks' at from £5 lls *to £5 ss, heifers at from £5 10s to £3 17s 6d ; Mr Donald M'Donald (The Valley), 'lO bullocks at £7 5s to £6 2s Gd, 11 do £6 to £5 7s Gd, 8 do at £5 2s 6d to £5, 5 do fsinall) £4 13s 6d, 5 do (very light) £3 10s to £3 2s, 3 small steers £2 ss, S.iieifers £4 to" £3 12s 6d. 1 cow £3 2s 6d ; Messrs' W. Tenfnley (Highcliff) and James Donaldson (Anderson's Bay), heifers at quotations. '

Fat Sheep. — There was a moderate supply to-day, consisting of 1729 all crossbreds, several pens of very good wethers, and a few pens very heavy prim* ewes. Prices for ''prime pens differed very slightly from last week, but as usual old and inferior ewes fluctuated a good deal. A few pens of good wethers were taken by export buyers, which helped to steady prices. Best wpthers brought 13s to 14s, fair wethers lls to 12s Gd, best ewes 12s to 13s, a few pens extra heavy to 14s Gd, aged and inferior Gs to 9s 6d. The Farmers' Agency Company (Limited) penned 2G7, and sold: For Mr G. P. Johnston (Waikaka), 33 crossbred wethers 14s, 19 crossbred ewes 13s 9d ; Messrs James Smith and Sons (Greenfield), 66 crossbred wethers 13s ; Mr W. Smith (Tattenham), 90 crossbred wethers 12s 9d to 13s 9d; Mr W. Mackay (Otakia), 13 crossbred ewes 7s 6d ; Mr A: Douglas (East Taieri). V 46 crossbred wethers 12s 6d; and pri-

vately during the week, 3001 crossbred wethers at a satisfactory price. Dalgety and Company (Limited), sold: For A. Allison (Clarksville), 46 wethers from 13s 6d to 12s, 12 ewes at 9s 9d; a southern client, 46 wethers and owes from 12s 9d to lls 6d ; Mr Thomson (Ayrshire Park), 40 wethers to 9s 6d ; J. G. Burt (Wyllie's Crossing), 47 ewes; C. Munro, 6 ewes at lls 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), sold: For Mr James Eskdale (Tapamii), 22 crossbred wethers at 12s 9d, 18 crossbred ewes at 10s 3d; Messrs T. and D. Falconer (Milton), 28 crossbred ewes at lls 6d; Mr James Ross (Kartigi), 43 crossbred ewes at 10s 9d, 22 do at 10s 3d to 10s 6d; Mr Joseph Crane (Otakia), one pen crossbred ewes at 10s 9d. Stronach Bros, and Morris, sold : For Mr Alexander Douglas (East Taieri), crossbred ewes at 30s Gd. Donald Reid and Co. penned, and sold : For Mr James Sim (Crookston), 61 crossbred wethers and ewes at 14s 6d; Mr J. T. Donaldson (Hampden), 64 crossbred wethers and ewes at 12s to 10s 9d; a southern client, 61 crossbred ewes at 9s 9d to 9s; Mr John Thomson (Winton), 60 crossbred ewes at 10s 6d to 7s 6d ; Mr John Heads (Milburn), 61 cio'ssbred ewes at 7s 9d to 6s; Mr John Bruce (Tho Firs), 35 crossbred wethers at 13s 3d; Mr D. Reid (Salisbury), 42 crossbred ewes at 7s. Maclean and Co. penned 260, ajid sold : For a client? 70 wethers and ewes ; Messrs J. H. Wilson" and Sons (Berwick), 100 wethers and ewes at 12s to 9s 3d; Mr A. Douglas (East Taieri), 90 wethers and ewes at 12s 6d. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 458, as follows : For Mi Robert Bla'bk (Heathfield), 36 very prime crossbred wethers ai 14s 6d; Messrs R. Campbell and Sons, Limited (Otekaike), 45 extra prime halfbred ewes at 13s, and 14 Leicester ewes at 12s 9d; Messrs W. and N. Reid (Broomfield Mains), 174 crossbred wethera at from 12s 9d to 13s 9d; Mr James Henderson (Kclso), 27 crossbred wethers and maiden eVes at 14s; Mr H. O'Neill (Shag Valley), 66 crossbred ewes at from 9s 3d to lls ; Mr John Coutts (Janefield), 29 crossbred ewes at from 8s to 10s ; Mr Thoa. Lee (Highcliff), 48 crossbred ewes at 10s 6d ; Mr John Bruce (The Firs), 48 crossbred ewes at 9s Gd; Mr James Gow (Invermay), 4 Leicester ewes at 14s; Messrs R. Clearwater and H, Kellis, «mall drafts at quotations. The Otago Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association of New Zealand (Limited) sold :. For Messrs A. and A.:, Souncss (Otakia), one lien ewes at 12s-3d; Mr -John Biucc (The Firs), sQ_ewes- at 9s, 52 do 8s 3d.'

Lambs.— 7so penned to-day, a great portion of which were prime freezers, and which elicited ver/ spirited competition from the export buyers. Butchers' lambs also sold very well. Freezers, 10s to 15b 3d ; good .butchers, 8s to 93 6d. The Farmers' Agency Company (Limited) penned 134, and .sold: For Mr W. Smith (Tattenham), 32 at lls, 14 at 10s; Mr James Wyllie (Outram), 36 at 8s to 8s 9d ; Mr W. M'Kay (Otakia), 17 at 6s 3d; Mr W. Paterson (Willowvale), 35 at 12s 3d. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) penned 280, and sold: For Mr A. B. Mann (Kokonga), 80 lambs from lls 6d to lls; Mr C. G. Trotter (Hyde), 75 lambs at 10s; Mr W. Thomson (Ayrshire Park}, 31 Unnbs from 8s 9d to 7s 6d ; Mr J. Ewing (St. Bathans), 66 lambs from 8s to 7s ,3d ; Mr J. G. Burt, 8 lambs at 6s 9d. The New vZealand Loan aiid Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold : For Mr James Eskdale (Tapanui), 27 at lls Gd, 7at 9s 9d ; Messrs P. and J. Kinney 33 at lls, 30 al 10s, 15 at 9s 3d; Mr Joseph Crane (Otakia), 44 at 10s. Donald Reid and Co. penned 165, and sold : For Mr D. Reid (Salisbury), 73 at 10s 6d to 9s, 79 at 7s 9d ; Mr A. E. "Young (Breadalbane), 13 at 6s 6d. Maclean and Co. sold drafts for Messrs J. H. "Wilson and Sons and Mr James Wylli'e at 8s 3d to 6s 7d ; and privately 300 at satisfactory prices. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 102 as follows:— For -Mr Robert Black (Heathfield), 21 at 12s 3d; Mr John Coutts (Janefield), 43 at from 7s to 9s 3d; Mr H. Kellis (Portobello), and Messrs Thomas Lee and R. Clearwater, 35 at quotations. The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) sold : For Messrs A. and A. Souness (Otakia), 35 very prime lambs (to Mr Parsons) at lls, 20 do at 9s; Messrs J. and A. Souness (Momona), 47 lambs at 10s Gd, 30 do (light) at 8s 3d; Mr James Buchanan (Oulram), 43 lambs at 9s 6d.

Pigs.— 7B penned to-day, and all sold very readily at the following prices: — Suckers, 10s 6d to 16s; slips, 18s "to 245; no stores in; por- s 'kers, 38s to 4ts, baconers, 46s to 565; a few extia heavy to 675. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For Mr John Henderson (Owaka), 9 at 10s 6d. Macloan and Co. sold: For a client, 2at 38s, 2at 49s 6d, 4at 455, 2at 375 ; Mr Jas. Oughton (Mosgiel), 4 suckers at 13s Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 59 as follows: — Extra heavy pigs at GOs to 665; bacon, 40? to 555; porkers, 30s to 38s; 'suckers., 9s to 16s. Clearing Sale.— Donald Reid and Co. report having held a clearing sale on behalf of Mr John Wright afhis farm, Mosgiel, on Tuesday, the 18th mst., when they submitted, his stock of dairy cows, farming implements, etc, for unieserved sale. There was a good attendance of farmers and others, and a satisfactory sale. Dairy cows sold at £2 to £3 12s 6d ; *y°iing I cattle up to £3 12s 6d. There wasT a large collection of choice, purebred fowls, which sold at fancy prices 1 . Implements and sundries all being disposed of at fair values.

Sheepskins. — There was a. very good attendance of buyers at the sales this week, when large catalogues were offered. Although the market is up considerably »+ Home, it made Very little -difference to prices yesterday, and buyers were, very alow at bidding. Rabbitskins.— There is keen competition for all cla&sea of rabbitskins, and the market during the last fortnight has risen ljd to 2Jd per lb. Best autumns are "fetching 9d to lid summers 5d to 7d pel lb Hides.— Market is improved. Quotations7? ce ii S x °^,' 1 3d tc \ 3 i d ' extr a heavy, 4d ; medium light, 23d to 3d ; inferior, 2d to 2*d per lb Tjillow and Fat.— Prime lendered is selling at 13s to 15s ; medium, lls to 12s Gd ; inferior, 9s to 10s 6d; rough fat, 8s to lls per cwt. The market looks brighter, and should the market remain firm at Home, prices should go up here.

Grain. — Wheat supplies coming forward are not very large, owing, no doubt, to the late rains which have been prevalent all over Otago. Prime milling velvet is worth 2s 4d to 2s Gd ; medium do, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; prime Tuscan, 2s 3id to 2s 6d ; medium, 2a 2d to 2s 3d ; medium milling, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; fowl wheat, Is lOd to 2s for whole ; and Is 6d to Is 9d for broken. Oats.— There is a fair quantity coming forward, but a good part is, for storage. Prices are easier, and still there is very little business doing in the way of shipping, as oats can be purchased much cheapei elsewhere. Quotations: Sutherlunds and milling, Is 3 J ,d to Is 4£d; prime feed, Is 3d; medium and inferior, Is lid to Is 2Jd (ex store, sacks extra). Barley. — There is a fair quantity coming forward, but the demand is very limited. Malting is worth "2* -id to 3s 4d : milling, Is lOd to 2s; feed, Is Gd to Is 9d (sacks extra). Chaff. — Prime chaff is scarce; prices still remain good. Prime ia selling at £2 10s to £2 15s; medium. £2 to £2 ss.

Potatoes. — Tho demand for potatoes is very poor. Shipper* can buy much cheaper f.o.b Oamnru than they can here, so the only inquiry is for local cbnsumi^tion. We quote: Oania.ru Derwents, £1 17s 6d to £2 ; extra choice, £2 2s Gcr; southern Derwents, hard to sell "at £1 15s to £2 (bags in ).

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GRAIN AND PRODUCE REPORT

Messrs William 33, Reynolds and. Co., Bond

street, report for the week ending, April 19, as follows: — Wheat. — Market tinaltered, and we quote as last — viz. : Prime velvet, 2s 6d ; Tuscan, 2s 4d; and fowl feed up to 2s for good whole. Oats are about the same, with a disposition to ease. We quote milling Is 4d ; prime sparrow bills, Is 3Jd; good sound feed, Is 2Jd to Is 3d (ex rail). Barley, as last reported, continues dull. Bright samples command attention at up to 3s* -to 3s 3d; ordinary, 2s 4d to 2s 9d ; and feed, Is 6d to 2s. Potatoes : If prime northern, realise £2 2s 6d; southern, up to £2. Chaff.— We can quote £2 12s 6d for prime and well cut; ordinary, £2~to £2 7s Gd, according to quality.