WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2433, 31 October 1900, Page 34

WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE REPORT.

Wednesday, October 24. Fat Cattle. — For to-day's market at Burnside 191 head N were yarded. The bulk of these were only fair quality — a few pens being prime, but none extra heavy. There was good demand f/"-- pU fio r tg, aud, under keen conxpetitign, late

values were slightly improved upon. Best bullocks sold at £10 to .313 2s 6d; good, £8 10s to £9 Us; light, .£6 10s to £8 ss; best cows and heifers, £S to £10 10s; ordinary, £1 to .£6.— — Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) sold: For Messis R. and J. Gibson (Otakia), 2 bullocks a» £3, 2 do at £'! 13s, 3 heifer at £3 7s 6cl, 2 do, at £5 2s 6d ; Jir William Kirk (East Taieri), 2 bullocks at £9, 0 heifers at 16 ss ; Mr A. Meiklejohn (,I\ f Oith Taiezi), 2 cows at £5 12s 6d. Stronach Bros, and Morris yaided, and sold: Foi Mr Alexander Douglas (East Taieri), light bullocks at £7 10s; Messrs Stiong Bros., cows at £5 10s to £5 2s Gd; Mr A. M'Lennan (Pine Hill), cow; to £6 2s 6d; and privately during the week a. line of well-bred and finished bullocks for Mr J amts Gow (Invermay) at £1S per head. Otago Fanners' Co-operative Association (Limited) yarded 45, and sold as follows: — For Mr Robert Charters (Ury Park), 14 prime bullocks at £10 15s to £L1 17s 6d; Mr A. Souness (Otakk), 6 do at £9 17s 6d; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 small bullocks at JS7 17s 6d, 3 cows at £6; Mr William Kirk (Mosgicl), 5 bullocks' at £9 15s, 1 cow at £i 10s ; Mr John Ku-k (East Taiori), 2 heifers at £5 2s 6d; Mr R. Mitchell, 3 cows at £6 10s ; Mr James Harrison, 3 biillocks at £ 8. The Ury Park draft of 14 bullocks were a specially prime lot, and averaged £11 2s 6d per head. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded 67 head, and sold: For Mr John Armstrong (Kiirnara), 9 bullocks at £8 17s Od to £9 ; Mr J. C. Anderson (Stirling), 7 bullocks at £5 15s to £8 12s 6d, 9 heifers at £5 10s to £7 12s 6d ; Messrs J. and A. Wilson (Wakari), 16 prime cows and heifers at £6 10s to £B ss; Messr3 Charles Bros., 6 bullocks at £7 15s to £8 2s 6d ; Mr J. H. Jafiray (Otakia), 2 bullocks at £7, 6 heifers at £6 12s 6d to £6 5s ; Mr S. Law (East Taieri), 4 steers and heifers to £6 ss ; Messrs J. and A. Souness (Otakia), and others, 8 heifers and steers at quotations. — The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold: For Mr Alexander Douglas (East Taieii), and olhcrs, drafts at quotations The Farmers' Agency Company yaided and sold- For Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 prime bullocks at £11, 1 do at £9 10s ; Mr R. Robinson, jun. (Lee Creek), 2 heifers at £7 2s 6d, 2 do at £5 12? Gd, 1 cow at £7 12s GJ, 1 do at £4 12s 6cT, Ido at £5 ; Mr W. 'Kirk, 1 bullock at £7 3 ss; Mr A. Douglas, 2 bullocks at £7 ; Mr John Kirk, 1 cow at £6 17s 6d, Ido at £6 10s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 43 head as follows: — For Edendale estate (Southland), 10 extra prime bullocks (heavy) at from £11 12s 6d to £13 per head, and 5 cows and heifers at from £7 to £10 10s; Mr William M'Laren (Eakbtmk), 7 prime bullocks at from £30 30s to £11 7s 6d; Mr William Kirk (East Taieri), 3 bullocks at from £7 17s 6d to £S 10s; Messrs J. Warnock, W. Irvine, J. J. MAuley, F. Tonar, J. G. Thomson, Hugh Gamble, D. Sutherland, and others, 21 head at quoi.atio.is. — Matheson, Pram, and Co. yarded 56 head, and sold: For Mr J. Lefevre (Hampden), 6 bullocks at £9 15s to £8 15s, 5 heifers at £7 to £4 J7s 6d; a client, 2 bullocks at £7 15s, 2 heifers at £6 2s 6d ; Mr W. Thompson (Catlins River), 11 heifers at £7 10s to £5 ss ; Mr A. Douglas (East Taieri), 3 bullocks at £6 12s Gd ; Messrs if. Mitchell, J. Green, T. M'Kay, J. Early, R. GalbraiUi, A. M'Giil, R. Ings, and others, 27 head at current rates.

Fat Sheep. — The entry consisted of 3264. These were mostly crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, but included also a iew pens of merino wethers. In comparison with the yardings of the past few weeks, the quality all round was disappointing, and for this reason a large number of the sheep offered lost the competition of exporters. Butchers had .consequently less trouble in siipplying their requirements, and prices for anything but extra prime quality were about Is per head below those of last week. Best crossbred wethers sold at 19s to 21s 6d; extra prime and heavy, to 24s Gd; "medium to goo"d, 15s to 18s; best crossbred ewes, 17s to 22s 3d ; medium, 14s to 16s ; merino wethers, 14s 6d to 16s Gd. Donald .Reid and Co. (Limited) penned 303, and sold : For Mr James Scott (Drum Oak), 69 crossbred wethers at 21s 6d to 18s 6d ; the New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Edendale estate), 60, crossbred wethers at 19s 3d to 18s 3d, 54 very prime ciossbred ewos at 22s 3d; Mr John Heads (Milburn), one pen crossbred ewes at 16s 6d; Mr B. B. Paul (Milto.i), 59 crossbied wethers and maiden ewes at 17s 9d to 17s 3d ; Mr David Strain (Milburn), 20 crossbred wethers at 17s 9d; Mr Jo]im Bell (Whare Flat), 17 crossbred wethers at 17s 6d, 20 do hoggets at 15s to 14s 9d.— — Stronach Bros, and Morris penned and sold: For Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. (Gladbrook) halfbred wethers at 18s 3d, and merino wethers at' 15s. Otago Farmers' Cooperative Association (Limited) penned, and sold as follows: — For Mr Peter Williamson, 43 crossbred ewes at 20s 9d; Mr John Fahey, '61 do at 15s 3d to 16s 9d ; Mr R. Craig, 40 wethers at 20s ; Mr M'Ritchie, 47 merino wethers at 17s; and privately during the week, 2300 prime wethers at 23s in a line. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded 200, aud sold : For Mr D. Murray (Pukerau), 52 crossbred^ at 19s 9d ; Mr W. Cockburn (Milton), 58 crossbred wethers at 19s to 18s 9d ; Mr James Watson (Millvale), 55 crossbred wethers at 18s 6d to 17s 9d; Mr K. M\Lennan, 35 halfbred wethers at 17s 6d. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) penned 836, and sold: For Mr J. Pearson (Akatore), 138 crossbred wethers to 24s 6d ; Mr David Morgan (Taieri Beach), 70 crossbred wethers at 225; Mr James Riddell (Taieri ''Beach), 228 crossbred wethers aud maiden ewes at 20s; Mr 1). A. Drinnan (Milbum), 36 crossbred ewes at 16s ; Mr George Carson (Milburn), 20 crossbred ewes at 17s 6dj Mr J. Barnett (Waikoikoi), 27 crossbred wethers ■ and maiden ews at 18s, 35 do at 17s '9d; the 'New Zealand and Australian Land Company (Edendale), 74 crossbred wethers at 18s 9d, 46 do at 17s 6d; Mr James Milne (Taieri Beach), 8 crossbted hoggets at 17s; Mr W. Merrilees (Taieri Beach), 31 crossbred wethers at 15s 3d ; Mr "Robert Borthwick (Taieri Beach), 122 C crossbred wethers at 19s 9d ; Mr M. Finch (Milburn), 3 crossbred ewes at 16s The Farmers' Agency Company penned 1134, and sold • For Mr 3 . Murphy, 54 crossbred wethers at 19s, 63 do at 18s 3d; Mr James M'Kenzie, 45 at 19s 3d, 45 at 18s; a southern client, 24 ewes and wethers at 15s 3d, 37 quarter-back wethers at 14s 6d; Mr A. Johnston, 37 wethers at 17s 3d, 20 do at ]6s 6d, 45 do at 16s, 30 do at 15s 9d ; Mr John Heads, ewes at 17s ; Mr A. J. Green, 134 wethers from 17s 6d to 19s ; and turned out 506 unsold ; and privately during the week, 1460 prime wethers at 19s 3d to 21s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 617 as follows: — For Mr James Henderson (Kelso), 160 magnificent crossbred wethers (heavy), say, 120 at 23s to 24s 3d, and 40, not so heavy, at 21s 3d ; Mr « Richard Mitchell (Portobello), 147 prime halfbred wethers at 21s 6d; Mr Ernest Park (Mossbank), 57 crossbred wethers at 17s" to 18s, and 127 merino wethers at 15s to 17s 3d; Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Go. (Gladbrook), 46 halfbred wethers at 17s to lt)s 3d, and 16 merino wethers at 17s ; a southern client, 64 crossbred wethers at 17s 6d to 20s. Matheson, Pram, and Co. sold : For Mr James Wyllie (Outrani), 70 wethers at 19s 9d to 19s 3d; a client, 40 wethers at 18s 9d. Fat Lambs. — 130 were penned. The demand for medium quality was not quite so keen, but prime met good competition at prices almost equal to those of last week. Best lambs sold at lls to 15s, others 9s to 10s 6d.— '■ — Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) penned 27, and sold: For Mr John Heads (Milburn), 9 at 12s to 10s; Mr D, Strain (Milburn),, 6 at lls 6d to 9s 6d; Messrs P. and A. Robertson (Huntly), 8 at 12s 3d; Mr William Grant (Clareinch), 4 at 13s 9d. Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) sold drafts as follows: For Mr Robert Charters, 10 at 13s ; Mr Patrick Spratt, 7at 10s 9cl. The New Zealand Loan '

and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold: 10 a t 13a 9d, 10 at 13s, 9 at 10s Id, and 6at 9s 3d. The Farmers' Agency Company cold: For Mr Thomson (Ayrshire Park), 9 at 10s 9d; Mr J. Heads (Milburn), 4 at lls. Matheson, Pram, and Co. sold: For Messrs M. and J. Scott (Milton), 15 at 13s Gd to lls; Messrs Ford Bros. (Allanton), 8 at 14s 9d to 13s 6d; Mr R. Cullen (Owhiro), 9 at lls 6d to 10s 3d; Mr-W. Grant (Clareinch), 5 at*2s 9d to 10s 9d.

Pigs — 113 penned. Nearly all classes, except heavy baconers, were represented. Competition was weak, and prices show no improvement on last week's quotations. Suckers sold at 4s to 10s, slips lls to 14s, stores 15s to 18s, porkers 20s to 275, light baconers 28s to 325. Donald it&id and Co. (Limited) penned 54, and sold: For Mr James Hughes (Wyllie's Cros&icg), 6 at 12s; Mr William Morrison (East Taieri), Bat 8s Gd ; Mr A. Murray (Riverside), 9 at 18a to 14s; Mr William Baird (Allanton), 3 at 23s to 21s; Mr M. Hughes (Wingatui), 2 at 24s 6d; Mr J. Middleditch, 6 at 18s to 17s 6d; Mr J. Pearson, 12 at 30s to 28s 6d; Mr John Gamble (Wyllie's Grossing), 8 at 8s 6d to ss. Stronach Bros, and Morris penned and sold- For Mr J. Keast (Kuri Bush), suckers at 6s Gd. Otago Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association (Limited) sold: Porkers, at 23s to 25s 6d; suckers, 8s to 12s. Wright, Stophenson, and Co. sold 35 at quotations. j Matheson, Pram, and Co. sold: For Messrs R. Farnie and others, 9 at quotations. Country Sales. — The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report" having held their usual fortnightly sale at Balclutha on Friday last, 19th inst., when they offered a good yarding of sheep to a very full gathering of farmers. Prices were booming; as, indeed, they have been for some time past, good hoggets being in especial demand, while wethers and maiden ewes fit for freezing were bought at big prices by dealers operating in thai, direction. Freezing wethers sold readily at from 9A-. to 19s; fair butchers' quality making from 183 to 16s. Firat-cliss hoggets brought up to 15s: medium, 33s 6d to 12s Gd; inferior, lls and 31s Gd. Good cattle were also in keen demand, forward bullocks selling to £7 2s Cd ; ! while cows sold to £6 7s 6d. First-class milkers were also m keen demand, but few were forward. j — The Farmers' Agency Company report having ! held their usual fortnightly .sale at Clinton on Thuraday last, the 18th inst. Tho yarding was a small one, only gome 600 hoggets and wethers being ponned in all. The feature of the sale was a lnngnificent lino of hoggets from Mr Thomas Ross's Church Hill farm, which topped the maiket at 35s iOd, being the record price for hojrgets in this centre. Our sales comprised the following : — On account of Mr H. E. Steel, 341 store wethers at 3Gs 4d, 100 store merino wethers at 103 3d ; Mr James WylKe, jun. (Woiwera). 50 halfbred hoggets at 33°; Mr Thomas Ross (Weiwera), 107 hoggets at 15s 30d ; Mrs D. Black (Waipahi), 70 hoggets at 13s Jld; Mr John Clarke (Wairuna), 104 hoggets at 14s, 56 fat wethers at 19s 3d, 1 draught gelding at £30. Tuesday, October 30. Sheepskins. — Good competition exists at our weekly sales for all coming forward, but, in' sympathy with recent London reports, prices have eased slightly. At this week's sales best cross and haifbreds sold at from 4s to 5s 6d; medium, 2? to 33 6d; best merinos, 4s 6d to 5s 9d ; medium, 2s to 4s ; inferior. Is to Is Gd. Rabbitskins. — A good demand for these eontirmes, with only moderate-sized catalogues oftvring. Best winters sell "at up to ICJd; niediuni, 13d to 15d ; springs, 9d to lid; auturrms, Gd to 9d ; winter blacks, 18d to 23d ; others, 13d to 16d. Hides, Tallow, and Fat. — Hides: A good demand continues for these at up to late quotations. Best ox, 3Jd to 4£d; medium ox and best cow, 3Jd to 3Jd; light and inferior, 2d to 3d. Tallow and fat: All coining forward is readily taken up at fully up to late quotations. Prime iallow, 16s to 3 7s ; medium, 13s to los ; rough fat, 9s to 12s 6d per cwt.

Grain. — Wheat. During the past week or two there has been no keen demand, only a few parcels of prime milling and best quality fowl feed changing hands at up to late quotations, and meanwhile local millers are by no means ncxious to operats to any extent. Quotations are : For prime milling, 2s 6d to 2s 7d ; medium, 2s 2d to 2s sd; good whole fowl wheat, 2s to 2s Id; broken and inferior, Is 6d to Is lOd (sacks in). — Oats: For the past week there has_ been no inquiry to speak of, and very few" changing hands, consequently quotations are considerably reduced, and to effect immediate sales it seems apparent that these or lower prices will have to be accepted. Quotations arc : For best milling, Is 6d ; best feed, Is sd ; medmm, Is 2d to Is 4d (sacks extra, net).

Potatoes. — Consignments have been coming to hand more freely during the past week, and prices are hardly so firm. Best freshly-picked Derwents are selling at from £3 10s to £3 15s; others, £3 to £3 5s per ton.

Chaff. — Prime quality oaten sheaf is not plentiful, and is readily v saleable at up to £2 10s; extra, £2 12s Gd ; while medium and inferior are still in over-supply, and hard to place at from 30s to 45s per ton.