WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE

Otago Witness, Issue 2516, 4 June 1902, Page 32

WEEKLY LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE

REPORT. Wednesday, May 28. Fat Calt'.e.- A large yarding, 287 head being penned Only a small proportion were prime bullocks, -.he majonty being medium-quality steers an cows and heifers. There was a good demand (or prime beef at about last week's rates, but uriraa tax. otbax aaita WAifi about Jfi

: 6d a head lower. Best bullocks sold at £9 10s : to £10 12s 6d; medium, £7 5s to £8 15s; best cows and heifers, £6 5s to £7 10s ; medium, £5 5s to £5- 17s 6d; old cows, £3 15s to £5 10s. Donald Eeid and Co. (Limited) yarded 22, and sold: For Messrs N. and A. M'Bride (Berwick), | 7 bullocks at £8 5s to £7 2s 6d ; Mr E. O'Reilly I (Dunedin), 1 bullock at £10 10s, 1 bullock at i ' £9 2s Cd ; Mr J. Mitchelt (Outrarn), 7 heifers at £4 12s Gd to £4 13s; Mr A. Douglas (East Taieri), 1 bullock at £5; Mr W. Kirk (East Taieri), 2 cows at £6 10s; Mrs Mawson (Purakanui). 3 cows at £4 15s to £3 7s 6d. The Farmers' Agency Company yarded 46 head, and sold : For Messrs James Smith and Sons (Ro3eneath), 3 bullocks at £9 2s 6d, 3 do at £8 12s 6d, 3 do at £8 ss, 3 do at £8 ss, 2 do at £7 12s 6d, 2 do at £7 2s 6d ; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 cows at £5 ss, 1 heifer at £5 15s, 2 heifers at £5; Mt W. M'Kay (Otakia), 1 cow at £5, 3 bullocks at £5 ss, 3 bullocks at £4, 2 cows at £5 ; Mr John Bruce (The Firs), 1 bullock at £7 7s 6d; Mr W. C. Palmer (Otakia), 1 heifer at £5, 3 bullocks at £7 2s 6d, 4 do at £6 10s, 3 do at £6, 2 do at £5 15s ; Mr A. Mathieson (Maungatua), 1 cow at £3 lls 6d ; Mr It. Mitchell (Portobello), 3 bullocks at £5 10s; Mr W. Kirk (East Taieri), 1 herfer at £4 10s, 2 cows at £5; Mr A. Douglas, 2 cows at £6. Dalgety and Co. (Limited) yarded and sold 30For Mr James Cow (Invermay), 2 very prir cows at £8 15s, 2 heifers at £5 10s; Mr Geo M'Donald (Inchclutha), 8 heifer 3 and cow £8 2s 6d to £5 7s 6d ; Mr W. Kirk (East Ta .. 8 cows at £5 15s; Mr John Kirk (Mosg.c! . .', heifers at £3 15s; Mr J. Hewitt, 2 steers at £5 10s; other vendors, 10 at o,uota.t:ioi;*. Stronach Bros, and Morris yarded arid s=old : For Mr R Craig (Pine Hill), bullock from £8 to £5 15s; Mr L. D. Eobertso" (Sandymount), heifers at £6, £5 15s, £5 ss, aud £4 ss; Mr Thos. Lean (Poit Chahner*), heifers at £4 17s 6d; Mr W. Kirk (Mo=giel>. bullocks and heifers at quotations ; Mr T. KiUgerald (Hey- j ward's Point), bullocks at £G 1* Gd; Mr Robert Home (Purakanui), Mr J. Hodgson (Purakanui), and Mr R. Mite he 'l (Portobello), bullocks, heifers, and cows at market rates. The Otago Farmers' Co-oyerative Association of New Zealand (Limited) yarded 79, and sold • •For Mr Peter Law (Patearoa), 8 bullocks at to £8 17s 6d; Mr John Kirk (Mcss;iel). 4 cows and heifers at to £5, 2 bullock? ; Mr R. Charters (Ury Park), 9 builocks at £10 12s 6cl to £9 2s 6d; Mr John Miller (Maungatui), 2 bullocks at £9 15s ; Mr James Harrison, 7 bullocks at £9 10a to £6 10s, 3 heifers at £5 17s Gd to £5 ss ; Mr James Patrick (Outram). 6 bullocks to £8 53; Mr Adam Souness (Otakia). 5 bullocks at ! £8 10s to £8 os ; Mr W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 bullocks at £S 15s, 2 cows at £6 17s 6d ; Messrs Ford Bros. (Allanton), 3 cows and heifers at £7 to £G 12<3 6d; a southern client, S cows at £6 15s to £5: various clients, 2 cows at £6 15s, 9 heifers at £3 15s ; Mr W. Tovnley (Highcliff), 1 cow at £o 7s 6d ; other vendors, 6 head at market rates. "Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 97 head as follows: For Messrs N. and A. M'Bride (Berwick), 2 bullocks at £10 7s 6d. 2doat £8 37s 6d, 3 heifers at £7 17.' 6d ; Mr James Gow (Invermay), 4 bullock-* at £9 17s Gd; Messrs Bryce Bros. (Lovell's Flat). 4 bullocks at from £8 15s to £9, 3 heifers at £7 ; Mr H. T. Macdonald (Viewfield), 11 bullocks at from £9 2s Gd to, £3 12s Gd ; Mr John Bruce (The Firs), 12 bullocks at £3 ss; Mr E. Reilly (Green Island), 2 bullocks at up to £9; Mr Robert Petrie (Berwick), 10 bullocks 'at from £7 15s to £8 10s, 1 prime, cow at £8 12s 6d ; Mr James M'Bride (Temuka), 11 bullocks at from £7 2s 6d to £7 15s. 2 cows at from £8 2s Gd to £3 10s; Mr W. R. Baiid (Waimahaka), 20 spayed heifer* (small) at up to £8 10s; Mr Arch. Bennett, 2 heifers at up to £5; Mr S. "Wootton (South Dunedin), 1 heifer at £3 12s j Gd ; Mr James Patrick (Lee Cre<>k), 2 steers 1 at £7; Mr George Brown (Westou), 5 head at quotations. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Linvted) sold : ■ For Messrs A. and J. Brown (Wairune), 3 bul1 locks at £7 10s, 1 do at £6 12s Gd, 1 heifer at £4 10s ; Mrs James Brown (Mosgiel), 2 heifers at £5 12s Gd, 2 do at £4 7s 6d. 1 do at £3 10s, '2 calves at 34s to 355; Mr Joseph Crane(Otakia), 6" cows and heifers at £6 2s *6d-to £3; Mr Alexander Campbell, 3 cows at-£3 2s 6d. Store Cattle.— The Farmers' Agency Company yarded 65 bullocks and 17 heifeis, and I sold three-year-old bullocks at £G 17s Gd ; two > and three-year-old do at £5 10s to £G 10s ; heifers at £3 15s to £3. Dairy Cowb. — Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 8 head for various clients at up to £G. Fat Calves. — The Otago Farmers' Co-opcra-j five Association of New Zealand (Limited) sold I for Messrs John Kirk, W. Kirk, ?i:d W. Townley at 8s to 17s. Fat Sheep.— 2633 weie tinned at Burnnde to-day for thi3 week's sale. A small pioportion were wethers, and o>ily a few of these were I'nrae. The sale oucred with a very slack demand, but as it progressed there was a decided improvement, and towards the close prices were rather better than those obtaining last week. Best wethers sold at 16s Gd to 18s 9d ; medium, 14s to 15s 6d ; small, 12s to 13s 6d; [ beßt ewes, 15s to lGs ; medium, 10s to 14s; ' rid, 8s to 9s Gd. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) yarded 561, and sold For Messrs M'Cloy Bro3. (Girnmerbnrn), 9 wetlieis at 17s 3d, 52 ewe 3at 14s to 12s 9d ; Mr "William Grey (Miiburn), 108 ewes at 15s 3d to 13s Gd ; Mr J. Howden (Glenfarg), 36 wethers at 17s 3d; Mr J. D. Shand (Winton), 23 wethers at 16s Bd, 31 ewes at 8s Gd ; Mr J. Murray (Middlemarch), 44 wethers and ewes at 13s I'd to 10s 6d ; Mr J. Bruce (The Firs), 40 o-,rt, at 8s; Mr W. Wilson (Hillside), 27 vctVr, nt 163 Oti ; Mr J. S. Fleming (OtakiuV 13 wethers at 18s 9d : Mr James Patrick (Lee Creek), 31 wethers at 14a 9d, 19 ewes at 9i 3d; Mr A*. M'Fadyen (Middlemarch), 41 ewez at 10s 9d; Mr W. H. Lobb (Brighton). 5 weth-rs at 15s, 33 ewes at 3s 9d, Mr A. Douglas (East Taieri), 54 ewes at 8a Gd. The Fasnv-rs' Agency Company yarded 43-2, and sokl • Tor Mr John Blakoly I (G-immerbu'-n), 34 ewes at lls Od, 26 do at 10s 9d ; a southern client, 44 extra prime ewes at 15s Gd. .16 do at 12s, 32 do at 11.= ; Mr H. E. Steel (Clinton), 38 ewes at 9s 9d, 24 do at 8s 3d ; Mr F. Wilson, 46 «wes at 7s 6d, 34 do at 73; Mr W. Giddings (Middlemarch), 32 ewes ut 6s Gd. 28 do at 6s; Mr J. Black, 46 wethers at 14s 3d. Dulgety and Co. (Limited) yarded and sold 565: For Mr R. Stringer (Flag Swanip), 5 7 crossbred wethers at 14s 9d ; Mr , S. Rogeraon (Otaria), CO crossbred wethers at lls to 13s 3d ; Mr James Eskdalo (Inglebank), 65 crossbred ewes and wethers at 14s 9d to 10s 6d; Mr J. R. Mackenzie (Glenkenich), 122 crossbred ewes and wethers at 13s 9d to lls 3d ; Mr John Weir (Gimmerburn) 87 halfbred ewes at 9a to 8s 3d ; a client, 38 halfbred ewes ' at 9g 3d; Mr P. Bleach (Ranfurly), 10 crossbred wethers at 14s 9d ; Mr James Black (Dursmuir), 76 ewes at 9s 9d to 7s 3d; Mr G. Cunningham (Waikoikoi), 50 crossbred ewe 3to 14s. Stronach Bros, pnd Morris sold for a. client a draft of halfbred wethers at 14s 6d, and ewes at 10s. The Otago Farmers' Cooperative Association of New Zealand (Limited) penned 455, and sold : " For Mr Peter Law (Patearoa), 68 wethers at 14s to 15s; Mr James Black (Gimroerbtirn), 43 ewes at 13s 3d to lls 9d; Mr John Bruce (The Firs), 43 ewes ; Mtsars Peat Bros (Mount Gowrie), 126 wethers at 17s, 34 do vt 15s 9d ; Mt W. Moynihan (Midj dlemarch), 38 wethers at 14s 6d ; Mr F. J. I Wright (Mosgiel), 26 wethers to lls, 77 ewes to 10s. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold j 445 as follows: For Messrs W. J. May and ' Sons (Forest Hill), 33 prime crossbred wethers at 17s. 29 do ewes at 10s ; Mr James Henderson (Kelso), 30 prime crossbred ewes (heavy), at 16s, 21 do (heavy) at 15s 6d ; Mr Jas. Crawford (Waikoikoi), 30 two-tooth crossbred wethers at 16s, 6 maiden ewes at 16s, and 18 two-tooth wethers at 14s 6d; Mr W. Armstrong (Becks), 20 crossbred ewjs {heauLouftiihlalL ftb i&ti

i Messrs Sarginson Bros. (Lumsden), 62 crossi bred wethers at from 14s to 14s 9d ; Mr James Patrick (Lea Creek}, 60 crossbred wethers at from 13s to 14s 9d, 19 do ewes at 8s 6d; Mr Andrew Mathewson (Sutton), 57 halfbred ewes at from 7s to 8s 3d ; Mr John Somerville (Milburn), 58 crossbred ewes at up to Bs. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold: For Mi- John Kinny , (Hyde), 60 crossbred wethers and ewes at 103 9d to 14s; Mr William Souter (Flag Swamp), 63 crossbred ewes to 13s 6d; a southern vendi dor, 31 crossbred ewes to lls 6d. Fat Lambs. — 645 penned; a small proportion fit for freezing. The demand was by no means strong, although prices were about the same as last week's. "Best lambs sold at 10s to 12s 6d; medium, 8s 6d to 9s 6d. Messrs Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) yarded 237, and sold: For Mr J. T. Gibson (Otakia), 122 at 10s 6d to 9s; Mr J. S. Fleming (Otckia), 3 at 12s 6d; Mr George Westwood (Saddle Hill), 8 at 9s 9d; Mr W. H. Lobb (Brighton), 75 at 10s; Mr N. M'Fadyen (Middlemarch), 29 at 10s. Da'gety and Company (Limited) yarded and soM • For Mr James Eskdale (Inglebahk), 6? 0s 6d to 8s 9d; a client, 39 at 9s 9d; in Weir (Gimmerburn), 44 at 9s 3d ; Bleach (Ranfurly), 61 at 9s 9d to 8s 9d; x-t. J. Sparks (Maungatua), 44 at 8s 9d ta od. Otago Farmers' Co-operative Associaoa of New Zealand (Limited) sold: For Mr James Black (Gimmerburn), 23 at lls 9d to 10s; Mr T. Lindsay (Gimmerburn), 53 at quotations. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold 160 as follows: For Mr W. Armstrong (Becks), - 50 prime at 12s 6d, 42 do at 12s 3d, 8 do at lls 9d; Mr John Bruce (The Firs), 60 at 9^ . 6d Pigs were in over-supply, 191 being penned. . For prime grain-fed porkers and baconera there was a good demand, but prices, are some- - what easier than they were a month ago. Stora . pigs and suckers are it: poor demand, and are difficult to place at very low prices. - Suckers sold at 2s Gd to ss; slips. 7a to lls; " stores, 12s to 16s ; porkers, 20s to 345 ; baconers, 36s to 50s. Donald Reid and Co. (Limited). yarded 114, and sold : For Mr S. Symons (Her.-lc-y), 10 at 45s to 21s; Mr M'Kegs; (Henley), 1 at 40s; Mr J. R. Thompson (Albury), 68 ' at 22s to 2s 6d; Mr A. Cunningham (Wyndham), 30 at 40 3 to 31s: Mr J. Columb (Allanton). 5 at 43s to 41s. Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) sold for ' various clients light baconers to 33e Wright, Slephenson, and Co. sold 57 at quotations. The New Zealand Loan suid Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) sold : For a southern, vendor, 2 at 49a, 4 at 465, 2 at 455, 3 at 445, 4 at 42=; GJ, 2 at 36s 6d. and 3 at 345. Country Sales. — The Farmers' Agency Company (Limited) report having held their usual monthly sale at their yards, Middlemarch, on Tuesday last, the 27th inst. The wc.ither was wretched, resulting in a very poor attendance; nevertheless, the yarding was nearly all cleared at auction. The yarding comprised 861 sheep and 4 fat cattle, the jot changing hands at up to 7s 4d for lambs, 7s * Gd for ewes, nnd £7 2s Cl for f-.t heifers. The Farmers' Agency Compar.y (Limited) report having held a clearing sale for Mr William M'Kny on his farm at Otakia on Thursday last, the 22nd inst. The weather was beautiful, »nd there was a large attendance of the public, who competed spiritedly for the live stock, but the implements did not elicit inurh competition. Twentyfive dairy cows brought J;7 37s Gel to- £6 ss; 23 clo, £5 15s to £4 ss; -1 dry cowe. £1 Is; 13 bullocks, £7 33 6d: 6 do. .66: 11 two-year-old • heifers, £3 2s 6d ; '200 owes. G^ 6d ; 7 draught mares. and geldings sold at £37. £35s 10*, £32, • £31, £29 10s, £21, and £18 respectively ; spring- ' cart horse, £24. ■■>,'.'' Rabbitskins. — Fair-sized catalogue were put • forward at the sales on Monday, at which there wa3 the usual attendance oi buyers. There wks - brjsk competition, and prices realised viero • -about the same «s l!io?e obtaining Issi week. Quotations: Esriy winters, 15id to lGd ; autumn, 12d to 15d; summer. Q\d "to 12d; hulf- - grown, Cid to 9Jd; small, 4d to'od. Sheep&kiiis — Moderate catalogut'3 vere submitted on Tuesday. The attendant'- o; buyers was larger than u«ual, and bidding throughout the sale wns ouiritsd, prices for all classes of skins, being fully maintained. Bu'ciiers' green crossbred pokl at Is lOd to 2s lOd; do lambs, 1"* 8d to 2s 3d ; dry crossbrods, Is 4d to 'Is 4tl ; clc merinos, Is lid to 5? : do pelt«, Cd fo 1? Del. Hides — A splendid demand. There is vpry little alteration in price? and all voming forward are readily dispo=c"l of eithc r at auction or privately Quotation -.- : Selecte T prime ox, 5d to 6d; prime lienvy 4\il to 4^d ■ good, 4rl to 4Jd ; light and inferior '2Jci to 3ld : irirrce liesvy cow, 4a to 5d ; go?d, 33d to 3Jd ; light, 2id to Stl per ib. Tallow and Fat Consignments have i«i*e!y been light. All co ting to hand is cjuickly taken up, mostly *or local consumption. Quotations: Best tallow, 19s to 225; medium, 163 6d to 18s 6d; caul fat, 13s to 15s; rough fat, 10s to 12s 6d per ewt. Grain.— Wheat . There is a moderate demand for milling quality Only beat samples being wanted. Medium -is are at present almost neglected, but pro whole fowl wheat continues to meet with air demand at late values. Quotation=: Pviir.^ milling, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium, 3s 4d to 3s "0J; best whole fowl wheat, 3s Id to 3s 3d ; brcl. and damaged, 2s 8d to 33 per bushel (sstckf- extra). Oats: There is ' -good inquiry for af! rrinjc milling lines, whilb good cWn lots, su ♦•able for Peed, are now receiving some attention. Good to best feect quality is readily quitted ;it quotations, but medium and inferior lines lnve not the same, attention. Quotation: Seed linns, 2s 8d to 2? j lOd ; prime" milling, 2<j 7d to 2= 7jd ; good to best feed, 2s 5Jd to 2s 6jd : inferior and " medium, 2s 2d to 2a 4Jd per ushel (sacks extra). Barley : Prime maltin meets with fair demand at about late value* Medium is not readily sold, but feed and m ' Jg are saleable at Quotations. Quotations: Prime malting, 3s Gd to 4s ; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 4d ; feed 1 and nulling, 23 6d to 2s lid per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes. — The market is fairly well supplied, and values are steady at late 'ates. Quotations Best Derwents, £4 10s to £4 15s; medium, £4 to £4 7s 6d ; other sorts, £3 5s to £3 15s per ton (sacks in).

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