HIDE SALES

Otago Witness, Issue 1851, 30 March 1904, Page 18

HIDE SALES

ene, war, it 13 considered hignly. .probable in come quarters that 'the supply of butter from ■Siberia to Great Britain will be seriously ' interfered with, in which case I^ew Zealand "butter "call be sold latsr in the s-ear than ; usual. Complaints .have been made as to the impure condition oi ICew Zealand cheese, •which had evidently been shipp.ed 100 green • end carried on board ship at too low a tenir perature. "* THE FEOZEX MEAT TRADE. NAPIEB, March 24. Tlie Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company have received the following cable from their London ofl3.ee: — " Frozen meal quo- J tations: Canterbury mutton. 42-d; I?apier s , Wei- ! lington, and ISTorth Is' and, 4jd. Lanib: First quality, T3^d; second, sd. Beef. Hinds, 3d; fores, 21d." >, CHRISTCHt7 v ECfI: GEAIX SALE. CHPvISTCHUECH, March 23. At the first grain ssie of the season to-day there was a- good- attendance. Bidding was brisk up to the full market values for oats and wheat, but barley was slack. The prices realised were: — Milling wheat, 3a per bushel ; fowl, 2s Sd to 2s lOd; seconds, 2s 3d to 23 4d; Canadian oats, Is 7d ; short feed and Dims, Is, 5d to Is _6d; Danish, Is 4Ad to .Is 5Ui; Inferior, Is 2d to Is 4d (sacks exha). GEAIISF AND PRODUCE EEPOETS. ' M-essrs) Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report : — j 3RTe held oxir weekly sale of grain pucl ijroclu.ee at our stores on Monday, when we submitted ■a. large " catalogue , r bo the usual r amber of" buyers. ; CoinpebitLou ' throughout v/a* brisk, ■and, with "one or two exceptions, v?e cleared the whole of our catalogue at valuations. Prices ruled p.s unacr : — Oats. — "While there are plenty of the new season's oats; -now offering, merchants show no inclination to buy fr'eeh', and in most cases the prices asked are a shade above buyers' limits. Prime ",A" grade is inquiied for, but farmers prefer to store oats of this quality lather than accept ruling rates. Quotations : Prime milling, Is 6^d to Is 7d; good to best feedi, Is 4id to Is sid; inlerior and medium, -.Is to Is 3d (sacks extra). Wheat. — In prime milling wheat there has been a fair amount of business done dining the past week, the bulk of wliich ha 3 been -purchased in the north. Medium milling is, liov.--ever, not in demand. Owing to the damaged state of the southern crop fowl wheat is offering fieely at reduced rates. Quotations: Prime milling, Ss Id to 3s 4d ; medium, 2s lOd to 3s ; whole fowl wheat, 2s 4di to 2a 6d; bioken and damaged, 2s to 2s 3d (sacks extra).

Potatoes. — Large ooiisignnisnts hrve come forward, and at present the market is glutted with all sorts. Prime Deiwents alone meet •vnth any inquiry. Quotations : Prime Derf/eiits, £2 5s to £2 10s ; medium, £1 15s to £2 ; other sorts, £1 to £1 10s (bags in). Chaff. — The market is fairly well supplied. Prime oaten sheaf continues to be m good demand. Medium quality has a moderate eale, tut inferior and light meet with little or no inquiry. Quotations: Prime oaten sheaf, £2 15s to dE3;-medhun, £1 5s to £2 10s: inferior. £1 10s to £2 2s 6d' (bags extra).

Messr3 Donald Reid and Co. (Limited) report: — We held our weekly auction sale of grain and produce at our stors on Monday, when we submitted, a medium catalogue lo a, food attendance of buyers. Bidding was somewhat slow, but, under fair competition, the fculk of the satalogues was cleared at satisfactory values. Prices ruled as under: — • Oats.— During the pa&t week the deair.nd for

prime milling quality has been steady, and any lines coming to hand are readily quilted at late values. Medium quality has not the same attention; while inferior oats aie difficult to quit even at reduced values. We quote : Prime milling. Is 6Jd lo Is 7d ; good to best feed 1 , Is 5d to is 6cl ; medium, Is 3d to Is sd ; inferior. 9d to Is 2d per bushel (sacks extra).

Wheat.— Almost all samples of southern wheat coming to hand are sprouted and quite unfit for milling, so tint buyers hrve been 'di awing their supplies of milling wheat fiom. northern districts. Fowl wheat is now more plentiful, and has suffered a slight decline in price. We quote. Prime milling, 3s 3d to 3s <i-d; -medium. 2s lOd to 3s: whole fowl wheat, 2s 4d to 2s 6cfi; medium, 33 to 2s 3d per bushel (sack 9 extra).

Potatoes. — Supplies have been coming forward freely, but there is fair demand, and prices rule on a par with late quotations. We quote: Best Der>vent?, £2 5s to £-2 10s; medium, £2 lo £2 s==; white potatoes, £1 5s to £2 5s per ton (bags in).

Chaff.— Supplies have been coming foiward more freely during the past week, but most of it is of medium quality, and for pnme chaff theie is sfiil good demand. Inferior chaff is almost unsaleable. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf. £2 15s to £3; extra, to £3 2s 6d; medium, £2 5s to -£2 10=;; inferior and discoloured, £1 15s to £2 per ton (bags (extra).

The Now ZeaJand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Luniitecl) report having lield their fortnightly sa'o at the Otago Wool and Grain .Stores, Lower Eattray street, on Thursday, when thers was a full attendance. All the buyer 3 were keen to secure p share of the large catalogue presented. Bidding in consequence was very spirited all through the sale, and late" rates iuliy maintained. Quotations : For prime, heavy ox. 6|d to 7d ; good to best do, 6d to &\d; medium, s}d to s?d ; light do, 4Jd to sd ; prime heavy cow, 5d to 5Jd ; good t-> bast do, ±\d to 4£d ; light to medium, 2jd to 4d; inferior and damiged, lj,d to 2ld per lb; yearlings, 3s Gd to 5s 6d each; calfskins, Is 6d to 2s each.

Messrs A. Moritzson and Co. report as fellows. — We held our usual fortnightly s&^e of hides at our stores, Bond and Jetty streets, on Thursday, when we offered a fahly laige cata-Jog-ue. chiefly made -up cf country butchers' lot 3. Competition wr.s not veiy keen for all classes, and prices realised wero fully on a par with those obtained at our sales a foitiught ago. We wera able to clear the whole of our catalogue at the following quotations. — Prime ox, up to 7id per lb; heavy do, SUI to 6Jd ; light to medium, Id to 5' t d; cows — heavy, 4\d to Cd; medium, 4^d to 4^d ; light, 4d to*4\d per lb: yearlings, 3s 6d to 5s e?ch; calfskins, Is 9d lo 2s 6d; hoise hides, 7s to 9s.

Messrs Wright, Stephenson, pud Co. repoit as follow 5 . — We held our foilm'ghtV hide sale at oiu- Maclaggan street stores on Thursday, t.he 24th inst., when we offered a catalogue cf 23^ ox hides, 92 cow hides, and 9 calfskins. The gathering of buyers wds a representative cne, and bidding was keen from start to finish of our suction. We had several lots of extra prime ox hides forward, and these weie in great demand. Prices for all other sorts were on the whole ruling almost on a par with the values at last auction, the only noticeable difference being a drop of about Jd per lb on medium to light cow hides. We quote a few of the hist or our individual pales- — Ox: One 73":b. 7d per ib; ona 921b, 7d ; nine 771b, 6Jd ; It) 731b, 6.d; six C6tb, 6Jd ; eight 711b, 6§d; five 651b. 6"'d; five 701b. CJd ; six 661b. 6gd ; 18 GB.b, 6'd, nine 65'lS, &'A; two Gilb, 6id, one

741b, 61d; one 611b, 62 d ; one 641b, 6gd; 15 611b CJd; two 661b, 6id ; two GOlb, 6|d; six 631b, Cd. A few of the gross averages may also be dl inteiest: — One 921b ox, 51s id; nine 771b ox, 41s lOd; one 731b ox, 40s 3d; 10 73!b ox 39s 7d; one 741b ox, 37s lid; eight ox, 375 ; -five 70lb ox, 36s sd ; six 661b ox, Sis lOd ; six 661b ox, 34s 2d ; five 65!b ox, 33s lOd; nine 651b ox. 335; two 641b ox, 32s 6d; nine 701b ox, 32s 2d. We quote : Extra stout, heavy ox at from 6^d to 7d; neavy do, s|d to 6Jd; medium do, did to s|d; light ido, 4d to 4|d ; extra stout, heavy cows, 4Jd to 4fd; medium to light, 4£d to 32d per lb ; yearlings, 21, dto 3Jd per lb; calfskins. Is 6d to 4s 2d each ; stags and bulls, 2£d to 3d per lb.

Stronach, Morris, and Co. report as follows: W« held our foitnightly sale of hides at our stores, Crawford street, on Thursday, 24th irst.. when there was the ustial attendance of buyers. Bidding was keen throughnut, and we had a vjary satisfactory sale, prices being quite up to those, ruling a fortnight ago, ar.d in some cases e-ven. higher. Light hides were in very keen demand, and .sold relatively better than those of heavier weights. To show tne demand for light hides, we may ment'o-i that we sold 331b ox hides, a-t 4d and 85*.b at 4£d. In light cows we sold 36's at 4id and 4P's at 4|d. Our tojp price for ox hides was CJd, at which figure we sold one weighing 761b, and this, after deducting tlje usual tare of 41 b per hide, runs out at a, money value of 39s 9d. We also sold several weighing fron? 611b to 661b at 6d and 6jiL In cow hides our top price was 4S<3, which we obtained for lots averaging from 431b' ' to. 661b, the latter represeuting a money value of 25s 2d. Many other lets brought 4Jd to 4?d." We can confidently lecominend consignments being sent in at present, as returns are sure to give satisfaction. Our catalogue comprised 176 hides and 1 calfskin, and the following were actual prices paid at our sale: — Prime stout ox hides, s|d to 6^d; medium to good do, 4Jd to sid; ligut niici inferior do, 3d to 4f d ; prime cow hides, •i^d to 4£d ; medium to good do, i\d to 43d; light and inferior dc, 3d to 4|d per lb.

Messrs Donald Reid and Co. report as follows: — We held our usual fortnightly sale of hides at our stores, Vogel street, on Thursday, when we submitted a medium catalogue to a. large and representative gathering of the iiade. Bidding was brisk, and. prices for all hides were quite on a par with those ruling a fortnight ago. Our catalogue, which consisted chiefly oi butchers' hide-s, was cleared at very satisfactory prices. A few of our individual sales are as follows: — Ox hides: Five 69!b, 6gd; -two 761b, 6gd; five 631b, 6?d ; one 561b, sd ; one 50lb, sd ; one 30lb, ild. Cow hides: Three 531b, s§d ; four 401b, 4*d ; three 331b, 4?d; one 481b, 4|d ; one 471b, 42d; four 141b. 4f a ; four 42H>, 42d ; two 40".b, 4|d ; two 391b, 4£d. We quote: Extra, prime heavy ex hides, 61d to 7d per lb; heavy, 5Jd to 6Jd ; medium, 4^d to 5Jd ; light, 4-jd to sd ; extra heavy cow hides, scl to 54d ; medium to good, 4.U1 to sd; light, 4d lo 4fd; yearling hides, 2s 6d to 4s each ; calfskins, Is to 2s 6d each.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. (Limited) report having held their fortnightly sale of hides at their stores, Cuinbsrland street, on Thursday, 24th inst. The bulk of their catalogue consisted of light to medium-weight ox and cowhides, foi which there was a splendid demand, cow hides weighing 361b to 4516, in good condition, readily bunging 4jjd to 4£d per lb. Prime% heavy-weight ox hides also came in for a good share of attention, and realised very satisfactory prices. Current prices were : Extra heavy ox. in prime condition, 6fd to 7d; heavy do", 6d to &\d; medium do, 5d to sfd; light, 4d to 4f d ; heavy cows, 5d to s|d ; medium and light, 4id tg ild; inferior, 3»<i to licl per lb;

yearlings, 3s 6d to 6s each; calfskins. Is 3d to 2s 3d each.

Messrs Waters, Ritchie, and Co. report having held their usual fortnightly sale of hides at their stores, Crawford street, on Thursday afternoon. There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was brick. Their catalogue of 170 hides was made up mostly of country consignments. The following were the ruling values:— Prime heavy ox, from 5Jd to 7d; medium, 4ld to s|d ; light, 4d to 4fd; prime cows, 4£d to s£d; medium. 4|d to 4^d; light, 3gd to 4Jd per lb; yearling, from 2s 6d l;o 5s 6d each ; calfskins, from Is to 2s 9d each.

The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of New Zealand (Limited) report as follows: — We held our usual fortnightly sale on Thursday, 24th inst., when there was the usual attendance of buyers. Bidding was brisk, and prices were quite on a level with those luiing at last sale. We offered a fairly large catalogue, and cleared the lot at satisfactory prices. Quotations : Prime ox .hides (beavy), 6Jd to 7d ; good to best, 6d to 6-Jd ; medium", 4Jjd to 5f d ; light do, 4Jd to sd; "prime heavy cow, 41d to 4gd ; medrurn to light, 3£d to 43d ; yearlings, 2M to 3£d per lb; calfskins, Is 6d to 4s 2d each; stags' and bulls', 2id to 3d per lb.