COMMERCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3890, 2 October 1928, Page 36

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORTS

Burnside, September 26. Fat Cattle. —A yarding of 250 head was forward, including a sprinkling of extra prime bullocks and heifers. The market opened at 30s a head below last week’s rates, and, if anything, improved slightly in the last three races. Extra prime heavies made from £22 to £26 7s 6d; prime. £lB 10s to £2l; lighter, £l4 to £l7 10s; unfinished, £l2 to £l3 10s; extra prime heifers made from £l4 to £2O; others from £lO 10s to £l3 10s; cows, from £9 10s to £l2. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For Hastings Bros. (Stirling), 3 bullocks £22, 2 £2O 17s 6d, 2 £2O; F. Doherty (Outram), 3 bullocks £2O. 2 £lB 17s 6d, 3 £lB 7s 6d; a Taieri client, 1 bullock £l9 ss, 1 £lB 7s Cd, 1 £l7 17s 6d; D. Ireland (Mosgiel), 2 bullocks £l6 12s 6d, 2 heifers £l3, 2 £l2; J. W. Blair (Outram), 3 bullocks £l4 ss; Young Bros. (Allanton), 2 bullocks £l5 7s 6d; a client, 1 heifer £2O; A. Pullar (Pukerau), 1 bullock £l6 17s 6d, 1 £l6 2s 6d, 1 £l5 15s, 1 heifer £l4 ss, 1 £l6 1 £l3 17s 6d, 1 £l3 15s; William Lindsay (Allanton), 2 heifers £l3; Mrs B. M’Kinnon (Kaikorai), 1 heifer £l2 17s 6d; Robert Wilson (Riverside), 3 bullocks £l2. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For A. Aitcheson (Hampden), 2 bullocks £26 17s 6d, 1 £2O, 1 £lB ss; J. W. Blair (Outram), 3 bullocks £l6 10s. 1 £l2 ss, 1 £ll 15s: J. M’Grath (Waikouaiti), 2 bullocks £l6 10s, 3 £l4 10s, 3 £l3 17s 6d, 3 £l3 2s 6d; Murray Bros. (Clydevale), 3 bullocks £l5 10s, 2 heifers £l5. 1 £9. 1 cow £l3 15s, 1 £l2 10s, 1 £ll ss; John Young (Allanton), 3 bullocks £l4 17s 6d; W. Lindsay (Allanton), 1 heifer £l4 10s, 1 cow £l3 ' ss, 1 £ll ss. National Mortgage and Agency Co., sold: For Smaill Bros (Moa Flat), 14 bullocks £27 10s; Wilson Bros. (“The Crescent,” Stirling), 7 bullocks £22 10s; a client, 1 bullock £2O 12s 6d, 1 £l9 ss, 1 £lB 2s 6d, 2 £l6 17s 6d, 1 £l5 17s 6d, 2 £l5 15s; W. Lindsay (Allanton), 1 bullock £lB, 1 £l5 10s; Peter Campbell (Wyndham), 1 bullock £l4 17s 6d, 2 £l4 10s, 1 cow £l2 15s, 1 heifer £l2 ss, 2 cows £lO 10s, 2 £9 17s 6d. Stronach, Morris, and Co. sold: For« Mrs A. J. Bell (Stirling), 2 bullocks £l9 12s 6d, 3 £lB 7s 6d, 2 £l5; A. S. Holms (Waimahaka Estate, Invercargill), 1 bullock £l9, 3 £lB, 1 heifer £l2 ss, 3 £l2; T. Soper (Pukeawa), 2 bullocks £lB 15s, 2 £l6 7s 6d, 2 £l5 2s 6d, 1 heifer £l2 12s 6d, 1 cow £10; J. Murray (Clydevale), 3 bullocks £lB 12s 6d, 3 £l7 ss, 2 £l5 ss.—■ — Dalgety and Co.- sold: For Donald Bidgood (Te Tipie), 2 heifers £l5 10s, 3 £l5 ss, 4 £l5; John Young (Allanton), 2 bullocks £l4; Spindle and Fauld (Deep Gorge), 2 bullocks £l3, 1 £ll 15s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. sold: For Frank Turner (Tokanui), 2 bullocks £2O 2s 6d, 2 £l9 17s 6d, 1 £lB 15s, 3 £lB 10s; A. Broughton (Woodside), 4 bullocks £2O, 4 £18; a southern client, 1 bullock £l9, 2 £lB 10s, 3 £l7 12s 6d, 2 £l6 10s; A. Holms (Waimahaka). 3 bullocks £l7 17s 6d, 1 £l6, 1 heifer £l4 12s 6d, 1 £l4 ss, 2 £l3 10s; W. Lindsay (Allanton), 2 bullocks £l5 2s 6d, 1 £l5 7s 6d. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For Walter Grieve (North Taieri), 1 bullock £22 17s 6d, 1 £l9 12s 6d; Peter Robertson (Outram), 4 bullocks £lB 7s 6d, 1 £l4 17s 6d, 1 £l3, 2 £l6 2s 6d; Mrs J. D. Robertson (Outram), 3 bullocks £l7 17s 6d, 3 £l6 7s 6d, 1 cow £l2 12s 6d, 1 heifer £l2; Simon Wright (Balclutha). 2 bullocks £l7 15s, 2 £l6 2s 6d, 5 £l4 17s 6d; John Young (Allanton), 3 bullocks £l7 7s 6d; Henderson and Co., Ltd. (Invercargill), 2 bullocks £l7, 2 £l4 15s, 2 £l3 7s 6d, 2 £l3; Charles Campbell (Momona), 3 bullocks £l6, 2 £l4 10s, 1 cow £lO, 1 £8 12s 6d; Murray Bros. (Clydevale), 1 heifer £l3 15s, 1 cow £l3 12s 6d 1 £l2 15s, 3 heifers £l2 7s 6d. 1 cow £ll 15s, 2 heifers £11; William Lindsay (Allanton), 2 heifers- £l2 10s, 1 £lO 10s, 2 £lO, 1 £8; Wilson Bros. (Stirling), 1 cow £lO 15s, 1 £9 15s, 1 £9 2s 6d. Store Cattle.—-There was a good yarding of 230 store cattle, including a few pens of young steers. The competition was slow, but prices generally were satisfactory. Three-year-old steers made from £9 Is to £ll 2s 6d; tyro-year-old. steers, from £7 10s to £8 10s, while other'prices were unaltered. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For William Lindsay (Allanton), 2 cows £l2 10s, 5 £9 10s, 1 cow £8 14s, 1 £7 12s, 1 £7 Is; W. Curran (West Plains), 2 cows £l2, 1 £lO, 3 £9 10s, 3 £8 10s; John M‘Lennan (Wyndham), 5 steers £ll 2s 6d, 2 cows £l2 10s, 1 £6, 1 £4 10s; John Black (Mataura). 1 cow £lO 15s, 1 £lO 12s 6d, 1 £lO 7s 6d, 1 £9 Us, 2 £7 10s, 1 £6 14s, 2 heifers £5 12s; lan Ross (Fairview), 2 heifers £ll, 1 £9 15s, 1 £7, 1 cow £6 ss, 1 £4 10s, 1 £3 15s, 1 vealer £2 9s, 1 £1 16s; Hope Bros. (Nenthorn), 1 bull £9 15s, 4 cows £7 15s, 1 £7 17s 6d, 1 £9 2s 6d, 1 £7 10s, 1 £7; W. N. Nelson (Glenesk), 1 cow £9 ss, 1 £8 15s, 1 £6, 1 £5 4s; a client, 1 cow £lO 7s 6d; a Taieri client, 1 cow £7 15s, 1 £8 12s 6d, 1 £5 7s 6d; A. Struthers (Mosgiel), 1 cow £6 15s, 1 £5 10s} John Nicholson (One Tree Farm), 1 bull £4 2s 6d. 2 cows £4 10s, 15 yearlings £2 10s; A. Gooch (Mihiwaka), 1 steer £4 2s 6d; W. Mitchell (Mount Cargill), 1 cow £3 15s; M. M’Leod (Mosgiel), 1 cow £4 19s;.G. Fox (Pine Hill), 2 cows £3 10s; O. Crawford (Omimi), 1 cow £3 2s 6d, 1 £1 10s; J. Woods (Green Island Bush), 6 cows £3 10s; a client, 1 vealer £2 13s. Wright. Stephenson, and Co. sold: For J. R. Wilson (Deborah) 1 cow £lO, 1 £9 2s 6d, 1 £8 15s, 1 £7, 1 £6 14s, 1 £5 14s, 1 heifer £4 ss; M. Payne (Goodwood), 2 steers £9 17s 6d, 6 £9 2s; T. Pryde (Portobello), 1 heifer £B, 1 £7 10s; R. Woods (Goodwood), 1 cow £6 17s 6d, 3 £4, 5 £3 10s; J. M’Grath (Waikouaiti), 1 heifer £6 17s 6d; J. Hamilton (Maheno), 3 steers £6 2s, 3 £3 18s, 5 heifers £2 19s; client, 10 'cows £4; J. Allan (Waihola), 1 cow £5 19s, 2 £4 12s 6d, 5 yearlings £2 10s; D. Thomson- (Otakou), 1 cow £5 2s 6d, 3 £4 Is; client, 3 cows

£3 10s. Stronach, Morris, and Co. sold: For Cuttance Bros. (Maungatua), 1 steer £lO Is, 1 cow £8 10s, 1 steer £8 7s 6d, 1 cow £B, 1 heifer £6 17s 6d, 6 steers £6 10s, 1 cow £6 7s 6d, 2 £6 ss, 1 steer £4, 1 cow £3 8s; Miss S. Millar (Purakanui), 2 cows £3 17s; J. Ellison (Puketcraki)_, 10 yearlings £2 17s 1 £1 17s 6d, 1 £1 15s; J. Maloney (Burkes), .1 vealer £2 17s. Dalgety and Co. sold: For client, 2 cows £3 Ils. Dona.'d Reid and Co. sold: For G. Macdonald (Stirling) 2 cows £8 17s 6d, 1 £6 12s 6d, 2 £4 10s; J. Milner (North Taieri), 1 cOw £5, 1 vealer £2 Ils; Thomas M'Cammon (Maungatua), 1 heifer £4 ss, 2 £3 15s; Mrs C. U av J ds^ n ( Bri sMon), 1 vealer £1 17s; Mr C. Campbell (Momona), 1 cow £9 15s, , T .*, 2s; Thomas Thomson (L? 1 ™ Valley), 1 cow £6 19s; D.-Leitch (Waikaia), 7 steers £8 ss; W. J. Sillars (Leeside) 15 vealers £5 2s; John S. Millow (Garthmore), 7 cows £4 15s; Alexander Janies (Tomahawk), 6 cows £5 7s 6d; D. M’Donald (Janefield), 1 bull £9 ss; P. Hellyer, 1 bull £2 12s 6d. Dan-y Cows.—There was a yarding of 40 dairy cows, but the class left much to be desired and was far from the usual standard. Best cows made to £ll 2s 6d but the demand was slack and buyers able to pick and choose to their satisfaction. The Otago Farmers’ Cooperative Association sold: For Thomas Maxwell (Dunedin), 1 cow £9, 1 £8 ss; Hope Bros. (Nenthorn), 1 cow £8 15s 1 £8 /s 6d 2 £7, 1 £6 15s, 2 £6; a client, 1 cow £6 ss, 1 £6 10s, 1 £5 17s 6d; R. Habershon (N.E. Harbour), 1 cow £7J. Barnes (Abbotsford), 1 cow £8 10s; G. Gooch (Mihiwaka), 1 heifer £4 15s. -—Wright, Stephenson, and Co., sold: I’or A. Matheson (Burnside), 1 cow £9 10s; J. R. Wilson (Deborah), 1 cow £9 2 £8 10s, 1 £7 15s; W. M'Millan (Brookville), 1 cow £8 10s. Stronach, Morris and Co., sold: For Mrs E. Roskillev (N.E Valley), 1 cow £6. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For Thomas M’Cammon’ (Maungatua), 1 cow £5 ss; J. Milner (North Taieri), 1 cow £8 10s. . Calves. —The Otago Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association sold: For J. E. Taylor (Otakou), 1 30s; a client, 1 295; W. Anderson (Wylie’s Crossing), 1 235; H Y. Sinclair (Mosgiel), 1 235; D. Ford (Allanton), 1 295, 1 20s, 1 18s, 1 15s; W Marshall (Momona), 1 17s, 1 16s; J. Macauley (Goodwood), 1 10s; S. Hagen (Goodwood), 1 6s, 1 ss, 5 4s 6d; H. Flett (Leith Valley), 1 12s; Mrs R. Wilson (Burnside), 1 7s 6d; H. ATMurray (Mornington), 1 4s 6d. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For J. J. Walker (Otokia), 1 37s 6d; O. Crawford (Omimi). 1 295, 1 10s, 1 6s; W. G. M'Kay (Berwick). 2 355, 1 30s, 1 225; R. Dowie (East Taieri) 1 6s, 1 4s 6d; E. Stoddart (Outram), 1 7s, 1 6s, 1 is 6d, 1 3s; G. Prentice (Mosgiel), 1 ss; a client, 3 4s 6d. National Mortgage and Agency Company sold: For M‘K. Marshall (Kuri Bush), 1 30s. Stronach. Morris, and Co. sold: For T. Outram (Kuri Bush), 1 295, 1 13s; a client, 1 235; J. S. Blackie (Mosgiel), 215 s; A. Seymour (Upper Junction), 1 ss; J. D. Henderson (Wingatui), 1 3s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. sold: For H. Struthers (Milburn), 1 325; David Currie (Milton), 3 265; W. Bryant (Otokia), 1 17s, 1 14s; F. Johnson (Momona), 1 16s. Donald Reid and Co. sold. For Miss Sutherland (Outram), 1 18s, 1 15s, 1 Ils, 1 10s. 1 ss, 2 4s 6d; D. Russell "(Milton), 1 275: D. Currie (Milton), 1 235, 1 18s; John Young (Allanton), 1 20s, 1 12s; T. Howell (Outram), 1 10s; James Bathgate (Shands), 1 12s; T. Garth (Henley), 1 15s, 1 12s, 1 ss, 1 3s; E. Wishart (Henley), 1 Bs, J 4s 6d, 1 4s; George Ford (Owhiro), 1 20s, 218 s; A. Taylor (Henley), 2 Bs, 1 4s 6d; Miss Janet Stevenson (Otokia), I 15s; Miss Mary Morrison (Otokia), 1 ss; Mr E. J. Allan (Caversham), 1 8s; J. Keown (Tomahawk), 1 275, 1 14s; George Newman (Momona), 1 245. Fa* Sheep.—A yarding of 2200 head was penned, and the quality throughout was better than that for the last three weeks. Ewes again were in fair supply; and the opening prices were easily from Is to Is 6d below those ruling last week, while for ewes prices were generall easier all the way by 2s to 3s per head. The sale was erratic at times, and prime heavies may be quoted at 2s per head easier, and medium wethers Is 6d. Extra prime heavy wethers made from 50s to 545: prime heavy, from 44s to 48s; prime fine-wools, 37s 6d to 39s 9d; light. 32s to 35s 6d; extra heavy ewes, 39s to 50s 3d; prime heavy, 34s to 37s 3d; prime, 30s to 335; medium, 27s to 29s 6d. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For A. Pullar (Pukerau), 3 wethers 545, 11 495, 11 42s 6cl. 16 41s 3d, 12 42s 3d; A. Mitchell (Merino Downs). 18 wethers 50s 3d, 12 45s 9d, 14 41s 6d; E. J. Kirk (Kelso). 19 wethers 49s 3d, 8 45s 3d; F. Chittock (Kelso), 15 wethers 42s 9d, 10 375, 3 ewes 40s 6d; a Tapanui client. 23 wethers 46s 3d, 14 42s 6d. 22 40s. 21 38s; R. J. Reid (WaikoikoiY, 2 ewes 46s 3d, 11 395, 6 wethers 49s 3d, pen 42s 9d, 8 ewes 31s 6d; Roughan Bros. (Lawrence), 21 wethers 38s 6d, 24 37s 9<l, 15 36s 3d, 27 ewes 29s 9d, 20 275, 8 295; Southland Farmers’ Co-op. (Gore, as agents), 24 ewes 375, 16 33s 9d, 15 325; Gordon Gilchrist (Balclutha) , 19 wethers 425, 14 40s, 13 39s 6d, 10 395; Southland Farmers’ Co-op. (Gore, as agents), 14 wethc. 36s 9d, 27 35s 3d, 7 32s 3d. 10 28s 3d: A. Scotland (Milburn), 1 hogget 37s 9d, 1 29s 3d; D. Ireland (Mosgiel), 21 wethers 38s 3d, 14 36g 6d, 7 ewes 28s 3d; T. H. Russell (Milburn), pen 35s 6d. Wright, Stephenson, and' Co. sold: For Fleming Bros. (Crookston), 16 wethers 51s 9d, 10 51s. 11 49s 6d, 14 46s 9d; W. Crosby (Tokonui), 15 wethers 48s 9d, 21 45s 3d, 14 42s 9d; C. J. Kirk (Kelso), 7 wethers 47s 6d, 18 ewes 38s; Murray Bros. (Clydevale), pen wethers 475, 15 43s 6d. 17 42s 9d,.1l ewes 40s, 10 39s 3d; W. G. Fleming (Crookston), pen wethers 455, 6 40s 3d, 18 ewes 28s; W. J. MacKenzie (Waikoikoi). 10 wethers 44s 6d, 16 395, 13 ewes 33s 3d. 17 32s 3d; Gibson Bros. (North ;Taiep), 15 wethers 445, 6 425, 22 39s J6d; Haugh Bros. (Crookston), 14 ewes 38s 6d; F. Chittock (Kelso), 10 wethers 37s 9d, 3- ewes 345; F. W. Edge (Waikaka), 35 wethers 37s 3d, 34 36s 9d, 62 36- 6d, 48 34s 9d. National Mortgage and Agency Company sold: For W. Crosbie (Tokanui). 15 wethers (U 1 13 47s 3d, 16 42s 3d, 7 39s 9d; D. Ireland (Mosgiel), 18 445, 17 40s 3d. 24 39s 9d. 12‘ 38s 9d. Stronach. Morris, and Co. sold: For Alexander Bathgate (Crookston), 6 wethers 40s 9d, 26 47s 6d. 18 43s 6d; Haugh Bros. (Crookston), 2 ewes

435, 12 38s 6d; James Smail (Maitland), 1 pen of ewes 435, 18 42s 3d, 23 39s 9d, 9 37s 6d; H. B. Roulston (Hillend), 21 wethers 42s 9d, 15 41s, 18 39s 9d; Smail Bros. (Waikoikoi). 21 ewes 39s 3d. 9 37s 6d, 22 36s 6d; a client, 6 wethers 43s 6d, 15 42s 6d, 23 39s 9d. Dalgety and Co. sold: -For G. T. Smith (Clifton), 55 wethers 45s 9d, 8 445, 12 43s 3d, 17 42s 3(1, 12 41s 6d, 1 355; John Woods (Wyndham), 14 wethers 455, 8 43s 3d, 13 40s, 17 38s 6d; T. Stanley (Balclutha), 23 42s 6d, 32 395; estate late Malcolm Robertson (Tapanui), 7 wethers 50s, 7 435, 10 39s 6d, 12 ewes 35s 9d, 14 30>s 9d; James Jane (Moa Flat), 18 ewes 39s 3d, 22 365, 13 355, 14 33s 6d,U6 31s 9d; J. F. Harns (Moa Flat) 1 truck wethers 50s; John Imrie (Mosgiel), pen ewes 49s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencv Company sold: For a southern client, pen wethers 475; George Gray (Clarendon), 6 wethers 445, 13 42s 6d, 6 41s 9d, 19 40s 3d, 25 38s, 3 .32s 9d, pen ewes 375; D. A. Drinnan (Milton), 14 wethers 41s 11 39s 3d; F. Johnson (Momona, in conjunction with Wright, Stephenson, and Co.), 18 wethers 375, 14 355, 8 34s 3d. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For John Miller (Lochiel), 7 ewes 50s 3d, 9 wethers 455, 1 39s 9d, 15 435, 3 ewes 35s 6d; Southland Farmers’ Co-op. Association (Gore, as agents, account H. Smith), 3 wethers 48s 6d. 18 ewes 36s 3d, 9 34s 9d, 20 30s 6d, 6 395; James Thomson (“Banks”), 7 wethers 48s 3d, 17 46s 6d, :3 445, 9 43s 9d; A. S. Holms (Waimahaka Estate), 9 47s 3d, 11 44s 6d, 20 44s 3d, 13 42s 3d, 1 ewe 38s 6d; A. Athy'■(Raurekau), 4 wethers 42s 3d; F. Atkinson and Son (Middlemarch), 11 41s,- 33 40s 3d, 16 38s; Archibald Stewart (Lovell’s Flat), 12 41s 9d, 16 395, 11 375; executors J. A. Strain (Milburn), 16 wethers 40s 3d, 22 36s 9d, 14 38s 6d; Peter Boyd (Lovell’s Flat), 20 39s 9d, 2 n 38s 9d, 17 38s; H. G. Robinson (Moneymore), 13 375, 15 35s 9d; James Allison (Moneymore), 13 345. Spring Lambs.—The first lambs of the season came forward, and the quality all over must have been below the usual standard. Prime lamb made from 20s to 40s; medium, 30s to 365; light. 23s to 28s. — The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For F. Doherty (Outram), 1 lamb 30s, 1 20s, 1 235. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. sold: For James France (Milton), 1 lamb 48s. Dalgety and Co. sold: For James Imrie (Mosgiel), 1 50s, 1 48s 6d. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For James France (Milton), 1 lamb 47-s; executors J. A. Strain (Milburn), 1 lamb 435, 3 40s.

Pigs—There was a yarding of 100 fats, and the sale was from 10s to 15s better than last week’s rates. Store pigs met a good market at late rates. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association sold: For a Milton client, 1 pig £4 Is, 3 £3 15s, 2 £3 12s; P. Cunningham (Wylie’s Crossing) 1 pig £3 15s. 1 £3 ss, 1 £3 3s; Leighton Piggery (Pine Hill), 2 pigs £4 10s, 2 £3 ss, 2 £3 3s, 4 £3 2s, 4 £2 13s; Bowen Bros. (Burnside), 1 pig £3 4s 2 £3, 2 £2 18s, 3 £2 12s; W. E. Wright (Owaka), 5 pigs £3 3s, 2 £3 2s, 2 £2 18s, 1 £2 16s; W. Craigie and Son (Ratanui), 1 pig £3 12s, 2 £3 9s, 1 £3 ss, 1 £3 3s, 1 £2 6s; G. M’lntosh (Brighton), 1 pig £3 Ils; F. Johnston (Momona), 1 pig £2; N. Laverty (Caversham), 1 pig £1 15s. 1 £1 10s.——Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For Lynn Bros. (Wylie’s Crossing), 3 pigs £4 3s, 1 £3 8s; j. Hamilton (Maungatua), 2 £3 14s, 1 £3 6s; J. P. M’Pherson (North-East Valley), 3’£3 ss; R. Wilson (Wakari), 3 £3; client, 2 £2 12s; J. M’Ewan (North-East Harbour), 1 chopper £1 17s. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For J. H. Patil (Milton), 2 pigs £3 9s; O. Davidson (Milton), 1 pig £3 ss, 3 £3 2s; A. Ralston (Momona), 1 pig £2: a client (Green Island), 1 pig £1 fg S) 4 £1 Us; 1 £1; Roy Miller (Wakari), 2 pigs £3 Bs. National Mortgage and Agency Co. sold: For W. T. Andrew (Herbert), 2 pigs £3 14s. Stronach, Morris, and Co. sold: For T. Ford (Pine Hili), 1 pig £4 Us; M. Moynihan (Anderson’s Bay). 1 £3 9s; T. Outram (Kauri Bush), 1 £3 ss; G. J. S. Lyall (Berwick), 1 £2 19s; R. Kinnaird (Maungatua), 2 £2 14s, 2 £2 Us, 3 to £2 3s; Mrs Stanley* Gibson (Mosgiel), 1 £2 12s, 1 £2 7s; C, Spain (Waverley), 8 £2 9s; J. D. Henderson (Wingatui), I£2 7s. Dalgety and Co, sold:. For D. M’Lean (Kakanui), 2 £4 12s, 2 £4 2s, 1 £3 6s, 1 £2 14s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, sold: For D. Currie (Milton), 1 pig £1 15s.

Store Pigs.—The Otago Farmers’ Cooperative Association sold: For J. Hall (North-East Valley), 2 pigs 20s; J. WiX (Mosgiel), 4 225, 1 19s 6d; a Burnside client, 3 17s 6d. 215 s, 1 Us. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. sold: For J. F. Aubrey (Clark’s Junction), 2 sows 215 s, 1 boar £1 6s; client, 5 pigs 265; J. Kreft (Momona), 6 20s; George Pearce (Henley). 1 17s. 215 s, 212 s, 1 9s. Donald Reid and Co. sold: For A. Ralston (Momona), 4 pigs 9s, 2 9s 6d; A. M'Millan (Momona), 2-20 s, 3 13s 6d, 212 s, 3 10s; Mrs Wishart (Henley), 220 s, 216 s 6d) D. L. Palmer (Taieri Mouth), 3 13s, 3 12s; a client (Henley), 7 8s 6d; H, MTntosh (Taieri Mouth). 7 pigs 14s 6d; Mrs Jane (Waikaka). 1 30s. 3 335, 1 21s> 1 ss. 2 265. 1 225, 220 s, 217 s 6d. 6 8s 6d; J. Kenny (Otokia), 10 10s; Roy Miller, 1 £1 16s. National Mortgage and Agency Company sold: For W. T, Andrew (Herbert), 1 sow £3 ss, 1 £3 2s 6d, 1 boar 10s. Stronach. Morris, and Co. sold: For G. J. S. Lyall (Berwick), 4 £1 14s. 4 30s, 216 s 6d: F. T. Williams (North-East Valley). 220 s; A. Moynihan, jun. (Momona), 4 18s 6d. 4 16s; R. W, Dickson (Henley), 215 s, 4 Bs.

WAIAREKA SALE. There was a good yarding at the Waiareka sale on Tuesday and a fair attendance of buyers. The sale was a little erratic, and the demand for store sheep did not come up to expectations. Fat cattle and dairy cattle were in much better demand. In the fat cattle section as high as £l4 was paid for cows; light steers brought from £l4 14s to £l4 17s 6d; Tor store cattle good yearlings realised £3 and store cows £4 10s. In the fat sheep section prime wethers brought up 10*413, and shorn wethers 30s; fat wether hoggets were passed in at 27s 6d. There was ft fair yarding of' store sheep, principally hoggets, but the demand was unexpectedly poor, and many lines were passed. Wether hoggets were sold at 275; ewes and lambs, all counted, fetched only 18s. There was a good offering of pigs; sljps were sold at 20s, weaners at'l2s 6d to 13s, and small, weaners at 5s od to 8s 6d.

ADDINGTON MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, September 26. There were somewhat larger yardings of fat cattle and fat and store sheep at Addington tb-day. The beef supply was considerably added to by lines from the North Island, and the quality was on the whole exceptionally good. There was a steady demand at late rates. There was a fairly firm sale for prime fat sheep, but other classes were inclined to be easier. Store sheep met with a dull demand, and prices showed a decline. There was a rather larger entry of store sheep, and except for a few lines of young wethers the quality was not attractive. The sale was a dragging one, and dry sheep were down in some cases Is 6d per head, and ewes and lambs were ..about Is below the previous week’s i-atcs. Good halfbred wethers made from 32s to 34s 6d; others, 25s 6d to 27s 3d; shorn wethers to 25s 6d; ewes and lambs made from 16s to 19s-6d (all counted); three-quarter-bred ewe hoggets to 27s 6d; halfbred wether hoggets, 23s 6d to 265; backward mixed-sex hoggets, 18s to 20s 6d. There was an entry of 84 spring lambs, the supply being beyond butchers’ requirements and prices were lower by several shillings per head, and ranged from 35s to 40s 4d for the larger lambs and 27s to 34s 6d for the smaller. There was a fair proportion of prime sheep in a good yarding of fats, and generally -the market was somewhat irregular. Prime sheep showed practically-- no change, but big sheep not well finished and light wethers suitable for shearing were also a little easier, the decline in cases representing Is to Is 6d per head. Prime wethers sold to 52s 4d; prime heavy ■wethers made from 43s to 48s; prime medium-weight wethers, 37s 6d to 425; medium wethers, 32s to 355; shorn wethers, 26s 4d to 36s 4d; extra prime ewes to 475-4 d; prime ewes, 36s to 41s; medium ewes, 28s 6d to 345; aged and inferior ewes. 26s lOd to 28s. There was a good yarding of fat cattle, which numbered 457 head. North Island consignments included very prime lines of Herefords. Polled Angus, and Hereford crosses and purebred Polled Angus. The West Coast was also well represented. The yarding was one of the best for quality that has been offered for some time. The sale throughout was ve y sound, and although there was some irregularity shown, there was little >r no quotable change from the previous week’s rates. Choice st-sr and heiler beef may be quoted up to 52s per 1001 b; average prime beef, 44s to 48s; medium quality, 39s 6d to 42s 6d; plain heavy steer, 35s to 40s; prime cow and heifer, 45s to 47s 6d; medium, 39s to 'ls 6d; and rough down to 30s. Extra prime steers sold to £23 7s 6d; prime steers, £lB 10s to £2l 10s; medium steers, £l6 10s to £18; ordinary steers, £l3 7s 6d to £l6; extra prime heifers, to £l6 12s 6d; prime heifers, £l4 to £l6; ordinary heifers, £9 17s 6d to £l3 10s; extra prime cows, to £l9 2s 6d; prime cows, £l3 to £l6 10s: medium cows, £9 10s to £l2 10s; aged and inferior cows, £6 2s 6d to £9. There was a large entry in the vealers’ pens, about three-fourths being young calves, a proportion of larger sorts being the smallest since last season. Prices were easier than those of the previous week. Twelve to 18 months sorts sold to £8 10s; good vealers made from £6 to £7 15s; medium vealers, £3 to £5 10s; small calves, 17s 6d to £2 ss.

There was a fairly large yarding of store cattle, made up chiefly of cows, with a few small lots of heifers, and most of the offering was low in condition. Good cows made from £5 to £7 17s; medium ■cows, £3 5s to £4 10s; inferior cows, 20s to £2 15s.

There was an entry of 81 head of dairy cattle, the majority of which were in poor condition. Best second, third, and fourth calvers made from £9 to £l2; medium sorts, £6 10s to £8 10s; inferior -and backward, £4 to £6; extra good heifers, to £l3; others, £5 5s to £8 10s.

There was a large entry of porkers, and a medium one of baconers. Choppers sold to £5 16s 6d; light baconers made from £3 7s 6d to £4; heavy baconers, £4 5e to £4 15s; extra heavy, to £5 5s (average price per lb, 6Jd to 7d) ; light porkers, 35s to 47s 6d; heavy porkers, 52s 6d to 58s 6d (average price per lb, 64d to 71d).-

A very large yarding of store pigs sold at slightly easier rates. Weaners made from 6s to 8s; good weaners, 9s to 12s; good stores, 13s to 16s; medium, 17s to 225; large stores, 24s to 345.

OAMARU MARKETS. OAMARU, September 28. The Oamaru cereal market continues to Show a lack of animation owing to the major portion of last season’s produce being cleaned up. A few late lines of Tuscan and Hunters wheat have reached the millers. For the former the ruling price Of 5s 8d per bushel was obtained, while the price paid for Hunters was 6s Id per bushel. Although there is a fair demand for Oats, the quantity offering is small. The hominal price of A grade Gartons is 3s 2d per bushel, on trucks, and of B grade 2s 9d. Oaten sheaf chaff has been marketed fit £4 10s per ton, on trucks, country stations.

A keen demand exists for table potatoes, for which up to £8 per ton on trucks is being paid. This demand is likely to Continue until the new season’s potatoes hre available.

Cowgrass is still offering, but there is ho life in the market, and the best price fciven is in the neighbourhood of 6d per lb. Owners are not disposed to sell at this price. The private transactions in live stock nave been on a comparatively small scale. There is a good demand for fat stock, but little is offering. Prime fat wethers have sold at as high as 465, while lighter have realised from 35s to 43s and shorn wethers 325. Hoggets are in request, but the ideas of value vary so much that little business has been done. Offers of 23s 6d for wether hoggets have been refused. Full-mouthed ewes £nd lambs, all counted, have sold at 19s

Fat "cattle are offering a little more freely. Best quality steers have sold up

to £l4 7s 6d and medium steers at £9 2s 6d to £lO 2s 6d. Good heifers have realised from £l2 17s 6d to £l3, and lighter from £9 15s to £ll 10s. Beef cows have sold at from £7 to £l4, the latter price being obtained for extra good quality. Only a limited quantity of store cattle is offering. Empty cows have been marketed at £4 10s and yearling steers at £3 2s 6d to £3 15s. - Dairy cows coming to profit have found buyers at from £6 to £8 for ordinary sorts. Pigs have been offered freelv. The best stores have realised 26s 6d to 33s 6d, small stores 18s to 245. slips 14s to 16s, best weaners 12s to 15s; medium weaners Ss to lOd. SOUTHLAND MARKET REPORT. INVERCARGILL September 30. Oats. —This market is distinctly in a depressed state, but such is of very little interest to local merchants, as stocks held by them virtually on the average hardly exceed .a few hundred sacks. Offers from northern buyers are on the basis of 3s IOJd A grade, but holdings are so small that it is altogether unlikely that any merchant would think of accepting less than 4s. Unless oats held by northern buyers come back on to the market it is difficult to see how there can be any al--teration in current rates so far as the port of Bluff is concerned. Chaff.—This still maintains the level which’ has been current for a month or six weeks, £4 10s, on trucks, country sid ings, for prime quality, sacks being supplied by buyers. Supplies are offering in limited quantities, but as the demand is purely local, shipping being altogether out of the question at this price, offerings are about equal to the demand. Ryegrass.—This market is still firm with a fair volume of business passing between merchants at from 5s 6d to 5s lOd for 271 b to, 301 b machine-dressed seed respectively Values fluctuate to some extent, depending on germination and purity figures. Stocks in merchants’ hands are getting into small compass, some reporting that they have apparently I hardly sufficient for the demand of their I own distributing trade. Crested Dogstail.—ln view of the outturn of the Irish crop, there -has been something m the nature of a drop in local values. Between merchants fo.b. per lb is now an extreme price for highgrade seed. English quotations are in the region of Id per lb -over and above this figure, but as all possibilities of export are virtually past hence the fall in local values. THE STOCK MARKET. The stock market continues.good for all classes offering, and prices remain firm. Fat cattle are coming forward in regular supplies, the offerings being sufficient for local requirements, and the market is steady, good quality bullocks and prime heifers being keenly competed for. The yardings of fac sheep have hardly been so large at recent sales, due, no doubt, to vendors realising it is better to hold and shear any wethers other than well-finished sheep. The store sheep market is quiet, feed, due to the wet, cold weather, being bare, and any who are under-stocked are chary of buying until better growing weather sets in. Store cattle are still selling well, more especially yearlings, ell-bred steers and heifers showing breeding making prices which must be satisfactory to the vendors. —Extra prime bullocks to 10s ’ prime heavy bullocks, £lB to £2l; medium-weight, £l3 10s to £l5; prime heavy heifers, £ll to £l4 10s; medium, £8 prlme heavy cows, £lO 10s to JOs; medium, £8 to £9 10s; vealers, to 355; runners, to £5; prime ox beef, 40s to 42s 6d per 1001 b; heifer beef, to 40s ?A^, 1001b ’ c ? w beef > 30s to 32s 6d per 1001 b.

Fat Sheep.—Prime heavy wethers, 47s to 50s; prime medium, 42s 6d to 455; lighter, 38s 6d to 40s; prime heavy ewes 33s to 355; medium, 28s 6d to 325. . Store Sheep.—Wether hoggets, 24s 6d to 27s 6d; ewe hoggets, 35s to 40s, accordin t°, quallt y; two-tooth wethers, 33s to 35s 6d; two-tooth ewes, 40s to 42s 6d-sound-mouthed ewes, 30s to 365; failingmouth ewes, 25s to 27s 6d; old ewes, 18s to 20s. Store Cattle.-—Three-j'car-old steers, £8 to £9 10s; two-year-olds, £6 10s to £7 10s; yearling steers, £3 10s to £5; yearling heifers, £3 to £4; two-year heifers, £4 to £5 10s. FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD. Reilly s report. The Samoan bananas arrived in Maui Pomare unfortunately insufficient for requirements. Asparagus wanted, choice rhubarb realising good values. . Pigs, eggs, butter, poultry, and whitebait are eagerly inquired for. We sold:—Freesias, 4d; narcisci, 2d to 6danemones, 6s; boronia, 6s, 9s. Section honey: Choice, 8s 6d; medium, 6s. Cabbage, 2s to 4s. Cauliflower, 2s, 6s Asparagus, 265. Lettuce: Choice, to 5s 6d' others, 9d, Is 6d. Eggs, Is sd, Is 6d. Butter (wanted) : Pats, bulk, l s sd; factory pats. Is 7d. Preserved ginger Is. Peanuts, sd. Brazils, ,10d... Cheese: Medium, 9|d, lOd. Tea: Orange Pekoe, 2s 6d. Beeswax, Is «d. Horsehair, Is 9d. Bacon pigs: Prime, 7d, 7£d; porkers, 7d. 7Jd; heavy-weights, sd; choppers, 3£d. Whitebait, 3s 9d, 4s Bacon: Choice, Is; odd lots, 4d, lOd. Potatoes: Stirlings Outrams, Bs, 9s: new potatoes, Bd. Carrots, 6s. Parsnips, 6s. Onions: Californian crates, 20s; bags,’ 27s 6d. Swedes. 3s. Oyster .grit, 8s 6d. io * 26 s cwt. X-Keys Meatmeal, 18s. Pears: Choice, Bs, 10s; halves, 3s, ss. Apples: Delicious, choice, 10s, 14s; medium, ss, 7s; cooking, 6s, 7s 6d; small 3s> 4s; Ballarats, 7s 6d. Rhubarb, 3s 6d, 4s 6a. Bananas: Ripe, 325. Lemons: Missions, 555; Victorian, 18s. Mandarines, to 20s. Sunkist Valencia oranges, 42s 6d; Adelaide Valencias, 17s, 18s; Adelaide Navels, 20s. Californian grapes, 255. Grapefruit, 40s. Sevilles. 8s to 10s. Honey: Bulk, 4d, sd; 101 b r ins l ilb pats . 38 9d - Biack E eaf i» 40 ? 101 £ tl “ 8 ’ 21b tins « 15s oci, a*b tins, 5s 3dj Karswood snice* Mb tins, Is;- 11b, Is lOd; 71b, 12sFed Meggitt’s linseed meal. 18s. Wheat: Fowl, 6s 6d. Oats: “ A ” Gartons, 3s 6d; “ B,” 3s per bushel; Palmer’s Chick food’ 101 b, 2s 9d; 501 b, Ils 3d; 1001 b, 21s. Arsenate of lead, paste, powder, lime

sulphur, spraying oil, benzole emulsion atomised sulphur, nicotine sulphate dry bordeaux, weed, scrub, and tree killer spray spreader, arsenate calcium antL bunt, special prices on application. Incubators: Kapai. £l3 10s to £3O; brooders, £0 to £7 10s. Bencing posts, from £6 to £8 per 100. Tagerim lucerne plants wnn, Per n 10 °" „ Lucern e meal, 14s per t ß £ an ’ £7 10s - Allard, £9. Oat sheaf chaff, £5 ss. Clover hay, £4 15s Lucerne, £5 10s ton. Poultry: 50 hens, os 2d to Us; 9 pullets, 9s 2d, 12s; 15 cockerels. 6s 6d, 13s; 2 ducks, 10s; 33 chickens. Is 2d. all at “ per pair.”— REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Dunedin.