COMMERCIAL

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 107, 19 April 1876, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

A CCKLAND —Amu. 8. Live SToOK.—Messrs limiter and Xolan report that the demand for cattle lias been most spirited, and juices ruled high for all (leseri|itions. They sold dairy cows from £ll to £lB 17s till; backward sjiringers, £8 to ,£ It) ss; weaned calves and yearlings, ,£1 lbs to to 8 7s (id ; two-year-old steers. £8 10s to £-1 os ; three and four-year-ohl steers, £5 os to £7 10s ; heel', 80s to 82s (id per lOOlbs. The supply of sheen lias been adequate, With corresponding demand, fat sheep at New Market, on the 4th, were a shade higher than previous week ; and other desri spi ions fully maintained hist quotations. Best wethers, from 20s (Id to 27s 8d ; second quality, 18s to Itls.'M ; fat ewes. 12a to 18s eaeh ; la nbs, from Its (id to lot ; jien of Lincoln ewes, 10s (Id. Pigs wore not yarded in sullieieiit numbers for requirements ; they fully maintained last week’s cPes.—Mr A. Buckland reports that at Kemnera on the (Ilh, dairy cattle were in usual number, and steady demand at improved v til ugh. Voting store cattle more numerous than usual, and in request. Fat cattle in full numbers, 180 head sold ; best quality at lute values 5 inferior, lower in price. Store sheep better Worth. Fat sheep in short siqiply, and at Slightly advanced prices. Well fatted pigs plentiful, in moderate, demand, and at easier rates. Prices given were; Hairy cows, neatcalving, £8 to £lB each ; calves, 25s to 45s ; yearlings, £8 to £4 each ; well-fatted slice]*, 27s Gd to 82s (hi ; cows 2os to 80s the 100 lbs ; shij) cattle 2s Gd the lOOlbs less ; aged ewes, 18s G 1 and 14s Gd each ; fat wetliers, 8i ; ewes, 8 the lb ; jugs, 2;* to 8d the ib.

Wool, &c. — Mr I’lieklund si nfcs at liis sale, hides and skins wen; in less than usual supply. AVoul in larger quantity ; prices given were ; Hides, 4d 1-lhtli the ll> ; skins, Is 8d to its (Id ; wool, in crease, 7i to 9i ; washed, 13.1 to i3l the lb. ]>' Rls KM A NII. .1A C KSOK’K VOUTKI G IITLV STOCK It JO TOUT, AVanOANTi, Al'Ull, 13TII. Cattle inaintahied full values, and as the winter advances wo may look for fid I rates for all descriptions of fat stock. At the yards to-dav, the supply of beef was limited, ainf not sutlleieitt for the tntde. Although few of the stock were passed off at the auction. 1 placed all afterwards at quotations. Cattle. —94 head were yarded, and sold as under :—Fat heifers, from £7 to £7 5s ; store cows, £4 10s ; mixed, 18 months old, £2 17s Gd ; calves, £2 ; milch tows, £0 15s. Sheep. —93 G were penned, and sold at fair rates, though fat sheep hardly came up to last week’s prices. Fat sheep, light weights, Gs Gd to 7s Gd ; ewes, Gs ; 2tooth superior ewes, 10s Gd ; old ewes, 4s. Houses, —Very dull. I quitted a, few backs at from £7 to £ls 10s. Land.—My sale on the 11 th Was largely attended, and the bidding was spirited. I sold live acre blocks situated at Mosstnwn from £IG 10s to £29 per acre. Allotments in Wanganui, situated in Victoria Avenue and (Jlasgow-strcct. from £3O to £SO 10s. The property belonging to the late Mr Findlater brought £1,450, Mr J. Stone being the purchaser. The amount realised by this sale Was about £4,000. Exports. —For the fortnight ending Thursday Cattle, 5G head ; sheep, GGO.