Commercial Intelligence

Timaru Herald, Volume XL, Issue 2987, 21 April 1884, Page 2

Commercial Intelligence

Timarv Herald Office, Situriay Kvoninjf. ATTCTION'EERS' REPORTS. Jlcsnrs Maclec.n and Stan-art report for tho past week as follows, vis. ■ — Horses — Over 60 horse? were to-day booked at their yards for Bale, a connHerabto portion of which wero good draught mares and gelding 3, and the bclanco light harne3? hordes and ordinary haoks. They report an increased animation m tho trad; and a mnrth hotter demand for the best class, of iorses. Prices, however, remain much tto dame, and do not show much sign of improvement. A firat-olims yonn<? gelding bronght t:-diij- Ml, and ho wan cheap even at that fierntii. A good nnmoor brouff lit from L) Bto L27 Slordnm noi-ts found buyer* at from LM to Ll7 ; light and iaforior sorts from LlO to LU. At tho abovo quotations they placed 23 hscd. Stoop — A (food manj lots of sheep have Cbnngod hands during th-3 iPOtk, and thorci i« a good enquiry, both for breeding sheep and for thoso Ruitablo for feeding cff. They huvo had no auction iialen of i mportmce during the week, bnt hav-3 Bold ?rivat3ly COO merino wethers; and <K>o merinu owei at satisfactory prices. Fat shi:ep — Proien^ values nro from 2Jd to 2jd per II). At (lieso qaotdtions they havo placed Bcvoral small liaon. Cattlo — Tho demand foi: ntoro cattlo at present is dull, and there aro few lots ijhaiging hands. Th.»y have no tranxnetiocß to roport. Fat cattle— Valno por 10(ilbn may bo quoted at about l"f: Cd. Proporty — Tc-day they offered tho Raniri. tata Hotel, with about foar anrc-i fniohdid, but tho bids did no' rc:vih tho rosoi-v* put on it. It comequcntly was pawl m. Menrs Jonas and Boutn rej)ort : — Thoy aia pl«»ad to nota that n(oclc innia. t»ia* it* Vftlu«, %* tha Utg* quantity thty h tv«

aold during the week, both by publio auction and privately, huve. fully realised last week's quotations, and with somewhat keener competition for various lots. At Pleasant Pjint sale yards on Friday they held o laige- and important sale of tmeop, cattle and horse*, on r.ccount of Messrs J. A. Oaniaek, J. G. llcKay, W. C. FeiuUU, Goo. Robinson, D. Greon, R. Anderson, J. Stumbles, Henry Squires, W. J. Newton, W. Borroll, J. Davis and others, aud to the surprise of everybody, fully MOO sheep came forward : and 120 head of cattlo, 7 draught colts, pigs and farmers' sundries, and with the exooptiou of two small lots of sheep, t'ao whole, of these numercus entries were sold at salisfaotory prices ; m fact, cattlo showed a decided improvement on values that have lately been ruling. Sheep — At Friday's salo they sold 110 crossbred wethers at 12s lOd, 210 half-bred ewes at 11s lid, 32) at \2s, 235 at lls Bd, 109 at 11s 6d, 125 at .Us lOd, and SCO crossbred owes at an average- of 9* lOd, 370 at Ss Oa, and 2GO at 7a 9d ; 400 merino ewes at -ts Od, 150 wethors at 53, 40 a<; ss, 100 at 3s (id, 100 at Ps Oil, 520 at 6s 3d, and 21? at 5s 6d ; 303 crossbred lambs atSs ld, SiJcnUatoslOil, and 400 at Ss (id, and various other small lots of Hheep at saino rates. They a:so soil a number of LincolnLoicostor rams. Privately they have placed 62 fat shcop at 13s, 210 merino wethers at Gs, 110 half-bred e.ves at 12s Od, 1000 merino ev/os : at 7s 6d, and iiO half-bred wethers (fati at 15s i od, and 35 xtma at two and a half jpiinoas apiece. Cattlo— Tho'- have sold by auction 10 steers - at L-l 10s, 11 heifers at U 10s, 9 nt I,J Is, 0 j ■ steers at L 2 17s, 5 cows at L3 7s Od, 2 hoifers s at L2, 0 steers at Li Is, 10 heifers at LI 18s, -1 fat cows at 13 15s, 3 at L 3 15s : 20 hoad from • twelve to eight oon months' old at LI 1/s, J ■ steers at L 3 Ma, J» head two-year-olds at L 3 Is, ; Bat L 2 10s lid, and 9at L2ls ; and privately i ! 20 head of fat cattle at the. rato of 20s per I j lOOlbs. i ! Horses— On Saturday a large number camo ; : forward, for the most part of an inferior i I stamp and unseeable qnality, and it was only I 1 after tho groi.test trouble that those sold ! under bill of sale wow disposed of at all. They sold about 20 m all at tho following ■ prices, which vill indicate tho low quality of ■ some of tho entries. Draueht mares at from L2oto L2!i, geldings from LIG to L 22, and the ; very old horse i sold nuder bill of sale from L 2 to LlO, and difficult to sell nt tlie.se prices. ■ Drays aud hij-uess fetched full values. At . the 'Point they sold 7 draught colts, t at Lls i each, lat HO", 1 at LlO. and 1 at L9. Miscellaneous — On behalf of the Pleasant Point Domain Board they sold the right to . tako one crop oil -16 acres, owned by tho Board, to Mr George Butler, at LIG t>s per acre. They hive disposed of, on behalf of tlio S.C.J.C., the refreshment booth for Ll2, to » Mr Hatfield; horso yards for L 3 10s, to Mr Brosnahan ; and booth No. 2, to Mrs Woodley, 1 of Ashbnrton, for L' 24. Messrs William Collins anl Co. report a fair amonrt of business during the week, and at thoirr^ffular weekly market auo auction : to-day they nuoto Derwent potatoes, wholesale, 40s to 45s por ton at tho Timaru Railway i Station ; onions, 7s per owt : fresh butter, 9d ; per lb : garc en honey, 3Jd to 4d per lb ; farmers' flou:-, 140s per ton ; bran, 70s per ' ton; fowl wieat, 5s to 8s per sack; oats, bright feed. Is OJd to Is lOd ; sacks, 7d. They havo orders on hand for 4000 bushels at 1 the latter figure, for immediate delivery. Milling oats, ->s to 2s ld ; wheat, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; barley, n> transactions to report. Hides — Thej- have placed a considerable number at the following figures : Clean and free from outs, and ove: 0010, 3id to 3^l ; others, 2d to 3d, according to weight and qnalitv ; calf skins, 3d to 3td ; rough fat, 2d to 2id per ll>.