COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3746, 4 October 1886, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Timaril, Hernld Office, Saturday Evening. AUCTIONEERS' REPORTS. Mr E. R. Guinness (for tho Now Zealand Loan nnd Mercantile Agency Company, Limited), report.-) for the weok ended Saturday, 2nd October, 188(5, as follows : — CATTLE. Prime beef mny be quoted at from 22s 01 to 24s per 1001 b ; medium only 20s. Pricos have lately suffered a slight decline Tho supply at tho Wnshdyke yards has not been remarkable for good quality or numbers. Thoy sold p. few pens at quotations. Stores wero m moderato supply of various sorts, principally old cows and young: stock, nll m very low condition, so sales woro somewhat difficult to effect. Good fresh forward steers are enquired for. ami avo .ialeable at -£3 10s to £5, nccovclim; to s-/..- ami condition. At the abovo prices thoy havo di-posoil of several lines. StlßEl". Purii.ir the past fow weeks thoro has boon an inoronso.l demand for nil classes, and a oi>n*i>lorahlo numbor have changed hands. At tho Wnslulykn yards the f-.fc pons being w«»U lillo.l with nii'-i quality hall nud thrccqnavtor bred*, brought from 13s to 14s 11.1 ; medium quality, lis to lis. Stores — All offering find buyers. Tho spring m our pastures has c.-msed improved demand, especially for hoggets anl two and four-tooth crossbreds. riUVATR SALES. Sheep — They have placed a, fow small lines of half and throe-quarter brod hoggets at 7s 3d to Ss Od, m all about 500, nnd havo soveral largo lines under offer Cattle — 58 head grand quality bullocks to onr local butchers, at prices ranging from £9 to w£lo per head. f-HEEPSKINS. Tho weather during tho past fortnight has been favourable for fel!*nongoring operations, consequently felluiongers have reduced their stooks very considerably. Thero wns a fair attendance of buyers nt their sale on Wednosday last, which passed off most pleasantly for all concerned. Bids came freely for every lot, which wero cleared at a. slight advance on lato rates. By auction and privately their offerings havo boon ovor 3000, at tho following prices : — Factory crossbreds, "is to 5s -l-l : do merinos, -Is ; best butchers' crossbreds, 53 to 5a 0d ; second quality, Is to -Is DJ ; do merino, 3s id to Is. Country skins, of which thoy had a largo entry, brought from 2s to 4s lOd, according to the sizo and condition thoy wero m. UIDES. The market remains dull. Quotations — Best dry and clean, free from cuts, 3d to 3id per lb ; medium weights, 2UI to 2:, d : light and inferior, 2s to 2VI. At tho above pricos they havo sold ovor 100. TALLOW ANP TAT. All on hand cleared at tho following quotations, 7s Gd to 8s Od per cwt. for rough.