COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 13144, 28 November 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

TEMUKA STOCK SALE. Owing to the heavy radii -which fell in the Temuka district yesterday morning the jarding of stock for the fortnightly sale was somewhat smaller than nsnal. The stock entered met -with a healthy demand in all classes and the major portion found boyers at the following quotations: Sheep— Fat ewes 13s 9d, 15s, 15s 6d, IBs, 16s 3d to 17s 6d: fat wethers, light weights, 16s 9d; 4-tooth ewes with lambs at foot 13s3d (all counted), 2-tooth ewes and wethers (shorn) 12s, 13s to 13s 3d. Cat£fe—There were about 200 head yarded, ynJ the prices for beef and dairy cattle -were good. Quotations are as follows : Best steers £6 17s 6d to £7 10s, fat Irifers £7 10s, light steers £6 10s,; dairy cattle, just calved and springing, (best) £6 10s, £7 to £7 10s, springing Heifers JJ3 to £4 12s 6d, 2-year-old steers £5 108, 18"months old £2 ss, yearlings 22s £a to £1 10s.

TINWALD. STOCK SALE.

•. . J?£r Press Association. * ' AfrEBUBTON', November 27. Hie attendance at the live stock market at Tinwald yards to-day -was below the average. There tos a fair yarding of cattle. Fat sheep were In moderate supply, but the entry of stores showed & falling off, only 1174 coining forward. Almost throughout, the market bore a lifeless tone. Cfatde—The yarding of store cattle totalled about twenty head, but the entry was very mixed, and a poor sale resulted. Inferior youn<r -teers and heifers brought 365, forward sieer 27s 6d and a heifer £2. Thirteen fat cattle were penned; and nearly all were cleared, but the marketwas somewhat- easier. Fat heifers sold at £5 to £5 7s 6d, steers £5, £5 ss, £5 17s 6d to.£6, and a cow at £6 ss. Sheep—4lo fat sheep were penned and ths market opened in a very doleful fashion, and some half dozen lines had been offered before any business .was transacted; even then bidding, was of the slackest description and prices fluctuated considerably. A splendid line of woolly ewes was passed at 22s 3d; two small lots brought 12s to 16s. Shorn ewes comprised the bulk of the entry and sales ■were effected for best sorts at 15s 3d to 16s 7d, medium 12s to. 14s 3d. Wethers •were not sought after at auction and only •a few shorn were cleared at 18s 3d. A few lambs were forward, but on the whole €he lots submitted were not of finished grade. Business was done on a basis of 15»-Id to 16s. Individual sales were—--22 woolly ewes at 12s lOd, sound mouth ■woolly ewes 16s, 30 shorn 6-tooth ewes 15s 3d, 14 shorn ewes 14s Id. 13 ditto 3<b 3d, 2 ditto 12s. 4 early shorn ditto 16s 7d, 1 £-tooth ditto 15s 2d, 5 shorn wethers 18s 3d, 2 fat lambs 16s and 3 ditto 15s Id. The sale of store sheep -evidenced a fair amount of animation at the commencement, but after the first few lots had been offered the market went to -pieces and line after line was passed. lha want of feed doubtless restricted operations, while the same reason probably ■prompted those who sold. The only lines -which changed hands were 37 shorn2-tooth ■wethers.-at 6s 3d, 200 shorn 2-tooth half"bred ewes at 13s 6d, and 44 shorn ewes and 58 lambs (all counted) at 10s.

BURNSTDE STOCK MAEKET. DUNEDIK, November 27. The market was held to-day on account ■of the Show to-morrow. Cattle—l4B head of fat cattle were yarded. There was a good demand, and -prices were 10s to 15s above those of 3ast week. The cattle that came for--ward were only of medium weights. Best inflocks sold at £ll 10s to £l2 ss, medium £lO 5s to £ll, inferior £8 15s to £9 ss, best cows and heifers £8 to £9 10s, medium to good £7 to £7 10s, inferior £5 to £6. Sheep—l6oo fat sheep were penned, snadnly shorn wethers of medium quality. A few well-finished were competed for at np to the best of last- week's prices, bur others were easier. Best wethers in the sold at 27s to 295; extra to 30s 3d, medium to good 24s to 255, inferior 22s to 235, best shorn wethers 24s to 265, medium to good 21s to 225, inferior 17s *» 18s 6d; best ewes in the wool 24s to ~265, extra to 28s, medium to good 21s to 52s 9d, inferior 17s to 18s, best shorn awes 19s to 21s, extra to 225, medium 15s 4o 17s, inferior 12s to 14s. In fat lambs 250 were penned, the prices being the same as last week's. Pigs—The 80 penned sold well, suckers at 15s to 20s, porkers 34s to 425, baiccners 46s to 565, neaw to 745.