COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13460, 5 December 1907, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

GERALDIXE STOCK SALE

\bout 2COO sheep were yarded yesteidav a good proportion of which were passed at auction, prices having receded about Is 6d per head all round on last sales rates, the prospect of another dry -eason being no doubt responsible fortlw drop. Pat ewes: 31 at 15s 5d Bat 14s 3d. 13 at, 13« 9u, 10 at 15s 6d, 2 a, 18s, 196 ewes and lambs at 12s, others at 8s 3d, 160 2-tooth ewes, shorn, at lb, 9 do .at 18s 3d, others ab 17s 9ci, HO 2-tooth wethers at 14s 7d. Cattle: l&J rarded. Fats and good dairy cows fetched prices equal to those of last sale- Onei fat cow at £6 lCs. Pat heifers: lat £4 15s, 2 at £2 Is. dry cows, empty, at £3 5s 7 £3 2s 6d, £3 0s 6d, and £1 14s, dairv cows, just calved, at £4 12s 6d, £4*7s 6d, £3 10s, and £1 10s. 4 2-vear-old steers at £3 3s, 3 yearlings at "275. 1 2-year-old at £2 18s. Pigs: 20 weaners penned, which sold at 17s to 21s

ADDIXGTON STOCK MARKET.

Per Press Association CHUISTCHURCH, December 4. Sheep: The entry was larger than for reveral weeks past, and there was a little better demand, forward, wethers being wanted chiefly. Prices were about the same as the "previous week. The entry of.fat lambs was rather larger than last week, and the quality was better. There was a fair demand for export, aucl prices remained without change. Tegs made 17s to 18s 9d. freezing weights 14s to 16s 9d, and unfinished lots lis- to 13s 6d. The entry of fat sheep was rather larger, and included some prime lines of wethers. Prices generally showed no change, the demand being entirely for local consumption. Extra prime wethers made 21s to 22s 3d, prime 18s to 20s 9d, lighter 16s to 17s 6d, prime ewes 16s 6d to 19?, medium 'l4s to 16s. and aged Ss to 13s 6d.

Cattle: 210 head ef, ueefnl fat cattle were penned. Steers sold at £9 ss, £9 Ice. £IC, £ll 5s to £ll lCs; heifers £5 17s 6d, £9 2s 6d. to £lO. cows £4 lCs to £B. calve-, sold at 4s 6il to 495. Store cattle: Yearlings sold at 19s, fifteen to eighteen months at 26s to 295, 2-year heifers £2 5s 6d to £2 7s 6d, 3-year ■steers £4 13a 6d, 3-year heifers £4 ss. di-v cows 25s to £4 10s, dairv cows £3 10? to £7. Pigs : The demand was slack and prices were much low<er. Baconers made 50s to 60s, porkers 35p to 4&. large stores 3Cs to 555. medium 26s to 295. and baconers 15s to 255. BURXSIDE STOCK MARKET. Dl-NEDIX", December 4. Sheep: -766' were penned, the majority cf which consisted of prime quality. On account of the short supply prices showed ah advance of fully 3s to 4s j»t head on hist week's rates. Best woolly wethers 27s to 31s 6d, be«t shorn wethers 22s to 24s 9d. medium 19s 6d to 21s. inferior 17s 6d to IBs 6d, 'best ewes 18s to 20s 6d, medium 15s to li.-. inferior to 14s 6d, One hundred and twenty lambs were penr«rd, and prices were much better than last week. Bert lambs 1/y 6d to 20s, medium les t<i 16s 6d. inferior 13s 6d to 14s 6d. Cattle : 168 were yarded, and the quality in most cases was good. On account of the few buyers present the prices were tkcidedlv easier. Best bullocks £lO to £ll, extra to £l2 7s 6d. medium £9 to £lO. inferior £8 5s to £9, best cows and heifers £7 to £B, extra to £9 ss, medium £6 to £6 10s. inferior £5 to £5 12> 6d. . Pigs: About ICO were penned, and prices were firm. Suckers 15> to 19s, slips 22s to 255, stores 27s to 30s. porkors 45s to 545, small baconers 53s to 6Zs, large baconers-to 755. DUXEDIX" GRAIN MARKET. Wheat: There is little or no animation in the market, and business is very small; quotations for milling are merely nominal. Prime Velvet and Tuscan. 5s lOd to 5s lid; good to best. 5s 9d to "5s lOd: medium. 5s- 8d: whole fowl wheat, 5s 6d to 5s 8d: damaged and broken, 5s to 5s 6d: sacks extra. Oaf*: In the absence of any demand for the Xorth Island i-ales cannot be effected at late rate*. Stocks are limited, and with the ."lightest improvement in demand late rates would no doubt besecured. Best feed and milling 3s 5d to ss» 6d: geoei to best. 3s to 3s sd; inferior to medium. 5s to 3s 3d; ex store, sacks extra.