COMMERCIAL.

Western Star, Issue 1300, 27 March 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCTIONEERS' REPORT. j i Wright, Stephenson and Co. report having ■ held their fortnightly sale of stock in the Gore yards. A considerable number of buyers were present, consequently each lot met with fair competition. Best lambs brought 7s 6d | to 8s 7d ; lighter, 5s 6d to 6s 6d ; culls, 3s to i 4s . fat wethers and maiden ewes, 8s 9d to 93 6rl; sound-mouthed breeding ewes, 5s to 7s. 6d; boilers, Is 6d to 2s 9d. We sold 3611 sheep and lambß at above quotations. On Thursday last we held our sale in the Riversdale yards. The sale proved a great success, each lot being keenly bid for. Fat lambs brought 8s 6d to 9s 3d; forward conditioned stores, 7s to 7s 9d : lighter, 6s to 6s 9d ; good fresh station wethers, 8s 3d to 8s 6d ; fat do, to 9s 3d ; full-mouthed crossbred ewes, 5s to 6s 6d ; aged do, 3s to 4s 9d; boilers, Is 9d to 2s 6d. We sold at above quotations 5575 sheep and lambs. Privately during the week we have placed 2050 crossbred wethers, 4363 crossbred lambs, and 250 breeding ewes at equal to late rates. HORSE MARKET. J. A. Mitchell reports:— Horse Market—This market "is again recovering slightly after two or three dull weeks during the busy harvest time, when horse buying is always neglected. We held a sale at Gore on Friday last, when an entry of 25, mostly draughts, were forward, and although the demand was limited still there were buyers that would have bought every animal at fair value, but through the boom in horses before harvest vendors put high values on. We sold best 3 and 4-year-old draughts at £lB to £22 10s, medium sorts a few pounds lower; haoks, from £5 to £8 j one light harness mare reached £l6. At our Saturday's sale at lavercßrgill wo entered over 30, but had a dull sale, only best sorts beiDg looked for. We sold a few at £2O to £23 10s; aged t>orts ranged from £8 to £l2, and haoks at low prices. DUNEDIN MARKETS. Fat Cattle—l 92 head yarded. The bulk were half fat, with an odd pen of prime. The latter were in good demand at fully laterates. Best bullocks brought £6 10s to £8 7s 6d ; others, £4lss to £6 7s 6d ; best cows, £6 to £7 7s 6d; others, £3 5s to £3 15s. Fat Sheep—Only 1131 penned, all prime ewes and wethers and some extra heavy weights. Competition was brisk owing to the short supply and prices were firm at an advance of Is over last week. Best wethers brought 10s 6d to 13s 4d ; others, 8s 6d to 10s; best ewes, 10s to lis 3d; others, 6s to 9s 9d. Wheat—The market remains steady and though sales are difficult to effeot at late rates there is no quotable ohange. Prime velvet, 4s Id to 4s 2d ; Tuscan, 3s lid to 4s; fair to medium, 3s 9d to 3s lOd ; chick feed, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Oats—Offerings have not been so large as is usually the oase at this time of the year and yet prices show a decline on last week's for all feed sorts, due to a certain extent to ehippers at the Bluff quoting lower than oats can be purchased for here. Prime milling Sutherlands, Is to Is lid; do feed, Is 8d to Is inferior, Is 6*d to Is 7d—sacks extra, net. Barley, except when plump, bright, and not too olosely threshed, difficnlt to place. Malting, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; feed and milling, 2s 3d to 3s 6d—sacks extra. ,