Commercial

Western Star, 26 January 1906, Page 3

Commercial

INVERCARGILL STOCK SALE

There was a large yardi 112 of cut! hi and his probably caused the slight dcjlino in uices :

Fat Cattle—ll 3 yarded ; nothing very prime. Heavy f.teers mvie LBlos to L 9 ss, light* L 6 upwards, heifers L 5 10s to L 7 7s 64.

Store cattle-262 pennel to a poor market. Yearliogs brought L2 to L2 10s cows with calves L2 10s to L 4. The reason given for the small demand was the scarcity of good feed. Only 57 stores and 65 fat beasts were sold publicly. Fat sheep—lloo yarded. Competition w.is very poor and nearly half of the entry was passed. Prime wethers (extra) LI 17s, good do 16s to 17s 3d, otheis 15s up. Store sheep- 500 penne 1. A nice line of 2-tooths brought lis 31 and for this class 9s 6d to Us 2d was the range of prices. Several lines of ewes and lambs were passed. \ DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. Dunedin, Jan 24. Wheat—Millers are not disposed to operate at late quotations or to increase their stocks unless tempted by an extra prime sample. Prime milling 3s 5d to 3s 6d, medium (nominally) 3s 3d to 3s 4d, whole 3s 2d to 3s 2|d, inferior and broken 2s 9d to 3s l|d—sacks extra. Oats—The market is void of animation, sales being confined to local requirom-nts an 1 quotations are merely nominal. Best feed and milling 2s 2d to 2s Id, medium to best feed Is 114 to 2s—ex store ; sacks extra.

BURNSIDE MARKET. Dunedin, Jan 24. Fat cattle—lsß yardel; only a Very few prime. Bidding was by no means brisk and there was no improvement on last week's rates. Best bullocks £lO 17« 6d, medium to good £6 10s to £9 10s, cows and heifer* £7 10s to '£B. Fan sheep—ll6s penned, almost all wethers, and very few prime. There is no change of note in the prices. Best crossbred wethers 18s to 21s 61, extra prime freezers 245, medium 14s to 17s 6d, hest ewes 15s 6il to 18s—extra heavy 19s 6d, medium I3s 6d to 15s 6d. Fat la iilis—7o penned. Prices were from2sto2s6l higher than list week. Best 15a to 16s 9d—extra to 17s 9d.

ADDINGTON MARKET Christchurch, Jan 24-To-day beef was much easier and fat lambs were not so firm. Store sheep—Over 3000 yarded and most of the ewes were passed i>ufc there was good enquiry for wethers and forward lambs. Two tooth ewes nude 17s od, aged 7s 4d to 5s 9d, 207 4-tooth wethers 15s lid, 2-tooth 15s 41, 2 and 4-tooth 14s lambs (good) 12s 6d, other 7s to 9s Bd. Fat I iuibs—23B3 penned, the quality not being equal to that of last week and prices were not so good. The butcher lols selling rather better than freezing lines. Exporters bought 1893 at 12s lid to 15s 51, butchers' lots 125'31 to 15s sd. -F it sheep—A large yarding, ewes formin" the bulk. The proportion of really prime wether* was small. There was a .better dummd throughout for owes Mil near the on 1 when prices fell Is Cd to 2s per he id. Prime wethers brought 18s to 20s 4d, others 16s to 27s 9d, prime heavy ewes 16s to 18s—extra to 20s, medium 13s to 15s 61, aged 10s to 12s 6d. Fat cattle—2Bs yarded ; the quality of

the yarding not being up to the average. Ste. is brought £5 17s 6d to £9 2s 6d, heifers £4 15s ro £6 I7s6d, cows £4 17s 6d to £6 lOs-equal to 20s to 23s for prime and 16s to 19s for inferior to medium beef per 1001 b. Store cittle—A large entry. There wis a rather dull sale except for highest steers, 15 to 18 nimths' old cattle brought 39s to 495, 2-year-steers £2 18s to £3, 3-year do £4 2s 9J to £5, 3-year heifers £4 5s to £5 ss, dairy cows £4 5s to iSI 17s 6d.

J. R. MILLS AND SON. J. R. Mills and Son, auctioneers, Riverton, report;—At the second wool sale of the season, held in Ashley's Hall Invercargill, on the 18th inst., there was a record attendance of buyers, and as they were all keen to purchase up to their limits, the sale was lively and bidding lively throughout. The result, therefore, should be satisfactory to growers. Fine wool Wfis in good demand, but prices were on a par with last sale; crossbred madeitom|d to id advance, but the wool was brighter and in better condition. Our top prices were for merino and halfbred, lld.and lOfd respectively, both grown by Mr David Lyon, of Isla Bunk ; and for crossbred lOfl, MrT. W. Kennedy, of Scott's Gap, being the grower. A goo 1 number of lots realised 10d to 10H. Except one bale, we cleared our catalogue as follows :

—over 10, 4 bales crossbred B|d ; W P, 3 do hog 9£l ; KI, 3do ewe 10fd, 3 do hog 10f|d ; over 8. 5 do 8d ; 10, 2 do ewe 9|l ; D over 2 3 do 9|d ; 9P, 3do 9|d ; SB 3 do hog 10H 5 do ewe IOJd WP, 6 do hog 101, 2do ewe 9|d ; 60, 2 bellies 7|d, 7 cud ewe lOfd, 12 do hog lOd ; D A 3 df) ewes 9id, 2 do hog 9|d ; PR (in diamond,, 3cb9W ;—over MC, 2 tine cbel lO'll ; JM, 3 cbd ewe lOid ; LH, 3 do hog and ewe 9|;l; —R, 4do ewe 9|d ; D over —, 3 fine cbd ewe 10|d, 2 cbd hog 1 bale part ewe 9JI ; E over w , 4 fine cbd ewe 101, 5 cbd ewe 9|:l ; 65, 2do 9id -11. 2 do hot; 9id ;CF, 2 hud hog 9|d ; -o er JF, 2 bellies 7|d I E, 9 cbd hog 9|d ;9 d ewe 9-id ; HB conjoined, 5 do e e lOd ; EH, did", 2 owe 1 hog 9W ; D 5, 3 do do H in triangle, 2 tine cbd ewe ; l&U-3*r8 co ewe 10|d. Star Lots—On-? bale.

PF over—, cbd BJd ; ST, bellies and pes 7d, fine cbd ewe 10|d, cbl ewe mat <Jkl ; D over 2, bellies 6|d, eb 1 ewe (fiidy) B|d ; 9P, do mat, Bfd ; I- •, do do BJd ; Kli bellies and pes, 6id, mat and dingy 9d ; BuR, cbd ewe 9d ; diamond over —, beUies, 6j-d ; dead and flc, 7|d ; pes 4|d, bellies and pes, 6M ; S in square, cbd ewe B|d ; dn hog 8|"l ; DA, bellies and pes 6sd ;> D, cbd, B|d ;Q | Rnmney ewe, m ; do hog, 9LI ; SF, cbd Bfd ; 2V, do U ;0, d.. B|d ; 26, do B|d, mat and pes 6|d ; 1) over —, cbd ewe, 9i 1 ; F, cbd 84 l ; 7J, <ln owe 9|d ; 60, mat B|l, dry ewe an I w 91, Iks 3id ; 0 over HP, cbd ewe 9]l, (imW, hbd ewe 10] 1 ; over JF, cbl ewe(pt mat 2 black flc in bale'l 9d, pes 5d ; V, cbd 8W : AM, d.. w, 8fil; CF, £bre:l ewe 8f 1 ; B, mat B|d, bellies 6i 1, [ics 5i I ; JG with "** over ft, cbd 9jd ; HB conjoined, bellies and pes 6|d ; EH, bellies, pes and flc 7d ; y, merino nnd hbd ewe lid.