Commercial.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 174, 9 November 1877, Page 5

Commercial.

Mr A. Mebceb reports for the week ending November 7, as follows * — Retail prices only. — Freah butter in b\h and lib prints, 7il to 9d per lb ; extra brands, 9d to Is per lb ;in lumps, 8d per lb. Powdered and •salt butter, Sd per lb. Fresh butter is not so plentiful, although the market is oversupplied, -and the grocers salting down. There is no demand for jsalfc Wtter in Kegs, either for old; or new season. Cheese, best quality, I'M to Is per lb, Side and rolled bacon, 8d to 9d per lb. Colonial hums, lOd to Is per lb. English ham?, la 3d (no demand). Eggs are in very good demand, and not quite so plentiful, and retailing at Is to Is 2d per dozen. Wkight, Stephenson, anil Co. report for the week ending Noverzber 7, as follows :-- Fat Cattle. — A small supply cam*? forward for this week's market, only 96 head bein? yarded, for the most part prime quality. Prices, however, did not show much of an "advance on last weeVs rates. We sold 80 head on account of tha New Zealand and Australian Land Company and Messrs Little Brothers, Bullocks hrnueht from £9 10s to £15 12s M ; cows, £7 ns to £13 2s 6d— prices equal to 32s 6d per lOOIbs for prime quality, and 27s 6d to 30s for medium to good. Fat Calves.— Only a few were yarded, which sold readily at from lGs 6d to 30s each. Fat Sheep. — The market continues to be fully supplied. 1934 were penned, chiefly shorn sheep, quotations being about the jame as las week's. We sold on account on the Canterbury and Otago Association, 469 cross-bred s (shorn) at 9s ; on ac- ! count of Messrs Begg Broth pro, 463 do. ewes in wool at 13s; on account of .Tames Smith. Esq., Greenfield. 58 cross-hreds (shorn) at 10s 6d ; on account of Mr Jas. Ross, 12 do do at 10s. During the week we have delivered to tha trade 500 cress-breds, previously contractf-d for. We quote prime mutton (shorn) at If d per lb ; do in wool. Fat Lambs.- -247 were penned. We sold 212 on account of Messrs Little Brothers, James Ross, William Draper, and John Bruce, at from 7s to • 10s 6d each. Store Cattle. — There is a good enquiry for bullocks in forward condition, but ordinary stores are not so nmch in request, owing chiefly to the -continued dryness of the season. We b^g tc call attention to our sale at Mossiel on Monday, 12th inst.. when we shall offer about 250 head, principally bullocks in fine forward eondilion. Store Sheep. — We have enquiries for young merinos for delivery after shearing, but as yet few are offering. We anticipate a good demand for both half-breds and merinos this season. Horsps. — Young heavy drughfc mares and geldings, and strong upstanding coach horses continue scarce. Very few came forward to our yards on Saturday last ; the few that were there realised extreme prices. We quote first-class draughts at from £45 to £55 ; medium, £30 to £40 ; good backs and light harness horses, £25 to £30 ; medium, £14 to £20 ; lisrht inferior, £3 to £10. Sheepskins:— For Monday's sale we catalogued 187H skins, prices for which were good, showing an advance on last week's quotations. Butchers' greenskins, half-breds, brought from 5s 7d to fii : merinos, 5s to 5s 8d : station skins, up to 5s 8d ; pelts, 2d to 6d ; lambs, 9d to Is. Hides are in good demand, and sell readily at prices equal to from 4d to 4M per lb for wellcodditioned lots. We sold 78 at from 12s to 16s for light weights, and 17s 6d to 23s for medium -do. Talow.— The demand is not quite so brisk, and prices are rather easier. We quote prime mutton at £30 to £32 per ton ; medium, £28 ; and inferior. £24 to £25. Grain. — The market continues dull for all descriptions. Very little business has been done during the past week. Wheat : Quotations nominal, say from 6s 9d to 7s per bushel for prime samples ; medium, 5s 6d to 6s 7d ; fowls' feed, 3s 3d to 4s. Oats are worth 3s per huahel for fepd. and 3s Id to 3s 2d for prime milliner samples. Barley : Both malting and feed unsaleable. Messrs Whtte Brothers report having: held & fale of cattle, sheep and horses at Clinton, on 2nd inst. when there was a very large attendance. A large quantity of stock was bro'tahi forward, the greater part of which was disposed of at satisfactory prices. Store cafctfe fetched from L 4 to L6 los +, draught horses, L 25 to Lis ; Hacks. Lls to L 22 10s. Mr Johit M'NeIL reports on behalf of the N.Z L. and IVI.A. Co., Limited, that at their sale Tield at Stirling yesterday there was a large ati tendance of buyers. The great proportion of the fctock brought forward was disposed of at satisfactory prices. Fat Cattle brought fr»m LBss to 18 12s 6d ; stores fromL4 10 to LX ; young cattle from Tj3 10 to L 4. Fat sheep, shorn, 9s ; crosshreds ewes with lambs, from 9s to Ifls ; draught Wses, 3-year old unbroken, from LlB 10s to L2B 10s • hacks from LtO to Lls. ] The Australasian reports :— Transactions in cordaae are limited to supplying ordinary wants. ■Best Manilla hemp-made Victorian rope is moving off at £53; and cordage sizes sell at 7d, per lb. •Plat rope is quitted at from £65 to £73. New Zealand flax made rope brings £44, lines and cordage find buyers at sd, per lb. ' Manilla wool- . lashing brings £50, and New Zealand lashing is got rid of at £42. Seaming twines are offering bow at Is 2d M and sales of very good quality hare ftven been made by auction at Is. -