MARKETS.

Patea Mail, 9 December 1880, Page 4

MARKETS.

AUCKLAND STOCK. (Latest Report.) Messrs. Hunter and Nolan report that at the Junction Yard sale on Tncsday(Nov 30) the supply of cattle was large, and the demand steady, with the exception of well-bred grown steers ; stores had a downward tendency.—At the Papakura monthly sale on Wednesday (December 1), the yards were crammed with cattle. They quote dairy cows, £6 10s to £lO ; calves, 32s to £2 19s ; yearlings, £3 to £3 17s ; heifers, £3l6s to £4 9s ; 2-year-old steers, £4 to £4 15s ; grown steers, £5 12s 6d ; beef, 22s to 27s 6d per 1001 bs. Sheep in limited supply, and prices ruled in favor of the sellers, an advance for good wethers of fully Id per lb being given ; lambs were plentiful, and sold at 7s to 15s each ; pigs in short supply, and fair prices were given,—Mr Backhand reports that at Remuera on Thursday (Dec 2) dairy cattle were in limited numbers and dull of sale ; grown store cattle were at lower values; but calves and yearlings were in brisk de" mand at comparatively extreme pi ices > fat cattle yarded in full number, and 170 head were sold to the trade, but last week’s values were barely maintained; bes t quality medium light-weights ranged from 22s to 25s per lOOlbs., but aged and coarse cattle were very much lower in price ; not many fat calves offered, and were in demand ; sheep in full average supply and in better demand than of late, 24d per lb was the ruling price ; lambs in average supply and good enquiry ; best qualitybrought from 13s to 18s ouch ; a few wellbred pigs (light-weights) brought 24s to 33s each. AUCKLAND COMMERCIAL. (From Weekly News.) Businesshas been steady during the past week, and several merchants notice a slightly improved demand for all classes of groceries and oilmen’s stores. In the aharemarket the transactions have been very few. All the sterling stock, such as banks, insurances, &c., are firm, and some have improved somewhat. The market for gold-mining properties is dead, Sales of Te Aroha Company’s shares were quoted on the field a day or two ago at 14s and 15s, but this morning they were reported to have been sold here at 6s. They are certainly not worth more than 7s or 8s on tli e Auckland exchange. The news that it was intended to cover up the leader where exposed, and put iu a drive to test it lower down, has had a depressing effect, if for no other reason than that throe or four weeks would elapse before anything further was known. Kauri gum is buoyant. The receipts during November were almost 500 tons. All sorts of grain and produce arc very plentifully supplied. Oats arc overstocked, and the demand is not very brisk. Good samples have been

quitted at 2s. The state of the trade is such that oats cannot be imported at a profit, being obtainable in this market cheaper than they can be shipped from the South. Flour is dull, and heavily stocked. New potatoes fetch £4 to £5 per ton. Picked Omaius move off slowly at £3 to £4, There is an extraordinary demand in dried fruits ; currants have been sold at 6:}-, and denies at 7;}. WELLINGTON COMMERCIAL. (From N.Z. Mail.) Nothing of any importance has transpired during the past week in commercial matters, business is reported slack ; there is little change in values ; dried fruits are scarce, currants are worth 6d to 6{d, Elemes raisins 7d to 7 Id, and Sultanas same price, figs 9d. Fish is dull of sale, lobsters arc quotable at 9s to 9s 3d, salmon 8s 9d. Sardines arc still firm, holders refusing business unless at an advance on late rates, ({notations are—halves 9s to 9s 3d, quarters 6s to 6s 3d ; oysters, 5s 6d. Sugars arc unaltered. Flour is unaltered. Southern millers are firm with quotations of £lO 10s f.o.b. and our local miller is asking £ll. Maize is very dull, sales having been made at Is lid per bushel, and the sample was first class. Oats for good feed are quoted at 2s to 2s 3d. The first shipment of Fiji sugar, direct to our market, ex Borealis, was sold by the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. on 26th ult. The prices may be considered on tbo whole satisfactory', and we hope this is the beginning' of a largo and reciprocal trade with these islands. The lots were small, but the auctioneer accounted for this by the shippers wishing to test our market with several descriptions. The prices ranged from £23 for a dark ration, to £29 10s for light counters. A largo quantity of maize was also submitted, and the bulk of it sold at 2s for the first lot, at 69Ihs to the bushel. The balance was taken up in fifty-bag parcels at Is lid., at 561bs to the bushel. A line of oats, slighly' discolored, at Is 8d per bushel' CANTERBURY GRAIN & PRODUCE (From Canterbury Times.) The week just closed has been a most uneventful one. Tbo market continues very' quiet, and the business generally has been limited. The most pleasing feature of the week has been the opportune fall of rain which will be of incalculable benefit to the farming interest. WtiKAT. —Not much business has transpired in this grain. Values arc a shade easier. Best milling is quoted at 4s 3d to 4s 4d ; inferior parcels have been sold at 3s 6d to 3s lOd. Oats. —The dullness which characterised oats for some little time past still continues, and buyers, except for actual orders, are apathetic. Best milling stand at Is 6d to Is Bd. Feed qualities range from Is 3d to Is fid, according to sain pie, but also

share with heavy' oats an absence of enquiry. Baulky. —Not much has been brought forward, and the few samples have been chiefly' of the lower grades. Best is quoted at 3s 3d to 3s 6d, and other sorts 2s Gd to 2s lOd. Feed lots are quiet at Is Gd to Is 9d. Flour is in fair demand at £lO 10s to £ll. IIvKOiiASS is without the slighest inquiry'. A few sales of cocksfoot, to clear stocks, have been made at a price withheld. Dairy Product:.—The quotation fo r butter stands at sfd to 6d ; cheese, 4d . hams and bacon in cloth, 9d. WEATHER IN THE SOUTHThe Canterbury Times says : —Just when farmers had begun to feel exceedingly' uncomfortable about their crops, a grand fall of rain occurcd. Up to Sunday morning there was no sign of a change in the weather, but later in the day heavy' clouds came up from the south-west, and at short intervals from the afternoon till Monday morning heavy' showers foil, thoroughly soaking the ground. On Wednesday more rain occurcd, and the result has been a grand improvement in all descriptions of crops. Early' wheat and oats which were shooting prematurely into ear have received a check, and are now maturing more slowly',while root crops are fresh and as healthy as could be desired. The rain also came in nice time for turnip sowing, which has been pushed forward rapidly', and as the weather is inclined to be dull, the seed will got a good start. The very early crops of hay bad for the most part been cut and stacked before the rain came on, and not much of the latter crops were down, so that hut little damage can have been clone in this respect by' the recent showers. Feed is abundant everywhere, and altogether the agricultural prospect is a very cheering one. AUCKLAND RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report.)

Tallow wholesale, mutton 275. mixed, 20s to 235.

NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report),

Butchkrs’ Mkat. —Beef, 3d to 5d ; mutton, 24-d to 5d ; pork, 5d to 7d. Mill Pricks. —Taranaki flour, 13s Gd per lOOibs ; silk-dressed (Star brand), 14s Gd ; wheat meal, 12s Gs; chick’s wheat, 4s 6(1 per bushel ; sharps, 8s per lOOlbs, or sack 10s ; bran, 4s per sack ; oats, 3s per bushel ; oatmeal, 4s Gd per bag (251bs); maize (best screened), 5s Od per bushel.

WELLINGTON PRICES. (Corrected by latest report,) Farm and Dairy Produce — Wholesale.

Flour Market — Wholesale.

Hoy and Coni Market.

CHRISTCHURCH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by Latest Report.) Fresh butter ... ... 8d to 10c! per lb Eggs Ls per cloz Cheese (id to lOd per lb Milk -id per quart Lamb 2s fid and 3s Beet 2d to Gd per lb Mutton 2d to Id per lb Pork 7d per lb Ham Is per lb Bacon 10d and Is per lb DUNEDIN PRICES. Prime beef, 22s (id per lOOlbs ; mutton, shorn, J'*d ; “unshorn, 2d per lb.

Boasting Beef »d to 7d Boiling Beef •Id to nd Mutton, hind-quarter •id to 5d ,, fore-quarter ... ;«d to — Lamb, hind-quarter ... ... iisCd to r.s ,, fore-quarter Pork and Veal ... its (id to T)S (id to Od Steaks... (id to 8d Chops and Sausages ... r.d to (id

Buying. Sollmr s. d. s. iC Butter (per lb.) ... 0 (i 0 8 (Colonial) ... 0 7 0 10 Bggs (per doz.) ... ... 0 10 1 0

s. d. s. d. Milk, quart ... 0 to 0 0 Butter, salt, lb ... 0 U to 0 2i Butter, fresh ... 0 H to 0 64 Cheese, Colonial ... ... 0 41 to 0 5 Eggs, dozen ... 0 9 " to 1 0 Lard, lb ... 0 a to 0 4 Ham, lb ... 0 0 to 0 10 Bacon, lb ... 0 8 to 0 9 Fowls, pair ... 1 C to 0 0 Ducks, pair ... 4 (5 to 0 0 Geese, pair ... 5 0 to 0 0 Turkeys, pair ... 0 0 to 0 0

£ s. cl. £ s. cl. Sharps, per ton i 0 0 to i 10 0 Adelaide, per ton ... 13 10 0 to 11 0 0 Bran, per ton Colonial Flour 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 11 0 0 to 11 10 0 Oatmeal 10 10 0 to 11 0 0

£ s. d. £ s. d. Maize, Sydney 0 .> 0 to 0 0 0 Maize, Poverty Bay 0 M 0 to 0 0 0 Oats... ... ... 0 2 2 to 0 2 •> Oats, teed 0 1 0 to 0 1 10 Wheat 0 :i 0 to 0 S) y Wheat, chick 0 2 0 to 0 0 0 Potatoes 1 5 0 to 1 10 0 Carrots 1 10 0 to 0 0 0 Hay, ton •1 10 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten, ton ■1 13 0 to 0 0 0 Straw, ton 0 0 to 0 0 0 Chaff, ton ■1 0 0 to 0 0 0 Onions Mono in market.