COMMERCIAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1738, 11 May 1895, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

; . Te Aroha, Friday, May 10 The folio wing.prices are at present ruling in the Auckland market, for tho under mentioned stpck, produce, etc.

LOAfr AND MERCANTILE ASSOCIA-

TION CO., Ltd.

, . . MARKET REPORT. On ’Tuesday morning last we held our customary ' sale and <>i£l.WecT and cleared, under go *d competition, a large catalogue of hides, sk.ii>s, etc.. We quote : ; HlDES,—Prices firiUj prime stout ox 4fd.tb ti<\ p«’i- lb ; heavy d>. 34d. t;» 4 fd ; medium <lo-24 1m34 I ; light do. lsd t<. 2jd ; Stags Id to If 1 per lb; Cow liides, to 24.1Ca1f skins 1 il.to 3di SHEBfPsKlNS.—Competition improvi d, but no advance in price.. =•„ S. G. JOHN ON’S, ’ 4 - - . Manager. Auckland, 9th May, 1895. At Bemuera, .on Thursday', dairy cows near calving .were required and sold freely. Prices ranged from £5 12s 6d to <£7 Kjs; backward springers, £3 to j£4. Store cattle in full numbers fold more freely than for some time; 3 year old steers ranged up to £3 17s 6d; heifers, <£3 10s calves, 255. Young fat calves, less number- than usual, at late values. Pat cattle, full supply, 213 sold, scarcely kept last week’s values, and ranged from 17s to 19s the 1001 b. Sheep in average number, 1160 sold. Fat sheep were slightly better worth; fat wethers ranged up to 13s 3d; ewes, 10s 9d each. Lambs in moderate number, 74 sold, brought .from 6s to 6s each. Pigs in full numbers, .460 sold/ were freely competed for throughout, and young pigs were better worth. / THAMES CATTLE MARKET. . At Fleming’arid Co.’s weekly sale of fat cattle which was held on the Bth ins fc., at. .their yards, Pavawai, Thames, they report: Prime steer beef sold equal to 18s per TOO lbs, and cow beef equal, to 17s per .1.0011 s Sheep.and lambs sold as follows: Wethers 14s to 16s; ewes 6s 6d to 9s Gd, rnd lambs JBs 6d. ,

"Wholesale Retail s d s d 1 S d s d Butter fresh lb 0- 8—0 0 1 o 10—0 0 Second quality • 0 6—0^0 ' 0 8—0 O Cheese local, lb. 0 4—0 C > 0 6—0 0 Do. best factory 0 .6—0 5* — Eggs, dozen 1 6—0 0 >■' 1 • 9—0 0 Lard, bladder lb 0 5—0 0 VO 6—0 0 Hams Pro. 0 6|-0 1 r 0 7-r-O 8 Bacon Pro 0 6—0 6i 0 7—0 9 Cant Bacon hew * ..." • > ' v ' (in cloth) — o 71—0 -n, —■ Hams (in cloth) 0 - 71-0 8 * Fowls each 1 6—2 4 • 2 0—3 0 Ducks do ■,>: 1 6—1 1C 1 2 0—2 6 Geese do' 3 2—3 4 4 6—5 0 Turkeys do 3 0—5 C >' 3 6—6 6 FLU u a. £ a £ . £ s. Floar in sacks — 8 0 8 10 0 0 Bran . — 3 0 3 10 0.0 Sharps — — 4 5'. 0 0 0 0 Oatmeal, 25;s 10 10 0 0 11 0 0 0 Oatmeal 7’s 1210 0 0 13 0. 0 0 Pearl Barley 21 0 24 jO -24 10 0 0 Sacks extra) HAY AND CORN Per cwt Hay ton — 55 0 — 75- 0 3. 6 ! — 4 0 Oaten chaff 2 5 — 2 10 Straw load — 0 18 — 1 10 - Oatsjteed — 1 3 — 1 9 2 C I — 0 0