Commercial.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7901, 17 August 1905, Page 3

Commercial.

BURNSIDE MARKET REPORT. (Per Press Association.) IHNEIHN, Aug. 10. Fat cattle.—l 62 head wore yarded. There was not a great deal of prime beet forward, but what) there was excited brisk demand, and medium to good beef sold well. Best bullocks •brought from £9 5s to £lO 2s fid ; a primo animal realised £lO V2u <>d ; good bullocks from £8 Ids to £9 2s fid. Fat sheep.—ls6B penned. Prices for Rood were firm at an advance of Is. Best wethers 24s to 28s 3d ; one pen up to 29s ; good wethers 21s t» 2M.s Gd, others up to 20s, best ewes 19s to 21s 9d, stores up to 18s. Hoggets.—2l9 were penned, and these sold practically at last Week's rates, 16s to 18s, one pen realising 19s 9d. Pigs.—ll7 were yarded. The suckers and slips sent forward were mostly of poor quality, but as there was a demand prices remained about the same. Porkers were firm, but the sale for baconers was dull. Suckers 8s to 13s, slips lis to 18s, stores I!)* to 2.'ls. porkers 2-ls to Wis, haconors :!ls to 3i>s. li<-a.vy :JBs to 435, choppers up to oOs.

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, Aur. 16. Wheat.—The market is steady and all offering can be placed at quotation. Prime Central Otago Tuscan seed 3s fid, prime milling 3s 3d, medium 2s 10d to 3s ; saeks extra. Oats— Consignments continue light and are mostly sold on the trucks to go into store. Seed lots Is 10d to 2s 3d, according to kind and quality, prime milling- Is BJd to Is 9rl, best fci-d 1s Hd |„ Is Hjrf, inferior Is lid to Is 7(1.