COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 306, 19 October 1880, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Leader Office, October 18,1880 Mr K. F. Gray reports for the fortnight ... ending Saturday last as follows : Cattle.—There is an active demand for both stores and fat cattle,.and several lots have been placed both privately and by auction at satisfactory prices. His transactions are 4 yearlings at 37s 6d ; 9 cows, in full profit and springing, at from £4 17s 6d to £8 5s ; 3 heifers at from £4 10s to £5. He also sold privately 79 head steers at £5. Sheep.—He sold at Winchsster Fair 15 Merino ewes and lambs, at 7« Id and 12 cross-breda at 13s 6d. Produce, &o.—Flour was sold at £ll per ton ; bran, 50s per ton ; potatoes, £2 per ton ; fresh butter, splendid quality, at 6d per lb ; eggs, at f d per doz ; fowls, 3s to 3s 6d per pair ; ducks, 3s 6d; turkeys, 4s each. Furniture.—A large quantity was sold on Friday, 15th inst., and realized satisfactory prices He would also draw attention of farmers aud others to a large sale of stock, &c, to beheld at theTemukaPound yards to'morrow TIMARU. Wheat—Prime milling, 4s to 4s 2d ; medium,'3a'B(l to 3s lOd ; damaged o r inferior, 2s upwards. Barley—Best malting, 2s 6d to 3s ; inferior. Is 6d to Is 9d. Oats, Is 6d to Is 9d for milling, and Is upwards for feed. Live Produce—Dairy cows and heifers, £2 10s to £4 ; steers, £3 2s 6d to £4 10s ; fat bullocks, £5 to £6 10 . merino wethers, 6s to 8s ; crossbreds, 6s Gd to 8s 3d. ' DTJNEDIN. Grain—Wheat: The demand shews some improvement, and prices reported last week are "well maintained. Prime milling is worth 4s 6d to 4s 7d ; fair to good, 4s to 4s 4d; inferior to medium, 3s 3d to 4s. Oats; There are still enquiries, but holders' ideas are high, and not much business has resulted. Pr iuu samples are held for Is 8d to Is lOd; buyers however are not disposed to operate except at considerably below these quotations. Feed oats could be oh tained a Is 6d, but the iuquiry is slack } Barley : Cs 6 1 is offered for prime malting the supply of whh h is extremely limited 2s 6d lo 3s 3d (nominal) for medium des'. criptions. Fat Cattle—l4o head wore yarded at Burnside on Wednesday. Although the supply was under the average the demand was but limited. Trade requirements having so fully supplied from last week's market, the result was a decline equivalent to about 2s 6d per 100'bs. Bullocks realisad from £5 2s 6d to £ll 10s, and cows £6 10s to £7 12s 61. We sold a few head of mixed cattle on account of Messrs Little Brothers. Price for the best beef may he given-at 22s 61 perlOOlbs. Fat sheep were in moderate supply, the number penned having been 1278 head, consisting of 1678. cross-breds and 300 merinos. Butchers beinu; satisfied last week, 400 had to be turned out unsold and on those cleared a decline of Is to Is 6d per head must be recorded, The cross-breds sold at from 12s 6d to 15s. (shorn at 8s 9d) and the tueriuos at .i»s 9d to 10s. CHRISTCEfURCH. While a fair amount of business can. he reported as having been transacted during the week just closed, nothing of a special feature has cropped up. Reports by the English mail are more favorable than was anticipated. Wheat : good milling quality is saleable at.4s to 4s 6d, and extra lots as a shade over these rates; second cla*s realises 3s 6d to 3s 10d. A few sales of chick wheat have been made at 2s to 3s 9d, according to quality. Qats ; The market presents much the same aspect and prices remain about the same. Barley; Quotations are without alteration. Good malting, 2s 6d to 2s lOd, and anything approaching first class is saleable up to 3s 6d. Fair sales of seed lots have transpired at Is 6d to Is 9d, Flour has had fair attention ac £lO 10s to £ll, according to brand. Grass seed : The inquiry has slackened off. O »mnaratively few sales have taken place. Good seed has been placed at 2s 6d, while some dirty Jots have changed hands as low as Is 6d to Is lOd. The stook market was well attended, and biddings were brisker than usual. Mutton, 2|d in the wool, l£d ■hqrn. Beef, 22s 6d per IQOlb,