COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1522, 7 December 1886, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

■ AUCTIONEERS’ REPORT. XIMARTT. Messrs Grade, Maclean, and Adam report for the past week ending Saturday as follows : Horses—Our entry to-day consisted of 28 head draught and light with none over medium qualityin either class. As usual at this season of the year, and in the absence of any public works going on, there is very little demand for draught stock, especially for the description coming to hand lately, but even in these dull times, when any good and young sorts do put in an appearance, buyers are always to be found, provided we are not too heavily handicapped by “ reserves.” Our sales to-day were limited, prices for draughts reaching only £2l, and hacks £ll. ■Sheep—At Washdyke on Thursday there whs a full supply of fat sheep (all shorn), being slightly in excess of the requirements of the trade, in consequence of which prices were a shade easier than at last sates. We sold on acconn* of Megsrs pVgev'Mß9l l{ :V>; Stoddart, Pringle and-Oibell, 34- wethers at vs 8d ; 46 ■wethers at 7s lid ; 20 ewes at 5« 6d ; 80 ewes at 6s 8d ; 20 merino wethers, 4h 8d ; 80 crossbred ewes, 6s. There is but little business doing in store sheep, operations having to some extent been cheeked by the prevalence of “ nor-westere,” and the dread: on the part of gr«z : ers ofofeed running short. The, sale of store sheep which was advertised to take place on the 15th inst., has been postponed till the ,21st inst. !■ ■ Cattle—At Washdyke on Thursday the eqtry both of fat. and stores was. larger than of ; late, and business was more animated, very few lines being turned out unsold. We sold on account cf Messrs Quinn and Stoddart 3 bullocks at £8 17* 6d ; 3 at.£B 10a ; 2 .at- £7 XOs ; 4 !at £6 ; 1 cow at £6 ; 2 cow_s at £5 5a ; anc( for various owners over 50 head store cattle at, for calves, 10? to 15s ; yearlings, 21s to 30s ; 18 months to 2-year-olds, 42s 6d to 60s ; drv cows and heifers, from £2 to £4 2a 6d‘ Sheepskins—At our regular sale on Wednesday ' we- catalogued - about 800 skins and , pelts, but crossbred skins realised up to 5s sd, being a slight decline on former rates. TIMAEU PRODUCE MARKETS. The Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Limited, report for thr week ended, 4th.inst. as follows - ~ Woo).—The new. season’s wool is coming forward freely,: the quality for the most part beingsomewhat above the, average. Irii many instances owners are disposed to accept present'.rates, in preference to taking the risk of shipment,- and several 'lots have changed...hand privately at B|d J-q 9d for half-bredsj* and 8d to B|d tor crossbreds. The first sale of:the season is fixed for the 14th instant* when large catalogues will be submitted, and a large attendance of buyers islooked for. The resulipwill nd'doubt>hb satisfactory to owners. • ; ' Wheat.—The quantity placed under offer has been above the average of the past few weeks. We placed a line of prime milling at equal to last week’s quotations. Millers, however, will not operate to any extent, preferring to work down their stocks on hand.- We quote present values Td . below those of last week, viz.v prime Tuscan and velvet, 4s sdto4s 6d ; red chaff, 4s 4d to 4s sd. Good whole fowl corn is at a premium, and wqrth 3s lid to 4s, f.ob. Oats. —The market shows no signs of returning activity. With little or no outside demand transactions are few aad fqr between, and it .is doubtful whether prices have yet touched bottom. Our quotations are as follow:—Short heavy feed, Is 8d ; bright heavy Danish, Is 6|d to Is 7%d ; fair average le s£d to le 6-|d. Barley—There is little or nothing doing in malting. Good feed continues to move off at 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Potatoes —The market has utterly collapsed and no reliable quotation can be given. ■ - ■ AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, Dec. 3. The New Zealand Lena and Mer-' enntile Agency Company held their usual weekly sale yesterday, submitting a fairly * representative catalogue of 6752 bales of which 5093 were sold making with 454 sold on Saturday 5547 boles of which for the week. The attendance exceeded any previous sale, and, notwithstanding advices from London, the competition was animated, and prices were firmly maintained for all except inferior. Medium qualities were slightly easier. Greasy wool realised 13d, washed fleece 15d, and scoured JB|d, severs! large lines being sold at the latter prices. Sydney, Dec. 3. New Zealand wheat is selling at 3s 9d ; New Zealand oats, 2s ; maize, per 561 ha, :8s sd. Sugar Co.’s No. 1 pieces, £25 pir ton. ,:■■■ Adelaide, Dec. 3. Wheat is quiet at 4s lOd to 4s lid. ‘Adelaide flour—Town brands, £ll 10s; country brands, £lO 15s. ENGLISH MARKETS. London Dec. I. Adelaide whnif, ex store, is to-day at 37s ; New Zealand ditto, Sis to 36s 6d. accorling to quality. Adelaide floor, rx store, 25s 6d. Aua’raliHn tal’ow, average quality—■ Beef, 22s 6d ; mutton, 30< The stock ■of tallow in London to-day is 10,500 casks.! At the colonial wool auctions tbe prices are steady. 10,500 bales were offered. The market is irregular. Australian greasy crossbred is T;1 lower than at the close of last sales. !