COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1544, 25 January 1887, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

BUNEDHS'-STOGE MARKETS. At the Burnside Yan's on Wednesday the following business was trans acted : Fat Cattle—l7l were yarded, representing different qualities, and competition at the beginning of the sale was active, but towards the end it slightly slackened off. Best bullocks brought from £8 10s to €lO 10s; and light weighs beat cows Bold from £6 10s to £7 10*. Wright Stephenson and-Go. sold for Mr Andrew Grunt (Temuku), 7 bullocks at from £7 to £8 sb.—Dbh»ld Reid and Co. aold ; fW Mr ; Andre* *Graßt-;(Tetnuka);s 7. b,nllockß»aW7 17s «&&•&» 7tf6d. Ti 1 W Fat at llßtom^' 1 ">iHIUV^-l Fat Sheep—274l were pejned, 150 of those being merinos of good quality, the remainder crossbred ewes,.and a.,few wetheri», vairyiDg from inferior to prime qimlity. Prjc;.'B were,lower than those; of. Inht week's sale's. Best crossbred wethers brought from 7s to B|Sjd ; medium, 55.6 d to 6« 9d ; best trossbred' e -es, 5s 6d to 6s 8d ; ordinary, 3s 6d to 5?,; nifirjno, wethers, 4« 9d to 7s 6d.—L. Maclean sold for Mr Andrew Carter (Mukikihi), * pet) of extra<prinie ; halfbred wethers at 8s 6d (top price of the market), and 46 hulfbred ewes and wethers from 5s 6d to 5s 9vl ;' for the executors of the late Mr M. Studholme (Waimate Estate), 223 crossbred ewes at 4e 6d to 5s ; for Mr. A. Copeland , (St. Andrews), 120 crossbreds from 4* to 4s 9d. Fat Lambs- 812 were yarded. The demand was very slack, and prices consequently lower, ranging from 2s 9d to 6s 6.1. Pigs—Only 94 penned. Competition was very dull, and piices low. Suckers, 7s 6d to 12s; porker;, 18s to 255; baconers, 26s to 335. Horse Report.—Wright, Stephenson and Co...quoteJßtat?c!&6Ldraughts at from £lB to £23 hacks and Fight harness-horses, £l4 to £18; medium, £8 to £l2 ; light «nd inferior, £llos to £5. ASHBURTON MARKETS. Mr E, G. Staveley (for the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited; reports an the Ashburton sale, 18th inst., us follows: Small entries of stock and little business doing; attendance less than usual owing to farmers being busy harvesting,. Fat crossbred wethers, 5s 9d to 7s 3d ;' medium 2-tooth crossbreds, 2d 3d ; aged cull ewes, 8d to 9d apjoqe; |fat cows, £4 17« 61. Quotations quite nominal, as there was literally no demand. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. , Sydney, Jan. 21." New Zealand wheat is selling' at 3s 9d ; New Zealand oats, 2s 3d to 2s sd; maize, par 561b6, 4s 6d. Adelaide, Jan. 22. Wheat is at 3s lOd to 3s lid. Flour ■—Town, £lO to £lO 5s ; country, £9 to £9 ss. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Jan. 22. The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,000,000 quarters, being 10,000 quarters.-more than last week. Adelaide wheat is 6d lower, 386. Cargoes on spot have realised 38s 6d. A cargo of new crop—February-March shipment—has been sold at 37s 6d. Adelaide flour is 6d lower, 275. New Zealand wheat is unchanged, lower qualities selling at 34s and best 38s. No colonial arrivals are reported. Zealand mutton is selling at from to 4|d. Two lut'USMiid five hundred bags of Queensland sugar have been sold at fair rates, averaging from lOi to 14s 2d.