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Temuka Leader, Issue 1955, 12 October 1889, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTOHUROH STOCK MARKETS.

At the Addington Yards on Wednesday the attendance at the stock sales was very large. Fat Cattle—A-small entry to hand, mostly of good quality beasts., The sale throughout was animated,_and last week's rates were fully maintained. Best beef made from 18s 6d to 23s 6d per 1001 b, and inferior sorts made up to 18s. A'line of prime steers sold at up% £9 12s 6d. Calves—l 7 sold at from 4s to 20s.

;1 Store Sheep—A good demand for the better sorts. Ewes in lamb were m good demand, one line of which made up to 14s 6d, and another line with lambs at foot made up to 17s. One or two linos of merinos also sold well.

Eat Sheep—There was not a large number of really fat sheep in, the majority being only two-thirds fat. For really first-class sheep the demand was, good, in one case as much as 22s 6d was obtained for a pen of heavy crossbred wethers. Inferior sorts, however, were not so much in demand, and sold considerably cheaper than at last week's sale. Best mutton made from l|d to Ifd, and inferior up to lid. Several pens of sheep had been shorn, these heing the first that have been seen in the yards this season.— Mr F. C. Tabart sold for Mr J. Page, 20 crossbred wethers at 18s 3d, 58 do at 13s 6d to 16s 3d, 33 crossbred owe* at 14a lid.—Messrs Miles and Co. sold for Mr T. P. Wooding, 175 fourtooth wethers and maiden ewes at 16s 3d to 17s 6d.

;Fat Lambs—A good supply yarded, with better demand. Prices realised ranged from 7s 6d to lis 6d. Pjgs—A large supply of second-rate pigs, with a tew good baconers. Prices ranged from 9s to £2 7s 6d. DUJSEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday:—, Wheat—Shippers decline to operate while the Home market continues so unsteady, 1 and although growers who. have been holding for a more remunerative market show an aaxiety to quit their stocks,buyers are reticent, 9nd sales impossible to effect at late quotations, except •of very small parcels, and then only on occasions. All sorts are in full supply, with the exception; of tuscan. In the present divergent views of buyers and sellers actual values are difficult to give, but tuscan ranges from 3s 5d to 3s 6d; best milling,; red straw and:, velvet, 3s 3d to 8s 4d; medium to good, 3s to 3s 3d; inferior, to best fowls' wheat, 2s 5d to 2s lOd (ex store). Oats—A considerable quantity have been put on the market during the past week, and at the reduced prices sales are freely made. It is hardly possible for prices to become lower. At auction sales held this week, stout bright milling brought Is lOd'to 2s; short bright feed, is B|d to Is 9|d ; medium, is 7d to Is 8d (ex store). Danish and black oats have little or as demand in the meantime.

Barley, for malting, commands no attention. Medium to inferior can °nly be placed at prices about equal to those for oats. Quotations nominal, say: For prime malting, 3s 5d to 3s 7d; medium, 2s 9d to 3s; feed and milling, 2s to 2s 6d (ex store, sacks extra)• Potatoes Oamaru, £4 10s to £4 15s; Southern, £4 to £4 ss. Piga—Well-fed, 4d to 4|d; hams, 8d to 9d; rolls anal flitches," 6d to 6|d.

Chaff "Weil - cut, heavy oaten, £3 10s to £3 15s; inferior, £2 15s to £3ss.

Turnips, 17s; carrots, 40s. Straw —Oaten and wbeaten, 40s. Butter—Best salted, nominal, sd.

Honey, 4'd to 4|d. Cheese—Factory, 5d to s£d; Akaroa, 4d to 4|d. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 3s 3d to 7s; cocksfoot, 3d to 3£d.

Sheepskins—On Tuesday country dry crossbreds, low to medium, brought Is 3d to 35,10 d; do do merino, Is 4d to 3s lid; medium to full-woolled crossbreds, 4s Id to 7s 9d; do do merino, ; 4s to 5s 9d; dry pelts, Sid. to Is 2d ; butchers' green cross- | breds—best, 7s 9d to 6s 3d ; good; to medium and inferior, 6s to 4s 9d; green merinos, 6s 6d to 7s. Hides—Market very dull, and raises receding. The present range is from l|d to 3d per lb. Tallow—A fair business has beei}, done during the past week. Prime mutton,, iu shippiag condition, at £}2l per ton; good mixed, £lß.loa to £20.; medium, £V7 to £18; inferior, £ls; to £l6; rough fat, £>l to £15.,, ; 1 —: ' —~ ~T~- • i ' ■ 3 dunedin htook market. \ A t the Burnside Yards oh Wednesday the following business was transacted : Fat Cattle—Only 123,head yarded, in consequence of which there wad a brisk demand, and recent values' were well maintained. Best bullocks brought from £lO to £ll I7s6d; : ordinary, from £8 ; to £9 10s; light, £5 10s to £7 10s; best cows brought from £8 to £9 7s 6d; ordinary, £6 to £7 10s; light, £4 to £5 10s. ; , ! Eat Sheep—3ooß penned, of which about 600 were merinos. The quality for the most part was good-—a few pens extra prime. A clearance of the total entry .was effected at about, last week's price's. Best crossbred wethers brought from 15s to 16s (one.. special pen up to 17s 6d) • 'ordinary; crossbred wether? brought from 13s to 14s 6d; light, { lis to 12s 6d; best" crossbred ewes brought from 13s to 14s 9d; ordinary, lis 6d to 12s ! 6d ; light, 9s to 10s 6d; merino wethers, from 8s to lls-'9di

Eat Lambs—Sixty-six were penned, ranging from very medium to good. Prices realised were from 6s to 14s.

Pigs were in short supply, only 97 forward. • A' few heavy weights sold at 60s each. Others sold at ! prices about equal to late ruling rates. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS; ' Sydney,, Oct, 9. Wheat,.New.Zealand, to 4s ■;■<-,Adelaide, 5s to 5s 2d. Elour, New.;Zea-land,,stone-made,.£9 I§s; roller-made, £lO to} £11.:, i Oats,, feeding,. 2s 8d to 8s; seed,, 3s Id. to 3s 2d. Maize, New Zealand, 3s Id; local, 3s 2d. Barley, Cape,! 2s Bd'to 2s 10d.; Bran, 7id to 7£d. Pollard, 7£d. < Peasy blue Prussian, 4s 9d. Pptatoes, New.'Zealand,, £6 15s to £7; Circular Heads, £7 10s. Onions, Italian and: San Francisco, £35; Victorian, £34. Butter, dairy-made, 9d; factory-made, lOd. Cheese, market glutted, 4d to 6d; New Zealand, 6d to 7d. Bacon, 6d to 7d; New Zealand, 9d. Hams, New Zealand, Is. Adelaide, Oct. 9.

Wheat, market stagnant, 4s lOd to 4s Ud. Flour, stone-made, £lO 15s; roller-made, £l2. Oats, New Zealand, 4s 3d; market quiet. Malting barley, slow of sale, 4s 3d to 4s 6d. Bran, 10*d. Pollard, Is. Melbotjbitb; Oct. 9.

■Wheat, firmer, at 5s 2d, Flour, stone-made, £11; roller-made, £l2, Oats, 3s 6d. Maize, 4s. Barley, feeding, 3s lOd. Bran, Is 3d. Sugar, Queensland fine whites, £25 10s; China counters, £2llos. Oct. 10. The first series of wool sales began to-day by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. The catalogue , comprises 5 4470 bales, of which 4378 were sold, a There was a Targe attendance of buyers from England, the Continent, and' America, and competition was animated. /The top prices were greasy merino, Is o£d; greasy merino pieces, 10|d; greasy crossbreds,. lid; greasy lambs, ll^d ; scoured super merino,; Is 9d; scoured merino pieces, Is 6^d. ■ ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Oct. 9. i Competition at the wool sale is strong, and prices hav6 reached their highest point during the series. ; The total quantity of wheat’ and flqijr afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,448,000 quarters, and for the Continent 348,000 quarters. The American visible wheat supply is 18,875,000 bushels. Wool is irregular, owing to the fact that the selection now being offered is of poorer quality than the earlier lots. There are not likely to be any further changes until the close of the auctions.