COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2116, 25 October 1890, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Yards on Wednesday there was a large market and business was brisk in most sections. Sheep —There was only a small entry of store sheep as compared with recent sales A complete clearance at satisfactory rates was made. About 200 merino wethers in fairly forward condition brought 10a 8d in wool, 400 merino ewes with lambs 13s to 16a Bd, the lambs being given in, and a small line of shorn hoggets 9s to 10s. Fat Lambs—About 150 were yarded, the demand not being equal to the supply ; they brought from Is to Is 6d a head less than last week, 13s being the highest price secured. In fat sheep, there was a large entry of over 6000. Some grand crossbreds brought up to 27s ; the lowest obtained for ..any of them being 22s 6d. A magnificent line of 108 4-tooth crossbreds brought from 23s 6d to 24s 9d, and showed more quality than any sold. There was an active demand for anything of good quality. Lightweight crossbreds in the wool brought from 14s to 18s, and a number of shorn ditto from lls 7d to 13s Bd. Merino wethers in the wool brought proportionately good prices.

Cattle—Of 198 head sold very few could be found fault with. A line of 45 head brought on an average £9 15s, and some sent by a southern client reached £ll ss. Beef remained at about last week’s quotation from 23s to 27s per 1001 b, according to quality and age. In store cattle, the entry was confined to comparatively few lines of no special quality, and the demand was not active. Yearlings were hard to dispose of at 15s to 18s; 2*year-olds brought from 30s to 355, and 3-year-olds £3 ta £3 7s 6d. A number ot dry cows changed hands. There was a good demand but a small supply of dairy cows. Pigs—There was a very small entry of nothing but porkers, which sold only at medium rates.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat —Market unaltered. Tuscans and velvets, 3s 9d to 3slOd; othep good milling sorts, 3s 6d to 3s Bd. Fowls’ wheat, good whole, 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; broken and inferior, 2s 8d to 3s.

Barley—Market inactive. Malting, 2s 7d to 2s 10dV milling, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s ; pearl barley, sl4 to £l6. Oats —Best milling, Is 3d to Is 3£d,plump feed, Is to Is 3£d ; off coloDr, U to Is Id. “ Flour— Timaru and Oamaru roller, £lO f.o.b, £lO 5s here; 60’s, £ll here • store flour, £9 5s ; 50 s, £9lss. Oatmeal —£8 to £8 10s, Bran—£2 10s here, £2 7s 6d f.0.b,, Timaru. Sharps, £3 10s here, £3 f,0.b., Timaru. Potatoes— Very little demand; from 10s to 80s per ton. Pigs—Not saleable; nominally, 2£d to 3d; hams, 7d to 8d; flitches and rolls, 5d to 6d,

Chaff—From 25s to 40s per ton. Turnips —15s. Carrots, not sale able.

Straw—Oaten and wheaten, 30s. Hay, oaten, not saleable. Clover and ryegrass hay, £3. Butter —Prime salt inquired after from 6d to 6|d. Eggs, plentiful. Honey, 4d to sd. Cheese—Factory, 4d ; Akaroa, 3d to 3id,

Grass Seeds-T—Ryegrass, 3a 6d to; 6a j cocksfoot, 4jd to sd.

Sheepskins—Demand veijj; satisfac-; tory. On Tuesday butchers’ grepnj crossbreds (best), brought.?* .to 6a, 8.4 good to medium,and inferior, 5a 6d f toi 4s 9d ; country dry crossbreds,, (infenpr toi medium), Is .94 to 3s, 104 ;,,40, do■ merino, Is 8d to . 3s 5d ; full-wppjjiepl; crossbreds, 5a to 7s 9d ; ; do toejcino, j 4s 9d to 6a 3d; dry pelts, 4d to Is 7d lambskins. Is to la 4d.

Hides—The demand continues fairly j active, but very; little shoyy for any! improvement. . Quotations.: For best} dry salted, 2fd to 2id ; .eitra heavy, 3d ; medium, 2d ,tp 2f d; If d ; inferior r and elippy, Id do Ifd. Tallow—All consignments, coming; forward are placed immediately;; market firm. Quotations : For prime} rendered mptton, 205,t0 21s; medium, to good, 17s, to 19a j. inferior and mixed, 13s to 15s 6d. Rough fat has, good attention, and is easily, placed, at, | for best mutton caul, 13s to 14s; in i ferior to medium and good, 9s 3d to} 12s 9d per cwt.

DUNEDIN* HTOOK MARKETS. At the Burnside Yards on Wednes-j day the following business was trans-; acted:— 1 Fat Cattle —203 bead yarded, medium} to good and prime quality. Competi-; tion was moderately active, but prices; ruling showed no improvement on last week’s, taking quality and weight into; consideration, BesLbullocka brought £8 7s 6d to £ll ss, extra: heavy to £l2 2s 6d ; medium, £6 5s to £8 2s 6d ; light, £4 7b 6d to £6 2s 6d ; bettf cows, £7 to £8 6s ; medium and light,; £3 2s 6d to £6 7s 6d.

Fat Sheep—Only 1102 penned, of which about 250 were merino*, medium to prune, the balance crossbreds.. Competition was very spirited, prime, sheep showing an adyance of to, 2s 6d per bead ; while the medium, prices obtained would be 2a 6 d to 3s above last week’s. Best crossbred, wethers brought 20s to 235; medium,: 15s to 18s 6d; best do ewes, 17s 6d to 21s ; one pen extra heavy 28s ; medium, 14s 6d to 16a 6d; merino wethers, best, 13s to 16s; medium, 9a to 12s 3d.

Lambs—There were 204 penned. For beat pens there was very good, competition at from 10a to 15a; but for light and small there was leas demand, these fetching from 5s 3d to 9s 6d.

Pigg_4o2 were penned. Suckers and stores were in very good demand,; fetching full prices, while porkers and baconers had a very poor demand, prices ruling for these being in favor of buyers. Suckers brought 7s 6d to 13s; slips, 14s 6d to 16s ; stores, 17s to 22s ; porkers, 23s to 255; baconers, 28s to 355.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Oct. 22. Wheat, milling sorts, 4#. Flour, New Zealand, £9 to £lO. o : atß,,f ceding sorts, 2s to 2s Id; maissq, 4s; bran, 7d to 7|d ; pollard, 7s, market dull. Potatoes, Newf Zealand, £2 ,to £2 10s. Onions, £ll. Butter, dairy made, 6d to 7d ; separator made, 7d to 9d. Cheese, loaf, £d to 6d. Bappn, machine cured, ;to 5 Jd; hand cured, 6d to 7d; rolled, 7d to 7^d; New Zealand, 9d ; hams, New. Zealand, lid to Is. MELBOURNE,. Oct. 22.

Wheat, 3s 10d.’. Oats, INew Zealand, milling sorts. 2s 9d j VicioriMi, stout, 3s. Maize, 3s sd. Peas, 2s XOd. Adelaide, , Oct. 22..

Wheat, 3s 9d, nominal. Flour, roller made, £8 5s to £9 sa; stqne made, £7 10s to £B.. Oats, New Zealand, in bond,. 2s to 2g 3d, Barley, Cape, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; English, 6d to 4s» Bran, 8d to

ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Oct. 22. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,784,000qr5. 1 he, American visible supply is estimated at, 18,592,000 bushels. Bank of New Zealand shares (new issue) are qmoted at £7 10a. A cargo of wheat per ship Blair Drummond, which left Port Peri on beptember 19th, has been sold at 37s 3d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercan. tile Agency Company, Limited, hare received the following cable message from London, dated 21st inst, Wheat—Market is firmer. Nevy Zealand wheat has advanced 4d per 4961 b since last report. New Zealand wheat, f.a.q,, to arrive iron ship is worth, c.i.f., 36s 3d per 4801 b, AugustSeptember bill of lading.