COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2283, 21 November 1891, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Nov. 20th : But little business can be noted in wheat, though the market still remains firm at quotations. Oats have seen an animated inquiry for export. Barley is now out of the hands of growers, and but little business is passing. Beans and Peas—No business doing. Grass Seed— The season may now be said to be virtually • >ver as far as local sowing is concerned, any heavy parcels of cocksfoot, however, find ready purchasers. Dairy Produce —Butter still continues in. full supply, cheese is in fair demand. Quotations are as follow : Wheat—Tuscan, 3s lOd; pearl, 3s 9d; hunters, 3s Bd. "Oats—Milling, Is lOd to Is lid; short heavy feed, Is 9d to Is lOd; long and inferior, Is 6d to Is Bd. Barley—Malting, 3s; medium, 2s 6d; feed, Is lOd to 2s 3d. Beans —3s. Peas—Blue Prussians, 2s 9d to 3s. ■ Dairy Produce—Butter (prime quality) 6d; cheese, average weights, 4d to 4£d ; .oaf shape, sd. The above quotations are those paid to farmers, f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks extra. CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. I At the Addington yards on Wed- | nesday, the entry comprised 6109 sheep, 678 cattle, and 80 pigs. Store Sheep—The entry was a very moderate one, consisting of about 1500 of various descriptions in all lines, principally merino wethers in wool, of these some sold at 9s 6d to 9s 7d, others made 6s to 9s 4d; shorn do; two-tooths I crossbreds, shorn, brought 8s 5d to lis 4d, I the latter for a small pen in very forward I condition ; crossbred ewes and;' lambs made 16s 6d to 183 3d in the wool. Fat Sheep—Notwithstanding there being no market last week, the supply was a light one. Best shorn crossbred wethers brought 14s 6d to 16s 9d, shorn sheep making up to 19s 4d, medium ditto 13s to 14s ; crossbred ewes, shorn, lis to 15s ; 1 merino wethers, shorn, 7s to 10s, ditto in the wool, 9s 6d to 14s, few being prime in the class. Fat Lambs—A fair supply was penned, resulting in highly satisfactory prices to vendors, viz., for prime 12s to 13s 9d, medium, 9s to lis 6d. Fat Cattle—A very full supply of beef was penned, and butchers had to bid up towards the end of the sale, which closed at about last market's rates, ox beef mak- ' ing 19s 6d to 21s, cow do 16s to 18s. Store Cattle.—A full and useful yard < of this class was offered, and all through met good competition, resulting in a good clearance, yearlings bringing 20s to 35s year-and-a-half-old 30s to £2 4s, two-year: olds £2 to £3 ss, three-year-old steers £3 15s to £4 153, do heifers £3 5s to £3l7s6d. Pigs—A very limited entry was cleared at satisfactory prices. j DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Market has inquiry; prices are firm. Good samples are very scarce. Prime wheats, 4s lOd to ss; other good milling sorts, 4s 6d to 4s 8d; fowls' wheat, good whole, 4s to 4s 3d. Onions—Scarce, £lO to £l2. Barley—Malting, 3s to 3s 3d; milling, 2s 4d to 2s 6d; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Pearl barley, £l3. Oats —Best milling and seed, Is 6d to Is 7d; bright plump feed range from Is 6d to Is 7d; other sorts Is 6d to Is 4d—all sacks extra, off trucks, and ex store. Flour Holler £l3 f.o.b. Timaru ; stone, £l2 ss. Oatmeal—£B 10s to £lO 10s. Bran—£3. Sharps, £4. Potatoes —30s per ton; good quality wanted. Pigs—l4ofi> to 160fi>, well fed, 2£d to 2|d, and scarcely any buyers at that low figure ; large sizes not saleable; hams, 7d; bacon, sd. Chaff—Up to £2 15s for prime. Straw (Oaten and wheaten), 30s. Hay, (oaten), £3; clover and ryegrass hay, £3 5a to £3 10s. Butter—Prime salt, nominal at 7jd; fresh plentiful. Eggs are getting scarcer. Honey, 5d per lb. Cheese —In demand; new Akaroa are coming to hand. Factory, s£d; dairy, sd. Grass Seeds —Ryegrass, 3s 6d to 5s 9d; cocksfoot, 43d to s£d per fi>. Sheepskins—At auction on Tuesday while there might be no decline to speak of, certainly there was no advance, especially in green skins, which should be showing a slight improvement as the season advances. Country dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought Is 8d to 3s 9d; do do merino, Is 7d to 3s; fullwoolled crossbreds, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; do do merino, 3s 8d to 5s 9d; butchers green crossbreds—best, 6s 2d to 6s 6d; good to best, 5s 6d to 6s; medium to good, 4s to 5s 6d; green merinos— best, 4s 6d to ss; medium to good, 3s to 4s 3d; lambskins, 9d to Is 9d each. Hides—There is no change to note in the tone of the market. A considerablenumber Btill come to hand carelessly flayed, cut, and hacked, depreciating the value in some instances by half, which must be disappointing to vendors, and very unsatisfactory to all concerned. Quotations : For heavy hides, clean, and properly flayed, 2 £d to 2£d; 651 b and up : wards, a shade more; medium weights, lfd to 2d; light do, l£d to l|d ; inferior, £d to Id per lb. Tallow—This market is firm, but without any apparent improvement in value. Quotations for prime rendered mutton, 18s 6d to 19s 6d ; medium to good, 16s to 18s; inferior to medium, 13s to 15s. Rough fat is readily placed at—for best caul, 12s 9d to 13s 6d; inferior to medium and good, 9s to 12s 6d per cwt. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside Market on Wednesday the following business was transacted: — Fat Cattle—ls 7 head were yarded at Burnßide for this week's supply. In-

eluded in these were several pens prime beef, but the greater portion was: only medium. This being again a moderate entry, a good demand was experienced, late prices being maintained., Best bullocks brought £9 7s 6d ( to £lO 15s—extra prime £ll 10s; medium to good, £6 17s 6d to £8 17s Gd ; light weights, £4 17s 6d to £6 10s; best cows, £7 5s to ,£8 16s; medium, £5 to £6 15s; inferior, £3 5s to £4.155. ~ Fat Sheep—2B29 were penned, of which about 600 were merino wethers, good to prime. Best crossbred wethers brought 16s 6d to 18s 6d ; one pen extra heavy, 20s 6d; ordinary, 14s to 16s; Bhorn, 10s 6d to 13s 6d. Best do ewes, 16sto 18s; a few heavy weights at 20s 6d; ordinary, 13s to IQs 6d. Merinovwethers, lis 6d to'l4s 9d; extra prime'to 17s. Lambs—ss7 were penned ; medium to good, with an odd pen or two prime, prices ranged for best 10s 6d to 14s ; one small pen to 15s ; others, 6s 9d to 10s. Pigs—l6s were penned, comprising all sorts with the exception of baconers,.of which there were only two or three. Only a moderate demand, and prices ' in favor of buyers. Suckers brought, 8s 6d to 12s 9d; Blips, 13s to 14s 9d; stores, 16b to 19s 6d; porkers, 22s to 22s 6d; bacon ers, 28s to 40s. Store Cattle—Owing to the season being so far very favorable, with an abundance of feed, a good demand is experienced for matured cattle, both steers and well-grown spayed heifers; anysuch offering do not fail to find buyers at prices quite in sympathy with those ruling for fat stock. Store Sheep—A few mobs of these still change hands, principally crossbred hoggets j and iio doubt immediately after shearing a good deal more business will be done. There is some inquiry now for almost all sorts, and as soon as holders are in a position -to give particulars of what they have for disposal, good business is certain to eventuate. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney Nov. 18. Wheat, chick, 4s to 4s 3d ; New Zealand, ss; milling, 5s 3d to 5s 6d. Flour/ stone-made, £ll to £l2; roller-made, £l2 10s to £l3. Oats, seed, 2s 2d; feeding, 2s to 2s 3d. Maize, 2a 2d to 2s 3d. Bran, 9£d to lOd. Pollard, 9d. Peas, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Potatoes, £3 ; old command but little attention. Onions, Victorian, £5 ss. Butter, dairy-made, 8d; factory-made, 9d. Cheese, 5d to 7d. Bacon, 4£d to 7d; imported, 7d to Bd. At the wool sales bidding is animated. Greasy lambs, B£d to 9fd; good greasy, 8 £d; scoured seconds, lOd. Melbourne, Nov. 18. For wheat there is a better demand at 5s 4£d. Flour, stone-made, from £l2 and upwards; roller-made, £l3 and upwards. Oats, Algerian, 2s 2d ; Tartarian, 2s 3d; Danish, 2s sd; stout 2s Bd. Barley, good malting, 3s 4£d. Bran, ll£d. Pollard, Hid- Peas, white, 3s lOd. At the wool sales greasy sold up to Is 2jd for superior lambs ; and Is ljd for best fleeces. Adelaide, Nov. 18. Wheat is quiet at 4s 8d to 4s 9d. Flour, roller-made, £llt j £lllos. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Barley, malting, 3s 6d to 4s 9d. Bran, Is. Pollard, Is Id. ENGLISH MARKETS. London, Nov. 15. Tallow, medium mutton, 26s ; do beef, 255. The English wheat market shows a general advance of Is and the Continental and American are also going up. Nov. 16. There is a steadier and increased Continental demand for wheat. Nov. 18. Gisborne Harbor Board stock has fallen £2 ; and Otago Harbor Board, £l. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,716,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,884,000. For oil'-coast cargoes of New Zealand wheat 43s is offered. The Auckland Harbor Board's stock has fallen £2; and the Napier Board's £l. Victorian butter is selling at 108 s to 116 s per cwt., best quality realising 120 s. The estimated visible supply of American wheat is 55,200,000 bushels. Wheat is firmly held. am——miin i iHiiiiuwi%-w< l .ji-.»w»''^^rJ'' ,J '-^ ,f "~'?