COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2309, 23 January 1892, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS,

PUNEDTN STOCK MARKETS,

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington yards on Wed-.u:-.tlay the attendance was above the average. Store Sheep—About 1600 were yarded. Two-tooth crossbreds up to 12s 8d; a line of four-tooth do, some fat and all in forward condition, brought 13s 9d to 13s lOd, being bought by butchers ; aline of ill-conditioned crossbred ewes with lambs only brought 5s 5d all counted, but they were a bad specimen of the breed. Some crossbred iambs of decent quality realised 8s sd; merino wethers sold at Gs 4d; and aged dry merino ewes in fair condition brought 4s 7d. Fat Lambs—Nearly 1500 of all sorts yarded, none very prime, but the majority of middle-class quality sold from 9s to 12s 4d, the demand for the best being good. Fat Sheep—Nearly 6000 penned, of which a large proportion were merino wethers of varied quality. The demand for best crossbreds for export was fully equal to last week’s market, and prices remained firm in consequence. The best lines of crossbred wethers and maiden ewes were sold at from 13s to 15s 9d, crossbred ewes at all prices from 8s to 14s 2d, merino wethers from 9s to 15s, and a few merino ewes at prices ranging from 3s lid to 7s 4d, according to quality, a general clearance being effected at these rates.

Fat Cattle—lßs head were yarded, the principal portion of them being fat cows aud a few medium class steers and, heifers, for which there was little enquiry. A large proportion of the entry was, in consequence, unsold. The steers sold brought from £5 10s to £6 ss, heifers from £3 15s to £5 15s, and cows from £3 7s Gd to £6 10s.

Store Cattle—Some eighteen-month to two-year-old steers and heifers sold for 49s to 525, the steers above alluded to brought £5, and dry cows sold freely at from 25s to £3 16s, according to quality and condition. Only a few dairy cows were yarded, but there was nothing of special quality, and sales were few. Pigs—Over 160 pigs were offered. The sale of porkers and bacon pigs showed an improvement on recent sales, good sorts of porkers bringing from 15s to 20s, and a good few bacon pigs changed hands' at fair rates.

The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat Good samples are scarce. Prime wheats, 5s ; other good milling sorts, 4s Gd to 4s 8d; fowls’ wheat, good whole, 4s. Onions—£s to £7.

Barley—Malting, 3s to 3s 3d; milling, 2s 4d to 2s Gd; feed, 2s to 2s 3d. Pearl barley, £l4. Oats—Best milling and seed, Is 8d to Is 9d; bright plump feed range from Is 7d to Is 8d; other sorts, Is 5d to Is Gd —all sacks extra, off trucks, and ex store. Flour— Roller, £l3 f.0.b., Timaru; stone, £l2 ss. Oatmeal, £9 to £lO 10s. Bran, £3. Sharps, £4. Potatoes—New kidney, £3. Pigs—l4olb to 1601 b, well fed, 3d; hams, 7d; bacon, sd.

Chaff—Up to £3 5s to £3 10s, and is very scarce.

Butter—Prime salt, Gjd to 7d per lb. Fresh plentiful. Eggs are getting scarcer. Honey, 4£d per lb. Cheese —ln demand; new Akaroa coming to hand. Factory, 4jd; dairy, 4d. Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, 3s Gd to 5s 9d; cocksfoot, 4£d to s|d.

Sheepskins—-At auction on Tuesday full-woolled crossbreds brought 4s Gd to Gs; light to medium, 3s to 4s; merinos, proportionate rates; green pelts, 9d for damaged to Is 8d for the best; lambskins, Is 3d to 2s Bd.

Hides—A fair demand continues tp exist for all coming to hand—prices being unchanged, though prime ox have a decided preference with buyers. Any such above 65ft> weight are worth 2£d to 3d; medium ox, 2jd; country hides, l£d to 2d ; light and inferior, Id to l|d. Tallow—The supplies to hand are still limited in extent. Prime rendered mutton, 18s to 19s per cwt; medium mutton and best beef, 15s to 16s Gd; inferior mixed tallow, 13s to 14s ; fresh unrendered caul fat, 12s Gd to 13s Gd; rough fat, 9a to 12s.

At the Burnsjde Market on Wednesday the following business yap transacted

Fat Cattle—l7o were penned of which from 40 to 50 head were good to prime beef, the bulk of the remainder being cows and heifers of an inferior to medium description. Prime bullocks were in rather better request thaxi they have been of late, and the same may be said of lighter beef of good quality, where there was any such submitted.’ fa conditioned and half fat .cows and heifers the market was relieved by the operations of graziers, who were on the look out to secure any of this class, and thus prices all round were kept firm, with au improvement in price for the best quality. Several pens of extra prime bullocks brought £9, j-V,' ss, £9los, to £9lss; good to ordinarily prime, v. s to £8 10s 5 lj ght, £5 10s to £6 10s; cows and i?ifers (best), £slos to £6 17s fid; medium, £4 t‘° inferior, £2 10a to £3 10s. | Fat Sheep—l 374 yarded, of which about 100 were merinos, A slight improvement in the tone of the market, competition being more spirited than last week, with the result that an advance of from 6d to Is per head took place during certain stages of the sale. Primest and best crossbred wethers brought 13s Gd, 14s, to 14s fid ; medium weights, 13s to 12s Gd ; iiixed sexes (medium), 11s to 12s; good ewes, 11s fid to 12s 3d; light, 9s to 10s fid; merino wethers, fis fid to 8s 3d.

Fat Lambs—s4B penned. If any improvement may be noted, it was for the best lines, one or two pens of which sold at from 12s to 13s—the average rates for good lots being 9s Gd to 10s Gd; medium, 8s to 9s; inferior 6s to Ts 6d. ENGLISH AND FOREIGN MARKETS London, Jan. 19. The Times states that if the issue of Treasury bills becomes general, borrowing instead of being checked will be facilitated. The Standard asserts that the Treasury bills are not likely to go to much of a premium. The wool shipments by the Tekoa will be included in the January sales. The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,788,000 quarters and for the Continent 1,375,000 quarters. Shares in the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand are at £10; New Zealand Shipping Company, £4. Forward business in Australasian wheat is inactive. Foreign arrivals are moderate. There are no Australian cargoes off coast or at ports of call. Jan. 20. The bulk of the Tongariro’s butter was sold at the prices last quoted. An extensive sale of Crown lands in Queensland is advertised in the English papers at an upset price of 10s per acre.

Jan, 21. The estimated visible supply of wheat in America is 67,500,000 bushels.