COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2318, 13 February 1892, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MAtitfFi’S. At the Addington yards on Wednesday in all departments of the sale, except the classes for cattle, the entries were large. Fat Cattle—There was a fair entry, composed chiefly of cows and heifers. The entry met with a decidedly bettor sale. Prices for best beef ranged from 18s to 19s per 1001 b. Cows sold up to £B, heifers to £5 10s, steers to £7 10s. Store Cattle—The number yarded wa small, and all the animals entered were cleared at rates fully equal to those ruling last week. Calves—The entry was small. Best calves were sold at up to 28s. Dairy Cattle—A rather small en try was nearly all cleared at prices ranging from £3 to £5 JOa.

Fat Sheep—There was a very full enuy, which was above the average in quality, but which included a good proportion of dry crossbred ewes, and fewer merino wethers than usual were entered. Competition at the beginning of the sale was brisk, but eased off as the sale progressed, particularly for crossbred ewes, which showed a marked decline in value on last week’s rates, the fall doubtless being due to the large number entered. Prime freezei’s maintained their late values. Merino wethers, towards the end of the sale, showed a decline corresponding with that whioh took place in crossbred ewes. Store Sheep—About 3500 were yarded; crossbred lambs, which sold readily at from 8s to 9s 6d ; aged crossbred ewes, 8s 6d to 9s Id; sound mouthed crossbred ewes, 11s 7d; a lixxe of foi'wax’d conditioned crossbred wethers, 14s to 14s 6d ; corresponding ewes, 13s 6d ; merino ewes, failing mouths, 4s 6d. Pat Lambs—Bidding was keen. Best freezers brought from 11s to 13s Gd ; other lambs sold at from 8s Gd to 11s. Pigs—Prices were a shade easier than of late. Bacon pigs sold at from 25s to 335, porkers at from 16s, stores 10s to 17s Gd. CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE. The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretary), for the week ending Feb. 12th :

The unfavorable weather of the past week has, it is feared, done a considei’able amount of damage to the crops, especially down south, where nearly three-fourths of the corn is still in stook. The weather now at the time of writing is all that could be wished for, and it is hoped that it will minimise the damage to a considerable extent. Wheat is only offering in limited quantity and it will be some days before thrashing operations again commence. The yields are not quite so good as anticipated, but the quality that has come forward has been all that could be desired. Oats are offering plentifully, but the market is weak at quotations. The barley market has not yet opened; growers are asking more than buyers are inclined to give ; the samples are only medium, but the later crops are expected to be better. Grass seed is in plentiful supply with a feeble market. Quotations are as follow: Wheat—Prime tuscan, 3s lOd; pearl, 3s 9d; hunters, 3s 7d; cbickwheat, os to 3s 3d. Oats—Milling, Is 9d to Is lOd ; short feed, Is 8d to Is B£d ; long and inferior, 1s Gd to Is 7d. Barley—Nominally, 3s 3d for prime malting ; feed, 2s Gd. Beans—2s lOd to 3s. Blue peas, 3s to 3s 3d; feed, 2s Gd. Rye Grass—Machine dressed, 3s Gd to 3s 9d; farmers’ lines, 2s 3d to 3s. Dairy Produce—Butter, factory, 7d to 8d ; farmers’ 7d. Cheese, loaf, 5d ; large and medium, 4d to 4£d. The above quotations are those paid to farmers, f.o.b, Lyttelton, sacks extra.

DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS,

The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday :

Wheat—Since last report the weather has been very unfavorable to harvest operations, and it is hard to say what effect the heavy gales and rain of the past few days will have on the local grain market. Very few sales are being effected, a few new samples from the North are offering. Prime milling, 4s 3d to 4s Gd ; medium, 3s 9d to 4s 3d; fowls’ wheat, plenty offering at less prices. Good whole grain, Ss 3d to 3s Gd; medium and broken, Is lOd to 2s 9d.

Barley—Next to nothing doing in this line, and any quotations would only be nominal, neither maltsters nor millers being in any hurry to purchase. Oats—At auction on Monday a fair amount charged hands, but at a reduction of Id per bushel on last week’s quotations. Prime milling, Is 6£d to ls7d; bright short feed, Is 6d to Is 6kl; medium and inferior, 1 s 2d to Is sd. Bran—6os, Sharps, 80s. Potatoes —Not so plentiful, and rather better prices are now obtainable. Good derwents, 40s to 45s ; kidneys, 40s. Pigs—Good bacon pigs, 3d per lb; haffig, 7d to 8d; bacon, s£d. Ohafi—prime, Gss to 6?s 6d; medium from 50s to 60s.

Butter—Salt, prime lots at 7d, packages extra or returnable. Eggs, scare. Honey—New season’s extracted in 56Tb tins, 4jd per Dj, Cheese—Akaroa, large size 3|d to 4d; loaf, 4-Jd ; factory make, largo, 41 d ; loaf, sd.

Grass Seeds—Ryegrass, farmers’ lots undressed, Is 9d to -2s 6cl; do dressed, 3s to 3s 6d; cocksfoot, 4d to 4ld. Very little business passing in either kinds.

Sheepskins—There was a fair attendance of buyers at the auction on Tuesday, and the catalogues throughout were small, though of a fairly representative character, but prices compared with last week show a decline of fully 5 per cent, for wool skins, and 10 per cent, for pelts; the drop in the latter being accounted for by the fall in basils and salted pelts in the London market.

Hides—'The remarks under this headjug last week are equally applicable to this. Quotations remain unchanged. Tallow—Very little has come forward this week. We cannot report any increase in values. Quotations arc; For prime piptton tallow, in shipping condition, £2l jo £22 XQ S j prime mixed, in shipping condition, £ii() to £2l ; medium, £l7 to £l9 ; inferior, £l2 ip £1,6 ; best caul fat, £l3 to £l4; inferior io ffiixed? £9 to £l2los.