COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2427, 19 November 1892, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE,

The following is the Corn Exchange report (per F. Denham, Secretary), for the week ending November 19th : As usual with the carnival week, it has disorganised everything in the way of trade, and the operations have been almost nothing. Wheat—Some of the holders seem at last to understand the position, and are willing to sell at last week’s quotations, but buyers are difficult to find even at 3s 2d to 3s 3d, f.0.b., for prime samples. Lower grades are inquired for at prices that are ruinous to the growers, but stocks must pass on at some price, and the sooner the better. Oats are easier. We think the public must have ceased eating porridge and gone in heavily for potatoes, the demand for milling being so small. Potatoes A spasmodic enquiry for a few, but the demand by no means large. They are risky goods to hold at this season of the year. Dairy Produce is asked for. Butter is in request. Cheese—The stocks are low. The following are prices to farmers’, f.0.b., packages extra, potatoes and millers’ goods excepted : Wheat—Prime milling, all kinds, 8s 2d to 3s 3d; whole fowl, 2s to 2s 3d, cannot find an intermediate line or price. Oats—Milling, Is lid; feed, Is 7d to Is lOd, Potatoes—los at stations. Peas—Blue, 3s Id. Beans —3s. Flour—Roller, £9, Bran —555. Pollard—6os. sacks included. Butter —Farmers’, 7d to 8d; fresh factory, lid. Cheese —Large, 4fd; loaf, 5-|-d.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS.

At the Addington yards on Wednesday, notwithstanding there had been no market the previous week there was not such keen competition for fat sheep as might have been expected. Fat Sheep—There was a better demand for sheep out of the wool than for those unshorn. Some of the pens of exceptionally fine sheep that took first prizes at the recent Metropolitan show were keenly competed for by the trade, and ran from 22s 6d to 30s 6d for crossbreds and longwools, and merinos brought 19s. Shorn crossbred ewes brought from 9s to 11s Id, and 12s 6d to 14s 2d, crossbred wethers 12s to 14s 7d, merino wethers, 8s to 11s, crossbred wethers and maiden ewes 13s 3d to 15s 4d. In the wool crossbred wethers realised 16s 9d to 18s 3d, mixed crossbreds 16s 2d to 17s Bd, merino wethers 11s to 13s 6d. A very choice line of merino wethers ranged from 14s to 16s 3d. Fat Lambs—A fairly large entry, which brought from 8s to 9s 9d for small, lOst 6d to 12s 9d for medium, and 13s lid to 14s 3d for best quality. Store Sheep—Shorn store crossbred ewes and lambs realised 13s 8d to 15s, merino ewes and lambs 12s 3d, hoggets 13s. Fat Cattle —There was a fairly good demand for beef at a slight advance on late quotations, steers bringing from £6 7s 6d to £8 15s, heifers £5 10s to £7, and cows £4 12s 6d to £7 ss. Store Cattle —Store and dairy cows were sold at all prices from £3 10s to £7 10s, yearlings 35s to 365, steers £2 7s 6d to £5, there being only a small number of young stock yarded. Pigs—The small entry of pigs consisted principally of porkers and light bacon pigs. F'or the former the prices ranged from 15s 9d to 265, and for the latter 26s 6d to 375, and up to 42s 6d for a few heavier animals, stores brought 10s to 14s. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. The following is the report for the week ending Wednesday : Wheat—Prime milling sorts, for which there is inquiry, may be quoted at from 3s to 3s 4d; second quality 2s 9d to 3s j fowls’ wheat, good whole, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; medium and broken, 2s to 2s 3d. Barley—Good malting, nominally, 3s 9d; milling, 2s 6d to 3s ; feed, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Oats—Prime milling, and good, short, bright feed, Is 8d to Is lOd; medium qualities, Is 6d to Is 7d. Rye Corn—2s 9d to Bs. Linseed—£l4 per ton. Potatoes—lf good quality, 22s 6d to 27s 6d ; inferior, 20s per ton. New Auckland kidneys, Id per lb. Onions Best Melbourne very scarce, £l4 to £ls. Pigs—Prime quality, suitable sizes, 3Ad to 3|-d. Hams 7d to 8d ; roll bacon, fid to (Ud; side bacon. s§d. Chaff—Well cut. and clean heavy quality 52s fid to 555; other sorts from 40s to 50s. Salt butter i» demand for slapping ; 8d for prime quality. Lard—6d. Beeswax, Is to Is Id per lb. Honey, 4d for best. Cheese—Factory, 5d ; Akaroa, 3|d to large size. Grass Seeds— Ryegrass, farmers’, 2s to 3s 3d; machined, 3s 3d to 4s.

Sheepskins—At auction on Tuesday dry crossbreds, inferior to medium, brought Is lid to3s Id ;do do merino, Is lUd to 2s lOd; full-wooJled crossbreds, 4s 2d to (is; do do merino, 3s Id to os 4d; dry pelts 3d to Is »d ; butchers green crossbreds—best 5s 5d to 5s lOd, extra large 5s lid to Gs 2d, medium to good 4s to 5.s 4d ; sliorn pelts, Id to Is ; green merinos—best Gs 8d to 4s sd, light ds Id to Gs Til; lambskins, Is Id to Is 2d each. Hides—There is a fair demand, and previous quotations still rule, viz. r For heavy sorts, 24d to 2|d ; extra do, 3d ; medium do, 2d to2^d; light, to l|-d (most of the hides coming to market are sold at the latter rates) ; inferior and slippy, Id to l-d per lb.

Tallow —No improvement to note in value. The demand, however, continues very active. Quotations for prime rendered mutton, 19s to 20s; medium to goo:], IGs Gd to 18s Gd; inferior, 13s to 15s; rough fat-—best mutton caul, 12s 9d to 13s Gd; inferior to medium and good, 9s to lite 6d per ewt.