Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 136, 13 April 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

o WAIMATE MARKET. Butter wholesale 7d, retail 9d Eggs .. „ 10d, „ la BTUDHOLMB JUNCTION SALE. At the Studholme J-unckion sale vestwday, about 11,000 sheep were offered. Some of the r rices were Sheep—Eat ewes, 12s to 13-* 3d ; soaud-rn<-uthed half-bred ewes, 14s 9d to 15s; full-mouthed ewes,. 8s 4d to 14s 3d, lambs, 8s 9d to 13s 9drams : Shippshires, ifgns; Border Leicester, 2|gos to 2fgus. Cattle—Springing cow, £5 16s ; fat cow. £5 15s; young cattle, 35s to £2 12s GJ. ADDINGTON MARKET. Chuibtchoech, April 10, At Addington to-day about 3000 fat sheep wore yarded, mostly ewes. Freezing buyers were doing very little, and there was an easier tone in wethers, which Bold.at-from 17s to 18s 6d, and up to 19s 2d for extra prime. Good ewes made 14s to 16s and up to 17s 6d for extra prime. Secondary and old, sorts Brought 10s 6d to ISs. Fat were penned,, of which 1900 were taken bylreexlngbuyerp,

who competed very keenly at 14s to 16s 4d. Hevpn hundred were withdrawn to go to the factory on owner's account, apd inferior sold down to 10a 6d.

Store sheep—Bsoo were entered, mo t'y ewes. Thera was a fair demand for wethers and good young ewes and forward lambs, but backward and aged sheep were neglected. Forward wethers brought 15a to 10s ; others 13s 6 to 14s ; good young ewes, 16s to 17s, and up to 19s 6d for nice halfbreda ; sound, 14s to 13- fid; and aged down to 12s fid; merino wethers, 7s to 7s 2d; and ewes, 6s to 7s 6d; forward lambs, 11s to 13 s, and others down to 10s

Fnt cattle,—224 head, mostly fair quality to good steers were yarded. The over supply caused prices to decline, except for best beef, prices of which were kep; up by heavy wishd> awals. Good to prime made 20= to 22s fid per 1001 b; others 17s to 19s 6d. Heavy steers sold at £8 to £9 10s; lighter, £6 15- to £7 10s ; prime heifers, £7 to £8 2s 0d ; others £4 15s to £'i 15s ; good cows, £7 to £8 7s 6d ; others, £4 7s 6d to £6 10s More cattle —Best dairy cows, £6 10s to £8 10s; others, £3 to £5 10s. Pigs,—About 400, including some choice baconers, entered. Bacmers brought 85s to 525, an average oi per lb : porkers, 20s to 35-. equal to 4d per lb,, stores, 12s to 23a ; and small pigs, 5s to 10s. GRAIN M ARK NT. Dunkdin, April 10. Wheat.—New season’s grain is offering freely, but millers continue a cautious policy. Prime -nailing, 2s Gd ; medium, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; fowls’ feed, up to 2s Id, sacks in. O ;ts are in comparalively poor demand, and best milling is only worth at most la sid ; best feed, Is 4d to Is 4Jd ; Dan lab, Is 3£d, sacks extra. Barley meets with a fair demand, but at low prices, ranging up to 3s and 3s 3d for extra prime Lakes,'other localities up to 2s 9d; medium quality, in poor demand at 2s to 2s 4d ; ordinary and feed is almost unsaleable.