Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 172, 6 July 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

WAIMATB MARKETS. Butter, wholesale D 10 retail... 1 0 Eggs „ 1 0 „ 12 BURNSIDE MARKETS. § Dunedin, July 3. t At tho Burnside Market, 212 ho id of cattle w*re yarded, priors ruling slightly easier. Best bull 'cits sold at £8 to £9 17s fed ; extra p imp, £ll 12s fid ; me dium, £0 10s to £7 15s ; best cows and h.-ifers. £6 to £7 15s; medium, £5 to £5 17s 6d. She p —3045 were penned, pric-s ruling about the same as last week Best wethers brought 1(3-* to 18s ; good, 15s t' 16s fed ; best ewes, 11s to 12s; a few pens up to 13s fed. Lambs.—2o3 were Denned, p>icps being unchanged. Best lambs were worth 10s 6 ; to 12s fed ; medium, 8s fed t o 10s. Pig®.—2l2 name forw-rd, all except baconers being dull of sale. Suckers rca'ised 3s to 9s ; Blip« Us to 15s ; stores, 16a to 20s; porkers, 23s to 32s ; baconers, 35a I o 49s ; heavy pigs, to 655. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET! Owing to recent advices business in ' wheat is not easily transacted, and oily prime samples are saleable, but at slightly ro ’uced rates. Fowl wheat is in jjood demand, and sab-able at up to 2s 3d. Considerable sales of oats have resulted, but several large orders h*ve been completed, the demand is not so good. The stocks, howeve", are not heavy here, and if owners continue to hold, prices may keep fairly firm Value? are—Prime Sutherland, up to Is 9d ; best shipping lines, up to Is 8d; medium, Is fed to Is 7id.