Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 107, 26 September 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

addingtoN market*.

[Bt TKIBOBAfcH.] There was a moderate entry."6f stock ' in -tfie yards-and a fair attendance. The 5 change in the weather and. the prospects of rain we"Te a cause' of gratification among farmers. - - . Sheep.—There wefe only 1377 store sheep entered, and though there wsa fair competition up to -certain limits, few. buyers Were prepared to give the prices' asked by vendors.■ A few small do’s, of owes and lambs changed hands at ‘7s 3d; to 9a Id, all counted, and this was thv principal business transacted. Thirty-;: seveAiat lambs were penned, and theses made from 15* to 225. The yarding of; fat sheep Was much smaller than for the. past few weeks, and was made up! .principally 6f "Crosß-bre'd an'd wethers. ITrerzsts sold well up to iate, rates, but as butcher* were Well supplied* last w.eek f merino wethers and cross breds did not meat with Very keen, competition. ’ ; Cattle.— The supply Of beef numbered* ' 134 head, and with Tew except ona thei qnaHty was nOb very good. Prices were » shade easier thin last -week. Two steers from Mr W. B 'Clarkson's, Sunuybeek, made-Ll3 5s and L1312s Gd,. eleven from the Nofth "Island, BTI to, <LX2other.steers, L 6 I2«t 6d.to LICK 12s '6d ; heifers, L 5 17s ’fid to LS 5s y cows, L 5 to L 8 2st)J, equal to 22s 6d to’ 2Qs S-hpor lOOlbs. i Pigi_There Wa’sagiin a Ifcrge yarding df pigs; and fats sold at last week's rates■Gjod stores sol i well,, but others were easier. Baconers made 55s to 53 6d ; equal to s|d to '4d pSr lb; porkers, 24s to 35s‘6d. cquil te’3Jd to *4B per lb; ■tores, 12s 6d to 20a 6d, and suckers and' weaners 5s to 10a 6d. A line of 51 stores from Ashburton made 10s to. 45*39. GRAIN MARKETS.

'Thc f pricee for grain on truckskt Ash-* button are f—Whsat, prime milling pearl, 2s 3d to2« 4d ; tnacan, 2 s 4d to 2b 5d ; Hunters, 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Oats.—Dries, Is lOd; Danish, Is lOd ; sparrowbills. Is lid to 2s Id ; Canadian, 2s to 2s Id. Barley.—Prime mal ing, 2s ; inferior, Is; •6d, • • The wheat market in 'Camara is a trifle easier, but oats are fairly firm at previous quotations. The price of potatoes has undergone considerable change, and 80s; on trucks at handy sidings'is top price.' Holders do notseem disposed to sell in the present state of the market, beingconfident of an advance again presently. Wheat.—Prime tuscan, 2s 6d ; prime; velvet, 2s Sid-; red chaff, 2s fowlfeed, 2s ld : ; seconds, 2s -Id Oats— 1 Danish and duos, la lid -to 2s ; primeshort, 2a Id ; nulling nominal, Garton’s, 2s l£d, Barley—Prime samples 2s, ordinary samples, Is 10d (nominal). Potatoes, 75a to 80s on tracks at siding' (sacks-in). HORSE SALES. At the Christchurch horse skies on Saturday, best draughts made £35 toy £3B, and up to-£42; me-)ium kinds, £23' to £29; best light harness horses £l4 to; £29; medium sorts, £8 to -fill; back"; and weedy sorts, £5 to £lO. A shipment* of horses from the North Island "feas sold at the foil wingpric s: Medium draughts; and spring-cart horses, from £33 -o £39 :. lighter sorts, £22 to £39; ha.-ks, £9 tu; £2O. At the sales the’-fc w«B h good--demand for best draughts and light ‘ha-nesahoraes.

■A-r. Dunedin <m Saturday, Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report sales of horses as follows:—Superior young draught-foldings, £?5 to £5&; extra good priku horses, £SO to £6O ; medium 'draught mares and .geldings, £35 to £42; aged do., £2O to £3O; upstanding carriage horses, £25 to £Bos well-mat. died carriage pairs, £6O to £7O ; strohg springVab horses, £3O to £35 ; milk cart and butcher*’ order cart horses, £lB to £25 ; tram horses, £l2 to £l6 ; light hacks, £9 to£fJ>; extra good hacks, £lB to £25; weedy an ! aged hacks and harness horses, £5 to £7. The demand for superior heavy cart geldings, four to six years old, for town ttdtk, fs good, ‘there is also some inquiry lor well b;ed; unbroken draught colts and ’ fillies, and useful young horses for farm work are in, great request, and sell readily at quota ; tions* First class hacks and harness; ate SCat'ce, and Command Tull value*.

ENGLISH MARKETS. The Agent-General c iblea that there is no alteration in the mutton market since last week. The quantity gcbng into consumption at present is very small. The lamb market isVbry weak, and prices : are |J lower. A further drCp seems Imminent. Beet is dull ot sale; New Zealand binds, 2|d ; fores, 2|d. There is » good dSihaad for butter. The cheese ‘ market is steady.. The hemp market is excited ; good wir Wellington, on spot, £7S ICfe ; TTovember-December shipment, £27 10a; faT eurreSt Manila, £35 10<i.