Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 135, 30 November 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

— ;o: — WAIMATE MARKETS. s. d. s. d Butter, wholesale 0 0 retail ... 0 8 E-s „ 0 6 „ 0 8 ’* iSTUDHOLME S.aLS. (FROM OUK. Otvx COXIUESPON’DENT.) Cattle.-At the sale yesterday 160 nat'le were offered, fourteen ste.it!' bringing £9 os a head. This was a line of good beasts from Addington, Mr T. smith, of Hook, being the buyer. It seems strange that with the -pbmdid beef-producing c-untry ve bare we c-inuot produce enough to supply the demand at these yards. Cows in milk brought £5 10=; springers, up to £6; two-year-olds, £2 10s; yearlings, 20s upwards. , , She. p - About 2000 sheep were yarded and met with a. dlagging sale. Prices were;—F.wes mid lauibsj all counted, ss" 6d ; wool hoggets, 10a (id ; wethers anti bioten, 10s ; fit wes, DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. Wheat . —The demand for wheat of all classes has been somewhat better of late, but prices show no material improvement. Millers ate prepared bo take any prims lines offering at fr mi 2s 9d to 2s 10|d. Medium quality is saleable at 2a 8d to 2s 9d ; best whole fowl feed, 2s sacks in, Oats.—Tho demand for oats has fallen off, and prices are slightly easier. Prime milling is quoted at 2e 4d to 2s 51, best feed 2s Bd to 2s 4d, ordinary 2s 2d > o 2s 3d ; sacks extra. THE BURN BI BE MARKET. Dunedin', November 27. Cattle.—l 46 ho d of fat oatt.e were yarded. Competition was slow, and prices all round*shov/ed a drop of from 10s to ids per head, no doubt owing to butchers having mpplied themselves outside. ' Best bullocks sold at £?0 to £lO 10s, some extra up to £ll 12a 61, ~o od £7 10s to £8 10s, best cows and heifers £7 to £B, good £5 15s to £6 10s. others £4 5s to £5. g i]ee p.__lsß4 tat sheep were penned, mostly fair to medium crossbreds. Pi ices were about on a par with last, week, with a firmer tendency towards the finish, (test wethers in mo wool sold at 13s to 19s 6d, a few extra 21s 3d, best shorn 15s 9d to 17s 3d. host ewei in the wool 15s 6d to 17s, medium 14' to 15s. In lambs, 481 were penned, which proved in excess »f requirement, and resulted in a drop. Best sold at 11» to 12s, good 9<6d to 10s 61, medium and inferior down m 7s. j)ig ß ._f>o2 pigs were penned, all sorts meeting a ready sale except suckers and slips, which suffered a decline. Big pigs fe'ohed 60s to 68s, baconer* 40s to 545, poikera 25a to 32 , stores 18 r to 225, slips 14s to 16s 6a, suckers 6s 6d to 12s 6d. ______ ENGLISH MARKETS.'* Messrs Dnlgotv and Co. report under ,'ato London, November 24:- “The wool wes openei with a very peer 6tl. < tion. There 1 was a large attendance „f buyers, apd competition was fairly animated. Oflminga were p i cipaliy composed of med uir and coarse cross bre.i. Prices a-e lower by 4 to 6 per cent, as cotnp ,,r ecl with the closing rates yf last eerie-'.”