Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 141, 14 December 1901, Page 2

Commercial.

:6'.-WAIMATE-MARKETS. s. d. s. d Gutter, wholesale 0 6 retails. 0 <8 2ggs ' „ '0 6 •„ 8 THE CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE. Christchurch, December 12. At the second wool sale ot the season, ' held to-day, 11,60 ff bales were offered, the selection deluding -some larger and better clips than at the previous sale, but the bulk of the wool wasagain very dirty and generally of an inferior qualitvThere was a large attendance of buyers, representing Ot-igo, Welling! on and Canterbury woollen mills, fellmongers, and local speculators, but no Home buyers were present. Woollen mills were the principal operators, and ; best merinos and halfbreds showed an advance of fully a id ; but medium and coarser wools" were down id and Jd respectively. During the*- forenoon a Urge proportion of the offerings was passed in. Pi ices ruled as follows: Gr< any merino, medium to good, to B|d ; inferior 4d to 61. Halfbred, supf>r- : i..r, 6d to 7£d ; medium 4£d to 6d ; irfer : or-2d to 4sd. Crossb ed superior, 3d to 3d ; medium 2£d to 4i ; inferior, 2d to 31. Lone wool 2£d to 3s. Piece* ..nd bellies, <?ond, 31 to6d ; iuferior, 'ld to 3d. Locks £d to 2-i '■. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKETS. Wheat.—Very little prime milling is off ring, and as trade in bmk price* have hin df.ned considerably. Medium >b a'HO in request, and fowls' feed mws with a ready sale" Prima velvet asid Tuscan are quoted at 2s 104<i to 3s, medium 2s 9a to 2s 10fl, whole fowls' fred 2s 7£d to 2s B£d, b.okea 2s 4d to 2s 61, hacks in. O.Uf. There is a fjir demand for prime iSivherlonds fit for milling, bai only a limited demund for bright feed. Inferior a'e not in request. Prime mi ling is quoted at 2* 4d to 2s 4£d, good t. best feed 2b 3d to 2s inLrior 2s to 2b 2£d. THE BURNSIDE MARKET. DtfNEBTN, December 11. oa:,t le. —209 head of fit cattle were yiirded. There was a fair demand for good quality at a reduction of 10* on last we*k'» rater; inferior and cow beef were hard to quit. The quality of the yarding was good, Best bullock? fetched £lO to £ll 5* medium £3 59 to £9 10 >, light and inferior £6 10b t'> £7 10s, milium and light £5 lfo 'to £6 10s Sheep.—l6Bß tut sheep were penned, the greatfr number being (.born wethers. Good and prime met a fair demand, Jand price* were about the same as last week. Good wethern in the wool sold at 17s to to IoN 6d,-medium 'o good 14i Gd to 16s best wethers (Shorn) 16* to 17s 6d, good ordinary 13- Gd to 15s, inferior 9.* to lis. 536 lamb) wore penned. Sales opened at 2a to 3s below last week, but prices improved, and the average was about In 6d less thin last week Best latflbs fetched 12s to 12s 9d, good 10s to lis, medium and inferior 8s to 9s. Pigs.-400 pigs were penned. The demand was g.iod; suckers s-ild at 9j to lis, slips 13* to 161, scores 17s to 24 x, ' pork era 253 to 32', and baconsrs 35a to 57s-