COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 52, 25 April 1874, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

Mess-s Pbttkb, Stewabt and Co. report ad 3} low^for,tbaweek Fat Cattle.— A jnodergte supply of 50 head was yarded at the mual weekly snle, but Hie quality bemg~Tt>r~ t!7e~ffu^~pVTo'nly~<>rdin&iy toirojddjingj'jwe <yn)npjb( qupje ?ny t| advance jupppj^iyJatfrquotatioiis.,, ,BeMy prjme qualij^ sflarce, would olwafe.fiM ready, sale> jjj&e, fltto/e be^-t, 'quanta aVabottfTfroii: '22s JoiaSs.pejMlftOlbs j^ejlium.jlfcytojlSs. X '^c BSi^jifthe yarcfe 2tf ■ head, and have placed 40 head privately, r '•"'.';,> ,"■ ■" / ',' ti; . i ."F.at, Sh&jJo^.A]l|out]i)OO k were penned — mostly' menno'wetners and «we«— which we sold at the following prices — say, for ewes, 5s 6d to §c 6d ; wethers 7s 6d fo~Bs. None" oT~tbe above were of refflly good quality^ Prirri© q.93s ? +>redfl aip sttleable at r 24 r d, do n?erinos 2td. We have placed 400 for forwar "l delivery ' - J-~jr'-xJ -~ jr '- x . Fat, Lambs. — 50 were penned to-day, a portion of which were sola ' Store Cattle. — Tb&re t is a! fairj -demand for quiet grown steers and spayed cowp at from £3 10s to £4 10s for the former, and £2 15s to £3 3s for the latter. We have sold 120 head during the week, at Quotations , .... Store Sheep. — A few old ewes 'rife stft'tt ennriging hands at 3s to 4s, for the purpose of breeding", cr'.ies-bredfl. > , 'As;th,e season, however, is -o far advanced, but few station lots are offering, which if good would realise 4s 6d for immediate' delWery. We have a good demand for young merino ewes deliverable, in Jsmb at 7s to 8-> ; and also good c n ditioned merino «etlier.«, if within easy driving distance, at from 5s 6d to 6s 6d. Four and s-x tooth cross-breds are much wnnted for paddocks, but almost impossible >t!o'-get; We "have sold 2000 very sup nor two-tooth cross bred ewes at 10s, .and of other sovts 2500 at quotations. Wool. — ;Sinqe the date oi' our list no further advices from the home market have reached us : _Tn our local market but little business has been done, and there is very little wool now lelfc for offer At our u>-ual weekly sale of produce to-day, we off< red about 50 bales, most of which was disposed of at satisfactory piices, as follows : —Greasy stained fleece, M McL, 5 bales 7{d ; do fleece, L ovei O, 8 do, 9£d ; do do, W L, 2 dc. 10 do, 16|d ; do locks, Shepherd's Crook, 1 d. , lfd ; do fleece, S.O, 2 do 9|d ; washed do. M.2 do, 13d ; scoured — 1 cross-breil, 1 lambs — X, 2 do, 18£ d ; do O, 1 do, 12 I. Sheepskins. Our sale to-Way wao well attended, but only a few skins were forward for offer. Bidding, however, was spirited, and full pric. s were obtained. (Full-'woolled *kins fetojied up to 5s each ; medium dry ekins, Is 7u to 2s 9d. BulcSers' merino skins, Is B<i to Is lOd. Hides arc in fair request, and sound wet-salted command ready 6ale and full prices. The bulk of those offering at the present time, however, sire not iv shipping condition. We sold several lots to-day, ' at from 10s fid to 14s for dry hides, a>>d 15s 9d to !8s 3.1 for salted. Tallow is in very weak demand We catalogued 35 casks to-day, but in the absence of buyers withdrew it. Returns lately received from tlie home markets for shipments made last season are of an unsatisfactory character, and hence shippers are disinclined to operate except at very safe figures, thereby virtually restricting the demand to local consumers.

Grain. — Wheat is in fair request at Js 9d to 4s 10d. for welloonditi >ned bright reamples. Oats aie not so actively ci quired for a* lately, but prices continue firm at last quotations, viz , 4s to 4s 2d for new crop ; 4s 4d to 4s 6d for old.