Commercial

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LIII, Issue 2772, 15 May 1903, Page 2

Commercial

DUNEDI ' PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., Dunedin report:— Cocksfoot—The market is dull, and there is very little doing. Quotations are nominal and range from 2|d to 3|d per lb. Cheese—Factory, from 5Jd to 6d ; dairy, from to s|d. Hams.-9d to 9£d. Rolls and Flitches—B|d to 9^d. Honey—3_d to 4d. Beeswax—la 2d to la 4d. Horsehair—ls Id to Is 2d. Tallov,- and Rough Fat.—Rendered 18b o 21b, towj. . fat 16s to 19j per cwt. Hides—3_d to 71 per lb, according to weight and condition. Sheepskins—Bulk of offerings are lamb ikins and pelts, which sell from Is to 2. lOd ADDINGTON LIVE STOOK MAKKETB Wednebdav Messrs Matson and Co report :— There were 4450 store sheep yarded, being mostly ewes and wethers. There was a good ecquiry. forward wethers for finishing off on turnips beirg most in request. Tho eweß were mostly aged sorts, and the lambs sold were in small lots. The chipf sales were' — 717 h fbrcd wethers 14?, 198 crossbred* 13-j Id, 15-0 two tooths lis 6d, 348 at 10s 7d, smaller lets 9a lOd to 14s 2d, 300 merino wetnera 3s Mto 3i 91. 99 round mouth ewes lis Bd, 84 at 10s lOd, 107 at 10s 7d. 200 at 8a 7d, 104 at 7s 6d, 61 lambs 10a lOd, wethers 9s 6d to 9s Bd. The entry of fat lambs totalled ab-nit 1600 and the quality showed an improvement over la'f y irdingp. The demand was good, an-t prices were firmer for prime aortc. but the hicher range of values n-an partly due to the lambi being butter. Unfioishad lots were r* : flicuH to spII. Frrrzing portn made 12* to 15*. tee« 15-4 Id to 15s B', butchers' lots 10i to 12* 6d, Bnd a few bringirg 15s 3d, gr. ziers' lots 8a 8d to 10i 6d. There was a moderate r-upply of fat sheep tl-e biilk of the yarding again being ewes, Tbere was keen competition for ewes, both on the part of exporters and butchers, and prices rose fully Is to Is 6d per head. Freez ing wethers were somewhat neglected, and barely maintained late rates, only a few pens of extra prime selling at all well. The range of prices was :—Prime heavy weight wethers 20s to 20s sd, prime freezing wethers 17s 6d to 19s lid, lighter 15s 6d to 17s, wethers and maiden ewes 16s 6d to 17s 7d, freezing ewes 13b to 16; 6d, best butchers' ewes 15s to 17a 3d, medium I3s to 14s 6d, others lis to 129 6d, prime merinos 13s 9d to 15s 3d. The supply of beef comprised 226 head, nearly nil being cows and heifers, a line of Btee-8 coming in late. The sale was irregu' lar. n consequence of the large numberß offered, but Uat week's rates were main' tamed for good sorts, which were scarce. A line of 7 very prime heifers, from Mr Thos. Chapm»n,'Mount Palm, rrade £9 17a 6d to £11, sreers brought £6 5. to £10 17s 6d, heifers £5 15s to £9 12a 6d, and cows £4 17s 61to £9 12a 6d, equal to 25s to 29a per 1001b. Veal calves made 5s to £2 sa, accord in 7 to size and quality. A small entry of store cattle met with a fair sale at the following rales :—Yearlings 32a 6d, fifteen to eighteenth months £3 7s to £3 17a 6d, two year steers £4 7s 6d\ two year heifers £4 7s 6d to £4 15s, three year steers £7 10a, dry cows £3 10s to £5 2a 6d. Dairy cowa were in good demand at £4 10s to £8 15?, and up to £10 15s for extra gcod. In pigs, bsconere made-41b 6d to 52, equal to 4_d ; porkers, 27a to 38?, equal to 5d per lb; small stores, 10s 6d to 15s, and suckers and weancn-, 7s to 10a.