COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 225, 20 September 1905, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

' - I LIVE STOCK. mODUCE, AND HIDES. , I i M N.Z LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY i ' CO., LIIiITEDS, REPORT. Horses have been in steady demand, about ' the average numbers being brought for- • ward. On Friday at the Durham Yards draught horses sold at from £31 10/ to £40; ' ineditrci ditto. £?2 to £35; hacks and light ' harness. £7 10/ to £19: the thoroughbred mar* Pararahi, ilgs; spring cart, £10 10/; i tax cart. £15. ' At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday, fat stock was penned in usual numbers, and met a steady sale. Oxen sold np to 114' per lOUlli: co\vs, 18/ to 21/. Steers jold at from £6 10/ to £11 17/6; cows, £4 15/ to £7 15/. Dairy cows, yarded in average numbers, sold at from £5 5/ to £7 12/6; store ditto, £2 1/ to £3 17/; calves, 17/ to £1 15/. Sheep wore yarded in average quantities at the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday, and met a reudv sale, wethers selling at from 18/ to £1 10 9; ewes. £1 6/6 to £1 9/; hoggets. 13/ to 19/9; spring lambs, 14/9 to IS/; shorn wethers! 16/3 to £1 1/. Porkers brought from 10/6 to £2 5/; I weaners. 7/6 to 17/9. ; We submitted a large catalogue of hides, I skins, and tallow on Tuesday, all lines being sold under keen competition. I Hid<-s: Market very firm. We quote: I Prime ox. 7id to BJd; extra stout ditto, 6jfd to 7id; stout ditto. 6d to 6id: medium ditto. r>i;d to sid: light ditto. 4Jd to 5Jd; cow, best lines, 4jd; ditto, good. 4Jd to 4jd; stags', 3d to '.lid* kips, 4*d to 43d; calfskins, 5Jd to 6d; damaged hides, 2Jd to 4|d. Sheepskins: Market firm. Best butchers' skins, picked. 6/1) to 8/; medium ditto, 5/6 to 6/6; small ditto, 3/9 to 4/9. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, up to '211; good, 19/ to 21/6; seconds, 16/G to 18/6; roush fat, lid to ljd. Bones, £5; cow tails, 1/6 doz; horsehair, 1/2 to 1/6. Maize: Market firm at 3/3 on wharf for wholesale lines. Oats: Market firm at 2/3 c.i.f. Chaff: Stocks are accnmnlating, and market is easier. Bright is worth £4 15/ to £5. Potatoes: The demand has gone off considerably, and the market is easier. Prime are quoted at £12 c.Lf. Butter: Supplies are coming in very slowly. Choice separator, lOiQ; fair ditto, 9sd to 10d. Cheese: Market very bare. Forties, ojd; loaf. 6d.