Commercial.

Bruce Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 710, 18 June 1875, Page 5

Commercial.

. .•;- ;,,. . ..... . ;v:;v :- ./, ■-.;♦ — —rr--7-".:" -MlB ETe^BX Pbitkb (on • behalf of jrthe seff Zealand lioaia and Siercantile ! Agency Company} ■■^reports. wfoUbws,' for the .wfeefc e^ing.. Juno letti!— ■'• ;; v r -' ■• -■■■ ■ '- '• ■"■ ;: - ■' :i -' : Fat Cattle.— l4o head yarded, only a ' small portion of which number were good quality, . . .and which realised prices showing a decided improvement on' late quotations, fully 32b 6d per U 1001 b being paid for all primr pens, and 25s for imeclium quality. Best bullocks brought from £10 to £14 ; medium do, from 10a to £9 10s. T^e; anticipate that prime quality;. cattle -will con- - - tinue very .scarce throughout the ; ■winter, and ere long the trade Will be obliged to pay prices much higher than now quoted. We sold at theyards,- '■' on -account of Messrs Buckland and others, 50 - :■=" head, and- have placed a like number privately. E»t Sheep. — About 1200, were penned, and all taken by the trade at prices ranging up to 23s for Very prime heavy-weight crpssbreds; medium do, • at from 14s to 16a i; merinos, at from 8s to 9s 6d ; or equal to 4d per lb for the: former , aid 3d for -mtke latterii ; We sold afcl'the' yards 300 crossbreds »nd merinos, and 500 privatiely; at quotations. > . : :P.al Palve3.-^Very few. yarded to-day, which freti sold at 20s to 35s each. •" JStore Cattle.-^-We have no change to njentron fa th e demand for this ; description of stock, buyer* being very plentiful at our quotations} and w« have only succeeded: in/.placing 100. head duringthe^ week at say, foie bullocks, £5 10s to ' " 07 each • cows, £4 ito,£s ss. Store 5 Slieep.-^-We have no important trans- ■■'■■■ actions to report. As usual at this season of the year, .very few lots are changing hands. Nominal quotations are as follows :— Crossbred, 4-tooth and upwards, 13s 6d to 15s ; 2-tooth, at from 10s 6d tolls 6d ; dp tlambs, 8s to 9s : merino ewes, in lamb, 6-tooth and under, at from 9s to 10s ; i dd; full-mouthed, 6s 6d tp .■.7r.6d ; merino wethers, 6-tpofch and under, 7s 6d to 8a 6d; full-mouthed, 6s ,6d to 7s. We have placed, at. the above prices, only 1500 during the week. : - Station atid -Freehold Properties.— The following 7 properties hav<s ; changed hands :— Messrs W. Vand^J. Saunders' Zyeburn runs, witb 43,000 .rfieep, with horses, cattle, Stores, plant, &c, for - £36,000, to Mersra Kich, Stewart, ond M'Kenzie ; Mr Julius Bordeau's runs at Lake Wakatip, with ' 12,000 sheep and 200 head of cattle, for £0000 ; - x Mr D. M'Ewing's Milburn estate, near Tdkoconsistinz of 30V7 acres of freehold and SSOO sheep, for £8850} Mr.Larnacb's freehold, ne&P Otepopp, 1300, acres, for-£2600.' "Wpoi-— Cablegrams from London, per Omeo, • this' day, advise the wool sales progressing satisfactorily,' at &vm pricesi At my weekly sale last Thursday I disposed of a few bales stragglers' -wool atifeir rates. >; v _ ? , Sheepskins.— A good quantity were sold last.i week, but owiag to the impossibility of getting ; wool dry, some fellmongers were not in the '.'•., market, whichcauseilesS: competition for green ~ ekins, ,The marked advance of the previous w.eek | wai not fully sustained. I sold butchers' cross-- : breds atT3s Id to 3a 9d each; merinos, 2s 8d to i/ ftlld j dry skins, selling at lOd for: pelts, up to 2sld for short- wool merinos; 2a lid to 3s Ld for crossbreds. : : : Hides.— The advance I reported last week was. VeM. sustained. W«t, salted, superior . condition, medium weights, brought 20s to 233; inferior and -light weights 12s 6d to 18s 9d ; butchers' .green, 21s to 24s 3d • calf-ikins, 5s to 6s 6d each. ' To-morrow being a holiday, my sales will be held ■•-" on Friday at the same hour. S '.':■ .Tallow.-^There is a little uemaucl foe well rendered, in shipping ; . (wndition,^ but for oi?di» : nary mixed tallow there is no demand, " melters having an overabundant supply from - towb^ Blaughtcrerß. . Grain.— -YFheat has been more l Bought after; " ; For gome extra fine qualities higher prices have ibeen paid. In ordinary milling samples quota' (iono are uaaltered— 3Blod to 4s, iuferiop}4? 3a

to 4a 01 fair average j to 4s 6d for very superior. Fowls' feeaV much enquired for up to 3a 9d. Oats are in much better demand, principally for shipment : prices are hardening j holders are storing for an advance, which will probably be acceded to when freight can be secured more readily. Gto6& feed, 2s 9d to 2s lOd, up to Ssfor milling samples. Barley continues wibhoub change— Goodmalting, 5a. 6d to 5a 9d, up to 6a for very Buperior; aecondary , samples, 6s: to 5s 3d ; inferior, 483dt04g6d. . . : "' . r