Commercial.

Bruce Herald, Volume IX, Issue 811, 13 June 1876, Page 4

Commercial.

A. Mbbcer reports for the week ending 10th June, retail prices only ! — Fresh butter in £ and lib prints, Is lOd to 2s per lb ; fresh butter in lumps, Is 9d ; powdered and salt butter, Is Bd. The supply of fresh butter has fallen off, but tbe market is very well sup plied, as there is not so much demand owing to the advanced price, and salt butter is selling well. Salt butter in kegs, Is 4cl to Is 5d per lb, provincial ; imported, cheaper. Cheese, the best quality, Is 2d per lb ; side and rolled bacon, Is to Is Id ; colonial hams, Is 3d ; English hams, Is 6d to Is 8d : eggs, 2s 6d per dozen.

I Messrs Wfil&nT, STEPHENSON*" A"ND Co. report for the week ending 10th June, as follows : — Fat Cattle.— A fair number come forward, 150 head being yarded, consisting .chiefly of light-weights, but good quality, for which prices were slightly firmer. We sold, on accouufc of tlie i N.Z. and A.L. Company, Messrs Little Bros., Wm. Barry, 75 bend. Bullocks brought from

«9 tcT-BiTlOa i i : oowsV*B 17a 6d to -610 17s Bd~ prices equal to 83s per 1001 b for good quality, and 27s 6d for medium do. Fat Calves.— ls were yarded, which we sold afc from 19s to 44s each. J Fat Sheep.— A full supply of 2000 was penned; We sold on account of Messrs Little Bros., P. Gibson, P. M'Laren, and Alex. Peat, 950 head. 7 Crossbreds, light weight, brought from 10s 6d to lls9dj heavy do, 13s to 14s; merino wethers, medium quality, 6s 6d to Bs. We qujte prime mutton 2fd per lb. Privately, we sold 800 merinos at quotations. Store Cattle.— There is still a fair demand for this description of stock. We sold by auction at Mosgiel Yards on Tuesday, 6th inst., on account . . of Mr James Wright, HO head, Bullocks, two ' to three years, brought from £6 6s to £7 15s • cows and heifers, 2 to 4 "years, £5 10s to £6 15s. We beg to. call special attention to our Bale by . aaction at Mosgiel on Friday, 16th instant, when we shall ofFer 125 head of quiet, wellbrer* 7 bullocks '"-and cows; also, some really first-class T dairy cows: C ■■■•Store .., Sheep.— We have no transactions to „7repprt. ;",-..•. '"'* Country Sales.— On Thursday, Bth iustant, we held a sale by auction at Tumai, on account of Mr i.j Andrew Kininmont, of the whole of his stock and farming implements. There was a good attendance, and bidding was brisk. Draught ; marcs brought* from £35 to £49 10s; yearlings, ..' £i 6 10s; foal?, £12; forming implements, . .-, satisfactory rates.- • Horses.— Draught stock are still difficult to dispose of ; but strong cab and coach horses are, in good request, On Saturday, at our yards, we , , sold on account of. Mr George Wilson, Tokomairiro, a team of 8 medium draughts, at from £20 to £46 105. A fair amount of light horses also changed hands. We quote heavy draughts, £45 to £55 ; medium do, £25 to £40 ; good saddle and" light harness horses, £25 to £30; medium do, £12 to £20; light and inferior, £5 to £10. Sheepskins. 1 — At our weekly sale on Wednesday, there was a good attendance, and competition was active. Prices ranged as follows * — Butchers' groenskins, merino, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; do, crossbreds, 2s lOd to 3s 2d ; station skins, Is Gd tp 4s 3d, according to quality. Hides. — We catalogued about 130, which were disposed of at from 14s 9d to 23s 6d each, for light and medium weights, being equal to from 4d to 4£d por lb. Grain. — The market continues quietly firm, without alteration in ralues. "Wheat — prime samples are worth 4s 6d to 4s 9d per bushel ; medium do, 4s 2d to 4s 4d. Oats are moving off at from Is 9d to Is lOd per bushel for good feed, and 13 lid to 2s for prime milling samples. For barley the demand is not very active. Prime malting may be quoted at 4s 6rt to 4 s 8d per bushel; medium and inferior samples difficult to quit.