COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XVIII, Issue 2551, 5 July 1871, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Preece, let and Co. report sales of live "Btocls; and farm produce in .their yards for the past month as follows milch cows- or near calving nave been fetching better prices, say from £6 15s'to £8"";' old cows and inferior sdrtsj i 63 to s&5 ; heifers 4*xe sought after and realise fair prices; yearlings, calves, and young stock, unless really of sale. Horses— We have sold a good number of inferior saddle-and-light harness -horses-«t pricesranging from £4, to , £10. •; Pigs.r- Our yards have been well supplied with stores and small porkers which have sold well con-j tsiderihgthe time of the year, but bacon; pigs and good sized porkers .seem scarce, at any rate but few have come ■ forward lately; any coming into the market now if well fed, will realist quote good porkers worth 0/4, and bacons <>/3J'; small stores fetcbifromf/ foil/ rlargerdo; from 13/ to 24/, according to size and quality. Poultry —Large numbers of aH- descriptions are weekly Mought in for sale,' acSd £He- pricesrealised as under fowlfij,irom 1/6 to 3/6 pair; fancy, do," from 4/6 to 10/ do; dncks, common; from 2/6 to 3/9 do; do, better sorts, from 4| to 5/ do; hemi, from 4/ to 8/ do;:; do, cocks, from 4/ to 9/ each;j. geese*from, 6/ to 8/f»l,palEj f «m ißplwasat*, io, c»rt», new,

from £19 to £21; do, second hand, £7 to £12. Produce—Flour, millers* best brands, from £15 to £16; farmers* do, £12; inferior, £8 to £10; sharps, £4 ton ; bran, £3 ton ; pollard, £4 to £5 per ton: potatoes, £2 10s per ton : carrots, 20/ to 25/ do. onictog, £9 ton: Cheese, ro%i -ttium,; 0/2 to 4>/3: >p ffcf nams, 0/6 to 0/8; wheat, best gristing, p(G to 45/ per too ; ehicken"w4*eat, 2/ to 2/6; bfiriey, | "bestinalting. 3/6; medium, 2/6 to ferior.or damaged, 1/6 to 2/j oats, best CSflato' 2/6; d&- ' ~ y \. "* >>-* %