COMMERCIAL.

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 6656, 22 January 1887, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

m I I ■iuip.i.i. O' IBODVOE XAIUCBT, . ~«!■ . • Tn Haw £■*turt rixnu‘ Coofwutiti ttarinm in the grain trad* for tin past week ki Ml bean of ft very animated nature, though toe esparto an folly BP to theaverage. Wheat If fissßtagaws ben non extensively operated on than for some tfSpST The wore fcTOftble adTleea from New BoftthWeSw. and tosevtdent disposition of holders -to watt Mora new crop ooatea forward, has xesalted to Mvaral line# being cleared off the market, and pmng total to an improverne-t on toe quality of past aeatoft’s yield, Swlayie to rather better request, tally ia very inferior, J?or clean, weli-dressad sssfisarfifis isn Cocksfoot-Several small lota grown on the Plains hare been offered through the week, and have been taken op at 3d. This price can hardlyb* taken as indicative of fates liketv to rule for toe Peninsula - eye*, tor which id per lb higher will (probably be &m. Chases is dill, at last quotation. Bacon ftf- *t— 1 move off steadily at late rates. Batter **6Wlsa?eCSf la- been 1283 ' seeks wheat, 1356 sacks oats, 1415 sacks flour, 338 sacks seed, ktt eaoks malt, IMS sacks barley, 189 faupg yyl frfyyyftj 44 ovf* cliche. Tha following an our quotations, being prices paid to farmers, and not applicable to fines ex '*WS9ommi and velvet, to fdtotefid; Hnn. i4to “ M<Ur; Cato?* Milling, la fid to 2s; short bright toed, la 9d to la iOd i Danish, la 6d to Is Bd. Barley—Prime suiting, 2a 61 to 2s 8d } feed, 2s Sltoflafld. Rye Grass—Machine dressed, to to to 3d; ' farmers' parcels, 2s 3d to 3s. • esssaaitt*' Cheese-3 i<i to id. Baton and Bame-Sd to i Id. v, The Nsw 2uuni Loir uo Msbcshtils ‘ Robot Compart, LinrrtD, report on the prodace Markets, for the week ending 21st January, as Wool—Cablo advice* received this weak have bean Of a satisfactory character, and then is every prospect of the flrat series of 1887 opening moat aatpicioaiiy on Tuesday next. Locally there baa bean a good private demand, and we have placed several lines at fall rates. The neat aeries, to be held on Saturday, 29th into, will be supported by targe catalogues and a good atteudaece. dhsepekina—The hast of the next week h» been very detrimental to the condition of green skins, end every lot brought forward at Thursday's suction was affected thereby to a greater or lesser extant. Prices in consequence were my irregular. We have placed several large lines of i ftfto and lambakiae at Belfast at prices rung* W torn 7d to la Id for the former, and 3* M to to 8d for the latter. Oar total Bates SBJ^^SS-SS!?3ffSL4;SS!33 Smn^djikxifitiiSS to 4# Ww Taltow and Pat—The tendon market has been without change daring the week, bnt it is utiafto toqr to note the gradual reduction of stocks, which W »w stout hSf of the bulk held in London a* Oft BUM time last y««. The local market pressed* no re* feature. • ■ * , ffidee—The tone of the Home market is rather hetter than of late, but losses on recent shipments have been so heavy that a decided advance must

display itself before buyers orUloperatewKJ^ jbsscsKa the rain of the last few hours must have been beneficial. It may delay the harvest a UUle. bat no one will complain if ft produces “J and a plumper berry. Cutting has commence m the North, but will not be general ‘wo ot th<m weeks yet. Only a slender bU;>ln ®“ l* Cw tbat wheat, but Btocks have ran f a “ holders have no cause for anxiety about their fate A few paicela for coastwue shipment have changed hands at 4s 4d for UnDter e. 4j i sd for Tub can. Ind 4s 6d for pearl. Second quality has been Ha and tondon. with the result stok* a ro T light, and an improved tone is apparent _for crap. Borne samples 8f new watt taw market, bnt we have not heard of **. ‘, gj atand at 2* Id for milling. 2s for prime atoufc la M to 1* 109 for thin and long sorts. For new crop lew—ConsiderableP«cals havc to London, with theresnlt that the market tion, but buyers aro reticent. Feed U offonng leed—Large quantities of m gruw se«d baVe^S h ! One line Sf"™wf“S3? SSS ii rill be some UtUe time ere any quantity of seed is ' Produce-Batter and oheese are both in Tilftthorlo supply, and sales are difficult to eflect v glen at AdYor the former and 4d tor the latter. AUCTIONEERS’ REPORTS. Massns Bxinntws Bnoe, report on the livestook market for the ;week ending Thursday, January 20tb, aa follows I— At the Addlogton yards on Wednesday good supplies of fat steak were sent forward, while store stock were bnt few in the market. The attendance of buyers and others interested in the proceedings was something above the average. Business was oommenced with the sale of fat cattle to a poor attendance, and throughout was dull in the extreme. All the cattle offered were extremely suitable for the present weather, but the demand was Tery slack, and sales warn made at very low figures. We sold on account of Mr C. Candy a very nioe line of heifers at from £5 to £5 10a per head, and on account Mr Forrester another line at from £3l2s 6d to £4 17a 6d, and on aoooant another client heifers up to £4 10s. Bnt little was offered in the store cattle market. In the dairy cattle market a slightly improved enquiry for good milch cows was to be noticed. The supply of fat sheep was quite an average one, good quality predominating. Fortunately buyers for export were present, and made themselves felt In the matter of ▼alnea advanoingfrom 64 to la per head over last week's prices. We sold, on account Mr Brace, a nice line of light weight crossbred wethers at 6s Id and 6s 2d; on account Mr Mangels, a line of wethers at 6s Id; and for the same own®, a line of good lambs at 6s, on aooonnt Mr Phillips, we sold a line of hia pure bred Southdown ewes at 9s 9d, that being the top quotation of the day; and a line of lambs, on acconnt the same owner, at 6s; for Mr Bryant, we sold a line of crossbred ewes at 6s lOd and 6s. Other lines of sheep sold as follows : Crossbred wethers, primest, 8s to 9s ; light weight wethers, 6s to 7a 3d; crossbred ewes, 4s to 6s 6d; merino wethers, 4s 6d to 6e 3d, being for beat mnttona shade over IJd per lb down to fd, according to the quality. There was bat little doing in the store sheep market. We sold, for a client, a line of two-tootbs at 3s 3d, and another line of better sorts at 4s 3d. We also sold a line of crossbred ewes at 3s 9d. A small supplyof pigs, and a slightly better enquiry, made prices look up a little, viz., about 2a or 3s per head Oar sales were on aoconnt of Messrs 0. Candy, W. Thelston, J. Forrest®, H. Boyd, J. Davison, W. Stevens. F. Topping, A. MoLaghlun, J. Mangels, G. Phillips, A. Brace, E. Bryant, J. Davis, W, Nicholls, F. Lee, A. T. Bennetts, H. Bennetts, and oth®s. t-heepskins, Hides, Fat, Tallow. Ao.—At our yard on Thnrsday we held our usual weekly sale of above, submitting a good entry. Fellmongers were in full attendance. Vain® about on a par with latest resorts. We sold butchers’ pelts at from 6d to Is 2d. During the week by private sale we Mid a large line of pelts at la 4d. Lambskins we sold at from Is 3d to 2a 3d, woolly sklas from 2s 3d to 8s 9d. Our entry of fat we sold at {d, 14 aad lid par lb. Hides at late rates. Country Sales—On Thursday last we held a clearing sals of live and dead stock on the farm of Mr Jennings Moffat, Halawell. There was a very large attendance of buyers, both from town and country, and all lots sold at very satisfactory prices. Thi Natiokal Moetoaoh afd Aoihct Comvast or New Zxalaxd, Likitsd, reports on the live stock market for the week ending Friday, the 21st January, as follows:—sß34 sheep were yarded at Addington on Wednesday, the 18th. The supply of fat sheep was not so large as last week, bnt little more than enough for reqnirements. There being a few bnyers for export, the best l’nes In the market suitable for freezing sold, perhaps, a shade better than last week, bnt medium and inferior sheep were very dull of sale, and for this class late rates were hardly maintained. Prices for good merino wethers, however, in several oases showed improvement. We quote prices for the day aa followsßest crossbred wether mutton up to lid, medium crossbred and prime merino Id, inferior |d to |d per lb. Best crossbred wethers made 7s, 7* 3d, Bs, 8s 7d up to 9s: good is>odium wethers 6s, 6s 3d, np to 6s 8d; light weights end mixed sexes 8s 3d, 4s 64,8» Bd, 6s 9d. up to 5s 8d J crossbred ewes w, ss, 5s 6d to 6s 7d; merino wethanprime4s toss3d; medium is 6d to3s6d; prime fat merino ewes 4s 2d. Fat lambs—A small® entry than of late, beet linea being taken lot freeifug at from 6a 64 to 7s 6d, medium 4s to 5s 6d, Inferior 2a 8d and apwards. Store* did not come forward in any number, aad met with little demand, two and four-tooth crossbreds being placed at 3s 84 to 4a 3d. Cattle—292 head yarded. A poor market for fat cattle, then being little demand. Beef 14 worth from 16a to 18s per lOOlba. We can report no alteration ® improvement in the market for stoie cattle. , . .. . :