COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 28 August 1926, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

MELBOURNE PRODUCE MARKET. BY CAB I,® —FRESB ASSOCIATION-COPYRIGHT. MELBOURNE, Aug. 27. Wheat is quiet; nominal quotations are 6s Vl id. buyers are offering 6s lOd. Oats milliner 3s 6d to 3,s Bd, feed 3s 2d to 3.s 3d. 'Barley, English 4s Gd to 4s 8d Cape 4s 3d. Potatoes, £lO 10s to £ll. Onions, £l9 to £2O.

STOCK MARKETS.

WESTFIELD SALE

(BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Aug. 25. At the Westfield sale there was a slightly /smaller yarding of, both cow and ox beef, and prices .were about 10s a head easier for ox, there being little or no change in value for cows and! heifers. Extra: choice ox sold' to 37,9- per 1001 b, choice and prime 34s to 365, just kill able 27s to 30s, prime cow and heifer beef £1 8s- to £1 12s, just kiliable' £1 4s to- £1 Bs-.

Sheep.—Last week’s prices Were, unchanged. Heavy prime woolly brought 33s Gd to 355, shorn- 255, medium woollv 30s Gel to 32s 9d, light and unfinished woolly 24s to 275, heavy- prime ewes (woolly) 24s- 6d to 26s 6d, lighter woolly 22s to 245, shorn 27s- Gd, other ewes (woolly) 18s to 20s.

ADDING!ON QDOTATIONS

CIIHI STOHU.IICH, Aug. 25. Entries were again heavy co-day at Addington, iand there was a* further easing in all the major sections of stock. Flat, Sheep.—Values held fairly well until three parts .through, when, they sagged, graziers not operating as as the previous market. Extra, prune wethers brought, up to 39s 4d; prime wethers, 32s to 355; medium wethers, 23s 6d to 31s (id; light wethers, 25s to to 28s; extra prime ewes, t i<v 31s; prime ewes, 25s 6cl to 295; medium ewes, 22s fid to 24s Gel; light ewes, 20s (id to 22s 'Gd.; prime hoggets, 29s bd to 33s lOd; medium hoggets, 25s 6d to 26s Gd. .Fat Cattle.—The market was the “.stickiest” for some mouths, butchers being over supplied, and values were down a, further 20s per head._ Euxtra. heavy steers realised from £l7 to £lB 12s Gd; heavy prime steers, £l4 Ins to £lO Lite; prime medium weight steers, £ll 15s .to £l4. 10s; medium quality .steeivs, £9 5s to £ll 10s; light steers, £0 to .£9; extra prime heifers, £l2 to £l3 12s tid; prime heifers, £3 10s to £lO 10s; ordinary heifers, £o 15s to £8 ss; lightpheifeis, £4 5s to £5 2s Gd; extra prime cow.s, to £l2 os Gd; prime cows, £7 10s to £10; medium cows, £5 to £7 oslight and poor cows, £3 TOs. to. £4 15s. Fat Figs >— Choppers, average -'price per lb.. 9d tp 9*d; porkers, average price per lb., lOd to lid.

BURNSIDE! MARKET

DUNEDIN, Aug. 25. Better values ruled at the Burnside stock sale to-day. Beef, mutton and lamb showed encouraging Prime ox beef increased by. is 6d pci 1001b®, and other sorts -by from 3s to 5s per 1001b®. Mutton showed an allround increase of Id to 1-id per lb, and lamb the same. Small, entries were the order of the day. Sheep. Prime heavy wethers' 41s to 42s 9d; prime heavy, 31s 9d to 33s fid ; qjth'ers, 27s 6d to 29s 9d; prime heavy ewes, 29s 0d to 33s 9d; others, 23s to 24s 9d; prime wethers, 6d per lb ; extra .heavy, old to 6d; prime ewes. 5d ; medium quality, 4*d; best hoggets, 23s to 255; 'lambs. lOd to 104 d per lb. Fat Oattle.—Prices were: Jfixtra prime heavy bullocks, to £2O 17s 6d; prime heavy, £IS 10s to £2O; lighter, £ls 10s to £l6 10s; medium from £l3.

CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET,

CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 27

The potato market touched zero on Tuesdav, -business being done as low as £4 5s f.o.b. sacks' in, for coastal. Today the figure is £4 10s, so there has been a shade of improvement. The decline of Auckland stocks has been the main cause of the slight recovery, there being some purchases for the Kurow at the improved figure. The Sydney quotation to-dav was £l4, but^ consigned potatoes are not making this figure. Few farmers are coming forward aiul one or two arc accepting £4 on trucks for Sydney packing for coastal. Quotations have been as low.as £3 5s on trucks, but there is no record of any business at loss than £3 10s.

There is a fair disposal of seeds to farmers. For quality white clover •JOd to .12d a lb on trucks is available and for cow-grass 8d -to lOd. There was some import inquiry but not a great deal of seed. is up to export standard. Ryegrass is quoted on trucks at. 2s 6cl to 2s 9d for Italian and 3s- to 3s (id for perennial. . Good heavy cocksfoot is worth 7d to 7-Ad and ordinary to 6d a lb. Oats arc firm at recent quotations, 4s and 4s 3d respectively.