COMMERCIAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2643, 28 August 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers weol, stoek, station, grain, produce and commission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are ■abject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked when sending samples always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers. Wheat,—Prices are firm. We quote today prime velvet and Tuscan from 3s 6d to 3s 7d; red chaff and Hunters Id less, fowl wheat with good enquiry 3s to 3s 2d. Oats—Little business doing. Milling 2s Id to 2a 4d, B grade 2« 3d, inferior 2s to 2s 3d. Barley—Good malting inquired for from 4s 2d to 4s 6d, pearling 3s to 3s 3d, feed barley 2i 9d to 2s lOd. Ryecorn.—2s 6d to 3s. Maize—4s 6d to 4s 9d. Horse beans—4s. Prussian Blue Peas from 4s 3d to 5a per bushel. Chaff—Market firm. Prime bright heavy £4 2s rjd to £4 ss; medium, £3 15s to £3 17i.6d, inferier £2 10s to £3 10s. Wheaten straw 30s to 355; oaten straw 42s 6d to 455. Turnips— 17s 6d to 20s. Carrots—4si to 555. Clover Hay.—£3 to £3 ss. Ryegrass—Market remains firm. Farmers dressed 3s 3d to 3s 6d, none offering, machine dressed 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Cocksfoot. —Market remains strong. Fanners' lots 3d to 3fJ; machined 4|d to sid. Linseed.—Little offering £l3 to £l4. Chewings Fescue. —There is good demand. Farmers samples 2d to 3d and machined seed JJdtoSd. Potatoes—Market is firm. Prime Derwents £ll to £ll 10s; medium £lO to £lO 10s. Australians £lO, white sorts from £ll to £l2, and seed varieties anything from £l3 to £ls. Onioas—Colonials are scarce £8 to £8 10s; Victorian £lO to £lO 10s. Rabbitakins—We hold sales every Monday and forward account sales every week. We have good enquiry for all classes. Suckers and runners 3Jd to sid ; light racks 6d to Bjd ; summers full grown 9d to lid, autumns 13d to 14d; incoming winters 15d to 18d; prime winter bucks and does 19d to 22d; blacks 22d to 24d ; fawns 13d to lod ; bags and labels supplied. Sheepskins—We hold sales every Tuesday. Owing to the fall in London the market here is slightly easier. Owing to the drop of the market in London prises have eased by about id per lb all round. We can quote : Half-breds 7* to 9s, |-bred 7s to Bs, fine crossbred 7s 6d to Bs, crossbred 6* Cd to 7s 6d, |-bred 6s Cd to 7s 6d, merino 6s 6d to 8s 6d, pelts 2s to 3s 6d, fallen Is 3d to 2s 6d, potters 2s 6d to 3a 9d, lambs 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Hides—We bold our hide sales every second Thursday. Our next sale is on the 9th August. Extra stout ox 6Jd to 6|d, heavy ox ssd to ssd, medium 6£d, light ssd to sfd, cows heavy s§d to s§d, medium 5Jd, light s£d to s|d, yearlings ad to 5Jd, calf Is 6d te 3s 61, and heavy 5 VI, per lb, horse hides 7s to 9s, cow tips Is 7d to Is 9d per dozen, cow hair 8d to lid, horse hair 17d tolOd.

Rough fat.—From lis to 15s; rendered fat from lis to 19s ; clean white rendered mutton fat 19s to 21s. Tallow in casks from 22s to 23i. Storing Grain.—We are prepared to •tore, receive, deliver and insure for three months free storage at 3d per sack. Grasseed Cleaning.—We advise farmers to oonaign all their'seed to us as the cleaning will be attended to with up-to-date machinery and the cleaned seed sold or returned free of railage. We supply new and second-hand sacks also stack cow covers and nil other farmers materials. Farm produce and fruit.—We receive •11 kinds of consignments and render account sales promptly. Waleets.—Pd to 7d. Salt batter—Milled Is to Is Id; separator Is Id to Is 2d, factory 14d to lbd. Fresh hotter in pats storekeepers' lots lid to Is. Eggs—Fresh Is Id Is 2d. Cheese.—Factory, 6jd to 7d. Akaroa 6£d to 6fd, loaf 2d more. Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey 4s 6d to 7« per doz. Bulk large tins 4jd to sd. Small tins 5d to s}d. Beeswax—ls 3d to Is 4d. Hams.-rjjd to 7Jd. Bacon.—Rolls 6|d to 7d, sides s£d to 6d, ■low of sale. Pigs.—We have a good demand for porkers np to 4d, first-class baconers up to 170lba 4sd per lb. Over weights 3d to 3f<l Poaltry of all description in good demand. We are still packing for export. Prices lor export: -Hens 31ns to 4lbs 2s 6d, ducks 41b and over 3s 6d, choice and h avy 3< 91 to 4s. chickens 2£lbs to 41bs and over 2s 6d to 3s 9.1 choice and heavy 4s to 4s 61, Turkey hens 5d per lb, cocks 7d ier lb. free of railage if consigned to Agricultural Department. Apply for labels and particulars. Please take note that all poultry must be forwarded to the Department to arrive not later than Thursday. Ppultrv fer local consumption is also in good demand. Hens 2s 5d to 3s; roosterj 3eto4s6d, docks 3s 6J to 4s 6d, Turkey bene 5d to 6d, cocks 7d to Bd, All poaltry for local consumption pays railage.

Stioi.avh, Morris and Co , Ltd., report'fi r t'i" »e«k Killing t!'e 23id August, us folK,i •,.,: 1...-—2lO e-e \arHed the inHJ-iiity of «!-<li w r«- •;< it if g >uil i|ua.ity the ii in n 1 .-is it. t .-• £<>od "8 the pr<\i uweek. Beat bullocks £9 10s to i':o 10*. ex ra to £l2 15 , mcd.um to goo 1 £8 in t £S 15-", inferior £6 to£7, best cows and h feis £6 15s to £B. extra to £8 15*. medium tt< go »l £5 10s to £b' o-, inferior £4 os ti< £•">. Fat sheep:—l2Bß the greater prop rtion of these were wethers with an odd pen of ewea, the market was * shade firmer t.ian the previous week. Bust wethers 223 CI to 23i 6 I, extra to 26* 61, medium tn good 2l)i 6d to 21s 6d. inferior 17s 9d to 18a 6 I. hesl ewe« IS 9 1 to 20s G.l, medium to good 17s to 18s, inferior 14s (id to 15- 1 . Fat lambs :—A very small yardimr, only 104 being penned the demand w;»s pour and prices were much easier. Pigs :—lB4 penned. Porkers and haconers Bold very well, while suckers, slips and stores were much ihe same. Suckers 7< to 11a, slips 13s to 17a 6d, stores 18s to 225, porkers 24s to 36i, baioners 40a to 560, choppers 655. Sheepskins:—Large catalogues were offered for this week, there was a good demand for well saved half-bred skins, y-bred were easier, and fallen and inferior *orts showed a sharp decline. We qaotj best half-bred to 10Jd, bestx-bred to 91, merino to B£d per lb. Fallen to 7d for best, and 6d for inferior. Rabbitskins.—Small catalogues were offered at this week's sales and prices were much the eame as the previous week. Hides—No sales since last report. Wheat—The market shows no change, prime milling Tuican being readily placed. We quote prime milling 3i 51 to 3s fid, choice to 3s 7d, meiium 3s 3d to 3i 4JI, fowl wheat 3s Id to 3s 2d. Cta—The market oontinues quiet, there being no change either in demand or prices, seed lines 2s 5d to 2s 9d, prime milling 2< 3Jd to 2s 4d, best feed 2s 2d to 2i 3d, medium Is lid to 2s.' Potatoes—For good table sorts there is a good enquiry, other sorts are not so keenlv sought after. Seed lines £l2 to £l3, beet table Eorts £ll to £l2, inferior £lO to £lO 10s per ton. Chaff—Prime oaten sheaf is readily saleable, but inferior is hard to place. Prime oaten sheaf £4 to £4 8* 6d, medium to good £3 10s to £3 15a, inferior £3 to £3 ss.