COMMERCIAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2644, 4 September 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzaon and Co., auctioneers wool, stock, station, grain, produce and commission agents, Danedin, report (wholesale) for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked when sending samples always to put a price on tbem, 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 3d to 3s 2d. Oats—Little business doing. Milling 2s to 2s 4d, B grade2s 3J, interior 2s to 2s 3d. Barley—Good malting inquired for from 4s 2d to 4s 6d, pearling 3s to 3s 3d, feed barley 2s 9d to 2s lOd. Eyecorn.—2» 6d to 3s. Maize—4s 61 to 4s 9d. Horse beans—4s. Prussian Blue Peas from 4s 3d to 5s per bushel. Chaff—Market firm. Prime bright heavy £4 5s ; medium, £3 15s to £3 17s 6d, inferior £2 10s to £3 10a. Wheaten straw 30s to 355; oaten straw 42s 6d to 455. Turnips—l7s 6d to 20s. Carrots—4oi to 555. Clover Hay.—£3 to £3 ss. Ryegrass—Market remains firm. Farmers dressed 3s 3d to 3a 6>l, none offering, machine dressed 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Cocksfoot. —Market remains strong. Farmers' lots 3d to 3|d ; machined 4|d to s±d. Linseed.—Little offering £l3 to £l4. Chewiogs Fescue.—There is good demand. Farmers samples 2d to 3d and machined seed 3Jd to sd. Potatoes—Market ia 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.

Oniona —Colonials are scaroe £8 to £8 10<; Victorian £lO to £lO 10a. Rabbi tskins—We hold sales every Monday and forward account sales every week. We have good enquiry for all classes. Suckers and runuers 4d to 8d ; light racka 8d to 10d ; summers full grown lid to la autumns 13d to 16J ; incoming winters 16d to 18d; prime winter bucks and does 19d to 21d ; blacks 22d to 24d ; fawns 13d to 15d ; baga 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 prizes have eased by about Jd per lb all round. We can quote: Half-breds 7» to 9s, J-bred 7s to 83, fine crossbred 7s 6d to Bs, crossbred 6i 6d to 7s 6d, | bred 6a 6d to 7s 6d, merino 6s 6d to 8s 6d, pelts 2s to 3s 6J, fallen Is 3d to 2s 6d, potters 2d 6d to 3s 9d, lambs 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Hides—We bold our hide sales every second Thursday. Extra stout ox 6£d t» heavy ox s|d to s£d, medium s£d, light 5Jd to sfd, cows heavy s£d to sj|d, medium ssd, light ssd to s|d, yearlings ad to 5H calf Is 6d to 3s 6(1, and heavy ssd, per lb, horse hides 7s to 9s, cow tips Is 7d to Is 9d per dozen, cow hairßd to lid, horse hair 17d to 19d.

Rough fat.—From lis to 15s; rendered fat from 14s to 19j ; clean white rendered mutton fat 19a to 21s. Tallow in casks from 22s to 28s. Storing Grain.—We are prepared to store, receive, deliver and insure for three months free storage at 3d per sack. Grassied 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 all other farmers materials. Farm produci and fruit.—We receive all kinds of consignments and render accouut Bales promptly.

Walnut*. —C.I to 7<l. Suit bu f ter— .Milled Is to Is 1 «1; separator. Is ].l to I, -21, f ct"iy 14 I t ■ I oil. Fie-h i.ult-r in pits rt"iekeepers' lots lid tu Is. Kgts - Kr. sh 10 Cheese.—Factory, 6J.1 to7d. Akaroa G.VI to loaf jd mure. Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey 4s Cd to 7s per doz. Bulk large tins 4td to 5.1. Small tins 5d to o^d. Reeswux—la 3d to la 4d Hains.—C|d to 7id Bac.>n.—Rolls 6Jd to 7d, side 3 to Cd, slow uf sal»\ Pigs.— We hive a good' demand for porkers up to 4d, first-class baconers up to ITOIbs 4.J I p-r lb. Over weigh l s3sl to 41. I'i.ultiy of a 1 desciiption in good demand. We are stil! packing for export. Prices lor expirt:—Hens Slbs to 4lt>s '2s 6d, ducks 41b and over 3s 6d, choice and h av\ 3-< 9d to 4s. chickens 2ilns to 41 i-s and over 2s 6d to 3a 9d choice and heavy 4s to 4s 61. Turkey hens 51 per Hi, cncks 7d •t-r lb. free of railage if consigned to Agricultural Department. Apply for labels an) paiticula'B Please take note that ad pouliry must I e foi warded to the Department to arrive not later that. Thursday. Poultry for local consumption is also in good demand. Hens 2s 5d to 3s; rooster > :U 114s 61. ducks 3s 61 to 4a 6d, Turkey hens 5d to 6d, ccka 7to Bd, All poultry fur local consumption pays railage.

Stro: a:h, Morris and Co , Ltd., report for the week ending the 28th August, as follows : Fut catile.—l66 were yarded for this v eek, the majority of which were only of medium quality with a few pens of v<ry good. The demand for real prime beef was better than the previous week, while unfinished sorts were much the same. Best bullocks £9 10s to £lO 10s, extra to £l2, medium to good £8 to £9 5s ; best cows and heifers £7 10s to £8 extra to £8 12s 6d, medium £6 to £6 10s, inferior £4 10s 10 £5. Fat sheep 1580 were penned, prices for good sheep showed an advance of Is to la 6d per head on last week's rates while unfinished sorts were much the same. Tnere were no ewes forward. Best wethers 22s 6d to 245, extra to 28s 6d, medium to good 19j to 21s, inferior 17s 91 to 18s 6d. Lambs. -The season for these are now over. Pigs —There was a very small yarding ODly being penned and all sorts sold at exceptionally high rates. Suckers 10s to 14s, slips 16 to 20s, stores 22s to 265, porkers 35s to 48s, baconers to 665. Rabbitskins.—We offered a large catalogue on Monday when prices were again good. We quote prime winter does to 2l|d, do bucks to 19d, per lb. Horse hair to 19|d. Hides.—We offered a large catalogue at our last sale, when we are pleased to say that prices were much firmer than the previous sale. We quote prime stout heavy ox to 7d, medium do s§d 6d, prime stout cow sid to 6d, medium s§d to 6d per lb. Oats. —The market continues quiet, there being no change to report. Wheat.—The market shows no change, and prices remain the same. Chaff.—There is a good demand for all prime oaten sheaf coming forward, medium and inferior are hard to sell. We quote prime oaten sheaf £4 to £4 2s 6d, choice to £4 ss, medium to good £3 10s to £3 15s, inferior £3 ss, to £3 7s 6d. Potatoes —There is a good enquiry for good table surts, but medium and inferior are hard to sell. We quote prima table sorts £ll to £l2, other sorts £lO to £lO 15s.

LAND SALES. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., repert. having sold by auction in their Crescent Room, on Saturday, in the presence of a large attendance of farmers and others, the well-known Woodbine farm, situated near Winton, containing 367 acres, being section 8, 9, 13. block 6, Winton Hundred, The sale, which was held on behalf of the owners in the estate of the late William Keith, was absolutely unreserved, being for the purpose of closing trust accounts. Mr Arthur E. Otway, of Invercargill, was the purchaser. The firm report having sold privately during the week on behalf of Mr William Forrester, the northern portion of his property at Limehills, situated on the east bank of Winton Creek, being sections 4, 5 and 8, block 9, Winton Hundred, containing approximately 371 acres. The farm contains nothing bnt first,class land—rich alluvial deposit— and is well-sheltered. With its convenient situation to railway, school, postoffice, etc., it is a most desirable property and likely to prove a profitable investment to the purchaser, Mr James Hamilton, of Winton.

CLEARING SALES. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., report having held a clearing sale at Woodbine Farm, Wintou, on Friday last, on behalf of the owners in the estate of the late William Keith. The baautiful weather, and the central position of the farm induced a very large attendance of farmers ami others, and a very successful sale resulted. Nine draught and light horses sold well, a hay gelding, 4 years, brought £42 10s, bay mare £4l 10a, filly 4 years £3B, bay g- lding £26, two colts 2 years £25 10s and £23 10s, two light horses £ls and £lO Sixteen head of mixed cattle and 214 sheep realised full value. A large assortment of implements and sundries sold at full values. On behalf of Mr M. Concannon the firm held a clearing sale at Mataura, on Monday. There was a small attendance, but amongst the few present were some keen buyers and excellent prices were got for the cows and other stock. Twenty-two head of dairy cows sold at up to £7 10s, 16 young steers and heifers £1 15s, 2 horses £22 103 and £2O, sundries at current prices.