COMMERCIAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2645, 11 September 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Mtam A. Meritxaon and Co., auctioneers wool, sleek, aUtioD, grab, produce and coramumtm agents, Danedin, report (wholesale) forth* waak asunder. Alt quotations are •abject to market fluctuations. Fanners are asked when sending samples always to put • price on them, aa buyers do not feel inclined to make offers. Wheat,—Prices are firm. We quote prime Yelvet and Tuscan from 3s 6d to It 7d ; red ehaff and Hunters Id less, fowl wheat with good enquiry 3s to 3s 2d. Oats—Little business doing. Milling 2s li\ to 2s 4d, B graded 3d, inferior 2s to 2s 3d. Barley—Good malting inquired for from is 2d to 4s 6d, purling 3s to 3s 3d, feed barley 2s9d to 2a lOd. Ryecorn.—2s 6d to 3a. Mais*—4s 6d to 4s 9d. Horse beans—4s. Prussian Bin* Peas from 4s 6d to 5s per Ohaff—Market firm. Prime bright heavy £4 5s ; medium, £3 16s to £3 17* 6d, inferior £2 10s to £3 10s. Wheaten straw 30s to 355; oaten straw 42s 6d to 455. Turnips—l4s to 16*. Carrots—4ss to 55*. Clover Hay.—£3 to £3 s*. Ryegrass—Market remains firm. Farmers flr—LMit 3s 3d to 3a 6d, none offering, machine dre**ed4s6dtoss ftd. Cocksfoot.—Market remains strong. Farmers' lot* 3d to 3jd ; machined 4|d to tid. Linseed.—Little offering £l3 to £l4. Chowiag* Fescue.—Then is good demand. Farmers samples 2d t* 3d and machined seed ltd to M. Potatoes—Prime Derwents £ll to £ll 10*; msdium £lO to £lO 10». Australians £lO, whit* sorts from £ll 10 £l2, and seed varieties anything from £l3 to £ls. Onions—Colonials are scarce £8 to £8 10s; Victorian £lO to £lolos. Bahbitskina—Market experienced s drop this week of from 2d to 3d per lb. Wo held sales every Monday and forward account sales every week. We bar* good enquiry for all classes., Suckers and runners 4d to 8d; light racks 8d to lOd ; summers full grown lid to Is autumns 13d to 16d; incoming winters 16d to 18d; prim* winter books and does 19d to Sid; blacks 22d to 24d ; fawns 13d to 15d ; bags and labels supplied. Sheepskins—We hold sales erery Tnesdsy. Owing to the fall in London the market here b slightly easier. Owing to the drop of the surket in London prises have eased by about Jd per lb all round. We can quote : Half-breds 7s to 9s, i-bred 7a to Bs, fine crossbred 7s fid to Bs, crossbred 6i fid to 7a *M, i-bred 6s 6d to 7s 6d. merino 6* fid to 8s fid, pelts 2s to 3s 6d, fallen Is 3d to 2s fid, potters 2s 6d to3s9d, lambs 6s fid to 7s fid. Hideo—We hold our hide sales every second Thursday. Extra stout ox 6|d U7id, heavy ox 5Jd to 5Jd, medium fi£d, light old to fifd, cow* heavy 5Jd to s§d, medium fi|d, light 5Jd to sjd, yearlings 5d to s|d, calf la fid to 3s fid, and heavy s£d, per lb, horse bides 7* to 9s, cow tips Is 7d to Is 9d per doaen, cow hair 8d to lid, horse hair 17d tol9d.

Rough fat—From 14a to 15s ; rendered fat from 14a to 19i; clean white rendered Button fat 19s to 21s. Tallew in casks from 22* to 28a. Stobinq Grain.—We are prepared to store, receive, deliver and insure for three ■tooths free storage at 3d per sack. Gbasshd Cleaning.—We advise farmers to ■onpijpi all their seed to us as the clean* iag will be attended to with up-to-date machinery and tbe cleaned seed sold or returned free of railage. We supply new and second-hand sacks also stack cow covers »'end all other farmers materials. PaHf raODUGi and frcit.—We receive all kinds of consignments and render account ■ales promptly. Walnuts,—f d to 7d. Balt butter—Milled Is to Is Id; separator Is Id to la 2d, factory 14d to lbd. Fresh batter in pats storekeepers' lots lid tola. Eggs-Fresh 9d to fljd. CheeM.-Factory,«Jd|to7d. Akaroa 6Jd toofd, loaf fdmore. Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey 4s 8d to 7s per dot Bulk large tins 4Jd to U. Small tins 5d to ajd. Beaawax-li 3d to la 4d. Hams.—7*d to Bd. Bacon.—Rolls 7Jd to Bd, sides 5Jd to 6d, alow of sale. Pigs.—We have a good demand for porkers np to 4d, first-class baconers up to 1701b* 4sd per lb. Over weights 3Jd to 4d. Poultry of all description in good demand. We are still packing for export Prices for export:—Hens 3lbs to 4lbs 2s 6d, ducks 41b and over 3s 6d, choice and h avy 3s 9d to 4s, chickens ttlbs to 4lba and over 2s 6d to 3s 9d choice and heavy 4s to 4s 6d, Turkey hens

5d per lb, cocks 7d *>er lb. free of railage if consigmd to Agricultural Department. Apply for labels and pirtieularß. Please take note tint all ponl iy must be forwarded to the Department to ariive not later than Thursday. Poultry f r lica! consumption is also in good demand. Hens 2s 5d to 3s; rooster i 3s to 4s 6d. ducks 3s 6d to 4s 6d, Turkey hens 5d to 6d, cocks 7d to Bd, All poultry for local consumption pays railage. Stronach, Morris and Co., Ltd., report for the week ending the 6th September as follows : Fat Cattle.—Only 131 yarded, for which competition was keen and prices were as follows:—Best bullocks £lO 7s 6d to £ll 17s 6d, extra to £l2 12s 61, good bullocks £9 5s to £lO, beet heifers £7 5s to £8 7s 6 1, medium £5 to £6 10s, best cows to £8 7 a 6d. Fat Sheep.—24so penned ; prices being much the same as last week's, viz :—Best wethers 24s 6d to 26s 3d, extra to 29s 3d, good wethers 21s 6d to 23s 6d, fat hoggets 18s to 20s, store do 15s to 16s 3d. Pigs. —114 penned, the demand for which was keen and prices firmer. Suckers lis to 14, slips 16s to 20s, stores 25s to 28s, porkers 33s to 40s, light baconers 45s to 535, heavy do 55s to 60s. Rabb tikins.—We offered a very large catalogue on Monday, but regret to report that prices, in sympathy with the London Market, showed a decline of from 3d to 4d per lb. Our top price for small was 3£d, and anmniers made up to BJd, autumns to 13|d, winters to 14£ d, winter bucks to 15fd, winter does to 18d, fawns to 12id, and blacks to Ilk per lb. Horsehair sold up to I7jd per lb. Sheepskins.—We offered s large catalogue at our sale on Tuesday, competition being keen and prices much on a par with last week's. Merinos made up to Bfcd, J-bred to to IOJd, fine x-breds to lOd, and coarse x-breds to Bfd per lb. We can confidently recommend consignments being sent in at present. Hides.—No sale since last report. Tallow and fat—All coming forward meets with a ready sale at last rates. Oats.—There is a good enquiry for seed lines, but the market is somewhat easier for other quslition. Quotations :—Seed lines 2s 5d to 2s 9d, prime milling 2s 3d to 2s 4d, good to best feed 2s 2d to 2s 3d medium 2s to 2s Id, inferior Is lOd to Is JHd per bushel. Wheat—Business is practically suspended pending the outcome of the present Tariff Proposals. Quotations :—Prime milling (nominally) 3s 5d to 3s 6d, Tuscan to 3s 7d, medium 3a 3d to 3s 4d, whole fowl wheat 3s Id to 3s 2d, broken and damaged 2s 9d to 3s per bushel. Potatoes. —The market continues firm, prices being well maintained. Quotations : Good seed lines £l2 to £l3, best table sorts £ll to £ll 15s, medium to good £9 10s to £lolos, inferior £7 to £9, small £5 t* £6 par ton. Chaff. —Supplies are now more plentiful, but there is still a good enquiry for prime oaten sheaf. Medium and inferior, however, are harder to place at reduced prices. Prime oaten sheaf £4 t* £4 2s 6d, medium £3 10s to £3 15s, discoloured and lighc £3 to £3 5s per ton.