COMMERCIAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2651, 30 October 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzscn and Co., auctioneer wool, stock, station, grain, produce and com mission agents, Dunedin, report (wholesale) for the week asunder. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked when sending samples always to put a price on them, as buyers do not feel indined to make offers. Wheat.—We quote prime velvet and Tuscan from 3s 5d to 3s s|d ; red chaff and Hunters Id less, fowl wheat with good enquiry 3s to 3s 2d. Oats—Milling 2s 3.1, b grade 2s Id, inferior Is lid to 2s. Barley—Good malting inquired for from 4s 2d to 4s 6d, piarling 3s to 3* 3d, feed barley 25,9 d to 2s 10.1. Ryecorn.—2s 9d to 3s 3d. Maize—4s 6d to 4s 9d. Horse beans—4s to ss. Prussian Blue Peas from 4s 6d to 53 per bushel ; partride peas 4? 3d to ss. Chaff—Market firm. Prime bright heavy £4 to £4 ss; medium, £3 15s to £3. 17s 6d, inferior.£2 10s to £3. Wheaten straw 30s to 355; oaten straw 42s 6d to 453. Turnips—l4s to 16s. Carrots—4ss to 555. Clover Hay.—£2 10s to £3. Ryegrass—Market remains firm. Farmers dresied 3s 3d to 3s 63, 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. Chewings Fescue.—There is good demand. Farmers samples 2d to 3d and machined seed 3id to sd. Potatoes—Prime Derwents £ll, medium £lO. Austrslains £9 10s to £lO, white sorts from £lO to £lO 10s, and seed varieties anything from £l3 to £ls. Onions—Americans 15s per case. We can offer a few tons of pure fish manure rich in armonia valuable for root or grain crops, can be used with drill, £7 per ton. Rabbitskins—Market experienced a drop this week of from 2d to 3d per lb. We hold sales every Monday and forward account sales every week. The market is up again fully Id all round in sympathy with a London rise. We have good enquiry for all classes. Suckers and runners 3id to 6id ; racks 61 to lOd ; summers full grown lOd to Is autumns 13d to 16d ; iucoming wiutera 15d to 19d; prime winter bucks and does 191 to 22d ; blacks 22d to 25d ; fawns lid to 16d ; 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 jd per lb all round. We can quote : Half-breds 7s to 9s, |-bred 7s to Bs, fine crossbred 7s 6d to Bs, crossbred 6s 6d to 7s 6d | bred 6e 6d to 7s 61, merino 6s 6 I to Ss 6d' pelts 2s to 3s 6d, fallen Is 3d to 2s 6d, potters 2a 6d to 3s 9d, lambs 6s 6d to 7s 6d. Hides—We bold our hide sales evety second Thursday. Extra stout ox 7d to 7fd, h«avvox6£d to7d, medium 6 : j-d, to 6fcd,light s?d to 6id, cows heavy sfd to 6fd, medium s&i to sfd, light 5Jd to 6£d, stags and bulls 4d to 5.1, yearlings s£d to 5| I per lb. horse hides 7s 6d to 10s 6d, calfskius Is 6d to ss. VVe have got a good demand for all classes and should advise our friends to couRough fat.—From 14s to 15s; rendered fat from 14s to 19s ; clean white rendered mutton fat 19i to 21s. Tallow in casks from 22s to 28s. Storing Grain.—We are u epared to store, receive, deliver and insure for three months free storage at 3d per sack. Grasseed Cleaning.-We aavue farmers to consign 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. Fark produce and fruit.—We receive all kinds of consignments and render account sales promptly. Walnuts.—Cl to7d. Salt butter-Milled lid; separator Is; factory I*. , , Fresh butter in pats storekeepers lots 1 1U. Eggs—Fresh lid. . Cheese-Factory, 6|l to 7d. Akaroa 6Jd to 6|d, loaf f d more. ' Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey 4s 6d to 7s per doz. Bulk large tins 4.V1 to sd. Small tins 5d to s£d. Beeswax-Is 3d to Is 4d Hams.-7Jd to 8d Bacon.-Rnlls 7J<l to Bd, sides s*d to 6d, slow of sale. Pigs—We have a good demand tor porkers up to 61, first-class baooners up to J7olbs 5Jd per lb. Over weights 4d to 42-1. Poultry—We are packing for export, i urkey hens 5d per lb, cocks 7d >er lb free of tillage 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. |

Pon'trv f r local consumption is in gcod ikniiiufi, Hens 4s to ss: rooster ;5i 11 7< hniv .", : (.. 01. • ■'- 7 • r.. 81, All poultry •>,. :, Ci ! ,•".!,.„„ j. j., , ;i;y- r.i'aga. S- i. iv-i, .M >iiii '..it's i- '!■• ''■ P nrt [,,r th« week eiul'.nj; tht- 25'ti Ootubei us f;!low s : Fit Cattle:—l 73 yardf-d, roi.sUting ofa nuiulier of L'fod qaali»y >u*l<tks. Tiit •leiiiuiifl was better lhan bas bem the case for Rome week'*, ami all. fit for the Imtclier, met with a very ready Rale. Bost l'ulloora £l2 t . £l3, me-lium £lO 10-i to £ll -">s inferior £S, !)■ st cmw a and linffrs £7 15-« to £S 10s. mi.luini i'li to £6 15s, iufeiiui £4 loi i'-") 103. \ j. 5 —1743 pruned, a medium yaiiiing. Th're wm a fur ]>r.coition of piime Wfthers and for these prices were a shade better. Best wethers -Ms to 2<}j 91, medium to good 2::s to 23s o'. inferior 18s to i!)s 91, Imsi, ewts 19-1 to 'J'-K meilium to good 17h to 18s', inferioi 14sto lo>6d. Fat Laintw.—9o peimiil the demand was yowl, and juices vwie up alinut Is per head. I'igs,—ls3 yarded, stores met with a very Irisk ssle and porkira and baconers sold at much the same price* aa the previous wtek. Sheep-kins—We offered a very large catalogue on Tuesday, when prices vvie the some a-> the previous week. Best ha] ! -l>red 101, best x bred 9£d, x-bred Si', Lest merino Sjd per lb. Kahbitskina.—Small catalogue were offered for this wtek's sale. The demand was much the same as the previous week. Best winters does made 19|1, best winter bucks and does 17£ d per lb. Grain.—No alteration to report in either oats or wheat. The amount of business passing is very limited. Potatoes —There is a good demand For tabie sorts, and are saleable at from £lO to £ll ss, medium £3 5s to £9 10s. Chaff.—ls in good supply and prices have eased a shade during the week. Prime oaten sheaf £3 17s 6d to £4, medium £3 10s to £3 15s.