COMMERCIAL.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2661, 26 May 1908, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. Moritzson and Co., auctioneers wool, stock, station, grain, produce and com mis*iou agents, D oped in, report (wholesale for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations. Farmers are asked when sending samples always to put price on them, as buyers do not feel inclined to make offers. Wheat.—We quote prime milling new seasons 4s 9d good whole fowl whest 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Oats—Milling 2s 6d B grade 2i 7d, inferior 2s 2<, ex store sacks extra. Barley—Good malting from 4s 61 to ss, pearling, 4j feed barley 3s 6d to 3a 9J. Ryecorn.—3s 9J. to 4i. Maize—ss 6d. Prussian Blue Peas from 6s to 6s 6d per bushel; partride peas to 4«. Chaff—Prime bright heavy to £4 10s; inferior £3 sacks extra. Turnips—3ss (bags in.) Carrots —60s to 60s per ton. Clover Hay.—£4 10a. Ryegrass—New seed Farmers dressed 3i 3d to 3a 6d, for heavy weights machined 4s 6d to ss. Coekafoot.—Market remains strong. Farmers' lots to 7d ; machined seed 9d to 101. Linseed.—Little offering £l2 10a to £l3. Chewings Fescue. —There is good demand. Farmers samples 4Jd to 5d machined seed 6d*. Potatoes.—Choice up-to-dates £4 sa. derwents £4 5s to £4 10s. Onions— Melbourne £9 10*. We can offer a few tons of pure fish nmure rich in armouia valuable for root or grain crops, cau be used with drill, £7 per ton. Rabbitskins —We hold fortnightly sales. The market is coutinuirg firm. We quote : —Light racks up to 6Jd, racks up to 6J, summers full grown Gd to 7i'l, autumns up to 1021, incoming winters lid t) Ilji. blacks up to 13d. We supply labels. Sheepskins.—Price* are as follows. i bred 4d to 51, fine x bred up to 4Jd, x bred 3d to 4d, meriuo 1 4d to 4£ I, Umb* 4d, pelts 2Jd up to 3|d, fallen fckios Id to ljd per lb lower. Hides.—We held our usual fortnightly sale of lades on the 14th May to a large attendance of buyers. We had a heavy catalogue and cleared the lot. We quote as follows:—Heavy stout ox 6d to 6Jd, heavy o<c 5Jd. medium 4d, light 3£d to to 3|d, heavy cows 4d to 4Jd, medium 3Jd to 4d, light 3Jd, yearlings up to 3sd, bulls and stigs 2§J to 2d J, horse hides 5s to 9«, I calfskins up to 5Jd.

Wool.—Good clean x bred 6d, x bred 4d to 51, dingy and bidily np to 3d, pieces i»u<l bellies up to 31, locks up to 2£d, dead *ool 4:1. Catgltini —2.1 to 4d each. 91 to Is B<i. Horsehair. is a good demand for all claises t-sp dally clean hair, which is <luote<i 17' i to 18d, mixed 141 to 16Jd. Wool.—Good clean x bred up to 7£*' P't-ccs and bullies 31 to -i'» 8 0H< 1 sleau dead wool 41 to s£l, seconds 5d t > 6Jd. Cowhair: —From 9A to 10£ d, cow tipts 1» 61 to Is 9Jd.' Hough fat.—From 12a to 16*; tallow in tins 16a to 18t; priuu- white muttuu iu tins or cakes suitable for tauner* up to 2a», mixed tallow 16 s to 181. mutton in c>sks 201 to 21s. Tallow in casks from 20j to 3Ga. Storing Grain.—We «re prepared t" jtore, receive, deliver and insu e for three months free storage at 3d p« r sack. Farm produce amu KRriT —We rece ve • (I kinds of consignments and render account suit** promptly. Walnnts.—4sd to s>l. Salt batter lid to 121, Separator to Is to y ls Id. ■ Fresh butter in pats storekeepers' lots 10d, to 10£ d. Eggs -Fresh ega-i Is lOd to 2s per doz. n preserved Is 31 (Jhfese.—Factory, to 6', Akaroa 5Jd louf Jd more. Honey.—ln good demand. Section honey 4t 6d t> 61 per doz. Bulk large tins 4d to 4Jd. Small tins 4|d to 4jd. Beeswax—ls 4d per lb wanted. Hams.—Bd to 9d. Bacon.—Roll* 8d to 9|l, sides Jto 6d, iu }:ood demand. l'igs.—Baconers np to 1701b per lb, over weights 3d to 4d. Pouitry for export: Hens 2to 3*; roosters 4i to si, ducks 3s to 4», 6;i geese 4i to ss, turkey liens 5d gobblers to 3d. No railage to pay if consigued to pouitry depot.

Stron&ch, Morris and Co, Ltd., report for week euded 21 st May, as fallows : Fat Sheep.—There were 2860 sheep penned yesterday. There was very little demand and sheep all round showed a decline of from Is 6d to 2s per head. Bejt wbthers brought from 19a to 22s 3d, extra prime to 25s 9d, medium to good 17s to 18«, best ewes 13s to 15s 6J, extra to 17s 91, medium to good 10s to)l2s, light 9s 6d. Pat Lamb-.—There was a yarding of 1000. Best lambs brought from 15* 91 to 17s , extra to 19s, medium to good 14s to 15s 6d, light Us to 13s. Fat rattle. —There was a very large yardinn of 233 heid, the majority being medium weight steers and heifers. Good cattle sold nt about last week's rates, bat unfinished showed a decline of from 15s to 20a per head. Cent bullocks £3 to £9 10s, good £6 to £8 light and inferior £5 10s to £7, best cows and heifers £6 10i to £8 , good £4 15a to £5 10s. light £2 10s to £4 10a. •Pigs—Suckeis brought from 10s to lot, slips fiom 16* 6'l to 18s 6d, stores 20s to 28s pin Iters 30s to 40a, light baconera 42s to 46', heivy do 50a to 80s, choppers to 80s. Rabbitskins—'There has been no sale since last report, our next sale being held on the 27tli lost.

Hides—We held our fortnightly sale on t'ie 16th inat. when we submitted a medium ciUlcgue. We had uo stout (extra) hides oo offer, but we sold one 63>b hide at 7<i per lb and *everal lines from 6§d to 6st. Our top price for cow hides was 4£d. Prime ft -nt lie.-.vy ox 6§d to 7d, good heavy s£d to 6Jd, milium 4fii to 5g i, linht wtigji! 3Jd to 4g i, htaggy atid inferior 2Ad to 3Jd heavy cowhides 4d to 4£d, medium 3§ i 4JI, light weight 3§i to 4«1, inferior .]£i SVheat.—There has been a good d<mand dmiog the week and millers are inclined to purchase. Quotations.—Prime miliing 4i 81 to 4s 9d ; medium to good 4s 7d to 4-t 7J;I ; best fowl wheat 4s 5Jd to 4s G£d ; mfcrior and broken 3s 10d to 4a 3d. Oats.—Quotations.—Seed lines are worth 2s 6d to 2s 9d, prime milling 2s 51 to 29 good to best feed 2a 4d to 2s 5.1, inferior to medium 2s 2d to 2s 3£d. Chaff.—Medium and inferior lots are very difficult to dispose of. Prime oaten sheif is £3 17s 6d to £4, medium to good £3 10a to £3 Iss, light and inferior £2 17s 6d to £3 5s per ton. Potatoes.—Best up-to-dates £4 to £4 17s 6d, medium to good £3 12s 6d to £4, inferior £3 to £3 10a. Pressed straw. —Best oaten 35s to 37s 61, best wheaten 30s to "53 per ton.

LATE COMMERCIAL GORE HOUSE BAZAAR. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report:— We held our weekly sale at the above yards on Saturday before a good attendance. As was only to be expected after the previous Saturday's big sale, the entry was not a large one, only 15 horses being forward, mostly aged and inferior sorts, which are almost unsaleable. A splendid big 6yr old gelding was offered on account of Mr Geo. Flett, of Gore, which, after great competition, found a purchaser at J545. Enquiries are constantly being made for springcart horses suitable for town and dairy work. Harness horses are selling well up to J5lB, and hacks to almost the same money. A large quantity of second hand harness met with gooi sale.

McKAY BROS.' REPORT, Messrs McKay Bros, report the following sales on Saturday:— Poultry.—lß6 penned. Hens 9d to Is Bd, cockerels Is 5d to 2s, ducks 2s to 2s 3d, geese 3s 6d to 4s. Pigs.—32 nice suckers lis to 14s each. General Produce. —Potatoes £3 10s to .£4 10s, onions 10s to lis, carrots 4s 6d, turnips Is 6d, wheat 20s to 22s 6d, oats 10s to 12s. Fruit.—Oranges 7s 6d, pines 12s, lemons 15s, dessert apples 5s to 7s 6d, cooking 2s to 3s 6d, pears 5s to 8s 6d, dates 2d, pie melons Id per lb.

DUNEDIN GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs Donald Reid and Co., Ltd., report as follows: Dcnedin, this day. Oats.—Choice seed 2s 6d to 3s 9d, prime milling 2s sid to 2s 6d, good to best feed 2s to 2s 6sd| others 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Wheat.—Seed lines 4s lOd to ss, prime milling 4s 8d to 4s 9d, medium 4s 7d to 4s 7Jd, best whole fowl wheat 4s 6d to 4s 7d, medium 4s 3d to 4s sd, others 3s 6d to 4s 2d. Potatoes.—Prime Derwents £4 10s to JC4 15b, best Up-to-dates JE4 5s to <£4 7s 6d, medium to good .£3 15s to <£4 2s 6J, others £3 5s to £3 12s 6d. Chaff. —Prime oaten sheaf JE4 5s to £4 j>4 7s (3d, medium to good j£3 15e to .£4, others £3 to J63 10s, straw oaten 35s 6d, wheaten 32s 6d to 355.