COMMERCIAL.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 1415, 24 November 1904, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

DU.NEDIN PRODUCE liEI'OUT. Messrs Dalgety unci Co., Ltd., report us follows : We hold our usual weekly sale of grain and produce ut our stores on Monday. A small catalogue was submitted to a large attendance of buyers. Bidding, howevei, was not by any means brisk, and only a small proportion of our catalogue was Quitted at auction. Several lots were, However, sold privately at advances on passed-in prices. Values ruled as under : Oats.—Stocks in local stores are low considerably reduced. A grade Cartons have had some enquiry, but very few are available, while the other grades are offering at late values. Shippers, however, having orders, are lilling same to better advantage, in the Southland market. Quotations : l'rime milling, Is (id to Is 7d ; good to best feed, Is <Ud to Is Sjd ; inferior and medium, Is 3d to Is Id per per bushel (sacks extra). Wheal.—During the week little or no business of any consequence has beea passing. Millers are still well stocked, and are not buyers at prices now

•asked. Holders, on ithe other hand,' are not inclined to lower their reser- J yes, and sales of any quality of milling wheat are difficult to effect. t Fowl wheat is more plentiful, and although ] the local demand is well maintained, i orders for coastal shipment arc not I coming to hand freely. Quotations : Prinio milling, 3s Od to 3s i)d ; medium do, nominal, 3s 2d to 3s sd; Vest whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s Id ; broken and damaged, 2s (id to 2s 0d per bushel (sucks extra)f Potatoes.—The market is now better supplied, and only freshly-picked Derwents of good quality meet with any demand, and prices for these realised at auction to-day show,a reduction on last \veek"s values of from 10s to 12s Gd per ton. We quote : Prime Derwents, £2 15s to £3 ; others, £2 to £2 10s per ton (bags in). Chaff.—Consignments for the past week have been light and the market is poorly supplied with prime quality, which commands a ready sale, ex truck. Medium and light chaff, although not meeting with the same attention from buyers, has a limited sale. Quotations : Prime oaten sheaf, £3 5s to £3 10s ; medium do, £2 17s 6d to £3 2s Od ; light and inferior, £2 10s to £2 15s per ton (bags extra).

GORE STOCK MARKET. The National Mortgage and Agency Co. report as follows : There was a fair attendance at Tuesday's sale, when about 1500 sheep were offered. Bidding was slow, no doubt owing to the shortage of grass, and prices were rather easier. Fat wethers brought 23s ; fat ewes, 18s 3d to 23s id ; hoggets, from 10s 3d to 17s !kl ; ewes and lambs (all counted) 10s 3d to 13s 3d ; merino wethers, l*s 4d. Cattle—Albout 130 head yarded. Fat cows and heifers sold at from £5 to £7 5s ; fat bullocks, up to £0 10s ; three-year-old steers, £5 10s ; two-year-old steers and heifers, £3 10s to £1 10s ; yearlings, £2 12s Od ; calves, £1 to 30s ; milk cows, up to £9 7s Od. AUSTRALIAN MAUKKTS. SYDNEY, November 23. Wheat, chick, 2s I'd to 3s Id ; for milliug buyers ol'ter 3s to 3s 2d, and sellers at 3s 3d. Flour, XS 15s to x:< per ton. Oats, Tasmania!), white feed, 2s to 2s 5d per bushel ; Algerian, Is bd to ls.lUd; local Algerian, Is Od, Barley, Cape, 2s to 2s <id , malt ing, 3s to 3s Id. Maize, 2s Od to 2s 7d. Bran, «id. Pollard, 7Jd to bd. Potatoes, £3 to £1 10s per ton. Onions, £5 to £5 10s per ton ; picklers, £lO. Butter, 7id to 0d per lb. Bacon, s id lo Sd. MELBOURNE, November 23.

Wheat, 3s 2d lo 3s 3d. Hour, £> to £» 10s. Ouls, .Algerian, Is Jd to Is 31d. Hurley, prime malting, 3s Od ; thin, Is 8d"to is Od. Maize, 'in 3d. Bran, 7id. Pollard, Sd to Sid. Potatoes, £2 10s to £2 15s. Onions, £3 to £3 10s. ADELAIDE, November ■•'.•(. Wheat, ,3s 2d. Flour, £8 10s. Bran and pollard, 7Jd. GORE COMMERCIAL RICViEW. Ensign Oliice, 'I hursdav, November 21. GRAIN. Oatsl—Several thousand sucks of J) grade have changed hands within the last six days at from Is 3d to is 3[d per bushel, ex store. Reckoning storage at Id per bushel on un average, this will act farmers Is 2d to Is 2,[d per bushel. 'lucre has been u fair demand for C grade Cartons at Is Id to Is lid pec bushel on trucks, sidings, or e.x store, and several large parcels have been purchased recently at this lig-ure. For feed purposes Cartons are in stronger demand than ijparrowbills—this is especially noticeable in the Dunedin market. A grade Gurtous are eagerly sought after at Is 3jd to is Id, but there is very little of this cereal offering. Chall.—Prime, £2 12s (id per ton ; medium, £2 IDs per ton, with fairly steady demand. Farmers are, however, too far back with their work to take advantage of the good prices nil ing for chaff. STOCK. Cuttle.—At Gore salcyurds on Tuesday cattle seemed to have gone back slightly. Sales of stock are being ef. fected at the following prices : —Fat bullocks, £7 to £8 10s ; 3-yr-old steers £5 10s to £(>; 2-yr-old steers and heifers, £3 15s to £5 ; yearlings, £2 15s to £3 ; calves, 25s to 355.

Sheep.—Four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, with 10U per cent, lambs are selling at Ms nil counted ; hogjpets, 17s Od to It's Od; fat wethers, 21s Od to 23s 6d; big hoggets out of wool are offering at 15s Od l and 10s. AUDINCTON MARKETS. Fat Cattle.—23o head yarded, on the whole good quality. Prices were very irregular, averaging about 10s a head less than the previous week ; good to prime beef, 23s to 20s ; inferior and cows, 21s to 22s Od per lOVlb ; North island steers brought £8 to £11; others, £7 10s to £11; hoi - ers, £0 to £'•' 10s ; cows, £5 17s (id to £« 17s <id ; light, £8 to £'.); best heifers, £7. Store Cattle—A huge entry of wellbred young stock brought good coiupe tition. but others were in poor do? inand. '>

Fat Sheep.—A moderate entry, but' prices showed little improvement from the values of the previous mark 4. Woolly wethers brought 23s 7d to 22s 6d ; ewes, 20s to 2-ls 3d; shorn wethers (extra) 22s Od to 25s ; prime, 10s to 22s 3d; others, 17s 3d to 18s lid; ewes, prime, 18s Od to 21s Od; others, 15s to 18s. Fat Lambs.—About SSO penned, the quality generally being good. 'There was a keen demand and bery little decline from previous values, although competition was practically confined to butchers. Good pens brought 10s 6d to JOs 3d ; extra, 20s Od to 22s (id; second quality, Ms 3d to 10s. Store Sheep.—Mostly wethers and all shorn. Previous values weio maintained. Ewes and lambs, 10s Id to 12s; 2-tooth ewes, 15s 7d ; wethers in fair condition, Ids 3d to 18s 9& ; backward, 15s to 10s ; 2-looth wethers (good), 15s Od ; backward, 12s Od to 13s Sd. Pigs.—A moderate entry iii the fat pens and a very large entry of stores, Bacouers and porkers were fairly firm but stores were much lower. BCRNSIUE MARKET. Fat Cattle.—lß2 yarded. The demand was good and prices 011 a par with those ruling last week. Best bullocks, £lO 10s to £ll ss; medium, £0 5s to £lO 5s ; light, £5 to £0 ; 1/Jst ■hcSfors, <£7,los t<i £iS;JOs; intediuni, £0 5s to £7 2s Od ; light, £5 to £O. Fat Sheep—lß2l penned. The bidd. ing was dull at first, but improved and prices at the close were equal to last week. Best woolly wethers 28s 3d to 20s 2d ; good, 20s to 27s 9d ; medium, 2-ls 0d to 25s Od ; light, 22s Od to 22s ; best shorn, 21s 3d to 25s !>d ; medium, 21s 0d to 23s ; light, 21s to 22s ; best shorn ewes, 21s to 22s 2d ; medium, ISs Gd to 20s ; light, 15s Od to 17s.

Fat Lambs.—2lo penned. The demand was slack and prices receded about Is Od per head. Hest, 14s to 15s fid; medium, 12s fid to 13s Od ; light, 10s (id to Us 9d. Figs.—l2o penned. Suckers and slips were in poor demand ; porkers and bia>coners sold at fully equal to last week's rates. Suckers. 10s fid to 12s; slips, 12s lid to Ms fid ; stores, 15s to l'Js ; porkers, 22s to 30a fid ; light baconers, .'iO.i fid to 4 lis; heavy, 40s fid to 51s; choppers, to 03s.