COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume 30, Issue 9186, 13 October 1899, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Daloety and Compart (Ltd), rej>ort having held'their usual weekly suction salo as follows:—. :•'.■■■: . ... Oats.—We .offered a ; ,small catalogue 'of good ieed and milling oats' and sold good to best tted up to Is 7d'; prime miling is worth I. from Is 7d to Is 7M | fair to me 'ium. feed, Is 6d.io Is 6id; inferior,; Is 4d 1o Is sd, sacks extra. " ;. Wheat.—The demand for prime milling ! is pood but medium '.sorts ( are not-mjsch' sought after,'-fowl feed meets with, spadv sale. ; Prime milling; 2s-6d to 2s 7d '; mefl;«vm 25.2 d to 25,4 d ; fowl 2s to 2s lid;''sicks in. . '..'.' " .' • I-. .•>•.- :/.' '■:•:■; Potatoes!— Market "• glutted and -all : sorts difficult to place. Priine Derweitsj 2ik ; . o.t her «ni-ts unsaleable. . : .. ; Chaff.—The quantity offered at auction .to-day wa« smajl and,"best is readily saleable" at up to £2 10s ; medium to good, £2,2s 6dto - :;:■- ;i .v.- . .'. . Sli.eepsKins.T-iThere was & large attendance of buyers, at Tuesday'." sales and the' prices '.obtained' were "highly satisfactory. The demand* •was exceptionally keen with. {be. result-that- allthecatalogues were quitted at. ihe foljqwing rates; Good ordinary halfbred and merinos, .7(3. to 8d - f medium, to 6d ; best' crb'ssbfeds, s£d to '6d; medium, 4id to sd•;' short woolled crb«sbreds 3fd to 44<i. Uabbitskins.—Monday's sale' waa well attended an<* competition was keen up to a "point for all classes of skins. Prices, if anything, were a shade firmer an-l values ruled as follows.—Good ordinary mixed winters lately, caught, 16d to 16f<l; mixed. 15d to loid ; second quality, 154-to Is£ 1; autumn, 12d,t0 13d ; summers.. 9d to lid ; suckers, 4d to 6d ; blacks, 22d to 24d.

; BCRNSIDE MARKET. Wednesdat, Oct. \l. Fat Cattle.—l6o head yarded, meeting a good market. At the opening of the sale prices were 15s a head in advance of last week's sale, but dropped towards the closs to about ss, Best bullocks, £7 osto£B 12; 6d; extra prime, £9 10s; medium, £5 16s to 2s 6d; best cows and heifers. £5 : medium, £4 to £4 17s 6d. Mr Ryan (Kokonga) sold two prime bullocks at"£B 10s one do at £8 7s 6d. one do at £8 ss, two '•Vat £7' 15s, two do at £7, two do at £5 17s 6d, one do at £6 7s 6d, one do at £5 15s. Fat Sheep.—2l6s penned. At the commencement of the sale prices ruled fr< m Is 6d to 2s per head above last week's, but tapered off to about last week's rates towards the finish. Best crossbred wethers, 17s to 18s 9d ; extra prime. 20s 6d ; medium, 15s to 16s 9d ; merino wethers. 14s 3d. Mr T. Mawhinney (Mariumato) sold 117 wethers from I7s 3d to 16s; Mr Alex. Mann (Kokonga) 63 wethers at 13s 6d. Fat Lambs.—4o penned, and sold at favourable prices compared with last week's. Pigs.—lßo penned. Prices decidedly in buyers' favour, ranging from 13s to 39s 6d.