COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XL, Issue XL, 18 October 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

DUNKDfN WEEKLY MARKET REPORTS. Messrs Waters Ritchie and Co., auction eers, wool, grain, produce and commission agents, report wholesale for the week as under. All quotations are subject to market fluctuations i Wheat _—; Market quiet, Best velvet and tuscan 35,10 d to 3s lid, medium 3s 7d to 3s Sd,'fowl wheat 3s 3d 3s sd, sacks extra. Oats— Market brisker Milling 2s 4d, bright short feed 2s 2d to 2s 3d, medium aud inferior Is 9d to Is lid. Barley—We have a good demand prim malting samples. Rabbitskins—The demaud is good at late rates. Suckers and runners 4d to sd. summer to lOd. autumns 13d to 16d, early winters 16d to 18d. winters 18d to 22d, winter does 22d to 34d,selected does to 48d Sheepskins—Sales fortnightly. The demand s good, prices firmer. Pelts Is to 2s 6d, cross breds6s 6d to 8s 6d, extra Ss 6d to 9s 6d, me no 2s 9d to 4s. extra to 8s Hides—We hold fortnightly sales. Prime ox 7£d to 9d, lieavy do 6£dto 7d, medium to 6d to'6di, light do 9d. to 6J, damaged 4d to calfskins 2s 6d to 5s yearling 65.6 d to 10s; horse hides 8s to 14s each • Tallow—Rough fat 16s to 19s, tallow in tins 21s to 235, casks 26s to 27s per cwt. Horsehair 17£ d .to 20d per lb. We store and dress all classes of seed and grain. All our machinery is of the latest and most effective design, and is operated by practical men of long experience. General Produce Report. Butter—Best salt 9d to lOd per lb, dairy butter (in pats) to 9£d per lb. Eggs.—Fresh lid, Stamped Good demand. Honey. 4d per lb Bacon— Rolls 9£d, ham lOd. Cheese 6|"d to 7d per lb Pigs—ln good demand. Baconers ojjd to 6d; porkers sJd;' heavy weights 6d. Poultry (Local) roosters 4s to 4s 6d per pair, hens 3s 6d a-- pair, ducks 4s 3d I a pair.