COMMERCIAL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 18 August 1922, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Waters R.tchie and Co., auctioneers, wool, grain, produce, and commission agents, report wholesale for the week as under.

All quotations are subject to mark«t ! fluctuations.

Wheat. —Good demand at Government prices.

Oats. —Fair demand. Milling 2s 7d, bright short feed 2s Od, medium and inferior Is 7d.

Rabbitskioß.—Fair demand at lat« rates. We quote: Racks 21d to 24d, light racks 16d t0,17d, small Bd to 6d per lb, early autumns 26d to 36d, late autums 42d to 44d per lb, incomings and early winters 56d to 63d, winter bucks 62d to 70d, super cioes to 97d per lb, winter does 66d to 85d per lb. Next sale August 21st, 1922. Hid»s.—Market brisker. Stout ox 12d, medium 7d to 9d, light 5Jd to 6£d. Cows, 6d to 6£d Calfskios, best 13d, medium to 12d, damaged 4d to 6d, heavy calf 8d to lOd per lb. Sheepskins.—Better demand and prices firm. Tallow. —Market quiet. Rough fat 14s to 18s; tallow in tins, 18s to 20f casks, 25s to 30s per cwt. Horsehair.—24d to 32d 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 sslt, Is 6d per lb. Dairy butter in pats, Is sd. Eggs.—ls 4d per doz. Koney.—Bd per lb. Poultry.—(Local) roostera, 5s 6d per pair; hens, 3s per pair; ducks 5s 6d per pair. Pigs—ln good demand. Baconers 6Jd, h«avy weights, 4d; porkers, 6&d. Bacon —None offering. Cheese—lljd per lb.