COMMERCIAL

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13666, 7 September 1916, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

BURNSIDE MARKETS. (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, September 16. At Burnside to-day, 180, fat cattle were penned. The.quality on the whole was only medium, Prices were firm at lain rates. Best bullocks £lB 10/- to £2O, extra £2-1 'J2/(i, medium good £l4 10/- to £lO 10/-, best'cows and heifers £l3 to £l4 15/-, medium good £ll to £l2 10/-. Sheep—2s4o were penned, the bulk heing medium quality. Prices advanceu I/- on late rales. Best wethers 37/- to fi!)/-,. extra 45/;;, medium good 33/- to :!5/(i. litfht 25/G to 28/-, best ewes. X\Jto 35/0, extra BS/(5, medium good 28/lo 111/-. Lambs—l 22 were penned, realising tale rales. Pigs—There was a small yarding, Prime baconers 110/-, medium to good 05/-, best porkers 05/-, medium 50/-, stores 42/-, slips 30/-, weaners 25/-.

ADDINQTON MARKETS, . (Per Press Association) CHRTSTCHURCH, September 0, At Addington market there were larger entries of fat cattle and fat sheep than last week. The yardings were about the same in other departments, Fat cattle were somewhat easier, in consequence of the larger supply. Store sheep again sold well, and fat sheep were- irregular and rather below last week's rates. Pigs were in good demand at high prices, and store and dairy cattle sold well, Store Sheep—Ewe hoggets 17s Id, mixed sexes hoggets 20s, wether hoggets 22s Id to 23s 4d, two tooth ewes ilfis fid, two, four, six and eight-tooth ewes 25s 3d to 25s sd, sound mouthed ewes 20s 3d to 25s lOd, two-tooth •wethers 25s 10d to 275, two, four and six-tooth wethers 23s 5d to 20s lid, six and eight-tooth merino wethers 15s 3d to m '9(l. Fat Sheep—Prime wethers 30s to «lOs, others 20s 3d,to 20s (id, merino wethers His 3d lo 20s 10d, prime Wcs2!)s to 3(is, medium 25s to 2Ss fid, others 20s to 24s fid, linnets 22s Od to 25s sd,

Fat Cafile—Extra prime slee'iv to £24'li)s, prime steers £!) 10s to £ia, extra prime heifers fIS 2s fid, prime heifers £l2 to £U IDs, ordinary heifers £7 12s fid to .£ll, extra prime, cows £l9, prime cows £ll to £l4 IDs, 'ordinary cows £7 12s (id to £lO.

Store Cattle-Yearlings £2 'ls, fifteen to eighteen-monlhs old £3 os to .£'• 10s, two-year steers £fi 7s fid to £7 1.95, two year heifers £4 17s fid, three-year steers.£o 7s (id, dry cows £2 as to £8 2s fid, dairy eows'.£Mos to £l6 10s.

' Pigs-Choppers £.l l() s to £7, light baconers£,'! Ms to £4, heavy baconiirs £4 10s to £4 15s, extra heavy bacon-ers,£-l ISs to £;1 10s, Price per. lb 7d to 7-Jd. Light porkers 46s 4o 545, heavy porkers 56s to G2s, Price per lb B*d to 9d'. Medium stores 42s to 48s, smaller 32s to 40s, weaners 20s to 275.

LONDONMVOOL MARKET. _ The New Zealand Loan and' Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd,, are in receipt of the following cable from their London office: "At the wool sales there was a good demand as compared with 28th July, Greasy, medium and coarse 5 per cent higher. Slipe' and scoured very firm."

The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd,, have received cable advice from their London office that the wool market for merinos and fine crossbreds is firm at late rates, while medium and coarsa sorts show advances equal to about 5 ; per cent, For slipes the market has