LATE COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1188, 7 December 1894, Page 16

LATE COMMERCIAL.

Freeman R. Jackson and Co.’s Jolm-. sonville stock report (telegraphed on the sth to the Mail from Johnsonville) is as follows : Wo had a full market of cattle, and these, with the exception of a couple of pens, were of good quality. We had no wethers in the sale. The bidding for fat ewes was dull, and low prices ruled. Lambs were small and generally inferior as to quality. Pigs were in limited numbers, and sold well. Cattle — Best bullocks made from <£B to £8 10s, and others £7 5s to £8 ; small bullocks, £6 10s to £7, equal to 19s the 1001 b. Sheep—Ewes, 7s 8d to 8s 2d ; lambs, 7s to 7s Id ; inferior lambs, 5s to 6s Bd. Pigs—Small baconers, 82s ; light porkers, 16s 6d to 18s 6d ; suckers, 8s to 11s 3d. The following is the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company’s report of the Addington market (telegraphed on the sth to the Mail) Beef—Large entry, principally second quality ; demand slack. Prices declined Is 6d per 1001 b on prime, and 3s on cow beef. Store and dairy cattle —300 1 yarded ; demand steady at last week’s prices.

Store sheep_ — 3500 penned ; competition slack, and prices easier, best 2-tooths making 8s 6d to 9s 3d and 4-tooths 10s to 10s 6d; crossbred ewes and lambs, 10s 6d per couple* Tat lambs—About 300 penned ; competition good. Prices for good sorts, 10s 6d td 12s: Fat sheep—Large supply, principally second quality;, for which .demand was slack aria prices is easier. For prime wethers tberq was fair demand • values, 12s to 14s 260 penned. Simms and Mowlem’s (Masterton) report : —W e held our first sale in the yards today/ when .we were favoured with, hirgo entries in both sheep and cattle. All werq, disposed of at satisfactory prices, with'the exception of one pen of cows with calves at foot. Fat sheep were in good demand, and all yarded were readily disposed of. Ewes brought from 8s to 8s 6d ; wethers, 8s 6d to 8s 7d; forward ewes, 6s to 7s. Fat cattle, good entries. Bullocks brought from £6 11s to £6 15s ; heifers, £4 10s to .£5 10s. „ Young cattle—Empty heifers, £3 14s to <£4 4s ; springing heifers, £4 4s to £4 7s ; yearlings, 29s to 375; dairy cows, from £4 10s to £7. Horses— A few hacks were offered, but failed to find purchasers. By Telegraph.—Press Association. — Copyright. I: . LpndoNj December 3. r Thri bulk of, the butter ex lonic realised from 80s id 100 s per cwt. Some of the choicest parcels brought 110 s. The wheatmarketis 8d dearer. Fourteen thousand quarters of South Australian wheat to be shipped in December and January have been f sold at 255, and 13,000 quarters of Victorian to be shipped in December and January, and 10,000 quarters of the January and February shipment \yere sold at 25ri3d. t • y , 1 At the, wool sales to-day a msdliiiji eatiiir logue was offered. Bidding, was fair, and prices were maintained, , Sydney, December 5. Wheat—Chick, 2s 4d;best milling, 2s Bd. Flour Roller, £6 15s to £7. x Oats (dull) —Best feed, 2s 2s Id. Maize, 2s; barley, nominally, 2s 6d. Bran, B^d; pollard, Potatoes —New, local, £2 10s to £3. Onions, £5 os to £5 10s. Butter —Dairy, 6d factory, 7d. Cheese, prime, 5d ; bacon, prime, 4|d to sd. Melbourne, December 5. Wheat, 2s Hd. Flour—Roller, £5 2s 6d to £5 10s. Oats —Algerian, ls 3d to Is stout, white, Is lOd. Maize, Is 9d ; bran, s£d to 6d; potatoes, £L 10s to £ll7s 6d.'*“ Adelaide, December 5. Wheat is firm at 2s lOd ; flour, roller, 5s lOd ; bran and pollard, 6|d. „ ■ ■ THE WOOL MARKE TV . Napier, December 5. The first wool sales of the season were held fcpday. - Tlie attendance of English buyers was not so riufriefßus as at last year’s sfiles. Naturally a fall in prices was expected in sympathy with the tone of the Home market, hut fleece wool suffered by comparison with last year’s prices to a greater extent than locks and pieces, for which there was good local competition. Of the 4000 bales offered only about ' a fourth were quitted at the following prices : —Light bright fine grades crossbreds and strong crossbreds, 6|d to parcels, neglected, making only from to 6id ; merinos, from 4fd to sfd ; all being of low grade ; locks, 2d to 3£d.