COMMERCIAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6358, 12 September 1895, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDEST'MARKETS.

"The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report for the week ended September 11,- as follows: Fat Cattl»—Only 124 head; were yarded, comprising all sorts. Competition for good •to prime beef was spirited; t(uite equal *to - last- week; : but ; for ■" coarse stag and cow beef the demand was not active, :: -Best bullocks- brought LlO to Lit 10s; ordinary, L 8 5s to L 9 15s;-light weights, L 5 12s 6d to L 7 12s 6d ; bsst cows,L 7 to L 7 17s 6d ; ordinary, .Ls:7s 6d to -L6 iOs ; aged and inferior, L2 10s to L4ilos. Fat sheep—22Bl were penned, of -which 250 were merino,wethers. Affair, demand was experienced = for ..best .wethers: and maiden ewes, ..and; prices ruling-for; these-i showed a slightimprovement compared with: last week. Inferior ; and- medium : were f at the mercy of a few dealers present, whose bids did not come up to owners' values,, and some were turned out unsold. Best crossbred wethersandtmaidenewes brought 16s 6d to 17s 6d ; ; ordi"aryi 13s^9d : to 155~9d ; light, 9s to 12s 6d; best crossbred ewes, 13s to 14s 6d; ordinary,; lis 3d to 12s 6d ; light, 8s to 10s 6d; merino wethers, 10s 9d to 12s sd.

Pigs—22o were penned, only a ievr porkers and baconers. A large southern buyer operated freely, and sales were more readily effected. Suckers brought 2s 6d to 7s 6d ; slipSj lis to 14s ; stores, 15s 6d to 17s ; porkers, 19s to 23a 6d ; light baconers, 24s to 31s; one or two extra heavy, 40s. Wheat—There isno improvement in the tone of the market. : rSmall-purchases ofnorthern are occasinally made for mixing owing to the local market being cleared out. Buyers show no desire to purchase at late quotations, which may be repeated. Prices : Milling—Tuscan and velvet, 3s lid-to 4s ; odd lots, for seed, 4s 3d; good to best, 3s 10s to 3s ; lld ; medium -to good, 3s;9d to 3s lOd ; inferior to medium, 3s 5d to 3s 8d iex store, sacks weighed in, terms). Oats—A slight improvement in best bright feed and milling, and for such a demand has suddenly sprung up,' whilst discolored or mixed-do not participate to the same extent. Prime milling stout and'bright, Is 9d to Is 9Jd;- extra prime, Is 10s ; prime feed,-ls-BJd to Is 9|d ; good to best, Is 8d to Is B£d; medium, Is 7d to Is 8d; inferior, Is Id to Is 6£d ; small lots, fit for-seed, Is lOd to 2s (ex store, sacks extra, net). Barley—The only demand is for feed-and milling, and only to a moderate extent. Prime milling, 2s lOd to 3s; good to-best, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; medium, 2s to 2s 3d j: innet)?