LATE COMMERCIAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18673, 30 September 1922, Page 8

LATE COMMERCIAL.

SOUTHLAND MARKET REPORT, (Feom Onn Own Coeeespondent.)

INVERCARGILL, September 29

Oats. —The shipment of fair quantities to Australia and Great Britain has had its effect on the market,■■•which at the time of writing has improved,’ 'sales having been made,.sliglitly in. excess.,of . .3a,,for. A .grade, while : no sellers'"are .to he, .found, for B gride tinder 2s 9Jd, the equivalent to farmers is 2s 2d for A, la lid for B, and Is 9d for g.f.a.q’s, sacks extra, at country sidings. These. latter values are to:, some extent nominal, as very little oats remain on growers’ hands. ■'Wlieat.- —The" recent action of the local brokets with- the • Agricultural department has borno fruit to spine eitent, and very shortly graders- will be, at-,. : work inspecting wheat on. growers’ hands, when it-is hoped ily considerable .quantities will be passed as milling. For some months, owing to local millers having secured all. their requirements, it has been impossible .to dispoke of any inilling "wheat. ' Much’ of- the wheat ".still .-in, .growers;. , heinda ■ undoubtedly will. be."classed .as undergrade, and, for this 3s" 6d ..'per--.bushel, is -..outside value,, for fowl wheat. Quite a quantity will. not. command more than 3s to 3s 3d on trucks. Ryegrass. —The demand from the north has slackened off considerably, as was only to be anticipated, but stocks, in merchants’ hands are so light, that when the'autumn demand from "the north , arises it ...is ..expected that prides for :- Ojti-Iy a'ji ocoasjotfal, lot is,"being.ogered by gxnwerg, but .- prices. .from ,3s . 6d for prime 241 b to 261 b seed, clown to 3s for , 211 b, bn trucks at" their sidings. Stock,—During the past week the stock market has remained practically unchanged, very little alteration.-since last -week’s quotations; in fact, in all classes prices quoted last" week are -practically the same as those rulih" to-day! ! Number's” of stock offering are 'very small;"!'" " This is" particularly noticeable in ewes and." store wethers.", A few lots of cattle are offering,: and files© nr© meet : iriig with a readier sal© than- in tlio past. The following prices may b© quoted: Fat . S'heep.r-Extra prime wethers, from 29s 6c'' to 325; prime, 26s to 28s; light and unfinished, 21s;, extra prime ewes, from 20s to 22s -6d; average, from, 18s to 20s;. unfinished,-, to- 14s, " , ■ , ' Fdt 'Cattle. —Extra prune bullocks, from £l3 to £l4 ss; average prime, from £9 10s to £lO 10s; "light and unfinished, to" £7; extra prime cows, £7 to £8 10s; prime, £5 10s to £6 10s, unfinished, to £4; extra prime heifers from £9 to £lO 10s; average prune, £6 10s to £7 10s; light and unfinished, to £4 Store Sheep,— Full-mouthed ewes ; with lambs at .foot, 10s , to 12s ,6d-;, sound-moi.tli ewes with lambs at toot, l3s to 14s (all counted); extra good mixed-sex hoggets, 16s to 17a 6d; average hoggets, 15s to poor and inferior,- to 12s; good forward wethers, four and six-tooth, 21s to 22s Gd; average, 18s to 20sStore Cattle—Three and four-year-old steers in good condition, £6 to £6 15s; two and 21-year-old Steel's, £3 10s to £4 6s, yearly ami 18-month,; 35s'-to 455-. - Prices for dairy cows are much about the same as those quoted last week. ■ ; ■ '