AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2258, 10 June 1897, Page 26

AUSTRALIAN COMMERCIAL.

Sydney. June 9.

Wheat.— Prime chick, 3s 3d to 3s 6rt ; milling, local, is 7W. FJour : Galifornian, £10 10-3 to £11 ; local, £12 to £12 10s. Oats : Local, prime ieeding, 2a sd ; New Zealand prime, 2s 6d to 2s 6Jd ; medium, 2s 4d to 2j 5d ; seedirjg, 2s 6d to 2s 7d. Maize, 2s lOd. Barley: Cape. 3s 3d io 3s 4d. Peas : Prussian blue, os od. Hrau, Is. . Pollard, Hd. Potatoes have good sale : Circular Heads, £4. Onions : Victorian prime, £6 to £6 10s ; New Zealand, £7 10» to £8. Butter: Now Zealand factory, Is 2-J to Is 3d ; local, Is 3d to Is 4d. Cheese : Prime loaf, od. Bacon, 5d to 6d. Hams : New Zealand, 9d. Melbourne. June 9 Wheat, quiet, 5i lOd to 5s lOJd. Oats dull ; feeding, 2s 3d to 2s 6d : milling, Algerian, and stout white, 2s 7d. Barley : Prime malting, 4s Od. Maize, 3s 2d. Bran and pollard. Is Id to Is 2d. Potatoes, £2 ]0s to £2 15s. Onions, £5 to £6. Adelaide, June 9. Wheat, quiet, 5s Gd to 5s 7d. Flour, £13 Ss. Oats : Dun, 3s to 3s Gd ; Algerian and stout while, 3s 6d to 3s BJ. Barley unchanged. Bran, Is SJ. Pollard, Is od to Is, Gd. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. (Per United Pkess association.) CmiisTCHUitcu, June 9. There was a large attendance at the Addington yards to-day, and the busi-.ess was food overywhere but in the cattle department. Theentiies comprised 349 cattle, 10.8S1 thetp, and 448 pigs. Fat Cattle. — The entry consisted mainly of medium and light weights of moderata to good quality. There was no improvement in the demand, and only a few desirable beasts exceeded the rate of 17s per lOOib. Prices current were — Prime steers and heifers, 16s to ]7s fld ; medium to good, 14s to 15s ; cows frnm 12s jier head. Bteers sold at from £3 10» to £6 15s t«l ; heifeis, £3 10s to £6 ; cows, £2 10s to £5 12s Gd. Dairy Cattle were tew in nmnbeis, and generally inferior in quality and condition and were in poor request. A very few good cows fetched £5 10s to £7 10s, but very low prices were offered for ordinary stock. Fat Sheep. -A laige entry of generally good quality constituted the best yaidiug forward for some time. There was good competition for freezers, and an advance on last weuk's prices was maintained throughout the sale. Be-t butchers' sheep also hardened, and iv other descriptions recent values were firmly upheld. Au almost complete clearance was effected. The transactions included the sale of 1400 crossbred wethers (two and four-tooth), from Mr G. B. Stuckey's ! (Brackcnfield), at 14s Id ; Mr L. W. To-awill tak- : ing the line for freezing. Lincoln College crossbred wethers fetched 14*; lid, and old | Border Leicester ewes lls lid Tha crossbred wethers from the Aylesbury estate, Mr R. Campbell (Cher tsey), Mr G. G. KusseU (OUpua, South Canterbury), Mr F. C. Murray (Lincoln), Mv 11. Rosendale (Tinwald, a pan of which topped the , market), and from some smaller consignors, also I attracted special attention. Fat Lambs.— There was % good entry for the I time of the year, including a fair proportion of i pens of export quality. Reef ut values weie fully maintained all round, best freezers fetching 10^ lo I lls 3d, aud secondary and shop quality from 8s to I Qg (jj_ Pig's.— The demand was spirited, 3Jd being obtained for all good baconers. Stores were unchanged in value. The prices obtained were : Baconers 2Ss to 50s, porkerß 183 to 265, stores from 10s upwards, and weaners 03 to 7s.