COMMERCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 26 August 1908, Page 40

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, August 19. Flour. £9 ss. Oats: Tasmaniane, 3s 3d; Algerian, 3a sd; New Zealand A grade Gartons, 3s 3d to 3s sd. Barley: Cape, 4s Bd. Maize, 4s 6d. Bran and pollard, £6. Potatoes: Tasmanian, £5 10s to £6. Onions: Victorian Japanese, £10 10s. Butter,. 120s. Bacon, Bid. MELBOURNE. August 19. "Wheat, 43 3d. Flout, £9. Oats- Algerian feeding, 3s Id; milling, 3s 3d. Barley: Cape, 4s 2d. Maize, 4s 6d. Bra-n and pollard '■>■* 4d Potatoes, to £6. Onions, £9. ADELAIDE. August 19. Wheat, '4s l|d. Flour, £8 12s 6d. Bran and pollard, Is 2Sd. ADDIN,GTON STOCK MARKET CHRISTCHURCH, Stigust 19. At the Addington live stock market to-day there was a- large entry of stock, and a good attendance. Store sheep met with a duller sale and. at lower prices. Fat lambs sold well, and fat sheep wej;e easier. .In consequence of the heavy yarding beef showed no change in values, and pigs met with a good sale. The store sheep pens -were -well filled, the entry being a large one. Hoggets formed the major portion, anr* the halance consisted of ewes and wethers. There was a weaker demand, and, as compared with recent sales, there was a drop in prices, hoggets suffering to the extent of Is -and Is 3d per head, and wethers were down Is. Ewes sold better in proportion to the other classes, but at the same time prices for these also showed a dec-line. There was a small mixed entry of fat hoggets and lambs, and any good lots sold very well. Young lambs made 14s 6d to 20s 9d, and hoggets 12s to 16s 9d. The yarding of fat sheep was the largest, and for general quality was the best, for this winter. There was a large proportion of prime wethers, including some lines from the south, and several pens of good merinos. Owing to the numbers on offer the market opened easier, and the export buyers were operating more freely than they have done for some time past, values being more within their limits. Well-finished medium-weight wethers were in good demand for export, and kept at a fairly steady price throughout the sale. Heavy-weight wethers and ewes, for which competition was chiefly confined to the butchers, were comparatively lower in value, and toward the close of the sale the bidding became dragging. The range- of puces was: Extra prime wethers, 25s 6d to 355; prime, 19s 6d to 245; medium, 17s to 19s ; light and unfinished, 16a to 16s 6d • prime merino wethers, 14s 3d to 17s lid • lighter, 10s Id to 14s; prime ewes, 17s to 20s; medium. 14s 6d to 163 6d ; aged and light, 10s to 14s. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 308 head, and a fair proportion of prime beef. For anything good there was a satisfactory demand, and the previous week's prices were well maintained. Prime beef made 24s to 28s; medium, 21s Gd to 23s 6d , and cow and inferior, 18s to 21a per 1001b. The range of prioes was: Steers. £6 15s to £11 103 and extra to £15; heifers, £5 15s to £10,' and extra to £12; and cows, £5 to £11. An average yarding of veal calves sold at 4s 6d to 55g, according to size and quality. There was a moderate entry of store cattle, and a fair proportion consisted of usefui sorts. There was an improved demand in consequence of the good prospects of feed Fifteen to 18 months' cattle sold at 255 ; twoyear steers, £2 7s 6d ; two-year heifers, £2 2s-three-year steera, dSo 2a Gd to £5 16s; threeyear heifers, £1 15s. dry cows. £1 to £3 17 S 6d. A line of two and a-half year heifers 111 good condition made- £4 15s, and a lin-e of steers of the same age was passed «t £4 ss. The dairy cows were a poor lot, and uiet with a dull sale at £1 10s to £9 15s. There was a medium entry of pig 3, and under the competition of an outside buyer there was an adva-noe m prices for fats. A line of 14 prime Berkshire baconers from Canterbury Agricultural College made 063 to 725. Choppers brought up to £3 12s 6d • baeoners, 48s to 555, equal to 6d per lblarge porkers, 40s to 465, and smaller 32s to 38s. equal to 6d per lb. Stores also polo? well, large making 32s to 365. medium 25s to 30s, and weavers 16s to 21s.