COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1352, 13 June 1885, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

TIMARU PRODUCE MARKETS

The grain market is very dull, nearly all arriving in town going into store on owners’ account, better prices than are now ruling being hoped for. Quotations are nominally as follow Milling wheat, 2s 6d to 2a Bd. Oafs, long, Is 2i ; do short, Is 6d ;do feed, Is 3d. Brnoy 2s 6d to 3s,

CHRISTCHURCH CORN EXCHANGE,

The Corn Exchange reports for the week ending Friday evening, the 12th inst. :

The grain market for the past week has been steady, and prime lines, of winter wheat meet with ready sale at quotations. Whole chick wheat has also had a better enquiry. The same remark applies to bright oats, while discolored and inferior lines are difficult to quit. The barley market is still extremely dull, the only enquiry being for second quality for shipping. The same activity as reported last week still exists for clean ryegrass from farmers, but cocksfoot has only an occasional enquiry at current rates. Prussian blue peas still engage attention, while feed sorts are moving away slowly. Beans, although extremely good samples are offering, do not command a very high price, and are only being quitted with difficulty. The bulk of the potatoes aro now in pit, and sellers do not appear anxious to sell at the reduced quotations, but late advices from Sydney do not point to any better prices for sometime to come. Quotations are as follow : Wheat.—Milling (winter sorts), 2s 9d lo 2s lOd ; Tuscan, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; second quality, 2s 2d to 2s 6d ; whole chick wheat, 2s, f.o. b. Oats.— Milling and bright short feed, Is 9d to Is lOd , slightly discolored short feed, Is 7d to Is 8d ; inferior and long discolored, Is 5d to Is 7d, f.o.b. Barley—Prime malting, 3a 6 i to 3s 9d ; second quality, 2s 9d to 3s 3d ; feed, Is 9d to 2s, Christchurch. Beans —2s 6d. p eas —Feed, 2s 6d ; Prussian Blues, 3s 6d, f.o.b. Ryegrass—Machine dressed, 4s to 4s 6d ; clean farmers’ lines, 3s to 3s 6d ; inferior and dirty, 2s 3d to 2s 6d, Cocksfoot, bright, 3id ; discolored, 2d to 2£d, f.o.b. Lyttelton. Potatoes—Derwent, 32s 6d at country stations.

Butter—9id to 10£d for really prime ; second quality, 7d to 8J; pastry, 4d, Christchurch.

Cheese—Loaf shape, 5d to s£d ; large size, 3|d to 4£t, Christchurch. 4

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKETS. At the Addington Live Stock Market on Wednesday, moderate entries of ull kinds of stock were yarded for the day’s supply ; attendance of buyers quite an average one. The fat cattle offered were of good quality ; the demand anything but brisk. Sales made at late rates, viz,, 17s to 18s per 1001 b. Steers sold at from £5 10s to £7 10s; heifers, £4 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d. A small supply of fat sheep yarded ; demand about on a par. Cross bred wethers sold at from 12« 3d to 17s ; cross-bred ewes, 10s 3d to 13s 10d; merino wethers dull of sale. A few pens only of store sheep sent forward. Lines ot lambs sold at 6s 6d and 7s 4d, and a line of aged merino ewes at 3s 7d. A good supply of pigs on offer. Sales made at late rates : baconers, 37a 6d to 635; porkers, 21s to 35s ; stores, 8s to 17s 6i. Store cattle were dull of sale ; no quotable alteration in values* Dairy stock is still finding a good market; cows on point of calving sold at from £5 to £7 15s.

DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At llie Burnside Yards on Wednesday the following business was transacted ; Pat Cattle —lB7 yarded. A limited number prime beef, but the larger proportion inferior to good. For best quality competition was active at fully last week’s rates, but ordinary cattle were dull of sale at a trifle under last qnotan'ons. Best bullocks brought £7 10s to £9 12s 6d ; medium to good, £5 to £7 ; others up to £4 17s 6d. Beef, 15s to ‘2os per lOOlbs. Fat Sheep.—2939 penned, of which 1075 were merinos, the balance crossbreds, a few pens hei.ig prime heavy weigOts. Competition throughout the s les was exceedingly dull at a reduction on last weed’s rates of Is 6d to 2s per head ; while a considerable number were held over for next m rkot. Best wethers brought 13s to 14s 9d ; others, 9s to 12s 9d (one pen extra wethers, 16s) ; merinos, 6s to 12s 6d. Prime mutton, 21 per lb. - Mr A. Grant disposed of 28 crossbreds at 13s 9d.

Pigs.— 209 penned. Demand very slack, Poikers and bacon pigs suffered a decline of from f>s to 10s per head. Bacon pigs brought from 35s to 48s; stores, 18s to 28s ; suckers up to 14s 6d.