COMMERCIAL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 3474, 3 August 1899, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

TEMUKA STOCK SALE. The entry of sheep at the Temuka Yards on Tuesday was the largest for some mouths. Owing to wet weather they did not show to advautage. The market was topped with some freezing wethers, which realised 16s. Store cattle was not in request, and but little beef was yarded. There was a drop on bacon pigs, but all young ones were eargerly competed for. The following are quotations ; Sheep Fat wethers, 16s; fat ewes, 12s 6d to 13s 3d ; ewes in lamb, 14s 3d to 14s 6d ; three-quarter-bred hoggets, forward, 12a 4d to 12s Gd ; store hoggets, lls 8d to 11s 9d; culled hoggets, 8a 9d. Pigs Weaners, from 13s to 16s; stores, 18a to 235; porkers, 28s to 34s ; baooners, 39s to £3 2s Gd. * Cattle—3 year-old steers, £3 15s to £4 ; 9 months to 18 months, 24s to 425; 2year olds, 57s Gd to £3 15a ; cows in profit, 40a to £4; springers, from £2 15s to £4 10a.

PLEASANT POINT SALE. Considering the wretched unsettled weather that has occurred lately, almost completely disorganising farming operations, the entry of sheep which came forward at the Pleasant Point stock sale on Monday was very good indeed. The demand was fair, and the sale as a whole was considered satisfactory. In sheep fat ewes sold at 10s 9d to lls 7d, and up to 12s lid for an exceptionally heavy line; fat lambs 13s 9d, fat wethers (freezers) 16s 4d, store wethers 13s 2d to 13s sd. Store pigs sold at 13s to 15s, and among the few cattle forward fat cows found buyers at £4, ASHBURTON STOCK SALE. On Tuesday there was a moderate attendance, owing to the wet weather. 8000 sheep were yarded. Fat wethers brought 14s 10d to 15s Gd, ewes 2s lOd to 12s 7d, lambs Us 4d to 14s. Stores—2-tooths in lamb 16s 3d, 2,4, 6, and 8-tootha in lamb 13s 9d to 16s 2d, aged crossbred ewes in lamb 13s 2d, 2-tooth mixed sexes lls lOd, aged merino wethers 5s Bd. Cattle sold at about the same as last week. CHRISTCHURCH MARKETS. The principal item of interest in the grain trade during the past few days has been the sailing of the steamer Ardandearg for Las Palmas with 141,780 bushels of wheat, of which about half was loaded at Timaru and the balance at Lyttelton. The departure of so large a cargo, with a couple of ships still loading for London, has had the effect of steadying the local wheat market slightly, so far as holders are concerned, but with the continued depression in the London market speculators are holding off, and, beyond a few small sales of Pearl and Tuscan at 2s 2Jd at country stations, and Hunter’s at 2s Id, no business has been passing. Virtually nothing has been doing in either oats or barley. A little inquiry has been experienced for prime parcels of oatsheaf chaff at 35s at country stations for local consumption. The latent news from Sydney is to the effect that the market there for New Zealand potatoes had collapsed, and they were hard to dispose of at from 30s to 32s 6d per ton, while the market was glutted. Buyers here are only offering 10s per ton, and even at that price they are not anxious to purchase, as they can see no immediate prospect of an outlet. Holders of onions in several instances are declining to take 40s per ton, which is the best price offering, and are now shipping on their own account. If the consignments do not prove better keepers than the bulk of those which have gone to Sydney previously this season, they will find some difficulty in disposing of their shipments there. The following are quotations : Wheat - Prime milling pearl and tuscan 2a sd, average quality 2a 3d, prime milling huuters 2s 3d, fair average quality 2a 2d. Barley—Prime malting (nominal) 3s, secondary parcels 2s 3d to 2s Gd delivered. Oape Barley—2s to 2a 2d. Oats—Milling Canadians, la Gd; short feed, Is 3J to la 4d ; duns, Is 3d to la 4d ; danieh, la 3d ; tartariau, Is 3id. Flour—Millers quote roller £7, stone £6, sharps £3 10s, bran £3. Oatmeal—£Blos.

Oat-sheaf Chaff—3ss to 36s at country stations.

Potatoes Derweuts (nominal), 10s at country stations. Onions—Nominal, 40a at Christchurch. Beans—2s 6d to 2s 7d.

Peas—Blue Prussians, 2s 9d to 3s. Ryegrass—Farmers’ dressed lines, Is 3d to Is 9d for fair, and up to 2s 6d for prime heavy farmers’ seed. Cocksfoot—Farmers’ dressed lines, 3d to for bright seed. Cowgrass —sd to 6d. White clover, farmers’ lines, 5Jd to7d. Cheese—3£d to 4d; loaf, 4d to 5d ; factory, large, 4d to 4£d. Butter Fresh local factory, Is 2d ; North island do, Is; ditto in boxes, 9d to lOd ; best dairy, 8d to 9d j salt, in boxes, 7d, for prime. Bacon and hams, 7£d to B£d ; factory Jd per lb higher. The above prices, except where otherwise stated, are those paid to farmers f.o.b. Lyttelton.—Lyttelton Times,

MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. London, July 30. Hemp is firm ; good Wellington is quoted at £23. Hides are in short supply. At the periodical sales of colonial hides, light qualities advanced Jd. Leather and basils were alow of sale, and prices are unchanged.

Frozen mutton—New Zealand crossbred withers and maiden ewes, Canterbury, 3 8-16 d ; Dunedin and Southland, 3jd; North Island, 2 |d. Lamb, prime Canterbury, 5 l-16d ; fair average, including Dunedin, Southland, Wellington, and secondary Canterbury, River Plate sheep, crossbreds or merino wethers, heavy, 2Jd ; light, 2Jd.