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Temuka Leader, Issue 4059, 6 June 1903, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

STUDHOLME HORSE SALE

The Canterbury Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association (per Mr G r 1 M ' Jones, auctioneer), renort n, /L Joldtag o, tneir t ,S ! at Studholme Junction yards on Thursday, whenk they had an ent?? To'' £ ft l harness norses £1.3, £1.3 ' os » , £lh to £l7; lucks up to -fin • broken to chains £32, £33, £39 ±<4b ; yearling colt by Avemore £22 loal by Lawrence Chief £ls. CHii;:rrCHURCH STOCK MARKET. JLl hG tht d f d n gt - n markets on Wed " .■aesday the following prices were reaii.sed :—- Cattle-ln consequence of the l-oli-day there was u s, lU i entry v' yarding of fat ..ut'e «, as hi\ including a fair j-roporticn of si'cers ;and prime heifers. The market on the whole, was fairly easy, but some pens of spocially {rood quality sold remarkably well. Steers brought £6 15s to £ll 7s 6d, heifers £5 17s Gd to £9 6s, cows £5 JOs to £9 10s. Sheep-The entry of fat sheep was smaller than usual. The keen competition of butchers and export buyers resulted in a satisfactary rale. Best freezing wethers brough 18s lOd to 22s sd, medium 16s 7d to 18s, best butchers' ewes 16s to 21 iid, medium lis 9d to 15s Bd, wethers and ewos 14s (id to 20s. There was a small yarding of fat lambs, a'nd the quality was above the average. There was a good demand for export, ~ind prices were from 6d to Is above 'those ruling last week. Tegs brought up to 17s, freezers lis 9d to 16s 9d, butchers 9s to 16s 3d. Pigs—There was a poor entry and a small attendance, and the prices obtained afford 110 indication ot values. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKETS. At the Burnside markets on Wednesday the following business wa? transacted : Cattle—7o head of fat cattle were yarded, principally light to mcidium weights. Best bullocks brought £ll 10s to £l2 12s 6d, medium £9 to £lO 10s, light and inferior £6 to £8 10s, best cows £9 10s to £ll ss, medium £7 10s to £8 15s, light abd inferior £5 10s to £7. Sheep—Only 469 fat sheep wore penned. Prices ruled from 2s to 3s above last week. Best wethers brought 20s to 225, medium to good 17s to 19s Gd, v others 14s 6d to 16s. best ewes 19s to 22, medium to good Kis to 17s, others lis to 15s ; 150 lambs were penned, which sold under keen competition. Best brought 13s Gd to Ms 6ri, good lis 6d to 12s Gd, others 9s 6d to Us 6d. Pigs—Only 33 were ' penned. Slips brought 13s to ISs, porkers 42s to 48s, baconers 51s to 555, big pigs at up to 80s. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKETS. Wheat—Not much business passing millers confining their attention to" choice milling lines, and only buy from hand to mouth. There is a large quantity of fowl wheat, but prices deter shippers. Southern wheat is mostly too soft. Prime milling is quoted at 4s to 4s 2d, medium .'is 10d to 3s J Id, whole fowl feed 3s 5d to 3s brokien and damaged :5s to 3s 3d ; sacks ..extra. Oats—There is a good demand for milling and seed lines, the latter being scarce. B grade for shipmen is in good demand, but farmers are not inclined to accept present rates. Prime milling is quoted at Is lOdto Is lid, good to best feed Is B£d to Is 9|d, inferior to medium Is Gd to Is 7d ; sacks extra. AUSTRALIAN' MARKETS. SYDNEY, June 3. South Australian wheat seed, nominally 5s ] Id,; Manitoban 5s 7d Californian and Argentine 5s ; .-hick New Zealand 4s lid to 5s Id. Flour, local and Manitoban £l2 5s to £l2 10s. Oats, New Zealand and Tasmanian prime feding 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; milling 2 s lOd to 2s lid : inferior 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Maize, prime dry yellow, 3s Sd. white 3s Gd to 3s 7d. Barley, Cape, 4s Id. Peas, Prussian blue, 7s 9d to Bs,. Bran Is Id. Pollard Is 2d. Potatoes, Circular Head £2 5s to £3. Onions, Victorian, prime, £3 JOs to £3 15s ; medium £3 to £3 ssf Butter Is Id. Cheese, 6|d to Bd. Bacon 7-|-d to lid. The a'bove quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer and no not represent the- slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers. . MELBOURNE, June 3. Wheat is dull at 5s lid ; Californian ss. Oats, Algerian 2s 5d to 2s 7d ; Now Zealand B grade 2s lOd ; Tartarian 3s. Barloy feeding 3s 3d to 3s Sd ; malting 3s 9d to 4s Gd. Maize 3s Id. Bran Is 3d. Onion £2 5s to £2 10s ADELAIDE, June 3. Wheat is weaker at 5s sd. Flour £l2. Bran Is 3d. Pollard Is fid. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company cable a fall of id in the- value of North Island mutton, and that the values of lamb of both j qualities haive advanced |d. Quota- | tions—Canterbury mutton 3fd, Napier, Wellington, and North Island, 3fd ; lamb, first quality, 4-fd, second quality 4-Jd. , THE HOME MARKETS. LONDON, June 3. The stock of tallow on hand consists of 13,403 casks ; imports 5491 casks ; deliveries 6292 casks. The wheat shipments from American and Atlantic ports for the past week amount to 339,000 quarters, and from the Pacific ports 22,000 quarters. June 4. Finding that New Zealand butter is carried at zero 10 degrees, Mr Lance the New South Wales commercial agent, has represented to the mall companies the desirableness of carrying Australian gutter at the same temperature. THE HOMEBUSH SALES. SYDNEY, June 4. At the Homebush sales values were firm'at late rates . The catalogue included two shipments from New Zealand. Wethers ranged at prices from I7s lod to 23s 3d ; ewes 19s 3d to 19s Gd ; local wethers, best 37s good 13s to 14s ; ewes best 16s, good 12s to 13s. Cattle met a slight fall in prices best bullocks selling at £ll 10s, good £lO 15s, best cows £8 good £7 ss. Best beef is quoted at 30s to 31s per 1001 b.