COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12900, 10 February 1906, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

THE GRAIN MAUKCT.

The local gnifcV market- continues in an extremely quiet "state, and there has.been hardly any business worthy of tecord' during the - past • week. trices for wheat .have , gone back a little,, and : are fairly represented, bv 3s 4d;f.o.b. for Tuscan and Velevt, "and 3s 2d: f.o.b. for Bed Chaff. Oats are unaltered at Is 9d: for Banish, Is lOcl lor (lartons and Duns at country stations, sacks extra all round. , CLEARING The Canterbury Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited), report a. bearing sale of live stock, fanning implements and furniture, on Thuriday.last on account of Mr Robert tata. The farm having been sqMjeyery lot was -for absolute sale. : TBe^e. was. a large; attendance present,--and wibmitted. 1 was sold under keen competition at full:;market values."* They append a. few of the prices realised for live stock: — Tbiee-qiaarterbred 2-tootfr ewes lVs; ; 4, . 6, . and 8-toflth..- three-quarterb?ed "ewes 15s; fat and 1 - forward lambs,- ,13s, Tarns lgn and lign, cows {springing) £6 Jss, in profit! £4 2s 6d, yeaxlings £l' lis, calves 15s. J' : ' ;.. . . THE HOME MARKETS. Meesrsi-. Dalgety and' Co. have received -the following .cable. message;. •dated 1 London, February. Bth : —"The frozen 'mutton and Jamb- market is dull. Pnofe for New Zealand frozen beef are -higher by £d per lb since our last telegram. The advance ig due to small receipts of Argentine chilled beef. . Since pur .last- telegram prices ' of merino sheepskins < are at par to ;I per lb higher. Fine. ; crossbre<l aie'higher by id per,, 1b,,.; and coarse crossbred by jrd to .£<l per lbw The butter market;' is" unsettled. The' Copenhagen official quotation is unchanged.* The future is difficult to forecast. The total imports into the United Kingdom for the week ended 3rd February amounted to. 112,000 cwfc as:- compared with 69.000 ,'.cwt for the same; period last year.' Thejre is more demand : for unsalted than salted. The market is depressed in consequence | of heavy ajrivals. Under the circfiin«tances c.Lf. buyers show no •whatever to operate." - STUDfIOLME STOCK At tils sale yesterday therewaaan «eptiooally good' yarding of eheep tie. -.The cattle market was goodj'very few lotg bang passed. Fat cati2«feajdly brought their value. Dalgety .ai&l Cfc. sold on account of Station Peak■of fat bullocks and heifers. Th® market- was inclined to be dnQ, ilibngh good stock brought up to values.' fepbes were a» follows Cattle, 280 yarded; 5 fat bullocks at' £{> 7s: 8. at £8 7s 6d .(passed),-7 IS at £8 2s 6d (passfjiJj 6 at £8 5s (passeSf, 2 at £7; steers, 3Jat £7 2s 6d, 1 at £5 2s 6d, 2 steers and 1 heifer at £4 2s 6d,, 4;,ai £7 2s 6d; heifers, 7 at £6, 7 atV'£s 12s 6d, 2 at £4 15s (passed), 2 a£. .]£,s■ 7s 6d; fat .cows, 1 at. £5 ss; stores. - 20 steers at £4 Bs, 12 bullocks at £4 Is 10 at £3 6s, iO.- at £2 2s 6d,2'steenat £2 19s. 1 .at £2 10s, 3 at £f? 7s 6d, 7 at £4 15s, 3 at £2 10s, 3 ai £2 16s. 4 heifers at £3 -7s 6d and £2 2.85, 1 at £3 17s 6d, 1 at £3 Is, at 30s, 19 at 21s, 9 at 35sgjHMat 225, -3 at 245. 2 at- 235, 4 Btoggrflfc £2 ss,

1 bull at £2 12s and 1 at £3 2s 6d; springers, 1 at 37s 6d, 1 at £3 17s 6d, 1 at £2 7s, 1 at £2 15s, 1 at £3 10s, 1 at £4 17 s 6d, 1 at £3, 1 at £3 10s, 1 at £4 12s 6d, an empty cow at £3 17s 6d, 1 in profit at £3 12s 6d,. l. : ; soxr and calf at £3 10s. Sheep, 3909 were yarded; 3 fat wethers, at 14s 6d, 10 ditto at 15s, 35 2-tooth -wethers. and at 15s-7d, 3 fat wethers at 17s; fat ewes, lb at 12s Id. 29 at 9s 3d, 20 at 13s 7d, 23 at lis, 50 at lis 6d (passed); stores, 9 2-tooth ewes at 15s 9d, 12 ewes (aged) at 8s 3d, 133 aged ewes, at 8s 3d, 120 full and failing ewes at. 6s, 900 2-tooth wethers at 13s, 200 2 arid;4-tooth wethers, at 12s 3d, 250 merinoi wethers at 6s, 250 fat and forward wethers at 15s 2d, .270 2-tooth wethers at 12s (passed), 68 s.m. swes at 9s 4d (passed), 185 4, 6 and 8tooth ewes' at 18s 6d (passed); lambs, 240 , fat arid forward at 12s 2d, 179..at 10s 3d, 57 forward at 12s lOd, 225 forward at 12s 2d, 300 ditto at 11b (passed), 107 at 9s 9d (passed), 4 small at 9s 6d, 34 ditto at 6s 9d, 13 ditto at 4s sd, 154 ditto at 8s 9d. THE CHRISTCnUBCH GRAIN" MARKETS. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 9. Owing to the recent heavy rains and the fear of damage to crops there is more enquiry for wheat and several sales have taken place both for local consumption, and •for shipment north, the latter business having been done by merchants out of stocks in hand. In view of the heaVy wheat crops .ajid the low price of floor in Austniliaivmillers. are not inclined to -make any' advance* in prices. • For prime Tuscan. 3s 3d at a, 2d. station or under would probably be paid. ■ A large line of Pearl changed hands at" 3s 2£d; 1360 bushels of Hunters at 3s Id; 3000 bushels of the same qudlity at 3s, at country stations, and 680 . bushels at 3s Id at the mill. A few'sales of new oats have been made but little has been- offering since the late rains set in. A line of 650 bushels of fair quality Danish is reported to have been sold at Is 6d ~at Raiaia, and 200 bushels of light Duns at Is 7d at a nearer station- • Chaff is firmer in. consequence of the wet weather. A few samples of white clover have been seen but no." sales are yet reported. Wet : -weather : set in again this evening, and- harvest prospects are'gloomy.. '