COMMERCIAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13890, 29 April 1909, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

•r SKIN SALE. /.There was;an unusually large attend-ance.'-r.iOf .buyers at. yesterday's, skin sales; "bidding was animated, arid prices fully ;iip to late-rates. ..Quotations from kales are as follows:—Merino: killed, up •to* 63 per lb, and dead up. to od; halfbred.'ktfled up ta 7d, dead up to 6d ; .thfee-quarterbred :do. to 6d and S.Vd, crossbred do. to 6d and 4§d; crossbred, lulled-short, up to oid, do. dead up to 3fd •. lambs, - killed up to 6d, dead to oj'd; butchers' skins, at per each, at .eqniralent rates. .Wool,' dead, up to oidj-'.crutchingSj-SJd. Fat up to 19s Hides.up to 3id irer lb, and hprsevhides ■ 3s • each ' . V ADDINGT&N: STOCK MARKET.' " H " XPer-,Press /Association. y N/!eHBIST€HIJRCH, April 28. 'Fiitvckttleiwere dull of sale; store Sheep •showed, no: change, in values, and ;fot J Ua3mbs';w;ere; easier.- The.fat sheep market'!- opened','at about ' last week's rates,. - but ewes ' fell away in price Q\nsg to'the Targe supply. Pigs were :'Store cattle' were dull of sale iixyiCon'seq'uence •of the heavy oitries froiri Otago, and dairy cows were in goodr demand. ...Sheep.—There was a large yarding of fat": sheep. .. Owing to the over-sui>ply prices : were ■ easier, especially for •nmediuni aid-poorer sorts. A few of lots of; light weight ewes were taken-for: freezing. There was a fair deinand ;for wethers for export, arid gfices'vwere well ■■ maintained for well finished; handy weights. The ranges of ipriees'we're:—Pririie wethers 15s to ,18s 3d, lighter 12s Id to 14s 9d, prime xrkes lis to 13s, medium 9s to. 10s 6d, aged and light 6s to 8s lOd. The ;eritry of store sheep was below the ave- . rage* of late sales in point of numbers. The proportion of wethers was, however, larger. Lambs consisted of a few small lines, aud the balance was .ewes- of ordinary class. For the latter there was a fair demand at late rates, and they mostly changed hands. Lambs also sold up to the rates ruling at late sales, very forward sorts making 10s to lis, and "backward lots 'Bs to 9s 6d. Good forward lines, of which there were several offered, sold at lis to 12s fid, low-conditioned halfbred wethers Bs,' and mother classes at late rates. The vardinff.of fat lambs was a" little over 200 less than the previous week, the total number offered being 6-530. In consequence of the reports from London there was less-keenness.in bidding, and lambs were rather easier, while ligliter sorts sold well up to last week's rates. There were 5603 taken for freezing at 12s 6d to 14s, and a few heavier pens to 14s lOd; 285 were bought by butchers, at 12s "to 16s, and 642 were passed in and sent to the factories on owners' account. 7■ ■ • ;

•■Cattle.—The entry of fat cattle totalled 267- head,, the. major portion lieing of good to prime quality. There was.again a weak demand and a dull sale ".'for all descriptions, and especially for second quality, which was difficult to > dispose of. Steers made £6 Ts fid t<v£lo 2s 6d, heifers £5 to £8 15s 6d. cows. £4 los to £7 15s, equal to 18s 6d to 20s for prime. ''l6s to 18s for medium, and 14s to los 6d;/for cow and inferior beef per 1001b. There was a large entry of calves, including some large sorts, and prices'for average weights ranged from 4s Gd to £2 ss, larger calves making more money. There was a very large.entry of store cattle, mostly from;Otago, and there was a verv dull sale. Calves made 13s, yearlings 275, fifteen to eighteen; months 37s"to 425, two-year steers £3 3s to £3 6d. two-year heifers £2 6s to £2 16s, two and a half-year steers £4 15s, three-year steers £5 15s. Dairy cows were: in demand at £3 to £lO. Pigs.—The demand was easier for all classes, and prices were lower accordingly. There were no large baconers, and light weights made 45s to 595, heavy porkers 33s to 40s, and lighter 28s to 325, medium stores 25s to 30s, smaller 18s to 245, and" weaners lis 6d to/14s 6d. .- ■ • BURXSIDE STOCK MARKET. DUNEDIN, April 28. Sheep.—2662 were yarded, consisting of-a. big proportion of ewes. Prices for wethers were easier, and ewes showed a- decline of about 2s per head. Best .wethers 15s to 16s, extra 18s, medium 13s6d to 14s 6d, inferior 12s to 12s 9d, best ewes lis to 12s 6d, extra lis. medium 9s to 10=, inferior 5s to 7s. Lambs —1275 were yarded. Prices were almost equal to last week's; best lambs 12s to 13s. extra 15s 6d, medium lis to 12s. inferior 8s Gd to 9s Gd. Pigs.—loo were penned. Suckers and small pigs were in fair supply, there being a good demand; porkers and baconers were firm at late rates. Suckers 12s to 14s, slips 15s to 18s, stores 20s to 26-=. porkers 36s to 40s, light baconers 43s to 475, heavy 48s toGOs Cattle. —178 head were yarded. The fnality taken throughout was good. There'were a few pens of specially nice steers and heifers. Bidding was slack, but.prices were slightly in advance <"- f Wt week'= rates. Best bullocks £8 Jos' to £ll us, good £7 10s to £S 10s ;

medium £6 10s to£7, light. and inferior £4 17s 6d to £6. best cows and heifers. £6 to ■£7 17s 6d, medium; to good £5 to £5 17s 6d. light and inferior £3 2s 6d to £4 10s. . • .''DUNT3DIN .GRAIN MARKET.

Oats. —Owing Vto the increased demand for shipment from »the Home country and Australia, prices have advanced considerably during thc.week, merchants are keen buyers •of all grades, although prime Cartons and Sparrow-bills have the preference. Duns suitable for seed have a fair demand for autumn sowing. Prime milling ~ls 7kl, good to best feed Is 5d to Is, 6d, inferior to medium Is 3-id to Is 4Jd. Wheat. —The cabled weakening of the London and American markets lias caused a cessation of business Upcally. Millers have large stocks on hand, iand are content to await developments; holders show no desire to force sijdes, and little business is passing. Good whole fowl wheat meets with a ready sale. Quotations •.—Prime milling 4s 3d to 4s 4d, medium to good 4s Id to 4s 2Jd. whole fowl wheat 3s lOd to 3s lid."inferior to medium 3s 6d to 3s Od.