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Tuapeka Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 5971, 21 August 1912, Page 1

COMMERCIAL.

G-liAL\ AND PRODUCE 'REPORT. ! Messrs Dalgoty and Co., litd., report a s follows We held our usual weekly auotion talc of grain and produce at our stores 011 Monday, the 12th inst., when prices ruled as under : Oats.—The demand is very slack, aud sales can only be affected at reduced rates. There is a large quantity of iofericr oats offering, which has 'a depressing effect on the market. We quote—Prime miHir. . is Id, good to 'best feed Is lOd lo 2a, medium to good Is 8d to 1- unsound and inferior from Is <>d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.— i'rjune milling samples l are in better demand, and sev, nil lines have changed hands of late ; quotations. Fowl wheat is offering freely, and values for medium quality are easier. Piime milling 33 8d to 3s medium milling 2s 6d to 3s I7d, best wholo ioivl wheat 3s 3d to 3s 'ld, medium to good 3s to 3s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes.—Prime quality fit for shipment are in good demand, awl readily placed at quotations. As only a moderate quantity of these are coming to hand, the market shows a lhmk'g teudency. Choice tables £0 5s to £6 IDs, medium to good £5 10s to £6 per ton (sacks in).

Chaff. —Prime oaten sheaf alone is enquired for, and as the quantity oi this coming to hand is small, prices are slightly firmer, ibut medium and inferior quality a re a drug on the market. We quote —Choice black oaten sheaf £3 7s (id to £3 IDs, prime oaten sheaf £3 to £3 ss, medium to good £2 10s to £2 15s, inferior and light from 3Us upwards (per ton sacks extra).

Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report for week ended Tuesday. Kitli i\ugust, 1'.))- as follows : Fat Sheep.—2433 were penned, the majority geing wethers, with only a few pens oi prime ewes. Prices showed an advance oi from Is 6d to '2s per head a" rouul. Best wethers brought from 24s 6d to 27s Gil. L .xtra to 31s, medium to good 20s to 235, light and inferior ,17s l)d to 2tls, best owes 23s to 245, oxtra heavy to 31s 3d, medium 18s to 21s, light and inferior 12s to 15a tid.

If at Lambs.—Only OSS were penned and prices ruled about the same ;vs at. last .sale. Best lambs brought from 17b to 18s ; oao extuu heavy poll to 21s 3d, medium to jfood Ms (id to 16s. Fat Gattle.--There was a small yarding of 1412 head. t.'omipeiitkm was keen and prices showed a rise o! fully 10s per head. l'rinre bullocks brought from £l3 to £ls, extra to £IS 12s (3d, medium £lO to £ll 15s, light and iuferior £'J to £lO, heifers £6 10s t 0 £lO, extra l« 2s (id, medium £7 to £B, liiiht £4 10s to £6 10s.

Pigs.—There was a small vanling ot both store and fat pigs. There was a good demand for fats and prices were a good dead higher. Young |iigs were also enquired for. Quotations : Suckers 10s to -12s, slips 15s to IjTs, stores 30s to 3(75, porkers 41s to 51s, light baconers to 60s, heavy baeoner.; to '7Bs 6d, ohoppers to 110s. Kabbitskins.—Wo offered a very lnrg.* ca»ai®guo at yesterday's sale and cleared the lot under very spirited competition. We topped the market for winter does with 43d for two lines, this being the highest price that has been paid this year, i'rime winter bucks and other lines sold fully up to the rates of a fortnight ago. Quotations—Selected winter does 40d to 43d, prime does 3txl to 3Sd, good 30d to outgoing does 20d to 22d, selected winter bucks 20d to 23fd, good l&d to ISHd, incoming to lSjd, outgoing, to 15d, autumn to early autumns to 15d, racks to 14d, light racks to 10-Jd, spring does to spring bucks to 13d, winter black to 34d, autumn 21d to 23d, fawns to 26id, shocks to 3d, hare skins to HHd, catskins to lo|d. horse ■hair to 18fd.

Sheepskirfl.—There was the usual attendance of buyers at to-day's sale and prices were the same as have b(ecn ruling lately. Quotations—Best halfbled 8d to Sgd, medium j 7d to 7.< d, interior to 6)1 d, best line cross-bred 7-Jd to B|d, best coarse cross-lued 7d to |7Jd, medium sfd U ftld, dead and inferior to 5Jd, bc-i nn rino lijd to 7.U1, medium to aood l' s :l in O'.d, lambs 7d to 7'Sd, medium 5!. d to (Wd.

Tallow and Fat.—Prices rule muoli about the same, there being good demand for all consignments coining forward. Oats.—The market is exceedingly quiet and values are somewhat easier. Quotations—Prime milling 2s to 2s Id, gord to best feed Is lid to 2s per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat.—There is a fair demand for prime lines but medium and inferior lots are only saleable as fowl wheat. Quotations—Prime milling 3s 3d to 3s 3d, medium 3s 6d to 3s f7d, best whole fowl wheat 3s 3d to 3s medium 3s te 3s 2d, broken and damaged 2s 6d to 2s lOd per bushel (sacks extra)]. Cfeaff.—'There is a 'fair demand for prime oaten sheaf, but medium and inferior lines are very hard to place. Quotations—Best oaten sheaf £3 2s 6d to £3 ss, medium to good .€2 15s to £3, light £2 to £2i 10s per ton (<bf\gs extra). Potatoes.—Small consignments are coming to hand, and the majority of the lines are frosted. There is gcod enquiry for prime lols, and these bring from £6 5s to £6 10s, medium to good £6 10s to £6, inferior £4 to .£4' 15s per ton (sacks in).