Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 932, 21 March 1885, Page 2

Commercial.

PRICES CURRENT

WHOLESALE. Butter fresh, 5d per lb Salt butler, 61 Cheese (provincial) 4)d per lb Paeon, 8d Hams (provincial) lOd do Potatoes 8s Eggs, Is per dozen Oats, 2s Wheat, 4a Flour (Otago) £9 10s per ton Adelaide flour, none Blvertcn flour, £8 10s Oatnual, (town made; £l4 per ton Pearl barlev, £23 do Pollard, £5 Bran, £4 Oaten hay (new), £2 15s Chaff, £3 Straw, £2 Onions, none. RETAIL. Fresh buuer, 7d per ib Butte” (potted), 7d Cheese (Pror : -mial), Gu do 'niona, none. Haras (Provincial), la do Kgir.s, Is 3d per dozen Potatoes 10s per cwt. Oats, 2s 6d per bushel Barley, none e lour, £lO 10a Bacon (Provincial), 10 I per !■> Chaff, 4s 6d per cwt. Bran, Is per bushel.

DUNEDIN MARKETS,

Bukxstde, Wednesday.

Fat Cattle—32B yarded ; a large proportion good to prime, tlie balance medium and inferior. The supply was more than sufficient for the wants of the trade; and although competition was fairly brisk at the commencement, towards the close biddings were very slack. In a few instances, but oulv for prime beasts, were last week’s prices nearly obtained. Best bullocks brought £8 10s to £lO 5s (only one pen at the latter price); others, £1 to £8; cows, £3 10s to £7.

Fat Calves—Only three in, and sold at from 17s 6d to 25s each.

Fat Sheep—l72o forward, of which 233 were merinos (good quality), the balance crossbreds (medium to prime). Owing to the short supply competition was exceedingly brisk for a.l prime qualities at an advance of from Is to 2s per head on last week’s rates. Medium quality and aged crossbred ewes were, however, difficult to place at about late quotations. Best crossbreds brought 13s to IGs ; medium, 9s to 12s 9d; merinos, 8s to lls 6d.

Fat Lambs—ls2 penned. For best quality there was brisk competition and an advance in prices; but there were a numoer of small and inferior forward, which brought about last week’s rates, the range being from 6s 9d to lls 3d.

Pigs. —198 penned, a large proportion of which were suckers and stores. The feature of the sale was a nice lot of bacon pigs, from the Windsor Park Estate which brought 60s to 70s each ; suckers and stores sold at from 10s to 2Gs; porkers, £ll4s to £2 6s. Others were sold at: porkers, £1 14s to £2 6s j suckers at 10s to 12s.

Store Cattle —A slight demand for good well-grown forward-conditioned cattle for winter feeding, but few transactions. Store Sheep.—There are frequent inquiries for crossbred and merino ewes, four to six tooth, for breeding purposes. Crossbred ■wethers, four-tooth to full-mouth, are also in demand for fattening.

Country Sales. —Wright, Stephenson, and Co., on Thursday last.Jsold the Wairuna flock as follows 3100 two. four, six, and eighttooth merino ewts at 10s 3d, 600 old merino ewes at from os lOd to 6s 6d, 800 merino lambs at 6s 6cl, and 550 old crossbred ewes at 7s 6d.

Wool.—Little or no business of any importance since last report. Most of the important clips having been sold or shipped, the season is pretty well ended. Sheepskins.—At the sales on Monday last there was a full attendance of buyers, and more animated competition than for several weeks. Green pelts especially were in demand, and secured an advance of from 5d to 6d each. Dry crossbreds, low to medium, brought ls7d to 2s 9d; do full-wool, 3s to 4s 8d ; dry merinos, low to medium, Is 9d to 2s 9d; full wool do, 3s to 4s lOd ; dry and inferior pel's, |d to LOd ; green crossbred, 15d to 21d ; do merinos, 15d lo 19J; lambskins, 12d to 20d. Rabbitskins. —Only small parcels of suckers and summer skins coming forward, which find buyers at late quotations, but there is in reality very little doing. Hides meet ready sale at late quotations, particularly heavy weights Great complaints ore made in regard to the condition of parcels lately on the market, as they have been greatly Cll t and damaged, and suffer in price aecordim ty. Qumi! ions—2£d to 3d per lb for light; medium, 3|d to 3f 1; heavy, 4d to 4jd. Tallow. —Some large lines have changed hands during the week, but stocks are still heavy and difficult to qmt. London values are declining, and in sympathy late rates in this market are barely maintained Good to prime bring* 24s to 25s ; medium, 21s to 235; infe-ior, 18s to 20s; rough fat, 14s to 16s u- r ewt \Vlieu-. — ~u’y very limited quantity of the ni-w crop on the market as yet. Millers are anxiously awaiting airivals of new, but present inquiries are confined to kinds such as w ito velvet and Tuscan for mixing. Buyers are #hv in offering per sanplo, although a few su e* have been effects but (here will be no reeiibirrty in, or standard of, prices until threshing has been more general and growers ar- in a "posit. on to oeliver.£|Ch dec samples of n ,. vv are quoted at 3s to 3s 4d ; prime old (oi which liitie is left in first hands), 3s 2d to 3s od : medium, 3s ; fowls’ feed, scarce and in d : nd, at Is9dto 2* 61. —New crop is coming to hand daily, ( of which prime samples short bright feed and heavy milling have been sold at Is 10id ( to 2s ; for Danish long or discoloured there is no’demand. For old, suitable for feed, there is a slightly better local demand, but at reduced prices—viz.: Bright feed, Is 9d to Is lid; discolored and inferior, Js 6d to Is Sd per bushel.

Barley.—Sales have been made of now bright malting at 3s 3d (bags extra) ; feed, 2s. Potatoes.—Market bare; all old stocks of kidneys have been cleared off. New arrivals, Derwents, bring 65s to 70s per ton. Horses.—Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co. report;—The entries for last Saturday’s sale were small, consisting chiefly of dealers’ lots. Most of them, however, changed hands at late rates. Any fresh lots of good young draughts and strong upstanding light harness coming forward would command a ready sale. Wo quote first-class draughts at from £3O to £34; medium, £lB to £25; good hacks and light harness horses, £ls to £23 ; medium, £8 to £10; light and inferior £2 to £5. ♦ Melbourne, March 17. The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand report of tho local markets as follows Shipping wheat, rather weaker, 3s 81 to 3s 9d ; malting barley, flat, 3s 9d to 4s 6d. New Zealand oats are in fair demand—feeding at 2s 8d to 2s lid, and milling at 3s to 3s Id. New Zealand oats (in bond), 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Ryegrass seed, 3s 6d to 4s 6d, with fair demand; cocksfoot, 3Jd to 4d (also in fair demand). London, March 17. The wool sales opened to-day. Means Balmo and Son’s and Jaootnb and Co.’s j dot catalogue comprise ! 7500 hales, principally from New South Wales and Queensland. The attendance of bidders was good, and the bidding onimate h Crossbreds were firm at last, rates to Jd ad- ance. Merinos were in buyers’ b ivour. The total number available is 210,000 falos.