Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 962, 4 July 1885, Page 2

Commercial.

'pUNEDIN MARKETS. * . ';.'.'.' Burnside, July 1. Fat Cattle.—l 99 head forward, nearly all only medium quality. Really prime beasts—of which theje were very Few—brought nearly last'wMk'S^-ates,'hut others'suffered a decline of bullocks-brought' £8 to £lO 23.60.'; fm to good,£6.to £8 7s 6d ; inferior, £4!U > '£5 4 ji''ti& j cows, £s'los"to £7 15s. ' •

Eas CftlVe.s.-P.Only 2 iii,: and sold at 16s and 255.

Eat Sheep.—33oQ jbead; forward, a supply far in excess of requirements, with the result of another fall ifi prices, fully equal to 3s per head on rates of last week, and, if anything, quoted 'three or four weeks ago. "One pen extra heavy crossbred wethers brought 17s 60; others, 9s 3d to 10s 6d; goqd<to/jp/im.a,;l3s 60 to 14s 60. i ■'■ ■ r ''" Fat Lambs. —Ninety-two WGre penneO, anO sold at 8s 3d to 9s 9d. '

Pigs.—rlo9ttpennod. "Wright, Stephenson, and Co. s,okjU29,.as follows:—Bacon-pigs at from 385"tV1)23; porkers, at from 24s to 30s ; stores, at from 12s to 215.;. Wool.—THe 1 Wew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report: —Since our last reportifce Have'[received] the following telegram from our London office, dated June 23: —• " Market unchanged 1 , except medium and inferior greasy, for which prices were slightly eas^f s .has declined-a-i to Id per lb" There was fuir competition on Belgian and"G^'i'hifin : 'a'ccoviiit, biit on French account theidfrojattdiwaaicarctely sofirm. The American long-staple merino, light in grease, is good. The total quantity catalogued to #atHi'lß2,ooo Bales;and the total quantity withjd.raw.n is:2G,OOO bales." This market is now pretty well cleared out, only stragglers and wooVshed'gathoi'ings being offered. Sh'ccptfkfnß!-—Monday's sales were well attended, but values were scarcely up to late rates. We learn, however,, that privately contracts have been, taken for tho current mouth Bt—for crossbreds up to 4s id, and for rnermos up to 3s Bd. llulcs afeo without alteration, prices current fox month,being well sustained—viz., pricio 'heavy, Ifu; good, 3§d to Id ; light, 3d to »&&.**' : SmmU :••«"""' iir -

T ,llow.—Maiikot stagnant; Sonic inquiries have been made for shipping parcels, but wifelloutflifectm'g price's. Inferior and mixed is wovijir f r jtO, 18s j. medium, 19s <to 21s; gooirfo prime,'22s to 2-is ; rough fatj 12s to lls'fJoVwfi, ° ,fßUe ' ' ''' i: ''" ' ""

Wheat. —Notwithstanding Home advices as to advance in valuesipf cargoes to arrive; this market is_, if anything, weaker. Stijl, Equalities are' firm,' and' appear.^ ;tos hold, ■ while millers have sufficient supplies of standard to carry them on in'fho meanwhile, and therefore are not compelled' to move the market. Quotations are : Prime milling, 3s to 3s 2d; good, Is 9d to 3s; damaged and in ferior^'od'tdas 3d. '''"' Oats.—There has ;been a steady demand for prime and, spund oats..during the week, and very substantial''clearances have been made for shipment Tho. market would '■ be still more active were it possible- to obtain reasonable freights. " Prime milling.sorts are worth Is Sd to Is short bright feed, Is 7d an dinferior,.ls 6d to Is 7d.- '•■- '

Bar]qy.,H?¥s»yiittlc?demand. Primo malting sells at 3s. Milling parcels are not sought for, and feed is in limited request at up«#2sP- x !l .

Horse mnrket.TrrMes's'rs'! Wright, Stephonson, and Co. report as follows : —We held our weekly sale as us,ual last Saturday. •, A large number OT'ffi&nghts (mostly medium) came forward, and the majority of them changed clas's (Jraugnts at from £3O to £35; medium, £2O to £27; light-harness horses (upstanding) and first-cLias hacks, £lB to £25; medium, £lO to mi; m erior, £3 io £7.

Melbourne, July 1. The manager of the [National Mortgage and Agency Company. of New Zealand, Limited,

■grain-market as follows

—Shipping wheat is decidedly firmer at 3s lldJtoJ&s'j'.Mrley; (malting), quiet, 4s to 4s 6d. New Z^alancl'pats;,(feed.,sorts), are quieter, but steady at 2s lid to 3s ; milling descriptions are steady,; but not in active demand, a^. ; 2s, lid to 3s 2d. . New/Zealand oats (in bon'dj,' 2s Id to 2s 4d.