Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 1339, 23 March 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

PRICES CURRENT. WHOLESALE. Dutter, fre»h 7-1 per lb Salt butter, Gil Cheese (provincial) 51- i per lb Bacon, fiH Hams (provincial) 9d do Kggs, 10.1 per dozen Oat*, 2a 3d Fowl Whe.it, 3s 9d Flour (Otago) £l2 per ton Adelaide flour, none Oatmeal, (town nmdej £is per ton Pollard, £6 Bran, £4 Oaten buy (new), £2 Chaff, £3 Straw, none Onions, 15s per ewt RI'.TAIL. Fresh butter, 9d per ib Kuttf (pot'.-d),Bc! Cheese (Provincial), Sd d Onions, 34 Hams (Provincial), 10d do Eggs, Is per dozen Outs, 2< 9d per bushe! Parley, none Flour, £lt Bacon (Provincial), 81 per lb Chalf, oer cwt. Bran, Is per '.uslie!.

rSTEHCARGILL MARKETS. G. C. Totbill reports on his usual weekly sale of sheepskins, rabbitskins, hides, tallow &o , as follows : A good catalogue comprising 62 lots of all descriptions was submitted to a large attendance- of tbo trade who competed briskly for every lot offered, resulting in capital prices . being realised. Following i 3 the result of the sale: — Shocp.-'kins.—Full-woolled dry crossbrods, 5d to 5Jd; medium, 4d to 4yd ; inferior, 3d to 3Jd. Merinos, GUI per lb; doublo-llceee do, 3s to ss; inferior, Is to Is 6d each. Crossbred pelts, Is 3d to 2s 3d; inferior, 4d t> lid each. Wool. —Crossbred, 7d to 8d ; cotted and dead wool, 5U to Gid. Merino, 7d ; locks and pieces, lid to 5d per lb. Rabbitskins. Autumns, 9Jd; summers, 6Jd per lb. Horsehair realised 13 per lb Tallow and Kollgh Fat.—The formor sold at 13s Gd for very poor quality, and the latter from 7s to 12a per cwt. Hidf.T, in sound condition, 2Jd to 2|d per lb; lighc and inferior, 7d ; damaged, 3s 3d each. During the week I hav-o sold at the Freezing Works two lines of pelts at Is 8d to 2s 3d each. Wilson, Tiine and Go. report 011 the ja-irketa for tbo woek ending Mar. 21st:— We have hold no auction sales of stock during the past week but note a good enquiry for lambs and 2-tooths at reasonable values. Many settlers aie inclined to stand out for bigger prices th:ui buyers are disposed to givo ab tin; present time. Breeding ewes have not been il. much demand of late, but as tbo season approaches buyers will doubtless come forward. The market for fat sheep is quiet, the supply being rather in excess of the demand. There is no improvement in the cattle market. Far, cattle keep low in price," and stores are difficult ot sale. Sheepskin?, Hide and Fat Sale.—At Monday's sale we offered a fuir eataloguo composed mostly of hides and fat. Prices were as follows: —Hides: Butchers' green, fair weights, I'S 'Jd to 10s Dd ; medium and country ]uts, 4s to 8s Calfskins, lOd each.-—Fat: prices arc still inclined downward and weie from Cs to 10s per cwt. —Horsehair, Is per lb. G. A. Birch (on behalf of the Nationaj M ortgage aud Agency Company of N Z., Ltd.) repoits on the markets for nreekt'cnding 22nd March r.s follows : Owing to the excellent harvesting weather we arc experiencing, farmers alo too busy to como to town, and business has consequently been restricted, during the past weak. If the present tine weather continues we may look forward to having a large quantity of new p: tun offering in the course of a fortnight or three weeks.

Wheat.—The Home markets a:o not very brisk, and this ha. : j had the ellcctof quiofconing oat- local market, it is yet rathor early for this season's crop, and in the absence of Stocks offering quotations are nominal. Oat.:. —This market is fairly brisk and we thin': farmers may rely en obtaining good prices for their oats this season. A few parcels of tlie now grain have passed through merchants' hands already and the colour and quality seem to be fairly ap to the average. Ai e think pricos will range from Is KM to 2e P'U' bushel on trucks at country stations for gjod sound grain. Ryegrass.—This seed has had some enquiry and a few sales have been niado at from . h , to 2s 'A I per bushel for clean samples on trucks at country station?, sacks weighed in. i iachino-drcssod lots a;e in slight demand, and values aio almost nominal at from 'is 3d to o"s (id por bushel for superior samples ex S.ore, sacks included. Italian ryegrass has b ion sold at equal to 2s 81 to 2s 10d per b ishol on trucks at country stations, but the d .-inand bus almost ceased and difficulty wmld be experienced in placing a lai"gofinc. o DUXEDIN MARKETS. BuuxsiDr, March 20. .Competition for fat cat tits was only moderately aetivp, and prices showed no improvement on last week. There was an over supply of fat sheep and v.i :i's receded considerably, there being ;i ••.•op in wethers of Id Gd, and fully 2.s lid in P'v s. For fat lambs there was brisk demand, wi;h pi ices about on a par with last week. Youngslo;e shep are enquired after. Pigs are in good demand. Tho Ashburton correspondent of lite I'rets wru .. : ■ Messrs L'Yiedlander Bros, have concluded \vi ar i-; probal !>• one of the biggeSi inlvide.al grain transactions that lr;s evei taken p ar ■ in Ashburton, for they bought ■from j>Lr John i'l'igg, uf bong e.ieli, a line ol S i.'JJO sacks (otjua, to 12U,')0J hu-liels) ol wli at, and i ','.).:•> sacks oi barley, all fot immediate delivery " ''■ e ..,.:, .:jj, noaiiiinl, in- j ao:ivc; Cirou ar Heads, £0 10s per ton.

Onions (New Zealand), £l2 to £l2 10s. Oats, 2s 9d to 3s 3d; milling, 3s id ; seed, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Bran, Is 2d ; "pollard (scarce), ls6d. Barley (Capo), 3s Sd. Wheat (chick), 33 6d to 3s 9d ; milling, New Zealand, 4s lOd to 5s 3d; Adelaide, 5s 9d. Butter (local dairy), Is to Is 4d ; separator, Is 4d to Is 6d; factory, Is 6d to Is 9d—dull; importe i dairy, lOd to Is 2d: separator, Is 3d. Cheese (local), 5d to 7d; New Zealand, Cd to 7Jd. Bacon (local), 8d to 9£d ; New Zealand, 9d to lOd ; hams, ll}d to Is Oid. New Zealand chaff, £5 to £6. Meleoubnk, March 21. Wheat, 5a lOd. Oats, 4s Id ; stout, 4s 6d. Barley (Cape), 3s 6rl; English, 5s 9d. Bran, ls4d; pollard, Is 2d (?). Adelaide, March 21. Wheat is firm at 5s 3d to 5s 5d at Port Adelaide —little offering; farmers' lots, 4s 2d ; at outports, ss. Roller flour, £l2 15s to £l3; stone, £l2. Bran, Is 3d to Is sd; oollard, Is sd. Oats, 3a 9d. Barlev (malting), 4s 3d.