Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 1353, 11 May 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

PRICES COHRKNT. WHOLBSAT.B. Batter, fresh 71 per lb Salt butter, 61 Cheese (provincial) 5£ I per H< Bacon, 6Jd Haras (provincial) 91 do Eggs, Is 84 per dozen Oats, 2» 3d Fowl Wheat, 3» 9.1 Flour (Olair<>) £l2 per ton Adoluide (lour, none Outmul, (town made) E)5 ••it ioi. Pollard, 4*6 Bran, £4 Oiiten h»y (new), £2 Chaff, £3 Straw, none Onions, 15s per cwt BKTAII. Fresh butter, It per lb .ii. 11."" (t»U.i../,9d Che*te (Provincial), 8d d Onions, 3d Hams (Provincial), lOd do Eggs, Is 6d per dozen Oats, 2* 9d per busho'. Barley, none Flour, £l4 Bacon (Provincial), 81 peril: Chaff, 4i ner cwt. J*ran, Is 6d per bushel. «. INVERCARGILL MARKETS. 6. A. Birch (on behalf of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of N.Z., Ltd.) reports on the markets for week ending 10th May, as follows : No change of importance has to be reported, and values remain about on a par with that of last week. Shipments from the Bluff have been exceptionally heavy, and we are afraid that this will tend to depress the Australian markets to a still further degree.

Wheat.—The weak tono of the Australian and Home markets has given our local one a drooping tendency, and transactions this week bare not been numerous. We quote as follows :—Prime milling qunlitios, 3s lid to in per bushel; ordinary, 3s 9d to 3.4 lOd, delivered in town, sacks weighed in. Good fwmples of fowlfl' wheat are saleable at 2s 6.1 to 2s 8d delivered, sacks weighed in. Oats.—Oar market continues quiet but transactions hare l>een fairly numerous at quotations which are:~Milling, 2s 4d to 2s lljd por bushel; feed, 2s 3d to 2s 4d, on trucks at country station,*, sacks weighed in.

Ryegrass has had no enquiry and conae qnently no business has been done.

Mitchell, Whitp, and Co. report having held their regular fortnightly stock sale at th« Inveroarjjil! sale yards on Tuesday, 7ih in^t, when the yards we»e filled with sheep, and a good number of cattle were forward. The weather wns very wet, and sheep looked miserable. Price*, however, for all young Bound sheep were quite np to Into quotations. A frtw lines of store sheep were turned out nn-old, and a few pens of fat cattle, otherwise the yards were well cleared. Following am a few of the leading liner sold by us, and prices realised, viz.:—

Sheep.—2oo erosubred wethers and store?, from 10a 3d to 10s 7d each; 63 fat ewes atd wethers, 10s Id; 71 ewjs, 10a 6d; 138 stoie wethers, 10a 4d; 105 do, lis 6<l; 98 2-tooth do, 10s; 42 fat ewes, 10a 2d ; 2!) fat wethers, 13s 2d (top price); and cull ewes in large numbers, 3s fid to 7s each

Cattle.—We sold bullocks at up to £6 15s for medium, and d«wn to £5 10s. Cows and heifers, £4 to £4 10s; and store rattle at late rates. Figs, small, from 6s 6d to 25s each.

Sorse Market shows a slight improvement, and we hope to see a brisk demand within the next few weeks, as ploughing starts. We have a nnmher of good young norneß coming forward for our sale on Saturday. We would direct attention to nur country Stock sales as now advertised, viz.:—Thornbu'T, on Wednesday, 11th inst.; and Wairio, on Wednesday, 22nd inst. Particulars now advertised. 4. DUNEDIN MARKETS. Brjß.vsiDP, May 8. P:it Cattle.—Competition for best quality watt well maintained, and au advance on last week'* quotations may be recorded, secondary lines changing owners at firm but unaltered rates. Best bullocks sold at £7 5s to £lO 7s 6d; medium, £4 10s to £6 15s; cows and hoifors, £3 17s 6d to £5 7s 6d. Fat Sheep.—The quality of the sheep forward was first-class, anything approaching inferior lines being au ozecption to the rule. There was koen competition for al' the best sheep as they came under the hammer, •o that last week's values were more than maintained, in fact a rise of pretty well Is per head was noticeable oa some of the primest wethers. Second-class lines wore not placed quite so readily, still the market was firm all round, enabling the various agents to ! effect a clearance at prices which compared j with late rates oould not but prove satis* J factory to Y9»dorg f Heavy and

crossbred wethers sold ar. from 14s to 15s 9d ; average classes, 12s 6d to 13s 6d; lighter sheep, lis to 12s ; prime crossbred maiden owes' 12s 9d to 14s ; crossbred ewes of mixed ages, 10s to 12s ; merino wethers, 6s to Bs. For pigs an advance on lute quotations is #o be notod. Good lines of " baconers" sold at from 40s to 56« ; extra prime, 60s to 68a ; porkers, 28s 6d to 345; stores, 14s to 235; suckers, 5s 6d to 10s 3d. PRODUCE MAKKBT. Wheat.—Prime Tuscan, up to 4s 2d ; velvet and red straw, 3s 8d to 4s Id; medium, 3s 5d to 3s 7d ; fowls' wheat, 2s fid to 3s 3.1. Oats.—Prime milling, 2s 7jd to 2s 83; heavy short bright feed. 2s 6d to 2s 7d; inferior and discolored, 2s 4d to 2s 5Jd. Barley.—Prime malting for shipment up to 3s 9d, sacks 6d ; modium, 3s 5d to 3s 7d ; milling, 2s 9d to 3s; feed, 2s 6d. Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf, well cat and screened, £3 10s; ordinary, £3 to £3 ss. Potatoes —£3 15s to £3 17s 6d per ton.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, May 8. Wheat: (New Zealand) full supply 4s 4d to 4s 6d ; Adelaide, 5s 4d to 5s 6d. New Zealand flour (stone made), £lO 5s to £11; roller brands, £ll 10s. An in poved demand fcr the latter is expected now winter is oominp on. as bakers show less hesitation in using New Zealand Jtour in cold weather. Oats, 3s 3d td 3s 4d. Bran: Steady at Is o£d. New Zealand chaff, £5 to £6 ss, in Rood demand. Potatoes: New Zealand, £4 10s ; Tasmanian, £5 Rs. Choese (plentitul), 7d to 7jd; loaf,Bd. Butter : New Zealand (dairy),. 9d to Is; separator made Is to Is 2d. B icon : Best New Zealand light cuts are at 9|d to lOd. Hams, Is. Melbourne, May 7. The grain markets aro quiet. Wheat, 5s 6d to 5s 7d. New Zealand oats in view of large shipments are dull at 3s 9|d. Flour: Stone made, £1115s; roller, £l2 ss.