COMMERCIAL.

Western Star, Issue 2216, 24 June 1898, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

INVERCARGILL MARKET. Eat Cattle—s 7 yarded, of which not more than a dozen were perfectly finished. Best bullocks brought £6 12s 6d to £7 15s ; good £5 15s to £6 10a; small and inferior, £4 to £5 ; cows, £5 10s to £6 7e 6d for extra prime ; £4 10s to £5 2s 6d for medium ; and £2 to £3 Us for small and half fat; heifers to £4 ss.

Store Cattle—ss yarded. These continue a drug, and are hard to quit at any price. Fat Sheep—734 penned. Best heavy were eagerly competed for, and prices advanced 6d to Is for extra prime quality. The three lots of wethers in sold at 11s, lls 7d audios 5d ; heavy ewes, 8s lOd to 9s 9d ; good, but lighter, 7a 6d to 8s 6d ; light and inferior 6s 5d to 6s lid. Store Sheep—249 penned. Good 2 and 4tooth wethers, 8s 9d to 9s 7d ,- cull do, 5s 6d to 6s. At Gore on Saturday last there was a good demand for sound young draughts, and all of this class brought prices that must have been most satisfactory to vendors, Among others we sold a consignment of very useful horses for an Oamaru client. Following are some of the prices realised : Mare £37, geldings at £3l, others at £29, and down to £lB 10s for older sorts. DUNEDIN PRODUCE MARKET. Wheat—No improvement, end it is practically impossible to place lines. The following quotations are purely nominal ; Prime Tuscan and red sorts, 4s 10d to 4a lOJd; medium to good, 4s 8d to 4s 9J ; prime velvet, 5s to 5s Old ; medium to good, 4s lOd to 4s 10id; whole chick wheat, 3s lOd to 4s off trucks at Dunedin ; sacks in ; terms. Oats—The demand has been slightly better during the past few days although prices show no appreciable change. The bulk coming forward being slightly damaged are not readily taken up, but prime lines meet with ready sale at —good to best feed, 2s 3£d to 2s 4d ; extra heavy and bright, 2s 41d ; fair to medium, 2s 2d to 2s 3d ; discolored and inferior, 2e 2’d ; milling, 2s 5d to 2s 7d ; long Tarthrs and duns, 2a 6d to 3s lOd —sacks extra; not. Barley —The bulk of the brewers are supplied, and sales are not brisk except at prices under those lately ruling. For medium there is a better demand. Prime malting, 4s 9d to 5s Id; fair to medium, 4s 3d to 4s 8d ; feed and milling, 2a 6d to 3s 6d ; sacks extra ; net. DUNEDIN STOCK MARKET. Fat Cattle—l 76 yarded. There was some fair beef, but very little extra prime. Competition for best was good throughout, and prices were fully maintained. Prime bullocks £8 to £9 17s 6d ; good, L 6 to £7los ; medium and half fat, £4 to £5 10s. Fat Sheep—ll 76 penned. As many butchers had supplies competition was not so goed as might have been expected, owing to the small supply and price?, as compared with last week, may bo quoted at par to 61 advance. Prime heavy crossbred wethers, 12s 6d to 14s 6d—one pen ex'ra good 15s 9d ; medium, 10s to 12s ; light, 8a 6d to 9s 6J ; good crossbred ewes, 10s to lls ; medium, 8s to 9s 6d ; light, 6s to 7s 6d. For fat lambs there was good competition, and 9a 6d was obtained for one lot, others 5s 6d to 7s

Pigs—94 yarded. Slips, lls 6J to 17s; stores, 20s to 22a 2d ; baconers, 38s to 545.

LONDON FROZEN MEAT MARKET Mutton—New Zealand crossbreds, wethers and maiden ewes: Canterbury, 3 13-16 d per lb; Dunedin and Southland, 3|-d; North Island, 2fd. Lamb —Prime Canterbury, 4*d; fair average Dunedin Southland, Wellington and secondary Canterbury, 4 1-16 J. River Plata unchanged.