COMMERCIAL.

Western Star, 9 October 1908, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET.

Moderate demand exists for prune milling' ■, wheat, but there w no Iteit.nco in price. *Vv! wheat 4. -•j ir, 4s 4Ad best fowl wheat it. yci and shrivelled 3s 4d to 3s .d. The quantity of oats in store now very considerably reduced, and as hold ers of the few remaining are not m a mood to meet buyers, business is icstricted. Prime feed and milling -s bj 2s Id, good to best feed Is 10d to is lid, inferior to medium Is 9d to Is lOd BURNBIDE stock market. Sheep.-A large yarding, but notwithstanding the number of sdieep and the fact that there is only one freezing company operating, sheep sold .quite up to last week’s prices. Lambs-51 yarded. A large yarding consisting of a very good quality. Ruling prices were Wery aimiliar to last weeks. Best bullocks LB) 10s to Ll-, extra to £l3 10s, medium £9 to £lO, light £7 t 0 £B, best cows and heihis up to £9 Ids,, average £G 10s.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET

At Addington stock market there was a fair entry of stock and a goo Store Shoep.-The yarding of sheep attendance at the yards. , , was somewhat larger than last week s Hoggets formed the larger portion. There was a very good demand at late rates and most- of the lines c kang hands at auction. Ewe hoggets to ins Bd, others 13s mixed to 1-s. Fat Lambs.—Sold readily at from 19s to 22s for best and to Ins 3d for others. , Fat Sheep—The yarding was not so largo as the previous week’s and there was not so many prime sheep included. The sale opened well ; with prices 2s in advance of last week s lor prime sheep, and Is iov other desenptiona, but eased off somewhat towards the close. Extra prime wethers to 26s 4d, prime 20s to 22s 9d, prime merino wethers 15s 6d to 17s. Fat Cattle—There was n falling off in demand and prices showed a decline. Steers to £ll 10s, heifers to £8 Lss, cows to £B. Store Cattle.—An average yarding mosty poor sorts and they met wif|h limited demand at late rates. Dairy cows mostly of poor quality sold at £3 5s to £7 Khfi