COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8019, 27 September 1906, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO'S.LTD., REPORT. Horses.—On Friday, at the Durham Yards, more horses were brought forward and disposed of than usual. Heavy draughts sold at from £2l 10s to £39 15s ; medium do., £l6 10s tu £33 i.O-; hacks and light harness norses, £o 5s to £lB 10s. Tbe racing pony Hopscoton realised 72 guineas, Eia Ora 20 guineas, and the pony by Cyrenian—Pansy, 14 guineas. Cattle.—At tbe jNewmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were yarded in larger numbers than usual and sold at advanced rates. Beef was yarded in full quantities, many of the cattle being of excellent quality, although no extra heavy weights were yarded. Oxen advanced on last week's rates j cow, 17s to 20s per 1001b. Steers sold at from £6 153 to £l2 15s; oows, £3 153 to £B. Dairy cows brought from £3 15s to £7 10s; empty cows, £1 17s to £4 6s. Sheep were yarded at the Newmarket Yards in moderate numbers and sold at advanced rates, wethers selling at from £1 Is to £1 10s tid for one pen of extra choice wethers ; ewes, 16s 9d to£l 7s 3d; hoggets, 13s6d to £1; lambs, Ids 6d to £l. Pigs.—scarce and wanted. Porkers sold at from £1 Is to £1 18s; weaners, 9s 6i to 16s. At Maungaturoto on Saturday we had a good yarding of cattle and satisfactory prices were realised. Grown steers sold at £5 16s to £6 7s 6d ; dairy cows, from £3 2s rjd to £5 10s; cilves sold to £1 7s. We submitted an average catalogue of hides, skins, aad tallow, an lines moating with keen competition at late rates. Hides.—Market firm. We quote - Extra stout ox, 7fd to Bid; stout do., to 7jU j medium do.,6Jd t)6Jd; light do., sjd to 6£ i; cow, best lines, 6|l to 6|d; good, ssd to 61; stags', Ijd to ijd; kips, s£l to Calfskins, 6.}1 to 7d; cut, 4j'd to s|d. Horse hides, (is to lis; damaged hides, 4d to 4jd. Sheepskins.—Market lower. Best butchers' skins, extra large, up to 10s 3d, large 8s 61 to 9s, medium 6s to 7s, small 4s 3d to 5s 3d. Tallow.—Market advanced. Best mixed, up to 255; good, 22s 6d to 243; inferior, 20s to 21s 6d ; rough fat, l|d to l|d. Horsehair, Is 4d to Is 9d lb. Bones, £4 15s. Cewtails, ls6d dozen. Horns.—Large, 23s 3d; medium, 10s to 15s; small, 2s 6d to 6s per 100. Maize.— Market overstocked from Sydney and values have eased Id to 3s 3d on the wharf for wholesale lines. Oats.—Firm at from 2s 7jd to 2a 8J ex store. Chaff.—la good demand, from £5 5s to £5 10s ex store. Potatoes.—Selling freely at £ll 15s to £l2 ox store. Wheat.—Stocks are light and the market is firm at 3s 8d ex store. Butter.—Market lias declined to about bedrock. Prime separator, J)Jd to lOd for choice, S£d to id for medium to good. Cheese. Stocks arc completely exhausted. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY September 26. Wheat, chick, 3s to 3s 3d; milling, 3s 3fd. Flour, £7 15s ; Mantoban, £l4 to £ls. Oats, Algerian, feeding, 2s lOd to 3s ; BBpding, to 3s 4d; New Zealand Gartons, 3s 4d. Barley, nominal. Muzi, 23 7d to 2s Bd. Peas, sd. Bran, 91 Pollard, 9Jd. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £7 53 to £3 15s. Onions, Victorian, £8; Japanese, £lO 10s. Butter, Hid to Is. Bacon, 6Jd to 7d. MELBOURNE, Septemper 26. Wheat, 3s 2|d to 3s 2sd. Flour, £7 10s. Oats, Algerian, 2s 3d to 2s 5d ; white, 2s 7d. Barley, nominally looted, fair milting, 4a to 4s 31; Cape, 23 9d to 33. Maize, 2sSi Bran, Hid to 9d. Pollard, 9.1 to 9Jd. Potatoes. £5 to £6. Onions, £5 to £7. ADELAIDE, September 26. Wheat, 3s Id to 33 JJd. Flour, £7 to £7 ss. Bran and pollard, lOd. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, September 26. The Wool sains have opened. Prices are at from par to Id decline, as compared with the closing sales of the last series. Thb New Zoalaud Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., hao received the following cable from itß London house:—"As compared with last sales' '.-losing rates, the prices for greasy merino super, scoured merino super, and fine greasy crossbred, are about the same, while for merino . medium and inferior coarse greasy cross bred, oi'uaabred slipe and coarae scoured crossbred pri w are ribou*-, par to 5 per cent lower. VI e competition by both home and foreign buyers if. fa>rly active." Messrs A. S. Patecsorj aud Co. also report the following: —" London September wool sales opened firm. Cro.sshrods, all descriptions greasy, market unchanged; merino declined 10 per cent. Short slipes and all others steady."