Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VIII, Issue 415, 25 March 1881, Page 16

Commercial.

Mb. Donald Stbonach (on Hehalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercautile Agency Co., Limited), reports for the week ending 23rd March as follows :—: — Fat Cattle were in very short supply at Bumside to-day, only 95 head having been yarded, which sold at an advance equal to fully 2» 6d per 1001 b. Bullocks realised £5 5s to £8, and cows £5 17s 6d to £8 per head. We sold a small draft at quotations. Price for best beef fully 22s (id per 1001 b. Fat Calves.— 4 were forward, which sold at from 23s to 32s each, Fat S"heep.— The supply consisted 1004 head of cross-breds and 250 meuncs, which were well competed for at from fully last market rates to Is 6d per head advance. Cross-breds fetched from 8s 9d to lls, and merinos from 3s to 6s 9d per head. We sold 180 crossbreds ou account of Mr. John Duncan, of Cherry Farm, at 10s 3d to 10s 9d. To-day's quotation for prime mutton is 2d to 2^d per lb. Fat Lambs. — 493 penned and sold at from 6s 3d t» 9s 6d per head. Fat Pigs. — 98 weie offered and realised from 24s to 52s each. We sold 50 head on account of Mr. T. W. Leslie, of Timaru, at from 24s to 30s. each. Store Sheep. — The demand continues very active for all descriptions of store sheep, excepting broken mouthed. We report sales of 2500 head. Wool . — Recent advices by telegram report a continuance of the favourable movement recorded in our last, and lead to the conclusion that prices have more than recovered the decline which they exhibited in the earlier auctions. Local sales show no quotable change from recent prices. Sheepskins. — Our sale on Monday was well attended, and with good competition previous prices -were fully maintained. Cross-bred skins realised from 2s for ordinary to 6s lid for full-woolled ; merinos 2s 4d to 4s 6d ; lambskinp, Is 2d to 3s Id ; pelts, 6d to Is 5d each ; skins iii bales, Bf d per lb (for scoured lambskins). Hides. — We sold all consignments in hands at our auction on Monday at up to 25s 6d each for wet salted, prices ruling a shade lower than previous week. There is ample inquiry to clear off all coming forward. Tallow. — Quotations realised at public sale this week ranged from 218 6d to 26s per cwt., the latter being for well-rendered clean tallow. Rough fat we have sold at from Iss to 17s per cwt. Grain. — Wheat: Millers are manifesting greater disposition to purchase, but prices cannot be quoted higher than in our last week's report, say 3s 6d to 3s 9d for best milling, at which seveial parcels have changed hands. There are sow a good many samples of thenew crop on the market, giving evidence of having been favourably harvested. Oats are firm at last prices, the inquiry for feed oats for I shipment having continued through the week. We quote Is 6d to 1b 6£d for feed, and Is 7d for milling. Barley : Several parcels of fair to good quality are offering, but except for really prime — of which very little is forward— there is no demand. For prime malting, 3s to 3b 3d might be readily obtained.