Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 25, 19 October 1883, Page 13

Commercial.

Mr. Dostald Stronach (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports for the .week ending Octotber 17, as follows .- — Fat Cattle. — With the exceptionally small supply of 64 head, prices considerably in advance of last week's were obtained. Bollocks bronghtfrom £7 17s 6J to £13 7j3 6d ; cows, £7 7s 61 Jo £12— or equal to 30a per 10011) for prime beef. Fat Sheep.— Thenumber penned for to-day's salej 2801—829 ci j merinos— was, though large, not m^re than' sufficant to supply trade, and all yarded were sold at about last week's rates, Grojs-breds brought from 13s to 20s 3J \ merinos^ 9d to J9a^, We quote mutton at 3jd per ft). Our sales were— On account of r Messrs. .Wagaer and Learyj 32 cross-breds at 13s 6d ; Messrs. CuUena\and Herbert, 130 merinos at 8s ; Mr. A. M'Larea, 90 cross-bred wethers,; 17s 9d to 18a 6d ; Messrs. Anderson Bros, ,60 cro'ss-breds, 14s 6i, and,lS9 merinos, 13s ; Kuriwao Estate, 119' cross-breds at' 355 '3d. , Lambs. — 270/ were sold at from 3s 6d to 17s 6d. We sold on account of Mr. Wateon, 40 at 8s 9d ; J. and S. Wilson, 57 at from 8s 6d to 8s 9d W. Shand,2B atlos~3d. , ... Pigs. — 146 were yarded and sold; prices' ranging from Hs to 81s. Ouf sales were— Oa' account of Mr. A. McLaren, 28 at 8s to 12s ; Mr, C. R. Cuzens, 2 at 61s ahtl 623 ; and Tffessite. Wilson Bros, 20 at 19a 6dto29j. - ■■ • ' Sheepskins.— We closed- our Monday s-catalogue at an advance on last week's "prices for both merions and cross-breds — merinos fetching from 3s 9d to 4s 3d for green,' and Is 6d to 4s 5d for station skins. Cross-bred?, green, 3s lid to 5s dry, Is 4d to 4s 3d, ; Rabbitskiris.— We are advised of several lots,to arrive daring th« week, and will hold a sale on Monday, 29th inst.' v Hides.— All coming to hand are easily disposed of at late quotations. Tallow. — We disposed of all forward on Monday at equal to last week's rates, or for medium, 27s to 29s ; prime, 30s to 32s 6d ; rough fat sold at from 14s to 21s 6s. Grain. — We held an auction sale on Thursday, when, with a full attendance' and good competition, the following' quantities were sold :— Oats : 286 bags, Is 8d ; 238, Is9d ; 43 Is 9^d ; 239, Is lOd. Wheat : 600 bags at from 2s to 3s 2d ; 44, 35,8 d; 7, 4s 2d. , Barley :14 baga 34s 4d. In consequence of the small quantity of prime wheat forward little has been done in this line, while inferior sorts remain dull of sale. We quote :— Prime velvet and Tuscan, 4s 2d to 4s 3d ; do, red straw, 3s 10d to 4s 3d ; medium, 3s 3d to 3s 9d ; inferior and fowls' wheat, Is 9J to 3s. Oats : Values remain unchanged. Best milling, Is 4d to 2s ; short bright feed, Is 9d to Is lid ; medium, Is 8d ; mixed. and discoloured, Is 5d to Is 7d Malting barley is worth 4s 3d to 4s 9d Ryegrass Seed : Little is doing in this line, tie demand having fallen off, and quotations are only nominal. Machine-dreesed, 4s to 4s 6d . Farmers' lots are hard to dispose of.