Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 34, 21 December 1883, Page 18

Commercial.

Me. Donald Stbonach (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports for the week ending December 19th, as follows :—: — B Fat Cattle.— For the week's supply 156 head were yarded consisting chiefly of good, with a few pens extra weight and quality. For medium to good, prices were about the same as last week, but for prime quality an advance was obtained. Best bullocks brought £10 16s to £14, and cows £10 10s to £12. We sold on account of Mr. Alexander Thomson, Kakanui, 30 bullocks at from £9 I6s to £10 15s' Mr. M'Lean, Allday Bay, and others, 4 bullocks at £9 to £9 16s, 8 cows at £7 12s 6d to £12. We quote prime beef, 25s to 27s 6d : medium, 22s 6d per 1001 b. Fat Calves.— 4l were penned, of which we sold 11 at from 10s to 24s each. Fat sheep. — A moderate number came to hand 1710 consist* ing of 280 shorn merinos, 100 do. in the wool, 458 cross-breds in the wool, and the balance shorn. The trade bought freely, and prices showed a slight improvement on last week's. Best cross-breds, shorn, brought 17s 6d to 20s 3d ; others, 13s to 18s 6d ; do. in the wool, from 16s to 188 3d ; merinos, shorn, 8s to 11s ; in tbe wool, 16s 9d. We sold on account Messrs. Millington Bros., Papakaio, 66 cross-breds, shorn, at 14s to 15s ; Mr. William Dennison, Pukeuri, 30 cross-breds, do, at 138 9d to 18s ; and others, 40 Bborn merinos at Bs. We quo» mutton shorn, 3d to 3£d per lb. Fat Lambs.— sß3 were penned. Competition was brisk, and all sold at an advance on last week's rates, fetching from 9s 6d to 15s. We Bold on account of Mr. William Dennison, Pakeuri, 22 at lla 6d ; Mr Wataon (Pakeuri) and others, 78 at 10s to 10b 3d. Fat Pigs.— l 23 were penned, and under spirited competition all were disposed of at from 14s to 63s each. Store Cattle. — well-grown bullocks in forward condition are saleable, but inferior stores are not in much demand. Quotations are without material change. Store Sheep. — Inquires are being freely made for young merinos and cross-breds of both sexes, and we are in negotiation for the sale of three or four large lots. Wool. — Deliveries into store have been on a more extensive scale during the last few days, and we have decided to hold our opening sale, as advertised, on next Friday, when we will offer some superior wools in grease and scoured. Sheepßkins. — We offered a large catalogue at our weekly sale on Monday last, nearly all station and country skins. The usualnumber of buyers was in attendance, and competed spiritedly for merinos, but for cross-breds competition was dull, and prices lower, fetching from Is 7d to 4s ; merinos, Is lid to 5s 8d ; green pelts. 5d to 6d ; lambskins, 8d to lid. Rabbitskins. — We report a fair demand, but owing to the snpply of prime winter skins being all bat exhausted, business is scarcely so brisk as a week or two ago. We offered and disposed of a catalogue . of inferior and mixed lots on Monday last at for 31 bales, 2id ; do. 1 do, 10|d ; DP, 1 do, Is 2|d ; 2 do, Is 4d ; do, 1 do, 12Ad ; do, 1 do, 2£d : G and P, 1 fadge, 3d ; J, 1 bag, 2f d;M, 3 bales, Is Id per lb. Hides. — The demand continues steady at late rates, viz., 2d for bulls, 2|d for cut and inferior, 3d to 4|d for light up to heavy weights if clean and in good condition. We cleared oat all to hand this week at the above quotations. Tallow. — Quotations are unchanged— inferior and mixed, 17d 6d to 24s ; medium, 25s to 295 ; prime, 30s to 32s ; and rough fat, 18s to 22s 6d per cwt. Grain.— Wheat : Stocks of prime milling are being very much reduced by thiß time, and any such offering could easily be placed. Medium sorts are also more in demand, but soft or sprouted is still difficult to place, except for fowls' wheat, which is also only in feeble demand. We quote prime milling, 4a Id to 4s 2d ; medium to good, 3s 3d to 4s ; inferior and fowls' wheat, Is 9d to 3s. Oats : Large sales have been made during the week for export, simply owing to returning vessels preferring to accept low freights instead of paying for ballast ; this, however, has no effect on prices lately ruling, which may be now quoted the same as last week, viz. : — Stout, bright, milling, Is 9£d to Is lOd ; short bright feed, Is 9d ; medium, Is 7d to 1b 8d ; musty and discoloured, Is 3d to Is 6d. We cleared ont all in store at above quotations. Barley : We have no sales to report.