Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 27, 24 October 1884, Page 20

Commercial.

Mb. Donald Stbonaoh (on behalf of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited) reports for the week ended October 15, as follows :—

Fat Cattle.-- : 213 were penned for the week's requirements, the ™?L P /l^*£ ICb were H ttlc befcter thaa "tore*. Best blocks realised about the same as last week. Inferior were considerably prime brought £14 17s 6d ; cows, from £8 2s 6d to £10. We sold a draft of cows from Seadown estate and from C. F. Ward, Gore, at quotations, and quote beef 27s 6d to 30s per 1001 b. Fat Sheep.— 3,96l, of which 1,446 were merinos. This number was a long way beyond requirements, and only that a number were taken up for freezing, also several pens withdrawn, a big reduction on last week's prices would have t£be recoided. As it was, sheep allround werelowerby 2 8 to 2s6dper head. Best cross-breds in S« m°? bt 188 6 - d t0 £1 O3O 3 3d j others, 14s 6d to 18s } shorn do, 12s 6d to 15s 9d ; menno, 12s 9d to 16s 3d. We sold on account of Messrs. Cochrane and [Robertson, Palmeraton, 150 merino wethers at 13s 9d to 14s 3d ; A M'Laren, Milton, 77 cross-bred ewes, 15s 3d ; New Zealand Agricultural Company, 40 cross-bred do, 16s 6d, 80 merino wethers, 12s 9d to 13s; D. Clarke, Waipahi, 130 merino wethers, 12s 3d to 16s 3d, 52 cross-bred do at 18s 9d; H. Driver, Milburn, 80 cross-bred ewes, 16s 9d to 17s 3d ; and quote mutton 8d to 3£d per lb. Fat Lambs.— 299 were penned, and sold readily at from 93 6d to 15s.

Fat Pigs.— ls3 were penned, consisting for the most part of suckers, with a few bacon pigs. Suckers brought 8s 6d to 15s : bacon pigs, from 40s to 60s.

Store Cattle.— Owing no doubt to the backwardness of paddock feed, the demand is not quite so good as might be expected at thia time of year. However, a large number of cattle will be required during the next month or so, and no ioubt all offering will bring fairly remunerative prices. s Store Sheep.— We have no transactions to report, nor do we anticipate any business being done until after shearing v Sneepskin Our >weekly on Monday laat wag well attended by the trade, and a large catalogue, comprising all descriptions of skins, was offered. Prices, on account of the still eager competition, ruled quite as high, and, in some instances, for merino, higher than last week a. Butchers green cross-breds brought 4s Bd, 4s lOd, 4s lid, 55,551d,58 2d,554d,655d l 5s 6d ; do merinos, 4s 6d,4510d,5 3 , Said 5s 3d, 5s ss ; lambskins, 7d to 8d ; country dry skins, merino, Is 3d to 58 J d J u cross-breis, Is lOd to 6s 4d ; in bales, 6d to Bid per ft. Kabbitflktns.— Our London circular of August 29, by the s s Done, reports as follow:— « At the periodical auction held on the 22nd mst. there was only a moderate attendance of buyers, the fur trade not adequately^ represented. Competition, however, was fairly good, resulting in the sale of 875 bales out of a total of 905 catalogued, the prices secured being on the whole nearly equal to those current in the previous sales. Skins of light average weight occasionally realised a slight advance, while black skins were only saleable at a decline of Id to 2 1 per lb. ou former quotations. Speaking generally, the quality and c ndition of the v rious offerings were not altogether satisfactory We quote go.*! to prime winter skins, averaging I^l6 to 2£H>. per d< zen, Is 10 At« 2s OM. On Monday last we sold three bags suckets and to\,k n at Id to 5d : three do inferior, 9^d to Is ; six do me lium, Is H I to Is 4*d ; three do and four bales good to prime, at is 6id to 1 s Bjd pjr tb. Hides.— There is a fair market for ail coming forward. The bulk however, consists of small and light hid^s, which realise late prices • but for large, well-saved, heavy sorts higher prtc s could be obtained. Tallow.— The market for this is decidedly ftV, and beyond small lots for local requirements there are no sates of unv importance being made. We quote for inferior and mixed 18s to 22s ; medium, 23s to 2os ; good to prime, 26s to 27s 6d ; rough fat, 16s to 19i per cwt. Grain,— Wheat : The market continues quiet, and nothing of importance transpiring. Millers are open to buy at late quotations, but as their requirements are not pressing they decline operating at anytning over 3s 5d to 3s 7d for prime milling, 2a 9i to 3* 3d for medium ; fowls wheat is moving off at Is 6d to 2s 7d, ex store, bags weighed in.— Oats :In consequence of so few coming forward there is no business of any magnitude resulting, but the demand is still good , and late quotations continue firm. We quote stout, bright milline 2s 9d toiis lOd ; short feed, 2s 8i to 2s 9£d ; inferior to medium, 2s 4d * to 2s 6d, ex store, bags weighed in— Barley : There is nothing doing in malting. Feed and milling are in moderate regard at from Is 9d to 2s 3s for the former, and 2s 9d to 3s for the latter.— Bye-grass Beed is in fair demand, but stocks are ample. We quote machine-dressed from old pasture, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; mixed lot", undressed, 2a 3d to 3s.