Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 37, 19 June 1891, Page 13

Commercial.

Thb Nbw Zealand Loan and Meecantile agency Co., Limited, report for week ending June 17, as follows :— Store Cattle. — Thera is but little enquiry for these meantime, although there are buyers in the market for grown bullocks, suitable for finishing off on root crops, at prices comparing favourably with those now ruling for finished off lots. Store Sheep. — These still continue to have some demand, but the business now done is of very much less importance. Sheepskins. — Country dry crossbred 8, inferior to medium, brought 2s 64 to 3s 9d ; do do merino, Is lid to 2s lOd ; full-woolled cros9breds, 4s 9d to 7s 3d ; do do merino, 4s 7d to 6s 4d ; dry pelts, 3d to Is 9d ; butchers' green crossbreds, best, 4s 6d to 6s Id ; good to medium, 3s 4d to 4a sd. Rabbitskins.— We catalogued five bales and five bags for this week's sale, none, of which were extra prime, best brought Is 2jd to Is id ; medium, Is to Is 2£d ; autumns, 9d to 10£ d ; summers, 6d to 8d ; suckers and half-grown, 3d to 5d per lb. Hides.— We quote— 6olb hides, 2sd to 3d ; 651bs and upwards, }d to Id more ; medium weight, 2d to 2£d ; light do, l£d to ljd ; inferior and bulls', Id to lid per lb. Tallow.— We quote— Medium to good, 16s to 18s 6d ; inferior and mixed, 12s to 15s ; rough fat, best, 13s to 13s 6d ; inferior to medium and good, 9s to 12s 9d per cwt. Grain. — Wheat : We quote — Best milling velvet and tuscan, 4s 7d to 4s Bd, extra choice a shade more ; medinm to good, 4s 3d to 4s 6d ; inferior to medium, 3s 3d to 4a (ex store, sacks weighed in, terms). Oats : We quote— Best milling and feed, Is 5d to Is 5Ad ; medium to good, Is 4d to Is 4Jd ; inferior to medium, Is to Is 3*d ; long tartars for Beed brought Is 7d at auction (ex store, sacks extra, net cash. — Barley : We quote — Prime bright malting, 2s 9d to 3a ; medium nominal, 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; feed and milling, Is 6d to 2s 2d (ex ■tore, Backs extra, terms). Grass Seed.— There ia not much doing in either rye-grass seed or cocksfoot, quotations nominal. Potatoes. — Quotations nominal for beat, 35s to 403 ; medium, 25s to 32s 6d ; sacks weighed in. Chaff. — Owing to the supply being within moderate limits this week's consignments have been readily placed, best fetching, 45s to 47s 6d ; medium, 37a 6d to 42s 6i ; inferior and straw, 30a to 35s per ton. Dairy Produce. — During the past week the supply of salt butter has been more plentiful and prices slightly easier, say for good to prime, 6^d to 7|d ; choice, 8i ; cheese ia moving off in retail lots, at for factory-made medium size, 4£d to 4£d ; loaf, 5d to s£d ; good dairymade, 3£d to 4£d per lb. Flax. — Owing to the want of snppliea the business done in this line is unimportant. All consignments coming to hand, however, are easily placed at our last quotations . Messes. Donald Stbonach and Sons report as follows for week ending June 10 : — Fat Cattle. — The supply was somewhat limited, comprising 236 head, but a considerable improvement in the quality yarded was noticeable to-day, the entry being chiefly gooi beef, which was well competed for by the trade. Best bullocks brought £8 5s to £10 2a 6d ; medium to good, £5 10s to £7 ss ; light and inferior, £3 5s to £4 10a ; best cows, £6 7s 6d to £7 10s ; medium, £4 5a to £5 17s 6d ; inferior and light, £2 2s 6d to £3 12s 6d. Fat Sheep. — The entry at Burnside to-day was again small, only 1870 head (including 200 merino wethers) being yarded, consisting mostly of good crossbreds, for which there was keen competition throughout the sales, while all classes of fat sheep were readily disposed of at a slight advance on last week's prices ; best crossbred wethers sold at Its 9d to 18a 9d ; medium, 12i to 159 ; best do ewes, 14b 6d to 17s 6d ; mediom, 10a to 13s 6d ; and merino wethers up to 13s 6d. Lambs. — The season is now almost over, but the odd lots coming in meet with a ready sale. The entry to day numbered 140 bead. Medium to good sold at from 8s 6d to 10s. Pigs.— A large supply came in to-day to a dull market, the entry numbering 277 met with a poor demand, and were disposed of as follows :— Slips, 8s to 14a ; stores, 16s to 18s 6d ; porkers, 20s to 25a ; bacon ers, 30s to 40a. Store Sheep. — A few lots are changing hands at late rates, but dealers are not operating with the fieedom shown a few weeks since ; scarcity of feed being probably tbe chief cause. Store Cattle. — A few inquiries are made for small lots iv forward condition for puttiug on turnips ; for other sorts the market is dullprices all round bsing in Bympathy with those obtaining for fat stock. Sheepskins.— Full catalogues were submitted to a small attendance of buyers, but, notwithstanding the absence of three of the b»st buyers, all lots offered were sold at satisfactory prices. Bidding was free and active, and prices obtained showed a slight advance on last week's quotations. We quote — Butchers' green crossbreds, 5a Id, 4a lid, 4s Bd, 4a 7d, 4a sd, 4s 2d, 4s ; good to medium, 3a lOd, 3b Bd, 3b 7d, 3* 6d, 3s 4d ; country dry skins, crossbreds, 2s 2d to 4s 3d ; merino, Is 8d to 3s 9d ; full-woolled skins, 4s 6d to 7s.

Rabbitskins.— As the colder weather comes on there ti a wry noticeable improvement in the quality of skins coming to store;— Consignments also are getting heavier, and business consequently increasing. Local sales are well attended, and competition brisk for all lota offered. A still farther improvement may ba expected m the winter draws on. Quotations — Latest autumns, Is 3d to Is 4}d ; early do, lOd to Is 2d ; summers, 6d to 91 : suckers and half grown. Idto6d. Hides. — There is no alteration to note in prices lately quoted, which may be repeated— lnferior and slippy, Id to l£d ; light, lsd to l|d ; medium, 2d to 2±d ; up to 601bs, 2|d to 3d. A large majority of bides offering are of tbe inferior and light order. Tallow. — No alteration in price locally, though the Home market is a shade firmer. Quotations are— Prime rendered mutton, 19s to 20s ; medium to good, 159 to 17s 6d ; mixed, 12s 6d to 15s ; clean caul, 13a to 13s 6d ; rough fat, 10s to 12a. Grain. — Oats : Consignments this week are not so readily disposed of, owing chiefly to one of the principal buyers having ceased operations. Shippeis cannot d> business here till prices are on a par with those obtaining at the Bluff. Quotations are— Prime milling, Is 6d to Is 6}d ; bright stout feed, Is 6d to Is 6ld ; medium to good, Is s£d to Is 6d ; inferior sorts, Is 2d to Is ljd ; Danish black, Is 4£d to Is s£d (sacks extra, net cash). Wheat : Only a little at present offering, with prices about same as those quoted last week. Millers have stocks in hand to last two or three months, and till theße are exhausted there will probably b 9 little demand. There is a general feeling that prices will advance later on. Quotations are : — Best milling, velvet and Tuscan, 4s 7d to 4i 8d ; medium to good, 4a 3d to 4s 6d ; inferior to medium, 3s 9d to 4s ; broken, 2s 96! to 3s 9d (ex store, terms). Barley : There is nothing doing in this cereal, only buyers for small lines of feed, except for really prime first-class samples. A lot of inferior on the market at present for which thera is no demand. Prime malting may be quoted at 3s to 3s 3d ; medium, 2s 6d to 2s 9d ; inferior to medium, li lOd to 2i 3s (ex etore, sacks extra, terms), Grass Seed. — Business confined almost entirely to a retail trade. Little change can be expected before spring sowing. Ryegrass : Best machine dressed, 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; medium 5s to 5s 3d ; farmers' best dressed, 8a 9d to 4a 3d ; medium 2s 6d to 3s 6d (ex store). Potatoes. — Anivals heavy, considerably more than can bi absorbed by local consumption. Best derwents, 37s 6d to 40s ; inferior, 27s 6d to 32a 6d per ton (sacks weighed in). Chaff.— Supplies are heavy. Best, 45s ; medium to good, 80s to 355. Messrs. Donald Reid and Co., report for the week ending Jnne 19, as follows : Sheepskins.— Competition was rather better than last week. Green croaabreds sold at 3s 4d to 4s lOd ; do merinos, 2s 8d to 3s 4d; dry crossbreds, 2a Id to 5s 7d ; do merinos, Is 8d to 5s 5d ; do pelts and lambs, 4d to 2s sd. Rabbitekins. — At present the supply is not equal to the demand, and if more than double the present supply were coming forward they would meet a ready sale and realise full values. Tallow. — During the week we sold medium rendered up to 16s, and rough fat up to 13s, and quote— Prime rendered, 19s to 21s; medium, 15a to 17s ; inferior, 12a to 14a ; rough fat 10a to 13a. Wheat. — Only a small amount of business is pasaing. Milling, prime, 4s 6d to 4a 9d ; do medium, 4s 3d to 4s Bd ; do inferior and broken, 3a lOd to 4s 2d ; fowls' wheat, 3s to 5s 9d. Oats. — Business very dull. Milling, Is s£d to Is 6Jd ; feed, la 2d to Is 5d (sacks extra). Potatoes.— Firm at quotations — prime, 37s 6d to 40s ; inferior, 30a to 355. Chaff. — Market bare ; ready sale ; prime heavy, £2 5s to £2 7s 6d ; mixed and light, £1 15 ato£2 2s 6d. Mr. F. Meenan, King street, reports :— Wholesale prices— Oats : Is 4d to la s£d (bags extra), quiet. Wheat: milling, 4s 6d to 4a 9d ; fowls', 3s 6d, easier — sacks included. Chaff : Market full— £2 to £2 7s 6d ; hay, oaten, £3 ; beßt rye-grass, £3. Bran, £3 10s. Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, kidneys, £2 0s to £2 5s ; derwents, £1 15s to £2. Flour : roller, £12 to £12 15a ; stone, £11 5a to £11 15s, firm. Fresh butter, lOd to Is ; salt, nominal, for prime, 7d. Eggs, li 6d, Oatmeal, £9 oa.

RABBITBKIN MABKET.

Mcbsas. Robert Cl eland and Co., Crawford street, Danedin (next Pier Hotel), report as follows : — Rabbit ski as are coming to hand very freely for tee time of year, bat still not in sufficient quantities to fill our orders, which promise to be larger than usual this season. Our cuitomers may rely upon receiving the highest market price, and others who have not given us a trial are invited to do so. Returns seat promptly without deduction of any kind.