Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 50, 18 September 1891, Page 13

Comm er cia l.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Limited, report for week ending September 16, as follows :—: — Fat Cattle— Best bullocks brought £7 12s 6d to £8 12s 61 ; one or two pens prime quality up to £10 2s 6i ; medium to good, £6 to £7 10s ; light weights and inferior quality. £3 10s to £5 17s 6d. Fat Sheep— Best crossbred wethers brought 17s 6d to 20s ; ordinary, 14s 6d to 16s» 6d ; bist crossbred ewes, 15s 6d to 18s 6d ; ordinary, 13s to 14s 6d ; merino wethers, 103 6 i to 12s 9d. Pigs — Suckers brought 5s to 13s ; slips, 14s to 16s ; stores, 16s 6d to 18s ; porkers, 22s to 28s. Store Cattle.— There is some slight inquiry for quiet three to four and five-year-old bullocks in forward condition, and for these buyers are hardly prepared to come up to sellers' ideas of values, which, doubtless, accounts for the limited business passing. Store Sheep— There are but few transactions of any consequence now transpiring, but from now till after shearing the business done in these will be principally confined to dealers, which will be only to a limited extent. Sheepskins.— These continue to have a steady demand and meet with gojd competition at the hands of the trade. On Tuesday, for our regular weekly auction, we submitted a very full catalogue. The attendance of buyers was good, arid biddings were spirited, there being, however, no improvement on prices obtaining lately. Country dry cros9breds, inferior to medium, brought 2s Id to 4s ; do do merino, Is 8d to 3s 8d ; full-woolled crossbreds, 4s 9d to 7g 3d ; do do merino, 4s 3d to 5s lid ; dry pelts, 3d to Is 7d ; butchera' green crossbreds, extra large pelted, 6a 9d to 6a 5d ; beßt do half bred and fine croßsbreds, 6b 4d to 5s 9d ; good to medium, 5s 8d to 5s 3d > coarse woolled and small, 5a to 4s 6d ; green merinos, 4s 6d to 2s 7dRabbitskins— A very satisfactory demand continues to be experienced for theße. Quotations for best greys, Is s£d to Is 6^d, a shade more would be given for extra prime ; medium to good, Is 2£d to Is 4Jd ; autumn skins, 4d to Is Id ; summer do, 5d to 8d ; suckers and half-grown, 2d to 4£d; black and fawn, best, Is to Is l£d ; medium, 6d to lOd per lb. Hides — There is no fresh feature of any note to report in the position of the market since our last. Quotations for 601 b hides, 2|d to 3d ; medium, 2d to 2£d ; light do, l^d to l^d ; inferior, Id to l|d per lb. Tallow — This market continues barely supplied and for all descriptions a ready eaie is found, rough fat has also good attention. We quote — Medium to good rendered tallow, 16s to 18s ; inferior and mixed, 12a to 15s ; best rough fat, 12s 9d to 13s 6d ; inferior to medium and good, 9a to 12s 6d per cwt. Grain — Wheat : This market is qui^t, a very small business being done. Meantime any sales effected are on the basis of last week's quotations, which we rppeat, say for northern best velvet and tuscan, 4s 9d to 4s lOd ; medium to good southern, 4s 2.1 to 4s G l ; inferior, 3d 8d to 4a (ex store, sacks weighed in, terms). — Oats : There is a considerable amount of enquiry for these, but buyers are not disposed to give priceH asked by sellers, except on rare occasions. Quotations, for best milling, la (?^d to Is 7d ; best bright feed, Is 6.i to Is 6^d ; medium, 19 4£d to Is 5^ 1 ; interior, Is to Is 3d ; occasionally odd lots for sale fetch from Is 8d to Is lOd ex store, sacks extia, net cash : f 1 per bus'iel (extra f.o.b Dunedm) —Barley : There is uo improvement in the position of the market. Feed and milling aorta are always saleable and in demand at equal to late quotations, and the market almost bare. Quotations for prime malting nominally, 2s 9d to 38 ; medium, 2j 5d to 2s 8d ; feed and milling, 2s to 2s 4d ex store, sacks extra, terms. " ". Grass setds — Quotations aie unchanged, which are for best machine dresseJ perennial, 53 6i to 5s 9d ; Pacey's imported, 5s 3d to 53 6d ; Poverty Baj, 6s 6J. to 6s 9d ex store. — Cocksfoot : Market over supplied withUghi and undresbed seed, winch is difficult to place and receding. For best dressed, we quote, s£i to 6 J ; uudrested 2£d to 5d per lb. Potatoes.— There is no change for the better in the market for tbese ; quotations nomina . Chaff. — The supply to hand during the past week has ben somewhat short of nquirements ; in consequence prices have hardened and at the beginning of this week for best, 55s t > 57s 6d per ton has been Becured, but theße prices arc not likely to hold good beyond a day or two as a consi ierable quantity ia expected to come forward immediately. Dairy Produce.— The market ia now pretty well cleared of both factory and dairy made cheese ; pricea in consequence are hardening, 51 per lb is freely giveu for factory medium Bize, and s£d for loaf. Prime salt butter in kegs or boxes is difficult to procure, bui with consignments of powdered from the North Island the market, is pretty well supplied ; prices unaltered. Flax. — The market at Home displays a firmer tone wiin pices slightly higher. Locally iho/e is not much doing at the moment, but there are buyers for all offering at late quotations. M/issrs. Donald Stuonach and Sons report for wetk ending September 9 : — Fat Cattle. — 123 head yarded, all useful beef, but notbi ■_ v\ ry Bpecial as regards weights. Puces showed a sub-iantiaL t.<l\ me- — say, 20a or 25a a head— over labt week. Best bulloi ks sold at £J 2 6d to £10 ; cows, £4 to £8 7s 6d. Fat Sheep.— -2338 were penned, consisting of 3UO merino a ( tv is and 2088 cross breds, the greater part wethers. Saltß opened at

about last week's rates, and kept steady throughout, the closing sale showing a slight improvement —Bay 6d advance. Best wethers sold at 16s to 18s 3d ; others 14s 6d to 15s 9d ; best ewes, 14a 9d to 17a ; others, 12s to 14s 6d ; merino wethers, 109 3d to 12s 6d. Pigs.— l 26 were yarded, mostly small slips and suckers, with a few pens porkers and baconers. AH sorts were doll with lower prices. Sheeppkins. — A very active demand continues to be experienced for these. Country dry cros«breds, inferior to medium, brought 2s 2d to 4s 2d ; do do merino, Is lOd to 3s lOd ; full-woolled crossbreds, 48 lid to 7s 6d ; do do merino, 4s 4d to 6s Id ; dry pelts, 4d to Is lid ; butchers' green crossbreds, extra Urge pelted, 6s 5 d to 7s ; best do halfbreds and fine crossbreds, 5s lOd to 6s 3d ; good to medium, 5s 3d to 5s 9d ; coarse-woolled and Email, 4s 6d to 5s 2d ; green merinos, 2s 8d to 4a Bd. Rabbitskins.— The demand continues strong, prices ruling this week showing but little difference compared with tbose of last week. On Monday we disposed of every lot on the catalogue submitted, aad quote— For best skins, Is 5d to Is 6£d ; medium to good, Is 2Jd to Is 4£d ; autumn skins, 9d to Is Id ; summer do, 5i to 8d : suckers, and "half -grown, 3d to 4£d ; black and fawn, best, Is to la ljd ; medium, 6d to lOd per lb Hideß.— The market is unchanged. Quotations — viz., for 601 b hides, 2jd ; medium weight do, l£d to lfd ; inferior, Id to l£d per lb. Tallow. — For medium to good rendered tallow, 16s to 18s ; extra good a shade more ; inferior and mixed, 12a to 159 ; best rough fat, 12s to 138 6d ; inferior to medium and good, 93 to 12s 6d per cwt. Grain — Wheat : Quotations for prime milling, northern velvet and Tu»can, 4s 9i to 4<j lOd ; for medium to good southern, 4s 2d to 4s 6d ; inferior, 3a 9d to 4a (ex store, sacks weighed in, terms). Oats : The market continues steady, with a moderate demand prevailing for good, bright sparrow-bills. Quolations for best milling, la 6£d to Is 7d ; best short bright feed, Is 6d to Is 6£d ; medium, Is 4d to Is s£d ; inferior, Is to Is 3d ; Bmall lots for seed, occasionally from Is 8d to Is 10d. Grass Beeds — Ryegrass seed : Best machine-dressed, off old pasture, 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; Pacey's imported, 5s 3d to 5s 6d ; Poverty Bay, 6s 6d to 6s 9d. Cocksfoot seed : Quotations for best-dressed, ssd to6d. Potatoes— Best Derwento, 27s 6d to 30s ; others, 20a to 25a per ton (sacks weighed in). Chaff— Quotations for best, 47s 6d to 50s ; medium, 42a 6d to 45a ; inferior, 25a to 35s per ton. Messrs Donald Reid & Co. report for week ending September 9 as follows : — Wheat. — The market as regards this cereal continues firm, but without animation. Millers appear to have sufficient stocks on hand for immediate requirements, and are only in the market for odd lines for mixing. Sellers, however, are confident that there will be a scarcity of samples suitable for milling before next season's crop is harvested, ond are content to hold for full values. Fowls' wheat is scarce and meets with good inquiry. Brime milling, 4s 7d to 4s 9d ; medium, 4a 51 to 4a 6J ; inferior, 4s to 4s 4i ; fowl wheat. 3s 6d to 3s lid. Oats — Prises are hardly <-o firm as when last reporting, but there is a good inquiry and consignments meet with ready sale at, for Milling, Is 6^l to Is 7d ; bright feed, Is 6 i to Is 6^d ; discoloured feed, Is 4i to is s^d (sacks extra). Barley — No business passing. Potatoes — Stocks are still very heavy and as dealeis' purchases are only made from hand to mouth prices have in no way improved. We quote — Prime, 27s 6d to 30s ; inferior, 20a to 25s per ton. Chaff — The market is very bare and as there is a la-ge consumption Xt present prices havo advanced very considerably. At our auction sale on Mcnday last a consignment cf oatsheaf chaff of rxr-dium quality realised £2 109 per ton, which we quote as present value lor this quality ; inferior qualities at relatively lower prices. Grass Seed — Last week's quotations for all kinds remain unaltered. Stocks, though not large, will meet requirements. Owing to high prices farmers are limiting their orders.