Commercial.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 35, 29 December 1893, Page 13

Commercial.

Messes Donald Reid and Co. report as follows :~ Wheat — Business continues very dull. Prime milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d ; inferior, 2a 6d to 2a 7d. Oats — Market quite bare ; good demand, and prices are firm at quotations— prims, Is 11 Jd to 2s ; discoloured, Is lOd to Is lid (sacks extra.) Potatoes— Kidneys are arriving freely, and prices are weaker. Prime, L 6 to L 6 10s par ton. Chuff— Brisk demand for prime heavy oatsheaf, well cut, but inferior ia not eoquired for. Prime, L 3 10a to L 3 15s ; medium, L 3 to LS 5s ; inferior, L 2 to L 2 10s.

Messrs Btbonach Bros, and Morris report as follows :— Fat Cattle— lsl head were yarded. Best bullocks brought L 9 10j to LU Us; extra heavy, Ll2 2s 6d ; medium to good, L 8 2-t 61 to L97a 6 1 ; light, L 62561 to L 7 17a 6i ; best cowp, L 7 10a to L 8 15s ; extra heavy, L 9 10* ; medium to good, L 5 10s to L 7 15s ; light and old, L 3 15i to L 5 ss. F<tt tibeep— l2s6 were penned, nearly all being shorn, Best crossbred wethers (shorn), 13a 61 to Hi 6d ; do do (in the wool), 15s 6J to 16s 3d ; medium do, lls 6d to 15s 31 ; one pen extra prime (sbo">) 16b. Fat Lambs — Values were pretty well maintained. Medium, 4a 91 to 8a 6d ; extra prime, 14s. EUbbitskins— Best summer and late spiingn, 9 i to lid ; inferior to medium, 61 to 8J- i ; suckers and half-grown, 3d to 5J ; black and fawn, 6|i to 9 i per lb. Hivea — Heavy sorts are scarce. Best, 60 lb and over, well flayed, 2|l to 31 ; medium, If J to 2d ; inferior and light. Id to l£i per lb. Tallow— Market s'eadv. Best rendered mutton, 21s 6J to|22s 61 ; medium to good, 18* 6d to 20a 6 1 ; inferior to medium, 14<> 6 i to 17s 61. Bough fat : Best, 14s to 14s 6 1 ; medium to good, 12* 61 to 13s 91 ; inferior to medium, 11s to 12a 31 pef cwt <[ex store). Wbeat— Best milling, 2a 8d to 2a 9 1. Nats—Best feed and milling, Is ll^d to 2s ; medium to good, Is lOd to Is lid.