REPORTS FOR WEEK ENDED AUGUST 10.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 15, 13 August 1897, Page 13

REPORTS FOR WEEK ENDED AUGUST 10.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report as follows :—: — Wheat — Prime milling 1 , more especially velvet, can be placed at about late rates, but medium is neglected. Quotations for best northern velvet, Is ."d to 4s (id ; southern do, 4s to 4s 3d ; medium, Ha 7d to 3s ltd ; best Tuscan and red wheat, 4s to 4s 2d ; medium. 3s 6d to 3s i)d ; inferior, 2s ( Jd to 3s Gd (ex store, sacks weighed in, terms.) Oats — This market has been exceedingly fiat for some time and even now very few change hands. During the last few days, however, there has been slight indications significant of a more satisfactory position of the market within measurable distance, a few consignments coming forward now from the country are fetching. Is 10d to 2s Id ; while those in store are held for rates earlier obtaining say, for prime milling, 2s 3d to 2s Id ; best bright etout feed. 2s 2\d to 2s 3d ; medium to good, 2s Id to 2h 2d ; inferior, Is 9d to 2s : odd lots for peed are fetching 2s 4d to 2s Gd (ex store, sacks extra, net). Barley— Best malting full and bright is readily placed but any other sort has very little attention. Quotations for prime malting, 4s to 4-i lid , extra do, 4s (id ; medium nominally. 3s (id to 3s Dd ; feed and milling. 2s 6d to 'A^ (ex store, sacks extra, net). Chaff — ''rime i^ -.lightly tinner but medium is in over supply and h.iid to pi. ice. Quotation*, lor prime, L 3 IDs to L 3 l."»s ; medium to good, 1,2 7-i (id to L S 2-. (id: inferior, LI l.">s to L 2 .">s ; stiaw dull". '22, (» 1 to 2~>-. P r t<»n. (ex truck, sacks e\tra, net). Potatoes — Markrt hilly -mpplied, beit northern fetching, L'S 2-, Gd to L:J 7a (id : southern. L 2 12s (id to L 3 per ton (ex store, sacks weighed in. net). Sheep-kin-, — Market ste idy at late rate^, say for b"«t dry cro-w-breds, tdt<t."»]d; medium. 2Jd to .iUI ; dry merinos. 2d to4Jd pir 1b ; be*t green cro-.-'ire 1-.. 3s '.id to Is Gd ; medium. 3s to 3s Sd each. It.ibl)it^kins — Bi'-it skins are in good demand, while inferior to medium ha\e le-s attention. Best winter grey- fetch lid to 12^1 selected 13''l ; medium, ( .Jd to Rl^l ; autumn, 7d to ( .)J ; summer, 3d to ~>\'\ . .sujker-, uud half-grown, Id to 2 ld ; best black and siher grey. Is 2d to U-il: ex im prime, Is 3d to la lid ; inferior to medium and good, 4d to Is per lb. Hides— A very »o >d demand exists for these, heavy fi-tching 2\d to 3|d : ovtia do. 3d to .5 4 M . medium. lid to 21,2 1 , 1 ; inferior. Id to 1 Jd per lb. Tallow and Fat— There is no change to note in either demand or value. Best country rendered fetches 13s Gd to 1 ">s ; medium, 11s Gd to 1.5s ; butehcio' rough fat, beat, IDs to 10s (id ; medium, Us to Da Gd ; inferior. S-. to Js=> Gd per cwt (ex store, net). Messrs Edward Thomas axd Co., Boud btreet, Dunedin. report as follow-* — Ribbit-kius— Owing to a speculative tendency the market on Monday was somewhat brisker, and a marked advance, especially in the better grades, was the result. Selecte 1 lines brought, in one or two inst nines', as much as 13^1 per lb. Good prime mixed from 12j I to 13d , bucks, \l\ti to 12d ; blacks showed an advance equal to Id. while '-o.ne silver greys brought Is (id. Sheepskins iilsu shuwmore lite. Good ero^sbreds and half biod-*, fit f >r shipping purposes, bringing up to 3]d. Jlair — Unaltered. Hides oontinue at a high demand. Mchmjs. Donald Ri:id axd Co. report that prices ruled as under at their auction sale on .Monday — Oats — We submitted a lew lines of fair feed sparrowbill^, which sold at 2s to 2s <)}<! per bushel (sacks extra). Late quotations for s.ed and milling lines, are unchanged. The demand ior feed is not strong, and late quotations are barely maintained. Wheat — We offered fowl wheat, inferior to good, which sold at 2s 2 1 to 3s fkl per bushel (sacks in). Potatoes — The d -maud is confined chiefly to prime lots of northern Dcrwents, which are saleable at L 3 7s (id to L 3 10s per ton. We offered a fair quantity of medium to good Derwents, and sold northerns at L 3 to L 3 ss; southerns, L 2 17s Gd to L,J per ton (■^acks in\ Chaif — The market is still over supplied, and except for prime quality last week's values are barely maintained. We quote — Prime oaten s'leaf to L 3 10s ; good, L3toL 3 bs ; medium to good, L 2 1.3s to L.5 per ton (bags extra).

Messrs. Sthonach Bros, and Momus report as follows :— Fat Cattle — 107 yarded. Competition was brisk and prices showed some improvement. Best bullocks fetched LS to Li> 12s (id ; medium to good, L.3 10s to L 7 13s ; best cows, L 5 10s to L 7 ; others, L 3 10s to L,3. We sold for the Five Rivers Eatate (Southland) and Mr. Alexander Douglas ( Allan tnn) I<> head at quotations. Fat Sheep — 2472 penned. There was a good demand and prices ruled about Is a head higher than last week. Best wethers fetched 1.3s to 1.3s 'Jd (a small lot extra prime 17a) ; medium to good, 12s Gd to 14s Gd ; light, 10s Gd to 11s Gd ; prime ewes, 11s to 13s 9d ; medium, 8s 6d to 10s Gd. Lambs — IGO penned. The demand was very poor and prices ruled from Ss 2d to Gs. Pigs — 190 forward. All selliug remarkably well. Suckers fetched 8s to 12s Gd ; slips, 14s to lGs Gd ; stoics, 18a to 23s 6d ; porkers, 2os to 34s ; baconers, 38s to 0.35. Rabbitskins — All offering meet with good competition and prices on Monday showed a slight advance. Prime winters fetched, 12} dto 13d ; good do, 12d to 12} d ; medium, 10id to 1 lgd ; autumns, 7d to Ud ; summers, 4d to Gd ; blacks up to 1 7d ; silver greys to l.xd per lb. Sheepskins— Market firm at last week's rates. Hides— Demand good. Prime heavy ox, 3|d to HJd ; medium to good, 2 id to 3d ; light and inferior, Hd to 2|d per lb. Tallow— Market unchanged. Best "rendered, 14a to 1.3s 6d ; medium, 12-< Gd to 13s 6d ; rough fat. 8s to 11s Gd per cwt. Wheat — There is a fair demand at present and quotations remain unaltered. Prime milling velvet, 4^ 4d to Is fid ; medium, 4s 2d to 4a 3A<l ; prime Tuscan, 4a 3d to 4s Id ; medium. 4s Id to 4s 2]d ; fowl wheat, 3s to 3s 8d pir bushel sacks, in). Oats—There is very little business passing and the market shows a slight decline. Best food. 2s I'd to 2s 3d ; medium, 2s to 2s 1 id ; inferior, Is lod to Is lljd ; best seed and nulling, 2', 3d to 2.3 (id p. r bushel (sacks extra). Barley — There is a \eiy brisk demand and all o'Terim? is readily disposed of. Prime malting. Is 3d to Is .3d, nuditim to good. 3s lud to 4s 2d ; feed and milling, 2s '.id to 3S3 S lid per bushel (-tacks extra). Chaff— The market has been over-supplied during the week and price-, show no improvement. Best oiten sheaf, L 3 7s (id to L:i Ids ; good do, L 3 2s (id to Li .3d ; medium. L 2 1.3s to L.J por to.i (bag a extra), Potatoes— Demand good. Prime OervvenK L;> lvi , good, L 3 2s Gd to L 3 .3s p^r ton (bays in). Messrs Samuel Onu and Co. Staffoid street, report as follows .— We had some r,«.in yesterday, which also extended north a bit, but it was nothing to --peak of. Oats— ln plain language, the bottom is out of the oat market, and to effect sales you must reduce values of a month ago by about 3d a bushel. The Sydney market, too, is dull ; the W< stern Australia one full up and when it is open Melbourne pu.-poaes putting in her surplus. Then the stocks in store r ere are heavier than ever they were at this period of the year, so that the outlook is not very bright. We quote— Prime milling Suthei lands, 2s td ; bright heavy sparrowbills, 2s hi ; ordinary, 2.4. Wheat — The Home market is still keeping its buoyancy, while locally prime milling is saleable at abuut r.-cont rates, viz., prime milling Tuscan or velvet up to Is ,3d ; other sort-, X to is 3d. Barley — -The market is still firm, and during the pa-.t mouth we s >ld close on 18,000 bushel-, at the top pike of the boasou. — or, rathu-, foi years. Chaff — Markot glutted, and prices easier again. Potatoes— Northerns. L 3 Ilia; southerns, L,\ 3s. Seeds — Eyegrass A good many parcels are finding an outlet now, and prices are ktepmg fairly good, though not so high as in former seasons. Wo quote— Machine-dressed Poverty Bay i-ted, up to Gs ; and local machine-dressed, 3s to 3s Gd ; extra cLuued and heavy up to 4s 3d. — Cocksfoot : Heavy seed, f]d ; ordinary. .Ud to 4d. Timothy is cheaper than for some years. — Clo\ei.\s : Prices for white are easier on basis of List year's quotations as- also are cowgrass and ala-yke. We solicit intending purchasers to send for our samples and quotations, as these will compare mo 4 favourably with any on the market.