CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2062, 1 May 1913, Page 4

CANTERBURY GRAIN MARKET.

Tlie market is, generally, very quiet in Christchurch. There is some wheat offering, but it is mostly Tuscan, for which there is no particu'ar demand, and there is no change in prices. Oats are very firm, and few are coming forward. There is a firm tone in the chaff market, and prices have advanced in sympathy with oats. A shipment has been made to Auckland—the first for the season—and this has enabled merchants to fill a number of orders which they had m hand. It is now quoted at 62s 6d to 65s at country stations. Potatoes are still £4 per ton, but are not selling very freely at this price for immediate delivery.

PAHIATUA STOCK SALES

Two-tooth ewes and wethers made 15s Id, good lambs 9s Id to 9slod, fair lambs 7s 6d to Bs, cull lambs 4s to 4s 9d, poor-conditioned breeding owos 8s 9d, empty ewes 8s to 9s. In cattle we had a fair yarding, But competition was not too keen, and a- number of lines were passed out unsold. Some of our sales comprised : Forward cows £4 Is, empty store cows £2 15s to £3 7s 6d, two-year heifers £4, weaner heifer calves 27s 6d to 30s, steer calves 265, two-year steers £3155.

SOUTH WAIRARAPA SALES

At Taratahi. —Forward black-face lambs 10s Id to 12s, white-face woolly lambs 8s 6d to 9s 2d, fair empty ewes 8s 6d to 8s Bd, forward 2-tooth wethers (good line) 16s 3d; a nice line of Rotnnoy ewe lambs ou account of Mr E. Eagle, jun., made 12s sd; fat and forward lambs 14s 2d, 6-tooth breeding ewes 14s 9d. The yarding of eattlo was exceptionally heavy, and for good heifers competition was keen. Heifers (early calvers) made £7 5s to £7 7s 6d, 12 heifers (JulyAugust calvers) £6 2s 6d, dairy cows £4 to £6 .12s, cows and calves £4 to £5 10s, 18-months steers £3 to "£3 17s 6d. empty cows £3 8s to £3 los, extra good springing heifers £11, bulls £3 10s to £5 ss, heifers calves 25s to 32s 6d. steer valves 23s to 30s.

HUNTERVILLE STOCK SALES

Messrs Dalgety and Co. report having a very fair entry of stock at their liuntorviilo sale on Tuesday, .nearly all of which changed hands at the following prices: Small lambs, 6s, 6s lid, 7s 3d, 7s 4d : cull lambs, -Is id; fair lambs, 8s 6d,'Ss lOd, 9s.

JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE.

Messrs Abra-Lam and Williams report on their Johnsonvillo sale yesterday as follows: A good yarding of prime bullocks came forward and a heavy one oi : sheep, which sold at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks £11 I2s 6d to £12, prime bullocks £11 to £11 4s 6d. lighter £10 15s. light £9 5s to £9 12« 6d. vealers £2 ss, prime heavy wethers 19s od. plain wethers 16s 6d to 17s, prime heavy ewes 16s to 16s 6d, prime ewes 15s 6d, prime lambs, 12s 8d to 13s 6d, lighter Us 9d to^lgs.