COMMERCIAL NEWS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 123, 6 March 1941, Page 10

COMMERCIAL NEWS

CRAIN AND PRODUCE'; ■ V''; r .. ■' THE ASHBURTON MARKET. ' Deliveries of all. lines of grain and seeds have eased up- considerably, Ashburton grain, seed and ; produce merchants report. The, continued, dry" weather has had a steadying’ effect on the sales of ryegrass,. clovers and Algerian oats for autumn sowing. , " ; Wholesale business still continues in' cocksfoot, Western Wolths, Italian ryegrass and Garton oats. The market for Partridge peas remains quiet, owing to the uncertainty of .freight'for overseas. THe forward market for potatoes has firiged - considerably, and . growers are not;keen sellers at ipresenf. 1 . Following are quoted to farmers; dri trucks; sacks extra, free of commission:— Wheati-Tuscan ss6d, Hunters 5s Bd, Velvet SsMGd, Marquis 6s (all f.o.b-). Oats—A Gartons 3s, B grade 2s 8d to 2s .;9dj Algerians 2s 53 to 2s 8d; .(DunsT 3s;r 3d; for' heavy dark quality, 2s : "3d. to.2s 9d for light and inferior. Grass Seeds—Perennial 2s 9d to 3s 6d, Italian 3s to ,3s 6d, according to quality : cocksfoot 8d to lid per lb, according to quality. Peas—Partridge 5s to 6s, Lupins—-3s 6d to 3s 9d. ''dhaff-fGood- bright oatsheaf £3 10s, The Egg Market. Values rein am unchanged on the Ashburton 'egg market. The buying price is Is 6d ! ;per dozen and the selling price Is 9d! ’ The maflbt is fairly firm and there is a,, good supply of eggs. ••• THE STOCK SALES. ADDINGTON. . ,i£V. ■.» (i>.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Mar. 5. “ EntriCs "were slightly larger than usual at the Addington market, but there ; was little change in values except for fat sheep, which were easier. • About 14,000 store "sheep and lambs were' forward. Lambs sold unchanged, jftakiiig up to 18s fid, but those for carrying oVfer were down bv Is to 2s 4 hbiid:' ; The 9000 ewes included in tild ehtry all met buyers. Best Romriiby'cross made up to 37s 9d for twotooth;' best half bred of corresponding Class ’selling at from 24s to 26s 6d. Fouryear open-Woolled sheep made to 16s 9d for Southern Marlborough ewes. Most Of the better hue-wool sheep of this age ranged from 11s to 12s 6d, and strong wools 16s to 18s. The entry of fat sheep numbered 5000,' with few wethers and generally Un indifferent class of ewe. Wethers Were easier by Is a head, and ewes by Ik 6d. A few of the latter were bought by'exporters at under schedule. Best wethers made 26s to 335, medium 23s ib 265. A few lines of ewes made more than 20s, ’ tbps being to 25s 6d, but iprac'tlfcally the fVliole entry ranged from 18S;dowmvards. The.'entry of 454 fat cattle was one Of tbe poorest of the season. Good cattle sold at a rise of about 10s a head, ‘all other sorts! being slightly eas-' i'er. - Best beef made : from '37s to 40s pet 1001 b, with a few special pens to 425; Best steers made from £l4 to £l9, medium to good £ll to £l3 10s. A few prime cows arid heifers sold at up to £l3 odd, but the bulk of the cull cows sold from £5 to £6. A good line of store cattle brought the good price-of: from £7 3s 6d for the top pen down to £5 18s 6d. Yearling Shorthorn heifers sold at £4 3s 6d. These were practically the only quotable lines-. ■’ Old cows sold very dragging]y under the restricted export conditions noij/attaching to secondary meat. Porkers Were easier by 2s a head, and ,'Wcdnors .by about 3s. Porkers sold from £1 ,19 s 6d to £2 19s 6d (average - 7d to 8d ib) and baconors from £3 Is 6d to £5 6s 6d (7d to 7’d). Store pigs sold, as follow: Small weaners 7s' to'9s, medium 10s to 12s, best to 16s; slips, l'6s to 19s; small stores, 20s rto 22s 6d, medium 23s to 265, large to 365. Purebred Berkshire sows 21gns „.to7gns.|./’'- ' ' Sales of County Clients. , l ; Sales made on behalf of Ashbujrton County clients at the Addington stock hiarke-t yesterday Were as follow : Fat E'Wes—H. S. Richards (Mount Hutt), 55' at- 8s lOd to* 12s 4d; S’. Cox -'-'arid' : S'on ‘(Lyndhfirst), 41 at 14s' Id to 20s lOd; W. H. Mulligan (Maronan), 65 at 11s Id to 13s Id; D. J. Stewart (Rakaia), 44 at 10s lOd to 19s Id; J. H. Grigg (Longbeach), 69 at 13s 4d to 16s 4d; estate A. Weaver (Rakaia), 19 *; at. 12s Id; C l . Sargent (Rakaia), 61. at ' % 10(1 to 12s lOd; G. MV Wells \lßa- .. kaia), 6 at 12s 7cl. Fat Wethers— On account of C. Sar- ‘ gent (Rakaia), 12 at 24s'10d; S. Cox arid son (Lyndhurst), 18 at 26s Id to L 29s'7d; H. S. Richards ("Mount"Hutt),~ •52 at 17s Id to 21s. -Frit Cattle —On account of Mrs Cros..(Ashburton), 6 cows at £4 12s 6d -to! £9 2s 6d ; Mount Possession Run Company (Mount Somers), 5 steers at ,£ll '2s fid to £l2 12s 6d. •hd t- '■ / " ~ ; " BURNSIDE. (p..A.) DUNEDIN, March. 5. There was a heavy yarding of fat sheep at Burnside to-day, 3074 being penned. Prices were back by Is to LS;6d a head on *all grades of ewes, wethers suffering to the extent of Is a head. Prime wethers made 24s 9d to 29s 9d, medium 21s to 22s 6d, light to 20s j. t Prime ewes made 14s to 17s, arid export ewes 10s to 14s. A yarding, of 1347 fat lambs was penned, and sold at 16s to 33s 9d. , ifie fat cattle section 224 head . 'hi’dre I'perihed. ... The sale opened with prices firm to 10s a head in advance ing. race showed a further hardening tendency. Prime, steers made £ls 17s fid to £l7 17s 6d, medium £l2 12s 6d to £l3 )7s 6d, light from £8 10s, prime

cows arid heifers £9 2s 6d to £l3 17s 6d, medium £6 7s 6d to £8 2s 6d, light. £4 10s tor £6. A yarding of 220 fat pigs was forward, comprising prime baconers with a fair proportion of porkers, prices being in buyers’ favour to the extent of 5s a head compared with the previous week’s rates. GERALDINE. , A very small yarding of about 200 fat lambs was penned at Geraldine yesterday. An average yarding of fat sheep sold firm at schedule rates. Store sheep, comprising, two annual drafts, met restricted competition. Values were:— Fat Sheep—Prime heavy lambs to 23s Bd, light to medium 18s 4d to 20s 7d; light to medium ewes, 10s Id to 12s 4d. Store Sheep—Annual draft half and three-quarterbred ewes, os 9d to 7s 3d; annual draft, crossbred owes, 10s 6d to 12s; annual draft, two, four, six and ■eight-tooth three-quarterbred ewes, to 13s 3d; fat and forward rape lambs, 14s 6d to 16s 3d; cull lambs, to 4s. Pigs—Weaners, 12s to 20s. THE SHARE MARKET. Tho following sales were made on the Christchurch Stock Exchange yesterday LISTED STOCKS. Sale on ’Change.

£ a d 200 New Zealand Breweries. (2) . . 1 12 0 Sales Reported. £250 N.Z. Govt., 4 p.c. Stock, 1055 105 0 0 £420 War Loan, 1953 81 15 0 55 Canterbury Frozen Meat 0 12 .6 100 Bruce Woollens 1 1 0 100 Now Zealand Breweries 1 12 0 50 «T. G. Coles (late sale Tuesday) 8 4 0 19 G 200 Wilsons Cement 0