MARKET REPORTS.

Press, Volume XLVI, Issue 7417, 7 December 1889, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS.

PRODUCE, &c Corn Exchange report for week ending Friday, December oth : —No improvement can be noted in the state of the markets generally, the demand for wheat being affected by the want of tonnage for London. Oats, beyond the small local: enquiry, are neglected. Barley — Any prime samples meet with a fair enquiry. Beans—Were freight offering could be placed for export. Peas, feed, are in poor request, but true-to-name sorts, sucn as Prussian Blue and good garden varieties, sell fairly well. Grass Seed—Being the off season both in ryegrass and cocksfoot there is no business to report. Potatoes— The new crop being in the market has still further reduced the value of the balance of the old; quotations are nominal. Dairy Produce—(By the omission of a line our remarks under this head in lasc week's report were made to apply to potatoes, our friends must somewhat have wondered at our referring to the export of potatoes to London.) The demand for butter restricted owing to the means of transport being quite unequal to the space required. Large quantities are, however, going forward to London by the various steamers. Cheese remains steady at quotations. - Tne following are our quotations for the week: — Wheat—Tuscan 3s 3d, pearl 2s lid to 3s, Hunter's 2slod. Oats—Prime milling, 2s 3d to 2s 4d; feed, heavy, 2s ; inferior Is 9d to Is lOd. Barley—Malting 3s 6d, feed 2s. Beans 3s 3d. Peas—Blue Prussians, true to name, 3s 9d ; other sorts feed, 3a. Potatoes—Nominal. Grass Seed —Nomi&aL Butter—od to 6d. Cheese—3£d to 4d. The above prices are those paid to farmers for delivery to. b., sacks extra.

Ths NswZsa.ulndFarmkrsCoopke- ,- ativb Association o* Cawtkbbubt. Limited, report for week ending Friday, December 6th, 1889 :— "Wheat—The position of the market has not perceptibly changed and the volume of business passing is limited. The English market is reported slightly firmer, and space in vessels shortly due to load is being rapidly taken up. Tuscan Ss 3d, pearl or velvet 3s, Hunter's 2a 9d to & 10s, to.b. Oats—Values have still further receded and the market is listless. Milling Canadians 2s, bright short feed Is 10d, Danish Is 7d. Dairy Produce —Continues to come forward freely, and butter is slightly firmer, prime fresh 7d. Exports for the week ending Friday, December 6th, 1889:—Wheat 21403 sacks, oats 98 sacks, potatoes 155 sacks, flour 739 sacks and bags, beans 265 sacks, malt 145 sacks, seeds 70 sacks, butter 110 kegs, cheese 18 cases, bacon 27 cases. Thk New ZxALAiro Loak akd MsbOAKTIIJI AttBXCT COUPAMT, LIUITKD, Xβports on the grain and produce markets for the week ending 7th December, 1889 :— Wool—The market continues very firm, and the demand more than sufficient to cope with the supply at the various markets of the world. Home and Colonial advices are of a most encouraging tenor, and locally, values are improving andfhave continued to do so, ever since theniiips given to the trade by our opening sale of 7th ult., when we were fortunate enough to establish a range of prices never before attained at auction here. Prospects for the next local series, 19th and 20th inst., are exceedingly bright for sellers, large catalogues are already, announced, and buyers from all parts will be present. Hides—Values are unchanged. Good heavies, 601b and over, are worth 3&d: 51 to 59 lb, 2£d; 501b and under, 2d; and calf skins, 3£d per lb. Tallow and Fat—No alterations to report. Good rough fat makes lgd to lfd, inferior from Id per lb; tallow, 13s to 17s 6d per cwrt. Sheepskins—Moderate supplies came forward at the weekly auctions. The attendance was good, and woolly skins were freely competed for. Best woolly crossbreds made 7s to 8s 6d, medium 5s 3d to 6s 6d, best merinos 6s tJd to Bs, ordinary 4s 9d to 5s 8d to Isßd, lambskins Is to 2s 4d. We have placed several lots i of factory skins at full rates. Wheat—There is no change whatever in the market, and very little business doing locally. Space for the old country, per sailer, is still being applied for at current freight, viz. 32s 6a. We quote Tuscan 3s 2d, 3s 3d; pearl 3s, Hunter's 2s 10d, per bushel, f.o.b M sacks extra. Oats are steadily declining in value, and purchasers few and far between. Values are from Is 9d to 2s, ex store, sacks extra.Barley—No business to record. Nominally prime malting is worth 3s 6d, and inferior from 2s per bushel, sacks extra. Beans and peas are both in short supply. The former are worth 3s to 3s 4d, Prussian blues 3s 6d per bushel, sacks extra. Grass Seeds—There is practically nothing doing in these at present. Best heavy ryegrass, of which there is very little obtainable, is worth 4s 3d to 4s 6d per busheL Cocksfoot, machine dressed, 3£d perlb. In both cases sacks are extra. Potatoes—Nominal value is 20s to 303 per ton at country stations, but there are no buyers. Fortunately, stocks are within a reasonable compass. Dairy Produce—Locally bnsiness is doll, and supplies are being weekly augmented. Cool chamber space is in good request, and is rapidly filled up. Butter we quote 5d to 6d per lb and cheese 3d to 44, according to make and quality.

Mr. Fredk. Jameson, of Leeston, reports:—The usual fortnightly sale was held at the Leestou Yards on Friday. 29th November. There was a very good attendance, and good entries of all classes of stock. Sheep—l sold fat ewes at Ss 8d to 8s 7d; a small line of mixed crossbreds at 11s 8d; 190 mixed four-tooths at ?s 9d, and 112 in more forward condition at 8s 3d; 104 shorn hoggets at 6s 10d, and 56 at 7s 2d; hoggets in wool at 10s 9d, and a line of crossbred ewes and lambs at 8s 9d. Cattle—There was a full entry, which met a very dragging market despite the abundance of feed, and prices ruled in favor of buyers. Pigs—A large entry and ready sale for all lines of good weaners, larger stores being dull of sale. In the produce yards I sold potatoes at from 2s 9a to 6s 3d per sack; feed barley, 2s per bushel, and chick wheat 9s per sack. The entries were on account of Messrs J. Cair, J. Qsborne, A. Josephs. R. McNeil, P.McCarten, T.B. Howson,P.W. Barrett, J. S. Gardiner, W. Thompson, J. M. Farse, John Blackler, J. H. M%cpherson, H. Hamilton, H. Montgomery, C. Candy. J. Patterson, T. Milne, P. Brawen, G. Fincham, J. Flood, J. Millar, W. Moorhead. T. Nicholson, S. Lemon, J. Carter, J. Henry, W. Wylie, D. McLennafaan, M. Needham, P. Stephens, J. Snell, W. Donaldson, S. Graham, J. Lamont, P. Kennedy, J. Manning. 15. Galpin. F. Bishop, M. O'Neill, J. Sloan, J. Huston, P. McCabe, J. Barnett, D. Baird, J. Lilly, A. Chamberlin, Rushbrook, Stapleton, R. Hogg, G. McClure, Sharp, C. Franlcish, F. Stubb, J. Tay, W. Cooper, W. Rowney, W. Marshall, J. Manson, P. O'Boyle, F. Overton, J. Bell, W. Russell, W. Abbot, R. Thompson, T. McKee, P. Humphrey, EL Daviea, D. Buddo, H. J. HaU, W. Wright. W. Inwood. C. Lee, J. Bentley, T. Lord' D.McClure,andA.Fay. '