PRODUCE, &c.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7805, 7 March 1891, Page 3

PRODUCE, &c.

The following is the Corn Exchange report (per N. P. Meyers, Secretory) for week ending Friday, March 6th, 1801 :— Tbe weather has been all that could be desired during tbe past week forcompleting the harvest work, and it is hoped tbat the damage will not be so serious as was anticipated. The advent of several large grain ships in our harbor, together with the hardening tendency of the English market, has had tbe effect, of firming the local market for wheat, and buyers are more "anxious to operate. Oats are Htill lifeless, only prime malting meeting with anything like a demand. Barley is being largely dealt In, and prime malting firmly maintains our quotations, but anytblug second quality has a very drooping tendency. Grass seed is easier on account of the North Island demand slackening off. Cocksfoot is fairly good property at quotations. We bear of sales oi kidney potatoes for prompt delivery at 30s at couutry stations, also Derwents at 25s off the forks in May. Dairy produce is stationery, butter seeing more trade than cheese.

Quotations as follows:— Wheat—Prime milling Tuccan, 3s od to 3-3 tid; paai'l, 3s 4d; Hunter's, 3s 2d ; whole chirk, 3s; broken, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Oats—Milling, la Sd; short feed, ls 6d to Is 7d ; long and Inferior, Is 4d to is sd. Barley—Prime maitintr, 3s 3d ; medium, 2s 8d to 2s lOd ; feed, lft 9ri to 2s.

Peas—Prussian blues, 3s to 3s 3d ; feed Sorts, 2s 64 tO 2s 9d. Potatoes Kidneys, 30s, country stations (tendency downward). Grass Seed— Town machine dressed, 5s to 5s 3d; farmers' lines, 3s Gd to 4s ; cocksfoot, 4d to 4_d..

Dairy Produce—Factory make butter, 7d to 8d ; farmers' lo';s. 6_d to 7d; loaf.shape cheese, 4_d; largor sizes, 3_d to 3{.d. The above prices are those paid to farmsrs for df-l'tvery to.b., Lyttelton. Sacks extra.

Tats Njjjw Zealand Farmkhs' Coofsbjltiv*** Association of Cantbrbury, Limited, reports as follows for the week ending March Uth; 1891:— Wheat—T'/ie cabled information regarding dumagM to French crops has stimulated our w neat markets; aud prime wheat shows an r.dvance ; medium and shrivelled parcels are easier; prime Tuscan 3s ss; velvet a*t\d pearl, 3s 4d; Hunter's, 3s 3d, f.o.b.

Oats—Excepting an improved enquiry for Tartarian, export outlets show no improvement, but holders are dim. Prime Canadians, ls 8d: short feed, ls 6£d, and Is 7d; Tartarian*, ls 7d to ls 8d; Duns, ls7d. Barley—Prime malting is in fair demand at 3s 3d; medium, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; inferior, 2s to 2s 3d. teas—Steady enquiry for blue Prussians at 3s to 3s 2d. Cocksfoot—The recent fire In Lyttelton ba.». steadied the market, which was **upldly easing, and parcels of good quality command late rates, but inferior are quotably lower ; 16ib seed 4_d to sd, 141b __d, lighter 3_d io 4d.. Rye Grass—Moves rapidly into consumption at late quotations; machine cleaned up to 5s 6d; ordinary, 4s 3d to 4s 9d Potatoes—Transactions In kidneys for export ou the basis of 3Us at country stations are reported. C'leese—in lair demand at 3£d to4d. Butter—Prime fresn, 9d ; salt, 7d to Bd.

Thb New Zsalanp Loan and Mkr-canxu-k agkncjt compant, 11-uibd, report on the grain aud produce market for the week ending 7th March, 1891:— Wool—The London sales closed on 28th ult, the market displaying a firm tone up tothe end. Of 3**%,000 bales catalogued only 10,000 were held over, and mors than half the quantify sold went for export. During the week: we offered a few bales of Itstubswool, Inferior merino, aud piece* tbat had come t>o hand subsequent to the la-nt local sale, aud had a satisfactory clearance at v«jue« fully oa a par with our rec-siit quotations. - Tallow aud Fat—Prices remain the same as last week. ' "Hides—We disposed of at list prices, v.z.. Ojib aud ovei, 4d ; 601 b to 641b, 3_d ; 6llb to 591b, 2£d; -pOih aud under, i_d. Calfskins, oi-f per 10. She-.-p.kiu:* —We bad a large entry of various skins, and a few bales of wool. Felliuuugers and others mustered in full force, and satisfactory values with good competition ruled throughout. W r e sold butchers'best Crossbreds at 2s to 2s IOd; ordinary, Is 4d to 1» 9d; merinos. Is to 2s Id ; lambskias, ls 3d to 2s lid ; and dry skins at full value-*. Wheat —This market, in sympathy with the Home markets', has shown increased animutiou during the week, and prime shipping < lines are iv demand at our quotations. Tuscan 3s ad to 3s tid, Pearl 3_ 3d to 3s 4d, Hunter's 3s Id to 3s 2d per bushel, f.0.b., sacks extra. Oats- continue dull of sale, aud few transactions are reported. We quote prime milling ls Sd, stout feed Is 7_d, ordinary ls 5d to ls tid per bushel, L 0.0., sacks extraBarley—Prime malting is in request; other qualities are neglected. Present quotations are—Prime malting 3s 4d to as 6d, meuium 3s to 3s 3d, secondary aud feed la, 9d to 2s Od per bushel, ex store, sacks extra. Beans and Peas-Prussian Blues 2s lOd to 3* 2d per bushel, f.0.b., sack- extra. Rye Grass Seed—This market is supplied principally with Southern seeds, tne quality of- which is fairly bright and heavy. Town machine dressed 5s to 5s 6d per bushel, farmers' parcels 4s to 4s fid per bushelCocksfoot—A considerable quantity of seed has been delivered during the week, and prices are firm at our quotations, vis., 4d to 4|_u for undressed seed. Dairy Produce—No alteration.

Messrs Miles and Co. (per J. T. Ford) report on the live stock market for tho week ending Friday, March 6th, as follows:— Cauterbury Saleyards. Adding-, ton. Wednesday, 4th lust. — The entry for the day's sale comprised 354 head of cattle, 14,978 sheep, and 296 pigs. Fat Cattle—Au average entry, with several lines of rather inferior qualify. For all good sorts prices were fully equal to former rates. Mlddliug and inferior were not briskly competed for, and for such the market was dull and lanp-uidL

Store Cattle—There Is poor competition for this class oi stock, and we cannot quote any appreciable rise in values, except for good dairy cows, the prices for which are higher than is usual for this season of the ytar. Store Sheen— Of these the entry was very large Indeed, comprising all classes, from very inferior old ewes up to really good crossbred wethers. There is brisk demand, and every line sold at prices that could not fail to be very satisfactory to vendors.

Fat Lambs—A large entry, *xith many lines of very good quality, all of which were eagerly competed for, and purchased for export purposes at prices ranging from 10s 6d to 13* each ; smaller sorts of equally good quality were secured by the trade at from /s tid to 10s bd. Fat Sheep—The entry was much larger than usual, but almost every line was sold at prices almost equal to the rates of the previous week, except with merino wethers, of which there were an unusually large number penned. We sold a very nice line of 180 prime fat merino wethers on account of Mr A. W. Rutherford of the Mendip Hills Estate, at from 9s 6d to 10s 9d each, and merino lambs at from 10s 9d to lis each. Unfortunately these came late in the sale or they would have brought higher prices. We also sold 500 fat merino wethers for Mr G. H. Moore, of Glenmark, a Hue of well grazed sheep, which brought 9s 6d each, with the exception of one pen, which sold at 9s. Pins —A very large entry, which met a rather dull sale, and a slight reduction in values.

Our sales were as follows:—41 twotooth crossbred wethers 15s, 68 crossbred wethers and maiden ewes 12s od, 12s tid to 13s; 19 fat crossbred ewes lls4d; 181 merino wethers 9s 6d, 9s lid, to 10s 9d; 505 merino wethers 9s to 9a fid; 42 merino ewes 5s lid; 14 crossbred lambs 13s 3d; 142 crossbred lambs 12s Id to 12s 4d ; 118 lambs 7s 3d to 9s; 74 crossbred lambs, 7s Gd to 8s tid ; lot lambs 12s lOd to 13s ; 3*3 crossbred lambs 6s 3d to 9s lid; 10 merino lambs 10s lOd to lis; 43 crossbred lamb- 6s ; 50crossbred lambs Us 3d.

Kirwee Monthly Sale, Monday, March 2nd.—This sale was well attended, and there were several outside buyers. There were about 2600 sheep yarded, with a few head of cattle and sundries, rough timber, eve Our entry comprised 1800 sheep, •yhich we sold as follows :—For fat crossbreds, lis to 12s lid ; for full-mouth crossbrea ewes, 3s Id, 4s 3d, 0s lUd, 7s 4d to 9s IOd; for crossbred lambs, 9s, 10s, 10s (id to lis ; for full-mouth merino ewes, ls 7d, ls 9J, 3s Id to 3s 8d; tot meriuo wethers, 2s 7d. Tiuwald Fortnightly Sale, March 3rd.—• There was a large entry of sheep, comprising about 12,000 of all sorts and conditions, for the day's sale. The attendance was also above the average, buyers beiug there in force, both from .North and South Canterbury. Feed is plentiful and sheep are scarce, so that brisk competition was the order of the day, and full rates were obtained. Our entry comprised 7500 sheep and lambs, which we sold as follows :—On accouuc Ml- Raymond, 50 crossbred ewes, ls bd; on account Mr 3. McLean, 404 four-tooth wethers, 13s Id; on account Mr J. W. Sawie, 187 two-tooth crossbreds, 8s 6d, and 306 merino ewes, 3s 9d; on account Mr J. W. Sawle, 537 twotooth crossbreds, lis Id; on accouuc Mr Geo. Giddiuus, 590 lambs, 8s 6d, 280 lambs, 5s 10d'; 25 fat ewes, 10s Id ; on account Mr Jas. Klnley, 150 crossbred ewes at 9s 3d ; on account Mr W. Strange, 1600 crossbred ewes at 9s ; on account Mr M. Redmayne, 47 four-tooth crossbreds at 10s 9d, 244 four-tooth do at lOi Id, 61 ewes at 9-i lid; ou account Mr S. Hardley, 80 merino ewes at 3s Id, 33 meriuo ewes at ls 4d ; on account Mr A. McLeod, 240 twotooths at 9s Id ; on account Mr Glassey, 205 ewes at ls 4d; on accouuc Maronan Estate, 96 fat ewes merino at 5s lid, 182 two-tooth crossbreds at 10s Id; on account Harford Estate, 878 two-tooth crossbred wethers at 12s tid; on account Mr J. Withell, 72 fat crossbred ewes at 9s 6d, 83 lambs at 9s, 70 lambs at 6s 8d; on account Mr Hawkins, 153 crossbred ewes at ss; on account Mr D. Fitzgerald, 225 crossbred ewes at 7s tid, 57 fat crossbred ewes at 9s 3d, 120 four and six-tooth at 12s; on account Messrs Crowe aod Lysaght, 265 two-tooth crossoreds at 10s IOd; on account Mr T. G. Hight, 153 two-tooth crossbreds at 9a 9d.

Miilton Station Yards, North Selwyn— We held the iirst of our annual autumn sales at these yards on Thursday, sth March. There was a very large attendance of buyers from the surrounding districts, and fair prices were obtained for all the stock offered; 8500 sheep and lambs were penned, aud the prices obtained were on a par with other local markets, the result being a ready clearance. Very great disappoiotment was expressed at the nonarrival of 2-iOO lambs, our first entry for this sale, and which the vendor failed to bring forward. Sheep are wanted for stubbles and later on for turnips, and we purpose holding another large sale at these yards at the end of the present mouth, for which we have already many entries. The following is a brief list of the prices obtained :—Two and four-tooth \\ ethers aud maiden ewes, lis, lis 8d to 12s 4d ; fat lambs, 13s; fat crossbred ewes, los7d; four, six and full-mouthed crossbred ewes, lUs 4d; broken aud failingmouthed ewes, 43 7d, 5s to 6s lid ; fairly sound-mouthed merino ewes, 4s 3d to 4s lid; old cull merino ewes; ls 6d, is'9d to 3s; healthy store lambs, 6s 2d, 6s lid to 8s 9d.

Skins, Fat, &c —We held our usual weekly sale of skins, fat, &c, on Thursday, at our Colombo street stores, when there was a good attendance of the trade. Competition was brisk, aud prices ou a level with last week's rates. We sold crossbreds up to 2s lOd, lambskins up to 3s Id, and for one lino 3s 9a was reached ; full vvoolled skins to 5s Id; factory --kins, several lines at full rates. Fat lid, l_d to ljjd per lb. Hides and calfskins at late rates.