THE FROZEN MEAT AND BUTTER MARKET.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12569, 11 August 1906, Page 11

THE FROZEN MEAT AND BUTTER MARKET.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received tho following cable mossago fiom their London office, dated August 9th :— 'Less demand for frozen lamb, and prices are weaker. Poor demand for frown mutton, and prices are weaker. Poor de-nand for frozen beef, for which prices are nominally unchanged, but it jis difficult to effect sales. Prime CanI terbury lamb 4Jjd heavy, 43d light; i North Island 4 _cl heavy and light. Prime Canterbury mutton 3gd heavy, 3id light; North Island 3d heavy, 3{ld ' light. Prime New Zealand beef 2Jd , fores, 3id hinds.'' Tho butter market is firm. The Cop- I enhagen official quotation is 1 "kroner ; higher. Total butter imports into United Kingdom for week ending 4th August 85,000cwt., as compared with 90,000c\vt samo period last year. GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. (BY OUE COMMERCIAL EDITOE.) Friday Evening. Towards tihe end of last week there was a better feeling in the wheat market, but tihe Ijondon cahles stating thai the Home market waa weaker in consequence of the favouax-bl© harvest weather, has caused prospective buyers to hold off again. There is therefore no business to report in regard to wheat, and the same is to be aadd of oats. Owing to the sharp rise in the price of pigs a further ad-ranoe has been made in bacon and hams. The undermentioned are tho prices paid to farmers, at countrry stations," free of commission, except where otherwise specified:—■ 'Wheat (nominal) —Tuscan 3s 3d, Pearl 3<s 2d, Hunters 3s Id, at country stations. Oats /nominal) —Mailing Canadians 23 2d to 2s 3d, Gartons 2s Id to 2te 2d, Sparrowbi-ls __s to 2s Id, Duns 2e Id to 2s 2d, Danish 2s to 2s Id, at country stations. Beans—3s 3d to 3s fid. Peas—Blue Prussians 3s 6d to 3s Bd, Partridge 3s 9d to 4s. Cocksfoot>—l4lb seed, 3.d to 4d; 121b to 131b sood, 3id to 3|d, according to condition:- badly discoloured, 3d. Ryegrass—Heavy, 3s 6d to 3s 9dj Italian, 2s 6d to 3s. -Cowgrass—7d to Bd. White Clover—sd to Bd. ' Flour—£B 10a per ton. Bran—£3 15e. Pollard—£s. Oatmeal—£l3. . Qaitshcaf Chaff—Prime, 60s to 62s 6d. Potatoes—Early Hose and Kidneys £9 to £10, Derwents £9 10s, Up-to-Diates (seed) £10 to £11, at country stations. * Onions—£s 10s, at oonntry Station*. Dairy Produce—Cheese, factory 6i,d, dairy 5.d, loaf cheese 6.d ; butter, factory 141 d; farmers' separator, lid, dairy lOd; bacon., sides 7|d, rolls Bd, hams Bid; honey, new season's extracted, 3Jd por lb; clean, br ; gbt beeswax, j first grade, 14d; eggs Is 2d por dozen. LEESTON. There was a good attendance at the Leeston sale yesterday, and tho entries wero fair. The following are some of the prices .realised :—Sheop—For -War- j nor Bros. (Scuthbrid.ge.), 49 hoggets 17s Id. for F. G. Frampton, 62 hoggets at lfis, for Mrs (Stapleton 33 ewes at 15s 6d, for J. Gilbert 14 fat ewes at 14s 3d. for J. Chamberlain 3 ewea at 17s. •; for J. Gilbert 13 ewes at 13s 6d, for j J. Prosser 48 lambs at 17s. for J. Chamberlain. 50 ewes m lamb at 19s 6d, for J. Gilbert 12 lambs at 13e lOd, i for J. H. McPherson 9 wethers at l_Va. Pigs—Choppers from £3 to £3 10s. I equal to 3d per lb; baconere from 40s to 58s, equal to 4-id to 4£d per lb; stores: weanere made to 10s, good from 16s to 355. Cailves made from 17s 6d to 30s, springers JG2 5s te £7 12s 6d, and ono steer went for £6 ss. TEMUKA. Our Temuka correspondent writes:— During tho week business in all lines has been on a limited scale. Holdere of prime milling lines of wheat show no uneasiness, and do not push to make sales. Farmers wire hold etocfk ask up to 3s 6d, at which price vory little busiines. is being done. There is practically no spring thrashing to do in this district of either wheat or oats. The oat market remains stagnant. There are no oats offering from farmers, but on the other hand they : aro buyers of both seed and 1 feed. Tho stocks held here ore so small that they ] are not worth consideration. The demand must chiefly bo supplied frcrtn Southland. There has not been much passing, but tho market has a firm and steady tone for all lines-. Sheaf chaff and potatoes are firmer arid, in strong demand, with none offering. Other lines remain) without quotable change. ASHBURTON. Our Aflhbnrfon oc-rrsfipondent writes: "Wheat—There has been slightly bettor enquiry on the part of buyers, but still not sufficient to move off the quantity of wheat which is now available, and several large holders are only asking market quotations. A number of small lines have been sold to go south, but on tbe other hand there has been mo enouiry whatever from the north. Meanwhile, quotations remain unaltered: Tuscan 3s 3d, Pearl 3s 2d, Hunter's 3s Id. Oats—The* absence of coastal ordc-rs is keeping the market in a depressed state, and although prices have not receded, sales are very difficult to effect, and almost out of the question, for large lines. It is reported that stocks are becoming kss in the South Island, and buyers therefore wdl probably bo in tho market very shortly. The «Tle of a few fair-sized parcels would very socci set the market on its lem again. Quotations aro: (imad_an_ 2, 3d,°Gartons and heavy Duns 2s 2d, abort feed 2s Id, Danish ls lid.