CANTERBURY MARKETS

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18921, 9 February 1927, Page 10

CANTERBURY MARKETS

. POTATOES IMPROVE. (BT OL'S COIIIIZBCUL IDITOB.) Tuesday Kvctiing. Purchases of wheat arc taking placeto a moderate extent, but there is no rush about the business. For deliveries this week os yd on trucks has l)een paid, but for delivery "when ready" os Gd for Tuscan and 5s 7d for Hunters is the prevailing quotation. As usual there is a difference of opinion as to the prices the present value of Hour will warrant millers paying, but the latter contend that the prices mentioned cover the figure. A gocd dial of wheat has been sold for poultry purposes. Oats and Seeds.

Tho oats und seeds market is unaltered, the absence of a buying demand stopping speculation. The heavy barley yields arc more than supplying tfie wants of contract growers for the time being and "free"' barley is practically impossible of sale. A nominal quotation is 4s on trucks, as against 5s 6d for contract.

Potatoes and Onions. Potatoes aro in better demand. Ihe exceptionally low prices apparently appealed to Auckland traders, who today were buying on a basis of £1 a ton on trucks, 5s a ton more than last week. Values to farmers arc from £2 15s to £2 17s 6d on trucks. Onions arc disposed to be easier, from £3 15s to £4 being quoted on trucks. Tho crop will !» earlier than expected, deliveries in cases being mndo next week. The Canterbury crop is sported to be fair, although thcro is a good deal of variation. Quotations. The following are quotations for produce io be paid to fanners, sacks extra, except where otherwise stated: — Wheat—ss 9d (for prompt), os Gd Tuscan, and 5s 7d Hunters (delivery when ready), on trucks. Oats—Gartons, 2s 6d per bushel; Algerians, 2s to 2s 2d; Duns, 2s 3d. Chaff—£3 per ton. Potatoes—£2 15s to £2 17s. 6d per ton.

Onions —New season's, £3 los to £l. lied Clover—Bd per lb. White Clover—Bd per lb. Perennial Ryegrass—2s Cd to 2s 9d per bushel: Partridge Peas—Gs lOd. Barley—ls per bushel. Italian Ryegrass—ls 9d to 2s per bushel.

Cocksfoot—To 7d per lb. Linseed—£l2 to £l3 per ton

TINWALD STOCK MARKET.

There was a total yarding of 2891 sliccp and eix Head cJ cattlo at the Tinwald stock sale yesterday, when in spite of harvest operations being in full, swing all over the county, there was a good attendance of farmers. In the fat pens thoro were 960 ewes, 139 wethers, and 651 lambs, while the stores totalled 1133 There was a good proportion of very prima wethers forward, and these realised prices fully, up to 'ast week's values at the Ashburton sale. The fat ewes, however, were a mixed lot and there was a drop of from la 6d to 2s per head on last week's rates. Mr M. O'Keefe, of Willowby, topped tho market with 19s 9d for a pen of 10, and a pen of 9 sold on account of Mr Cain, Hinds, realised 19s. Tho fat lambs were on the whole a plain lot, and prices ruled accordingly. Mrs Berry, Hinds, got 29s 6d for a pen of 4 and 27s 3d ioi a pen of 8, The other prices realised were just about schedule rates. The principal •ales were:—

Ewes—l2 at 14s 4d, Bat 14s Id, 7at 13s Sd, IS at 14s 3d, 18 at lis 2d, 6 at 15s Id, 8 at 12s Id, 14 at 13s, 14 at 13s Id, 20 at Bs, 12 at 14s, 6 at 12s, 13 at Us Id, 21 at Us 6d, 18 at 10s 4d, 4 at 15s, 12 at 14s 4d, 6 at 15s 6d, 19 at 10s, 4 at 14s lid, 9 at Us lid, 14 at lis lOd, 9 at lis Id, 40 at 14s 3d, 47 at lis 4d, 9 at 10s lOd. 0 at 9s, 13 at 14s lid. 8 at Its Id, 10 at 19s 9d, 11 at 15s 3d, 12 at 13s Gd, 9 at 19s, 9 at 14s 9d, 14 at lis 4d, It at 14s Id, U at 14s 7d, 19 at 10s 6d. 17 at 12s lid, 97 at 13s I'd, 118 at 17s Id. Wcthors-34 at 28s 6d, 8 at 26a 10d,° 8 at 25s 3d, 14 at 28s Id, 13 at 28s Id Larabs-4 at 25s lOd, 8 at 27s 3d, 4 at 29s 6d, 53 at 255, 25 at 24s 4d, 75 at24s lOd, 105 it 24a 4d, 36 at 21a 7d, 46 at 21s, 92 at 25s Gd, 22 at 24s lOd. Stores—s7 three-quarterbrcd mixed :'sex lambs at 14s 4d, 31 rape ewes at 2s 60, 33 mixed sex rape lambs at 20s 4d, 187 mixed sex crossbred lambs at 20s 3d, 60 mixed .sex rape lambs at 18a 9d, 20 mixed sitae rape lambs at 20s Id, 360 three-quarterbrcd wether lambs at 16s 7d. •

Cattle—Fat heifers brought £6 17a 6d and £9 2s 6d, heifers in profit £1 10s and £3 10s. TEMUKA STOCK SALE. There wis a smaller entry of (at lambs at the Temuka fortnightly stock sales, only '877 being ysrded, which sold well up to late rates. There was an over-supply of fat sheep and prices came. down to freezing buyers' rates. A few pens of store lambs sold at la 6d less than last sale. A full yarding of cows and inferior beef was hard to quit and sold irregularly with prices inclined to easo. A few store cattle sold at late rates. Following ate tho prices realised:—

Fat cattle—Steers to £9 ss, cows £4' to £9 7s 6d, and heifers to £0 3s 6d. two-year-old-fat steers, 4 at £1 7s 6d, store'heifer

Sheep—Fat wethers: 10 at 235, 9 at 23s 7d, 13 at 23s 3d, 18 at 24s Id, 18 at 23s lOd, 10 at 235, 24 at 24s 2d, 10 at 28s 6d, 18 at 25s Bd, 26 at 275, 8 at 245, 20 at 20s 9d, 8 at 26s 6d. Fat ewes: 9 at 15s, 10 at 13s. 12 at 15s 3d. 19 at 13s, 9 at 13s 3d, 17 at 13s, 13 at 13s 3d, 18 at 12s 6d, 12 at 14s, 13 at 13s 4d, 18 at ,12s 6d, 20 at 13s 9d, 13 at 15s. 8 at 14s id, 4 at 12s 6d. Fat lambe-9 at 26s sd, 84 at 26s 3d, 40 at 25s Bd, 35 at 25s 7d, 28 at 23s Id. 30 at 255, 19 at 26s 4d, 36 at 22s 9d, 4 at 23s 6d, 84 at 255, 28 at 24s lid, 9. at 23s 6d. Stores—Cull owes from 2s Id to 5s lOd, 72 f.tn. ewes 12s, full and failing-mouth ewes 16s, 1 lamb 18s; rape lambs, 61 at 19s 7d, 100 at 17s 6d.

Pigs—Large stores, 40s, 41s, and 445; wcaners, 16s to 30s.

RANGIORA MARKET. There was * very small attendance at the Bangiora market yesterday, but thete was an improvement in the entry of sbccp, 943 tat lambs, 96 fat ewes, 13 wethers, and 1100 stores being yarded. Tho fata sold well up to schedule rates, details being as follows: Fat lambs—Guy's Estate, 91 at 365, 153 at 35s 4d; G. Loffhagen, 65 at 26s 2d; G. S. Smith, 15 at 265; James Bros., 231 at 265; G. Croft, 323 at 25s 4d, 57 at 245; J. Miller, 34 at 24s 4d; F. S Bowron, 68 at 23s lOd; W. Moir. jun., 21 at 235; G. T. Hopkins, 4 at 235. Fat ewes: F. S. Bowron, 9 at 10s 9d: Guy'a Estate, 89 at 14s lOd 10 at 13s; Jamea Bros., 9 at 13s; G. S. Smith, 4 at 13s; W. Moir. jun., 31 at 13s 7d. Fat wethers—Guy'a Estate, 13 at 27a 2d. Store sheep—Bl m.s. lambs at 14s, 34 at 16s, 34 at 10s, 21 at 13s, 68 rape lambs at 91s 2d, 87 at 20s, 43 at 90s 3d. 10 at 16s Id, 47 f.m. ewes at 12s, 73 at Bs, 49 at 8s 3d, 21 at 12s, 146 store wethers at 17a 9d.

Pigs—The entry of pigs totalled 109, including fata and stores, and the range of prices was: Prime heavy baconers £4 16s to £4 12a, medium £3 6s 6d to £3 19s 6d, light £3 14s 6d to £3 2s 6d, porksrs £2 2s 6d to £3 12s 6d, choppers to £4 3a 6d, light stores 28s 6d to 425, weaners 16s to 22s 6d. Cattle—Only five head of cattle were offered, the values being: Store cows, £3 10s to £5 10s, 18 months old heifers £2. Poultry—Boosters sold to 12s a couple, hens 7s, pullets 9s 9d, ducklings 9s, ducks ss.

Produce—Chiokwhcal realised 25s to 27s a bag, oats 15s to 17s 6d, pig meal 15s, peas 25», oatsheaf chaff 6s, straw chaff 3s, potatoes Id lb, carrot* Is kit, rhubarb 4d bundle, parsnips 4d, apples 2s half case, pears Is case.

Skins, etc.—Halfbred sheepskins brought up to 13s, crossbred 12s, lambskins 3s 6d, pelts 3s 6d. calfskins 3s, wool Is lb, pieces Bd, crutchings 7d, hides 3Jd, fat 2d, horsehair la.