[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch, 9th September.

Evening Post, Volume LII, Issue 93, 10 September 1896, Page 2

[BY TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Christchurch, 9th September.

The following are the prices current : — Wheat — Pearl (prime milling), 3s 5Jd ; millers' mixed lines, 3s 4d to 3s sid ; Tuscan, 3s 5d ; Hunter's, 3s 4Jd ; good seconds, 2s 9d. Oats— Canadians, 2s Id to 2s 2d; short feed, 2s ; Tartars, Is lOd to 2s ; duns and Danish, Is lOd. Barley— Malting, prime, nominal, 3s Qd to 3s 9d; medium do., 2s 9d to 3s 4d ; feed, 2s 3d to 2s 6d. Beans, nominal, well saved, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Peas — Blue Prussians, 4s ; others, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Flour— Millers quote roller, £10 ; stone, £9 10s. Sharps, £4 5s j bran, £3 15s; oatmeal, £11; patsheaf chaff, 42s 6d to 45s at handy country stations for prime samples. Potatoes — D,erwents, 45s to 47s 6d at country stations. Grass-seed — Rye -grass, farmers' lots '29 6d to 3s, machine-dressed to 3s 9d, heavy weight 4s to 4s 3d ; cocksfoot, farmers' lines 3Jd to 4d (13lb to 15lb seed), town machine-dressed 4Jd (lfflb seed) and 5d (171b seed) ; cow grass, farmers' lines, 5d to 6d ; white clover, 6d to BJd ; alsike, 5d to 6d. Dairy produce—Cheese, 3Jd to 4d ; loaf, 4d to 4JdButter — Fresh factory, Is to Is Id; frozen, lOd to lid ; dairy, 9d ; salt (in boxes), 6Jd to 7d. Bacon and hams, 6d. There was a Large attendance and good entries at the Addington market to-day. Fat cattle — 130 head of fair quality were yarded. Steers brought £5 15s to £8 2s 6d ; heifers, £3 15s to £6 12s 6d ; cows, £4 to £7 7s Gd ; beef, 19s to 21s per 1001b for best, 17s to 18s for secondary. Dairy cattle — There was a large entry, but business was dull, and prices ranged from £2 to £7. Store cattle — There was a large entry and a brisk demand for good yearling steers at £1 12s to £2 ; forward, three parts fat, and four-year-old steers sold readily at £5 to £6 ss ; other sorts were hard to quit. Fat sheep — A medium entry, comprising few really good freezers. Although some satisfactory sales were effected the market was irregular, and shows a drop as regards secondrate freezers and half-fat turnip sheep. Butchers' sheep of all classes sold well. Best quality heavy freezers, 17s to 19s 9d ; secondrate, 15s 6d to 16s 9d ; half-fat turnip sheep, 13s 9d to 15s; merino wethers, 9s to 14s Id ; maiden ewes fit for freezing, 15s to 17s ; best butchers' ewes, 16s to 18s 3d ; medium do, 13s 3d to 14s '9d; inferior, 10s to 12s 9d. Fat lambs — A small entry, which sold at from 10s to 14s 6d. Store sheep — Entry small ; demand fair for good sorts. Crossbred wethers, small, lls 4d to 12s lid ; forward, 14s 4d to 16s sd ; merino wethers, 5s Id ; crossbred wethers and maiden ewes, 13s lOd ; hoggets, 10s to lls 7d ; crossbred ewes in lamb, lls lid to 13s 6d. Pigs— A large entry. Baconers, 3id to 3Jd per lb ; porkers, 3id. Stores brought 6s 7d to 15s 6d; porkers, 20s to 28s 6d ; and baconers, 80s to 47« 6d.