MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIX, Issue 11558, 20 April 1898, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. The wheat market has not shown much animation during the past day or two, but in cases where growers are willing to sell at quotations a fair amount of business has been passing. As growers in most cases have now got their wheat into store, many of them intend to hold in the hope of prices hardening. The advent of Southland oats into the market has had the effect of checking sales of locally-grown, except at the same prices at which the southern article can be delivered here. A few lines of Southlands have changed hands during the past day or two at 2s AJd on trucks at Addington. Buyers here are disinclined to purchase heavily at the present time, as they are awaiting reports as to the quality and quantity of the Southland crop, but the indications are that oats will yet be dearer. A large quantity of potatoes are now coming forward and heavy shipments are being taken for the Sydney market, and prices have further hardened by 2s 6d per ton, 60s being freely given for good samples at handy country stations. Complaints, however, are made that growers are digging the tubers before the skin has properly set, and this is causing a good many to be rejected, and complaints have also come to hand from Sydney-and Auckland that several parcels of Canterbury potatoes show signs of having been taken out of the ground too early. The following are quotations:— Wheat. —Old Pearl 4s 4d to 4s sd, Tuscan 4s 3d to 4s 4d, Hunter’s 4s Id to 4s 2d; new Pearl and Tuscan 4s sd, Hunter’s 4s 4d. Oats. —Milling Canadians 2s sd, stout feed 2s 4d, Duns and Danish 2s 3d to 2s sd. Barley. —New prime malting 4s 6d, good 4s, feed 3s to 3s 4d. Ploue. —Millers quote roller dill, stone .£lO, sharps .£4 ss, bran .£3 15s. Oatmeal. —.£l2. Oatshbap Chaff. —60s to 65s at country stations for bright clean quality. . ■ Beans.—Scarce, 2s 9d to 2s lOd. Peas. —Blue Prussian 4s to 4s'6d, Partridge 3s 3d.to 3s 4d. ■ Potatoes. —-Derwents 57s 6d to 60s at country stations. ' ’ Onions.—9ss to 100 s. Grass Seed.— Ryegrass, farmers’ lots, 2s 3d to 3s ; machine-dressed, 3s 9d to 4s 3d, heavy-weight 4s 6d. Cocksfoot, farmers’ lines, discoloured 2|d to ■ 2Jd, bright seed 3d to 3fd. Dairy Produce. —Cheese 3id to 4d, loaf 4d to sd. Butter—Fresh factory Is, ditto in boxes lid, best dairy lOd, salt (in boxes 8d for prime. Bacon and hams—--65 to Bd. The above prices, except where otherwise stated, are those paid to farmers f.o.b. Lyttelton. . , ,

EANGIOEA. The Eangiora market was a fairly busy one At the Central Yards there was an entry of 2000 sheep, 90 cattle and 240 pigs. The market showed a little more animation than of late, and - the yarding was' cleared at the following prices :—Fat wethers, 12s to 13s; butchers’ ewes, 6s, 7s to 8s 6d; fat lambs, 8s 6d to 10s; good store lambs, 5s to 75.; small do, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; half-bred breeding ewes, six-tooth to full mouth, 4s to 7s; fat merino wethers, 5s 8d to 6s; half-bred boilers, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; merino do. Is to Is 6d; good turnip wethers, 8s 6d to 9s 2d; beef sold at 15s to 17s per 1001 b; cow beef, 7s to 9s; all other classes of cattle at late rates. Pigs—Prime baconers, £2 10s to £2 15s; medium do, 35s to 40s; porkers, ISs to 255; small do, 15s to 18s; good stores, 18s to 225; small do, 10s to 12s; weaners, 4s to 7s; suckers, 3s to 4s. At the North Canterbury Yards 1272 sheep were entered, and every line sold as follows Half-bred lambs 3s 3d to 7s 6d, two-tooth three-quarter-bred ewes 5s 7d, two-tooth wethers and maiden ewes 10s to 11s 9d, merino ewes Is 4d to Is Bd, maiden ewes 8s 6d to 10s, cross-bred ewes ss, crossbred boilers, 2s 9d to 3s 6d. In the produce yards, prices were: —' Sheepskins (butcher’s) 2s 6d to 3s; country doj Is 9d to 2s 4d; late shorn pelts, 6d to Is 3d; hides, I|dto 2d lb; rough fat, 6s to 8s 6d cwt; rendered do, 9s to 12s; wool, 5d to 6d; fowls. Is 6d to 3s pair; ducks, 3s ; hen turkeys 5s 6d, gobblers 10s to 12s; chickwheat, 3s 3d to 3s 6d; milling do, 4s; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 6d; beans, 3s 3d ; peas, 3s 3d; Prussian bines do, 4s; -ryegrass seed (farmers’ lines), 2s to 2s 6d; do (machine dressed), 3s 3d to 4s; cow grass, 6d to 7d.; white clover, 6d to 7 jd; tares, 5s ; bran, £3 15s ton; pollard, £5 ; potatoes, £2 15s to .£3; carrots, 20s to 255; flour, 20s to 23s sack; cheese, 3d to 4d lb.

SPEINGSTON. The sale of sheep at the Springston Saleyards on Monday was most satisfactory, nearly the whole of a large entry changing hands at the following prices Freezing lambs from 8s 6d to 9s lOd, fat ewes from 6s 3d to 8s Bd, forward wethers up to 9s 3d, medium sorts 6s 2d to 7s, breeding ewes from 4s 6d to 6s, two-tooth maiden ewes 6s 8d to 7s 3d, fat merino ewes 2s Bd, store lambs 3s 6d to 6s 2d. Pigs, horses and cattle sold at current rates. TINWALD. The entry at Tinwald. yesterday comprised about 2000 sheep, and the attendance was below the average. The bulk of the yarding was lambs in only store condition. As there is now no prospect of getting these fat, no one was anxious to buy, and prices were much the same as last week. The butchers’ pens were fairly well filled with medium to inferior sorts, which were hard to sell. The following prices were obtained; —Fat cross-bred ewes 4s 6d to 7s 3d, freezers 11s 7d, lambs 4s to 9s, young breeding ewes 6s 4d to 7s. There was no improvement to note in the cattle market. The best price paid for fat steers was £5 ss, and many lots were passed out unsold. ' PEOPEETY SALES. . At the- Springston sale on .Monday, Messrs Pyne and Co. sold by auction the farm of Messrs Eadford and Aldington, situated in the Springston district, and comprising 480 acres. The farm was cut up and sold as follows :—Two hundred and two acres at .£lB per acre to Mr M. Eyan, and 32 acres at .£l4 per acre to the same buyer; 152 acres at .£l4 per acre to Mr Paul Crump; 100 acres at .£ls to Mr W. Foster. The total amount realised by the property was .£7762. On the premises yesterday, Mr H. S. Brown (for Mr Charles Clark) sold the well-known Springfield property on Papanui Eoad for the trustees of Mrs J. T. Matson. The property consisted of five acres and fifteen perches, with fifteenroomed house and stables. Bidding started at £SOO, and the property was eventually knocked down to the Hon J. T. Peacock for .£IOOO.

Yesterday Mr A. P. Tutton sold for Mr C. Parkin a six-roomed dwelling 1 and halfacre of land in Kangiora for JS2SO to Mr .C.-King.