MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12425, 14 February 1901, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

ADDINGTON. With, the exception of the heavy yarding of store sheep, the entries of stock yesterday were not very large. There was a fair attendance, and the bulk of the yarding changed hands. Entries for the day comprised 3000 fat sheep, 3000 fat lambs, 10,000 store sheep, 442 head of cattle,, and 344 pigs. Fat Cattle. —Tn addition to dealers’ lots, 164 head were yarded, the bulk of which was again cows and- heifers, the market being relieved by a few really prime steers and bullocks. Bidding was not brisk, and late rates were not’ maintained, light weight cattle suffering to the greatest extent. Good to prime beef made 22s to ,23s per 1001 b, and other sorts 18s to 21s; Per head steers brought £6 15s to £8 10s, _ and up to £lO 5s for a couple of well finished _ bullocks sent in by Mr W. F. M. Buckley, Dunsandel; heifers £5 15s to £7 12s 6d, cows £4 17s 6d to £7 10s, and up to £9 10s for exfii> prime. , . ’ Stoke Cattle. --Although there was -a fair entry of store cattle, the demand was not nearly so keen as has been the case of late, owing probably to the depressed state of the sheep market, and a good many lines were passed at auction. Two-year-old mixed cattle brought £3 12s 6d, eighteenmonths to two-year-old do £3 7s, fifteen-months-old do £2 7s, yearlings £1 15s, and dry cows £2 to £4 2s 6d. Dairv Cattle.—A fair yarding of cows and springers met a good demand for the better classes, but inferior were .not so much sought after. Best sorts sold at from £6 10s to £8 6s, and others at from £4 to £6. Fat Sheep. —The entry did not contain , many good lines of wethers, a great many: ■unfinished lots being on offer There was little or no competition by export buyers, and prices showed a decline. , A few extra heavy wethers brought front 20s 4d freezing quality 18s to 19s 2d, and light and: unfinished sorts, a good many of which were taken, for topping off, i6s to 17s od. Although there were many really, good ewes, the supply was more than sufficient for the demand. Competition was irregular, and prices showed a drop on those railing at previous sales. A few extra prime ewes brought 16s to 18s, other kinds ranging from 12s to 16s 6d. A'nice line of merino wethers, fib for freezing, brought from 15s 6d to 15s lid, and inferior sorts 10s Id. Fat Lames. —The yarding of fat lambs was about the same as last week, but with the exception of a small proportion of prune quality, the bulk was unfinished and Weedy lines. Competition was rather weaker, especially for secondary sorts, and a few were passed, while anything that was no • really prime showed a decline on late rates. Best freezers brought from 15s to 16s 6d, and up to 17s 2d for a line of 100 extra prime: light freezers 13s to 14s 6d, and small and backward sorts 10s lOd to 12s 6d. , Stoke Sheep— The yarding was nearly twice as large as the previous week, the majority being fair sized lines of wethers and iambs. The advance made in harvesting, and the consequent clearing of paddocks caused farmers to be on the look-out for sheep, and good, young sheep showed *» slight improver: inent in price, but aged sorts and lambs were not in demand. The bulk of the yardin o- was rough sorts, including several linesof ° Chatham Island sheep. Nearly ■ the whole of the entry changed hands, the principal! lines passed being 1800 small twotooth wethers at 13s 9d, and 2000 lambs at 11s 4d. Forward wethers brought frond 15s 3d to 16s 7d, and backward 13s 8d to 15s Id. The principal lines soldi were One hundred at 15s 3d, 114 at 14s .lid, 396 at 14s, and 88 at 13s 8d; 200 very forward Chatham wethers brought 16s to 16s 7d, other lines from same place, 187 at 15s Id, and) 153 at 14s 7d. In local ewes, good young sheep brought 16s Id to 18s 6d, and others 15s 7d to 16s, ld. ; The principal lines sold wrere : —94 fourtooths at 18s 6d, 162 two-tooths at 16s ld, ; 328 two and four tooths at 15s lid, 915 do at 15s 7d, and 93 full-mouth do at 15s 10d. The Chatham Island lots sold as fol]ow:—2s9 sii and eight-tooth ewes 9s 3d, 120 do at Bs, and 138 aged at 5s 9d. The sales of lambs were :—Four hundred and thirty-two at 12s 6d, 150 at 11s 9d, 100 at 11s Sd, 394 at 11s 6d, 371 at 10s Bd, and 100 at 9s lid. Pigs. —Fat pigs were in fair supply, and showed a -slight decline; but stores-were scarce and wanted. Baconers realised 33s 6d to 42s 6d and up to 60s 6d for a nice line of 10 Tamwcrths from Mr J. Dunlop, equal to 3Jd per lb ; porkers 20s to 32s 6d, equal to 3|d per lb; stores 15s 6d) to 245, and suckers and weaners from 6s to 13s .<*• : GERALDINE. There was a large entry at the Geraldine, Farmers’ Yards yesterday, and a good attendance of buyers. Prices ruled in advance of late quotations, -and the sale on the whole was satisfactory. Fait ewes brought 15s to 15d 6d, sound-mouthed ewes 15s 9d, cull lambs 6s 4d to 10s 2d, small stores 11s 6d to 12s, fat and forward lambs 13s 4d to 13s 6d, the latter- price being obtained for 1000 of Mr W. P. Studholme’s lambs. Cattle.—A small entry. Fat cows mad© £7 ss, dry cow £5. BURNSIDE [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, Feb. 13. At the Burnside Stock Market to-day, 230 head of fat cattle, were yarded, barely half of which could be classed as prime beef. The supply was fully equal to trade requirements. Prices showed no improvement on iast week’s rates. Best bullocks brought £7 10s to £9 10s, medium £5 10s to £7, best cows and heifers £6 10s to £B, ordinary do £4 to £6. Fat Sheep—l 347 were penned, and considerable numbers were ewes in good to prime condition, the balance being good wethers, and a few pens-of store ewes and wethers. The sale was dull, prices being barely on a level with last week’s values. Best cross-bred wethers brought 17s 6d to 20s 3d, medium do 15s to 17s, best cross-bred ewes 17s to 18s 6d, extra prime heavy to 20s, ordinary 13s to 16s 6d. Fat Lambs—923 were penned. The sale opened dull, and continued so, prices showing a decline of about Is ,6d per head on late rates. Best sorts brought 12s to 14s, others 10s to Us 6d. Pigs—l 72 of all sorts were -penned. Competition was slack, and the sale was dull. Choppers brought 525, baconers 37s to 495, porkers 25s to 325, stores 15s to 16s, slips 10s to 14s, suckers bs’to 8s 6d. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. [Per Press Association.] DUNEDIN, Feb. 15. The wheat market remains steady for prime milling sorts, and all coming forward meets a fair demand. Medium quality is not in request, except as fowl feed, for which there is a strong enquiry. Prime milling is worth 2s 6d to 2s 7d, medium to good 2s’3d to 2s sd, fowl wheat (whole) 2s- to 2s broken and damaged Is 8d to Is lid* per bushel (sacks in). Oats—There -is a steady demand for all milling and prime feed lots for export, inferior and musty sorts are difficult to place, and the local demand is somewhat restricted. Prime milling Is 6j,rl to Is 7d, good to best feed Is sjd to Is inferior to medium Is 3d to Is 5d per bushel (sacks extra). Barley—Prime- malting meets a rather better’ enquiry, but not much business is passing. Prime malting 2s 2d-to 2s 9d, milling and good Is 8d to 2s, feed Is 4d to Is 7d per bushel (sacks extra).