MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 81244, 13 March 1901, Page 6

MARKET REPORTS.

/• ■' 4 —- /’ ■ GRAIN AND PRODUCE. r Th® larket for grain, shows -even less* - ‘animation than it did at last report. A of new wheat keep coming forward,,;! ■ bat the old complaint is being made about threshing from stock, and the consequent.]' "apt immaturity -of the grain. . But in any. easel ’hnyers are not operating freely. Prices re- { - main the same as previously quoted. With" ’ father ■ n easier tendency. Oats are mov-; '■, isg off slowly, and are not commanding • ■' •; high prices.- For Australia and the Northr Island some parcels have 'been sold at from/ ,b Is 4d to ls *6d, f.0.b., bnt these are -ex- , ceptiqnallylgood figures, and are -not given , 'by tie trade generally. For oatsheaf chaff ■ .there is a fair inquiry at about £3 to a . trifle over, at country stations. - . Prime | ''/’malting barley realises 2s 2d, but lower! quality has to be quitted at figures down:. -" to Is-lOd. There is little to report in, Jiii- pric es for which have not changed-.;'-'A good deal is doing in cocksfoot, for which - -2£d to 2gd are the quotations. Ryegrass 1 fca» also been moving, but prices are stag- - ■ ,BWrt- In potatoes only early sorts being - available these are the market staple, . :«nd for Early Rose £2 at stations is given, : - -with from 2s 6d to 5s more for,good, white j .kidneys. Onions are worth £3 a ton. j "-airo ; ■■ c*; ;;v- [■ ■' ‘Wheat.-—Prime milling nominal, Tuscan,and Jh 'Pearl 2a 4d, Hunter's 2s. 2d to ,2s 4d,; whole j tJfeii-ieedKwh’eat. 2a'-M"T9,2s. 2d. !/ -.v ; rt , Oats (nominal).— Milling Canadians Is od, j 1 ■ ehort feed Is 4d, Suns -and-Danish Is 2d' to i v - ; > / malting ,2s*. 2d ~to.. ,2s 3d, ■medium Is 9d to 2s . —Miller a. quote-roller £6 10s, sharps £3 ,f 15s, bran £3 ss, , ’ Oateheaf Chaff.—4os, to 42s 6d at - country. •Mums. Oatmeal.—£lo. ‘ Beans.—2s 5d to 2s 6J. : Peis.-—Blue ' r Prußsdan: find Partridge 2s 6d ii|||f«t- ;i c<)uhtry-" stations/, ;-#^!/:| ; .-"’SBeds.-rtEyegraßs, farmers’ lines Is 3d t0..1s ■2a for extra godft, farmers’ seed, machine j feprt-ijldreased ; 2s 6d to '2s 9d. Cocksfoot, farmers’ ■ 2Jd"'tp 2J"d" for bright seed/ • Cow-; ■ grass sd-to 6d/ Whits clover, formers’ lines; . fld to 7Jd /Produce;—Cheese, dairy 4d to 4jd, I: ;- /leoiory IJd .to Sd. Butter—Fresh local factory ■ lOdy bast dairy 7d to 9d, salt, in boxes, 6d to 7d" lor prime. Bacon and hams s{d to 6Jd, factory" -Jd per lb higher. , j -»,;///■■/Tha apove prices, except where otherwise etated are those .paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton.

Tho grain.: market, -at Rangiora, yesterkt;;;;; day,; was not vary active, and only a few line? changed harcls. S .vfiv made 'at the following price?:—Tuscan wheat, 2s Id to 2s 3d ; pciri, 2s 2d; Huim-r’s, 2s; heavy Canddian oats Is 4d, 'Sparrowbills Is 3d to \:p[- ;; Is Duns Is Id to Is 2d, and peas 2s . 5d to 2s 6d. • ' ' i i '- „ PANGIOKA I Voting" to rim'rain yesterday the nttendandy, at 1112.8tt.51cn market was; below, . the average. ” n . y..:dmg at the Central as!,:, ". Market consisted, id fCCQ -sheep, 120 cattle , and, 100 pig-. AH classes of shee.p showed |g;;k;a: slight'improvement in prices,, and the . yards were cleared. : Fat butchers’--ewes made 12s to 15s, fro lambs 14s to 14s 63, , j , fteezjdig sheep 17s 6d to 18s, 'half-bred,' |||k; l: Ills',-J wo-tooth d«U ; ■i74>t0,18;c..6:; , ,-;eix- and ■ tight-tootlr ewes- 18s tof 18a 6' ’nu\, ewes 14s 6d to ISs l -' liljC'k' o^'il'piddiTotil/' 6‘l" ; tVi rAk'tw;o-tbdth’;kcts ‘ ! 20 r pjjf LCOlb, dry ; coys ■.•££,■ ■■ t.l^rfe’4-- : - r b^/'cightec-n.-nruntA-jj-oict- cattle £3'-ss: fpk, :td ‘£s;los, calves '26s to; 30s, two' to--twb T f'c,: - cattle £4 lOs-to £5. 28 s to ADs, good,stores 155,. |i://;tb £2h,'small do 12s to .14s, weaners ,7s to . • 9s, suckers 'os to 6s 6d. :; In ‘ the : produce'' "yards prices were : skin? Id 3s 4d, !l cross-ortds to 3s 2d, a pelts,to Is.ody mcr.no wool in bags 5;l lb, s;|;, ; : :k'tybss-hrcd do 4i,d,. iotics' and p.vaes 244, pt |;,i ’ ,fai to Ld lb ;■ ■ low 1 j £s to 3s 10iV ppm, ■ S||rli;, idjiiCliS' to 3s bd; '■ cnickwlitafc Is -lOd -ttf -2s* Id bushel. miihn;.; wheat 2s od, feed oats ifey;...Xs.ltd’ to' 1 Is scl, crushed do Isabel, Dups Is! iikvy- beans' 2s 4d, crushed do 2s 6u, grass v l ;i-’seed is 4cl to Is 6£d,‘ bran 3s od,, sharps 5s *1 k||;V 6d,i; bran meal 8s 6d, pig meal to ;7s' 6d, , ||;|',yipat-^eaf,.idiajf , .4o3. to 45s pet ton, straw do it' ;:; 25sy potatoes 5s :6d|. sack, unions 6d string, apples Id lb, . . ■ -..A ' I.NV.AI.D. There'was a uumcious attendance and a > entry of:sheep" at Tin'wald yes- j w ; 'i'wfcr2tfy.'rSome:;lß,Qoo were, penned-, - and 1 there was a good, inquiry lor-stores, although prices did not advance much higher than last week, when a big drop was recorded. .Bidding for older Merck was not ;i; very brisk. The stores .comprised mostly cro'-s-bivd f-wc~ am l Vf'.lr-i'’, v,' th a couple k of large pens of iher.r.o ewes. The entries j in the bu'offers' pel's v. tic very indifferent, ! and the trade J:d not buy largely. A fair j number of freezing iambs were offered, the larger part being knocked down to the Longbeach Estate, the bidding being somewhat slow. Following are some of the prices:—Cross-bred ewes 10; 2d to 13s 7d.' Store sheep—Lambs 11s 5d to 13s 6d, cross- i bred‘ewes (two and ■four-tooth) 18s 9d' to . 10s 3d, ditio sound moutn IQs to 14s, jncrino av 1? &■ t(- 12.->-Bd, c>’os'i- l a.*e:l wethers ; l|^|t:|i;i'(l^b;apdi.;ibuv-tocthJ , :;los i -6d-to 16s 7d. Fat , cmtJe'up tc £6, stores, cighteen-mpnths'aiid j two-years-old steers and heifers £4. .