MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12531, 19 June 1901, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. , There is little or no change in the local grain or produce markets to report during the past few days. Holders of wheat and oats are *both declining to offer at ohe prices quoted' below, which are, therefore, purely nominal. The same remark applies to growers of potatoes, as In spite of the offer of £5 10s per ton on delivery, very little business has 'transpired, and in one instance this price was refused for a line of 500 jtons. There is very little demand from either Sydney, Wellington or Dunedin, and it is only from Auckland and the West Coast that orders are now being received,-, and, of course, these do not absorb any quantity.'There must’ still be plenty of potatoes in Canterbury, as the exports up to the present time do not amount to, more than a. quarter of the estimated yield of; this season, so it is very difficult to say what the future of the market may be. Onions remain without alteration, but good parcels are rather hard to procure. .Dairy produce is firm, without alteration in price. Followingtere- quotations: "Wiieat—Prime milling nominal, Tuscan 2s Sd to 2s fid, Pearl 2s 6d, Hunter’s 2a 4d to 2s 4Jd, whole fowl-wheat 2s to 2s Id f.o.b. Oats.—Canadians Is 6d to Is 7d, short feed Is s|d -to Is 6Jd, Duns and Danish Is ad to Is fid- ' Barley—Prime malting 2a 4d to 2s 6d, medium 2s to 2» 3d delivered. Flour.—Millers quote roller £& 10s, sharps £8 15s, bran £B ss. Oatshoaf Chaff.—S7s fid at country stations. Oatmeal.—£lo. Beans.—2s fid. Peas. —Blue Prussian 3s to 3s 3d, Partridge 2s lOd to 8s f.o.b. Onions—£B 10s at country stations. Potatoes.—Derwents 70s. Seed.—Ryegrass, _ farmers’ linos, Is 6d to 2s for extra good, farmers’ seed, machinedressed 2s fid t<s 23 9d. Cocksfoot, farmers’ dressed lines jSd to 2|d for bright seed. Cowgrass fid to 7a. "White clover, farmers’ lines 7d to Bd. Dairy Produce—Cheese, dairy 4d to 4id, factory 4Jd to 6d. Butter—Fresh local factory Is, best dairy lOd, salt, in boxes, 8d for prime. Bacon and- hams 5Jd to 6Jd, factory |d per lb higher. ASHBURTON. The Ashburton oat market is at the present time in a state of intense excitement, owing ito a temporary rise of at least 3d per bushel, which has taken place during the last couple of days. The cause is understood to be. that a prominent Christchurch firm have no less than three vessels waiting to load, and- are making strenuous efforts to complete large orders which they have in hand. , RANGIORA. The attendance at the Rangiora Market yesterday was larger than usuah At the Central Yards there were 2000 sheep and lambs, 70 cattle and 200 -pigs. Trices for sheep and cattle showed an improvement. Butchers’ fab ewe® made 12s to 14s 3d, fat wethers 17-s 6d to 18s, fat lambs 13s 6d to 14s Oa, store lambs 10s 9d to ’ 11s 9d, ewes in lamb 10s, 11s 6d to 15s 6d, jgood turnip wethers 14s 6d to 15s 6d. CattlePrime beef made 20s per 1001 b, springers £8 to £9 10s, do weedy -sorts £5 10s to £6 10s, two-year-old steers £5 to £5 ss, eighteen- to twenty--niomhs-old cattle £3 10s to £3 15s, calves su j. 15s to £2 ss. Pigs— Baconers 40s to 455, porkers 28s to 38s, good stores 15s to 18s, smak do- 11s to 12s, weaners 7s to Bs, suckers 6s to 7s. In the Produce Yards prices were:—Woolly sheepskins Is 8d to 2s 6d, merino do 2s to 2s 6d, hides 2£d lb, calfskins 6d each, fat Ifd lb;,fowls, roosters 2sto 5s 9d pair, hens Is 9d to 2s Bd, ducks 3s 6d to 4s, geese 6s 3d; chickwheat Is 8d to 2s bushel, oats Is 4d to Is 6d, Cape barley 2s 6d, peas 2s 9d, beans 2s 9d, wheatmeal 7s 6d sack, sharps 5s 6d, bran 3s 3d, bean meal 8s 6d, barley meal 6s 6d, oatsheaf chaff 35s ton, straw do 25s to 30s, potatoes 5s sack, carrots Is 6d, parsnips 3s 6d, onions 8d string, apples 4s case. TINWALD. The usual weekly" sale at the Tinwald Yards yesterday was very poorly attended, and , the bidding was slacker than at any time during the season. The entry com-! prised about 2000 sheep and about 15 head j of cattle., lErices, j

—Fab steers £4 15s to £5 10s, heifers £4' 5s to £6 10s, vealers 6s, dairy cows £6 15s. Sheep, —Fat ewes 8s 9d to 13s -.-a, fat lambs up to 10s lOd, merino ewes 7s 6d ito 9s 3d, cross-bred wethers 18s sd, merino wethers, 9a to 9s 4d, forward turinipers 14s to 16s Mp Store lambs 8s Rd to 12s 6d, merino ewes 3s Id, Pigs— Baconers 23s 6d to 445. - " TBMUXA. ' ’ ' •' ' The entry at the Temuka fortnightly safe was representative in all sections, and ‘here was a good attendance. The bulk of the yarding, .changed hands at quotations, and the sate ail round was encouraging, although there was a- slight falling off in. prices realised for old sheep. Prices were as- follow:—'Cattle—'Fat cows £6 10s, £7, £7 ss, fat heifers‘£s 2s 6d to £6, dry cows £4 to £4 7s, store steers and- heifers £5 10s to £6 3s, springers £5 ,5s to £6 10s, eighteen-months’ steers and- heifers £% 2s to £2 ‘4s, "yearlings to’ 27®. SheepFat ewes 11s 4di to 12s, fat lambs to 15s 6d, store wethets 13s 4d, 13s 9d, 14s ; 3d to. 15s, two and four-tooth ’ewes in lamb 18s, cross-bred ewes (full-mouthed) 11s, haifbred ewes (full-mouthed) 13s 9d, store lambs 7s 9d to 11s. Pigs—Small stores 9s, 10s 6d, 12s, -porkers 50s, 535,‘345, 36s,'baconers to 475.