MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12585, 21 August 1901, Page 7

MARKET REPORTS.

.- - _ GRAIN AND PRODUCE. "~There'is not'much change to report in the local grain and produce maikets. The latest news from London is to the effect that the English market infirm. The local irarket is in-rather a peculiar position. 1 ; Millers, who practically have the marksfc in their own hands, at the moment are endeavouring to keep prices down, while holders are equally firm im,their demands for the prices quoted below; bub so fair as'can be gathered most of the _ few sales which have been made recently in Chris tchurcb' have been at slightly ' below the prices quoted. On the other hand, it is stated that, sales of several large mixed lines have been made in trucks at Rakaia at 2s 6d and 2s 6£d per bushel. Whole fowl wheat is extremely scarce, and ccrn- ■ wands in soma instances prices fully equal - to milliiß'g qualtty- The oat market is «ieeidedly .'firmer, and: some fair sized parcels have.changed hands for shipment at fully up to quotations, while for a. small line of Canadians as much as 2s 2d f.o.b. has been paid. The 'report that the Sydney market for potatoes is easier leads to -the conclusion that the large shipments from Lytteltoa and Timaru have glutted 'the market jthcr*, a»d this has caused speculators h«re 'to hold off, while growers are as firm as ■ever, and decline to sell at £4 10s ab country, stations, which is still the ruling price. Fresh factory butter has advanced Id per lb, artd the frozen "article is now practically out of the market. The following are prices paid to farmer* hv merchants:- 19 . "Wheat.—Prime filling, Tuscan 2s 7d to 2s 7Jd, Pearl and Hunter's 23 6d to 2s 6Jd,, whoio fowlwheat 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Cans.—Otoiadwais 2s to 2s ljd, short feed: 2s, Duns epadt Danish Is Id to lslld. Barley.—Prima malting 2s 4d to 2s 6d, - medium 2s to 2s 2d delivered. Flour.—Millers quota roller £6 15a, sharps ' -*4,'lh*h £3 10a Ofttiheaf Chaff.—37s 6d to 40s at country ■nations. B»y.— £2 10s to £2 15s delivered, haled for ' shipment £i f.o.b. Gatawal—fill. - B«ns.—2s 6Jd to 2s I\l f.o.b. P«as.—Blue Prussian 3s 9d to 4s, Partridge js to 3s Id f.o.b. Potatoes.—Derwenta £1 10a at stations. Seed.—Ryegrass, farmers' iiaea, Is 6d to 2s Jor «xtira good, farmers' seed, machine-dressed is fid to 3s 3d. Cocksfoot, farmers' dressed lipes 2jd to 2id for bright seed. Cowgrass 6fd to 7Jd. 'Whit* clover, farmer*' lines 7d tfc 1 fid. Dairy Produce.— Cheesy dairy 4d to 4Jd, iaatory 4£d to sd. Butier—Fresh local fao 'iory-la 2d, best dairy lid, salt, in "boxes,-M for prime, North Island factory Is Id f.o.b. (Bacon, and hams £>id to Cid, factory id per _'lb higher. '" ' BANGIORA. • There was an average attendance at the -Rangiora market yesterday. At the central , yards the entry of live stock included 2500 ■flheep. 'and lambs, 140 cattle and 200 pigs. i-Th* prices- were:—Fat wet'her3 17s, 19s, to 20s; extra, quality 255; butchers? fat '•ewes 12s, 14s to 15s; gocd condition lambs J4s -to 15s; low ocradrbi'aa 13s to 13s 6d, small lis to 12s, ewes in lamb, fair mouths, 15s to 16s; old ewes 12s to 14s; •■ fat'merino ■wafchers 13s to 13s 6d; ewes 9s to 10s; cattle, prime beef equal to 22s 'to 23is peir "1001 b;" me ddximi 18s to 20s; springers £7 to £9; older sorts £5 to £6; . yearlings £1 15s to £2 ss; 20 months' old oattlo £3 5s to £3 10s ; two-year-olds £4 to £4 10s. Pigs—Prime baeoners 50s to 655,' ■unfinished! 38s to 40s, prim© porkera 30s to 345, small 28s to 295, good stores ' 18s to 20», small 12« to 15s, weaners 8s to . ■ Us, wickers 6s to 7s. 1 At tho North Canterbury saleyards thea'e 1 was,an entry of about 500 bhcep. Forward baif-hced ewea madia 12s 3d, fat 14s 9d, - fat wethers 18s 3d, half-bred ewes iiu lamb J 5« 6d. Cattle—Two-year-old heifers up . to £4, eighteen months' old cattle £3, yearlings 22s 6d. In the produce yards merino sheep skins soldi no to- 3s sd, oross-bred 3s 2d' to 3s 4d, pelts Is 3d to Is 9d, fat lfd' lb, hides ' 20. Poultry—Roosters 2s 6d to 3s 6d per pair, hens 2s to 2s 9d, ducks3sßdto4s*6d, turkeys, gobblers up to 12s 6d', hens to bs 9d, chick wheat Is lOd to 2s Id per bushel unalling 2s 4d, cats Is 7d to Is lid, crushed! is 9d, barley 2s 2dt, beans 2s 6'd), kibbicd 2s 9d, wjheajfc meal 8s per «ack, barley 7g, pig meal 7s 6d|, sharps 6s' 6d, bran 3s 9d, ealfcsh.eaf chaff 40s to 45s per iton, straw do 25s to 30s, potatoes 7s sack, parsnips 4s 6d, carrots Is 9d', apples Id to per lb.

ASHBURTGNV % 'At the weekly sale, at AsEburton Yards, v yesterday, nearly 5000 sheep and 42 head of cattle -were entered. There wag a fair attendance, and prices were on the whole tip to the average of late sales. '" Prices ara as under:—Cattle.—Fat steei J s £5 7s v 6d to £7 2s 6d, heifers £4 10s to £7. ss, cows £7 2s 6di to £.B 2s 6d; (stores), yearling steers and heifers £1 10a to £2 10s, calves' 12$> springers £3.fas to £4 Ss. Sheep.—Crosp-bred, wethers 13s 6d to 17s 6d, ewes 10s 9d to 14a sd, hogget3 13s 6d to 14s, msrnto weUhera 13s 6d',

SALE OF FARM LAND. Yesterday Mr W. .Buss sold the: 53-acre farm of the late Mr Arthur Campbell, situated at Flaxtoni, for £23 per acre cash, the purchaser being Mr T, Blaickmor®, of Kaiapoi: STOCK SALE. 'A sale of stock was held at the Hinds Yards, oa Monday, when nearly 2000

sheep, and a few h«ad. of cattle were offered The following prices were obtained—Ca't tie.—Springers £4 and £6, store steers £2 10s.. , Sheep.--V small line of store merino ewes in lamb brought 3s, ewe Jambs 12s 9d, two-tooth ewes 18s 6d, hoggets 12s 6d to 12s 93, merino ewes lis 3d to 14s od, half-bred ewes 15s 7d to lbs, two and -four-tooth ewes 18s.. ••■■•_

At ths Washdyke stock sale yesterday there was but a small yarding.. Fat ewes fetched 13s to 14s, merino wethers. 12s 7d, merino ewes in lamb 8s 3d, good hoggets 13s.