MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CIX, Issue 13113, 29 April 1903, Page 2

MARKET REPORTS.

CHAIN AND PRODUCE. The local'grain market remains in much Uio same condition as at the end of last week. Business continues to .be transacted at late prices on a restricted scale, the demand being practically confined to the immediate requirements of local and southern millers. The poor quality of that portion of the crop offered up to the- present in the south is presumably the reason for the millers there continuing to obtain supplies from Canterbury. A sale of 500 sacks of wheat has been made from Tima-ru for Melbourne, which is tho second small line that has been sent from Canterbury to the same destination during the past- week. During the last few days 650 sacks of Hunters and Pearl have been sold at 3s Old, 600 of Hunters and Pearl at 3s SJkl and 3s 91d, a line of Pearl and Tuscan afc 3s lOd, and a line of Tuscan at 3s 9d per bushel, all at country stations. Of the southern crop the “Otago Daily Times” of Saturday has the following: “ There is little animation in the local wheat market, and prices remain practically at the same level as last week. Contrary to expectation, the quality of . the deliveries Coming forward is not too satisfactory, and there has been ai good deal of rejecting on the part of buyers. Tbe explanation of a lot of soft and sweaty grain, quite unfit for milling, is - found in tho bad practice of threshing from the stock. Some of these out-of-condition lines are offering at Id to 2d . below ruling rates, and this gives tbe market an appearance of weakness. For instance, sales of second grade velvet have been made at 3s lOd, on trucks, Oam-aru, but holders of prime milling -lines are not inclined to give way. Millers are hopeful of getting tho market bade to os 9d on trucks, at which price they would be inclined to operate fairly freely, but at present they are only supplying their actual needs from day to day. Current quotations for prime milling lines of velvet are os lid to do on trucks Oamaru, ami for mixed lines of Tuscan, Hunters and Pearl 3$ Sd to 3s on trucks, Ashburton. Oats, which lust week had been the medium of some speculation, have again eased, although to fulfil orders the-prices quoted below. are still obtainable. Even at those rates, which are higher than merchants'are generally prepared to accept as a basis for business, offerings are by no means plentiful. Up. to tho present the samples of oats offered- in Dunedin have been of inferior quality. The price of offal remains unchanged at £4 for bran and £6 for pollard. According to the “Otago Daily Times” a Dunedin miller quoted .pollard at £5 6s per ton for a day or two, but being picked up ,for a . few tons by a smart buyer, he promptly put up tbe price again. A big business has been done in' bran for Australia, and something like 800 tons have been contracted for ait prices ranging from £5 7s 6d to £3 12s sd, deliveries being extended over the nest six months. These contracts havn practically exhausted all available supplied Barley and also oatsheaf chaff remain unchanged', and the outlook for potatoes and onions so far shows no improvement. Peas arc in scant supply, and there is not much business doing , in them. Following are local quotations;— Wheat.—Hunter’s and Tuscan 3s Sd, Pearl 3s lOd, at country stations. ; Oats.—Milling' Canadians Is Sd, .Sparrowbills Is Sd, Duns Is 7d, Danish Is Sdl to . Is 6d -at country -stations. Barley.—Malting 3s to 3s 6d. Oatsh-ea'i Chaff.—£2 10s at country stations. Potatoes.—£3 os at country, stations, tions. , Onions.—£2 10s, rA country stations, in strings £1 extra. Flour.—Millers quote roller £lO (331 b hags £11), pollard £6, bran £l. Oatmeal.—£ll 10s. Peas.—Partridge 3s 6d to 3s 9d, Blue Prussians -Is t)d to of. Seeds.—Ryegrass, fanners’ lines 2s to 3s 9d; Italian ryegrass, farmers’ lines 3s to 3s 6d. Cocksfoot—3d to 3Jd, very light from 2Jd. Dairy Produce.—Cheese, dairy 5d to 6d, factory ojd to 6fd, cased f.-o.b. Lyttelton. BatterFresh local factory 10fd, best dairy 9di‘ salt (in ■ boxes) BJd. Hams and bacon, fnctdiykOcl to 91-d, cased' f.'O.b. Fresh eggs Is lOd per dozen, proseryed Is 3d. • EANQIOEA. The grain market at Eangiora yesterday was somewhat lifeless. Hunters wheat was quoted at 3s Bd, Tuscan 2s 9d to- 2s Pearl 3s -lOd, Sparrowbill oats Is 7d to Is 7j>d, Canadian Is Bd, Duns Is 6d, Danish Is 5d to Is 6cl, partridge peas 3s 6d, potatoes £2 5s per ton. Tho weather being particularly fine yesterday, there was an exceptionally large attendance at the.Rangiora market. At tbe North Canterbury Stores. Company’s Yards there ..was an entry of 4000 .sheep,"Bo. cattle .and 100 pigs. Fat lambs, made., lls. fid’to 15s 7il, do ewes 10s 4d to 12s lid, fat merino owes to 8», four and six-tootb halfbred ewes 12s 6d to 13s 3d, two-tooth ewes 12s 9d to 14s 3d, do wethers 13s, full-mouth breeding ewes 7s 6d to 11s 3d, sound-mouth do 6s Id to 7s 6d, boilers 2s 6d to 3s 4d. Cattle—Beef made equal to 25s to 27s 6d, springers £7 10s to £lO 10s, dry cows £6 5s to £7 10s, dairy cows (guaranteed sound and quiet) to £8 15s, others £6, young cattle £2 to £3 17s 6d, calves 25s to 30s. pi„- s —Baconers 30s to 47s 6d, porkers 27s to 56s 6d, weaners 12s to 20s, suckers to 10s bd. In the Progress Yards there was an entry of about 400'sheep, a few head of cattle

and 52 pigs. Forward lambs made 8s to 9s, fat ewes 11s Id to 11s 4d, merino ewes 5s 6d, old cross-bred caves 3s 5d to 3s lOd, English Leicester rams 8s 6d to 10s 6d. Young steers 51s. Pigs—Good stubblers 17s 6d to 30s 6d, sows 30s. In the Produce Yards heavy sheepskins made 3s to 3s 6d, lighter sorts 2s 3d to 2s Bd, fat to IJd per lb, wool 3£d to sd. Poultry—Roosters 3s to 3s lOd per pair, liens 2s 3d to 5s Id,'turkeys 6s to 7s 7d, ducks 5s 6d to 4s». (id, geese 5s 5d., Chickwheat 2s 6cl to 3s 6d, oats Is 6cl to Is lOd, ryegrass 2s 6d, cocksfoot 2d to 2|d, potatoes 6s 6d to 6s 6d per sack, carrots 2s 3d, onions 6d per string, bran 5s 6d, sharps"9s to 10s. Pig feed 7s to 9s. ASHBURTON. There was an average attendance at the Ashburton Yards yesterday. The entry comprised about 9000 sheep, 20 cattle and 40 pigs. The demand for cattle was slack, and beef dropped from Is to 2s 6d per 1001 b. Breeding ewes sold up to late rates, but lambs not in forward-condition suffered a slight drop. Following are prices : Store cattle—Dairy cows £4 7s. 6d to £9 ss, yearlings £3 15s; fat cattle, calves 40s, cows £6 to £7 ss, steers £8 55,-heifers £7 5n to £7 12s 6d. Fat sheep—Cross-bred ewes 9s 7d to 14s, do ewos and wethers 15s to 15s 9d, merino wethers 8s 3d, merino ■ewes6sto Bs, lambs 11s 5d tolls lid. Store sheep—Lambs 9s to 11s Id, cross-bred ewes six and eight-tooth 13s 9d to 13s lid, crossbred ewes (four, .six and eight-tooth) 12s Id to 14s 2d, merino owes 2s. 3d to 5s 7d, old .ewes 6s 3d to 7s lOd, ewes and wethers (two and four-tooth) 12s to 13s 9d. Forty bacon pigs were passed at 455. WASHDYKE. : [From Oral GourksfoxdiSn't.J ' ' ' TDIARD, April 28'. ; 1 At Wash dyke to-day 5000 sheep, the largest yarding of the season, came forward. There was a- good demand for ewes and hoggets and forward wethers. Fat ewes 12s to 13s Id, fat lambs 13s 3d, two-tooth ewes 13s 7d to 14s 6d, two, four and sixtooth ewes 15s, old ewes-11s Bd, hoggets 9s to 10s 4d, good wethers up to 14s 9d, for■ward do 12s to 12sr'9d. ■