MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIII, Issue 13712, 1 April 1905, Page 3

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. j Wheat is offering freely, but there is little improvement in its condition, and only well-saved linec? are changing hands. Merchantable parcels are firmly held, and as millers are reluct- i ant to buy at present prices, the business passing is small. The appended quotations are for linos of fair to good quality and condition; it is reported that higher prices have been paid for prime Tuscan alone. Oats and barley are selling in small quantities at firm prices. Cocksfoot seed is coming forward in reduced quantities, and, tor the most ' part, of inferior quality. Any lots of fair quality and colour are firm at the reduced values of last w#ek. j Oatsheaf chaff is difficult to obtain, and' for prompt delivery 52s 6d is being ; paid at country stations. j Potatoes are weaker, at £4 10s to | £4. los per ton at near stations. The i quality generally is from indifferent to ! bad. I Fresh eggs have advanced to Is da ; per dozen. j The following quotations are for pur- j chases from farmers, net cash, sacks extra:— Wheat.—Hunter’s 3s to 3s Id, Tuscan and Pearl 3s Id to 3s 2£d, at country stations. Oats.—Canadian Is Bd, Huns, Cartons and Spurrowbills, prime heavy Is 7£d to Is Bd, ordinary Is Gd to Is 64d, Danish Is SJd to Is 6d, at country stations. Barley —New malting, good 4a to « 3d, medium 3s lid to 3s 3d, inferior 3s to 3s 3d, at country stations. , , i’lour.—The Mew Zealand Flour Miners Co-operative Association, Limited, quotes the following prices, per ton, local or shipping; Flour, sacks £9 10a, 1001 b bags £lO, 50)b bags £lO 6s, 251 b bags £lO 10$, pollard £5; bran £3 f.0.b., local £3 sa. Oatmeal. —£10. Chaff. —Oatsheaf 52s 6d, at country stations. Peas. —Partridge 3s Id to 3s 3d, Prussian Blue 2s Gd to 2a 3d, at country stations. Seeds.—Ryegrass, farmers' lines, good to superior, old pasture, 3s to 3b 6d, inferior to medium 2s to 2s 9d, Italian 2s 6d to 3s per bushel- at Addington. Cocksfoot, fair to bright 13;b seed 3Jd to SJd per lb, 1-4 lb to 4d, light and discoloured 2Jd to 3d per lb. Potatoes.—Prompt delivery £4 10s to £1 15s per ton at near stations. Onions. —£8 per ton at near stations. Dairy Produce.—Cheese, dairy 31d to 4d, factory, large 4fd to 4Jd. loaf 4Jd to 4Jd. Butter, fresh, local factory IOJd, farm separator 9d, salted in boxes 7d to Bd, Haras and bacon, local factory 7d to 7Jd. Fresh eggs Is 3d per dozen. Honey.—Farmers’ strained 2Jd, extracted 3fd to 3Jd per lb; sections, first grade, 5* per dozen. The exports of grain and produce from Lyttelton for the week included the following lines :—3933 sacks wheat, 286 sacks and 879 bags flour, 1760 sacks oats, 120 sacks meal,' 390 sacks barley, 231 sacks malt, 30 sacks bran, 5 sacks sharps, 85 sacks pollard, 5146 sacks chaff, 552 sacks peas, 547 sacks bags potatoes, 44 sacks, 9 bags and /3/ gunnies onions, 949 sacks seed, qjm 87 bales hay. Of the foregoing, 513.. sacks peas wore for the United Kingdom, 20 sacks oats, 471 sacks seed, and; 9 bags and 554 gunnies onions for Australia. The remainder was for New Zealand ports. ASHBURTON. Wheat.—Local millers baying filled the greater portion of their immccuato requirements, have eased off, and pfices have therefore dropped about one penny per bushel, having to come down to f.o.b. rates. Competition among buyors is keen, and sales are thereioie chificult to make. Quotations for new grain are as follows: Tuscan 3s -cl, Pearl 3s Id, Hunter’s 3s. Oats.—TTits market continues with fair demand. Really good Cartons sell readily at full rates, but lighter soils and Danish are difficult to sell. 1 Duns continue in good demand, ioday’s values are; Gartons Is /d, Spairowbills and Roseberry’s Is 6id, Duns Is 7cl, Danish Is od to Is 5-Jd. TIMARU. Practically all the grain in this district is now in stack, and threshing is being hurried along, and consequently wheat and oats are offering freely. Wheat.—The market for wheat is very dull, no local buyers are operating, and there is very little outside inquiry. Prices are somewhat easier than last week. Current prices are: Tuscan at 3s 4d, Velvet 3s 3d per bushel, f.o.b. Sacks extra. Oats are offering more freely, and good bright samples are meeting with a rair sale. Prices are: Bright Gartons Is SJd, B grade Is 7Jd to Is Bd, Danish Is (id to Is bid, and Duns Is 9d per bushel, on trucks, Timaru. Sacks Gd. Barley.—The market is bare, prices being: ‘Malting 3s 3d, and Seed 2s 9d per bushel. Sacks 6d. DUNEDIN. [Pi:b Press Association.] D GNEDIN, March 30. Oats—The demand from shippers has absorbed most of the feed offering locally, and as only a moderate quantity is coming forward, prices are firm, and for special lines slightly better prices arc procurable. Prime milling Is 81-d to Is 9d, good to beet feed Is 7d to Is Bd, medium is 4d to Is 6d, sacks extra. Wheat —Millers are not disposed to operate largely at the opening rates of tlie season, and as many owners are anxious to quit, for immediate delivery, it is difficult to find a sale for all coming forward at late rates. Prime Tuscan is in most demand. Prime milling 3s 4d to 3s Gd, medium to good 3s Id to 3s 3d. whole fowl feed 2s lOd to 3s, broken 2-i 6d to 2s 9d, sacks extra. Barley—New season’s is now coming forward. Prime, well threshed is readily taken at an advance on late rates. Feed and milling are in good demand. Prime malting 3s to 4s, medium 2s 6d to 3s, feed 2s to 2s sd. SOUTHLAND. rFr.OM Gull (JoiIKCSI’ONDENT.] INVERCARGILL, March 31. The grain market has been very quiet during the past fortnight, the line weather keeping farmers busy harvesting. During the past few days numerous inquiries have been leceived, it is presumed, for supplies for the East, totalling close upon 3000 tons, at is 9Jd and Is lOd i.0.b., sacks in, ior B grade. However, there is no chance of the local merchants securing the business at these prices. Farmers are offering a good deal of this seasou’s growing now, but merchants will not offer more than Is od on trucks at country stations, and as growers want at least another penny, not very much business is being done. However, a fair quantity is being forwarded daily now for storage at pom, and of the 7000 to 10,000 sacks now in store, though most of it has been threshed out of stook, the condition is so good that there will be very little doubt of the grain keeping. The Wanaka, sailing on Monday for Napier and Auckland, will take about 3500 sacks of f.a.q. and 0 grades, which will clear up all sales made to these markets and also take practically the last of f.a.q. and. G grades in store. The intercolonial boat this week took about 900 sacks to Wellington and 14G0 sacks to Melbourne for transhipment to West Australia, all B grade, sold recently at Is 9d f.0.b., less the usual brokerage. Milling wheat is quoted at 3s 3d, but very little is being done yetPrime chaff (old) is quoted ex store at 70s, and merchants are paying 55s to 60s on trucks at country stations. The grass seed market is unchanged, except that very little is now offering. FISH. An abundant supply, and a limited demand during th© week, hg,ve had the effect of lowering prices for all kinds of fish. Prices current are ;—Groper Is to 5s each, soles 2s 9d to 11b 3d per dozen, flounders 2s 9d to 15s 6d per , dozen, red cod 6d to 5s 6d per dozen.

blue cod 4s to 9s 6d per dozen, warehou 7s to 15s per dozen, moki 5s to 12s per dozen, ling 9d to 2s 6d each, barracoota 3s (id to 12s per dozen, kingfish 15s to 25s per dozen, trevalli Is 6d to 5s Gd per dozen, eels 2s to 3s.per dozen, conger 6d to Is (id each, butterfish to 18s per dozen, schnapper to 13s per dozen, herrings 2s 6d to 4s per case, crayfish 25s 6d to 26s 6d per sack. ASHBURTON RAM AND EWE FAIR. Tiie annual ram and ewo fair was held at Timvald yesterday, when there was a good representative attendance. The entry comprised between 8000 and 9000 breeding ewes and about 500 rams, the latter being disposed of privately for the most part. Prices for ewes were well up to late rates, while much interest was manifested in the ram section of the sale. Following are prices Eives—Sound-mouth merino ewes, 12s 7d to 13a 3d; ewe lambs, 18s sd; aged cross-bred owes, 10s 6d to 13s lOd; sound-mouth half-bred owes, 17s lOd to 20s; four, six, and eight-tooth crossbred ewes, 17a to 22s 8d; two-tooth half-bred eives, 23s to 265; cross-bred ewes (not guaranteed), 17s 6d ; six-tooth cross-bred eives, 20s lOd; two-tooth cross-bred eives, 17s 3d to 245; aged half-bred eives, 14s ; six and eight-tooth Shropshire ewes, 21s; eight-tooth halfbred ewes, 21s. Rams—Border Leicester rams 3gs to 4gs; Border Leicester ram lambs, 3-)gs; Shropshire rams, 31gs to 10gs; English Leicester rams, 2igs to 3gs. HORSE FAIR AT HA WARDEN. Yesterday the North Canterbury Cooperative Stores Company held a horse fair at Ha warden. There was an entry of 50 broken and 20 unbroken horses, most of which changed hands. Prices were:—-Good broken in draughts £45 to £55, medium quality £3O to £35, unbroken draughts £29 to £33, unbroken ponies £ll to £l3 10s, do hacks £lO to £l4, broken in' hacks £l4 to £lB, medium do £7 to £lO.