MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIII, Issue 13714, 3 April 1905, Page 5

MARKET REPORTS.

HORSE MARKET. There was an entry of eighty horses at TattorsaH's on Saturday, and the demand was sood. ..Draughts brought up to £35, medium draughts £22 to £2G, good spring-cart horses from about £25 to "£3O, an extra good one bringing £35, and unbroken North island ponies from £G to £S los. PIGS AND POULTRY. There was a good entry of pigs and a fair sale. Suckers and weaners brought from 5s 9d to 12s 6d, and stores from 13s to 25s 6d. Thero was a largo entry of poultry, and a splendid demand. Hens brought from 2s 6d to 3s 3d, roosters from 3s to 4s, ducks from 2s Gd to 3s 6d, and pullets from 3s Gd to 4s 9d. LEESTON. There was a largo attendance at the usual fortnicrhtly sale at Leeston on Friday. There were about 3000 head of sheep entered, a good entry of cattle and a fair number of pigs. Prices for snoop wore good. 'Following wore- some of the prices realised:—For Messrs Worncr (Southbridgc), 45 merino ewes 7s 7d, 49 cross-bred ewes 15s 2d ; for Mr P. Acton-Adams (Norwood). 4(5 ewes at lis 9d, 222 half-bred ewes at 17s to 17s 2d! 55 half-bred owes at 10s lid, 142 cross-bred ewes at 15s lid, 11G hplf-hrcd owes at Kir,; for Mrs Barker (Kniiuchv), 20 lambs at ISs Id, 2i fat ewes at 10s fid; for Mr AV. H. Eddy (Dunsandel), 91 merino ewes at 7s; for Messrs Lilly Bros. (Southbndge), 14 half-bred owes at lis (xl; for Mr G. E. Rhodes (M.eadowbank), 2 Southdown rams at 4'.gs; for Mr R. M'Pherson (Lakeside)."s2 lambs at ISs Id; for Mr j. H. M'Pherson (Lakeside), 9 ewes at Us, 60 lambs at 17s Gd; for Mr A* M'Pherson (Lakeside). 60 ewes at 18s | 3d: for Mr J. Gilbert (Dunsandel), lil half-bred owes at ISs sd; for Mr S. Ballaah (Leeston), GO ewes at 13s Sd ; for Mr W. Stackiionso (Killineliy), 28 four-tooth ewes at 2-ls 3d; 24 fat lambs at 18s Id, 19 fat lambs at 15s 5d ; on account of client.?, 72 merino, ewes at 3:; Id, 111 cross-bred ewes at 14s lid, 36 merino ewes at 6s 4d, G 6 ewes at 9s f)d to 9s lid, 79 cross-bre.d ewes at 16s 3d. 40 fat ewes at. 17s, SI two-tooth j and four-tooth owes at 21s, 100 ewes at "9s Id. Pigs and cattle sold at previous rates. " . _ SHEFFIELD. j The entry of sheep at the Sheffield I 1 sale of Friday totalled 16,800. Of this ■ number. 3600 were in the fat pens, mainly iambs. The majority were of fair to good freezing quality, but a number lacked finish. Breading owes formed about half the entry of stores, and lambs were also well represented. The attendance was good. The com- ■ pelitiqn Mas slacker for ewes and fats, but wethers (which were chiefly small) and store lambs sold at full rates. A ; good number of withdrawals took place ' -ii both the fat and store pens. The following are the prices:—Freezing wethers 20s 9d to 21s 9d, tegs ISs 2d to 18s 7d, fat lambs 16s Gd "to 18s, fat •n-oss-brad owes 17s 7d to 17s 9d, fat merino ewes 10s 3d to 12s Gd, two and I'our-toofcli half-bred wethers ISs to 19s !)d, two-tooths (small), 16s Id, twotooth cross-bred wethers (in low condition) 17s 2d to 17s 9d, rape lambs .'.los. 2d to 16s sd, store lambs 13s to los, two, four and six-tooth half-bred owes 23s sd, two and'four-tooth 22s lOd, sound-mouth 19s Gd, two and four-tooth Down cross ewes 20s Bd, twc-tooth cross-bred ewes 19s 4d to 235, fourtooth do 21s Gd to 22s 3d, soundmouth do ISs Gd, failing-mouth do los Gd to IGs sd, aged do 6s to Us, soundmonth merino ewes lis Id, aged do Gs to 7s 3d, aged merino wethers 4s Id, a line, of SOO sound-mouth merino wethers in forward condition was withdrawn at !.3slod. A number of rams of various [breeds was'sold at ruling rates. The" principal sales wore:—Account Mr A. Bunn, 172 two, four and six-tooth halfbred ewes at 23;; 5d ; for Mr T. Innis, 150 two-tooth cross-bred ewes at 235: for Mr D. Budge, 109 fat wethers at . 21s 9d : for Mr 'W. E. Foster, 22 tecs at ISs 7d; for Mr J. Gillett, 104 at 18s Gd : for Mr R. Scay, 76 at ISs 6d; for Mr E. .Jenkins, 40 at ISs 2d: for Mr V.. Dorman, 21S fat lambs at 13s; for Mr H. M'llraith, 119 at 18s; for Mr ! F. Fitch, G 3 at ISs ; for Mr S. Robertson, 75 at 17s fld; for Mr E. Odgers/ ; 1.5 S at 17s 7d ; for Mr C. Gamble, 10S at 17s 7d. About 30 head of cattle sold at full market values. NORTH OTAGO, [FeOJI OUII COKItESI'ONDEST.] OAMARU, April 2. A week of real good weather has enabled harvesting to proceed uninterruptedly, and except in a few instances, the crops throughout the county have now. been secured. More grain has been stacked this season than usual, fanners being chary of leaving it in stook at this late period. Threshing from the stook and stack is proceeding, and many good yields have j been recorded during the week. A portion of the Land Company's wheat j gave_an average of 77 bushels, and! notwithstanding that some of the crop was smitten by blight, the yield of the whole area averaged 55 bushels. Mr Stuart Holmes obtained 120 bushels of oats per acre from a twenty-three acre paddock, and his whole crop reached an average of 97 bushels. Generally speaking, the wheat coming on the market is in good condition, but some so-tu early in the season is turning out soft, and there have been some refusals to take delivery. A fair amount of business has been, done during the week, mostly in parcels of from 500 to 800 sacks, the principal line sold being of 1400 sacks mixed wheat at 3s 2d at country stations. Prices show a drop of a penny on the week. Sales of good velvet have been chiefly at 3s 2d to 3s 3d, but for a very choice sample 3s 3-Jd was given at country stations, with railage, while 3s 11- was accepted for a line on the Canterbury side of the river. ' For other descriptions prices paid at country stations have been : For Tuscan 3s 2d to 3s 3d, and for Red Chaff 3s Id to 3s 2d. These are prosont quotations, but millers are offering Id less for Red Chaff, and expect a general drop during the incoming week. The offerings of oats are not equal to the demand, the quantity coming on Iho market being unusually small. Good, bright Gartons have been sold up to Is. 7d on trucks at country stations, but" bright samples are rare, and the ruling rates are Is 6d to Is 6\d. For Danish quotations range- from. Is 4d to Is 6?.-, the top rate being for extra choice, Is 5d being about the average paid for good. Duns are very scarce, and command from Is 6d to Is 7d, with a iialf-psnny more for choice. Some barley is offering, but the samples are not suitable for malting, and meet with no buyers. The/.'o is a good inquiry for oaten sheaf chaff, but none is procurable. Potatoes continue an uncertain quantity. Sales of white varieties have boon made during the week at £5 on trucks at country stations, and of Derwenfs, ripe and fit to keep,'at £6.

At Messrs Friedlandor jjrcs'. horse sale, on Saturday, at Afihbui toil, geldings sold uy to £62. At ArJiburton, ou Saturday, :> IS? ,".cro farm at Roliaia, the property of :/!.]■ 'T. M'Ck-liaud, was :,6!d to A> i- ,i. Mcvrr-ion (Refcpia.) at £.'3o IfU 'ji-v nsr<>. A 124 aero i'sirm sit- Dromon', tin: property of .M.r S. Christie, v. - ar s sold to 'Mr'.]. All-in (Dromcrej'at i'-'J Is per acra-