MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXIV, Issue 13889, 25 October 1905, Page 5

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. Wheat continues to come forward pretty freely, mostly in small lines, and sells readily at unchanged rates to millers and merchants. Some has t been, shipped to Auckland, but there is no export to the United Kingdom. ' Oats are firm, but are offering in very small quantities. For prime Canadians and Duns,' 2s is reported to have been paid, and that price is demanded for other descriptions, Potatoes have changed hands at £ll and £ll 10s at country stations, but most holders will not accept less than £l2. In many of the pits which are being opened there is a large proportion of unsound potatoes, and the officers of the Agricultural Department who are inquiring into the matter will have no difficulty in finding diseased samples. The following quotations are for purchases , from farmers, net cash, sacks extra:— Wheat.—Prime quality, none offering; milling; quality, mixed lines, sound 2s lid to 8s; slightly weathered, dry 2s 9d to 2s lOd; damaged 2s Bd‘; fowl-feed 2s 6d to 2s 7d, at country stations. ‘ Oats.—Prime heavy: Canadians 2s, other descriptions Is lid ; discoloured and light samples Id to 2d less; all at country stations. Flour.—Th® New Zealand Flour Millers’ 00-opnrativa Association, Limited, quotes the following prices, pox ton, local or shipping;— Flour, sacks iS9, lOOlh bags £9 10s, 60lb bags £9 15a, 251 b bags £10; pollard £4 10s;', bran £4, f.o.b. Oatmeal. —£11. Chaff.—Oatshoaf, bright Ess, second quality 47s 6d to 60s, at country stations. Peis.—Partridge 8a Bd, Prussian Blue 2s Od to 2s 9d, extra prime to Bs, Blue Imperial (boilers) 3a od, Ivory White 4s, at country station®. Beans.—2s lOd to 3s per bushel, at country stations. Seeds. —Ryegrass, farmers’ lines, good Ss, medium Qs 6d to 2s 9d, Italian 2s 6d no 8s per bushel at Addington. Cocksfoot, fair to bright 181 b seed 3Jd, 141 b 4d, light and discoloured id per lb. Cowgra.es, good 7d to 7Jd, fair quality 6d to 6Jd per . lb. White clover, ordinary 5d to 7d per lb. Potatoes.—Derwents £ll to £l2 at near stations. > , Dairy Produce.—Cheese, dairy 4Jd to Ed, factory, large Eid to £Jd, medium EJd, loaf 6d. Butter, fresh, local factory prime lOld, bulk lOd, dairy butter 7d to Bd, farm separator 8d to 9d. Hams and bacon, local factory 7d to 7id. Fresh eggs 8d per. dozen. The recent- inquiries for wheat for shipment north, and an improved demand locally, created a better tone in the market at Rangiora yesterday, and it closed firm at 3s for prime Tuscan and 2s lOd to 2s lid for prime Hunter’s and Pearl. Damaged wheat was less inquired for at 2s 9d to 2s lOd. For oats the market continued strong, the offerings being still light. Prime Canadians were worth Is lOd and good feed varieties ; Is 8d and Is 9d. Grass seed continued to move off at late rates, namely, 2s 6d to 3s fid for farmer's’ samples, and up to 4s 3d for local machine-dressed. Potatoes, which are -now in few hands, , may be quoted at £l2 for Derwents, and £8 to £9 for other varieties. Peas and beans maintained late rates, viz,, 3s to 3s 3d for Partridge and 2s 9d to 3s for Prussian Blues, beans 2s 9d to 3s. The threshing of oowgrass continues, and a fair quantity, chiefly in : small lines, changed hands at 5d to 7d per lb. White clover was offering sparingly, and prime samples are extremely scarce, the quotations being 7d per lb. Linseed changed hands at £ll to £l2 per ton, according to quality of sample. RANGIORA. At the Rangiora market yesterday the yarding of sheep numbered about a thousand. Shorn fat wethers made 16s fid to 18s 9d, do ewes 14s 9d, shorn forward store ‘wethers 14a fid to 15s lOd, hoggets unshorn 16s KM to 18s, aged ewes and lambs (all counted) 9s 6d to 10s Sd, shorn ewes and lambs 7s. There was an entry of 250 head of cattle. Beef made 22s fid per 1001 b; fat cows £5 2s fid to £6 10s, fat heifers £5 to £6, two-year-old cattle £3 to £3 17s fid, eighteen months old £2 to £2 10s, yearlings 30s to 355, calves 15s to 255, springers £4 10s ’to £9, dry cows £1 5s to £3 ss, bulls £2 to 2s 6d. About 100 pigs were yarded. Baeoners made 45s to 555, porkers 30s to 355, stores 16s to 18s, wennexs 10s to 12s fid, and suckers 4sto 84.* , ■ In the produce yards prices were':— Cross-bred sheepskins 4s fid, 6s 6d to 9s 2d, merino 2s 9d to : Ss, wool 10Jd per lb, fat lid, hides 3|d; roos-

ters os 6d a couple, hens 3s 6d, geese, 6s, ducks 5s 6d, chickwheat 2s 8d a bushel, oats '2s, barley 2s Bd, beans and peas 3s, grass seed 3s Gd, cocksfoot 3d per lb, chaff 2s- 6d per sack, . pigmeal Bs, potatoes 20s to 23s 9d, ' onions 2d per lb. ASHBURTON. About 1300 sheep were offered at Ashburton yesterday, and store sheep ' met with a, slightly better de- ’ mand - than last week. The first shorn line of fat sheep (four and six-tooth : cross-bred wethers) . of the season sold at 16s lid. The following are prices:—Fat sheep, four and six-tooth cross-bred wethers (shocp) 16s - lid, cross-bred wethers in the wool 24s 3d, two-tooth cross-bred wethers 22s 6d, hoggets 16s 3d, merino wethers 17a, cross-bred ewes 23s 9d; store sheeps 9 cross-bred ewes (four-tooth) and 9 lambs (all counted), IQs 9d‘; 78 cross-, bred ewes and 42 lambs, an aged and inferior line (all counted), Os: 62 crossbred ewes (sound-mouths) and 62 lambs, a good line’. 13s sd; 450 mixed sex hoggets, on the small side, but an even % line, 15s lid; 193 met-ino ewes (soundmouth) and 135 lambs (all counted), 10s lid. Thirty-five cattle were yarded, and'sold as follow;—Fat cattle—Cows £5 2s 6d to £6 ss, hearers £5 5s to £7 10s, steers £7. store yearlings 30s, yearling heifers 27s and 3Cte, steers £3 12s Gd.