MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 13948, 3 January 1906, Page 8

MARKET REPORTS.

■ * —. — GRAIN AND PRODUCE. ... Since the last report the offices of the local grain and produce merchants have been closed, and as a consequence there is no business to report. / The following quotations are for purchases from farmers, net cash, sacks *&,—Prime milling, mixed lines, Ss 3d; ■ slightly weathered, dry, 2a lid to 3s, at country stations. . , _ Oats.—Prime heavy: Canadians and Duns it, other description* la lid; discoloured and light samples id to 2d less; ,al. at country stations. _ ■Flour—The New Zealand Flour Millers Co-operative Association, Xumiied, quotes the following prices,, per.ton,, local or shipping:— Flour, sacks £9, lOOlb.baga £? 10s, 50. b bags C 9 15s, 251 b bags J 10; pollard £5; bran £i, 1.0. h. ■ Oatmeal. — £12. : . Chaff.—Oatsheaf, prime bright 60s, second duality SSs, at country stations. Peas.—Partridge 3t 3d, Prussian Blue 2s 6d to 3s Od, extra prime to 3s, Blue Itnperial (boilers) 3s 6d, Ivory White 4s, at country stations. ' Beane. —3s lOd to 9s per bushel, at country , stations. Seeds. —Ryegrass, farmers’ lines, good 3s, medium 2e 6d to 2s 9d, Italian 2s 6d to 3s per bushel at Addihgton. Cocksfoot, fair to bright 131 b seed 3|d, 14ib 4d, light and discoloured 3d per ib. ' Cowgrass, good- 7d to 7Jd, : fair quality 6d to Bid per lb. White clover, ordinary 5d to 7d per lb. Dairy Produce.—Cheese, dairy 4Jd to od, factory, large sid to Sid, medium EJd, loaf 6d. Butter, fresh, local factory prints 10£d. bulk lOd, dairy butter 7d to Bd, farm separator Bd.to 9d. Hams and bacon. local factory Td to 7Jd. Freeh eggs Is per dozen. RANGIORA. The attendance was small at the Raucidra market yesterday owing to the holiday season. The yarding of live stock comprised 800 sheep, 250 cattle and 100 pigs. "Prices were:—Fat lambs 12s 6d to 14s 6d, fat ewes 12s to 15s Gel, fat wethers 15s 6d to 18s lOd, forward •tore wethers 14s to 15s 4d ; cattle—beef >qual to 22s 6d to 24s per 1001 b, springirs £4 10s to £7, two and a half-year-eld steers £4 10b, eighteen months’ cattle £2 15e, fifteen months old cattle £2 Is, yearlings 30a to 365, calves 12s Gd to 25e, old cows 20s to 50s; pigs—baconers 35s to 50s, porkers 25s to 30s, stores 16s to 20s, weaners 10s to 12s Gd, suckers is to Gs. In the produce yards prices were:— Cross-bred sheepskins 3s 9d to Be 6d, merino skins 3s to 6s lOd, lambskins 2s lOd, pelts 2s Id, calf skins Us 6d, hides 3|d per lb, fat l|d, crossbred wool lOd, merino do 9d, dead wool 7sd, half-bred 9fd, rams’ wool, 9-id, pieces v7jd, locks 5Jd; poultry—roosters 3s lOd per couple, heus 2s 4d, chickwheat 2s 6d to 3s per bushel, oats 2a 2d, pigmeal 7s Gd per sack, bran 4s Gd, sharps Bs, potatoes 2d per lb. ASHBURTON. On account of the holidays there was an. exceptionally small entry at the Ashburton Yards yesterday. Fat cows , Bold at £3 to £3 10s, -heifers £B, springers from £3 IQs to £3 15s, yearlings 21e to 32s Gd, calves 17s to 18s. Fat ewes sold at lls 6d to 14s, fat lambs 15b 3d to 15s 9d. merino - wether# 10s 14.