MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 14061, 16 May 1906, Page 4

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. \ Business in wheat is almost at a standstill, but holders ars very firm in their demands. The scarcity of chick-wheat lias caused an advance in the price of this arcade, and sake have been made at 3s Id f.0.b., Lyttelton. The demand for oats continues, but is confined to Gartons and Spa-rrowbills, which are usually supplied from Southland, but are scarce there this season, owing to the destruction of a large i paruof the crop by rain. These descriptions command Is lid to 2s at country stations, and Danish Is lOd to Is lid. Canadians and Duns have not shared fully in the demand, and are quoted' at Is lid to 2s. There has been some inquiry for factory cheese, but the advance reported from Dunedin is not quotable here, for the reason that no supplies are available. Farm cheese is firm. A few lots of cocksfoot seed have been offered, but buyers are offering reduced prices, and little business has resulted. ' The following quotations are for purchases ' from farmers, net cash, sacks extra:— Wheat-Mixed milling lines 3s, prime to 3s Id, Tuscan 3s Id to 3s 2d, Pearl 3s to 3s Id, Hunter’s 2s lid, damaged (whole fowl feed) 2s 8d to 2s Sd, at country stations. Oats.—Prime Canadian la lid to 2s, Duns Is ild, Sparrowbills and Gallons (B grade) Is lid to 2s, Danish Is lOd to Is lid, light and discoloured Id to 3d less, ail at country stations. Barley.—Prime Malting 3s 6d to 3s 9d, thinner ■ samples 3s to 3a 3d, feed 2s 6d to 2s 9d, Cape barley 2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel at country stations. Flour. —The New Zealand Flourmillers’ Cooperative Association, Limited, quotes tha following prices per ton, local or shipping; Sacks £8 10s, 100!b bags £9, 50lb bags £9 sa, 251 b bags £9 10s. Pollard £5. Bran £3 15s. Oatmeal.—£l2. Chaff.—Oatsheaf, prime bright 67s 6d at country stations. Peas.—Partridge 3s 6d, Prussian. B.ue 3s 3d, Imperial Blue 3s 9d to 4s, Ivory -White 4s to 4s 6d, at country stations. Beans. —Ss to 3a 8d per bushel, at country stations. , ' ‘ . Seeds.—Ryegrass, farmers’ lines, good 3s 3d to 3s 6d, medium 2s 9d to 3s per bushel, at country stations. Italian 2s Sd to 3s. Cocksfoot, 13ib to 141 b, good average colour 3Jd to 34d, extra bright and c.ean 3fd to 3Jd per lb, light and damaged i-Jd to 3d per lb. White clover Ed to fid per lb. Potatoes.—Up-to-date £3 per ton at country stations. Onions.—£4 per ton, at country stations. Dairy Produce. —Cheese, dairy, large 5d to Sid, loaf SJd. factory (nominal) large 5-ld to 6d, medium Cd, loaf Gd. Butter, fresh, local factory prints Hid bulk lid, dairy bufck-r 7d to 6d, farm separator Sd to Dd. Hams and bacon, local factory 7d. Fresh eggs Is lOd, preserved Is 3d. Honey.—Extracted 3|d per lb; sections, first grade, 5s per dozen. Beeswax, clean, bright, firet grade. Is 2d per lb. The grain market was quieter than usual at Rangicra yesterday, the quantity of produce offered being comparatively small. ; For wheat, the market remained firm, at 3s to 3s Id' for best samples of Tuscan, and 2s lid to 3s for Hunter’s and Pearl. No oats were on offer, and in consequence of the shortness of supply, the market was very firm at Is lOd to 2s per bushel. Of barley there is now no prime quality in the district, consequently any small lot® were taken up at feed prices, viz'., 2s 6d to 2s 9d per bushel. An odd line or two of ryegrass was bought at 2a 6d to 3s per bushel. Growers have not been submitting peas to any extent, but there is yet. a fair quantity to be dealt with. Partridgfe and Prussian Blues of fair quality command 3s 6d per bushel. Beam- are held for the same price. Prime table potatoes free' from disease were saleable at £lO per ton. RANGIORA. At the Rangicra market yesterday there Was an entry of 5000 s isheep, 150 cattle and 180 pigs. Prices were:—Fat lambs 14s 9d to 17s 8d (Ruddenklau Bros disposing of a line of 303 at the^

latter price), fat wethers ISs 6d to 20s, medium fat ewes 13s 6d to 15s, four, sis and eight-tooth ewes to 18s 6d, - store lambs He 6d to 13s, very forward lambs 13s to 14&, full-mouth, ewes 8s lid to 14s. , Beef made equal to 20s per 1001 b ; fat steers £5 to £6 ss, fat heifers £3 7s 6d to £5 fat cows £5 to £7 ss, yearling cattle 255, eighteen months’ old do 32s to 40s, springers £3 5s to £7 ss, old cows 20s to 27b 6d, calvea 8s to 10b 6d, small do 2s to 3e 9d. Pigs ■ —Choppers 37s to 50s, baconers 40s to 525, porkers 27s 6d to 30s, forward stores 23s to 30s, medium do 13s 6d ia 18s, weaners 4s 6d to 6s, suckers Is Gd to 2s. In the produce yards, prices were:— Cross-bred sheepskins—Heavy 10s 3d, medium 8s 6d, lighter 4s 6d, merino 2s fid to 8s; calfskins 2s 6d; hides 4§d per lb; wool lO^d; fat Ifd; horse-hair Is 4d. Poultry—Roosters os per pair, hens 2s 6d, pullets 4s, ducks 3s 9d. Produce—Chickwheat 3s per buehel, oats 2s 2d; pig meal 6s 6d per sack; potatoes, best 20s; carrots 2s 6d; parsnips 4s; oatsheaf chaff 2s 3d; apples 65,6 d per case; oranges 2s; onions 6d per string. PROPERTY SALE AT RANGIORA. Yesterday morning the North Canterbury Cooperative Stores Company, at' their Rangicra salerooms, held, an ■ important sale of farm land. The first lots offered were in the of the late Mr T. Skevington, the land being situated at Waikuku, and mostly of bigh-class quality for agricultural and pastoral purposes. The whole of the lots were disposed of as follow:—Ten acres at £32 per acre to R. J. Robineon ; 26 acres 1 rood 13 perches at £37 per acre, and 10 acres 2 roods 30 perches at £4l, to the same buyer; 51 acres, with the homestead building, at £4O per acre, to. T. Skevington;- 25 acres, with dwelling, at £37 per acre,, to J. Skevington; 20 acres at £4O per acre to T. Skevington; 85 acres,(Sandhills block), at £6- 10s and 70 acres at £7 10s per acre to S-. Gibbs; 22 acres 18 perches at £25 per acre to C. E. Skevington; 7 acres 'at; £4l per acre and 6} acres at £42 to M. Stokes; 17 acres 1 rood 33 perches at . £42 per acre to T. Skevington; and ■ 1 rood, with blacksmith’s shop and dwelling, at £l2l to R. J- Robinson. The Rickton Estate, on the northern boundary of the Rangiora Borough, recently purchased by a land syndicate, from Mr W. Buss, was then offered in seven lots, varying in size from ■ 14} acres to 60 acres. Only one lot was disposed of, that being 37 acres inside the borough, which realised £45 per acre, the purchaser being S. Ayers, Rangiora. The other lots were passed in at bids ranging from £36 to £43 per acre for the best quality, and £ll to. * to £l6 for lighter land. A lot of fourteen and a half acres, known as the old show grounds, was disposed of privately after the sale at £36 per acre, to Mr W. Cunningham. TINWALD. There was a good attendance at tha Tinwald Yards yesterday, and business was fairly good. The entry comprised about 5000 sheep and 46 head of cattle. Prices wereCattle—Stores, heifers £1 12s 6d to £2 7s 6d, steers £1 17s 6d to £2, cows £2 to £2 7s 6d, springers £4 2s 6d to £5. Fat cattle—Steen* £3 12a 6d to £6 17s 6d, heifers £2 108 to £8 17s 6d, cows £2 to £2 15s, young cattle 32s 6d to 70s. _ Sheep—Fat ewes 7s 3d to 16s, fat merino ewes 5s to 5s 3d, fat wethers 12s to 17s 9d, fat lambs, 51 at 15s Id, 760 at 15® 9d, 126 at 16a, 279 at 16s Id,. 66 at 16s 7d. Stores—--325 six and eight-tooth owes at 17s, 188 two-tooth wethers at 13s 3d, 180 do at 14s 4d, 91 do at 16s 2d, 350 four and six-tooth wethers at 15s Bd, 90 lambs at 13s, 98 cull lambs at 7s 4d.

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