MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16842, 28 April 1915, Page 11

MARKET REPORTS.

1 GRAIN AND PRODUCE. CHRISTCHuHCH, April 27. Business in grain and produce continues very quiet, and with priceß for oats ar.d wheat below what they were a few weeks ago. it is not surprising (o find that there are rather fewer sellers, few holder 3 being prepared to accept pncea below those Which they tefused scmo weeks ago when the market had a strong upward tendency, llillers are still apathetic with regard to wheat, and aro now .buyers, only when seilerß aro prepared to part with their, stocks at prices not excecnhip; 6s 4d on trucks at country stations, sacks extra. A fair amount continues to be placed on the market, but as stated previously, the prices that are being offered aro not. sufficiently 'high to tempt many to sell. Tho quality of" the wheat continues to bo of a vory high grade, beinc incomparably superior to that imported by the Government from Australia and the Dominion of CanudE. The oil market is decidedly in sympathy with the lower values ruling in the south, wlisre threshing is now in full swing. Tito offerings locally are r.ot on an extensive *ca!e, and a:i in the case of wheat, holders show much reluctance to self at prices below the offers which they had refused earlier in the season. Potatoes are now coming on to the market, fveoly. and supplies bein-f larger than-'mer-chants, can deaJ with, particularly as shipping space for the north is very difficult to procure, values have eased somewhat, and although tbere havo bten a few sales its high a* 80s on truck* at country stations/tho 1 general price offered is 75s per ton on trucks. .The voiuuin of business, however, is not large, the majority of prowers refusing to self at the prices which are now being offered. The demand for chaff continues free, the current price for first-daw samples being £6 on truck*. The following quotations are for p-urchaaea from farmers, nei C2£h. sacks extra, deliver*! at cour.trv stations: Wheat—Gs Id. Oats—A grade' GartonJ. 3s 8d to 3s 9d, B grade, 33 Sd to 3s 7d; Duns, 4s to is 3d; Algerians, to 4s. Barley—Malting-, 5s to 5s 4d per bushel, according' to quality. Partridge Peas—ss 9d. Chaff—ll6s to 120 s; oat straw chsfi 50s. Bran—Local £7 ss, f.o.b. £7. Potatoes—7sa to 80s. Onions— £2 15s to £3. Pollard— £6 per ton. Oatmeal—£2l per ton. Flour— Sacks £l7 10», lOOlh bags £lB, 601 b baas £lB ss. 251 b bass £lB 10a. Seeds—Byegrass, Italian and perennial, Ss

opcu? — xwiuaii ana perennial, or 6d to 4s Od; cocksfoot, I.llb seed 7Jd '.a 8d: while ciover. farm dressed. Is to Is 3d; covr gTass from 7Jd to 9d. Dairy prodnce—Cheese, factory B}.d : dairy. Urge, .7id; butter, local factory prints, Is sd. farmers' separator Is Qd, second grade Is 4sd, faTm dairv-ls; hams lOd, ham rolls lOJd: lard pats, BJd to 3d; esgs, Is lOd.

■RANGIOBA. The attendance at the Itaiigiora markcyesterday was well up to the average, but iu regard to live xtoclc entries th« sale was toe poorest held on a line day in. autumn (or many years past. The continuance of thn dry Ppeil and the serious shortage of, feed was the common topic •of conversation between the farmers, the winter outlook foimany of them lieing' tho reverse of bright to far as their live stock is concerned. Approximately 630 sheep.were yarded, .of .which 270 were flit. Prices were:—'Best fat ewes 15s Gd to 17s, others 9s to 123 7d, fat- wethers 15s -td to 31s, fat laimbs 13s Od to 15s, store wethers Us, aged ewes is Id to os. Only twenty-ono head of calf.!© were yarded. If at cows, sold to £B, store cows £1 to 5A 7s 6d. milch cows £3 to £i, springers £S to £7, heifers £3 10s 6d.' yearlings £}. About eighty pigs were penned. Bacon«rs made 53s to 665, porkers 27s to 30s, stares 15s to 255, and small pigs 2s 3d to ss. • In the produce jmrUs. heavy cross-bred sheepskins sold to "s, medkira is Gd, lighter 3s. calfskins 3s to ,'ls 6d, wool crutchings 6W lb, hides "id, fat ljd, horsehair Is. In the poultry pens, roosters ciado 6s a-, couple, hens Is 6d, ducks 2s Gd. Chiclctvheat realised f»s fid to 7s a bushel, oats 4s to ss, grass seed 3-j 6d, bran 8s a sack, sharps 13s, oatshenf chaff 5s to 6b, straw chaff to 3s, pouitoes »s. carrots 3s 6d, apples 3s to 4s a case, puars 2s, tomatoes ljd lb, onions Id. ASHBUETON. The weekly stock saJe held at the Tinwald Yards yesterday was a very poor one both as Regards attondanco and entry. The yarding was only 797, as against 2-t7ti at, tho AsbImrton Yards the previous week; it included. 195 fat owes, 38 fat lambs and 564 stores. The yarding of fat ewes only included two really prime lines, which were so'.d at 19s 6d and 20s respectively, the balance being medium and light-weighis. Of the yarding, 73 wore passed by auction. Tho following was the range of prices obtained: —Prime butcher's ewes 19s (!d to 20s, medium 14s 3d to 14s 9d, light-weights 10s 9d to 123 Cd, lambs 15s Id. The principal sales were:—Ewes—--22 at lis Sd. 16 at lis 3d, 16 at 10s 3d, 14 at 14s 9d, 10 at 12s Gd. 20 at 10s 6d, 21 at 20s. Lambs—29 at 15s Id. There were only four lines yarded in the store pens, three being mixed sex lambs, and a line of broken-mouth merino ewta. Every lot submitted was sold at auction at price* several shillings below that obtained several weeks back. Salee XveTO: —Seventy-sis crossbred mixed sez forward lambs at 13s, 67 broken-mouth merino ewes at 2s, 330 crossbred mixed lambs, 100 at 10a 6d. 230 at 10s, 90 do. ftt 12s Gd. Fat heifers made £5 15s to £6 10s, fat steers £5, fat cow £ll, forward steeTs £3 7s Gd to £l, calves 27s 6d, larger sorts 35s Od. Holstoin cow in calf £9 30s, cow in pr©3t £ll 12s Gd, Jersey heifer in calf £1 10s, Ayrshire bull £4 10s.