MARKET REPORTS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17701, 30 January 1918, Page 9

MARKET REPORTS.

GRAIN AND PRODUCE. CHRISTCHURCH, Jamiary 29.

The prinoipal business doing is in Algerian oats, which are coming forward in large quantities, and the market has an easier tendency. Sales are being effected at from 2s 9d to 2s lid or 3s for feed lines, and 3s Id for those intended for seed purposes. Gartens are scarce, and are wortn 3s per bushel. There are no Danish or Duns offering at present. ..•-,* i Ryegrass continues to come in fairly ireely. Most of the samples are of good quality, but some of tho seed has been badly weathered, and the dark Bamples are comparatively neglected. Sales of good quality seed arc reported at 3s 6d to 3s 9d, with 4s for exceptionally heavy and bright lines. Italian is quoted at 3s od to 8s 9d. _ A little business has been done in potatoes, but the demand is slack. . The same remark applies to onions, the local demand being poor on account of heavy onion cultivation in tho gardens, md a favourable season for growth. There are reports of damage from blight in some districts. Cocksfoot has changed hands at lljrt for seed, ranging to 14lb off the farmers riddles.

BANGIORA. Owing to the rain causing a suspension of harvesting operations, there was an increased attendance at the Rangiora market yesterday. The entry of sheep comprised 1492 fats and 1010 stores. There was a good demand for fat sheep at the following range of pnees:-Best tat lambs 28s, medium weights 2os 7d to 26s .a, lighter sorts 24s 6d to 24s Bd, prime ewes 32s lid to 34s 6d, medium weights 28s to 80s lid, lighter weiehts 25s Id to 275, best wethers 33s 5d to 35s 6d. others 2os Id to 82s. The principal sales were:—Fat lambs -For R Atkinson. 60 at 235; W. Atkinson, 50 at 26s sd; C. Sutherland, 36 at 24s 6d; A. Kerr. 28 at 24s 8d; Barwell Bros., 43 at 25s lid; T. Croft 37 at 265; T Burgin ISO at 25s 7d; S. E. Ritchie, 100 at 24s 7d : C Waters 30 at 26s 7d; J. Hobcroit, 66 at 23* Bd. Ewes-W. Eder, 10 at 275; A. Atkinson. 16 at 29s 6d: Ryan 8r05.,,11 at 295; T. Burgin. 106 at 80s to 33s 6d G. Milne 19 at Ms; S. Ritchie, 12 at 27s 6d; J. Kennedy, 16 at 81s 7d to 34s 6d. WethorsSO at 345: J. Ward, 16 at 29s lid; F. J. Kxon. a!'..t S3s sd;'A. Graham, 19 at 325; G. Milno, 17 at 82s 4d; J. Davis, 43 at 2»s Id to 30s 6d; and A. ffislop.,l9 at 35s 6d. In store sheep tho following lines were sold:-Wethers-27 two and fcyM** «* 26„ 6d, 30 two and four-tooth at 26s 6d, 6 at 26s 6d, 81 at 26s 9d, 69 four-tooth at 29s Id 126 at 28s 6d, 32 at 27s Bd. Lambs--86 at 122 s 2d! 73 at 24s 3d, 147 at 20s 6d, S6s at 24s id 62 at 16s 2d, 32 at 19s 4d, 29 at 14s 10d.' Ewes-16 aged ewesat Bs, 1. ewes and lambs (all counted) 10s lOd. - -Fifteen-head of cattle-were yarded. Fat cows made £ll 10s to £l3 17s 6d, store cows M 10s to £B, calves. £3 10s to £4 5s bulls £4 to £l2 10s, dairy cow £8 10s to £l2 About 60 pigs were penned. |aconers made. 80s to IOOa. stores Bos to 68s, and small pigs 26s to 345. „ In the poultry yards roosters made os a couple, hens 2s 9d. ducks 5s 3d, turkey hens sS ln d tie o produce yards chickwheat brought 6s 6d a bushel, oat, 4s to 4s 6d, peas 6s. grass seed 3s 6d. P*^J 2 " bag) 20s, oatsheaf chaff 4s to 4s 6d a bag. straw chaff 2s, potatoes 18lb for Is. apples 2a to 4s a case, apricots 6s a case, plums Id to ljd a lb, onions 6d a string. TINWALD There 'was a large attendance of farmers and buyers at the Tinwald yards yesterday The varding of fat sheep aggregated 1-77, and included 450 ewes, 384 wethers and 943 lambs. The ewes and wethers were made tip of small linos. Bidding .was keen from the start, and practically tho whole of the yard ing of fate changed luvnds at satisfactory prices. Mr E. F. J. Grigg (Eiffelton) topped tho market in ewes, and sold 39 at 33s 6d. Mr J. Williams (Maronan; secured tho highest price for wethers, and sold a, line at 34s 8d and others at 34s 6d. Mr J. Rowntreo (Willowby) obtained the highest price lor lambs, and sold 21 at 28s 3d. Fat ewes, sold at from 26s to 33s 6d, wethers from 28s 3d to 34s SA, ana lambs from 24s to 26s 3d. Sales were as follow:-Fat shecp-E.wes: ■>l at 30s 4d 39 at 33e 6d, 11 at 07s 6 at 28s, 12 at 27s sd, 13 at 28s 2d, 5 at 31s, 24 at 30s 5d 15 at 30s 9d, 13 at 30s 2d, 12 at 30s sd, 12'at 29s Id, 17 at 26s Bd, 20 at 26s Id. 21 at 29s 12 at 28s 9d, 40 at 27s 3d, 60 at 26s lOd, 0 it 27s Id, 6 at 26s 3d, 8 at 265, 2 at 80s. Wethers: 18 at 34s Gd, 18 at 345, 19 at 34s 3d, IS at 345. 1 at 34s Id, 3 at 81s 9d, 7 at 31s, 15 at 80s, 15 at 30s, 23 at 295, 23 at 29s 9d, 7 at 34s 23 at 30s, 26 at, 31s, 60 at 32a Id, 40 at 32s 4d, 4 at 28s 3d, i at 32s 6d, 16 at 34e 8d 18 at 34s Bd, 15 at 34s Bd, 12 at 33s 6d. Lambs: 37 at 27s Bd, 5 at 26s 6d, 21 at 2Sa 3d, 23 at 25s 4d. 79 at 245, 17 at 25s 6d, 50 at •''Ss 2d, 78 at 275, 108 at 26s id, 57 at 275, 113*at 27=!, 100 at 26s 3d. 119 at 26s 4d. There was a good yarding of store sheep, aggregating 3741, and of these 2666 -were lambs, 794 ewes and the balance of 545 were wethers. The sale opened quietly, and the first five pens of lambs were passed at auction. The passings aggregated 1374, and these were principally lambs. Tho following were the sales: —Two hundred and forty-eight twotooth three-quarter-bred ewes, 30s 6d; 245 two-tooth tlnee-quarter-bred wethers, 25s 7d; "01 half-bred mixed Eex lambs, 21s; 206 at 2is; 300 two-tooth half-bred wethers, 235; 343* three-quarter-bred ewe lambs, 24s 6d; 107 half-bred mixed sex lambs, 24s 7d; 43 fat and forward rapo ewes, 25b Id; 50 at 25s 3d; 81 four, six and eight-tooth half-bred ewes, 33s 6d; 46 at 31s 2d; 185 half-bred mixed sex lambs (small), 19s; 114 half and three-quar-ter-bred rape ewos, 22s 2d; 108 sound-mouth

three-quarter-bred ewes, 33s Id; 90 sound and failing-mouth cross-bred ewes, 27s 3d. There was only a small yarding of both fat and store cattle. The only passings in the fats were two bullocks at £l6 ss. Fat cows sold well, and the highest price reached was £l4 15s. In tho store pens a springing TloU stein cow changed hands at £l3. The iollqwin<* prices were obtained :—Fat pens—Two cows at £l3 12s 6d, 2 at £l3 ss, 1 nt £l2 17s 6d, 2 at £ll 15s, 1 at £l4 ss, 1 at £8 15s, heifor at £l3 las, 3 fit £l2 12s 6d. StoresSpringing cows at £l3, 3 young cattlo at. £3, springing heifsr at £ll 15s, empty cow at £5 ss. MAYFIELD. * Them was a sood attendance at the monthly stock sale held at tho Mayfield yards en Monday. Tho yardinnr of. sheep was fair, and taken all round tho prices were on a par with thoso realised at recent sales. The entry consisted principally of fat lambs, values rising as high a* 26a 9d for a pen of extra good sorts. Prime wethers, of which the yarding was very small, brought up to 32s 2d J|>; and fat owes up to 373 3d. Sales were effected as follow: Fat Sheep—Lambs: 20 at 265, 25 at 245, 152 at 255, 127 at 2os 4d, 113 at 255, 66 at 26s 9d 110 at 255, SO at 03s 6d, 105 at 265, 93 at 24s 6d, 67 at 16s. Ewes: 32 at 27s Id, 16 at 32s Id. .13 at 37s 3d, 12 at 27s Id, 8 at 26s 6d, 7 at 27s 4d, 15 at 2€s 9d, G at 21s Bd, 9 at 27s 9d. 1 pen at &>s. Wethers: 6 at 32s 2d, 1 at 2Ss. Store Sheep—Lambs: 140 at 23s Id. Ewes: 79 at Us 7d, 150 sound-mouth ewes at 29s Id. eggs" Messrs Harris Bros, report that at tho auction sale or guaranteed fresh eggs held yesterday there was a good entry and every lot was sold at the following prices:—First grade hen eggs Is 8d per dozen, second grades Is 7d, and duck eggs Is Bd. 180