THE MARKETS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 395, 24 April 1908, Page 7

THE MARKETS.

GRAIN REPORT. Mr F. Pownall, of the N.Z. and Canterbury Farmers' Co-Op. Asstns., Wellington, reports as folllows (all quotations f.0.b., port of shipment, sacks free) Oats: Business apparently, is oonfined to extensive coastal orders under completion, with small Eastern Australian fillings for A Grades. Season's growings are mainly later, receiving active enquiry for both milling and seed purposes. B Grade Danish and S-Bills rule at 2s 6d, gardons 2s 7d, duns 2s Bd. seeds 2s lOd. Wheat: Unfavourable advices are restricting South Australian exports homewards, checking further advance, with a reflect on Dominion values. Should flour ease locally, wheat will sympathise. Tuscan and Velvet seed 4s Bd, fowl feed more available at 4s 6d. Potatoes: Quality is turning out satisfactory, though' on small side, blighted districts having greatly diminished. Whites are steady at £4 ss, blues £4 10s. Maize : Moderate turnover at 4s 7d. Barley: Malting quiet at 5s 3d, feed 3s 6d. seed, Cape, 4s 6d. Peas: Partridge stand at 4s, ex- | ports thinning. Split £15 10s. Bran: In good supply at £5 2s 6d. Pollard: Nominally off boards at £6 10s. Catmeal: 25s firm at £18. Rolled oats £18. Oatinia 10s 6d. Ohaff: Stores are comfortably filled, and reserves South heavy. Bright cut demands 955, medium 90s. Winter will enhance value slightly. Straw ohaff 655. Hay: Pressed straw lists at 42s 6d, rye-clover hay 85s.

N.Z. L. & M. A. CO., Ltd. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile , Agency Company, Limited, report as follows:—At Palmerston on Thursday we had a medium entry of sheep and cattle and quitted the bulk of the yarding at late rates. We quote; Forward wethera 13s, forward lambs Bs. Cattle: Store cows 15s to 265, forward oows 33s to 465, yearling heifers 17«, 18-fluonth heifers 22d 6d to 235. 18-month steers odours) 29s 6d, weaners 9s 6d,forward empty heifers £2 15s, fat heifers £4 ss, fat cows £3 10s to £4 7s 6d. Last week we held a most successful sale Qf dairy on account of Mr 0. Pedetsen, of Jackeytown. Dairy cows made up to £15 The whole herd averaged £6; hulls £5 ss, weaner heifers 23s 6d, pigs, weaners, 6s 6d, store lis to 12s 6d, porkers 23s 6d to 28s 6d, DALGETY & CO., Ltd. Dalgetj and Company, Ltd. .report 0I ! tneir Palmerston North stock sale held yesterday. We had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. There,was a keen demand for all young and good conditioned sheep. Young ewes and forward wethers and lamos sold well. Cattle were not in'great demand, except for forward and fat bullocks, for which the domand was keen. We quote as under .—Good 2-th wetliers lis 2d to lis 9d, forward 2-fch wethers 13s, medium fat lambs ICs Bd, forward lambs 8s 7d, prime fat ewes 13s 6s. A nice line of 162 2-th Eomney ewes on account of W. I. Lovelock realised 16s Gd,fat cows £4 7s 6d,medium fat bullocks £7 7s 6d, light prime fat bullocks £8, 4-year bullocks £5 18s, small 3-year steers £4 7s 6d, aged cows 245.

ABRAHAM & WILLIAMS, Ltd.] Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reportAt Palmerston on Thursday a large yarding of all classes of stock was submitted. Bidding was not particularly brisk but most lines found purchasers at the following quotations: Fat and forward wethers 14s to 15s 6d, forward wethers 12s 6d to 13s, 2-th store wethers 10s to 10s 2d, small 2-th wethers 9s to 9s 6d, fat ewes 12s 2d to 13s Gd, fat and forward lambs s)s Bd, woolly lambs 6s 9d to 7s Id, shorn lambs 6s Id, cull lambs ewes in lamb (mixed ages) 9s to 10s. Forward bullocks £6 2s 6d, 8 and 4year bullocks £5 ss, steers £3 Is to £3 4s, 18-iuonfchs steers 37s 6d, fat cows £4 los to £5 12s, forward cows £2 2s 6d to £2 14s, 18months heifers 31s, heifers in calf 30s to £2 4s, store cows 5s to 30s, weaners 8s to 3s 6d.