STOCK SALES.
Christchurch, August 22. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report (per Mr E. G. Staveley) as follows : —At Addington yards to-day there were full entries. There were about 5000 sheep. Fat sheep were slightly easier ; prime crossbred wethers, los to 17s 6d ; exceptionally heavy, 20s ; mixed sexes, 13b 6d to los; light weights, l^ 3 13s; prime merino wethers, 11s Gd to 14s 3d ; medium, Sa 9d ; prime mutton, 3d per lb. There was a brisk inquiry for store sheep; Cattle market.—Fat cattle maintained good value ; bullocks, L 6 to L 7 ; cows and heifers, L 5 to L 6 10s ; exceptional weights, LS ; beef, 16s to 20s per 1001 b. Store cattle unchanged. There was a fair demand for dairy stock. Pigs.—There was a moderate entry, and a good demand at late rates. Dunedin, August 22. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report (per Mr D. Stronach) as follows : —• Cattle 7 3 were yarded : beat bullocks, LS 2s 6d to LlO ; medium, L 5 7s 6d to L 7 17s 6d ; others, L 4 5s to L 5 ; beef, ordinary, 17s 6d ; prime, 20s per 1001 b. Sheep—2s6S were yarded ;. best crossbred wethers, 14s to 17s 9d; ordinary, jo s 6d to 13s 6d; best crossbred ewes, 13s 6d to 15s 6d ; others, 10s 7d to 12s 7d ; merino wethers, 7s to 11s 6d ; muttoD, lgd to 2£d per lb. Pigs—l 24 were penned ; suckers, 6s to 13s 6d ; stores, 15s to 24s ; porkers, 283 to 32s ; baconers, 45s to 655.
KAYE AND CARTER’S WEEKLY REPORT OF THE CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Wheat—Prime Tuscan, 3s; Pearl, 3s; Hunter’s, 3s lid. Fowlwbeat—Good whole, 2s Sd ; broken, 2s 3d. Oats—Prime milling, 2s 2d ; duns, 2s ; Danish. Is 10c! ; black ‘Nubians,’ 2s 3d ; bright short feed, 2s. Barley—Prime seed, Chevalier 4s 6d ; Cape, 3s ; malting, 4s and 43 3d ; feed, 2s 6d ; pearl, £IS 10s. Peas—Prussian blues. 2s 9d ; feed, 2s Sd ; ‘ Partridge,’ 3s ; white, 3s ; duns, 3s ; split, £ls. Beans—Good whole, 2s 9d ; medium, 2s Bd. Flour—Roller, £8 ; stone, £7 10s. Bran, 60s ; sharps, 62s 6d ; pollard, 60s. Oatmeal (in 25’s), £9 15s, (in7’s) £ll 10s. Rye corn, 3s 6d, Linseed, £ls. Ryo grass—Machine-dressed, 3s ; farmers’ lots, 2s 6d. Cocksfoot—Heavy-dressed, 3Jd; medium, 3M. Oat-sheaf chaff, £3. Hay—Baled, £3 15s , Hops—lid to-ls, f.o.b. Nelson. Honey, 4d. Onions—£s; Carrots—4o3 ; Swedes-35s ; English white clover, 70s per cwt. ; red clover, 5Ss do. ; Alsyke, 755; cowgrnss, 64s ; English cow-graßS, 853 ; Timothy, 4Ss. All the above are Hurst & Sms’ seeds. PotatoesPrime Derwents, 67s 6d (sacks included); bath, lapstone, flake and ‘Magnum Bonums,’ 72s 6d. Ashleaf, 80s. Early Rose £6. Butter—Prime, lid (nominal). CheeseLoaf, 4d to 4|d ; medium 3£d. Hamß Sid ; bacon, 6gd ; Handß, 7d. Lard—ln bladders, 4yd. The above quotations are all f.0.b., Lyttelton ; sacks and packages extra, except where otherwise specified.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 860, 24 August 1888, Page 16
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