THE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1507, 17 January 1901, Page 54

THE MARKETS

ALDINGTON LIRE STOCK SAIDS. CHRISTCHURCH, January DU At Addington to-day the entries were : —-5500 fat" sheep, 5500 fat lambs, 3650 store slieep, 318 cattle, and 435 pigs. Fat cattle —Mostly light weight- heifers and cows, with only a few steers. Heavy sorts were slightly easier, hut handy weights sold well. Good to prime beef, 22s to 245, others 18s to 21s per 1001 b. ; steers, £6 to £9, up to_ £ll 10s for extra good; heifers, £6 15s to £7 12s 6d, cows £4 17s 6cl to £7 ss, dairy cotvs £4 10s to £8 ss. Store cattle —A good sale. Threeyear steers, £4 18s, £5 5s ; clo. heifers, £4; three-year mixed, £4; two-year steers, £3 19s; two-year mixed', £3 19s 6d ; yearlings,-£1 10s; cows, £2 7s 6d to £4 17s 6d. Fat sheep—A mixed entry. Good wethers for export sold well at 18s to 22s 3d; others, ' easier, were at 16s to 17s 6d. Best ewes were in good demand at 36s to 19s; others, in excess of supply, 13s to los. Merino wethers, 12s to 17s 6d. Lambs—There was keen demand for freezing, and 4000 were taken for export at 15s to 17s lOd ; others, 13s 9d to 14s 6cl. Store sheep —All were keenly competed for. Wethers,' 16s, 17s 3d, 17s Bd, to 18s lOcl; ewes, 15s to 18s 6cl; ewes and lambs, 9s to 12s 5d all counted; lambs, 10s ocl to 14s 4d. Pigs—Fats were without alteration. Baconers, 32s to 40s, equal to 3|d per lb; porkers, 21s to 31s 6d, or 3RI to 4d per lb . Stores improved in demand from 11s 6d to 19s. AUSTRALIAN MARKET REPORT. SYDNEY, January 9. Wheat, chick 2s 3d to 2s 4d, milling 2s 6ld to 2s 7d. Flour, £6 to £6 10s;. 35,000 half-sacks have been shipped to South Africa. Manitoba is quoted at £lO 17s 6d to £ll. Oats, feeding, prime New Zealand 2s Id to 2s 2d, medium Is 9d to Is 10d. local Is 7d to Is lid. Barley, Cape 2s co 2s 3d, feeding 2s to 2s 2d. Maize, prime 3s to 3s 2d. Peas, 3s to 3s 6d. Bran, to 7fd ! . Pollard, 83d to 9d. Potatoes, £4 to £6 15s. Onions, Victorian £5 ss. Butter, dairy 7£d to Bd, creamery Bld to 9d. Cheese, 6d, choice loaf d. Bacon. New Zealand flitches 5d to 5/cl. The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent- the slightly lower values obtained by recognised brokers. MELBOURNE, January 9. Wheat, old 2s 9d, new 2s 8d"to 2s Oats, active, Is 7cl to Is 9d. Barley, 2s 6d to 2s 9d. Maize, 2s Bran, 9d. Pollard, IORI to lid. Potatoes, £6 to £6 os. Onions, £4 to £4 ss. ADELAIDE, January 9. Wheat, sales at 2s Bld to' 2s 9d; sellers want 2s lOd. Flour, £6 5s to £6 7s 6d. Qats, Alegrian Is 7d to Is lOd, stout 2s to 2s 3d. Bran. 9td Pollard.