THE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1514, 7 March 1901, Page 34

THE MARKETS

Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd., report the following wholesale selling prices on the Wellington produce market: Wheat, 2s 7d to 2s 8d per bushel; oats Is lOd to 2s 2d ; barley, 2s; maize, 3s; flour, £7 per ton; pollard, £4 10s ; bran, £3 15s; oatmeal, £'10; chaff, £3 ss: hay, £4 ss; field beans, 3s per bushel; field peas, 3s 4d; potatoes, £4 to £4 15s per*ton; onions, £6 to £6 10s; ryegrass seed, 2s. 9d to- 4s 3d per bushel; cocksfoot seed, 2jd to 3jd per pound ; butter, dairy 7d to Bd, separator 9d; .cheese, factory bacon, Ojd; fowls, 2s 9d per pair; roosters, 3s per pair ; ducks, 3s 3d to 3s 9d per pair; turkeys, 7s to> 10s per pair; geese, 4s 6d per pair; fresh eggs, la Id to Is 3d per dozen. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and'Co., in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on their Johnsonville sale : —Fat cattle equal to requirements, made their values. With few exceptions the quality was very indifferent, especially the cows. Fat bullocks', £7 10s to £8 10s; stores and light weight, £5 ss ; to £7 ; fat cows, £4 to £4 12s 6d. Sheep were in larger supply. Heavy wethers were easier; other sorts were without alteration. Prime wethers, 15s 6d to 16s 6d; extra, 17s; good wethers, I4s lOd; lighter, 14 s; prime ewes, 13s lid; extra, 15 s; fat ewes, 12s to 13s 3d; lambs, 8s 3d to' 10s. THE STOCK MARKET. NAPIER, March 5. Messrs Williams and Kettle!, at their Waipulrurau monthly stock sale to-day, offered a very full yarding of sheep and cattle. There was a large attendance of West Coast and Canterbury buyers. Cattle realised from £2 15s for yearling steers up to £6 11s 6d for 3-year-old bullocks; fat, heavy cows, £6. 16s 6d. Sheep, in sympathy with outsjde markets, showed a fall in prices. The best lots were passed, but a number of lines were quitted at from 9s to l!?s 6d» for 2 and 4-tooth ewes; 8s to 11s for 2-tooth wethers ; 9s 9d to 10s 4d for 4 and 6tooth wethers, inferior and medium sorts.