THE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, 22 January 1902, Page 58

THE MARKETS

Messrs Freeman R. Jacksc (in conjunction with Messrs and Williams) report on their v.llo sale as follows:-There demand all round. Beef sold a i values than last week, a few nice handy weights of good # ing over 21s per 1001 b. Bert ie made from £8 2s Gd to £8 irk £7 10s to £B. A line of 19 3 otl *n ferssold up to £7 2s (g, “gS * 8s Gd. Best ewes made 9s Gd others 8s lid to 9s, good lambs in! others 9s Id to 9s 4d, inferior!,? 8s Gd, medium wethers 10s 8d

Al STRALIAN PRODFC'E MARFETB Wheat, chick, prime. 2s 2s lid to 3s Old Flour £7M"* toban, £ll 10s to £l2 ss. Oats T maiuan, 3s 4d; local Algerian L’Jf 2s 7d. Barley, 2sßd to°2s 0d 3s 4d to 3s Gd. Bran, 10id p® ls Id. Potatoes, prime, Onions, A lctorian, £4 15s to £5 pT ter. creamery, lOd. Cheese, New 7 land, large white. 7d. Bacon (L t Bjd. .Hams, New Zealand, 9-Jd’to l(to° MELBOOTXB, Wheat, laige, business firm, SsOiili 3s Id. Flour, £7 ss, Oats, feedinl *r genan, 2s 2d to 2s 4d ; milling, 2 f 6d' Barley, prime, 4s to 4s 4d. MajJ ,' Bran. 10jd. Pollard. 10',d to lOld’p! Lrtoes, £3 to £3 15s. Onions, £4^

STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, January! At Addington market to-dav twl. tr- of stock was large, particularly J respect of freezing lambs and fat e™ Fat cattle-139 head, chiefly S weight steers and heifers, for whirl! demand was dull. Prices receded it 2j 1001 b on last week’s quotations. Bes steers sold from £6 5s to £lO inlieifcm. ® 17s 6d to £7 from £0 to £9. A allies ranged from2b to 23s per 1001 b for best beef, Us cow and inferior quality. Store sheep—The largest entry 0! tins class that has been in the yards for months past met with ready sale, practically every line being disposed 0* at fairly satisfactory rates. Of 61851 yarded, 1800 were 'cross and half-bred! wethers of good quality, which met-M ready sale as follows:— Four and six.j tooths, at 12s lid to 13s Id: trotooths at 12s 3d and 12s 2d: ewes ail lambs, 8s sd. all counted. Lambs s/I well, though many were poorandEiS at 7s Id to 11s 7cL Fat lambs—About, 4000 were vanß Operations were active for all of'a noil quality for export. A satisfartory clearance was made at a slight advacre on last week’s quotations at 14s to 14s 7cl. tr, .

Fat sheep—Over 3000, the bulk bein|! half and crossbred ewes, locally reared bringing from 13s 9d to 15s lid. Lines of wethers from the North Island, which, with a bit of topping up here, will make excellent freezers, sold at 13s 9d to 15s Id.

Store cattle—An exceptionally heavy entry._ Yearlings, 24s to 28s-; fifteen and eighteen-months old, 38s to 435; two-year-old steers, £3 7s 6d to £4l2s Gd; two-year-oid heifers, £3 3s to £3 10s; three-year-old steers, £6 10s; heifers, £4 8s to £4lss; dry cows ranged from 25s to £4 2s 6d; dairy cattle, prices ranged from £3 3s to £9 ss. Pigs—A large entry. Best baconers, 38s to 52s Gd ; porkers, 25s to 325; stores 11s Gd to 235; slips, suckers and weaners, from 7s 6d, according to quality.; Baeoners, best quality equalled 3|d lb, second quality 3jd per lb; porkers, 3Jd to 4d tier lb. DUNEDIN, January 15. At Burnside market 147 fat cattle were yarded. This proved sufficient, and prices were on a par with last wees, Best bullocks, £9 to £lO : good, £8 lw to £9; best cows and heifers, £7 to #1 good, £5 15s to £6 10s; others, £4P to £5 10s. ■'% Fat sheep—2lß4. This number prorej rather in excess of requirements, prices were fully 2s per head below week. Best wethers, 15s Gd to 16st3“i a few extra heavy, 17s; good wetKft 14s Gd to 15s ; good, 12s to 13s 3d; best ewes, 14s to 15s; good, i2s to 13s 3a. Pigs—l7s. Stores and suckers ® with good competition, but porkers baeoners were not so strongly comp® for. Suckers, 9s to 11s: stores, 225; slips, 12s Gd to 17s 6d; 24s to 31s; light baeoners, 32s to < baeoners, 40s to 48s; heavy pig s > u " , 555.

LONDON, January tt. Messrs AV. AA T eddel and Co. s review of the moat trade states tn» imports of River Plate mutton to j year totalled 2.G30.839 carcases, , Australian, 796,055; of New jt. 8 1,838,333. The beef imports from River Plato amounted to 771,9-' , from New Zealand 228,12Gcwt;

from Australia, 2G3,348cwt. rondos Wool.—For the forthcoming Cow colonial salos 211,437 bales e ot , ed. About 61,000 bales have been warded direct to the manufactur and 193.000 are available for tn