THE MARKETS.

New Zealand Mail, 27 August 1902, Page 55 (Supplement)

THE MARKETS.

m „ Acent-General has cabled as lolthe Agricultural Department lows to lgtll 6 August.—There has been iu the mutton market a Seek. There is a better tone lamb market tins week. Aver- & New Zealand lamb, Canter®g® tnd is sd. New Zealand lamb, ’Canterbury, 4|d.~ Beef marW fimi Stocks of New Zealand beef ket haud*aro light. New Zealand hinds fores 4d. Hemp market firm. °> to-day for g° od f air Wellington % on spot is £34. Soptember-No-Ser shipments £3l 10s.”

Laery and Co., Ltd., Jervois quay, reDort the following wholesale selling on the Wellington produce mar.—Wheat (fowls 5 ), 3s 7d to 3s 8d per whel; feed oats, 3s to 3s 3d; Tars’ seed, 3s sd; dun oats, 3s M- barley, ‘3s 3d per bushel; 4s 3d per bushel; flour, 111 per ton; pollard, 140 s per ton; hran 135 s per ton; oatmeal, £l4 to £l4 10s per ton; oat sheaf chaff, £5 5s to £o 10s per ton; hay, £4 10s per ton- horse beans, 4s 3d per bushel; cocksfoot seed, dressed 4Jd to 4|d, fanners’ parcels 3d to 3Jd per lb; <eed potatoes, Beauty of Hebron, £7, Fluke Kidney £6, Early Hose £7, Peach Blossom, Victory, Breeze’s Pro- ' ii£ o 100 s, White Star 100 s, Magnum Bonum 100 s, Vermonts 100 s, Derwents 70s to 80s; onions, £5 10s to £6 per ton; pastry butter, 9|d per lb; cheese, sid,’ factory; bacon, 7d, best factory; hams, 7jd; rolls, 71d; fowls, 3s Gci to 4s per pair; ducks, 4s Gd to os per pair; turkeys, hens 7s to 8s per pair, gobblers 9s to 11s per pair; geese, os Gd per pair; fresh eggs, 9d to lOd per dozen; cabbages, 4s to’ os Gd per sack; cauliflowers, 8s to 12s per sack for choice; pumpkins, £3 to £3 10s per ton; marrows, os to Gs per sack; cooking apples, os to 7s per 40lb case; dessert apples, 7s to 10s per 401 b case; red carrots, 50s ; swedes, 40s per ten; parsnips, 5s to Gs per sack.

Messrs Thompson Bros., Ltd., Harris street, report the following prices ruling on the Wellington produce market during the past week:—Wheat, 3s 6d to 3s 8d per bushel; oats, 3s Id to 3s 3d per bushel ; seed oats, Sparrowbill 3s 4d, Tartarian 3s 4d to 3s 5d per bushel, Gartons 3s 3d per bushel; maize, .Is lOd to 4s per bushel; barley, 3s 3d to i.s 6d per bushel; flour, £ll per ton; oatmeal, £l4 10s per ton; pollard, £7 5s per ton; bran, £6 5s per-ton; hay, £4 10s per ton; oaten-sheaf chaff, £5 os to £5 10s per ton; horse beans, 4s 3d per bushel; potatoes, £4 to £4 5s per ton; onions, £4 10s to £5 per ton; dairy butter, 9d to 9kl per lb; factory cheese, s£d per lb; bacon, 7d per lb; rolls, 7jd per lb; hams, 7jd per lb; fowls, 3s yd to 4s per pair; ducks, 4s to 4s Gd per pair; eggs, fresh, lid to Is per dozen; cabbages, 4s to 7s per sack; cauliflowers, choice 9s to 10s Gd per sack, medium 6s to 8s per sack; pumpkins, 3s 6d to 4s per sack; marrows, 3s 9d to 4s 3d per sack; cooking apples, Gs to 8s per case of 401 b : dessert apples, 10s to 14s per case of 401 b ; bananas, 12s to 14s per case, scarce; oranges, 9s to 10s per packer; carrots, 2s Gd per cwt.; swedes, 2s 6d to 3s per sack; parsnips, 5s to Gs per sack; fungus, 5d per lb; seed potatoes, £5 to £7 per ton.

JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALES. . Freeman R. Jackson and Co. (in conjunction with Abraham and Williams) report on their Jolmsonville sales as follows:—An average entry of bullocks from medium to prime quality. Competition was keen for prime bullocks. We quote Beef, 24s to 255; best bulW £il to£l2 10s: others, £9 15s to W bullocks, £8 17s bci to £9 2s Gd. A larger entry of sheep than usual met a good sale. Best wethers, 15s 9d to 17s 4d; others, 15s; best ewes, 14s sd; others, 12s lid to ■los <d.

SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. ~ CHRISTCHURCH, August 20. cohL Addin j? ton to ‘ day -l 91 fat J rded. There was a -stirring .taomJ, and tho hoik of the yard"lf 3 s ° ld at 26s to 30s per 1001 b, r.° 2 '^ s ‘ Best steers 17s Cl + £l4 10s ’ otllers £5 lfk £1 n’- p^ime heifers £9 to £lO • ’ iers £° 2s Gd to £8 ss, extra ?? ? CO n£ £l ° to £n 2s 6d > good £7 15s to £9 17s Gd, others £5 to £7

excellent v go , ocl yardln ß met an SW sale - Yearlings £1 Gs, fifteen to eighteen-months £2 3s Gd to £3 13s, w; yCar nf tccrs £4 t 0 £4 9s 6d, do! olde/tn - £4 ®s, three-years and TTnV k £7 ’ dairy cows £3 5s to £8 15s. wethers 5 ~ 60 ? 0 ’ ™°? tiy lines -of few at - 1Q £uyors ® ydney took a weli f 9 n ? nd , 23s 6d t P«me heavyto 1 k ° local but phers at 22s Gd but St? 1 ” 6 buycrs reduced limits, 20s. Mnnt r lr numbe .r at 15s Gd and drawn unfinished were withcouS 1, f° to factory on owners’ acPrime m hl - 6 other ? sold at i2s to 15s. others watbers J ss to l 9s lid, made ll d< ? ko ,j’ 4s - Yhe few ewes in K 6d + ss 46s - 10d for good and % bd to 14s Gd for others. Hat lambs— 520. Half a dozen of this

season’s 8s Gd to lGs, freezers 12s 3d to 13s Gd, inferior 11s to 12s.

Storo sheep—3os3. A mixed entry met good sale. Forward wetihers 14s to 15s, backward 11s 7d to, 12s od, good sound ewes 12s 6d, i3s 6d to 15s 3d, aged 5s 3d to 8s 9d, forward hoggets 9s 9d to 10s lOd, others 7s to 8s 9d.

, Pigs—443: Mr Prisma, a buyer from bydney, caused excitement in the market. Fat baconers 36s and 40s, and up to 70s, porkers 30s to 355, large stores 28s, smaller 12s to 18s, suckers and weaners 8s to 11s. DUNEDIN, August 20. At Burnside market to-day 111 fat cattle were yarded, chiefly of medium quality. Notwithstanding the small supply prices showed no improvement, butchers having supplies on hand from private transactions. Best bullocks £9 15s to £lO 15s, one pen extra prime £ll 12s 6d, medium £8 to £9 ss, heif£6 to £7 2s Gd, cows £6 to £7. Fat sheep—2436 were penned, which proved equal to requirements, although 600 were taken for export and 300 by outside buyers. Prices for medium quality wethers and ewes, of which there was a large proportion, showed a decline of Is per head. Prime were practically unchanged. Best wethers 16s to 17s 3d, extra'prime 18s to 19s 9d, medium 13s 3d to 15s 3d, small 12s Gd to 13s 9d, best ewes 15s 3d to 16s 3d, medium 14s to 14s Gd, aged 9s Gd to 10s Gd.

Lambs—l 44 were yarded, prices ruling firm, at last week’s rates. Best lambs 13s 9d, others 7s to 9s 9d.

Pigs—229 were penned, prices ruling unchanged. Suckers 8s to 11s, slips 12s to 15s, stores 17s to 235, porkers 27s 6d to 38s, baconers 43s Gd to 595, heavy pigs 60s to 70s.

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS

SYDNEY, August 20. Wheat, 4s 10s to ss. Flour, £9 15s to £10; Manitoban, £l2 15s. Oats, feeding, Algerian, 3s 8d; New Zealand and Tasmanian, 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Barley, Cape, 4s 3d to 4s Gd. Maize, prime local, 6s 3d; Argentine, Gs. Peas. Prussian Blue, prime, Bs. Bran and pollard, Is 9d to Is 9jd. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £6 5s to £6 10s; New Zealand Derwents, £4 15s to £5; Early Rose, £7 10s to £7 16s. Onions, Victorian, £7 ro £8 10s; New Zealand, £4 to £5 ss. Butter, local, prime, to Is 9kl; New Zealand best, Is 8d to Is BJd. Cheese, New Zealand prime loaf, 94d; large white, 83d to 9d. Bacon, 9d”to 10id.

MELBOURNE, August 20. Wheat, 4s 7d to 4s 7-t-d. Flour, to £9 15s. Oats, Algerian feeding, 3s 2ct to 3s old. Barley, inciting, 4s to 4s 9d. Maize, 5s 3d to 5s Bd. Bran and pollard, Is Bd. Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 15s. Onions, scarce, to £8 10s. Butter, New Zealand, in bond, fresh, Is Gd; stored, Is sd.

ADELAIDE, August 20. Wheat, buyers 4s Gd, sellers want 2d more. Flour, £9 5s to £9 10s. Oats, Algerian, to 3s 4d; stout, to 3s 7d. Bran and pollard, Is 7d.

CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET.

Wheat.—Hunter’s, Pearl and Tu scan, 3s 9)d to 3s lOd, at country stations, according to distance from port. Oats.—Long' feed 2s 3d, short feed 2s 3d to 2s 4cl; milling Canadians (nominal), 2,s od, at country stations. Barley (nominal).—Prime 3s to 3s Gd, at country stations.

Beans. 3s 4d to 3s 4)d, at couhtry stations.

Peas.—Partridge 3s Gd, Blue Prussians 5s Gd to 5s 9d, at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations).—Roller, £lO 10s per ton. ' Pollard.—£6. Bran.—£s ss. Oatmeal.—£ls. Potatoes.—Beauty of Hebron £4. kidneys £4 to £4 ss, and Derwents £2 2s Gd to £2 ss, at country stations. Onions.—£3 (nominal), at country stations.

Oat-sheaf Chaff.—£3 5s to £3 10s, at country stations. •

Grass Seed.—Ryegrass, prime heavy, town dressed, 4s 3d to 4s Gd; ryegrass, Italian, town dressed, 4s Gd; cocksfoot. 3d for off colour, to 3|d for bright 121 b, for bright 141 b seed; town machine-dressed, to 4fd;' white clover, 8d to 9}d; cowgra.ss, weathered, 5d to 6}d.

Dairy Produce.—Cheese, factory, 4}d to sd; dairy, 4d to 4.1 d; butter, factory, local, Is 3d; North Island, Is Id; dairy, lOd; salt (in boxes), 9d; bacon, hams, 7d to 8d; factory bacon and hams, id higher f.o.b.

OTAGO PRODUCE MARKET. Oats. —We are pleased to report that during the past week there has been considerable activity in the market. Somewhat exaggerated reports as to the advance in prices have appeared during the past few days, which were not borne out by Monday’s selling values. There is, however, a decidedly stronger tone. Prime quality is readily saleable at an advance of Id to l|d per bushel, and medium discoloured sorts, if sound and suitable for shipment, at 2d per bushel in excess of late quotations. We quote: Seed li' 10 '’* 2s 8d to 2s lOd; prime milling, Gid to 2s 8d; best feed, 2s

5d to 2s 6£d; good, 2s 4d to 2s sd; medium, 2s to 2s 3d per bushel (sacks extra),

Wheat.— Millers’ requirements are chiefly confined to prime milling qualrty, for which tihere is a fair demand on the basis of late values. For other sorts there is moderate demand at prices which show no alteration. Wo ■Quote: Prime milling, 3s lOd to 4s 3d; medium, 3s 2d to 3s 9d; whole fowl wheat, 3s to 3s Id; broken and damaged, 2s 6d to 2s 10d per bushel (sacks extra).

Potatoes.—Local stocks are now much reduced,. and any fresh consignments meet with* better demand, and are readily quitted.. We quote: Best Derwents, £3 5s to £3 10s; choice, to £3 15s; medium to good, £2 10s to £3 per ton (bags in). Chaff.—Prime oaten sheaf is offering sparingly, and commands ready sale at prices fully equal to late values. The market is well supplied with chaff of medium quality, which is not greatly m favour with buyers, and is difficult to quit at late values. We quote: Prime oaten sheaf, £4 5s to £4 12s El • good, £3 15s to £4 2s Gd; medium’ £3 to £3 10s; inferior and straw chaff, L- to £2 15s per ton (bags extra).

SYDNEY, August 19. At the fat stock sales yesterday sixty New Zealand fat wethers were sold at prices ranging from 31s to 335. Some lots were withheld in consequence of the decline in prices.