THE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1626, 29 April 1903, Page 65 (Supplement)

THE MARKETS

Freeman R. Jackson and Co., J:i conjunction with Abraham and Williams, report on their Johnson vide '-ale as follows:—A fair yarding of bullocks of prime quality and a. few good cows sold freely. Ox beef 23s 6ci, row beef 20s Best bullocks £9 to £9 10s, others £8 10s, £8 15s, £8 7s 6d. cows £6.155. light £5 10s. An average yarding of sheep of good quality sold freely. Ewes 9s lid, 10s; wethers 14s Id, 13s 9d. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, April 22. Wheat, South Australian milling, nominally 5 s lid; prime seed, 6s 7d : Manitoban, 5s 9d; Californian, 5s 3d; chick, medium, 4s 9d; New Zealand, ss. Flour, £l2 10s; Manitoban, £l2 15s. Oats. New Zealand and Tasmanian milling. 3s ; prime feeding, 2s lOd ; good, 2s 8d to 2s 9d. .Barley, Capo, 4s 3d ; English. 4s 3d to 4s 4d. .'Maize, 4s 6d to 4s Bd. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is od to Is 6d. Potatoes, Circulars, £3 2 S 6d to £3 ss. Onions, Victorian, £3 10s to £3 15s. Butter, Is. Cheese 7d to Bd. Bacon, 9d to Is. MELBOURNE. April 22. Wheat dull, 5s 6d to 5s 9d ; Californian. choice milling. 5s 3d to os 4d,; Manitoban, nominally. 5s lOd. Flour, quiet, £l2. Oats. Algerian. 2s 7d to 2s lOd : seed. 3s to 3s 6d ; white, 2s 9d to 2s 101 d : local Tartarian. 2s 3d. nominal. Barley. 3s 3d to 3s 9d : English, 4s 2d to 4s sd. Maize, nominally 3s ITtf to 4s. Bran, Is 3.91 to Is 4d. ADELAIDE, April 22. Wheat 5s Sri. Flour.quiet,£l2. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is 7d. SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, April 22. At tho Addington market to-day there were fair yardings, and the attendance war; good. Fat cattle—-145 head were yarded. Steers. £6 15s to £lO 7s 6d; heifers, £5 5s to £ll 7s 6d; cows. £5 5s to £lO 12s. Beef ruled at from 24s to 27s per 1001 b. Fat sheep—Tho entry was smaller than has been the case recently, bub included a fair proportion of prime quality ewes and wethers. There was keen competition all round, best ewes being fully a shilling dearer than last week, and wethers firm at late rates. Wethers, extra heavy :.18s 9d to 20s, freezing IGs to 18s 6d: wethers and maiden ewes, 13s Id to 17s lid; owes, freezing 13s to 16s, butchers’ 10s to 17s lOd, extra heavy to 19s Id; merino wet hers 10s 3d to 15s 6d. Fat lambs —There was an average ; yarding, comprising several large dines suitable for export. For all good -sorts there was a brisk demand at late rates. Freezers brought from 12s 4d to 14s ;. tegs, to 15s sd; butchers’. 9s 3d to 14g 9d. Pigs—There was a large yarding, including a consignment of stores from the Waikato district. They were of better quality than those entered from tho same locality , a few weeks ago*. bub met with very poor demand. Fat pigs sold better, but the market is weakening. Baconers brought fro-m 45s to 50s, equal to from 491 to od per lb; porkers, 30s to 38s, equal to' old per lb; stores, 20s to. 265.: medium, 15s to il9s; weathers, Ss to 13s. DUNEDIN, April 22. At Burnside to-day, 217 cattle were yarded, prices 'ruling about 5s to 10s lower. Best bullocks £9 to £lO 17s 6d, medium £7 to £3 15s, best cows and heifers £6 5s to. £8 10s, medium £4 15s to £5 17s 6d. Sheep*—3oßo, prices ruling 6d to Ts lower. Best wethers .16s to 18s 3d, medium 14s 3d to 15s 9d ; best ewes 14s to 15s. extra heavy 15s 9d,medium 12s ■6d to 13s 9d. Lambs—793, prices lulling firm at last week’s rates. Best 12s to 13s, medium to good 10s to 11s 9d, others 7s 6d to 9s 6d. Pigs—7s. All except small pigs met ■with good demand. Suckers 6s 6cl ‘to 12s slips 13s to 20s, stores 24s to 30$, heavy 795. . DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. - DUNEDIN, April 22. Wheat—-There is good inquiry for good milling, and fair business is being clone. Farmers, however, are holding very tight!v. Nearly all transactions arc in Northern, not much of the Southland crop being in a condition for milling. Shippers’ ideas of the value of fowl feed are below those of holders’. Prime milling, 4s 2d to 4s 3d ; medium, 4s to 4s Id ; best fowl wheat, 3s lOd to 4s; broken and damaged, 3s 6d to 3s 9cl. sacks extra. Oats—The recent bad weather has caused grain to come forward -slowly. Shippers having orders to .fill have had to increase prices, but the quantity Ja limited. ‘Prime milling. Is 9d to-ls 9£d: good to best feed. Is 74d;fo*.ls Bd. (if for.• immediate delivery Is medium, ls-6d toils 7d, sacks extra.