THE MARKETS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1649, 7 October 1903, Page 63

THE MARKETS.

Freeman R-. Jackson and Co (in conjunction witli Abraham and Williams) report on tlieii* Johnsonville sales as follows: —A full entry of bullocks. Half of tire entry were prime light weights; the heavier bullocks only medium quality. 13eef made 28-'. Ridding was slow. Rest bullocks, £ll 7s 6d; ethers, £lO 17a Gd to £ll, and £9 5s to £0 12s 6d. Sheep in full numbers of prime quality were lower than last week by Is 6d; bidding was slow. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, September 30. Wheat—Chick, local, 4s 7d to 4s Sid; New Zealand, 4s 9d; milling, Argentine, 4s 7d ; Californian. ss. Flour, £l2; Manitoban. £l3 15s. Oats, fooding, New Zealand and Tasmanian, 2s Gd to 2U 7d; milling, 2s 3d. Barley, 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Maize. 3s 8d to 3s 9d ; Argentine, 2s lid to 3s Id. Peas, Pirnssian blue, Os 9d to 7s. Bran, 9d. Poh lard, lOd to 10M. Potatoes, £2 15s to £3 ss. Onions, to £4 10s. Butter, best, lOd. Bacon, 81 d to lid. MELBOURNE, September 30. Wheat, 4s 9d to 4s lOd. Flour. £ll 15s. Oats, feeding, Algerian, Is Bcl to 2s; milling, to 2s sd. Maize, 3s 3d. Bran, 91 d. Pollard, 9Vd to lOd. Potatoes £1 15s to £2 10s. Onions, £2 to £2 15s. ADELAIDE, September 30. Wheat, 4s lid to ss. Flour, £l2 to £l3. Bran, lid. Pollard, Is Old. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, September 30. Wheat —Millers are operating sparingly. There i® a fair demand for inferior at late rates. Prime milling, Northern, nominally 4s to 4s 2d; medium to good, 3s Gd to 3s 9d ; best whole fowl feed, retail lots. 3s 4d to 3s scl; medium 3s to 3s 3d; broken, 2s 7d, sacks extra. Oats —The small demand existing is confined to bright short feed for export. Buyers are not disponed to give prices lately offering. Prime feed -and milling, Is Gd to Is 6>d ; extra bright. Is 7cl to Is 7ld ; medium, Is 4d to Is 5d ; inferior, 9d to Is; odd lots for seed, Is 9d to 2s. SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, September 30. The ya-rdings at Addington to-day were below the average, particularly in the sheep-pens. Fat cattle —228 head came forward. Bidding was fairly brisk, and the price of beef ranged from 28s * to 34s per 1001 b. Steens, £6 7s Gd to £l3 10s; extra prime, £l4 12s Gd; heifers, £7 5s to £lO ss; cows, £G 15s to £lO. Fat sheep—The entry was not large, and as both export buyers and butchers were competing together, the market was decidedly firm, last week’s rates being fully maintained. A feature of the market was the number of pens of merino wethers, many of which showed capital quality. Best crossbred withers, 2Qs 3d to 30s 3d; lighter, 21s to 255; merinos, 21s 8d to 24s Gd ; lighter, IGs Id to 18s Gd; best ewes, 22s Gd to 255; lighter, 16s Id to 21s. Fat laimibfe —46 of this season’s were entered and sold at from 15s to 22s 6d. Store sheep—Only 381 were entered. Wethers. 18s 6d to 20s Id; hogget®, 13s lid to 16s 9d; ewes and lambs, 13s 2d, all counted. Pigs—There was a small entry and a fair demand. Baconers, 46s to 635; larger sorts, 60s to 70s, equal to 5d per lb; porkers, 34s to 425, equal to 4£d per lb; big stores, 25s to 35s 6d; medium, 18s to 245; weaners, 10s 6d to 16s. DUNEDIN, September 30. At Burnside market to-day 177 fat cattle were yarded. There was a fair attendance of buyers, but- bidding lacked spirit. Prices, however, for prime especially, showed little or no difference. Best bullocks, £ll 15s to £l2; extra prime, £l2 12s 6d; medium to good, £9 10s to £11 ; light. £8 5s to £9 ss; best cows, £8 10s to £9 2s 6d; medium, £7 IGs to £8; light, £6 2s 6d to £7 2s 6d. Fat sheep—3l2o were penned, mostly good to prime crossbred wethers. The

sale opened on a level with last woek, but eased off towards the close. Fat wethers, 21s to 24s 6d ; a few extra heavy pens, 25s 6d to 26s 6d; medium to good, 17s to 20s ; best- ewes, 20s to 22s Gd; extra heavy, 24s 3d; medium, 16s 3d to 19s; light, 14s to 16s.

Lambs —19 penned. Best, 18s 3d to 19s: medium, 13s 6d. Pigs—l2o yarded, mostly porkers and baconers. Finished sorts were in doman d. Suckers, 13s Cd to l- ; > * 15s to 18s; stores, 25s to 28s : porkers, 37s Gd to 45s 6d; baconers. 50s to 00i; choppers, to 70s. OTAGO PRODUCE MARKET. DUNEDIN, September 30. Oats. —The d.eman-d for seed lines has fallen away, and although good sound seed oats arc offering freely not much business is passing, shippers being content- to buy early lines for which tiiev have orders. Inferior oats are not inquired for. Sales of these are difficult to make. Seed lines, Is lOd to 2s 3d ; prime milling, Is 7d to Is 8d: good to best feed, Is old to Is 6.Vd ; inferior to medium. Is to Is 5d (sacks extra!. Wheat. —Several lines of choice Northern wheat have changed hands during the past week, and the bulk of medium quality in the local stores has been disposed of. Fowl wheat is offering more freely, but with little export demand at. prices lately ruling. Prime milling, 4s to 4s 3d; medium milling, 3s 7d to 3s lOd : best whole fowl wheat, 3s 3d to 3s 5d ; broken and damaged, 2s Id to 3s 2d (sacks extra). Potatoes.—The market- is well supplied at present, but only' prime Dorwen hs meet with any demand. Best Dcrw'ents, £4 Is to £4 5s : medium. A.'3 10s to £3 17s Gd ; other sorts, £3 to £4 (bags in). Chaff.—Supplies of medium quality continue to come forward freely, and for which there is only a moderate demand. Prime oaten sheaf is not over plentiful. Any offering is readily sold. Prime oaten sheaf £3 to £3 ss; medium to good, £2 12s Gd to £2 17s Gd ; inferior and straw chaff, 30s to 40s (bags extra). Turnips.—Best Swedes, 17s Gd per ton, loose, ox truck. CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, September 30. The following are to-day’s prices paid to farmers, free of commission, except where otherwise specified:— Wheat (nominal) —Pearl 4s to 4s Id, Tuscan and Hunter’s 3s lOd, at country stations. Oats (nominal) —Heavy Canadians Is 7d to Is Bd, short feed Is Gd to Is 7d, Duns Is 5d to Is Gd. and Danish Is 4cl to Is sd, at country stations. Barley (nominal) —Prime malting 3s to 3s 3d, feed 2s Gd to 2s 7d, at country stations. Beaus- —2s 9d to 3s, at country stations. _ • Flour (millers’ quotations)—Roller £9 10s per ton. Pollard—£4. Bran—£3. Oatmeal —£9. Cocksfoot—lolb seed, 3d; 111 b, 3d to 3ad: 121 b to 131 b, 3a-d t-o 4d; 141 b, 4cl. White Clover —Superior 9d to lOd, good 8d to 9d, superior 6d to 8d per lb. Cowgrass—Extra good 7RI to Bd, lower quality Gd to 7d per lb. Oatshea-f Chaff—£2 5s to £2 7s 6d, at country stations. Potatoes —Derwents £2 7s 6d to £2 10s, at country stations. Dairy Produce —Cheese, factory, s£d to 6d; dairy, 5d to s£d; loaf cheese, Gd to 6Jd; butter, factory, local, 11-*d; North Island, lOd to lid, f.o.b. Wellington ; farmers’ separator, lOd to lid; dairy, 8d to 9d for prime; salt (in boxes), 8d to 9d; bacon, 7£d to 8-£d; hams, Bid to 9£d, f.0.b.; eggs, lid per dozen. WOOL SALES. LONDON, September 30. At the wool sales an inferior selection was offered, but prices were well maintained. New Zealand clips show a further upward tendency. The wool sales closed firrp.- Crossbreds reached the highest prices of the series. Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the fallowing cablegram from their London office, dated 29th ult.: —Styles closed firm. As compared with the rates of last

sen. s for good merino wools, prices are | ou the average at par to 5 per cent, higher, whilst prices of inferior, faulty, i and earthy wools are on a par with last closing rates. For medium crossbred wools prices are higher by 7-J- per cent, to 10 per cent., whilst coarse crossbred wools show an advance ou the average of 15 per cent., in comparison with the closing rates of last series. Out of the total colonial wool available 80,C00 bales have been sold for Horne consumption, 70.000 bales for the Continent, and 1,000 bales for America, leaving 7,000 bales to be carried forward to the next series.

Messrs Murray, Roberts and Company havo received the following cablegram from their London house, Messrs Sanderson, Murray and Company, dated September 29th:—The wool sales havo closed firm. Seven thousand bales were held over.