THE MARKETS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1679, 4 May 1904, Page 70

THE MARKETS.

Messrs Freeman It. Jackson and Co. (in conjunction with Abraham and Williams, Ltd.) report on their Joltnsonville sale as follows: —We had a full entry of bullocks. Bidding was slow at the start, hut improved towards the end of the sale. Beef made up to 22s per 1001 b; best bullocks £8 17ls 6d, others £8 10s to £8 15s, light £7 17s 6d to £B, rough sorts £7 5s to £7 15s, light £6 7is'6d. Sheep, in small numbers, were equal to last week’s rates. Ewes 15s to 15s 7d, others 14s 3d; wethers,. 16s 7d. A few good Down lambs made 11s lid, light ditto 10s sd. A heavy yarding of pigis met a dragging sale, being too heavy for pork. " Best made 30s to 38s - 6d, lighter sorts 27s Gd, porkers 265. George Thomas and Co. report the following wholesale prices on the Wellington .market: —Flour. £9 10s per ton; wheat, 3s 4d to 3s 5d per bran, £3 5s per ton; pollard, £5 5s per ton; wlieatmeal, 10s Gd per 100; maize, 3s 2d per bushel; oats, short 2s to 2s 3d, long Is lOd to 2s per bushel; oatensheaf chaff, 80s per ton; baled straw, £3 per ton; baled bay, £5 15s per ton; McGill’s oatmeal, £lO 15s per.ton; crushed beans, 4s 3d per bushel; feed barley, 2s -9d to 3s per bushel; blue-peas, 5s 3d; partridge peas, 4s 3d per bushel; split peas. 15s per cwt; pearl barley, 15s per cwt; fresh eggs, Is lOd per dozen; preserved eggs, Is 4d to Is Gd per dozen; potatoes. local 40s per ton, Southern 50s to ' .60s per ton; onions 90s to 100 s per ton; factory cheese, s£d per lb; baoon, 7£d per lb; liams, 7fd per lb; fungus, per lb; swedes, 2s 6d per cwt; green tomatoes Is, ripe 3s to 4s; parsnips, 6s per sack; cabbages, 5s to 6s Gd per sack; cauliflowers, 5s to 7s per sack; lettuce. 6s per case; butter, 7d to.Bd per lb; . - .walnuts, 3}d to 41 d per lb; cooking apples 3s Gd to 4s, dessert 5s to 10s; pears, §s to 12s per case; pie melons, 3s per sack; pumpkins, 4s 6d per sack; marrows,- 4s per sack; grapes, 5d to lOd per lb; Messina lemons, 7s 6d per 150’s; fowls, 2s 6d to 2s 9dj chucks, 3s 9d to 4s 6d; turkeys, 8s to 12s per pair; mushrooms, 3s per case ; almond nuts, 8d per lb; Barcelona nuts, 6d per lb. taery and Co., Limited, report the following wholesale selling prices on the Wellington market: - -- Wheat, fowls’. 3s to 3s 3d; feed oats. Is lOd to 2s 2d; duns, 2s 2d; discoloured, Is 7d to Is 9d; barley, 2s Gd to 2s 9d; pol-' lard; £5 5s to £5 10s per ton; flour, £9 10s to £10; bran, £3 to £3 10s: oatmeal £lO 10s to £lO 15s; rolled oats (6’s), 9s Gd; sacks ditto, £l2; oatsheaf chaff, 80s to 90s per ton; Cape barley, 2(3 9d to 3s per bushel; maize, 3s to 3s 3d; f nnigus, 44-d per lb; potatoes, £2 5s to £2 15s; onions, 4s 6d to 6s; swedes, 2s 9d; tomatoes. Is 6d to 3s 6d halfcase; parsnips, 4s Gd' to Gs per sack; cabbages, 3s to Gs; caul 4 lowers, 6s to Os; lettuce, Gs to 8s case; cheese, factory s*d to, 5Jd, loaf size Gd; butter, 7d to 8d for partly, inferior 5d to Gd; bacon, best factory 7d, rolls Bd, hams 8d per lb; walnuts,. 3d to sd; split peas, 15s; pearl barley, 15s; cooking apples, 2s to 4s a ease; dessert, 4s to 8s; pears, 4s to 9s per case; pie melons, 2s tb 3s per vsack; pumpkins, 3s Gd \>o 4s.Gd per sack; marrows, 3s; grapes, Gd to Is 4d; Messina lemons, 9s; Messina oranges (150’s), 8s; Island oranges (doubles), 8s; hens, 2s Gd to 3s; roosters, 3s to 3s Gd; ducks, 4s to ss; turkeys, ‘"hens 8s to 9s, gobblers 11s to 13s, ail at per pair; fresh eggs 2s, limed Is 4d . to Is sd; mushrooms, Id to 2s per lb; ryegrass, 3s 9d to 4s 6d per bushel; cocksfoot, machine-dressed, 5d .per lb; undressed cooksfoot, 3id < to 4d; swede and turnip seed, 50s to 55s per owt.; white clover, 92s Gd per cwt.; red clover, 70s per owt.; oowgraiss, 70s per owt.; linseed, 12s; linseed cake, Gs Gd; Prussian blue peas, 4s 9d per bushel; partridge peas, 4s per bushel; swedes. £2 10s to £3 per ton. ; Freeman R. Jackson and Co. report that at their Waverley sale they had a full yarding* more stock coming - forward t&an advertised. The cattle yarded were of good quality. Bidding was brisk throughout, and nearly everything sold at auction. Several good pens of sheep sold readily. They quote:' “Cattle—Fat cows £5 to £5 9s, fat and fofvmrd cows £4 10s to £5, store cows £3 to £3 10s, three-year bullocks £5 3s to £5 ss, two and a half to three-year . steers. £4 16s to £5, two-year ditto £4 5s to £4 'l2s, 15 to 18-month cattle £3 5s to £3 6s, 12 to 15-month do. £2 15s to £3, cows and calves £4 12s Gd to £5 9s, well -bred ( weaners £2 5s Gd to £2 ' 1 Is,, hand-fed weaners (good) 35s to £2, medium do. 28s to 32s 6d. small do. 20s to 245. buils £2 to £3 10s. Sheep —Two-tooth wethers 13s 7d, fat and forward wethers 15s 3d to 16s Id, f.-in. ewes 9s 7d to 10s 7d, poor ewes 3s to 7s, good lambs 8s lid to 9s Id, medium lambs 7;-> 3d to 7s lid, cull lambs 4s Gd. Pigs—7s 9d to 11s 3d. Horses —Hacks £5 to £l2 12s 6d. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. ■ " . SYDNEY,”3S»-il 27. f Whe:?v, chick, 2s 5d to 25,.:7d: mil- • ..ling; 2s ll£d to ,3s. Fllss to £B. Oats.. Algerian, Is 7d bo Is lOd; local white, feeding. Is lid: New Zealand, Bs 4d. Barley Cape, 2s 4d -o

2s sd. Maize. 2& to 2s 2d. Pea®, Is 9d to 4s. Bran, G£dl. Pollard, 7ld* Potatoes, Tasmanian £1 15s to £2. Onions, to £2 7s 6d. Butter, best, 7|d to Bd. Baoon, 7-£d to lOd. MELBOURNE, April 27. Wheat, 2s lid to 3s. Oat®, Algerian, is to is 3d.. Maize, is 9d to Is lid. Bran, 7£d. . Pollard. 7£d. Potatoes, £1 15s to £2 ss. Onions, £1 IQs to- £1 12s 6d. ADELAIDE, April 27. Wheat, 2s lid to 3®. Flour, £7 10s. Bran, 7d. Pollard, Bd. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, April 27. Wheat. —Prime samples have a little more inquiry, hub fotr others sales are difficult. Prime milling 2s lOd to 3s, medium to good 2s Gd to 2s 9d, best fowl wheat 2's 3d to 2s 4d, broken 2s to 2s Id, sacks extra. Oats.—There is moderate inquiry for good feed and milling, but orders were readily filled without altering quotations. Prime milling Is 4£d to Is sd. good to best feed Is 3d to Is 4d, medium and inferior 9d to Is 2d, sacks extra. SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, April 27. Fat cattle.—About two hundred head were penned, including some very prime beetf. The sale opened slowly, butt afterwards improved, and at the Close, previous week’s, rates were current. The market was topped by six steers, which realised £ll 10s to £l2 ss, others £6 5s to £lO 12s Gd; heifer® made £5 15s to £8 7s Gd. cows £5 15s to £8 15s. Per 1001 b beef at the close sold at 18s to- 22s Gd. Fat sheep.—There was a moderate entry in numbers, with a good proportion of prime wethers and ewes. The sale opened with good spirit, at firmly maintained prices, and hardened as it went' on, the keen competition of exporters chiefly conducing to one of the best sales yet known at Addington. Some of the wethers must have- realised fully 5d per lb. and ewe-s 4d. Very few wethers sold for less than £1 a bead, and many ewes fetched over that figure. The range of prices was, for good to prime wethers, 20s to 24s lid, lighter weights 18s to 19s 9d, prime heavy ewes 19s to 225, extra to 245. medium 16s to 18s, inferior 12s 9d to 15s. merino wethers 14s to 17s 9d. Fait lambs.—The entry was about an average in number, and included some very prime lots. Competition was extremaly_ animated, and an improvement on previous week’s values was established. Best freezing lambs brought from 16s to 17s 4cl, an extra heavy line making 18s; lighter sorts, but still of freezing quality, from 14s Gd ; unfinished lots from 13s. St-oire siheep. —A full entry met very keen demand, and previous rates were fully maintained. Pigs.—There was a large entry, .including a consignment of stores from the Chatham Islands, mostly Tarn worth cross —rough in quality and poor in condition—which had the effect of depreciating prices in this department. Fat pigs were firm. Baooners .sold at 45s to 545, 'one pen reaching 58s Gd (equal to 4£d per 3b), porkers 33s to 42s (or 4id to 5d per lb), large stores IGs to 255, weaners 10s to 15s. CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET. CHRISTCHURCH, April 28. Wheat—Pearl 2s 9d to 2s 10>i, Tu'scan and Hunter’s 2s 8 Id to 2s 9kl, at country stations. Oat®—Heavy Canadians Is Gd, Gartons Is 4d to Is sd, short feed Is 4d, Duns Is 4d to Is sd, and Danish Is-3d to Is 4fl, at country stations. Barley—Prime malting 3s, medium 2s 3d to 2is Gd, at country stations. Peas —Partridge 3s to 3s 3d. Blue Prussians 3s to 3s 3d. Blue Imperials 3s Gd to 4s, at country station's. Beans —2s 8d at country stations. Flour quotations)—Rolled £9 per ton; f.0.b., £9 5s per ton. Pollard—£4 10s. . Bran —£3. Oatmeal —£10. Ryegrass—2s Gd to 2s 9d, Italian 3s to 3s Gd, at country stations. Cocksfoot —101 b to 111 b sded, 3d; 121 b to 131 b. 3}d to 3fd; 151 b to 161 b, machine dressed,- 4£d; 17ib to 181 b, sd. White Ciover —Superior 8d to 9d, good 7d to Bd. Cowgrass—7d to 7td. Oatsheaf Chaff—£2 ss, at country stations. Potatoes —Derweuts 22s Gd to 255, Early Rose 355, kidneys 455, at oountry stations. Onions —£215 s, at oountry stations. Dairy Produce Cheese, factory, s|d to s|d; dairy, 5d to 6Jd, loaf cheese, s:fd to Gd; bsutter, factory, local, lOd; farmers’ separator, 8d to 9d; dairy, 7d to 8d for prime; salt (in boxes), 8d to 9d; bacon, 7 ifl to B|d; hams, B|d to 9d,- f.0.b.; eggs, Is 8d per dozen. OTAGO PRODUCE MARKET. DUNEDIN, April 28. Oats: During the past few days there has been a limited inquiry for good shipping lines. Orders have been readily filled, and the demand cannot be considered as general. Prime mill-

ing lines are in moderate request. Medium and inferior sorts havo no inPrime milling, Is to Is s£d; good to best feed, Is 3d to Is 4ld; medium and inferior, lOd to Is 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Wheat: There is little change in values talreport. Prime lines of Tuscan have more inquiry, but for other sorts sales are slow. Medium quality is not in favour. Fowl wheat is offering freely and at slightly reduced values. Prime milling, 2s lOd to 3s Id; medium to good, 2s Gd to 2s 9d; whole fowl wheat, 2s 3d to 2s 4jd broken and damaged, 2s to 2s 2d per bushel (sacks extra). Potatoes: Tihe market is more heavily supplied, and values for all sorts are a shade easier. Prime Derwents, £2 to £2 2s Gd; choice, to £2 ss; kidneys and other sorts, £1 103 to £1 17s 6d per ton (bag® in). Chaff : Fair supplies continue to come forward, and in the case of prime quality are readily quitted on arrival. For good sound chaff values are barely so firm, while ’medium and inferior sorts are quite out of favour, and extremely difficult to deal with. Prime oaten sheaf, £2 12s Gd to £2 15s; choice, to £3; medium to good, £2 to £2 10s; inferior, light, and straw chaff, £1 10s to £1 17s Gd per ton (bags extra). Hav: The market is more heavily supplied, and sale's are difficult to effect on the basis of late quotations. Prime quality sells at £2- 15s to £3; medium to good, £2 5s to £2 10s; inferior and coarse, £2 to £2 2s Gd per ton.