THE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1748, 6 September 1905, Page 62

THE MARKETS

WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET. Laery and Co., Ltd., Jervois quay, report the following wholesale prices ruling on the Wellington produce market during the past week: —Elour, .£9 lps per ton; oatmeal, .£ll per ton; rolled o&ts, 9s to 9s 6d per dozen; prime oatteneheal chaff, 87s 6d to 95e; feed oats, 2s 3d to 2s 5d per bushel; seed oats, 2s 5d to 2s 9d per bushel; Algerian, 3s Id; dun oats, 2s 6d per bushel; whole fowl wheat, 3s 4d to 3s Gd; broken, 3s to 3s 3d per bushel; maize, 4s per bushel; partridge peas, 4s 3d per bushel; split peas, 15s per cwt; pearl barley, 15s per cwt; feed barley, 3s to 3s 3d per bushel; pollard, £5 10s to <£6 per ton; bran, <£4 10s to .£5 per ton; prime' potatoes <£l3 to =£l4 per ton; onions, £lB to =£2o per ton; swedes, 2s to 2s 6d per cwt; pumpkins, 7s to 8s per sack; carrots, 40s per ton; cabbages,2s to 5s per sack; cauliflowers, 3s Gd to Gfl per sack; mutton birds, in kits Gd per bird, in casks 4d; eggs, fresh 9d to 10d per doz; factory bacon, sides 7d, rolls 7|d; poultry, turkeys (hens) 7s to 8s per pair, gobblers 12s to 14s; hens 3s 6d to 4s, roosters 4s to ss; ducks 6s to 7s; geose 5s to 6s per pair jbutter, bulk 9d to lOd, medium 7d to 8d per lb; cheese, best factory 6d to 6£d per lb; fungus, 4d per lb; peanuts, 2d to 3d per lb; honey, m bulk 5d per lb; walnuts, 6d per lb; blue peas, 4s 3d per bushel; pigmeal, =£s 5s per ton; crushed malt, 7s per bushel; horse beans, 3s 6d, crushed 3s 9d; rice pollard, =£4 10s; Tasmanian seed Derwents <£ll, Circular Heads =£ll, sacks in. JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report that at their Johnsonville sale on the 29th ult. there was a full entry of bullocks of prime quality. Competition was keen, and prices were higher than last week. Beef made up to 23s per 1001 b. Best bullocks =£lo 2s 6d. others =£B 15s to =£9 17s 6d. The yarding of sheep was fairly large and mostly of good quality. The market was very quiet, and ewes were easy. Best wethers 24s 6d, others 22s to 245. ©wes 19s 4d to 225. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. SYDNEY, August 30. Wheat, chick 2s lid to 3s 3d, milling Ss sd. Flour, =£B; Manitoban, =£l4. Oats, Tasmanian, white feeding, 2s 7d to 2s 9d; Victorian and Algerian, 2s Id to 2s 2d. Barley, English, 2s 6d. Maize, 3s lid to 4s. Brg.n, 10Jd. Pollard, Is. Potatoes, Circular Heads, =£9 10s. Onions, Victorian, =£l9 to £2O; American, =£lß to =£2o; Japanese, £ls to £lB. Butter, lOd. Cheese, 6d. Bacon, 5d to 6d. MELBOURNE, August 30. Wheat, 3s sd. Elour, £7 15a. Oats, Algerian, Is lid to 2s. Barley, 3s 4d to 3s 6d; feeding, 2s Gd to 2is Bd. Bran, 9|d. Pollard, Is. Onions, £l9 to £2l. Potatoes, £8 15a to £9 ADELAIDE, August 30. Wheat, 3s sd. Elour, £B. Oats, Is lid to 2s 3d. Maize, 4s 4d. Potatoes, £9 10s. Onions, £24. SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, August 30. At Addington yards there was a fair entry of stock and a good attendance. Store sheep again sold well. Beef was irregular and rather easier. There was improved demand for fat pigs, especially baconers. Eat sheep were not'' firm. In consequence of the mixed quality of the yarding store cattle met better sale, but dairy cows were difficult to dispose of.

Store sheep.—The yarding was 1 composed chiefly of hoggets, for which, though they sold well, the demand was hardly as keen as of late. Principal sales—6o aged ewes in lamb 16s, 60 halfbred wethers 21s Gd, 54 crossbreds 17s 7d, 76 at 17s 2d, 104 at 17s; 302 hoggets 18s, 26 at 17s 6d, 6 at 17s 9d, 500 at 17s to 17s 3d, 278 at 17s Id, 121 at 16s 9d, 151 at 16s 2d, 56 at l-5s sd, 117 at 14s, 106 at 14s.

Fat sheep—The entry was fairly large, consisting principally of crossbred and merino wethers. Of the former a considerable proportion was unfinished. The market opened very slack, but when graziers began to purchase the unfinished wethers, prices became firmer. All really prime lots sold well up to late rates, but the tone of the market generally was irregular and slightly easier. Only a few lots of hoggets were offered and they were< sold along with fat sheep. Range of prices'—Prime wethers 24s to 28s, medium 21s 6d to 23s 6d, unfinished 18s 3d to 21s; prime ewes 21s to 24s 3d, m&dium 17s to 20s, others 14s to 16s 6d; prime merinos wethers 20 to 245, medium 17s 6d to 20s, others 15s 3d to 17s; hoggets 17s to 18s 3d. Fat cattle. —The supply consisted of 197 head, which was more than was required. A few pens of prime steers sold well, but a large proportion of the entry was unfinished, and met with dragging sale, especially cows and heifers. Prices all round were rather easier. Steers sold at <£6 15s to .£l2 15s, heifers <£s 7s 6d to <£lo 7s 6d, cows <£4 17s 6d to <£B 5s (equal to 21s 6d to 23s 6d), other descriptions 19s to 21s per 1001 b. A large yarding of veal calves sold at 7s 6d to <£3.

Store dairy cattle. There were a few fair lines in the store cattle pens, and for larger sorts there was better demand, a West Coast buyer being in the market. Fifteen and eighteen ru&nths sold at 30s to .£2 2s,

two-year steers £3 to £3 9s, two-year heifers £2 18s 6d, three-year steers £3 to £4 Is, three-year heifers £4 Is (passed), dry cows 28s to £3 15s. A large entry of dairy cows, mostly medium sorts, met exceptionally dull sale. The best price at auction was £7. Pigs.—A fairly large yarding and an improved demand for baconers owing to the operations of an outside buyer. Porkers sold better and there was fair demand for large stores. Baconers made 45s to 525. equal to 3£d to 3|d per lb; porkers 26s to 345, equal to 4£d to 4|d per db; large stores 18s to 225; medium 12s 6d to 17s; weaners 5s 3d to Bs-3d. DUNEDIN, August 30. . At Burnside market to-day 250 fat cattle were yarded, which exceeded requirements. with the result that prices declined 10s to 15s per head. The j arding was mostly good to prime, with a few extra prime. Heavy bullocks £ll 15s, prime £9 to £lO 15s. medium to good £7 5s to £8 15s, light £5 10s to £6 15s, best cows and heifers £7 to 8 2a 6d, medium to good £5 5s to £6 10s; light £4 to £4 15s. Eat sheep—l7l2 penned, nearly all wethers. Prime met good sale at last week’s rates, but for light and unfinished lower prices had to be accepted. Best wethers 25s Gd to 28s, medium to good 22s to 24s 9d. light 18s to 21s 6d, best ewes 20s to 22s 6d medium 17s 3d to 19s. Pigs. an over supply. Prices were easier for all classes, and a large number of suckers and slips were passed in. Suckers Ss to 9s, slips 10s to 14s, store 15s to 20s, porkers 23s to 325, light baconers 35s to 425, heavy 47s to 525, choppers up to 60s. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, August 30. Oats —The quantity offering is exceptionally small, a-nd consignments forward are readily taken. Seed lines have more attention. Special seed lines 2s to 2s 3d, seed 'Sparrowbills and Gartons Is lOd to 2s, prime milling Is Bid to Is 9d, good to best feed Is 7td to Is Bd, inferior to medium Is 5d to Is 7d, sacks extra. Wheat —Business is quiet, with slackening inquiry. The sale of milling is confined to a few choice samples. Practically no inferior is offering. Prime milling 3s Id to 3s 2d. good 3s. whole fowlwheat 2s lOd to 2s broken 2s 6d to 2s 9d, sacks extra.

Barley—Milling and feed are inquired for, but at reduced prices. Choice malting 3s 9d to 4s. prime 3s 3d to 3s 6d, medium to good 2s 8d to 3s 2d, milling 2s 4d to 2« 7d,