THE MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6871, 15 July 1909, Page 3

THE MARKETS

STOCK SALES. Abraham and. "Williams report that at 3 Huntervillo on Tuesday there was a f fair ontir of sheen and a full yarding i of cattle. All classes of stock met with t a ready sale at satisfactory prices. F.m. » ewes in lamb Ss to 11s 9d, wether hog- " gets 10s 2d, mixed good hoggets 10s 2d J to 11s lOd, fat ewes 12s 4d, mixed 2- - ] tooth owes (good) 13s 4d, 4V-yenr for- > ward bullocks £6 10s Cd, 3-year bul--3 locks £4 17s to £5 ss, 3 to 31-year bul--1 locks £5 10s, 21-year steers £4, fat cows T £4 11s 6d. yearling steers £2 Is Cd, store ? cows £2 4s to £2 10s; pigs, weaners, 1 12s Gd. * Dalgety and Co. report that at Mas--1 terton yesterday they submitted a fair ‘ catalogue of sheep and cattle, although I the latter did not come forward up to advertised numbers. A total clearance ■ was effected at satisfactory prices, with * tho exception of one line of cattle. Two- ° tooth fat and forward wethers 13s Id, ’ ; 2-tooth wethers 10s lOd, ewes in lamb to 3 Southdown rams 14s sd, f.m. ewes in 1 lamb 7s 6d, fat heifers £4 6s, fat cows 3 ; £4 10s, 3 i Dalgety and Co. report that at Wanga--3 : nui yesterday a medium yarding of 1100 * sheep and 100 cattle came forward. Com- \ petition was again brisk, and practically ' a total clearance was made at full mar--5 ket rates. Medium mixed-age ewes in r lamb 12s 4d to 14s 7d, cull ewes in | lamb 9s 2d to, 10s, forward lambs 10s 1 5d cull lambs'4s 7d, empty ewes 7s 2d, ' mixed culls 4s, fat and forward cows I £4 to £4 Is Gd, empty heifers £2 3s ; to £2 14s. low-conditioned cows 30s to * £2 2s 6d, yearling steers £2 3s to £2 1 6s, mixed yearlings 27s to 355. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report holding ■ their Seddon stock sal© yesterday. The > yarding was a fair one and all in the ; fat pens. Prim© wethers realised 15s, ; medium weights 13s Id to 13s Bd, lighter sorts 11s Id to 12s Sd, fat ewes 8s to , 10s sd, half-draught gelding £26.

BURNSIDE,

PRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, July 14. At Burnside stock market to-day. 137 fat cattle were yarded. A fair proportion consisted of good bullocks and heifers, with a few pens of extra good bullocks, and a. number of light and inferior cattle.' For good bullocks and heifers prices opened at an advance of 10s to 15s on last week's rates, but the rise was not maintained, and prices dropped towards the finish. Best bullocks «£9 to, .£lO 10s, extra to <£l2 15s, <£7 los to d£B 15s, unfinished c£s ty .£6 10s, best heifers to .£7,105, extra to .£8 17s. 6d; medium .£5 10s to .£6 ss. Sheep.—3322 yarded, a big yarding. The sale-i lagged at the commencement, but recovered later, when late rates were obtained. Best wethers 16s 6d to X7s Gd, extra 20s, medium Tos, best ewes 13s 3d to 14s 6d, medium 12s 6d.' Lambs—23oo yarded, a fairly good entry. .Prices dropped ■ from ■9d to Is per head. Best .lambs to 14s 6d, medium to good 12s to 13s 6d, inferior 10s to 12s. Pigs—l3o yarded. Small pigs were in short supply, and good prices were obtained. The entry of both porkers and baconers • was • heavy. Pcrkors were easier by about 3s per head,whilst baconers were firm. Suckers ‘Bs to 12s, slips 13s to 17s, stores 20s to 335, porkers 35s to 38s, light baconers 45s to 50s, heavy 55s to 60s.

ADDINGTON. CHRISTCHURCH, July 14. At Addington live stock market today there were fairly large entries of stock and a good attendance. The yarding of store sheep was smaller than Inst week, and hoggets formed, the larger proportion. Some lines of ewe hoggets were of good quality. Tho demand was about the same as last week, but values were rather lower. An extra good lino of 350 ewe hoggets made 14s to 14s 9d, others 12s Gd to 13s 6d, wether hoggets 8s Gd to 10s, mixed lines at late rates. A line of three-quarterbred ewes, chiefly full-mouthed, sold at 14s, half* breds (of mixed ages) 11s, aged ewes 8s Gd to 9s Gd. Wethers, of which no forward sorts were offered, made 11s to 11s 6d. The yarding of fat lambs numbered 1800. The quality showed a further falling off owing to the Home market; being blocked. There was a limited demand for export, and only 655' were bought for this purpose at prices ranging from 10s to 14s. Two hundred and lifty-one. were bought by butchers from 9s upwards, one extra good pen making 14s lid, and the balance of the yarding was passed in. The decline in prices equalled Is Gd to per head. The overall prices at the works have been reduced and are now quoted as follows:—Under 3GIb, 4£d; 36ib to 421 b, 34d; over 421 b, 3£d; and "crown” quality, 3£d. . There was a large yarding of fat sheep, mostly wethers, of which there wore a number of prime heavy and medium weight lines. There were several lots of extra prime ewes. The market opened rather slack, but competition improved. Butchers" ewes sold at about equal to last week's prices, in some cases showing a little improvement. There was good demand for wethers for export to fill orders in hand, but buyers were operating on lower limits and prices were easier by fully Is per head. Prime, wethers las Gd to 18s, extra to 18s 9d, lighter 13s to 15s, prim© ewes 13s to 14s 6d, extra to 16s 4d, others 10s 6d to 12s 6d, merino wethers 10s to 11s 4d. There was a very large entry of fat cattle, and a good proportion was of prime quality. The demand was weak, and sales were irregular and difficult to effect. Values all round showed a decline of fully Is per 1001 b as compared with late sales, cow and inferior beef being particularly dull of- sale. Prime beef made 19s Id to 21s Gd, medium 18s to 19s, and cow and inferior 13s to 17s per 1001 b. Steers mad© <£4 15s to £lO 17s 6d, heifers £4 to £9, cows £4 8s to £9 2s 6d. Vealers sold at 4s Gd to £3. The small yarding of store cattle, consisted chiefly of old cows, and there was poor demand. Three-year steers 'made £5 2s Gd, three-year heifers £3 17s Gd, two-year steers £2 14s to <£2 15s, twoyear heifers ,£2 9s, dry cows 20s to £3. Dairy cows, for the better sorts of which there was a keen demand, made £3 to £8 17s Gd. There was a larger entry of pigs than for some weeks past, and for fats tho demand was weak and a dull sale r©7 suited. Small stores, however, mot with good inquiry. Choppers sold at ' £4, heavy baconers 55s to 625, lighter 42s to 50s (equal to 4d per lb), large porkers 36s to 40s, and' smaller 28s to 35s (equal to 5d to S;RI per lb), largo stores 28s to 345, medium 27s to 335, smaller 16s to 20s, and weanors 12s to 15s,

Laery and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report wholesale prices ruling on the market:—Wheat, fowl 4s 8d • to 4s lOd, shrivelled wheat 3s Gd to He; feed oats, 2s to 2s \4d, Dun oats 2s 2d to J 2s 4d, seed oats 2s 4d to 2s Bd, Algerian seed oats 2s 4d to 3s 9d; maize, 4s 7d to 4s 9d; crushed malt, 7s; fowl barley. 2s Gd to 2s Gd, Cape barley seed, 3s; horse beans 4s -Gd- (all at 'per bushel); ricemeal, £4 10s to £4 15s; flour. New Zealand £ll.lOs to £l2; bran, £4 1 Oslo £5, pearl barley £l6, peas partridge as Od, Prussian blue 5s 3d to 5s Gd, fowl peas 4s, split £l7 10s, bonedust £6, Superphosphates £5 to £5 Ss, pollarl, £6 10s to £6 15s; guano, £4 10s; chaff (oatensheaf), £3 5s to £3 15s; oatmeal, £lO 5s to £lO 10s: potatoes, table £4 10s to £5 ss, Early Rose '£G 15s, Beauty of Hebron £6 15s, Princess Victoria £7. imported seed Op-to-datcs £6 10s to £7; onions, £5 to £7; molasses fodder. £5; bacon (factory), sides 7Jd, hams 8(1, rolls 81d; butter, bulk, Old to lOd. Poultry: Hons 3s 6d to 4s, ducks 5s to 6s, turkeys, gobblers 11s to 12s, hens 9s to 10s: fresh eggs Is -5d to Is 6d, preserved Is 3d per dozen; cheese 6d to Cjd per lb, loaf 7d to 7Jd per lb; Akaroa machinedressed cocksfoot 7:2d fo BJ, farmers’ dressed 5d to 6d per lb: ryegrass 3s 3d to ie 6d per bushel; Italian ryegrass 3s 6d to 4s Gd bushel; white clover 70s to 75s owt, red clover 65b owt; cow grass Gse owt, alsiko 82s 6d cwt; mustard 40a cwt; trefoil’ 37s 6d owt; rape peed 26e cwt; 'Timothy 32s 6d cwt; Swede and turnio seed 60s cwt.