CATERBURY MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2735, 15 August 1906, Page 20

CATERBURY MARKETS.

I — • . CHPLSTCriURCH GRAIX AXD PRODUCE HEPORT. ! _ {Lyttelton Times, 11th inst.) ! No business of importance is doing in any description of .jrain, local millers being well supplied with wheat and merchants with oats while any orders from the JJorth Island are apparently more easily supplied at present at ether centres. Holders aie firm in their de- j niojids, though they may possibly be more wil- | ling te sell than they were & few weeks ago. I The seed, season is opening well, the in- ' qiury being good from all parts. Derwent potatoes are being- delivered in satisiactory condition, and a lair amount of busine&s is being done at fall quotations. 2fo Califorman potatoes have yet appeared on the infuk.!t. The following quotations are for purchases from iarmers, net cash, sacks extra. Wheat.— Mixed lines f.a.q. 3s 3d, Tuscan 3s 4d, pearl 3s 3d, Hunters 3s 2d, dama«e<l (whoie- fo.vl feed) 23 lid to 3s at country station?. , Oats.— Prime Caiiadiaais, Duns, sparrowbills, and Gartons 2s 3d; Danish 2s Id, lio-nt and aiscol'.ured Id to 2d less, all at country stations. Barley.- Prime malting 3s» 6d to 3s 9d tbrnnei samples 3s to 3s 3d, feed 2s 6d to 2s 9d, Cape bailey 2s 3d to 2s 6d per bushel at ! country stations. Flour.— The New Zealand Flourmillers' Cooperative Association, Ltd., quotes the following prices per ton, local or shipping : —Sacks £8 10,, 1001b bags £9, 50lb bags *f ss, 251b bags £9 10s. Pollard £5. Bran £3 15s Oatmeal, £13. ' Chaff.— Oatsheaf, prime bright 60s to 62s 6d. medium quality 555, decoloured 50s, at country stations. J Peas.— Partridge 3s 6d to 3s 9d, Prussian blue 3s 9d. prime lines higher rates Im- ! PMial blue 4s, ivory white 4s 6d. at country stations. J Beans.— 3a Gd per bushel, at country star ' tions. . Seeds.— Ryegrasa, farmers' rine«. good 3s 3d ' to 333 3 6d, medium 2s 9d to 3s per bushel at country stations. Italian 2s 6d to 3s. Cocksfoot (nominal) 131b to 141b, good averagecolour 3d .to 3id, extra bright and clean 3jd to iv r -, lb) bght and damaged 2Jd to -3d per lb. Red clover 6Jd to 7Jd, ejtTT quality 72d, white clover sjd to 6Jd per lb Potatoes— Table : Up-to-Bate £10 to £11 Derwenta £5 10s. Seed: Kidneys £10 10s' early rose £9 10a, Up-to-Date £11 "lOs. Onions.— £5 10s per ton at country stations Dairy Produce.— Cheese : Dairy, large s£d to Gd, loaf 6Jd; factory, large 6Ad, loaf Id. -Butter: Fresh, ] a=a i factory prints and bulk 15"d, dairy butter lOd, farm separator lid. Hams and roils 3d, rolled bacon 71, d,7 l ,d, sides I 7d. Fresh «ggs. Is 2d. " j Honey.— Extracted 3\d per lb, sections, first giade, 5s per dozen. Beeswax, clean, bright nrst grad<?, Is 2d per lb. ' ASHBURTOX GRAIX MARKER. There has been slightly better inquiry on tno part of buyers, but still not sufficient to | move off the quantity of wheat which is now available. Several large holders are only ask- ; ing market quotations. A number of small 1 lines have been sold to go south, but on the other hand, there has been no inquiry what- I ever from the north. Meanwhile, quotation-, leniam unaltered. Tuscan 3s 3d, pearl 3s 2d ' Hunters 3s Id. | Oats.— Tho absence of coastal orders Is keepmg the market in a depressed state, and although prices have not receded, sales are nevertheless very difficult to effect; indeed, 1 alrnont out of the question for large lines. It f is reported that stocks are becoming smaller j m the Sou*]* Island, and buyers therefore will ' probably be in the market very shortly. The | sale ci a few fair-sized rarcela would very soon set tho market on its legs again. Quotations are:— Canadians 2s 3d, Gartons and heavy dujs 2s 2d, short feed 2& Id Danish la lliL TIMARU GRAIX MARKET. Ttere is little or no change to report in tha local graja markets, which keep very firm, and with only a moderate amount of busins-s-s-passing. Fanners are utiH "sitting tight," aud do not ?eem anxious to do business in wheat e.t piesent prices, but are holding for 3s 6d per buahcl Prices, however, remain un- , chsuiged- ! There are rro oat* offering, and what business is na=sing is from merchants' stocks. Price* quoted ara— lhina 3a 6d per bushel, A Gartrns 2s 5d per bushel, B grades and j ' Danish 2s id per bushel, f.0.b., sacks included. Potatoe-s are very scarce, and values are — Deiwents £11 per ton, Up-to-Dates £12 10s per ton. f.o b., aa^ks included. TEMUKA GRAIX MARKET. Duiing i he week business m all line* has l.«en on * limited scale. Holders- of prime liiilhus lilies of wheat =how no uneasiness, and do nil pu-li to n«akes sales. Farmers , who hold stock ask up to 3s Gd, at which 1-rice very httle business is being done. There is practically no spring threshing to do in this cltstri'jt of either wheat oi oats. The oat market ren ains stagnant. Thare are no oat* offering from farmers, but, on the other hand, they are buyers of bcth seed and feed. Tha ttocks held h'iivj arj %o small that they are iiot worth coirsidaration The demand must thicfly b'j supplied from Southland. There La 9 rot been much busmesa passing, but the market haa a firm and steady tone for all lines. Sheaf chaff and potatoes rae firmer end in strcng demand, with none offering. Other lines rem-un without quotable change. j CHRISTCHURCK GRAIN SALE. The New Zealand' Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., held its monthly grain mlc at ita Sooth Belt warehouses on Friday

| last, before a good attendance of buyers. Tlip | catalogue comprised about 1900 sacks of wheat, 1 oats, barley, etc., and, with the exception of some of thf, larger lines, a satisfactory clearancs was vffeeted. Milling wheat and shipping lm«3 of oats were not well competed for, but fowl feed and seconds wheat, and feed tats met a- ready sale. Whole fowl wheat brought from 3s to 3s 2Jd, seconds wheat 2s 8d to 2s 9d, Garten oats 2s Id to 2a 3d, dun. oats 2- Id tc 2s -3d, Danish oats 2s to 2s 2d. TIMARU SKIN AND WOOL SALES. The forfca.jgh.tly sales of wool and skins wera he'd ir. Tioiaru en Wednesday last. Prices were: — Butchers' half and crossbreds,, 5s 6d to 8s r beat lots 8s to 9a 3d; butchers' merinos 4s 7d to 7s. Country skins: Killed — cros3breds, best BJd to BJd, half-wool, 7£d to 8d : halfbreds, beat 9d to 9Jd, half-wool BJd to BJd , merinos, best 8d to BJd, half-wool 7£d to 7jd. Dead— crossbreds, best 7Jd to Bd, haJf-wool 7d to 7Jd; halfbreds, best 8d to 8id r half- wool 7Jd to 8d; merinos, best 7|d, half-wool 7d. Pelts : 7d to le 6d each, and 6d to 7d per IT>. Wool: Crutc-hing-j 4sd to 6d, best 6£d to 7kl (tho latter price for good straight lines of light condition); dead, 8d; fleece, 9d; dags and dirty pieces, £d to Id. Fat made 13s 3d to las 6d per hundredweight. Hides and calfskins, 4d to 4Jd. Horsehair, £d.