OAMARU MARKETS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3886, 4 September 1928, Page 37

OAMARU MARKETS.

OAMARU, August 31. The grain market in North Otago continues to show few signs of animation. •During the past week some transactions have taken place in wheat, but the bulk of last season’s crop has now been marketed. Parcels of Tuscan have sold at 5s 8d per bushel, Sensation at 5s Bd, and Hunters at 6s. Velvet has not been offering. Some of the millers are reported to be mixing their flour with the • Canadian article. Fowl wheat is not reaching the market, most of the supplies coming from districts north of the Waitaki River. There has been no movement in oats, the nominal price of which is still 3s 2d for A Gartons and Is 9d for B’s, on trucks. Oaten sheaf chaff is not in much request, though small lines have been sold • • at. from £4 to £4 5s per ton, on trucks, i chiefly for local requirements. Cowgrass is still offering freely, but inferior quality is difficult to quit.'Sales X have been made at from 7d to 8d per lb. . Potatoes and barley have both been . 'practically cleaned up, and no business is ‘ ' reported.. The live stock market has been less active than for some weeks past. Owing

to the abundance of grass, stores are being firmly held, and only very high prices can tempt sales. l*at steers have sold at from £l4 to £l5, and good fat heifers at from £l2 10s to £l3, while, fat cows have realised £lO. Yearling heifers have changed hands at £5, and steers at £6. Dairy cows continue to be in strong request. Cows in milk have' been sold at from £7 to £lO, while cows coming to profit have reached £B. In sheep, fat wethers have realised as high as 465, three-quarterbred ewe hoggets 355, full-mouth crossbred ewes 38s, Romney cross ewes 365, and wether hoggets 30s.

l.he price of pigs has shown a slight decline, owing to the large offering. Large stores have sold up to 27s 6d, slips 18s 6d to 21s, good weaners 12s to 15s, and medium weaners 10s to Ils. SOUTHLAND MARKET REPORT. INVERCARGILL, September 1. GRAIN. Oats.—There has been rather more inquiry for oats during the week, although there has been no material advance in prices. It is reported that sales have been made of A grades at 3s lid per bushel. Stocks held by local merchants are small and the greater part of these will be required for local seed and feed purposes. Values to farmers remain the same is last week, viz., 3s to 3s Id for As, one penny more for super A’s and Duns, and 2d less for B grades. Chaff.—Offerings are not very heavy just now, but there are sufficient to meet the limited demand. Value to farmers ranges from £4 5s to £4 10s per ton, according to quality and railage distance. Wheat. —Stocks of wheat are now in small compass, and what are available are being used to satisfy the local fowl feed demand. It is probable that supplies will have to be drawn from outside markets in the near future. There are no offerings from farmers, and prices are nominally 5s 8d per bushel for millinnTuscan. ° Ryegrass.—Stocks held at present are exceedingly small, and it looks as if there will be a complete clean up before the end of the season. There are no offerings from farmers, but the on trucks value is about 3s 8d per bushel for good, heavy-weight samples. Italian is still rather dull of sale, f.0.b., value running from 3s 6d to 4s per bushel. STOCK REPORT. The stock market is steady with a good demand for all classes offering. Fat cattle are coming forward in fair numbers the offerings being just sufficient to fill requirements, and prices realised at recent sales must be satisfactory to vendors. The fat sheep market continues to be well supplied and prices, notwithstanding the numbers coming forward may be considered satisfactory. There are very few store sheep changing hands, there being sufficient feed to carry all stock through until the grass comes away, lhe market for young ewes and ewe hoggets continues very firm with a keen inquiry for good sorts. Fat Cattle.—Extra prime heavy bullocks, to £26; prime heavy do, £lB to £22; medium-weight prime do, £l2 10s to £l5 10s; prime heavy heifers, £l2 10s to £lo 10s; medium do, £9 10s tc. £11; prime heavy cows, £l2 to £l4 10s; medium do. 2’ A lO 10s: veal ers, to 355; runners’ to £5 10s. Prime ox beef, 45s to 47s 6d ?^L. 1001 b: P rilne heifer beef, to 45s per !001b; cow beef, 37s 6d to 40s per 1001 b. rat Sheep.—Extra prime heavy wethers 47s to 50s; prime heavy do, 42s 6d to 455; medium-weight prime do, 39s to 41s; lighter do, 36s to 37s 6dj prime heavy ewes, 32s 6d to 355; medium do, 26s to 30s.

Store Sheep.—Wether hoggets, 24s 6d to 27s 6d; ewe hoggets, 35s to 38s 6d; two-tooth ewes, 40s to 455; four ar.d six-tooth do, 40s to 445; sound-mouthed 35 ?: f ai hng-mouthed ewes, 27s 6d to 30s; old ewes, 20s to 245; poorer sorts, to 15s. Store Cattle.—Three-year stores, £8 10s to £9 10s; two-year do, £6 10s to £7 10s; yearling steers, £4 10s to £5 10s; twoyear heifers, £4 to £5 10s. FRUIT AND PRODUCE WORLD. Reilly’s report: Very heavy consignments Australian citrus fruit ex Karetu good demand eggs, butter, pigs, etc. Whitebait commands good values W*> received and sold:—Violets: Oversupply" lid, 3d. Freesias. 6d. Narcissi, 6d. Sol de Or trumpets, 9d. Anemones, 6s. Section honey: Choice, 9s; medium, 6s 6d. Cabbage, 2s, 4s 6d. Cauliflowers, 4s, 8s Lettuce: Choice, to ss. Eggs, Is 6d Is 7d. Butter: Wanted, pats bulk, Is sd; factory pats, Is 7d. Preserved ginger Is Id. Peanuts, sd. Brazils, lOd. Walnuts, lid. Cheese: Medium. 91d lOd Tea: Orange Pekoe, 2s 6d. Beeswax Is Bd. Horsehair, Is 9d. Bacon pigs: Prime. 7d; porkers, 7Jd; heavyweights, 54d’ choppers, 4d. Whitebait, 3s 6d ~4s Bacon: Choice, Is; odd lots, 4d ’ lOd Potatoes: Stirlings, Outrams, 7s 6d Bs* new potatoes. Is 33d. Carrots, 6s Parsnips, 7s. Onions: Japanese, 17s 6d* Californian, 17s 6d. Swedes, 3s. Oyster grit, 8s 6d. Fat, 18s, 26s cwt. X Keys meatmeal, 18s. Pears: Choice, 7s 8s; halves, 3s, 6s. Apples: Jonathans, 6s*. 8s; Delicious, choice 10s, 14s, medium 5s 8s; Cleopatras, 8s 6d; Lord Wolseleys 7s; other cooking varieties, ss, 6s- Ballarats, 7s 6d. Rhubarb, 9d, Is. Bananas ripe, 325. Lemons: Missions, 60s; Victorian, 21s; mandarines, choice 20s. Sunkist Valencia oranges, 42s 6d; Raratongan repacks, 255; Adelaide navels, 24s Californian grapes, 27s 6d. Grapefruit" 40s. Poormans, 12s. Sevilles, 13s Honey: Bulk, 4d, 4|d; 101 b tins, ss, 5s 6d; 41b pats, 3s 9d. Black Leaf “40”* 101 b tins, 545; 21b tins, 15s 6d; 41b tins, 5s 3d. Karswood spice: 41b tins Is11b Is lOd; 71b, 12s 6d. Megitts linseed meal, 18s. Mutton birds, 9d, lid per bird. Wheat: Fowl, 6s 6d. Oats- “A” Gartons, 3s 9d; “ B,” 3s 3d per-bushel. Palmer’s chick food: 101 b tins, 2s 9d* 501 b, Us 3d; 1001 b, 21s. Arsenate of lead, paste, powder, lime sulphur, spraying oil, Benzole emulsion, atomised sulphur, nicotine sulphate, dry Bordeaux, weed, scrub, and tree killer, spray’ spreader, arsenate calcium, anti-bunt, special prices on application. Incubators: Kaipai. £l3 10s to £3O:. brooders, £6 to £7 10s. Fencing posts: From £6 to £8 per 100. Tagerim lucerne plants, 45s pgr 100. Lucerne meal, 14s per 1001 b.

Bran, £7 10s. Pollard, £9. Oatsheaf chaff: Choice, £5 10s. Clover hay, £4 Lis. Lucerne, £5 10s per ton. Day-old chicks: White Leghorns, Is 3d each, £5 per 100, £5O per 1000; Rhode Island Red and Sussex, Is 6d each, £6 per 100, £55 per 1000. Poultry: 64 hens at 4s lOd to Ils 4d; 11 cockerels, 6s 2d to Ils; 2 geese, Bs, 10s, all at per pair; 1 gobbler, 10id per lb; 1 stud cockerel. 20s. REILLY’S CENTRAL PRODUCE MART, LTD., Dunedin.