COMMERCIAL

Southland Times, Issue 17305, 29 March 1913, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

PRODUCE PHI CDS CURRENT. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1910. WHOLESALE. Fresh Farm Butter, 8d per lb. Fresh Butter (separator), lOd per lb. Factory Butter, ’/fclb prints, ls2U(Mb, Eggs, is fid. Flour, £9 5s to £lO. Oatmeal. 260s to 270 a. Bran. £3. Pollard. CIO. Chaff, £3 ss, o.t. RETAIL. Fresh Farm Butter. 9d per lb. Fresh Butter (separator). I'Ll per lb. Factory Butter. Vi lb prints. Is Id lb. Cheese, Ud per lb. Kggs; Is 9d. Bacon,’ Is 2d. Ham. I Id. Potatoes. 121b for Is, Flour, 2001b, 20s fid; IOOIh, 10s 9d; 501b 3s 9d; 231b, 3s. Oatmeal. 301b, Ts 9d; 231b, 4s. Pollard, Ss per 1001b. SOUTHLAND STOCK AND GRAIN MARKET. TIMES OFFICE, Friday. FAT CATTLE.—At Wallacetown cm Wednesday last there was a large yarding, and prices showed a decline of about 2s per IOOIbs, Prime ox beef, 29s to 30s; lighter, 28s (o 295: heifer, 26s to 275; cow, up to 23s per IOOIbs for good sorts. STORE CATTLE. —Prices are much about the same as last week, but 5\ ednosday’s stock stile was a very draggy one. Two-year-old bullocks. £3 15s to £4 ss; 2• 3-y earmolds, £4 10s lo £5 as: 3-year-ulds. £6 10s to £7 ss: 1 8-months-okl. £3 to £3 ss: yearlings. £2 10s to £2 15s: inferior, £2 ss; calves, 27s fid to 30s. FAT SHEEP. —Prices at Wallacetown on Wednesday were back about Is per bead. Butchers’ heavy wethers. 21s to 225: lighter, 18s to 19s: prime ewes. Ms to Ifis: butchers’ lambs. 15s 6d to 16s. doWlt to Ms, STORE SHEEP. —There was a fair yarding a.t Wallacetown on Wednesday, and the sale was a good one. There Is a brisk demand for rape lambs, which, for extra good, are selling at up to Ms; good sorts, 12s to 12s 6d; medium. Ms 9d to 12s 3d; smaller sorts. 10s 6d to Ms: two-tooth owes, 10s to 16s 6d; four and six-tooths 16s 9d to 17s 3d: four-year-old paddock ewes. Ms fid to 15s fid; rape ewes, 10s to 10s 6d; boilers, 7s lo 8s: two-tooth wethers, Ms to Ms 9d; four and six-tooths, 15s to 15s Oil: station ewes. Ms to Ms 6d; station lambs, 9s to 10s. OATS. —The market is rather firmer, but business Is difficult to do at the price that farmers arc asking. Many farmers arc holding for 2/-, but so far this price is not obtainable at present, merchants' best offer for A grade Gartons being 1/11, o.t. A moderate business has been done in B grade for April. May delivery at 2 3M)d. f.0.b., s.i.. Bluff, less brokerage. Merchants, however, are not very anxious for forward business, as they are somewhat afraid of the firm attitude of farmers. Buyers on the other hand are not anxious either. Tasmanian oats continue to pour Into bydney, and there does not appear to be any Immediate prospect of business with that centre, although, possibly, supplies will be required from New Zealand in the sprihg. CHAFF. —There Is a fair demand for prime old chaff, and merchants are prepared to pay farmers £3 to £3 os, 0.t., for same, and supply bags. For new chaff, for forward delivery, merchants are offering from £2 los to i£3, o.t. POTATOES. —There is a fair amount of enquiry for potatoes for April-May deliverv, but buyers’ ideas are low, viz,, about £4 10s. f.0.b., s.i.. Bluffy This would mean from £3 10s to £3 15s, 0.t., net to farmers. Most farmers are willing to look at this price, but a moderate business has been carried throOgh for prompt delivery at £4, o.t. Crops generally arc very good, and unless New South Wales comes on to this market, they are more than adequate for dominion requirements. During the past week or two the price of Tasmanian potatoes has advanced considerably in Sydney, and It looks now as if it would pay to send to that market if the restrictions were removed, as they were last year. Advices from Sydney, however, are to the effect that the embargo against New Zealand will be removed only if Australian-grown potatoes go to famine prices. The yields, however, are so good, both in Tasmania and Victoria, that there does not appear much chance of this eventuating. RYEGRASS. —There has been a very keen demand for ryegrass, and heavy seed is readily saleable. Current prices may be quoted as follows:—For 221b to 23li> seed, 2/-, 0.t.; for 241b to 251b seed, 2/3. 0.t.. and for 271b to 291b seed, up to 2/6, 0.t., according to degree of cleanness. ITALIAN RYEGRASS.—There has not been much of this offering so far. but heavy, well-marked samples, free from weeds, would command from 2/3 to 2/6, o.t. HEMP. —The market is "weaker, London not being anxious to operate at all, although ’’good fair” is nominally worth £34, c.i.f. and s., and fair £3l. These prices would net millers about £2B and £25, o.t. “Good fair” would probably bring a little more in the local or Australian market at present, but "fair” is not in demand, most twine manufacturers having secured sufficient of this quality. TOW. —There Is not much demand for this at present, and values may be quoted nominally at £7. 0.t.. for No. 3 grade, and £B, 0.t., for No, 2 grade. WHEAT.—There is no new wheat on the market so far. Old fowl wheat is getting Into small compass, and Is read. # ily saleable at from 2/9 to 3/-, 0.t., s.e. WINDHAM STOCK SALE. Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report:— Sheep.—We yarded 978 sheep and cleared the lot at very satisfactory prices. Tho sale of sheep throughout was exceedingly brisk: 590 s.ra. ewes (Venlaw Station) 16s 4d, 104 s.m. ewes 14s Bd, 77 f.m. ewes 12s 6d, 151 s.m. ewes 15s 70, 56 f.m. ewes Ms 6d. 39 twotooth ewes 16s Mil, 39 t\vo-tooth wethers 16s Sd, 12 two-shear Komney rams I Vs gns. Cattle. —We yarded and sold 57 head. Pen fat steers £7 15s, 10 fat cows £6 Is. fat heifer £3, 8 fat cows £7 2s 6d. 3 store cows £3 12s 6d, 4 boilers £3 14s, II boilers £2 10s. We also disposed of privately 13 bulls at £B. The Notional Mortgage and Agency Co. report; — | Sheep.—A full yarding, all classes ! meeting with keen competition. We sold ! lambs from 12s Id to 13s 7(1, stores j and fat lambs from 15s lOd to 16s Id, j s.m. ewes from 13s fid to Ifis 4d. twotooth ewes to 17s 3d, four do. to 18s 9d, j old ewes 8s fid to 12s. fat wethers lo 225. j Cattle. —We sold 2 V-i-ye.-r steers £6 10s j to £7 7s 9d, 18-month steers £3 ISs to ! £4 17s, .several pens fat cows £6 10s I to £7 2s 6(1, 23 boilers at current rates. Messrs Henderson and Co.. Ltd., report a large yarding of sheep, and all classes ■ met with good enquiry, the whole of i our entry of 1810 head being sold at | prices satisfactory to vendors. Our j chief sales were as follow; — ! Fat Wethers. —100 at 19s Sd, 21 at, j 225, 19 at 21s 2d, 10 at 17s fid. Lambs I —146 at 16s Id. 243 at 13s 4d. 20 at I Ms fid. Ewes—2Bs four, six, and eighttooth at ISs 3d, 214 two-tooth at ISs, 40 two and four-tooth at 17s Id. 49 do. at Ifis I Id, 278 four, six and eight-tooth at 13s lOd. 19 do. at Ms 3d, 20 forward i ewes at 12s 3d, 181 do. ul Ms 10(1, 90 failing moolh ewes at los Uhl. 33 do. .at 10s. Rams —i-hx at £2 2s, 12 at 10s lo Ss. Cattle.—A medium yarding: but the demand was not as good as usual, although we wen’ .successful in selling practically the whole of our entry of M 0 head. o>ur chief sales were; Bullocks, 38 at £8 13s, 11 do. at £G 10s, two at £3, 16 fat cows at from £8 5s ! In £5. M store cows from £5 to £3, live bulls from £7 5s to £3. Pigs.—Seven at 245, nine at 13s Gd, nine at 12s fid. Messrs Hunter, Sutherland and Rice report; A fairly large yarding of sheep and a full yarding of cattle, the former selling at exceedingly good values, bidding throughout being extremely brisk for all classes, and wo quitted our complete entry (which was a large one) at values in excess of vendors’ reserves. Cattle, mi the other hand, showed a decided drop, bidding being lifeless throughout. Several lines passed in at auction found purchasers privately afterwards at con-

artderably lower values than have been ruling during the past four or five months. Sheep.—We sold as £ollows;_20 heavy fat lambs 19s sd, 120 do. 17s Id, 63 do. 16s 6d, 50 store do. 12s lOd, 63 do. 14s 6d, 46 do. 13s. 93 do. Us lid, six fat wethers 19s, 174 do. 17s 9d. seven B.L. ewtfs 18s, 77 four, six and eighttooth ewes 17s, 87 do. 16s 6d. 59 do. 16s Id, 127 do. 14s, 51 f.m. ewes Us 6d, 60 do. 12s 6d. 108 do. 10s Id to 5s Id, S3 do. 10s Id, 63 s.m. ewes 13s 9d, 116 aged ewes Bs, 96 fat ewes 138 6d to 11s 2d. 30 one-shear Komney Marsh rams £3 3s, 12 B.L. one and two-shear rams £2 15s 9d to £2 2s, 33 aged rams £ I 10s to Bs. Cattle.—We sold: 18 fat heifers £. I_os to £6, 11 forward do. £t 17s 6d to £t 3s. 23 two-year steers £7 13s to £6. 10 fat bullocks £9 7s fid, 11 fat cows £6 to £3. six store heifers £4 lls to £3 10s, 42 calves £2 Is to £1 17s. four hulls £3 to £1 10s. 10 fat steers passed at £9, 22 calves passed at 355. Pigs.—These sold very well. We sold 31, as follows: —One at 265, two at 235, IS at 16s to 14s, 10 weaners at 13s Gd to 10s fid.