COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 15, 1 October 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. Christchurch, Sept 25. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.o.b, Lyttelt >n, and free of commission, except where, otherwise specified : Wheat : Hunter's pearl and velvet, 2ssdto 2s Bd, and Tuscan 2s 6d to 2s 6|d f.o.b. Oats: Canadian 2s 3d to 2s 4d, short feed 2s 2d to 2s 3d, duns and Danish 2s Id to 2s 2d, f.o.b. Barley : (nominal) malting 2s 3d to 2s 6d, secondary Is 8d to Is lOd at country stations. Beans : 2s 7d to 2s Bd, f.o.b. Peas : (nominal). Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller, ,£6 15s. Sharps': £4. Bran: £3 10s. Oatmeal : .£l2 f.o.b. Potatoes : Derwents .£4 to ,£4 5s at handy country stations. Oatsheaf chaff— 37s 6d to 40s at near country stations. Hay: £2 10s to =£2 15s delivered . primest baled .£4 fo.b. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, farmers' lots, Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy, town dressed 2s 6d to 3s, cocksfoot 2-fd to 2f d, q.own machine-dressed, 161 b to 171 b old seed to f.o.b., cowgrass 6d to 6Jd, extra choice 7d, white clover 6d to Bd, delivered. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4id to sd, dairy 4d to 5d ; butter, factory, local, Is, "'North Island lid, dairy lid, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 6cl to 6gd ; factory bacon and hams gd higher, fo.b.

STOCK SALES. At Addington on Wednesday last, the fat cattle numbered 134, including a few good heavy weights, but the majority were seeondary. Bidding was not quite so brisk, and with the exception of extra lots, was easier. Best, 26s to 29s 6d ; other, 22s 6d to 25s per 1001 b ; two prime local steers, ,£l3 5s to £l3 12s 6cl ; eleven North Island bullocks, £ll to £l2 6s; ether steers, £Q 12s 6d to £lO 12s 6d ; heifers, £5 17s 6d to £9 5s ; cows, £5 to £8 2 6d. Store cattle numbered 160, mostly useful lines met improved demand. Yearlings, 26s ; 18-months 44s to 45s ; 2-year steers, 75s to 87s ; do. heifers, 73s to 76s ; 3-year do., 87s 6d to 100 s cows, 50s to 61s. There was little or no demalid for dairy cows, and verv few sold at L 3 to LB. Fat Sheep—About 4000, including good lines of crossbred freezers. A large number of good merino crossbred wethers saw no change, but best merino wethers improved. The majority were taken for export, but ewes were easier, butchers filling requirements with secondary merino wethers. Heavy-weight crossbred wethers up to 21s 9d ; freezers, 17s to 20s 9d . lighter, 16s to 16s lOd ; hoggets, best 15s to 17s Id, others 13s 6d to 15s; best ewes, 15s 17s Id ; others, lis 6cl to 14s 6d : very prime merino wethers to 19s 1d ; freezers, 16s 2d to 18s 3d; others, lis 6d to 14s 6d. Fat Lambs ; —Forty sold at 15s to 2 2s. Store Sheep.—Nearly 1300 shown, a mixed entry There was virtually no sale for A\ethers and hoggets, owing to the dry weather, but ewes and lambs were in better demand, and three lots were sold at 7s 3d to 8s sd, and 9s Id, all counted. Pigs.—About 400. Good sale for all sorts, Northern and Southern buy-, ers operating- for fats. Baconess, 55s to 58s 6d ; porkers, 24s to 30s 6d, both equal to 3f d and 4d per lb ; large stores; 14s to 20s 6d; smaller, 10s to 13s 3d ; stickers and weaners, 5s to 10s.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. in c ujur-ction with Abraham and Williams, report on the'r stock sale at Johnsonville last week as follows :—An average entry of bullocks cf good quality met with leerr competiti m. A fair yarding cf sheep of good quality sold freelv at current prices. We quote beef at 22s ti. 23s per 1001 b. Best bullocks £9 12s 6d, £9 15s, £9 17s 6d £lO 7s 6d ; others, £8 12s 6d to £9 10s; lighter sorts, £7 17s 6d to £8 2s 6d. Sheep—Bestewes, 15s lid to 16s; others, 14s 3d to 14s 14d. No pigs coming forward.

FARM and DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs Townsend and Paul report the following-wholesale selling prices on the Wellington produce market-: —Wheat, 3s 3d per bushel ; broken, 2s 9d per bushel; oats 2s 6d per bushel ; seed 2s 9d per bushel; barley 2s 2d per bushel ; maize, 3s Id per bushel; pollard, £4 1 0s ; bran, £4 10s pex'ton ; chaff, L 3 10s per ton ; hay L 4 10s per ton ; partridge peas, 4s per bushel ; potatoes, L 5 to L 5 5s per ton ; seed potatatoes, L 5 to L 5 10s per ton ; onions, American, LI 7 per ton ; butter, choice lOd to Is per lb, medium 8d to 9d per lb ; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s a pair ; turkeys, 7s to 12s per pair; geese, 5s 6d per pair; fresh eggs, 9d; swedes, 30s per ton ; carrots, 40s per ton ; cabbages. 3s 6d to 4s 6d per sack ; cauliflowers, 2s 8d t 3 3s 6d per sack ; pumpkins, 4s to 5s per sack ; marrow, 4s to 4s 6cl yer sack ; lettuce, lOd to Is 6d per dozen ; celery, Is to 2s per dozen ; parsnips, 3s to 4s 6d per sack ; rhubarb, 7s to 10s per dozen. .