COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 25, 5 November 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. Christchusch, Nov. 1. The following are current prices paid to farniers r f.0.b., Xiyttelton, and free of" commission,, except where otherwise specified : WTieat : Hunter's pearl and velvet. 2s 5d to 2s 6d v and Tuscan 2s 6d f.o.b. Oats: Milling 2s 4d to 2s sd, short feed' 2 s 3d to 2s 4d, duns and Danish, 2s 2d to 2s 2|d, f.o.b. Barley : (nominal) malting 2s 3d to 2s 6d, secondary Is 8d to Is lt)d at country stations. Beans : 2s 8d to 2s 9d, f.o.b. Peas : (nominal). . Flour (millers' quotations) : Roller, .£6 15s. Sharps : .£4. Bran : .£3 10s. Oatmeal : .£l3 f.o.b. Potatoes : Derwents, nominal, .£3 5s at handy country stations. Oatsheaf chaff -,-7- 35s to 40s at near country stations. Hay: ,£2 10s to <£2 15s delivered; Grass Seed—Ryegrass, farmers' lots, Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy, town dressed 2s 6d to 3s, cocksfoot 2|d to 2|d, town machine-dressed, 161 b to 171 b old seed to f.o.b., cowgrass 6d to 6j|d, extra choice 7d, white clover 6d to Bd, delivered. Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 4gd to sd, dairy 4d ; butter, factory, local, lid,North Island lOd, daily Bdto 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 6d to 6|d ; factory bacon and hams id higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES,. Christchurch, Nov 1. There was a double market at Addington yesterday, as there will be no sale next week, on account of the races. Fat Cattle—The number yarded was 272, mostly prime stteers. Best beef, 24s to 27s ; other, 21s to 235; prime heavy steers, £lO to <£l2 ; otheis, 17s 6d to .£9 ; prime heifers, £8 to,£lo 1 ss; heifers, £8 10s to £7 10s ; prime rows, £7 to .£9 ; otheis, £5 to £Q 10 . Store Cattle—About 300 yarded, mostly good sorts. A better demand prevailed." Yearlings, .£1 17s; 15 to I 8 months, £2 to .£2 5s ; 2 year stores, £■4 8s ; 3 year, ,£5 Iss ; 2 year heifers, 62s 6d to'66s ; 3 year, £o"lss6dto L 5 15s ; dry cows, L2 to L 3 10s. Dairy tows: of which there was about 100, met with a very dull sale at L 3 to LB. FatjSheep—A mixed supply of about 'SOOO. Crossbre-d. wethers, in wool, 18s t> 22s 5d ; shorn, lis 6d to 17s lid : woolhy ewes, 14s lOd to 19s 6d : shorn, 7s lOd t;> 13s 6d : woolly merino wethers, 12s 6d to 21s 9d : shorn. 12s 2d to 13s.

Fat lambs—The 500 penned were taken by butchers at lis 6d to 16s 3d. Store Sheep Over 2000 penned, nearly all shorn wethers and ewes, with 100 per cent, to 150 per cent, of lambs. Shorn wethers sold at 8s 6d t» 12s6d; ewes, with lambs, 7s to 9s .(all counted). Pigs numbered 450. Baconers, 35s t> 52s fid, exual to 3|d : porkers, 20s to 335, equal to 4d. Southland buyers of improved stores, secured 160, large selling at 12s 6d t:> 20s, and small at 6s to 111

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. (in. conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report as to their Johnsonville stock sale yesterday : —The entry comprised of a line of heavy prime bullocks beyond the average, the balance being well finished cattle, but ytiuall. 0.1 .the whole, an easier tone was. perceptible. A larger suppiy of cheap sheep came forward than usual, and njy-t with a. somewhat easier demand. Xhe-: shorn wethers were medium weight, Only.. •'(Quotations: —Prime

ox beef, 12s to 225; prime heavy bullocks, ,£9 15s to .£lO 10s ; medium weight, £8 12s 6d to £9 5s ; small do, Lg 15s to L 8 7s 6d ; prime wethers 16s 9d heavy ewes, 16s 9d; good ewes, 14s lOd; medium ewes, 13s 3d to 13s 9d ; shorn wethers, 13s 6d to 13s 9d.

FARM and DAIRY PRODUCE. Uaery and Co., Limited, report the foil )wing wholesale selling prices on the Wellington produce market:— "Wheat, 3s id per bushel ; oats, 2s 8d to 2s lOd per busnel; seed, 2s lOd per bushel ; barley, 2s 3d per bushel; maize, 3s Id per bushel ; pollard, .£4 15s ;bran, .£4 10s per ton ; partridge peas, 4s 3d per bushel; potatoes, .£4 15s io £5 5s per ton ; seed potatoes, £4i 10s to .£5 per ton ; onions, American, .£lB per'ton ; butter, choice per lb, medium 8d per lb ; bacon, per lb ; ham, 7f d per lb; fowls, 4s to 4s 6d per pair; ducks, 5s to 6s per pair, turkeys, 7s to 12s per pair ; geese, 5s 6d per pair ; fresh eggs, 9d to lOd ; swedes, 30s per ton; carrots, 40s per ton; cabbages, Is 6d to 4s 6d per sacks; cauliflowers, 2s 6d to 7s per sack ; lettuce, Is to Is 6d per dozen ; celery, Is to 2s per dozen ; parsnips, 2s to 3s per sack ; rhubarb, 2s 6d to 7s per dozen.