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Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 29, 19 November 1901, Page 4

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CANTERBURY MAEKETSj O.HBXSTCHTJK.CH, E"ov. 15. Tihe- following are current prices paid to Byttelton, and free of commission,.except where otherwise specified;:. Wheats: Hunter's pearl and 2s 5d to 2s 6~d, and Tuscan 2s 6d f.o.b.

Oats; Milling 2s 4d to 2s sd,_ short feed 2s Sd 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 lOd 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 — 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 dres- y sed 2s 6d to 3s, cocksfoot 2|d to 2|d, town machine-dressed, 161 b to 171 b old seed 3|d to 3|d, f.0.b., cowgrass 6d to 6|d, extra choice 7d, white clover 6d to Bd, delivered. Da'ry Produce ; Cheese, factory 4§d to sd, dairy 4d ; butter, factory, local, lid,North Island lOd, dairy 8d to 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 6d to 6id ■; factory bacon and hams h<\ higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. Christ-church, Nov 14. The first sale for a fortnight, and very dragging throughout. Fat cattle—22o yarded ; mostly gpod to prime steers and cows. All heifers were light weight. The market was a shade easier. Beef 20s, 275. Bullocks, <£lo, £l% ; others, £6 15s, =£9 ; heifers £5 17s 6d, £7 5s ; best cows, £B, JHO 15s; others, £5 ss, £7. Store cattle—ls 9 yarded, and a good sale. Weedy yearlings, 18s 6d ; good fifteen to eighteen-months, £2 Is, £3 5s ; eighteen-month heifeir, £3 5s ; two year steers, £4, 1 7s 6d ; three-year, £7 2s ; two-year heifers, £3 15s, .£3 17s (id'; three-year, £5 lis; dry cows, 13s, £5. Dairy cows—loo yarded; good, in demand, £7 to £9 ; others (dull of sale), 1/3 to L. 6.

Fat sheep 3500 yarded i mostly unfinished sorts. A very dull sale, resulting in a drop of Is 6d to 2s for anything not prime quality. Unfinished not taken by graziei-s were passed. Prime woolly crossbred wethers, 17s to 2ls 6d ; others ; others, 14s to 16s 6d. In shorn a few prime show wethers orought 21s to 26s 6d ; others, 12s 6d to 15s 9d up to 17s Id. for extra good woolly ewes ; prime Downs, 18s 9d to 20s 6d; best crossbreds, 15s to 18s; medium, 12s to 12s ; inferior, 9s Id to lis; best shorn, 13s to 15s; others, lis 9d to 12s 6d ; best shorn, 13s to 15s ; others lis 9d to'l2s6d; best merino woolly wethers, 14s to 16s 6d ; others, 9s QA to 12s 6d ; best shorn, lis to 13s; others, 8s 10s; ewes, 8s to 12s.

Fat lambs—6oo penned, mostly secondary. The demand was mostly in the hands of butchers,, and there was a heavv decline. A few extra prime, 15s to" 16s ; good, 12s 6d to 14s; inferior, down to lis. Store sheep—-2226 penned ; all hoggets and ewes with lambs ; no wethers, little or no demand; many passed, Small lots of hoggets, 7s to 9s 7d j 300 ) arsed at 8s lid ; small lot ewes and 6s to 9s 3d ; 322 passed at 5s Sid. J • Pigs.— 500.. Many unfinished

and porkers sold well, but other sorts suffered by about 2s to Is per head. Baconersy 38s to 465, equal to 3|d per lb ; porkers, 24s to 325, equal to 4d ; large stores, 16s 6d to 22s 6d ; smaller, lis to 15s ; suckers and weaners, 5s to 7s.