COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 35, 10 December 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CAKTCaSSBVTCY MARKETS. CMfuSTeHTJBCH:, Dec. 6. The following are current prices paid to farßaers,. £o.b. r ILytielton, and free of eoßMaaission,. excepft where otherwise wpeeiftedj :■ Wheat:: Prime milling, Tuscan 2s Sd Hunters* pearl and 1 velvet 2s 7d. Oats - Mil'ing 2s 3d to 2s 4d, short feed 2s 3d to- 2s 4d, duns 2s 4d to 2s 5d and Danish 2s 2d to 2s 3d. 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. Hay: £2 10s to .£2 15s delivered. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, farmers' lots, Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy town dressed 2s 6rl to 3s, cocksfoot 2|d to 2fd, town machine-dressed 161 b to 171 b old seed 3|d to S|d f.o.b. Oowgrass 6d to 6fd, extra choice 7d. White clover, 6d to 8d delivered. Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 4d to 4|d, dairy 4d ;• butter, factory, local, lid, North Island lOd, dairyßdto 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, s.|d to 6.§d ; factory bacon and hams :|d higher, fo.b.

STOCK SALES

Christchurch, Nov 28

Fat cattle.—l7l- yarded. A dull f-;ale, and prices fell to 17s 6d to 25s per l<~>olb. North Island steers were passed at £9 to ,£9 5s ; steers, ,£6 17s 6d ta : heifers, £5 15s to .£8 10s : cows, £5 5s to £B, and up to <£9 17s 6d for a few of extra quality.

Store cattle.—4oo yarded. Most of the business was done privately. At unction yearlings made 20s; 15 to 18months, 35s to 46s ; 2-yeas steers' £4 10s ; heifers, £4= Is ; 3-year steers, £5 7s ; heifers, .£4 13s 6d ; dry cows, 30s to 90s.

Fat sheep.—2soo penned, all shorn. A short supply caused a keen demand, and prices advanced Is per head. Freezing weathers, 13s 6d to 15s 7d ; heavy weight up to 18s ; best ewes, 14s to 16s; others, 9s to 13s; merino wethers, 9s to 10s 9d.

Fat lambs.— 1090 penned. A better sale ; two new buyers for export causing a rise of Is per head. 621 were taken for export at lis 3d to ,14s 8d ; 360 went to butche.is at 18s 8d to I7s : 108 were passed. Store sheep.—l6o9 penned and a poor demand. "Very few were sold. Shorn wethers 10s sd, and ewes and lambs 8s all counted.

Pigs—4Bo yarded. Quality poor. Baconers held their own at 32s to 50.--, equal to 3§ per lb ; porkers were easier at 18s to 30s, equal to per lb ; stores were almost unsaleable at 8s to 16s ; .muckers and weaners, 3s 3d to 7s.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report that at their sale at Johnson ville, hear- Wellington,* on Friday last, had an average supply of bullocks. These were mainly of prime and medium quality. Prices showed no improvement, and a dull dragging sale remitted. Ox beef made 20s per lOOlbs, an occasional pen making up to 21s. lir sheep we had a full entry, mainly comprising good quality ewes. There was .poor competition, and prices dropped fully 2s per head in sympathy with the Home market. The lambs entered were of medium quality only, and sold " freely Quotations : Cattle.—Best bullocksj .£8 10s to .£8 17s 6d, small do., £7 10s to «£8 ss, light. do.> £6 10s to £7 ss.* SStaoam wethers. IQs 6d, woolly dp. lis

lid, shorn ewes 9s:lod, Coolly do. lis | light ewes 7s. sd, fail lambs 9s to 10s j 6d, poor do. J3s 6d.to 6s 6d. FARM and DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd., report the following wholesale prices on the Wellington produce market :—Wheat, 3s 3d per bushel ; oats, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel ; barley, 2s 4d per bushel ;maize, 3s per bushel ; flour, £8 5s per ton ; pollard, ,95s per ton; bran, 90s per ton ; oatmeal, £l3 10s per ton ; chaff, 65s to 70s per ton ; hay, 90s per ton ; field beans, 3s 6d per bushel; field peas, 4s 3d per bushel ; potatoes, old, 65s to 70s per ton, new round 7s per cwt, new kidneys 8s 9s per cwt ; ryegrass seed, 4s per bushel; cocksfoot seed, 2gd to 3|dper lb ; butter, prime 8d to 9d per lb, dairy, 7d to 7|d ; cheese, 5d ; bacon, 6f d; best factory ; bams, 8d ; rolls, fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per pair ; roosters, 4s per pair; ducks, 5s to 5s 6d per pair ; 'turkeys, hens 8s per pair, gobbless 9s to 13s per pair: geese, 5s 6d per pair ; fresh eggs, lid to Is ; cabbages, Is to 3s per sack ; cauliflowers, 6s to 10s per fack ; strawberries, Is 6d to Is 9d per pint ; rhubarb, 4s to 7s 6d per dozen ; gooseberries, 2s 6d to 4s 6d per half-case Hutt flukes, 10s green peas, 9d to Is per peck.