COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 37, 17 December 1901, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

—o CANTERBURY MARKETS. Chbjss©hurch, Dec. 13. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b.,, Lyttelton, and free <.»f commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat : Prime milling, Tuscan s'2 lOd to2s lid; Hunter's pearl and velvet 2s 8d to 2s 9d.

Oats: Milling 2s 3d to 2s 4d, short feed 2s 3d to 2s 4d, duns 2s 4d to 2s od 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. Hav: <£2 10s to £2 15s delivered

Grass Seed—Ryegrass, farmers' lots, Is 9d to 2s, prime heavy town dressed 3s to 3s 6d, cocksfoot 2|d to 2fd, town machine-dressed 161 b to 171 b old seed 3|d to 3|d f.o.b. Cowgrass 6d to 6|d, extra choice 7d. White clover, 6d to 8d delivered.

Dairy Pi-oduce; Cheese, factory 4d to 4|d, dairy 4d ; butter, factory, local, lid, North Island lOd, dairy Bdto 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, f>id to 6|d ; factory bacon and hams gd higher, fo.b. . STOCK SALES. Christchurch, Dec 13. Thei-e were fair yardings at Addingt.m market on Friday last. Fat cattle—Owing to the heavy and unexpected supply prices showed a further fall of about Is per 1001 b. Steers, £6 5s to £lO ; heifers, £5 5s to £8 7s 6dcows £5 to £8 10s ; extra good, £9. Prices range from 16s 6d to 24s per 1001 b, Store cattle—good entry. Yearlings fetched 12s to 17s; fifteen monthsold cattle, 44s to 50s ; two-year-old steers, Bgs to 95s : two-year-old heifers 67s 6d ; dry ctnvs, from 30s to 85s ; and dairy cows, £3 10s to £9 ss. Fat cattle—A fairly large entry, much larger, apparently, than the requirements of the trade, and in consequence the market was easier in tone. The quality of the sheep, however, was better than at last week's sale, and there were many good lines of both merino and crossbred wethers. The sale opened with a decline on last week's rates foi butcher-s' ewes, but improved towards the end. Freezing wethers, 13s lOd to 16s; heavyweights, to 17s ; best crossbred ewes, 12s to 14s sd; others, 7s to lis 6d ; merino ewes, best, 10s to 12s 6d ; others, 5s 6d to 9s 61 ; inferior, 3s to 4s 9d.

Fat lambs—lsoo were entered. Butchers exhibited a keen demand, and freezers were also active. Butchers' lambs, lis to 15s; freezers, 13s to. 14. Stoie Sheep—Only 1480 were penned, and in consequence of improved feed prospects the demand was good. Two and four-tooth ewes and wethers, 10s 7d to lis lOd: two-tooth ewes 8s lid ; ewes and lambs, to 9s. Pigs—An average enrry met good demand. Baconers ran from 34s to 50s, or 3|d to 3Jd per lb; porkers, 22s to 335, or 3jd to 3|d per lb; stores, 15s to 22s for large ; small, 8s 6d to 12s 6i ; weaners, 6s to Bs.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Coin conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report that at their sale at Johnsonville, near "Wellington, on Friday last, as follows: Entries of eittle to-day were confined to one line of prime quality bullocks, which met with a'slightly better demand than last week. Ox beef made 20s, an oc-

casional pen making 21s per 1001 b. In sheep we had an average number of good quality ewes and wethers. These were well competed for, ewes selling at Is and wethers at 6d per head better than last week. A line of light lambs completed the entry. These sold freely. Quotations—Best bullocks, £8 12s 6d to .£9 ; prime, medium weigh l, £7 17s 6d to £8 10s; small do, £7 10s to £7 125.; prima weight ewes, 10s 9d ; good ewes, 9s 7d ; wethers 10s lid; best lambs, 9s to 10s 7d ; light do, 6s to 7s 9d. FARM and DAIRY PRODUCE. Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd.;" report the following wholesale prices on the Wellington produce market : —"Wheat, 3s 4d to 3s 6d bushel; oats, 2s 9d to 3s per busl el; barley, 2s 4d per bushel; maize, 3s per bushel; flour, £7 15s 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 75s per ton, new round 6s to 6s 6d cwt,uew kidneys 7s 8s percwi ; ryegrass seed, 4s per bushel; cocksfoot seed, 2|d to 3|d per lb ; butter, prime 8d to 9d per lb, dairy, 7d to 7|d ; cheese, 5d ; bacon, 6|d; best factory ; hams, 8d ; rolls, 7|d; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s per pair ; roosters, 4s 6d per pair; ducks, 5s per pair ; turkeys, hens 8s per pair, gobble ss 9s to 13s per pair: geese, 5s 6d per pair; fresh eggs, lid to Is ; cabbages, 2s to 4s per sack ; cauliflowers, 6s to 10s per sack ; strawberries, Is 6d to Is 9d per pint; rhubarb, 4s 6d to 7s 6d per dozen ; gooseberries, 2s 6d to 4s 6d per half-case Hutt flukes, 8s t > 9s : green peas, Is to Is 4d per peck.