COMMERCIAL.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 54, 18 February 1902, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

CANTERBURY MARKETS Christchurch, Feb. 13. The following are current pi Res paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified : "Wheat: Prime milling, Tuscan 2slld to 3s ; Hunter’s pearl and velvet 2s lid to 3s. Old Oats, (nominal)-2s 4d to 2s 4|d, f.o.b. ; pew oats, Is lOd to Is lid ; short feed, Is lid to 2s, at country stations. Barley (new) —3s to 3s 3d at country stations. Beans : 2s 8d to 2s 9d, f.o.b. Peas: (nominal). Flour (millers’ quotations) : Roller X 7 10s. Sharps : X 4 5s Pollard : =£4 5s per ton. Bran : =£3 10s. Oatmeal : XI3 f.o.b. Hav: X2 10s to X2 15s delivered. Onions : X 4 at country stations. . Potatoes : Beauty of Hebron, 40s to 45s at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 3s to 3s 6d, cocksfoot 2gdto 3d, town machine-dressed 161 b to 171 b old seed 3|d to 3|d f.o.b. Cow grass 6d to 6fd, extra choice 7<l. White clover, 6d to 8d delivered. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4d to 4|d, dairy 4d ; butter, factory, local ~1 Id, North Island lOd, dairy 8d to 9d, salt (inboxes) 8d ; bacon, Lams, sid to 6|d ; factory bacon and Lams i-d higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. At Addington yards last week the entries were : —14,156 sheep, 443 cattle, and 549 pigs. Of fat cattle 186 Lead were yarded. There was slow bidding and a drop of Is per 1001 b on last week’s prices. No North Island beasts were to hand. Steers, X 6 17s 6d to XIO 17s 6d ; heifers, X 5 15 to X 7 1 7s 6d ; cows, X 5 to X 7 17s 6d, or equal to 16s to 21s per 1001 b. Store Cattle.—Strong competition for all classes. Tbree-year-old steers, X 6 10s to X 6 15 ; heifers, X 4 8s 6d : two-year steers, X 4 5s to X 4 9s ; 1 5 to 18-months c ittle, X2 5s to A 219 s ; yearlings, 24s to 37s 6d ; dry cows. 50s to 85s.

Dairy Cows —Average entry : X 7 1 7s 6d for good sorts: one really prime, XIO.

Fat Sheep —Fairly large number : the bulk crossbred ewes of good quality For freezing sheep there was fair competition, but spirited for good ewes, which advanced Is per head. For other ewes, bidding was irregular, but the tone firmer. Wethers, 13s 9d to 14s 6d for light weights; freezing weights, 15s to 16s 9d ; extra prime heavyweights, 17s to 17s 9<D ewes, sound mouth crossbred} 14s to 15s 7.d ; aged, 7s 4d to 13s 9d. " Fat Lambs —Smaller entry by nearly 1000, and falling off in quality as well as in competition. Good demand for best freezers, but prices easier ; 1587 sold at auction for freezing at 11s 4d to 14s sd. The trade took 313 at 10s t > 14s 2d ; graziers 246 at 10s 3d to 12s lOd. The remainder, 1120, were passed at auction at 10s to 1 2s 9d. Store Sheep —These were mostly North Island and Chatham Islands sheep. The bulk found buyers, and prices showed a slight improvement. Principal sales —192 four and six tooth crossbred wethers at 13s 7d, 67 at 13s 6d, 58 at 13s 3d, 196 at 12s 5d ; 128 two-tooth crossbred wethers at 12s lid, 270 at 11s 3d, 197 at 10s 5d : 93 four and six tooth crossbred ewes, 13s Id ; 122 mixed ages at 11s 6d, 124 at 10s Id ; aged, 7s 3d ; rape lambs, 9s 6d to 11s 4d ; stores, 5s to 7s Id. Pig S „-Good demand all round.

B.- eoners. 34s to 555, or 3|d per lb ; por er.', 22> to 30s, Or 4d per lb ; large stores, 14s to 23s 6d ; weaners and small stores, 5s to Bs.

Messrs Freeman R. -Jackson and Co (in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report that at their sale at Johnsonville, near Wellington, on Fiidav last as follows:—A smaller entry of beef than usual. From fair t > g )od quality sold on a par with late rates. Best bullocks made from X 8 15s to X 9 10s, others X 8 7s 6d to X 8 10s ; light bullocks, X 7 15s to X 8 ss, averaging 20s to 21s per 1001 b. Prime heavy ewes made 11s Id t'o 11s 7d ; gjod ewes, 10e to 10s 7d ; wethers, 7s 6d to 7s 7d. PRODUCE REPORT. M essrs Laery and Co., Ltd., report the following wholesale prices on the Wellington produce market : —Wheat, 3s 7d to 3s 8d per bushel; oats, 2s 9d to 3s per bushel ; barley 2s 6d per bushel ; maize, 3s bushel ; flour X 8 10s per ton ; pollard, 110 s ton; bran, 95s per ton; oatmeal, XI4 10s pfer ton ; chaff, 70s to 75s per ton ; Canterbury hay, X 4 10s per ton ; field beans, 3s 6d per bushel field peas, 4s per bushel; potatoes, X2 10s to X> ; ryegrass seed, 4s per bushel; coc vsfoot seed, 2|d to 3|d per lb ; onions, Canterbury X 7, local X 5 to X 6 per ton ; butter, prime 8d per lb, dairy 7d to 7i ; cheese, 5d ; bacon, 6;]d best factory ; hams, 7LI rolls 7|d ; fowls 2s 9d to 3s per pair ; roosters, 3s 6d per pair ; ducks, 4s per pair turkeys, hens 8s per pair, gobblers 9sito 13s per pair; geese, 5s per par : fresh eggs, Is 4d ; cabbages, Is lo 3s per sack ; green peas, 4d to 8d per peck.