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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 66, 1 April 1902, Page 4

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CANTERBURY markets. Christchurch, Mar. 27. The- following are current prices paid to farmers,,.f.o.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, - except where otherwise specified'. :* Wheat: Prime milling, Tuscan 3s 2d to 3s 3d ; Hunter’s pearl and velvet 3s Id to 3s 2d ; new 2s lOd to 3s at country stations. New oats. —Long feed, 2s Ogd ; short feed, 2s Id, in small bags ; milling Canadians 2s 2d to 2s 3d at country stations. JBarley (new) —3s to 3s 3d at country stations.

Beans : 2s 8d to 2s 9d, f.o.b. Peas : Partridge, 2s 9d ; Blue Prussians 3s 3d at country stations. Flour / (millers’ quotations) : Roller .£8 10s. Sharps : £4 5s Pollard : £4 5s per ton. Bran : £3 15s. Oatmeal : £l3 f.o.b. Hay: £2 10s to £2 15s delivered. Oatsbeaf chaff: 47s 6d to 50s at country stations. Onions : £2 5s at country stations. Potatoes : Beauty of Hebron, 30s, kidneys 30s, derwents for forward delivery, 30s at cpuntry stations. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot, 3d to 3|d, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s 6d. Hairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4d to 4gd, dairy 3gd to 4d ; butter, factory local, lid,North Island lOd, dairyßdto 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 5d to 6gd ; factory bacon and hams, |d higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. . CHRISTCHURCH, Mar 27. At Addington yesterday 200 fat cattle were on offer, mostly light weights. Steers, £7 15s to £9 17s 6d ; heifers, £5 10s to £8 10s; cows, £4 12s 6d to £8 10s. Fat Sheep—About 3000, mostly secondary ewes, Good wethers, 15s to 17s ; lighter, 13s to 15s ; ewes, best, 12s to 15s 6d ; others, 7s 6d to lls; few merino wethers, 7s to 10s. Fat Lambs numbered 1460. Freezing, 10s 6d to 13s 4d, averaging lls 9d; butchers, 8s 7d to 13s sd. Store Sheep—The 1800 shown were mostly inferior wethers. Forward wethers made lls to 12s 2d ; others, 7s 7d t.o 10s ; good sound ewes, 10s to 13s ; others, 5s to 8s 6d ; lambsi 4s lOd to 7s 3d. Pigs.—About 500. Baconers made 32s 6d ta4ss, equal to 3|d per lb ; porkers, 20s to 30s-3fd ; large stores, 15s to 23s ; small 8s to 12s Id; suckers, 4s to 7s. DUNEDIN, Mar 27. There were about 120 fat cattle at Burnside market last Thursday. Prices —Bullocks, extra prime, £lO 10s 6d to £l2 2s 6d ; ordinary weights, £8 to £9 10s ; medium, £6 15s to £7 10s ; heifers, extra good, up to £8 12s 6d ; medium, £5 to £6 15s. Fat Sheep—Over 2300 penned. Best wethers, 14s 6d to 16s 3d ; medium, 12s to 14s 3d; others up to lls 6d ; best ewes, 12s to 14s 3d ; extra heavy, 15s 9d ; medium, 9s 6d to lls 6d ; others, up to 9s. Fat Lambs —About 1300 penned. Best, 6s 6d to lls 3d ; medium, 8s to 9s 3d ; others, 7s 9d. Pigs.—Only 95 yarded. Suckers 2s 6d to 9s; slips, 14s to 17s; stores, 18s to 21s; porkers, 24s to 32s ; baconers, 36s to 52s ; big pigs, 54s to 60s. Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co (in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams) report that at their sale at Johnsonville, near Wellington, on, Friday as. follows.:. —We had an

average entry of heef, including a few pens of good cows. Best bullcks made L 7 15s to LB, others L 6 15s to L 7 10s, cows L 6 to L 6 ss, We quote beef at 20s per 1001 b. A large entry of sheep came forward, for which there was very little demand, only a few pens selling under the hammer. We quote good ewes at 9s to 9s 6d, medium ewes 8s to 8s fid, wethers 10s to 10s 7d ; good lambs 8s 6d to 9s, mediun lambs 7s 6d to Bs. others 6s 6d to 7s.