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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 80, 20 May 1902, Page 4

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CANTERBURY MARKETS. Christchurch, May 15. The following are current prices paid to farmers, f.0.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat : Hunter’s, Pearl and Tuscan, 3 s 9d at country stations. Oats. —-Long feed, 2s 3d ; short feed oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; milling Canadians 2s 5d at country stations. Barley (new) —3s to 3s 3d at country stations. Peas : Partridge, 3s to 3s 3d ; Blue Prussians 5s to 5s 6d at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations): Roller £lO 10s. Pollard : £5 10s ton. Bran : £5 Oatmeal : <£ls f.o.b. Oatsheaf chaff: 65s to 70s at country stations. Onions : £6 at country stations. Potatoes : Beauty of Hebron and kidneys for forward delivery, 50s to 555, derwents 60s at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot 3|d to 3fd, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s 6d. Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 4d to 4fd, dairy 4d ; butter, factory local, lid,North Island lid, dairyßdto 9d, salt (in boxes) 8d ; bacon, hams, 5d to 6>-d ; factory bacon and hams, ijd higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. Christchurch, May 14. Fat cittle —233 yarded; a mixed entry. No change in prices. Beef, 19s to 24s 61: best bullocks, LI 1 to LI2 ; hood steers, L 8 to LlO 10s; lighter, L 6 15s to L 7 10s; heifers, L 5 5s to L 8 ; cows, L 5 to L 8 is 6d. Store cattle--250 yarded. Yearlings, 28s ; 15 to 18 months, LI 18s to L2 7s 6d ; 2-year steers, L 4 'lßs to L 5 5s ; 3-year steers, L 6 19s to L 6 17s 6d ; dry cows, LI 8s to L 4 ; hest dairy cows, L 7 10s to LlO ; others Lo 10s to L 6 10s. Fat sheep —5000 penned ; a mixed entry. Owing to the rise at Home, exporteis competed keenly both f >r wethers and ewes, the former more t lan holding their own, and ewes showing a considerable rise. h reez ng wethers. 15s ti 18s 61 up to 19< 3d ; maiden ewes, 14s to 16s 10d : ewes for export, 10s 61 to 15s; internes’ best ewe <, 13s to 15s up t» l os 6d for extra ; others 8s Id to 12> 6d ; merino we-hers for export, 11s to 13s 1 Od ; butchers’ ewes, 5s to 11s 9d. Fat lambs —1183 penned, m >stly inferior. A good demand lor anything fit for export, freezers taki Yg half the entry at 1 Is 3d to 13s 6d to 14s 2d for tegs ; butchers took 300 at 10s t > 14s 9d, and 269 fell to grazers at 10s 6d. Store sheep—469s penned, equally divided between wethers, ewes and lambs. The quality on the whole was poor, and the demand weaker, o dn a few forward lambs holding their o wn. About half the entry was passed, Forward 2-tooth wethers, 13s 9d to 13s 101 ; fair, 12s 7d ; infer ior, 9; 9d; one line of goo l ewes 14s; the rest passed. Forward lambs, 8s 10d to 10 s 3d ; others, 6s 3d t > 7 < 6d. Pigs. About 400 yarded. Owing t > heavy supplies during the past few weeks, all sorts were easier. C iconers, :ih to 45s 61, ejual to 3d to 3jd per l’> ; porkers, 20s to 30s. e jual t> 3jd to 3 Id ; stores, 1 Is to 15s; suckers and whiners, 4s to 9s. Messrs Freeman R. -Jackson and C’, (;a conjunction with Messrs Abrahvm a id Williams), report that at thensale at near Wellington

on Thursday as follows :—We had our usual yarding of cattle, made up of prime heavy weights and smaller prime, with a line of store to *half fatted bul- - locks and some prime cows. We quote 1 —£B Iss to £9 5s for best bullock s, 5 others £8 2s 6d to £8 12s 6d and £7 < to <£7 17s 6d, cowa £5 to £6 15s, i heifers £6 ss, ox beef made 21s per < 1001 b, with an occasional pen at 225, i cow beef 19s. Sheep were in usual supply, and v T ere unaltered in price. Wethers made 10s 1 Id to 11s 4d, stores 8s lid, ewes 9s to 9s lOd, stores 7s 1 4d to Bs, lambs 8s 5d to 9s, stores 5s '■ to 6s 6d. No pigs were yarded. Messrs Thompson Bros, and Co., report the following wholesale prices 1 for the Wellington Produce Market: Oat-sheaf chaff £5 5s to £5 10s per ton, oats 3s to 3s 3d, crushed oats 3s 3d to 3s 6d, wheat broken 3s lOd, whole 4s 3d, maize 4s 3d, barley 3s 6d, horse beans 4s 2d, peas 4s 3d per bushel, straw £2 10s to £3, baled hay £4 to £4 10s. pollard £6 10s, bran £5 10s, flour .£ll, oatmeal .£l4 10s to LI 6, potatoes 80s to 90s, onions L 8 to ,£8 10s per ton, pearl barley 14s 6d, split peas 14s per cwt, cheese 5d to bacon sides sjd to 7d, rolls to hams 7|d per lb, eggs fresh Is lOd to 2s, preserved Is 2d to Is 3d, butter dairy 9d, seporator 9|d, hops 6d to 7d per lb, lemon juice 18s per doz Apples—Choice large cooking 4s to ss, dessert 5s 6d to 6s 6d (according to quality) Pears—-Cooking 5s to 5s 6d, dessert 10s to 12s per case of 401 b. Lemons 10s to 12s, oranges 8s per case, cabbages 3s 6d to ss, cauliflowers 6s 6d to 10s, pumpkins 4s to 4s 6d, marrows 2s 6d to 3s 6d, carrots 3s 6d pei- sack, swedes £2 per ton, pie melons 7s to 8s per sack, fowls 2s 6d to 3s per pair, ducks 3s to 4s.