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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 94, 8 July 1902, Page 4

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CANTERBURY MARKETS. CHRisTcmmcH, July 4. .The following are currentpricqspaid to fariaaesrs,, £.0.b.‘,. Lyttelton, amUfree of eanMHission,w except where otherwise specified::: ■- ; - A ' Wheas :: Hunter’s, Pearl and" Tuscan,. 3«' 9|d to 3s lOd at eonrstiy Stations. • - !■■■•. Oats..—Long feed, 2s. 3d ; short feed oats, 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; milling Canadians 2s 6d at country stations. Barley (new)—3s to 3s 6d at country stations. Peas: Partridge, 3s to 3s 6d ; Blue Prussians 5s Gd to 5s 9d at country stations. Beans —3s to 3s 3d, at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations): Roller .£lO 10s. : Pollard : £5 10s ton. Bran : .£4 1 Os. Oatmeal: .£ls f.o.b. Oatslieaf chaff : 80s at country stations. Onions : £3 10s at country stations. Potatoes : Beauty of Hebron £4 ;. kidneys for forward delivery, 80s to 85s, aud derwents £2 5s Od at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot 3|d to 3,fd, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s 6d. Dairy Produce ; Cheese, factory 4gd to sd, dairy 4d to 4 |d ; butter, factory local, Is Id, North Island Is, dairy 10d,salt(in boxes) 9d ; bacon, hams, 61 to 7d ; factory bacon and hams, 4d higher, fo.b. STOCK SALES. Christchurch, 2nd July. At Addington to-day there were very small yardings on account of the rough weather-. Fat Cattle—O ily 96 on offer. The small supply caused an improvement in values. Beef, 19s to 24s 6d ana over for choice heifers ; steers L 7 7s 6d to L 9 7s 6d ; heifers, L 5 15s to L 7 and * up to L 8 for extra prime stores and dairies There were virtually no stores in. Best dairy cows were in demand at L 7 to L 9 12s 6d ; others were neglected at L 4 to L 6 1 Os. Fat Sheep—-Only 2500, mostly ewes. Good wether-sand ewes were in demand at low rate-, but secondary ewes sold irregularly. Heavy wethers, 1 8s fro 20s 3d ; freezers, 15s to 17s Id ; lighter, 14s 2d to 14s 9d ; heavy ewes, 14s to 16s 2.1; others 9s to 13s. Only merino wethers were in demand for freezing at 14s 8d to 17s 7d. Fat lambs numbered 730, mostly secondary lots. A good many were pissed to go to the factory. Heavy sorts for butchers, 13s 31 to 14s ; freezers, 10s to 13s ; inferior, down to B<. Store Sheep—Abaut 430, and business was confined t > toe s-ole of 142 ewes at 11s Id, -and 132 lambs at 7s. The pigs yarded were 350, mostly f ibs. Bnooners, 34s to 48s Gd to 51s 6d f or heavy, epml: tv';3|d to 3|d per lb ; p >rkei-s, 19s to 31s 6d, equal to 3fd per lb ; stores, 10s to 19s ; weaners, 7s t. > 9s fid. Dunedin, 2nd July. At Burnside market 227 fat cattle wsre yarded, about 50 being prime, i which were keenly competed for at quite e puvalent of last week’s, prices. Sic md-class decline.Jfully 10s per head Prime heavy weights, LI 1 15s; best LlO to LTO 17s 8 1 ; medium, L 8 Cs to L 9 ; others,. Lfi to L 7 ; prime heifers, up to L 8 17s 6d ; medium, L 5 to L 6 10s ; co.ws, L 5 t > LG; Bheep--Nearly 3000 penned, prices rulin ’ - as firm as last week’s rates. Best wethers,. 1 to ' ; extra heavy ISsSI; medium, 13s 6d to 15s ;

best ewes, 12s Gd to; V lss fiea^yi, 16s 9d ; meditfm,los 6d -to- /12s. . T : _ ~ Lambs—About 300 were yarded', pi ices ruling slightly firmer. Best,' 10s to I Is, a few extra heavy fetching 14s ; medium, BsM5cT to 9s 9d. Pigs---The 130 penned met with a fail demand. Suckers, 5& to 7s ; slips,, ,9s to 13s;;; stores, 17s to 2-2 s : * porkers: 24s to 37s ; baconers, 40s to 5,55; heavy pigs, up to 61s. -