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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 114, 16 September 1902, Page 4

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Christchurch, Sqpt 12; Tine; fibllowing are current prices paid to* fairmers,,f.o.b., Lyttelton, and free of commission,,except where otherwise specified!: Wheats: Hunter’s, Pearl and Tuscan, 3s 9d to 3s 11 «1 at country stations. Oats.—Ling feed 2s 3d to 2s 4d ; short feed oats, 2s 4d to 2s 5d ; milling Canadians 2s 6d at country stations. Bn-ley (new) —3s to 3s 6d at country stations. Peas: Partridge, 3s 6d ; Blue Prussians 5s 6d to 5s 9d at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations) : R »ller £lO 10s. Pollard : .£6 Os ton. Bran : <£6. Oatmeal: .£l4 f.o.b. Oat-heat' chaff: 65s to 70s at country stations. Onions : £3 Os at country stations. Potatoes : Derwents L 4 5s to £4 7s 6d at country stations. Grass Seed —Ryegrass, prime heavy t >wn dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot old to 3|d, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4 s 61. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 4|d 1,» sd, dairy 4d to 4|d ; butter, factory 1 ical, Is 4d, North Island Is 3d, dairy Is, salt (in boxes) lOd ; bacon, hams, 7d t> 8d ; factory bacon and hams, d higher, fo.b. WELLINGTON PRODUCE RE PORT. Wheat 3s 6d to 3s 9d bushel, oats 3s Id to 3s 3d bushel, seed oats, Spari - »\vloill 3s .4*l, Tartarian 3s 4d to 3s 5 1 and Gartons--3s '3d per i bushel ; ma. ze 4s 61 bushel, barley 3s 3d to 5s 6 I inland, 6 ur £ll ton, oatmeal. £l4 10-. t» £ls LOs l.u», pollard £7 fi-t m, bian £7 ton, hay £5 10' t, »n, i>at. sheaf chat! £o 10s to £5 15s t >n, liir-e beans 4s 3 1 bushel, potatoes £4 los to £5 ton, onions £7 to £9 ton, American 2d lb ; dairy butter 9d to 9|d lb, separator Is Id to Is 2d lb, factory eneese 51 d lb, bacon 7|d lb, iolls 7|d t. > 8 l lb, hams 8d lb, fowls 3s 9d to 4s 01 pair, ducks 5s to-6s pair, eggs fresh 10 1 t> Is dozen cabbages 6s to 10s sick, cauliflowers choice 7s 6d to 14s medium 3s 6d to 4s sack, marrows 3s Ud t» 4s 3d sack, c Hiking apples 4s to 5s per case of 401 h, ilessert apples 6 s t ) I Is case of 401 ), liananas 10s to 11s 6 1 per case, oranges 6s to 10s per puker, carrots 2s 6.1 c.vt, swedes 2s 6 l to 3s sack, parsnips 5s to 6s sack, seed potatoes £5 t> £7 ton.

STOCK SALES. Christchurch, Sep 10. At Addington 156 fat cattle were vailed,-mostly light weight steers and lieifers, with a few prime bullocks. Owing to competition for export to Sydney, prime bullocks advanced in price to fully 35s per 1001 b; other sorts sold ir. egUi * i iy. Co j<l beef 29s to 32s 6 l, otuer sorts 24s to 28s per 1001 b, prune bullocks £l2 to £ls ss, good steers £8 10s to £ll, lighter £6 15s to £B. heifers L 5 10s to L 8 up to L 9 7s 6d for extra good, cows L 7 10s to L 8 10s, up to L 9 15s, LI l and Lil 10s, smd LI l 15s for extra. Store cattle. —A mixed entry, and a weaker sale. Calves 15s, yearlings 22s 6d, 15 to 18 months 46s to 755, 2 year heifers 82s 61, 2| to 3 year steers L 5 15s L i L 6 So Sd, 3 year lieifers L 4 7s 6d, dry cows L2 5s to L* c, best dairy cows L 7 to L 9 ss, others L 4 to L 6 10s. Fat sheep. baye s for expo t, Sydney and freezers h tiding off,, c m e pient y all classes were easier. A few ext i prime wet mis brought 22s 6d to 275, freezers 16* t > 21% lighter 13sto 15s 61, prime biivy ©we,* 18s t.» 20s. lOd, others Ills

5d to 17s 6dy prime inerif»<* wethers 15s 6d to 18s sd,'others 12519 d to 14s : lOd, ewes 9s 6d. Store sheep-4750, principally wethers and hoggets; No ewes changed hands, and wethors and -hoggets were easier. Wethers, 12s to 14s 4d ; hoggets, 7s 6 .1 to 10s 2d. Pigs—472. Fats Were easier, but stores sold well, about 100 going t < Southland. Baconers, 40s to 52s to 56>, equal to 4 1 per Hi ; ponler , 22s t» 26-, equal to 4qd to 4|d per lb; large stores, 22- 6 1 to 30s ; smaller, 12s t 20- ; suckers and weaners, 7s 6d to 11s 63. Dunedin, September 10. At Burnsiee to-day 160 fat cattle were yarded, about a thin! being good to prime beef. All met with tiood de mand, last veek’s prices being fulty maintained. Best bullocks, LI 1 10s to LI 210 s, medium to good L92s 6d to LI 0 17s 6d ; light, L 7 Is 6d to L 8 17s 6d ; best cows and heifers, L 8 17s 6d to LlO 12s 6d . medium to good, L 6 7s 6d to L 8 10s; light aged, L44sto L 5 12s 6d. Fat sheep—2362, only a few of which were really good. Pi ices for piime were slightly higher than last week, while medium'barely maintained values. Be-t. crossbred wethers, 20s to 22s 9d ; about haif-a-dozen prime large framerl, 28s ; medium to good, 15- 9d to 18s 6d ; light 1 2s to 14 ; best crossbred ewes, 14s 9d to 16s 9d ; medium, 10s 6d to 13 3d. Lamb- —A few of this season were yarded and s 1 1 up to 1 9- 9d. Pigs—l 24 were yarded. Late high prices were fully maintained. Suckers, 10s to 15s 6d ; slips, 16s t> 18s : stores, 23- t.o 26s ; porkers, 30-1 > 40s ha coders, 44- to 61- ; heavy pig , 70s to 755.

DUNEDIN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs Wright, 'Stevenson, an I Co. re non as follows : —l’ne attracti <ii for last week’s sale was Mr Walter Th.ilr-‘ low’s team of eight ilraug.it uiare- and geldings from Cambrians, Central Otago, and a c insignment of throe unbroken draught colts and a filly from the Corstorphine estate. The e wtis a • great attendance of buyers from all the surrounding districts, be-ide- the usual gathering of city men, ami the competition wa- keener and ttie prices higher than we have seen them at a y sale this year. The team sold at fr >ni .L4B 10s to L 37 10s, three very old horses at L 6 10- to El 7. Three spring van horses sold well, one atL36 one at L 33 anil oneatL2B. There wa- a splendid demand for good light harness horses, and every fresh, sound horse in the yard changed hands at splendid prices. Some of the nrincipal sales were as follows : Baygdog-eart horse syrs L2B, brown upstanding carriage gelding, 4 years, by Tyrone, L 25 ; 6yr old milkcart mare JL26, and eight or nine useful harness horses at from LI 1 to LIB 10s. Taken all round, the sale was the most successful we have had for a very long tune. W 7 e quote :—Superior draught geldings LSO to L 54, ext a good, prize horses L 55 to L6O, medium draught mares and g.ddmgs L 37 to L4B, aged d >. L 24 to L 35, np--tanding carriage horses L3O to L 35, well matched carriage pairs L7O to L9O strong spring-van horses li2B to L 36, milk cart and butchers order cart. do. LI 8 to £27, tram horses £l4 to £2l, light backs £lO to £ls, extra good hacks £lB to £25.