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Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 126, 28 October 1902, Page 4

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Christchjitcch, Oct 24. The following are; current prices paid to farmers, f.o.b. r Lyttelton,, and free of commission,, except where otherwise specified ; Wheat : Hunter’s, , and Tuscan, 4s to 4s Id, Pearl 4s Id to 4s 2d at country stations. Oats.—Long feed 2s sdto 2s 6d ; short feed 2s 6dto 2s 7d ; milling Canadians 2s 7d to 2s 8d at country stations. Barley, nominal—Prime 3s, feed 2s 7d at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations): Roller £lO 10s. Pollard : £5 10s ton. Bran: £5 10s. Oatmeal: <£l4 f .o.b. Oatsheaf chaff: 80s per ton at country stations. Potatoes : Derwents, 80s to 82s 6d at country stations. Grass Seed—Ryegrass, prime heavy town dressed 4s 3d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot 4|d to 4fd, ryegrass, Italian, town dressed 4s 6d. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 5d to s|d, dairy 4|d to sd; butter, factory local, ll|d, North Island lid, dairy lOd, salt* (in boxes) 9d ; bacon, hams to B|d ; factory bacon and hams, higher, fo.b. —Christchurch Press.

WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wheat (fowls’), 3s 9d to 3s lOd bus, broken wheat 3s 6d, feed oats 3s to 3s 2d. discoloured 2s lOd, Tartarian seed 3s sd, nun oats 3s Id per bushel black, oats 3s 3d,barley 3s 3d to 3s6d, maize 4s 6d bushel, flour £ll, pollard 135 s ton, bran 130 s ton, oatmeal £l4 10s ton, oatsheaf chaff £5 5s to £5 1.5 s ton, straw chaff £3 10s, hay 90s ton, horse beans 4s 3d bushel, seed potatoes, Fluke Kidnev £5 10s, seed Derwents 90s, Derwents £5 15s to £6 ; onions American £.1 3 ton, cheese sfd, factory; bacon B£d best factory; hams 9d, rolls 9d, prime butter, 9d to lOd per lb, fowls 4s to 4s 9d per pair, ducks 5s 6d to 6s pair, turkeys hens 7s to 8s pair, gobblers 9s to 11s pair, geese 5s 6d pair, fresh eggs lid dozen, cabbages 5s to 7s per sack’ cauliflowers 9s to 14s sack for choice, cooking apples 9s to 11s 401 b case ; dessert apples 9s to 17s pet--401 b case, red carrots 80s, swedes 80s ton, parsnips 12s to 14s sack, rhubarb 4s to 6s per dozen.

STOCK SALES. Christchurch, October 22. Thet •e .vere medium entries and a small attendance of buyers at Addington to-day. Fat cattle —153. The sale was somewhat irregular. Prices were comparatively low at the start, but recovered under competition, and good beef 'reached last week's range, with a slight improvement in some cases, prices per 1001 b running from 28s to 375, with a few instances in which 40s was touched. Per head steers ran from £9 to £l3 15s, extra to £ls, heifers L 5 Iss toLB 12s 6d, cows L 8 12s 6d, cows L 5 10s to LlO 10s, extra LI2 12s 6d. - St ire cattle —Theie was a meagre entry but competition was fair. Yearlin or cattle fetched from 29s to 30s, fifteen to eighteen months L2 4s to L2 17s 6d, two year old steers L 3 6s to L 3 15s (at latter price 32 were sold), two-year-old hiifers L 4 15s. No threeyear old steers were entered. Dry cows fetched LI 10s to L 4 15s, and dairy cows L 4 to L 8 15s. Fat' sheep —There was a medium varding of fat sheep, of which a few were good lines of crossbred ewes and wethers. There were also several commendable lines of merino sheep. Butchers bought mo 4 of the fat stock, though buyers for freezing were not wanting. These were some really good fat sheep. There was fair dema id but

the market was irregular, and prices bn the whole were just a . Shade r easier. Prime freezers fetched from 20s to 23s 3d, medium 17s 6d to 17s, hoggets 14s to 19s 6d, shorn wethers iss 3d to 17s 3d, merino wethers 17s to 235, heavy crossbred ewes 20s to 24<* 4d, medium 1 7s to 19s 9d, others 14s to 16s 6d, shorn ewes 18s lid to 19s 4d, merino ewes 17s. Fat lambs—There were 160 fat lambs in the market, mostly of good quality. These were all bought by butchers at 14s 6d to 16s 9d for best and 12s to 14s for medium.

Pigs—There was a faiily large entry. Demand for fats and stores by outside buyers caused a sharp rise in values, and as a number of smaller porkers were taken by these buyers for stores, pork was dearer. Baconers fetched about last week’s prices per lb, say 4fd and porkers s|d to6d. Bacouers were sold per head at 45s to 655, porkers at 28s to 38s, large stores at 20s to 27s 6d, medium at 14s to .19s, weaners 11s to 13s 6d, and suckers 7s to 10s 6d. Duuedin, October 22.

At Burnside market, 168 fat cattle were yarded. Competition was keen, and prices about the same as last week. Best bullocks, £l3 to £ls 10s ; medium £lO 10s to £l2 10s ; best cows and heifers, £lO 10s to £l2 ; medium, £9 to £lO ss. Sheep —2799. The demand was confined to trade requirements. Prices were slightly easier.. Best wethers, 22s to 25s 6d ; medium, 18s 6d to 21s; best ewes, 18s to 21s ; extra heavy, 245; medium, 15s 6d to 15s 9d. Lambs —93. Prices ruled about 2s lower. Best, 16s to 17s 9d ; others, 11s to 15s. Pigs—l 34. All sorts met with good sale. Suckers*, • 10s to 14s; slips. 16s to 19s ; stores, 20s to 26s ; porkers, 28s to 36s ; baconers, 38s to 54s ; heavy pigs, 58s to 655.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co. in conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on their stock sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last as follows: —Most of the bullocks yarded were of prime quality. Competition was keen, and prices show an advance on last week’s rates. We quote —Beef 30s to 32s 6d per 1001 b ; prime bullocks, LI4 ss, LI3 2< 6d, Ll 4. Ll2, LI3 ; light bullocks, LlO 2s 6d to Lll 10s. A good yarding of sheep of good quality sold well. Best wethers, 17s to 18s 9d, others 15s 6d to 16s 9d ; best ewes, 15s 6d to 16s 9d, others 15s Id to 15s 5d ; lambs, 10s 3d, 11s 3d, 12s 6d, 12s 9d-