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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 154, 10 February 1903, Page 4

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Christchurch,' Feb 6. The following are current prices paid to burners, f.0.b.,, Lyttelton, and .free of commission, except where otherwise specified : Wheat : Hunter’s, and Tuscan 5s to 5s 3d, Pearl 5s to 5s 3d at country stations. Oats.—[new] Long feed Is lid ; short feed 2s ; at country stations. Bailey {nominal]--Feed 3s to 3s Id at country stations. Flour (millers’ quotations) : Roller *£l2. Pollard : £6 10s ton. Bran : £6 Os. Oatmeal : ,£l4 10sf.o.b. Ryegrass—Well dressed farmers’ parcels, 2s to 2s 3d, Italian ryegrass 3s to 3s 3d, delivered. Dairy Produce; Cheese, factory 5d to 6d, dairy sdbutter, factory, local IQdtolOgd, North Island lid, dairy 8d to 9d prime, salt (in boxes) 7d to Bd, bacon, hams 9d to lOd ; factory bacon and hams |-d higher, fo.b.—Christchurch Press. AUCKLAND MARKETS. (Auckland Weekly .News) . Field Produce —Potatoes : new, round, 23 to 3s cwt, new kidneys £2 5s to' £3 res ton ; poor samples, £2 to £2 ss. Kumaras 6s to 7s cwt, Onions, local seed 7s to 8s 6d potato onions 4s to ss, maize 4s 3d: oats ss, chaff £5 to £5 10s ; new £3 tos to £4 10s. Daily Produce : Dairy butter in prints or rolls (first quality) 7jd to' rod lb, separator 7id to lod, pastry 6d to 7d, farmers’ keg, firsts Sd to seconds 7d milled bulk factory rolls iobd, to nd. Eggs fresh 13-i to 13d dozen ; Cheese] farmers’, 4<i to 3d lb factory yjd to 6d, loaf 6d. Bacon farFarmers’ gd, factory g|d to ioid. Fruit) quotations for standard,.cases and boxes only). Apples, local dessert is 6dto 3s bdcase, cooking, is6dto 4s, 6dto is 6d box, pears, (Sydney), 10s to 13s id case, plums Rivers’ is 3d to2s case ; greengages 23 6d to 3s 6d ; purple gages 2s 3d to 3s ; Burbank is 9d to 2s 6d; peaches coloured 3s to Bs, others 2s 6dto 3s 6d, grapes hothouse gd to lod lb ; tomatoes, hothouse, 4s to 3s box, outdoor 3s 6d to ss, passion fruit 6s to 8s case ; watermelons 5s to 12s dozen. Poultry : Hens is to is 8d each, table roosters 2s to 2s 6d ; duel? sis to is 6d, geese 2s to 2SI 6d ; chicks 4d to 6d . cockerels gd to is 3d. ’ WELLINGTON PRODUCE REPORT. Wbe.it-,4s 9d to 5s per bushel, oats 2s 9d to 3s, barley 3s lOd bushel, maizeds 10d bushel, flour N.Z., £l3, Adelaida £l3 Manitoban £l2 15s, pollard, 1555, bran 145 s ton, oatmeal £ls ton, oat-sheaf chaff £4 10s ton, straw chaff £3 10s, onions, prime £8 10s, cheese 6d lb, bacon 9d for sides, 9]d for rolls, hams lOd, butter 7cl to Bd, fowls 3s to 3s 6d pair, ducks 4s 6d pair* turkeys hens 8s to 9s gobblers 13s to 15s; eggs Is 4d to Is 5d per dozen ; cabbages, Is 6d to 2s sack, cauliflowers 2s 6d to 3s 6d, rhubarb 2s to 2s 6d dozen, new potatoes L 4 to L 5, linseed cake L 9 10s. STOCK SALES. Christchurch, February 4. Fat cattle —175 head of the average range of quality, were yarded. The demand was irregular, but prices on the average were unchanged, except' for cow beef which was slightly easier. Steers £6 17s 6d to £ll 12s 6d ; heif ers £5 17s 6d to £8 6s ; cows £5 10s to £9 2s 6d ; good beef 24s to 26s per 1001 b ; cow beef 225. Fat sheep—The entry was good .in number and quality, but there was a very slow sale, several exporters being merely onlookers. All the sheep of good quality, however brought previous week’s values, but old ewes were decidedly lower. Freezing wefcheis 16s. to 19 s 7d 7 maiden ewes 15s. to 17s 9d, prime heavy ewes 16s to 19s, ordinary to good 12s 6d to 15s, aged from H)s Sd.

Fat. lambs- —An entry of, 2450 met a

very sluggish demand, but prices were I not quotably lower except for secondary and graziers’lots. Freezers 12s 6d to 14s 8d ; butchers’ and graziers’ descriptions 10s to 12s. 1 Pigs—There was a small entry and a good demand, prices advancing on previous week’s rates. Baeoners 45s to 54s ; porkers 30s to 42s 6d, stores -22 s 6d to 355, small stores 17s to 21s, suckers and weaners 14s to 16s. Per ( lb porkers realised 5d to 6d and good baeoners averaged sd.

Messrs Freeman R. Jackson and Co., in. conjunction with Messrs Abraham and Williams, report on their sale at Johnsonville on Tuesday last as follows :—We hadan average yarding ’of prime bullocks, for which bidding was keen, beef making 26s to 27s per 1001 b. We quote — Prime heavy weight, £ll 17s 6d to £l2 ; others, £lO to £lO 17s 6d . smaller sorts, L 9 10s to LlO 15s. A small yarding of sheep sold freely. Light wethers, 12s 3d to 13s 2d ; good ewes, 11s 9d to 13s 9d ; others, 9s 9A to 10s* lOd. A line of good lambs was passed in ; others made 8s to 9s Id. No pigs were yarded.