MARKETS.

Patea Mail, 16 October 1880, Page 4

MARKETS.

CANTERBURY STOCK. {Latest Report .) There was a large attendance .at the Addington Yards on Wednesday last, and the stock brought forward comprised 7127 sheep, 494 cattle, and 28 pigs. The quality was good all round, with no lines of special quality or the reverse. Bidding generally was brisk, and there was consequently a slight improvement in prices as compared with last week.

SHEEP.—Prices opened about equal to those at the previous sale, and improved towards the close. Prime crossbreds in the wool sold up to 17s, good do, 10s Gil; medium, 13s Gd to 14s ; good cross-brcda realised 10s for best quality. Merinos in the wool brought Pis Gd. We quote mutton, shorn, lid ; unshorn 2;, l d. Stores Avere in good demand. Four and six-tooth cross-breds in wool sold at 12s ; lambs of prime quality, 12s Gd ; others Gs Gd to

10s. Cattle.— Extra prime quality bullocks realised £l2 os ; good do, £ll. We quote prime beef at 22s Gd per 1001b. Stores were in good supply, and sold well. Best three-year-olds realised £6 10s ; two-year-olds, up to £5 7s Gd ; yearlings, £3 10s ; and calves from £1 15s to £2. Pigs were cleared at about last week’s rates.

Tallow wholesale, mutton 275, mixed, 20s to 255. NEW PLYMOUTH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report),

Butchers’ Meat.—Beef, 3d to 5d ; mutton, 24d to 5d ; pork, od to 7d. Mill Prices. —Taranaki flour, 13s Gd per lOOios ; silk-dressed (Star brand), 14s Gd ; wheat meal, 12s Gsj chick’s wheat, 4s Gd per bushel ; sharps, 8s per lOOlbs, or sack 10s ; bran, 4s per sack ; oats, 3s per bushel; oatmeal, 4s Gd per bap; (251bs); maize (best screened), 5s Od per bushel.

CHRISTCHURCH RETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by Latest Report.) Fresh butter lOd per lb. Eggs 10d per doz Cheese Gd to lOd per lb Milk Id per quart Beef 2d to Gd per lb Mutton 2d to 4d per lb Pork ... ... ... 7d per lb Ham Is per lb Bacon lOd and Is per lb DITisEJOIX PRICES. Prime beef, 27s Gd per lOOlbs; mutton, 2|l perb.

AUCKLAND DETAIL PRICES. (Corrected by latest report.) Roasting Reef i)d to 7d Roiling Beef .. 4d to od Mutton, hind-quarter .. IJd to 5d „ fore-quarter ... 3d to — Lamb, hind-quarter 7s 7d each „ fore-quarter ... 7s Gd each Pork and Veal Gd to Od Steaks... Gd to Od Chops and Sausages ... iid to Od

Buy s. ing. 8ellng. d. s. , d. Butter (per lb.) ... 0 8 0 10 Cheese (Colonial) ... 0 7 0 10 Eggs (per doz.) ... ... 0 10 ■1 0

WELLINGTON PRICES. (Corrected by latest report,) Flour Market — Wholesale. £ s. cl. £ S. d. Sharps, per ton . 5 0 0 to 0 0 0 Adelaide, per ton . .1-10 0 to 11 10 0 Bran, per ton . o 0 0 to 3 10 0 Colonial Flour . 11 10 0 to 12 0 0 Oatmeal . 10 10 0 to 11 0 0

Farm and Duini Produce — Wholesale. s. d. s. d. Milk, quart 0 4 to 0 (1 Butter, salt, lb 0 55 to 0 (> Cheese, Colonial 0 5 to 0 n.'. Eggs, dozen 0 9 to 1 0 Lard, lb 0 5 to 0 i) ‘‘ Ham, lb 0 8 to 0 y‘ Bacon, lb ... 0 7 to 0 8 Fowls, pair ... 4 t; to 0 0 Ducks, pair... 4 0 to 0 0 Geese, pair ... 8 0 to 0 0 Turkeys, pair y 0 to 0 0