Commercial SURPLUS OF WHEAT AND OATS

Southland Times, Issue 24869, 8 October 1942, Page 2

Commercial SURPLUS OF WHEAT AND OATS

Outlet For Table Potatoes The heavy, warm rain at the beginning of the week delayed farm work, but gave encouragement to the growth of grass. Wheat.—Odd lines of wheat have been coming forward and some have been taken by millers as milling quality. The market is still over-supplied with fowl wheat, for which the value is 4/9 a bushel o.iw.s., s.e. Oats.—The market for oats continues to be quiet. Although some of the milling oats have been disposed of there still remains a considerable quantity of that quality to be sold. Seed oats have been going out steadily, but not to the extent of the deliveries last season. Seeds.—Except for odd export Inquiries for fescue and browntop, the markets for all seeds remain quiet. Potatoes.—Frozen stocks of table potatoes have now been released and most of the surplus stocks are finding an outlet on the local market. LITTLE FRUIT AVAILABLE There are no oranges, lemons or bananas in the wholesale marts and the position of further supplies is uncertain. At the present time the only fruit available for retailers consist of apples and pears. Early hothouse tomatoes have made an appearance, but the quantity has been negligible. Small supplies of apples and pears came on the market last week, but they have been ample for requirements as higher prices have’ restricted the demand. Fair supplies of vegetables are coming forward. There is a good demand for choice quality lettuces. Carrots are plentiful, but parsnips are scarce. Rhubarb is becoming plentiful and prices are falling. Wholesale prices are as follows:—Lettuce, from 3/- to 7/- a dozen: cabbages, from 4/to 6/- a sack; cauliflowers, 8/- to 12/6 a sack; rhubarb, 4d to 5d per lb; cucumbers, 12/- to 15/- a dozen. EGGS AND SEPARATOR BUTTER The Master Grocers’ Association quoted egg prices yesterday aS follows:—Wholesale, country 1/3 a dozen; city 1/4; retail, country 1/5; city 1/6. Separator butter: Wholesale, lOd to 1/- per lb; retail, 1/- to 1/2. BURNSIDEJE’RICES RISE (P.A.) ■” DUNEDIN, October 7. Smaller entries in the fat cattle section at the Burnside market today resulted in a sharp rise in prices. The standard was good, there being some exceptionally good consignments. All classes met with keen competition, fat bullocks showing an appreciation of £3 a head. Cows, and heifers were better by 30/- a head. Fat sheep, which were in over-supply, met with an easier sale. Porkers were better by 4/- to 5/- a head on last week’s high values and baconers also drew keen competition. With the exception of fat sheep all sections met with animated bidding, the sale being easily the best at Burnside for many years. To give an idea of fat cattle values, five trucks of fat bullocks in one race averaged £26/7/6; cows made up to £2O/5/- and heifers to £l9/2/6. Extra prime heavyweight bullocks sold to £3l/12/6, prime heavy £25/17/6 to £2B/17/6, prime £22 12/6 to £25/7/6, medium £l9/17/6 to £22 12/6, light £l6/7/6 to £lB/2/6, extra prime heifers to £l9/2/6, prime £l3/12/6 to £l5 17/6, medium £ll/17/6 to £l2/12/6, light £lO/12/6 to £ll/12/6, extra prime cows to £2O/2/6, prime £l2/2/6 to £l4/12/6, medium £lO/7/6 to £ll/17/6, light £B/7/6 to £9/12/6. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 50/9, prime heavy 47/9 to 49/-, prime 44/6 to 46/6, medium 39/- to 42/-, light 35/- to 37/6, prime heavy young ewes to 46/-, prime 39/- to 41/6, medium 35/- to 37/6, light 28/- to 31/-. In the store cattle section two pens of well-grown aged bullocks made £l4/12/6 and £l4/2/6. Three-year-olds could be quoted from £lO/17/6 to £ll/17/6. For better grade 'cows prices ranged from £5 12/6 to £6/17/6 and for medium from £4 15/- to £5/6/-. Dairy cow prices showed an improvement on recent sales, the best second and third calvers making up to £l3. Good average cows made from £B/10/- to £9 10/-. ADDINGTON MARKET (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 7. Today’s Addington market showed little variation in values from the good rates ruling recently. The store wethers were mostly shipped sheep. All sold well at from 15/9 to 24/9. The hogget entry was mostly confined to ewes, the best selling at up to 36/for a two-truck lot. Aother pen made 35/6, but prices generally were down by 1/6 a head. Wether hoggets were in short supply and values showed little . change on recent sales. Ewes and lambs made up to 17/6 all counted with prices ranging, mostly around 13/- to 15/-. There was little change in the values of fat sheep. Southern ewes made from 46/- to 51/1, the highest price of the season for ewes, good ewes 34/- to 40/- and light down to 26/-. Shorn ewes sold at 30/10, heavy at up to 50/-, good 42/- to 47/- and light to 37/-. Shorn wethers made to 40/-. Seven heavyweight steers from the West Coast averaged £27/1/-, the top pen making £27/12/6. Another pen of 15 steers from Banks Peninsula averaged £2l/12/-, tops making £25/12/6. A number of heifers ranged about £l6, tops making to £l7 17/6. The best quality beef ranged from 48/- to 51/- per 1001 b, special mediumweights to 52/6, good and heavy from 45/to 48/-, medium 40/- to 43/-, secondary down to 35/-. STOCK EXCHANGES DUNEDIN.—SaIes on ’Change: Kaitangata Coal £l/12/3; 4 p.c. Stock 1946-49 £lO5. Sales reported: New Zealand Refrigerating (cont.) 10/-; Broken Hill Proprietary £1 18/-; Mount Lyell £l/7/9. CHRISTCHURCH.—SaIes on ’Change: Goldsbrough Mort £l/6/9. Sales reported: National Bank of New Zealand (late sale Tuesday) £2/4/9; Felt and Textiles (late sale Tuesday) £l/18/6; Beath and Co. £1 2/-; Woolworths (Sydney, ord.) 15/9 (3). WELLINGTON.—SaIes: War Loan 1953 £92 10/-: Liberty Loan 3 p.c. 1951-54 £99/7/6; 1952-55 £99/10/-; Stock 4. p.c. 1954-58 £lO7 15/-; Wellington City Council 4¥i p.c. 1947 £lO4/15/-; , National Bank of New Zealand £2/4/6; Bank of New Zealand £2/0/3; G. J. Coles £2/13/6; Taranaki Oil 6/-. AUCKLAND.—SaIes: United Building £1; Union Steam Ship Co. £l/7/6; Consolidated Brick 7/3; Mount Lyell £l/7/9 (3); Mount Albert Borough 1951 £lO5/15/- 4 p.c. 194952 Stock £lO6/10/-; McDuffs (pref.) 17/-; Woolworths (Sydney) 15/9; Bank of New Zealand £2/0/6; South British £3/3/-; War Loan 1953 £92/15/-.