CITY MARKETS

Southland Times, Issue 24875, 15 October 1942, Page 2

CITY MARKETS

Little Demand For Oats Or Seeds The weather during the past week has heen quite favourable with good growth in the pastures. WHEAT—The break in the weather last week caused delay in sowing out wheat areas, and fanners who cannot complete sowing this week will be well advised to sow oats. . OATS—The shipping demand is lifeless. Merchants are still negotiating with the Government with a view to getting further store stocks away. SEEDS—There has been a little activity in the browntop and dogstall markets and an odd inquiry for white clover has come along, but very little seed has changed hands. POTATOES—These have now been released and have been readily taken up by the retailers. It is impossible to get wholesale quotations at present. No supplies of apples have reached the | local market during the past fortnight, and it is understood that the stocks held in cool store will be exhausted in about a month’s time. Pears have been arriving fairly regularly, but supplies of these are expected to finish off by the end of this month. Oranges, lemons and bananas are still unobtainable. A shipment of bananas should come to hand fairly soon, but any oranges that become available will be distributed among hospitals. Small lots of early hothouse tomatoes are coming forward. There is no change in the vegetable market. Cabbages were in oversupply at the week-end, but the position has since righted itself. 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. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE (P.A.) DUNEDIN, October 14. The high standard of values for good quality beef was well maintained at the weekly Burnside market. Medium quality, which comprised the bulk of the yarding, was a shade easier. The showing of fat sheep did not compare with recent yardings and except for exceptional quality prices were easier. Fat lambs were forward in larger numbers and commanded high prices. Porkers and baconers were also in keen demand and sold at improved rates. Extra prime heavyweight bullocks to £3O/7/6, prime heavy £25/12/6 to £2B/12/6, prime £22/12/6 to £25/7/6, medium £l7/17/6 to £l9/17/6, light £l4/17/6 to £l6/17/6, extra prime heifers to £2O/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 £l7/17/6, prime £ll/17/6 to £l4/2/6, medium £9/12/6 to £ll/2/6, light £B/2/6 to £9/7/6. Extra prime heavy wethers sold to 50/9, prime heavy 46/- to 47/9, prime 43/- to 44/9, medium 37/6 to 39/-, light 34/- to 35/6, prime heavy young ewes to 35/-, prime 33/- to 40/-, medium 33/- to 34/9, light 27/- to 28/6. The best spring lambs made up to 46/-, prime from 38/6 to 42/6, medium and lighter sorts 30/- to 33/-. Two and a-half to three-year-old store steers made from £B/17/- to £9/10/-, 18 months up to two years to £7/10/-, cows from £4/15/- to £6/5/-, runners from £7 4/- to S.l/YI/-, suckers £4/15/- to £6/6/-. Third calvers made from £lO to £ll/10/and medium and average sorts from £6 to £7/5/-. ADDINGTON MARKET (P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, October 14. Fat cattle advanced by about £3 a head at today's Addington market, the prices being the highest for some years. Entries generally were small in other sections and prices firmer. The store sheep yarding was mainly confined to shipped four, six and eight-tooth wethers, which were offered in better order than the previous consignment and sold readily from 22/6 to 28/-. a. few pens of good Romney ewe hoggets sold from 26/to 40/-. Ewes and lambs were also in short supply and they sold at from 14/- to 18/- all counted. Both fat ewes and wethers increased in price on last week's rates by 3/- a head. Best wethers made from 45/- to 50/-, tops to 55/-, medium 39/- to 44/-, best shorn to 40/-, prime woolly ewes 38/- to 43/-, tops 51/-, medium 30/- to 34/-. The best beef sold at from 57/- to 60/per 1001 b, special to 62/-, medium to good 53/- to 56/-, heavy to 52/6, inferior to 43/-. One line of 19 steers averaged £26/2/6 and i another of 15 averaged £24/17/-. STOCK EXCHANGES DUNEDIN.—SaIes reported: Bruce Woollen (ord.) £l/5/3; McLeod Bros. £25; Gillespie’s Beach 3d; New Zealand Refrigerating (cont.) 10/2. AUCKLAND.—SaIes: E. S. and A. Bank £3/13/-; National Bank of Australasia (con.) £5/10/-; Kalapoi 18/9: New Zealand Breweries £l/13/6; Broken Hill Proprietary £l/18/6, £l/19/-: Reid Rubber (new issue) £l/2/6; Taranaki Oil Developments 3/-; Bank of New Zealand £2/1/6; Bruce (ord.) , £l/4/5. WELLINGTON.—SaIes: War Loan 1953 . £93, £92/10/-; Woolworths (N.Z.) 15/(2); E. S. and A. Bank (loan register) £3 13/-; New Zealand Breweries £l/13/9. CHRISTCHURCH.—SaIes on ’Change: National Bank of New Zealand £2/5/-; Bank of Nev/ Zealand £2/1/-; New Zealand Refrigerating (10/- paid) 10/2 (2).