Commercial.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 251, 4 September 1902, Page 2

Commercial.

WASHDYKE STOCK SALE

There was a small yarding of both sheep and cattle and a fair' attendance of buyers at Washdyke on Tuesday. Fat ewea sold at 13s ; store hoggets, 8s to 8a 6d ; stor*> wether*, 12a ; fat wethers, 15a 6d to 16s 6d ; full-mouthed halfbred ewes in Jamb, 10a 2d. In the cattle springers sold from £L 17s 6d to £5 7s 6d, and a yearling steer at 20s.

HIGH PRICES FOR STOCK.

Wellington, September 2. Record prices were obtained at the Johnsonville saleyards to-day for fat slock. In the case of heavy weight bullocks prices obtained showed at advance of about five shillings a hundred pounds on last week’s sales. The best figure was £ls 7s 6d, and a good many were bought at prices above £l3. They were all secured for the Sydney market. Local butoherscould not look at thebeaste at the prices offered.

THE ASHBURTON STOCK SALE.

Ashburton, September 2. f At the Ashburton Yards to day there were large entries, especially in cattle, which formed a record. The attendance was good, but the Bale was dragging for all store stock, and a lot of store sheep were passed out unsold. A line of freezing wethers sold at 19s. There ware a few outside buyers for freezers. The following are the prices ruling:—Cattle, springers £4 Ss to £B, dairy cows £7, two-year old cattle £3 5b to £4 10s, eighteen-months’-old 39a to £3, bull £5 16s ; fat cattle, cows £3 10s to £4 18a 6d, steers £4 5s to £7 10s, heifers £4 5s to £9 17s fid. Sheep—The fat pens were well filled, crossbred wethers selling at 13s to 16s 9d, crossbred ewes 13s to l7e fid (the latter price for a line of Shropshire maiden ewes), merino wethers 8s 9d to 1Z« od, merino ewes 6s to 12s 3d, hoggets 10s lOd, freezing wethers 15a to 19s, freezing hoggets ]oi 2d j stores, crossbred ewes and lambs (all counted) 7s fid, merino ewes (in lamb) 4s to 7* lid, hoggets 7« 2d -teflls 2d, merino ewes with lambs (all counted) 6s fid, to Ids, forward wetheis Us fid to 12s.

CHRISTCHURCH GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET.

Chbistohokch, September 2. The wheat market is steady, with a fair enquiry, Pearl still being moat in demand. Offerings have been fairly numerous, but holders arc generally asking ext; eme prices, which tends to preclude business being done. The local millers are purchasing limited quantities, in order to keep np their stocks, and there is a good demand on the part of millers on the West Coast of the North Island, who ere renewing their supplies. There is no change to bo noted in prices paid to farmers, nor have merchants raised their quotations to outside buyers. For really fine lines of Pearl, however, a higher figure would be p*id by thosr wboV qu're this variety, wHch is scarce. The Timaru market appears to be much firmer than a few weeks ago, owing t 0

purcha«e made for Du .e iu as wall as for local mills S’ev at large |ims have dready ohanhed hand-*. an 1 iti* reported that up to 4s 3d ha< hen paid at country stations for prime quality. There is, however, a scarcity of prime milling wheat in South G inter bury, in consequence of the amoun of damage done to the crop at harvest time. There is ver> little business doing in oats, there b ing very few now coming forward The recent rains in New South Wales have checked the enquiry from Australia, both for oats and fodder. A buyer from Melbourne is in town, but is now limiting his operations in oonse» quence of the more favourable ou look, the cable news in to-day’s issue indicating that the drought bus at l«st apparently broken up. A large quantity of chaff is coming forward for shipment hj the Norfo'k, which is now taking in her cargo at Lytt-hon, the price paid for a large portion of it being £3 ss, at country station-*. The vessel is expected to leave for t 1 e south on Thursday, Potatoes hkve advanced to £4 per ton, at o> uni ry stations, llure being a good demand fur shipment, a quantity being required for Western Au-tralia. The contractors for the Government order lor South Africa are said to be w,-l through with I heir work, the few d*}B delay in the arriva of the Nor oik baring given them more lime thn was stipulated. The f Rowing are current proes paid to farmers, ai dfi ieof ommissh n, except where otherwise specified : - Wheat— Hunter’s, 3-t 91 to 3s 10J ; Tuscan an 1 Pearl, 3i 101 to lid at country stations, according to distance from port. Oats—Long feed, 2s 31 to 2» 4d ; short feed, 2a 4d to 3a 5d ; milling Canadians (nominal), 2s 6d at cou dry nmtions. Barley (no ninal) —Prime, 3s to 3s 6d at country i-tations. Fmur (Millers’ quotations) —Roller £lO 10s per ton. Pollard, £6. £6. Oatmssl, £l4. Potatoes—Derwents £4, at country stations.

Onions, £3 (nominal) at country stations.

Oatsheaf chaff, £3 5a to £3 10a at country stations. Grass seed—Ryegrass, prime heavy, town dressed, 4s 3 I to 4s 6d; Italian ryegra «, town dressed, 4s 6d ; cocksfoot, 3d for off colour, to 3id for bright 121 b, 3jd for bright 14lb seed ; town machine dressed, to 4JI ; white clover, 8d to 9Jd ; cowgrass, weathered, 5d to 6Jrd. Dairy produce—Cheese, factory, 4£d to 5d ; dairy, 4d to local, Is 4d ; North Island Is 3d ; dairy. Is ; salt (in boxes) lOd ; Hams and bacon, 7d to 8d ; factory $d higher f.o.b.—Press,

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET,

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Chei*tchoßCH, September 27. There was a medium entry of stock a'id a good attendance. Sheep—The yarding of store sheep was a mixed one, totalling 2215, comprising a few good lines of ewes and hoggets and a number of odd lots. The demand was slack and, with the exception of hoggets, most ol the lots were passed at auction. The chief sales were 131 two tooth ewes 14* lOd, 54 hoggets 12s Bd, 349 hoggets 11s 2d, 81 at 10s Bd, 370 at 10s 7d, 163 at 10s 7d, and smaller lota at 6s 9d to 10s 9d ; a few fat lambs made lls bd to 16s 9d, and ex' ra to 17s 3d. There were 220 hogge’s penned and they were taken for freezing at 10s 8d to 13s 6d, and extra good to 16s. The supply of fat sheep was much smaller than for several _ weeks past, and included some prime lines of crossbred and merino wethers. The market opened well, crossbred wethers Felling up to 23a 3d and merino wethers to 19a 9d.

Cattle—The yarding of fat cattle numbered 155 and included a large proportion of prime quality. There was active competition throughout the sale and prices showed an advance. A Sydney buyer was expected from the North Island, but owing to the boat leaving Wellington late he did not arrive. A loeal exporter, however, bought several pens for shipment to Sydney Several very prime Hereford bullocks, bred by Me Jaa. Stuckey, Wellington, were sold privately. A line ef 16 steers from South Otago were bought for export to Sydney at £lO 15* to £l4s 10s, averaging £l2 10a ; 4 ateera from Mr J. Deans, Homebush, realised £l2a 12s 6d ; 2 heifers £lla 10* and £lll2s 6d.

Pigs—There was a fairly large yarding of pigs, baconsrs being easier, but porkers and stores, owing to the operations of a buyer for Otago, who purchased 172, were firmer. Baconers made 36s to 52s and extra to 555, equal to 4d per lb ; porkers, 20s to 34», equal to to lid per lb ; large stores, 29b to 27s ; medium, 12s to 18s ; and suckers and weaners, 3- fid to 10s 6d.