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Newspaper
Ashburton Guardian
Location
Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
1
August 29 report lists flour from 7 to 7 108, oats Algerian 2s 6d to 2s 9d, barley Prime English 4s 9d to 5s, maize 3s 24, bran 9 3d, pollard 1d. Potatoes 6 to 7 10s, onions 27 to 7 10s, wheat as high as 43 1d to 8s 2d. Miling prices also shown.
At Addington Jiva stock market on August 29 moderate entries across yearly air departments with a small attendance. Sheep improved slightly. fat sheep steady to dearer. Pigs sold at higher rates while store and dairy cattle moved poorly. Store sheep yarded about 1000 with strong buyers for two and four tooth ewes, wethers and hoggets. Fat cattle numbers small. prime stock strong then eased. beef steers and cows traded to varied prices. Pigs showed keen competition for all fat and store classes with price ranges specified across fat hogs, stores, and weaners.
Large attendance at the Geraldina stock sale with healthy demand and most lots selling at satisfactory prices. Entry figures show about 4000 sheep, with wethers and ewes and lambs across several price ranges and hoggets. Cattle entries near 60 head, bullocks to £7, springers £4 10s, fat cows £5, and calves quoted. pigs sold as stores at 49 to 6d per unit.
Fat cattle yarded 166 head mostly unfinished stores with occasional prime oxen. Bulls £10-£12, up to £17 6d. best heifers £6 10s-£7. fat sheep 1080 penned, best wethers 28s 6d, good 20s-22s 6d, primes up to 23s 6d. porkers and baconers also sold strongly with tops for snouts and light hogs advancing over last week.
Dunedin grain market reports limited business with arrivals steady from the country. Milling quality prices hold. prime milling oats quoted at 2s 3d to 2s 5d per bushel with seed oats at 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Wheat shows no change as millers focus on small lines of select quality. Fowl feed demand strong with prime fowl feed quoted 3s 1d to 3s 2d per measure.
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