LATE COMMERCIAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 124, 7 March 1930, Page 6

LATE COMMERCIAL.

THE WOOL MARKET. FOURTH SALE AT NAPIER, THE RANGE OF PRICES. (Per Press Association.) NAPIER, This Day. The official range of prices at the Napier wool sale is: Merino—Average up to 93d. Southdown—Average B£d to 9Jd. Fine Half bred—Average 84d to 103 d, inferior 9d to 10Jd. Coarse half bred—Average 7id to 83d, inferior 6RI to 73d. Fine Crossbred—Super 9d to lOd, average 7jd to 9d, inferior 6|d to 7-Jd. Medium Crossbred—Super Bjd to 93d, average 7-Jd to Bjd, inferior 53d to 7d. Coarse Crossbred—Super BRI to 9)d, average 71d to 83d, inferior 53d to 63d. Low Crossbred—. Average 7-jd to 83d, inferior s£d to 7d. Hoggets—4B-50 73d to 9Td, 46-48 73d to 9d, 44-4 73d to Sid, 42-44 63d to Bd, 36-40 up to Bd. Lambs—Fine 8d to 103 d, medium 74d to 9.Vd, coarse 6d to Bd. Pieces—Good to super 83d to 7d, low to medium 33d to sd, seedy and inferior 2id to 33d. Necks—s£d to 83d. Bellies.—Good to super, 53d to 6d, low to medium 33d to od, seedy cjnd inferior up to 43d. „ Crutchings—Medium to good Od to 7d, seedy and inferior 3d to 4fd. Locks—Crossbred 23d to 43d. BRADFORD WOOL MARKET. (Received This Dav, 1.25 n.m.) „ LONDON, March 6. The Bradford wool market is slack and business is nil. Quotations are64’s 273 d, 60’s 2Gd, 56’s 21d, 50’s 18d, 46’s 15’d, 40’s 15d.

METHVEN STOCK SALE. EASIER PRICES FOR STORES. The fortnightly stock sale was held m the Methven. Saleyards yesterday, when there was a much larger entry or sheep than of late, the total being about 7000. Tire inclement weather causing a temporary cessation of harvesting was no doubt responsible for the larg© attendance of farmers. Prices for fats was well up to schedule rales, and the offering was all sold. The store sheep entry consisted of a big variety of all classes. Many lines of fo'othiil country ewes and lambs were penned. Prices were easy compared with those ruling two weeks ago; even better quality lambs fit -for feed showed 1 a drop of up to Is 6d per head, while the decline in the smaller class of lambs was more pronounced. Certainly the prices represented a better margin as between fats and stores when the cost of fattening is taken into consideration. The sale of ewes was a reasonable one, and with the exception of a few hundred, the total yarding was sold. No cattle were offered, while the small yarding of pigs sold well at recent market rates. The principal sales were:— Fat Sheep.—lol lambs 26s 3d, 21 ewes 19s Id, 19 do. 18s lid, 57 ewes 1/, 50 at 17s 2d, 10 at 19s 2d, 53 lambs 23s 3d, 57 lambs 24, 11 ewes 18s 6d 37 lambs 255, 12 ewes 18s 2d, 25 do. 17s 7d, 31 ewes 17s Bd, 33 at 15s sd, 37 at 16s lOd, 38 at 16s sd, 18 wethers 22s 10, 15 at 19s 9d, 15 ewes at 13s 6d, 36 lambs 26s Id, 11 ewes 15s Bd, 179 lambs 26s Id, 140 at 26s 3d. 26 ewes 16s 9d, 11 at 17s 7d, 11 at 15s 7d, 52 lambs 245. 16 wethers 25s Id, 35 lambs 25s 4d, 3f do. 22s 4d, 48 ewes 16s 7d, 12 lambs 24s 4d, 42 at 25s Id, 15 ewes 14s 4ci, 52 lambs 255, 95 wethers 20s 6d. Store Sheep.—loo jf-bred wether lambs at 14s, 46 mixed sex |-bred lambs 15s 6d, 367 £-bred wether lambs 13s 9d, 15 2-tooth f-bred wether lambs at 20s 9d, 176 fine f-bred ewo lambs 19s, 256 mixed sex £-bred lambs 19s 2d, 124 sound-mouth Romney crossbred ewes 23s 6d. 15 2-tooth J-bred ewes- at 20s 6d, 306 full-mouth £-bred ewes 16s 6d, 208 failing-mouth jj-bred ewes 12s 7d, 78 rape ewes 6s, 34 do. 7s 6d, 87 do. 9s, 53 ewes 11s, 100 cull ewes 5s 3d, 246 rape lambs at 18s 6d, 33 store lambs at 10s 3d, 55 £-bred 2-tooth c-wes 21s 6d. 42 wethers 16s 4d, 43 do. 16s 4d, 98 3-bred lambs at 16s 2d. 115 do. 17s, 100 £-hred ewes at 20s, 107 do. 20s, 101 at 20s, 62 cTo. at 225, 100 £-bred wether iambs 225, 126 do. at 21s lOd, 150 at 225, 232 -J-bred ewe lambs at 23s 3d 1 , 233 rape lambs at 16s, 184 wether lambs 13s 7d, 99 ewe lambs 16s 6d, , 241 jj-bred m.s. lambs at 18s 6d, 100 £-bred wether lambs at 14s, 367 at 13s 9d, 176 2-bred ewe lambs at 19s 15 two and four-tooth 2-bred ewes at 22s Gd, 67 sound-mouth £-bred ewes 19s, 89 do. 16s 4d, 110 failing-mouth f-bred ewes at 14s, 33 £-bred lambs (small) 10s 3d, 55 2-tooth £-bred ewes 21s 6df, 42 wethers 16s 4d, 43’ wethers 16s 4d, 98 £-bred mixed sex lambs 16s 2d. . Rams—6 1-shear Shropshire 4} guineas, 3 do. 4$ guineas, 3 do. 41 guineas. Pigs.—6 weaners 17s. 3 do. 16s 6d, 6 do. 28s.