COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 122, 24 May 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

iiltillp -IS &£&■'&£**&&s& v,etheu, •»« to 8/o ; 2> 4 6 an eflrse in »»Sb 15/8; small two tooth ewes, IVt week, fiill-mouth ewes 10/ to cv.-c Jflol. W to 11/6; shorn ewe lambs, 9/ to 9/6; best woolly wether lambs, 8/0 to 9/6, smaller lambs, 5/0 to 7/6. CU3-ARINQ SAliB AT HIJITTEB-A. On Ti«*ywii e ij a clearing sale at Hlnuera on behalf of Mr A. McKenzie. There nas fair attendance, and price 3 were on a par with those ruling at other sales. TIP aray made £10; df. plough, £14 10/; chain harrows. £5 10/; 6-tootli ewes, in lamb, 14/1 ; aged ewes> 6/9 to y. eleven ftack| of oaten sheaves, £148; eight draught horses £l r s 10/ to £ISV 10/; good buggy mare, £l a io/ ; draught foal, £9.SALB AT IE KDITI. At T f fnil" Xf rld ?y, we hela an unreserved sale, of the timber in the bankrupt estate of Mordaunt ami Bailey. There was a good attendance; and fair prices were obtained. M-ORBINSVILLE SALE. At MprrinsyillV op Friday we yarded 1640 sheep. 54 fcead of beef, and 370 store cattle. There, was a good attendance, and a good inquiry for' all classes. Fat and forward en-es made 8/6 to 8/7; fat wethers, 14/; forward condition wethers, 11/10 to 12/;- woolly lambs, 7/ to 8/; shorn lambs, 6/3 to 7/6; a line, of black face lambs, 6/; 2-topth to full in°uth ewes _ iv lamD _ 13/10; old ewes, iv lamb.' 6/3; fat cows and heifers,' £4 W to £5 0/; lighter sorts £4 10/ ito £4 1 5 /; forward condition bullocks. £5 12/6 to £6 2/; 31 year steers. £0 4/' to £5 a/- 21 year steers, £4 1/; choice 15 and 18----months steers, £2 10/; yearling steers,' 38/ I to £i! empty 18-monthfi heifers, 36/; empty I 2} year heifers, £3; good calves, 22/ to ss/- springing bows and heifers, £4 5/ to £5 10/'; in-calf heifers, £3 to £3 17/6.

THE -WOOL SALES.

CBl TelegMph..—-Pr?ss 'JSssoclation.) ■JVELLINGTON, Saturday. The following cable from the High Commissioner, dated May 22. has been received: — Wool sales closed with keen competition, Strong American buying helped the Home and European markets. The woollen trade is good; no stock is accumulating, and the prospects generally are favourable. Estimated values are (according to condition): Superior merino," i/1 to 1/34; medium merino, llJd to 1/OJ; interior merino, 9d to 1ld:' fine crossnreds, ah grades, 1/1 to 1/41; medium graSes. IOJd to 1/2; coarse crossbreds, all grades, "Jd to 1/.

LONDON.

(By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 23. Sheep— Canterbury, light 3 5-Bd. medium 3 1-8(1, heavy' 2 North Island 2 5-16 d, best brnuds 2 11-18,3. Lambs.—Canterbury, light 4 13-16 d. medium 4 3-Bd, heavy 3 7-8 d; Southland. 4Jd; North Island. 3 15-163: selected brnnds, 4Jd. Bee f._ForeS, 2ld; hinds. 3 11-16 d. Australian Sheep — Heavy, 2<J: light, » l-Bd. Lambs; Best brands. 3 B-16d: fair nnality 3 3-8 d: inferior quality, 3Jd. Beef: Fores, 2 l-8d; hinds, 3Sd. River Plate.—Sheep: Heavy, 2d; light, ° 5-lOd: lambs," 33-8(1. Hemn.—The market Is Inactive. April to .lune shipments, £22 15/. Copra.—An "4rap,rpyejJ demand exists for South Sea in bags, at £18 to £1S 5/. Copper.-Snot. £59 7/6; electrolytic, £60 10/. • 'if- ' r Tin —Spot. fiL32 2/6; three months. £133 2/8. Silver. 24 l-Bd. Shares.— Walhl shares: Buyers. £9 :>/: sellers, fft 7/6. Waihl Grand Junctions: Buyers. 43/»: sellers, 45/. TVlient. —Australian wheat cargoes sold at 43/71. 44//44/IJ, 44AO}. Westralian JJoah.—The scrip of the npir •Westralion' loin Is gnoted at a quarter discount.