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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 23, 30 January 1911, Page 2

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iMH ■COSEMISSIONEB.'S CABI»EX}E.Aai. (By SMegraph.—Prees Association;) WELLINGTON, this day. Tbe High Connnlsslone»'s cable, dated London, January 2S, is as follows:— Mutton.—-The' niaTket is dull. Trade in all classes has been very slow, and prices lhave barely been maintained. North Island, 4d. Lamb.—The market Is quiet, as the result of heavy arrivals of New Zealand. Canterbury, 5Jd; other thus aid; Argentine, 4Jd. -. Beef.—Tbe market is firm. Stocks of New Zealand on band are light. N.Z. hinds, Mgd; fores, 3id. Butter.—The market is very unsettled, (buyers holding back, expecting prices to go lower. There Is a large., supply on liana. Choicest -N.Z-, 105/; Australian, 101/; Danish, 115/; Siberian, 100/. market Is firm, with good demand. Coloured, 60/; wbite, 58/. Hemp.—The market is flat, with scarcely any demand, and prospects unfavourable. N.Z. good fair, on spot, £19 10/; fair grade, <£18; fair current, Manila, £18 10/; forward shipments of N.Z. good fair,. £19 10/; fair gTade, £19 5/; fair current Mantta, £18. The output for the week from Manila was 2S.000" bales. Cocksfoot Seed.—Teh..market is quiet, and buyers are not keen uv do business. The average price for bright clean New Zealand, weighing 171bs per bushel, on spot, 73/. WooL—Tbe market is firmer, and confidence is again returning. Poultry.—The market: Iβ unchanged. ■Chickens, American, 8d to'Sd; Rnssfera, 7Jd to Bid; ducklings, €d to 7d: Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, Auckland, bare received the ft>lbowrng cable from their London office, under date 27th hist:— ■ Butter: Market dull. Imports snto the TT.K. for the week ending Saturday lost, 88,000 cwts., a* compared with 87,000 ewts. for the corresponding period 'of last year. We quote: NJZ. butter, salted, 'at 106/; DanMh butter, at 116/; finest. Australian, salted, 102/; finest Australian, unsalted, 104/. Cheese: Steady, but quieL The New Zealand Loan and' - Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 27th January:— Wool.—As compared with closing , rates at last sales, price* are about-5 per cent lower for" greasy merino inferior' and scoured merino, about the same as hist for lambs' wool, greaey merino super., coarse greasy crossbred, crossbred' sllpe and fine Scoured crossbreuVaiKT ahout par to" 5 per cent lowcf for greasy merino medium, coarse scouren crossbred, medium greasy crossbred, medium scoured crossbred, and fine greasy crossbred. The wool market fs"generally better,'and there Iβ-an Increasing -American demand. ~ _~ Wheat—«pW at: >n/lj'"c,l:f.v.-Australian cargo.' Very 'little demand owing to- heavy stocks. Market prospects: General outlook dlcconragtng.-. .' ' 18/3; Sparrowbills, • 17/ i). Market firm. Firm demand. , LONJK)N, Jairaary 20. Frozen -Meat.—North Tsland sheep, 4id; best brands, 5 6-16 d; Lambs: Canterbury, 5 3- 16d; North Island, 5 7-16 d.; selected, sgd. Beef: Pores, 3id; hinds, 3gd. AttStrallaU sheep, light, 3 MM.' tsaittbaj toest brands, 4W:'f»lr dtftkltty, 4d; Ifiifcrtor qnality, Sidt *ore»,. 2 3-lOd; hJods; 38d. River P4ate: Beef, 3d.; hinds, 3id; other meats Dcchaag-. unchanged: ■'" »" ' -i. STOCK SALES. The Farmers' -Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report:— At Ohnupo on Tuesday, 24th inst. we yarded 600 head of Cattle-and 60 tat wethers. There was only a moderate attendance, and bidding was dull. Two-year steers made £3 15/ to,£4 3/; 12 to 18-month steers, £2 17/6 to £3 5/; empty 18-month heifers, £2 10/; good calves, 27/6 to 35/; jfotmger eorts, 18/ t6 24/6; fat wethers, 16/. At Matlere (Ohlira) , on JafiUary 2+ Wβ yarded 100 shfeep and 530 cattle. There was » really good inquiry for I;he latter, and prices were fully up to those ruling at any time this spring. Sheep were not in great demand. Nice (Juajfty 2|--year steers sold from- £8 2/6 tft £o-10/; two-yea* steers, £4 3/ to £4 10/; 18r-month steers, £3 10/ to £3 17/; thfefryear steer*, £5 .12/6; lSananth: old beifers, £3 10/ to £4 1/; fat ecrws and •hetfere, £4 15/ to £5 10/; iceaner calves, 83/ to 45/; -very choice- threft'yeaNoia dairy helfere. to calvie September next, £5 2-i aged ewes, 7/6; two-tooth wethert, il/9 to 12/9. At Nganrawahla on January 25 we h«d a yarding ,6f 1581 head of cattle, chiefly 2} to 3}-year-old steers, all well bred, and in really good condition. Competition *os not as keen ac nt our sale in the came yards on 30 list, and prices were about 16/ lower f<sr the fo«?afd cnttlfe. The +-*o •nd 2J-yeaf ©attle did not gh&w the same ifail In -Value, and yonnger sorts still, Wea&er calves to l&=inon£h eteers, almost niaiatalnefl previous quotations. Prices framed forward 3j to fout-year-old Steers. l£6 6/ to £7 4/; good-conditioned 34-y4ar steers, £5 Wβ to £6 2/; nice quality threeyear steers, £5 5/ to £5 lfi/i Best 2j-year eteers, £4 15/ td £5; itore steers, sanie £4 7/6 -"!6 Si 12/ffJ frtßh-coiiditlotied ctrtre and heifer*, £4 to £4 15/: fat cows; £5 5/ 46 £5 14/; store <*oWS, £3 10/ to £3 17/6; 18-month steers, £3 10/ to £3 IS/; 15-montn Bteers, £3 to £3 S/; «eanef caive§, 20/ tb 2BA for email good serte, 32/ to 39/; 300 store lamM, 7/. At Hamilton yards on .January 26 the entry , comprised 627 sb§ep,"ls3 plgg, afid 453 head of cattle. Fat -wethers, Hght weights, made 14/3 to lq/S; aged fat ewes", 9/6 to 12/; lanrt-ffamed ewes, chiefly fouf and sistooth, 14/: small store wethers, 11/. Pigs sold Better than at any sale this season. WeaiMTS, 11/ to 167; enwUl weaneS, 5/ to 7/; slips, 17/6 to 21/; ppi*ets, 31/ to 34/. Pat cowe, &i 107 t5 £5 12/; 18-month enipty heifers, £2 16/; yearling steels, £2 18/. Calves, of whiai there was a large entry, were lower; Reolly good sorts, 35/ to 46/. medlnnii 27/6 tn 33A smnll, 15/ to 225; At MoriHhSrUJe #c Jrea on entry of 1228 «at and store sheep land 465 mixed cattle. Clitt sheep w«re not recprirerl, and ohiy a lew sold, etotfe sheep sold fairly well, ac also did if at cattle; store cattle were In value. .Fat ewes made 12/7 to 13/6: forward teltobs. 10/5 end 10/8; store taints, 6/5 -M 8/6; shorn store lambs, 7/4----cu-11 lauffbs, efiorh «nd *6olU. 4/ to §/%• tot steers, £8 11/; «at hetfefg. M to & 12/6; fat cowfe, £4 17/6 to £5 15/; 15 to 18 months nelfers, £3 2/6 to £3 5/; yearllns Use 15 months eteers. £S 18/; choice two-year-old Jersey cross hellers to. bull, £5 10/; best WettUer calyeSs Si/ to 42/; others' 25/ *6 30/ i springing cowe sdA heifers, £4 15/. to £8 15/; corws in nrllK, Jersey cross, 7 to % yntaeas; grade Shorthbrhg, 3J guineas'. -