COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 153, 29 June 1911, Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Office, ' j Thursday, June 20th. Town trading generally is now of a buoyant character, owing to the opening orders for the month ju_it coming to hand. Country business is hardly up to' the average, but that is only to be expected, as, of course, settlers in the backblocks have great difficulty iv transporting goods. The small towns on or near the railways are not so ..much affected, and are sending in orders \of normal volume for daily requirements. .'There is a good deal of shipping at present "berthed in port, bringing supplies which are eagerly waited for. and will go immediately into consumption.

■ The building trade keeps still brisk, and hardware merchants and other branches in conjunction are correspondingly well occupied,

fungus.—There is no Improvement In otters from Kong, and as holders locally have considerable stocks, parcels arriving to hand only command very low prices, .'

Bacon.—Several of the best known curers have "further advanced prices during the past ■yyeek, as! supplies iv the'-near"'future are 'limited. '■ .

Singapore Produce.—Nearly every line shows a decrease, but whether it -will hold good is" problematical. Sago, pearl and seed, Is somewhat easier, ■while pineapples are slightly lower. . Currants.—Following the reduced rates of a week or so ago, latest cables Inform Us of a farther drop, ana It U certain, that values; cannot come much lower. .

Cream of Tartar.—As the result- of a recent cable, this article Is quoted Jit. a considerably reduced price, but we Incline to the opinion that It Is possible it wouid not be confirmed. However, owing to the high rates which have ruled for some months, little has been bought locally, and it must he a considerable time before the local market responds to any-aoslen., prices . that may emanate from English, or contfnfcptal holders. «- ■• >■■ •& r ? ' .Sultanas.—A substantial reduction in values is shown from latest, advices, and market may ease still further. ... _ Canary Seed.—The tendency of the Turkish market has been to lower values. The weakness is apparent through holders fearing that on account of the progress made with sowing, values may be still lower, ,as Morocco supplies are likely to be on a larger scale this year. The demand is very tutor, and this is likely tp have the effect of bringing prices down to a lower point. Tea—Although the .-price's ..of ■common and low medium teas are momentarily easier, yet there is a very strong under-current of buying from some of the large blending houses, which buying must continue right throughout until there is a much larger quantity, to deal with In London sales Week bviweek these louses can practically only secnre their Immediate requirements, and any "tttowLto increase their stocks will Immediately 'force the "Wket-TO ««■£*£ ablY However, there appears to ue a working arrangement to obviate any such. E iota all probability prices will keep STabnormal.bafis dur.ng.the_ next month or two;. -i ■ ■.*•__ That there is plenty of money awaiting •investment in Auckland at the present time may be gathered from the fact that at one call yesterday there were eleven ■more buyers of standard lines: than sellers, and during the past week there have been a oumtier of advances in the buying rates. Bank of New Zealand shares are now wanted at £12, „but no-sellers have' quoted. Hatterfy. Insurance stocks have improved: m price, New Zealauds being -wanted at BJA*. South. British at 73/3, Nationals at 36/, and. Standards at 30/3, an advance in price in each line. Coal shares have also been in steady request,, but latterly no sellers of Tauplris quoted, but, there were steady buyers at 21/6. An advance also tookplace in the buying offers for Auckland -Gas, ow shares being wanted at 71/6 and new issue at 76/3 A transaction took place in Union Steam shares at 41/6 yesterday, and more could be placed at about the same figure. '•■'Timber shares are all in request fit ■ good Tates, buyers of Premier Joinery laving advanced to' 20/," while for UOii. "timber 27/ was offered, 25/9 - for Parker, ■iLamb, and 28/6 for Mountain Riniu. There are also, regular inquiries for Kauri Timber ■contributing issue-at 16/6. Auckland Tram shares have steady demand at 25/ and 20/ d for__the - respective issues, ordinary selling •at the latter figure several times since last "leporL Buyers of Tonson Garlick shares advanced to 10/0, and Union Oil to 31/6, out no' sales \yere reported at those flgurea. An advance of sixpence also took pWce in "ttfe buying rate for Wiseman, Ltd. , ./-Mining shires did not sell so freely this week, on the average. May Queens, fluctuated between 2/C and 3/, the last' sale Bteterday being at 2/8. iMbanataiari shares Bra being steadily bought up, despite the fact.tbat at present the mine Is not being worked. The New Sylvia Company's battery should start operations within a fortnight, md those shares show signs of moving upwards again. Saxons are ii shade ' Better, being' transferred up to a/2. A con- . .tract for another 500 ft of the low level • i tunnel has v.been let. Waiotahi shares advanced a little, sales taking place up to 873. This Is probably due to the fact that it is proposed to open out for a new level, as deepening the shaft was stopped owing to the water. Sales took place iof Watchman shares at 2/. Southern mining shares are in regular request, Consolidateds being wanted at 21/6, Progress 'Mines at 10/6; and Ross at 1/11. Coromandel sftmres are still neglected. The sale of a tew thousand KapangaS yesterday knocked those shares down to sixpence once more. Old Haurakis had steady buyers at 2/3, but comparatively few- sales were made. Waihi shares firmed a little in price yesterday, the last sale being at 69/0, at which figure there were further buyers. Junctions sold at 27/6 and 27/3, and Reefs Consolidated at 1/10.

Potatoes.—Arrivals have been light since last report, consequent upon the easing In price throughout Canterbury, and the reluctance of growers to accept the reduced figures offered. The result is that they are slow at selling, nnd shipments from Lyttelton fcnve been exceedingly small. This has, however, been compensated to some extent hy'the fart that arrivals from Tlmaru nnd OiiTnrirn hnv on tho other hand been fairly aeavy Inttprlr. Hat] not such been the case there would have heen a considerable short- {"» en the local market at the present time, "he pcsition of the.potato market in the near future is very difficult to estimate, but BJest reliable recent r.rtv.ee.r. lend to Ihe epm-liv. inn- that very large .stocks are still Bffln, nniT (hat therefore the present ovotn«dns represent what will probably prove gWbe the hi-hecf for potatoes this senson. « is also considered quite likely that if JlTOnrable conditions exist with regard to

the potatoes in pit, prices may even be a shade easier, but it will be fully two months ■before-farmers will be prepared to-accept lower rates. Prices In Auckland at the present time, in view of the small stocks held, continue firm at £5 5/ at wharf and £5 10/ ex store, wholesale. The quality of the potatoes this year is first-class, and it is now manifest that the reports regarding the ravages done by the grub were largely exaggerated. It is safe to say that on the whole the year was a good paying one for potato growers. Seed potatoes are meeting with early inquiry. : Early Puritans are selling at £10 per ton, and- meet with good demand-, Northern Star are moving off freely at £9 per ton, Early Rose at £9, and Up-to-Dates at £6 10/.

Oats.—The indications of a fortnight ago that the market for oats was -weakening proved correct. Although there has not yet been a quotable change, the tone is decidedly easier. Stocks in store at the Bluff are heavy, and the grain yet in farmers' hands quite tip to the average holding for this time of year. Then, too, there is a total absence of the export .business which existed this time last year and tended to firm the taarket. With no outlet excepting the demand for local consumption, it is difficult to see how oats can maintain the present price, and a decline is looked for as soon as threshing begins. Auckland "quotations are-2/11 ex wharf, 3/ ex store, the oats being mostly A grade.

iSeed oats are meeting with good demand, especially Algerians, which are mostly coming ' from Australia. The quality of some of the cargoes has been so mixed that farmers are, generally speaking, confining their attention to ' double dressed seed. _Wbite and. Black Tartars, also Gartons are being Inquired for, but by :far the biggest area Is being put under Algerian oats.

Fowl wheat is In somewhat less demand this week than has been the case for some months past. The quotation is 3/11 ex store.

Milling Wheat.—A distinctly easier tone pervades-'the l market for this grata. This -S..up. I dqut>t the .result, of. the bright prospers _!'the wheat "crop In'both Kurope and America.. .. This is affecting the London market, for wheat, and the reflection. Is felt in New Zealand. Advice from Oamaru states that there has been-some inquiry for wheat, but the amount available' from farmers who are holders was not extensive; as they are still hopeful of better prices at a later stage of the season. Speculators, on the other hand, appear to have lost faith In the future, and were freely on- the market content to accept prices offered by millers, consequently several sales were made ex store at prices ranging from 3/4 to 3/5 per bushel, less commission, for all classes. A few small farmers' lots were put through at prices varying from 3/2. to 3/4,, less commission, on trucks; Nominally wheat is worth to-day 3/3 to : 3/4.

Onions.—The market is. still somewhat quiet, although the heavy stocks have now worked off considerably. The price is now 6/ per cwt. The flrst of the" Victorian onions are to hand, and as the quality is good no doubt all supplies will be drawn from Melbourne shortly, as, owing to the lateness of the season, the Canterbury onions are now beginning to show deterioration. '-•

Maize.—Arrivals of maize "have been exceptionally heavy of late, which caused "the decline of 2d per bushel. 'Such large quantities'are not now coming forward, as the farmers decline to accept the low prices Offered. As this caused arrivals during the present week to be light, the market recovered the drop. Stocks in store here are light, and the demaud is good., but it arrivals are heavy the market must again decline.

Chaff.—Local supplies of chaff have eased off considerably, the wet weather having delayed cutting, with the result that very little is now coming forward. Store stocks are consequently being rapidly' depleted. Two cargoes of Australian chaff arrived since last report, and two more are on the way. This is distinctly easing prices for Southern chaff, which is now 5/ per ton below what was asked a few weeks ago. Compressed "Melbourne chaff (to arrive) is quoted at £5 10/, while dumped commands So per ton. Manures. —The gocyi demand continues for manures for late' top-dressing and potato planting. Superphosphates is offering in fair quantities. The Kaipara is due in a day or two with further shipments of basic slag of high, grade.

AUCKLAND PRICES CURRENT. Farm and Dairy rro«nce. —.Butter, factory, .1/1J per lb; fresh eggs, 1/7 per dozen wholesale; cheese, farmeys*, from M i»M per lb; factory, 6Jd to 7d; bacon, sides, 7Jd, rolls 8d; hams, 9d; rolled hams, 9Jd. Flour £11 Gess discounts); wheatmenl, £11 per ton (less discounts); sharps £6 18/ per ton; bran, £5 10/; oatmeal, £14 10/ per ton for 25's wholesale. Graln.-Oats, 3/, ox store; Algerian seed oats- 3/8 per bushel; Southern milling wheat, 3/8 to 3/9, f.0.b., sacks «t«L»Jf wheat, 4/, ex store, sacks In; maize, 2/8 per bushel, for wholesale lines on the wliarr. Chaff.—Australian, £5 10/ to £6. Potatoes.—£s 5/ to £5 10/, ex store. Onions.—£6 per ton. Timber.— Ordinary bonding Burner, undressed, up to 24ft long, giu to lip or roore in thickness, aud from 3in to 12 in wide, : first-class 24/, medium 18/6.»«»». 12/ per 100 ft; rough neart, 18/6 per lOOft superficial; surface planing, 1/ per 100 ft extra; planed both sides, 1/6 per lOort extra; three and fonr sides, 2/ ditto. Flooring boards: Planed, tongued and grooved, 20/b, 21/ 14/6. Lining boards: Planed, tongued, grooved, beaded or V-jointed, 26/. 20/6 11/. Rusticated and special weather-boarding, 9 6/6 21/ 14/6. Ordinary building totara, scantling, 15/; boards, 4Jin to 12ln, 10/; second-class totara, scantling, 12/; clean heart of totara for joinery, scantling, 23/; rough heart of totara scantling, 16/; rough heart' of totara scantling, 13 x 2 and under, 16/; rough heart matai scaotlln"-, 13/6; ordinary building rlma, boards, 15/6; heart rlmu, scantling, 14/6; heart riruu (framing and bridge quality), scantling, 17/; clean, 20/; second-class rimu boards. 12/.

HIDES, SKINS, ETC. G. W. BINNEY AND SONS' REP.ORT. On Tuesday we offered and cleared extra lirpp catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow. llides.— Market very linn for all classes iv good condition. Extra stout, 7Jd to 7<d; utout, CJd to Old; medium, Gld to «»d; light; SS tr. C-d: <-ow—extra good, 6Jd to bi&l -ood, 55d to 6d; seconds, 5Jd to Did; stags'. JlrftSOd: kips, 5Jd to. Cd; -yearlings,' oid lo nd? calfskins, TJd to Id; good, W f M&? m&mS» { ° s 'i a - cut and daaiase<l ' 3ia to $£°4> to B S Eood, 3/ to 3/6; country,

best 3/2 to 3/6, seconds 2/ to 2/6; country dry skins, large 7/3 to 7/0, good 4/0 to 6/, medium 3/3 to 4/, small 2/3 to 3/ each. Tallow.—Market firm. Best mixed, in shipment casks, 27/6 to 2S/6; good, 24/ to 26/; medium, 21/6 to 23/6; inferior, IS/ to 20/ per cwt. Rough fat, ljd to lid per lb. Cow talis, 1/S per dozen. Bones, good dry, £4 15/ to £4 17/6 per ton.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCAN TIL.E AGENCY CO.'S REPORT.

Owing to last Thursday being Corouat.on Day, no sale was held at Westheld laras by the New Zealand Loan and Alex-can vie Agency Company. At tne Albert I'ards on Friday last horses came forward in usual numbers, but competition was not as keen as tue pt-eviuua week. Heavy draught horses sold at'from £3S to £39 10/; medium draughts, £lo to i_;o; hacks and light harness horses, £5 10/ to £12 10/; spring carts, ill 10/ and *.o 10/. ' At the Whitford Yards on Saturday there was a good' yarding of stock, whic-n soid at late rates. Best dairy cows sold at from £8 10/ to £13, others £4 15/ to £7 10/; heifers, to calve in the spring, £3 15/ to £4 12/6; pigs, 15/ to 17/. Sundries sold at satisfactory prices. Hides. —Market firm, with keen competition. We quote: Ox—extra stout ■ 7iu to Tin, stout 6*d to medium 6id to 6jSd, light aid to 6Jd; cows'—best lines 6Jd to tiijd, good s£d to OJd, scored and. sloppy s±d to s|d; kips, 6d to 6}d; stags', 4idi to sd; calfskins, best to BXd, good 6Jd to 7d, cut and damaged, 3id to 6d. S_.hecp3-.ms.—Aj-arket brisk. Best butchers skins, picked to 5/6, good lines 4/ to 4/6, medium 3/ to 3/6. small 2/3 to 2/8; country dry skins, large to 7/6, medium 3/6 to 5/6, small 1/6 to 2/3. .' - ,„ Tallow.—Market firm. Best mixed, 28/6; good, 24/6 to 26/; inferior, IS/ to 21/9. Rough fat, ljd per lb. .Horsehair," l/Oi to. 1/7* ,-,... >

Cowtails, 1/S per dozen. U6hcs,£l TT/V- ~ "~- r .''"--..'. •■>. - Oats, —Demand steady at' 3/1 ex store. Wheat.—Sales firhi at 4/I'ex' store for good samples. - - - - Bran aud Pollard. —In good demand at £5 15/ and £7 2/6 respectively ex store. Potatoes.—Selling steadily at £5 15/ ex store. Chaff.—Local Is■> worth £5.: 15/ for truck lots at Auckland. Southern is worth £6 15/ and £7 ex store for retail lots. . Barley.—Feed is steady at 3/3 ex store. Butter.—Choice, Hid; milling, 10d to lid. Scarce and scanty supplies. .Fungus is nominally worth -id per lb. • MESSRS ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT.

At the Hayinarket. On Friday last aged draughts sold from £19 15/ to £35; grocers' cart class, £18 15/ to £24 10/; .bakers' cart sorts, £14 10/ to £21; buggy horses and hacks, £13 10/ to £24; light harness and ordinary riding sorts, £4: 10/: to £18 15/; gig ponies, £3- to £13 10/; drays, £12 to £16 10/; phaeton and pair of horses, £80; brougham, £28; wagonette, £29; light trap, pony, and harness, £13 10/. ;

At the Pukekohe rVards" on Saturday, Jnue 24, we held a. special sale.of dairy stock. Tbe advertised number was yarded and buyers were numerous. First-quality cows, carrying second to fourth calves, brought from £8 to £10 10/; others more aged and backward,, £6. to. £7 10/; aged and cull cows, £2.15/ to £5; choice springing heifers,, £6 to £8 15/; others, £4 5/ to £5 10/.

On Monday, June 26, we held our usual monthly sale at Pukekohe, when an average muster of cattle found ready buyers at ruling rates. Dairy cows' made from. £3. 10/ to £8 7/6;. heifers; £4 10/ to £6 17/6:. fresh three to four-year-old steers, £"> 10/ to £6 16/; two to three-year-olds, £4 to! £5 5/; yearlings to 18 months, £2 8/ to ,£3 12/; strong calves, £1 10/ to £2 2/; smaller, 15/ to £1 5/; empty, cows, £2 5/ to £3 15/; 18-indnth heifers, £2 15/ to £3 16/. The-l_t fat cattle-met'with a brisk sale, at advanced figures. -Steers, £7 to £9 15/; cows and heifers, £4 10/ to £7 5/.

Hides.—Ox, 64d to 7d; cow, 5Jd to 6id; calf, 5d to 8d; kips, 53d to Gd; horse, 6/9 to 9/6; damaged hides, 4Jd to 5Jd. Tallow, 26/ to 28/. Bones. £4 17/6. Horsehair, 1/5 to 1/6}. Skins.—Best butchers' 4/3 to 5/, others 3/ to 3/8; shorn lambs', 2/3; dry and country, good 3/8 to <V 9, others 2/ to 3/4; damaged, 4d to 1/9. ' WESTFIELD FAT STOCK MARKET. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. report hay. ing held their usual weekly fat stock sale at Westfleld on Wednesday, June 28, as under.

Beef—A large yarding, Including some choice lines of prime ox. Prices for very choice ox were a shade lower than last week, and ordinary prime ox was much cheaper. Choice ox sold at equal to 24/ to 25/ per 1001b, ordinary ox at 21/ to 23/, and cow and heifer beef fetched equal to from 21/ to 23/. Veal.-—An average yarding, which sold at late rates. Heavy made £2 10/ to £3 10/; choice suckers 25/ to 36/, small and inferior 2/ to 20/. Mutton.—A large yarding- The demaiid was poor and prices -were 2/ lower for prime qnalitv and about 1/ lower for inferior quality than at last sale. Some extra heavy wethers made up to 26/3. but these were exceptionally heavy and prime. Ordinary heavy wethers sold at froni 18/ to 22/; I light and unfinished, 14/6 to 17/6. Heavy | ewes, extra, IS/ to 20/9; medium, 14/6 to 17/: light ewes nnd stores, 7/9 to 11/3. Lamb.—A small yarding. Extra heavy tegs fetched up to 16/; good woolly ditto, 11/6 to 13/3: stores and light. 8/ to 10/. Pork.—A small yarding. Choppers made £2 15/ to £3 10/: heavy porkers, 30/6 to 40/; light porkers, 18/ to 23/. . - The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency report:—At the Westfield Tards on Wednesday cattle were yarded in large numbers, but competition was not as keen as the previous week, although quotations are the same. Prime ox beef sold to 26/ per 1001b, others 22/ to 24/, and cow and heifer beef 18/ to 22/. Steers sold at from £55 ?o £14 10/; cows and heifers £4 to •efi Calves were again penned In- good lumbers and sold at higher rates Heavy vealers sold to £3 15/: medium ditto £1 to £2 IS/: smaller sorts, to 30/. A draft of 14 steers from Messrs. Gollan Brothers averaged £1» 10/0. Sheep were yarded in more than usnal numbers and sold at lowe* rates with . the exception of extra we 1 fitted Prime wethers sold at from 22/ to 26/S, others 16/ to 19/6, othersnot so well done 13/0 to 15/- Ewe . sold at from 12/9 tr> 19/3 Lambs, in less numbers than usual, sold at from 6/6 to 11/9. Pigs were .arded i_~_m_ll au___>er_ and. sold at late rates.

[Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons report:—On Wednesday, .Tune 28. at our weekly West-eld fat stock market, fat I cattle were yarded to the number of 478 1 head. There Was 'a fair demand. Choice ;ox was very firm at late quotations, but 1 ordinary quality was a little easier. Choice ; r ox sold to £1 6/ per 1001b, ordinary £1 3/ to £1 4/, and cow and heifer beef at 18/ to £1 2/. Steers ranged in price from £5 10/ to £12 17/6; cows and heifers, £3 10/ to £8 17/6. Fat and young calves, short of requirements, sold at extreme figures. Choice vealere, £2 5/ to £2 18/; medium sorts, £1 10/ to £2 2/; heavy calves, £2 10/ to £3 3/: light, 12/ to £1 5/; freshdropped, 3/ to 10/; 72 sold. There was a heavy yarding of sheep, aud only a limited ! demand. An odd pen of really heavy prime wethers sold at about last week's rates, 1 but generally prices were from 2/ to 3/ lower. Prime heavy wethers £1 1/ to £1 ■ 4/9, medium weights 17/ to 10/, unfinished ■ - 12/9 to 16/; lu-st ewes 18/ to IS/3, others ' 110/6 to 15/, inferior and aged 4/6 to 9/; ' lambs, 10/6 to 14/: plain, 6/ to 0/. There ' ' was ah average entry of p.gs, which met with a brisk sale, last week's advance being ! maintained. Baconers. £2 10/ to £3 3/: I large porkers £1 15/ to £2 6/. lighter £.1 1 6/ to £1 13/; slips, 1-1/. weaners, 6/ to 1 10/6; 71 sold.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph. —Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday.

At Addington to-day there were fair entries of stock nnd a good attendance. A line of two-tooth ewes made 14/11, others 11/. mixed aged ewes In lamb 6/6 to 7/6, aged dry ewes 4/ to 6/1, and forward wethers 12/9 to 13/4. Half-bred wethers made 10/6 to 11/2; mixed lines of lambs 9/6 to 11/1, others 7/9 to 8/3, ewe lambs 11/0 to 12/1, and wether lambs S/6 to 10/4. The vardlug of fat lambs totalled 3709. There were 2521 taken for export at 9/10 to 19/6, 117 by butchers at 12/ to 15/10, and 861 were passed at"7/0 to 1171." "Some lots did- not elicit „~b_d. '■ There was a fairly large yarding, of fat sheep, and the range of prices was: Extra prime wethers to 34/. prime 18/ to 23/3, medium 15/6 to li/fi, light 14/4 to 15/: prime ewes 10/ to 19/0-. medium 11/6 to 14/6, aged and light 8/ to 11/; merino wethers ISA to 14/2. The supply of beef totalled 370 head, an increase of nearly 100 over the previons week.,, but in consequence of the heavy supply there was a decided decline in price, prime store making 22/6 to 26/6, extra to 28/, medium 20/ to 22/ nnd cow and Inferior 19/ per 1001b. Steers made £7 10/ to £10 10/, extra to £17; heifers, £5 5/ to £10 la/; and rows. £4 10/ to £10 17/6. North Island steers made £10 to £12 12/6. There was an average yarding of veal calves, and they brought 4/0 to £3 12/0, according to size and quality. Some useful lines of store cattle were yarded, but there was not much demand. Two-year steers made S.A 8/ to £3 11/, two-year heifers £3 7/fi. three-year steers £6 5/ to £0 15/ (passed., and dry cows 30/ to £2 15/. Good dairy cows sold well, prices ranging from £3 10/ to <*10 2/6 A medium entry of fat pigs met with an Improved demand and better prices. Choppers made up to 84/. large baconers 50/ to 55/, smaller 37/ to 4a/, equal to 4d to 4ld; large porkers 30/ to 34/, smaller 25/ to 28/, equal to 4*d pel lb Medium store pigs made 20/ to A, smaller 9/ to 16/, and weAners 2/6 and o/.

JOHNSONVILLB. STOCK SALH. (By Telegraph. —Own Correspondent.) JOHNSONVILLE, this day. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonvlllß sale as follows:— A heavy yart'ing of exceptionally prime quality. Bullocks came forwaid, and sold readily at good prices. There was a full ynrding of sheep, and these also were in good demand. We quote: Prime heavy bullocks, £11 to £11 7/6, to £10 5/; lighter bullocks. £9 5/ to £0 10/; light, £S to £8 17/6; vealers, £2 6/ to £2 19/; good quality wethers 18/; plain wethers, 15/6; extra prime heavy'ewes, 18/ to £1 0/9; prime ewes. 15/6 to 15/9; plain ewes, 13/1 to 14/, good lambs, 10/0 to 12/1.