COMERCIAL

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 29, 3 February 1916, Page 9

COMERCIAL

TRAIKE REPORTED GOOD. "Auckland Star" Office, February 3, 1916. Business continues good, the country orders being very consistent. The wholesale merchants have only one complaint to make, and that is the long delay in getting goods from Home. The outlook is, unfortunately, not very .bright so far as any improvement ln getting supplies is concerned. Messrs J. and J. Colman, .Ltd., have advised that orders ln hand win be subject to considerable delay in execution, and already most of their lines, such as starch, blue, and mnstard, are- almost out of importers' hands, the largest stocks being held by the retailers. The remarkable feature of the week has been the increase in prices of soch a large number, of lines.

Candles of local manufacture advanced one half-penny.

Neave's Food.—Cabled advice is 1 to the effect that an advance of 2/ per dozen has taken place. This, together with the fact that tanks, m which this line is generally packed, are almost unobtainable, and same has to be put into cases, which cost very high, makes it pretty certain to advance even more than the f.o.b. increase. •Sunlight soap is up 1/6 per case. Lifebuoy soap 2/ case. Monkey soap 1/ per case; Lux. small .packets 1/8 per case and in large packets 1/ per case. Kerosene and benzine' are also Included. t anned prices are almost uncibtalnaftle. ohinfir J 1 Crals - from Edlthhurg, due abont Monday. Is eagerly looked for. as her »JJnL « n, 7 Wtieularly fine. Is badly needed. Market firm. Cream of tartar remains verr high and an advance i v baking powders would not come .is a surprise.

POTATOES ADVANCE IN PRICE ,r> cTn last , r e port the mark « has advanced eron In £ £l i > , 10/ti ncr ,on - T ae main OnishiS '*, ?v IStrlct is now P'-actlcally not he' "J, ,? c latPr Placed Yen wUI tot be available for two or three weeks in- r.JfZ merchanLs have been purchasing potatoes from Rangit-ikel district to keep re,?rt!3 I '"'i ! r t ( unUl tnp Auckland late crop Is ready r t is expected the late crop will be enough to keep the Auckland market going "nt ™ Sl>n, ' h ern potatoes are ready for sale. Dhere has been an excellent demand tor potatoes for the transports. Shipments to Sydney were made by the Wcstralla. which took 2000 sacks. There is further inquiry for potatoes for shipment to Sydney. The southern crop.will not 1 • available until the end of March or early ln April. A few lines of southern potatoes ■are helnS offered for forward 'delivery, but at high figures. It Is yet early to. give any idea of what the southern potato crop will produce this year. The area under crop'is about as large as usual, but the yield win. be light in Canterbury district, though the prospects are very good further south. The price asked for potatoes this year In the south is several pounds per ton above ordinary opening ra,!cs. and it Ls pretty certain that lower prices will have to be accepted ere long. ONIONS CHEAP. The market is well supplied, and therefore somewhat weak. The price remains at 6/ to 6/0. MAIZE. Arrivals this week, coupled with' the heavy stocks of maize held In store, are ample to meet Ihe lo«l demand. Prices are therefore likely to remain steady at last week's rate. A shipment of 400 sacks of maize arrived this week by the Talune trim FIJI. WHEAT. Very little milling wheat Is offering, apparently fanners are not yet anxious to do business at more reasonable rates, but the tendency of the market appears to be towards easier prices ruling. If there is difficulty In getting shipping space to Europe for the enormous surplus of wheat held . elsewhere this season, markets nearer home will no doubt be supplied at lower prices than those at present fixed. Fowl wheat Is a trifle easier thLs week, and the quotation in Auckland Is now 6/4 to 6/6 per bushel, but this is quite high enough for poultry feed. For the new crop, which is expected to be ready, for delivery next month, slightly tower figures are men. tloned. In spite of the dry weather In Canterbury. It Is expected the wheat crop will turn out fairly well. BRAN AND SHARPS. Both these linos are firm. A good quantity of bran has been sold to the Defence Department for the transports. This has tended towards keeping the market firm. OATS RATHER SCARCE LOCALLY. The market for oats shows no change tills Week as far as prices are concerned, but locally stocks arc rather short until the Whangape arrives next week with shipments of this grain from Bluff. Timaru, and Oamnru. The price localiy ranges from 4/7 to 4/0 per bushel. For delivery ex that vessel slightly lower figures arensltea. The crop in Canterbury is reported to be very light, and until the new crop Is available from Southland, prices are not expected to show mnch alteration. Feed Algerian oats are being, Imported from Melbourne, and sell nt lower rates. Already forward sales are being made of oats from Bouth.- , land for delivery after April next. GRASS AND CLOVER SEEDS. As a result of the wet weather last week, farmers have started sowing areas where felled bush had been already burned off. The demand for grass and clover seeds set ln a little earlier this y : ear. . All markets continue firm, especially for 'cocksfoot and rye grasses. CHAFF. • The local market Is fairly well supplied with lMenhei.ru chaff, as well as the local, which Is now coming' In, but uot freely. A further shipment of chaff Is due to arrive from Blenheim about the end of next week, prices are expected to remain steady. W-HOJ..ESALB CURRENT PRICES. Farm and Dairy Produce. — Factory butter, 1/4 per lb; farmers' butter, lOd; farmers' cheese, 8d per lb; 'factory cheese, Od to OJd per lb; hanis, lid per lb; bacon, IOJd per lb; eggs, 1/3 per doz-en. • ■ Flour, £14 fi/, less 2J per cent discount, per ton (2001b sacks); sharps, £S 10/ per ton net; bran, £5 15/ per ton'net; oatmeal (25's). £21 per ton. Grain.—Oats, 4/7 to 4/0 per bushel; lowl wheat, 6/4 to 0/6 ex store; maize, 5/, wholesale lines on the wharf. Cb;Ul.—Local, £3 10/ to £6 per ton, sacks in, at station. Prime Southern, £7 10/ to £Sj per ton. Onions.—6/ to 6/6 per cwt." Potatoes.—£lo to £10 10/-per ton. GOOD DEMAND POR FLAX, Flax millers are now busy -owing to the better prices ollering, as the result of a shortage of Manila hemp In London. Shippers are anxious to get away their purchases so as to reach London .before more vessels are available to carry hemp frqin Manila to that market. The total ship-, ments of flax for the year 1915 wag bales, as compared with 98,244 bales the previous 12 months. With 'bigger export at much higher prices, the" 'returns from flax this season should show a good increase. 'KAURI GUM, . The tone of the market for kauri g,um at length shows slight improvement. Rescraped and good whites sell readily, aun. blacks can also- -be placed, but bush Is rather quiet, and poor lines are hard to quit. ON 'CHANGE; Business has been very nulet on the -Exchange this' week. 'Auckland'"Gas' paid-up ■shares were placed at 30/,v a nd a few sales were made of Waihi shares at 34/9 A dlVl'deud of one shilling per share has beeu declared by the directors of the Waihi Com, .naiiy. 'like hest offer for Talisman is now 10/, and buyers of Grand Junctions quoted 18/6 yesterday, but those prices were not. accepted. Home Builder shares were "offered on the floor of the'Exenaugc'at 17/ 'Bank shares were firm, £10 7/6 and £16 il beiug offered for the- respective- 'issues on New' Zealands, and ..!»"/ "for Nationals. booth British. Insurance were' iv steady I reouest at 97/, with no sellers quoted and New Zealands were offered at 127/ with no buyers. New Zealand and River' Plate shares could be placed at 40/6, and there was demand for. Wilson's Cement at ""/G for preference, and 21/0 for ordinary shares. Union Steam shares had buyers at 22/3 and 26/3 for the respective issues aud New Zealand Drug could be placed at 44/3

BUTTER AND CHEESE.

.'Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the' following caible from their head office, .London, under date 2Sth January, 1026:—

Butter.—v Danish- dull, 156/; Australian and New Zealand, unchanged.'" '" ■ Cheese.—Market quiet, hut Arto; prices unchanged.

HIDES, SKINS, AND TALIiOW.

•Messrs G. W. ißirmey apd Soos report as tollows for hides, skips, tallow, etc.;—

Hides.—Market adtfauced. Extra stout ox lOid to laid, stout lO!d to laid, medium lOd to IOJd, light Ofd to Psd; cow, extra good.Ojd to Oi, good 9id to 9 j d . seconds B*d to B}d; scored and dirty, '$ d to 8d; cut, 7}d to 8d; damaged, 6d to oid: kips, Si|d to B}d; stags, 6Jd to 6}d: yearijngs, Bid to'S}d; calfskins, best Did to Old, good B}d to Od, meaty 7d to 7Jd; cut and damaged calfskins, od to tiid.

Skins.—Market advanced. Butchers' picked skins, full-woolled 13/6 to 14/, extra large 12/ to 12/6, large 10/6 to 11/6, medium 9/6 to 10/, small '7/ to 7/6, extra small 5/6 to 6/; spring lambs. 3/ to 4/; bare pelts,-1/9 to 3/6; country dry skins, good Aid to OJd, jnedium S}d to. 9d; rat-eaten and weevily skin.:. 6d to 6*d; rat-eaten and weevily pelts and lambskins, id to 3d per H>.

Tallow.—.Market firm. In shipment cask jj- best mixed 29/ to 30/. medium 27/6 to 2S/6; In small casks, good 26/6 to 27/6 medium 23/6 to 267, inferior 23/ to 24/6 per cwt; in tins and drums, 22/6 to 2-1/6 Rough fat. Ud ocr lb •Bones —Good. dry. £5 to £5 10/ per ton. good, l/i to 1/2; mane.

WooL-In bags and dumps. Super i'„ fo .{ ; hea \y crossbred. 10ld to lid; dingy 04d to 10d; bellies and pieces. Rd '° B ,W: locks, s}d to fj}d; dead wool, 9Jd to lOjd. ■

Messrs. Dalgoty and Company, Ltd.. held ttieir weekly sale of bides, skins,. tallow, low' fuesda r last - The? report as fol-

wi?i af- —ilarkct firm. Butchers' hides, well flayed and conditioned, extra stout to lid; medium. lOd to lOJd;. light, Od to 934: cow, well flayed and conditioned, to Old- £™ COn ?7 t , ioned - dto M '; dir 's-- scored and Sloppy hides at lower rates: damaged and cut, Od to 7id; stags, 41d to 7d; kips, Tld to Sd; calf; best lines, to OJd; good, 8(1 to 9d; cut. damaged, and meaty, od to 6d. Sheepskins.—Market firm. Dry. woolly skins, best, 9d to OJd per lb; damaged, 3d to "d; seconds, 7}d to Sid; dry pelts, 1/ to 2/, according lo length of wool; skins with weevil-eaten and weather-stained pelts at lower rates; butchers' salted 3klns, best, 10/ to 15/; small, 4/l> to 7/; shorn pelts and lambs, 1/9 to 3/10. • Tallow.—Market Arm at late rates. Best, In shipment' casks. 28/6; in 4cwt .casks,' good. 23/ to 27/; seconds, 20/ to 22/; tins, 20/ to 23/, according .to.quality. Cowtails, 1/ per dozen. Horsehair.—Tail, 1/7}; mixed, 1/ to 1/5; mane, 7d to lOd. . Bones.—Good dry. £5 per ton. Wool—Market Arm. Competition is very keen for sacks and dumps. We quote- — Bright crossbred. 12M to lttd; cotted and dingy. 10} dto 12d; pieces, 71 to lfrtd; locks, 4*d to OJd. . GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and . Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows under yesterday's date: — Wr/eat.—Supplies are fairly plentiful, and prices have eased slightly. Good whole fowl wheat, 6/4. ex store.

Oats.—Market remains firm. Stocks in hand on short side. A Gartons, 4/7; B grade, 4/6; new season's feed, Dunsj 4/8. Bran. at £6 per ton, ex store. Pollard.—Selling freely at £9 15/, ex store. ''

Floor.—Southern, best brands, slightlyeasier. 'Sack, basis, £15 per ton, ex store. Maize.—Heavy supplies have caused a fall in values. Selling at 5/6, ex store. Chun*.—Stocks on spot are short, but plentiful supplies will be available shortly. Good local chaff, ,£6 10/ to £6 15/; Blenheim and -Southland, £7 10/ to £7 15/ per ton, ex store. Potatoes.—Good supplies coming in, £9 to £9 10/, ex store. Fungus.—Price has fallen owing to season for principal sales In China being nearly. over. Averaging' Td per 16, good samples. Manures."--Supplies of all kinds-of fertilisers are running short, and prices have advanced. Lawes' super, 36 to 38 per cent., £5 10/ per ton; English basic, slag, £5 15/ per ton; Calcutta bonedust, £8 7/6 per ton; Seychelles guano, £5 7/6 per ton; blood and .hone, manure, £S 2/6; Glshocne blood and bone. £S 10/ per ton; special turnip manure* £6 17/6 per ton; special grass manure, £7 2/6.

THE WESTFIEUD -SALES.!

Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons report :— • _ ; ' Yesterday, af our weekly Westfleld fat stock market, our entry of- fat cattle totalled 304 head, comprising 154 steers, 138 cows and heifers, and 12 bulls. There was a steady demand throughout, at values which were fully 10/ per head-firmer than last report. Choice ox sold to £2 3/, prime £1 19/6 to £2 11, ordinary £1 16/ to £1 18/, ttiws and heifers £1 14/ to. £1 '19/ per lOOlbs. Steers ranged in price from £10 to £17 12/6, cows, and. heifers £0, to £13 17/6. Some of the' highest averages 'were: 20 nice-quality steers from Mr. Geo. Hastle, Pnpatoetoe, £14 19/6; -7 from Miss Sarah Mulr, Mangere, £16 1/6; .18 from Mr-. Jas. McNieol, Walorongomai," £14 iO/3;75; from Mr. Geo. Hull, Otauri. £13 16/3; 16 from South Head. Kalparo, £15 9/4. The sheep pens were filled with a nice class of mutton, which met with a firm sale at advanced prices. Extra heavy prime' wethers made from £1 9/ to £1 12/6. heavy prime wethers £1 5/6 to £1 8/6, medium to heavy £1 3/3 to £1 5/, unfinished £1 1/ to 1 3/, best heavy prime ewes £1 2/ to £1 4/9, good ewes 19/6" to £1 1/6, others 17/6 to 19/ (1486 sold). There was a large number of lambs penned. Competition 'waV keen, late values ruling. Best heavy inade-£l-1/ to £1 3/6, good 17/6 to £1, lighter AS/ to 17/, stores 13/ to 14/9 (637 sold).Fat and young calves were short of requirements, and soid at advanced' prices. Heavy runners made to £6 10/, medium sucker's £2 14/ to £3 10/, light suckers £2 5/ to £2 12/. small and fresh-dropped 2/ to £1 IS/ (91 sold). There was an average number of pigs yarded. Prices were considerably higher than last week's quotations, with the exception of choppers. Choppers sold up to £4, heavy baconers £3 10/ to £3 15/. medium baconers £3 4/• to-' f 3 "9/, light baconers £2.18/- to .£3 3/, heavy,.iporkers £2 12/ to £2 17/,- medium-porkers £2 5/ to £2 11/, lighter £1 18/ to £2"4/, light and unfinished £1 10/ to £-1 10/, slips to £1 2/. weaners 10/ to 16/, aants from 2/ (23S sold). ,".-..: The New Zealand .Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report:— .At the Westfleld.fat stock market yesterday, beef was yarded tn.average numbers, but with few exceptions the quality was not up to last weet's standata. ' Last week's prices rilled, oxen selling,to £2-3/. per 1001b; cows and heifers,. £1 is/ to £2 2/; steers Sold at from £10 10/ to £17: cows and helftrs, £6 10/ to £13;' a draft' of 40 steers from-. Okahukura Estate averaged £14 13/6; 14 steers from 'Mr. Alt. Main, Matiingl, averaged £15 11/; 0 steers from Hicks Bros.,' MauhgatautarL averaged £15 16/, and 9 cows from the same vendor averaged £11 10/; 20 steers, small, from H. J. Goodfellow, ranmure. averaged £13 ■'■SA ' Calves .were" penned-"-in.small numbers, .and advanced In, prices.. Runners Isold from £7 to £12 15/ for a sucker, (steer), fattened by Mr; W. John'stblf', of Papatoetbe, and bbughi'by. Mr. T. Basteri This- is a rocord. Heavy, suckers made from £3 15/ to £4. 15/; medium suckers, £2 15/ to £3 12/; light ditto, £1 10/ to' £2 6/; small and fresh-afopped, 3/ to £1 SI. Sheep were penned in.full numbers, and advanced in prices. Best wethers sold at from £1 3/6 to £1 7/3; others, £11/ to £12/0; ewes, extra heavy, from £1 2/ to •£ 1-3/0;- others, IS/'.tQ.. £1 1/6; hoggets," -.£l-1/-to- £1. 4/6;-lambs; ..in full supply, again advanced in prices, best -selling -at from £1 1/ to £1 5/3;' others;- 15/6 to £1 0/9; a pen of hoggets iv wool made £1 14/. Pigs were penned iv average" '. numbers, and improved in prices. No choppers were yarded. Heavy baconers, £3 10/ to £4; medium, £3 to £3 9/; light. £2 12/ to £2 19/; heavy porkers, £2 10/ to £3; medium porkers, £2 1/ to £2 9/: ■light porkers, £1 11/ to £119/;-sllps, £1 1/ to -£1 9/;-weaners,: 10/-to 17/. _; ;_, ■

Messrs Dalgety and 'Company, Limited; report as follows regarding' their fat' stocksale at Westfleld yesterday:—

Beef..—Small yarding. -. Prices- were on par with last week's rates, and the demand was not keen. Extra choice prime ox sold at equal to 42/ per 1001b; ordinary ox, 35/ to 3S/ per 1001b; cow and heifer beef made 32/ to 3S/ per 1001b.

Veal.—Moderate yarding.. J-leavy runners made.up to £7 15/; ordinary runners, £3.5/ to' £4 15V; heavy suckers made iip to '£2 '.IS/,-light do. 33/ to 46/. ■'- •' " Mutton.—Small yarding, and. .weak de-i maud. Extra heavy wethers made -up -to 27/; medium-in-eight wethers, 23/ 'to 25/; heavy ewes made 22/6 to 22/9, light IS/ to 20/0. Lamb.—Good yarding*-- <wnlch ,sol&- at late rates. Best heavy woolly made; up to-22/; medlum-tvelgW woolly; 16/6 to 17/6; Uslit, 13/ to 14/6; shorn,. 12/. to 14/9.

iPork.—Medium yarding, which sold at late rates. Choppers made up to £1 12/6; baconers, £2 12/ to £3 -8/; porkers, 30/ to 45/; stores, 14/ to 22/.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Limited, report having held" their monthly sale of sheep and cattle in conjunction with the other ■Arms at Obinewai on Monday last. They quote as cows, £7 10/ to £8 2/; two-year steers, £5 2/6 to £6 9/; bulls, 6igs; aged ewes, 16/6 to 17/9; shorn lambs, 9/ to 12/4. AUCIvLAJs'D STOCK. KALES, The -New Zealand 'Loan aud Mercantile Agtmcy Uoaipauy, Limited, reports as luiio ws:— At Westfleld on Thursday last dairy cawle were penned in average mmajers und sold at good prices. Best dairy cows and heKets Drought Irdrm £8 10/ to £11 15/, others £5 -to £7- 15/; hulls, id 10/ to £9 10/; no store cattle yarded.

At Coxomandel ou Thursday last we had a good yarding and a successful sale. Best dairy cows and heifers made from £7 to £10, others £4 13/ ito 16' 10/;' empty cows and heifers. £5. to £6 15/; ibulis, £X>' to £7; ewes, 14/ to 16/6; lambs, 9/6 to 15/. On Friday last at the Albert Yards horses were yarded Ui average mimlbers and sold at late rates. .Heavy draughts made from £25 to £40 10/, medium £18 to £28 10/; hacks,. £7 .10/ to £17 5/; light harness horses, £10 to tIS 10/; ponies, £5 to *ao; weeds, 10/ to £25/.

On Tuesday last at Papafctua "we had a large yarding.and a good sale. Best dairy cows and , heifers 'brought ixom £0 to £13 15/, others £6 to £7 15/; aged'and .inferior cows, £2 5/ to £1. Beef" was penned in extra large cumbers, and sold at fully. ■Westfleld prices, steers selling to £13 and cows to £11; empty cows and heifers, £5 to £6 17/6; bulls. £5 to £13. according to quality; two to "three-year steers, £6 5/ to £8 13/: yearling"to 18-months steers, £3 10/ to £5 10/;. yearling to IS-mon±hs heifers, £3 to £4 5/. extra choice to £5: weancr calves, steers £1 15/ to £2 38/, heifers £1 10/' to £2 71: halves, mixed sexes : , £1 5/ to f2. 5/; inferior calves, 15/ to £1 3/. • •Messrs Alfred Bucfcland and Sons report as follows: — At the 'Hay-market on Friday last horses -were dull of sale. lAged draughts realised from £18 10/ to £27: buggy horses and good j hacks. £12 5/ to £21 10/f plough horses, £14 .10/ to "£22: light harness sorts, £7 57 to £16; gig ponies and'ordinarv hacks, £3 10/ to £12 15/; .sulky.,and .harness, £14; light cart and harness, £11 10/.

There was a fair yarding of dairy and store cattle at -Westfleld on Thrursday last, and prices were similar to those-ruling; at recent, sales.

We held a sheep fair In the Clevedon yards on' Thursday last,'and 'had a small entry. There was a' strong demand, and everything sold at values considerably in" advance of last yeai's. Small two-tootb ewes. £1 1/; fair full-month ewes, 16/ to 19/6; old ewes, 12/ to 14/; two and fourItooth wethers,. £1 1/ to fl 4/; lambs,--12/ to 14/9; a few .rams, £2 2/ to £4.4/. .-». .

At onr first Westfleld sheep and rain.fair on Friday last we yarded about the advertised number. Buyers were in attendance, and practically everything sold at prices from 5/ to 8/ per "head higher than the corresponding sale last year. Four and. six-tooth ewes,- £1-:2/3 to-fl 5/6: four and five-year-old .ewes. £1 l/..i0. £1 4/9; older ewes. 17/ to 18/9; cull ewes, il/6 to 15/; two and four-tooth wethers, £1 to.fl 5/6: woolly store lambs. 14/ to 16/6; shorn lamibs. . 11/., to 14/. . Rams ..were... not'in' strong demand, although" the major portion were sold. Best two-tooth 'Romneys, 5Jg3. to 6igs: othor two-tooth nonmeys. £4 4/ to £5 5/; two-tooth Lincolns. £4 4/ to £5 5/;' second grade 'Llncolns, £2 2/. toSlgs";" ■English ILeicesters. 3*gs to 4?gs; Sbropshlres, £3 3/ to £4 4/; aged rams, 15/ to

We held our monthly sale in the -Pukekohe yards on Monday last, 'and had an- ' extra large y.iTdlng. every .pen being full. There was a .large attendance, and a good clearance was effected, although the demand was not so strong as at late sales. Dairy coiws and heifers sold at irtjrn. £7 10/'" to £11 5/: empty cows.' £4 47/ to -£6 .15/'; - 18-month heifers. £315/"to"£4 10/;' forward three to four-year-old steers.- £9- to fl'l a/; two to three-year-olds. £6 5/ to £8 10/: yearlinir to IS-month steers. £S .13/ to £5 5/: good calves. £2 5/ to £2 15/: smaller. £1 34/ to £2 '3/: small, fl to £1 -in/. Beef peuined in laree nrtmibers. nnd sold stead'lv fhrouEiinnt. .Cows ;>nd heifers, -f". to fll 15/: small steers. £11 to fiS. f205 sold.l Bulls, of whioh there were 71 offered, sold at" lower' value's. " i"i ■■".'""-"...'; .

'"••'• ADDINGTX>rT t

(By Telegraph:—Press Association.) •. CHRIiSTCH-CBCH. .Wednesdayj--At the Addlngton live stock .market'there- ■ were small entries., in almost all departments. There was a fair attendance. Fat cattle were rather easier, but fat lambs 1 were' firmer, while store sheep sold better. Fat sheep showed an advance of 2/ a head; but store cattle were easier. '• - Store Sheep.—Two-tooth ewes, 20/6; , sound-mouthed ewes,-12/6 to 14/1; failing- . mouthed ewes, S/3 to 13/S; four, six, and - eigtrMQOtk ewes. (Chathams), 1 16/1 to 16/10; forward four and six-tooth wethers, 15/ to 17/: other two-tooth wethers,' 12/6 to ; 14/3; forward-lambs;; .13/9 t0.16/; ordinary ' liimhs. 11/ 'to 13/6; inferior lambs, - 7*/5- -; to 10/9;. culls,' 2/1 to 67.."\" '.'.'' ,„.. - Fat .Lambs.—23o3 penned. Prime Inmbs, 20/6 to' 23/3; medium. 17/6 to 20/; lighter, ' '14/4 to 17/. •Fat Sheep.—Prime wethers 23/ to 29/. others 17/1 to 22/6: prime ewes, 22/6 to 26/3, medium 17/6-to 22/, lighter 312/' to' 17/;- merino wethers, 17/1. . Fat Cattle.—Extra prime steers to 120 5/. ordinary £6 10/.to £11 17/6: extra prime heifers_to £11 13/, ordinary £6 5/ to £S 5/; extra prime cows" f6 £14 5/, ofdinarv: £o'lo/ ■to £S 5/; price of 'beef per 1001b 29/ to 45/, ' extra to :50<L.a . , .. , .'.,. .-;, „ ■Store rattle.—ls to iIS months. £2 ,12/ to • £2 .15/: two-year steers. £4 5/ to' £4 15/; two-year heifers. £4; three-year steers, £7 3/ to £10; three-year heifers. £5 5/ dry <wvs. 30/ to £3 15/; dairy cows. £3 10/ to £14. ... Pigs.—-Choppers. 40/ to 70/; extra heavy naroners to 99/. heavy 70/ to 82/; light '57/6 to 6S/: price -per lb, 6d to 6»d; heavy porkers 42-/-to 47/. light 35/ to 40/; price - ■ner.lb. fHd,..tp.,7d.:. medium stores. 22/"to " 27/;. small,'l6/ to 21/; weaners,-4/3 to '8/.' LOKDOX WOOL MARKET. . CBy Cable.—Press Assoclatloil.-iCopyright.)" IXIXTiON, February 1". There were large offerings at the wool sale.' The meffirios proved a ■ mlseeHaueons . selection. , Good merino was ,arm, but faulty was. Irregular. ..Crossbreds were unchanged; ■ ' v ' ■ "•■ ' •