COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 155, 3 July 1922, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

MEAT, WOOL AND TALLOW. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received tbe following cables from their London office, under date ''Sth inst: — Tallow—Offered 2440 casks. sold C'JO. Market unchanged to <5d lower. Wool. —Sales closed firm. Good demand for combing wools, but irregular for faulty wools. Lambs wool fair. As compared with last sales closing rates, good scoured merino wools par to o per cent, lower. Short, faulty scoured merino, 0 per cent, to 10 per cent lower: greasy Merino, super par to 5 per cent lower. Average good greasy Merinos, 0 per cent lower; inferior and faulty. .", per cent to 10 per cent lower: greasy come back wools, par to 5 per cent lower; greasy i-rossbred wool, tine quality 0 per cent to 10 per cent lower, medium quality 10 per ccul lower, coarse quality 10 per eeut lower; scoured erossbreds. flue quality 5 per cent lower, medium and coarse 10 per eeut lower; line sllpe combing wools 0 per cent lower; medium and coarse sllpe wools, merino superior 10 per cent lower, clothing 0 per cent lower. ttnwra offered 61.000 bales, including 8700 Cape, and practically all sold. 90,000 bales, free, offered, including 40,-30!) from .New Zealand. 6000 I'uuta Arenas. 2000 Cape. SO per rent sold; OO.iXHI bales to the Continent. including 3000 'i'linta; 8000 sold to America.

Frozen Meat.—Quotation:" N.Z. prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury heavy IOiM light Hid; North Island heavy lO'd. light lid. Demand for New Zealand lamb runs principally on finest qualities aud prices are firm. Quotation N.Z. prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury heavy S3<3, t<l ; North Island heavy &4d. light G-jd. Demand for New Zealand mutton poor and prices weaker. Quotation Now Zealand prime ox beef, hinds Hifd, fores 2jtl. Demand for New Zealand beef poor and prices nominal. Quotation good average quality crossbred lamb, Australian heavy Od, light !>id; mutton, heavy 3d. lK'ht 5Jd Demand for Australian lamb fair, but for mutton poor.

The Xew Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 28th ult. :— Tallow.—We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: Fine, mutton. 40/8 per rwt: good beef. 38/0 per cwt; mixed, ■,;.->/. Market quiet. X.7.. Frozen Ment.—Lamb, lljd per lb; mutton, wether aud maiden ewe, light Old per lb, heavy 6}d; ewe, light 3gd per lb, heavy 3d per lb. Market weak. Beef.—Ox hinds. 4Jd per lb: fores. 23d per lb; cow hinds. 3Jd per Ib; fores. 2J<l per lb. An advance of Id per lb. CLAUDELAXDS STOCK SALE. The Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Co., Ltd., Hamilton, report: — At Claude'lands, on Thursday, June 20, we held a stock sale and special dairy cattle sale, the result of which was similar to that ruling in other centres.. Steer beef was not in demand, but cow beef made from £4 12, (i to £.i Hi', light weight £2 16/ to £.1 10/: store cows from £1 7,.' to .tl 10/. The cutrv ot store cattle »'as small. HelTer calves. Shorthorn cross, made to £.'!: Shorthorn. £1 o/ to £1 ]~/. The demand for sheep was also slack all fats being passed in. Fat and forward hoggets 14/0 to 13/3. A line ot ones, good sound mouth and In lamb to S.D. laud B.L. rams, drew fair bidding, and sold ultimately at 20/; aged ewes iv iamb 13/6. i Igs were only in small numbers and sold at ruling rates. The entry of dairy cattle was fairly onvrVd att Tblr\T% r Very - '"I?* llnps wpr '° ™,°„ ,; Tubtj *cry nice (but small) Jerseys from one vendor average i'l" If.' prices ranging from £1-1 10/ tn £18 for the best, second pick from £!) 10/ to £12 \ line of well grown .'l-year heifers from Te Akau sold at £10 for Holstelns, £!) 7/0 for Shorthorn cross, and £!) .-,/ for .Shorthorn. Lots on account or various vendors sold from £S to £0 10, for Shorthorn. Dairy cows, medium quality, made to £10 10/'; others, £4 10/ to £(t in/. FKILDI.Vr: STOCK SALE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams Ltd report on Felldlng sale lield on June 30:— Fat Sboc-p.—A good yarding of all classes came forward, including some heavy lambs and wethers. The demand throughout was keen, ewes especially being keenly competed Store Sheep.-A fair yarding. Including some good wethers and ewes in lamb The lambs were of medium quality, with the exception of some good forward black faces. There was a fair demand throughout". The cattle pens wero well filled, although there was only a small yarding of dalrv stock. All classes met with a fair demand at late rates. We quote: — Fat Sheep.—Heavy wethers 27 "3 to 27 I). good 2.") «. mixed 2-tooths 22 11 to 2"i (!• ewes. 1(14 to IS'; heavy lambs 22/0. medium 17. G. Store Sheep.—t-tooth wethers. 22 Tl; ewes in lamb to S.D.. 22' tv S3 : white face lambs 14 2 to lo'D, black face lambs i 1*1'!) to 16/1. small JOT), culls 3/1. Cattle.—Springing Jersey heifers, £S 12 (I. £10. £10 10■'. to £13 10 : Holstein heifers. £7 to £7 o : dairy cows, to £!); vveaner heifers. .IB.' to £2 12 (i; store cows. 30' to 87/0: 18-month steers. 33/: f-at heifers, to £4 2,'fi; fat cows, £2 (i «. £2 15. £3; bulls. Iff/, 30', to £4.