COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 23 October 1922, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

THE LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, October 5L HEMP. COPRA, ia'BBEK, ETC. (Last weeks pric-ps in parentheses) Cotton. — November delivery, 1317,, (12.63<1). ia Jute. —October-November shipment iti 15/ <m 17/0). • Mi Hemp.— Oc.-tober-December shipments ea if 32 is/0). ' W Copra.—October-December shipmente £2o 17/e (£22 ia/e>. ■ "- Linseed 0i1.—£39 5/ (f.39). CEREALS AND FLOCH. "IVheat cargoes quirr. small bnslneai at threepence decline, parrels threepence lower Small supplies or spirt. l'riees irregular ' Flour.—Moderate demand, lirni; Australian, Oats.—Firm and unchanged. Barley.—Mailings, good tlemund. FROZEN MEAT. Sheep.—Canterbury, lisht Bjd. medimn Sd. heavy 7Jd : North Island 7jd and 8? New ZealaiHl eww. i.jdl Australian, flrsts' seconds ami pwph, nil aid ; South American' light. 7»<l, heavy 7d. ewes UJd; Patagonlan light 6sd. heavy, none o3erlng. ' Lambs. —Canterbury, heavy IOJd Frozen Beef.—New Zealand, fores 3;<J hinds. 4Jd; Australian, crops 3Jd, hlndj 43<1: Argentine, hinds, 53d. Chilled Beef.—Argentine, fores 410. Other meats unchanged. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd.. have rereired the following cablegram from their London house under date 18th Instant: — Nt-'v Zealand Frozen Meat.—Lamb, 12d per lb. Mutton: Wether and maiden ewe, Hl-'ht 7}. l per lb. heavy ISjd uer lb; ewe. lisht Cd per 111. heavy .".id per lb. Beef: Qnotaiions unchanged: small demand (last quotation October 11, HKCJ>—Ox hinds 41d per lb, forei 3£<l per lb, cow hinds 3Jd per lb, fores '2f per lb. ' STOCK SALES. MORRINSVILLE. The largest yarding recorded for over a year was entered at the Farmers' Auctioneering Co.'s stock sale at 'Morrinsville on Friday. The cattle beasts numbered ■about 1000, v.-hile there were also good yardings of pigs and sheep. Tiie tone of the sale showed, considerable improvement compared with that of recent sales. Excellent quality beef was yarded, and sold at over a pound a head better than It had done for some time. A line of ISO head of store beef was offered, and was quitted at good prices under keen competition. Dairy heifers were in keen demand, and sold readily at warm values. The pi? market was a feature of the sale, the yarding Tjeing good and the delnand greater than the supply. A sharp rise in the prices was noted. Sheep did not sell so briskly, although the vendor? were well satisfied wtth the prices yielded. A few poor quality hulls Were yarded, and changed hands at satisfactory prices. Prime beef sold at from £7 IS/ to ft). 10,', top price being received by Mr. J. Bell, Kiwitabi. medium •weights £l> 5/ to ±7 13.': fat cows, heavy weights £5 to £0 18/, medium weights £S 15/ to £4 10'; fresh-conditioned cows, £2 S/ ■to £8: store <-ows. 'IT,/ to ."."/; best dalrv ■heifers. Jerseys, up to £14 for one liought by Mr. L. W. 'Ellis: Jersey cross heifers. £S to £12 IT. ': Shorthorn heifers, £10: medium quality heifers. £7 to £9. smaller £4 10/ to £(> 3/. backward aud poorer sorts £2 to C 10/: 'best dairy cows £10 to £11 10,', medium £7 to £Slo', old and poor £2 to €'. 10/: hulls. Jerseys, up to ftf 10', others £1 to £3 10. Sheep: Shorn wethers to2B'fi: fat woolly ewes. 24 ." to 20, M for a line offered by Mr. W. McLean, Walton: forward woollr hoggets. 212 i> for a line offcrefl by Mr. McLean: fat hoggets. 241. P!e«: medium to heavy "hacouers, £- 14/ to £2 IT.': porkers. :>j ' to £2 4'; weaners. 13/ to IS': slips. 23/ to 2S. ; small unfinished porkers, .28/ to 32.'.