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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 11

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THE MARKETS AT A GLANCE .GROCERY TRADE QUIETER. BAGO AND TAPIOCA ADVANCING. "Auckland Star" Office, Thursdya, May 10. i. ' Shipping has been the cause of activity In the grocery and hardware trades this week, but tbe general routine of trade (is been quieter. The retail section ire limiting their placements to bare necesllty until the period when June orders can 'ke acted upon. Retail trade la fairly "iteidy, the improvement la the weather helping business. There Is more satisfaction in the grocery trade now that competition is more reasonable, and, although prices are still being cut very fine, yet Idling at cost and under has disappeared. Travellers continue to get good ■ buelnees from country districts, where the demand shows very favourable comparison with last year. Through Improved returns tbere has appeared a freer circulation. ■ • covering especially the necessities for '• ■ development work. Country storekeepers v still report a difficulty in obtaining satisfaction for old accounts. The credit system ' in the past has been encouraged by the larger traders, but In the depression period the effect assumed serious proportions. In the more prosperous* times that have been ■ enjoyed this year there has been an effort .. to place accounts into sounder standing. Drapery establishment* -we doing good trailnesi. The extensive range of offerings , provides a never-failing Interest, and fashion's call always obtains a liberal » patronage. Certainly the style of winter "-.. offfrings Is extremely choice this year, and i this, combined with attractive prices, makes a certainty of business. Market f. values continue to be keenly watched. One ef tbe principal Interests this week is obtained In the latest advice concerning ' ii(o and tapioca. Other movements are. • also noticed, but are hardly worth- men- _ tlonlng. . Bigo and Tapioca. —The strong European demand has again influenced values, and this week's reports mention a further up- .■■• ward move, equal to about 14/ per ton. gome authorities predict further rise. This depends on whether tbe present abnormal demand Is maintained. The local market is again very bare, but new stock is expected , by. the next Sydney boat. This transhipment means higher cost, bnt tbla is preferred to being without stock. The next •/ direct boat is advised to be leaving Singa--port this week. It i> expected that stocks will be exhausted before this arrival. Soups.—Tbe colder weather has brought a brisk inquiry for. most l}ues. Stocks are ' Iα good order and enable- business to be '■ met. Packets'are Retting some business. '■ tot liquid, undoubtedly Iβ favourite. Dried Fruit*.—American apples are in fair request,.sample being choice. Apricots '. are getting better inquiry, business being : divided between African and Callfornian. The African arc-in.two qualities, choice \ ' securing preference.' Futures are quoting '■■ at lower rates, but this cannot a tree t winter business. Good.business is reported for -■■•-• prunes. ' -• . ; " ■ - ■ *-' - ■ Mlldura Sultanas are quoting at lower ■■/ ■ rates for .delivery, due on the 10th lnet. i. Present, stocks consist, principally of..Callj. fornian, which are cheaper. ' Currants con- ■;' tinue scarce, .but demand is. light. Seedless : "J. raisins continue to'grow more popular, the. I:■ extensive advertising campaign undoubtedly helping this - : ' '.'" . ' ~-- tion on' latest, landing. A «ew shipment of . . .French olive' oil: in-one-gallon tins has "Just arrived, and<prlce. is "onra-'ntw lovr-'leveli; Tbe new price:i£'helping buelnees, which la \:'i. itill a long way.; behind pre-war sales. % j< NuU.—Peanuts, :are in better supply. li. Some heavy holilera are naming a- low price I . to help galea. -Wjinnts continue In'good f x request, with prices very ! : Terjs low prices atiach tdtiefafttng almonds, ■". yet 'sales are slow*. ■'.'. cSsSS*; "'■. Coerriee.—Crystallised. ;andg! drained, are i 4 again available, with French at even value, j tut Australian crystallised show jallght >i ■ reduction. «• •-•'.. ■•. .••■ -. -~-•.. ■* r^ 5 i eag —Witt ftesb fallS SJ' in-BBptor.>:4he»& - iexr*^ecpwing '. mm<l for Bubstltrit.ee. aud there la quite v IS* inquiry for packet peas, which thla ..'• 9F» ai * at favourable' rater J Blue. Prus--■>V t~ te sc arce, with price unchanged. L :freserved Demand is keeping up i .- Wi^- despite advap.ee: in cost. iiJnfortui:-. Jgjy supplies i'are t very light, but new ■'~ intaent- Iβ expected next week: -. ■ ■•■ - ' ({•' ''idds.—London cables to hand reveal ;:. Wte a change in "market values. 'Cream of -'' twttr and tartaric adds sbow a sharp rise, ■•■' citric- has also,-moved silently. It is MSted that the market Is very strong, and ■ a farther advance is hot unlikely:' -, ; ■..■" "JClnned salmon:: nas 'Been >v taped by the airrtval-'of^new'/etock,'.'pre--1 tioiMi to which ;th« market had 'got -bare. Casts are much- about the same: -as last week, there being just a small move in '.-:. flTour of buyers. . rinks continue,.'to get V •■©it of the business,-"price belnit .-very low; ".-.-- Btrdlne sales are good, low prices helping '■ r< bmlnesi. • .. ,; v .,, ... .; Caustic Soda..—After a period of conf. ttnunl shortage stock* have been helped by : heavier importation, and now merchants ' - end themselves heavily stocked, conse- . qnestly some very low prices are being .} ailed tor 41b, lib and 2lb sins. ;,j Hardware.—This week finds business '.'...jretty brisk Iβ the hardware trade, but v supplies are- beginning to' get light In a ' . '■uaber of lines, for instance Stevens' pearl tnamel saucepans, Victor lanterns, alumln- ; lam saucepans and kettles, .American axe A -. Jtc, Wire, plain and barbed, Is, again In . fetter stock, but it is expected that barbed' : will be short before next arrival. Corru- •'. fittd iron Is none too plentiful, conse- .;'.- fluently merchants are helping each other. I vkire It can be managed. Door mats and B several lines of household ironmongery are <■ ea the wanted list, but arrivals are now so tmgular that inconvenience is not serious. I Bnp hooks and other, farm tools have been ■ Wort, but the Port Kembla and Middlesex v win help replenish the low supplies. Jelly .- lira are being quoted for delivery Decem- --:;. ber-lanuary, with jDrice well under last v Jew's rate. Delivery and price are guar- ■ • aatecd. ; ;. EGGS. '■' Bopplles of eggsire stUlinara to secure ; b aufflclent quantities to fill the demand ->■ « the local market The wholesale tkrlce. Rfrom 2/10 to 3/ per dozen this ..week. Si Tlie attempt to make a fixed price for the ; - Water in Canterbury proved abortlTe. Jte f.>' •"'a as smaller quantities of eggs were ■•■* Cs V l, Prices firmed according to the ff JJ*e law of supply and demand. Fresh ! ' it? eKgs *^ ere quoted at 2/10 per dozen week In Chrlstchurch. • "' . POTATOESS. '<}' .i' i l' l ?.'»arket for potatoes has undergone ••■• " tewlded change within the last few days. t iff 18 . 1 *, Principally due to the: floods in P'-fOnto. An advance of 30/ per ton fi, Jμ taken place In the South. .Apart . JJ» the, damage done by the floods, the v fiet-eTthe blight in some districts, and ; : 2'w'lief at growing time has caused a «■■»-•< ••Jtor.jrMd of potatoes than was antlelM earlier in the season. The ont- .«-'.*, therefore that much higher prices' *• *» ™l e ' oefore toe flrst °t tne Auckland vf ■ .•!•. Potatoes are ready for digging. Some h: •'.the potatoes that have reached this mar!|fP''EfiJ,Ee of -Inferior quality, and much : jetw the usnal standard. There will not ii ■* kJSI- Potatoes available for export from JJJtUand this winter, ac already supplies t- i?«5 e,B e Imported to Inverearglll. The i: 8J! _ br , on Sht 7800 sacks of potatoes for elcks * nd the Bakanoa br; * s on] y ■^ ; ' : ", ' ONIONS. ; . ij! l ll"Mket for onions continues dnll. go merchants are only buying to meet fjjwnste requirements. The effect of the St ?s?» m f£ "? Auckland is shown by the Sr Jμ tlle loc , al on,ons « re not'keeping ■abT^L a . 8 usual - Tne Southern onions -Sffiit XH? r ,?-.P lck ,i E S' a » owinc to the has gone off sooner Sβ SiS? J his year - Supplies for Auck'«Blh "f are expected from Australia 2 r two - but the landed cost fi*«Shi™H a + c sl] Bhtly higher price* ~t* oarged to consumers. . ..'V: ;'' •' MAIZE. ' " "' Is-uGP I, ' 8 °, f niaize hnTe been abont e in al ■si«T'«i, r f q H i , rementß of the local market. '•rn.'iSS 1, *!!* 11 market for maize is rery fflatt »i?f c, have a «l v »nccd, so that It ft»S'iKJ,? 1,1 ? tnat supplies will be drawn,!; to carry on with until the "^H. of maize from South Afrfea. , 1.-'-'.'* OATS. .' •' 'ln«.lfJ tni ?e.the-jnarket for oats Is.a wToSS" '? Yhe Bouth - Under ernie °>«< iltik?!™ , ? {? excess of the requirements ■*Srk*SSS ctta New Zealand, and unle.--"geifcvSs r *l e cau be developed for boti ajSL A™- grade grain there will be *>raln th Si. fflc . lent to s "PPIy the demand '«M*7t£' Dominion. Advfte from Tlmaru -•ttßaHrL* .*** tnat tne outlook for 1 the :*te»nF iJi not encouraslng, as, for the •SS^..^.* 11, " ,8 wltl » Australia has •Www ? e pricee oT"P(l are below the being paid to growers

' SEED OATS. A-fatr-demand-is reported -for-'Algerlan seed oats. The outlook Iβ that this grain will rule higher in price, as it is impoulble to import any seed, therefore the whole ■apply must r be. drawn from the South, and good clipped machine dressed lines are hard to, get. , v - * CHAFF. At the moment the local market' is well supplied with chaff. Pricee are not likely to ease for thin line, as reports from Canterbury are to the effect that general scarcity of feed is Jikely to cause a bigger demand for this line. The disastrous floods in Marlborough and Canterbury will delay supplies being obtained from those quarters for a-few weeks at least. MILLING WHEAT. A lot of wheat is being offered In the South, and at the moment there are.more sellers than buyers. A good deal of the grain is reported not to be up to the milling standard, and such lines are hard to sell. Later Jn the year It is probable there will be a scarcity of prime milling wheat, as It Iβ reported that the rain earned more damage to the growing crop than was at first expected. In some places in the South the yield of wheat this season was as low as seven bushels tq the acre. BRAN AND SHARPS. Both these lines are in short supply. as this market has now to be kept going by the local mills. WHOLESALE CURRENT PRICES. Farm and Dairy Produce.—Superfine creamery butter,, 1/6} per lt> for prompt cash; first grade, 1/6; second grade, 1/5; farmers' separator, 1/1 per lb: cheese, firm, grade factory, medium slie, lOdto 1/ per lb; hams, 10d to 1/ per lb; bacon, 10d per lb net; lard, bulk BJd, pats Od; honey, prime grade sections from MJd to 9Jd ; eggs, 2/10 to 3/ per dozen wholesale. Flour, fl7 0/, less discount of 2J per cent per ton. in 2001b sacks; sharps, £9 10/; bran, £6 10/; oatmeal, 25"c, £25 per ton. Grain.—Oats. A grade,- 4/9 per bushel, ex store; Algerian seed oats, 7/6; maize, 5/9 per bushel ex store; fowl wheat, 6/6 per bushel. Chaff. —Beat southern, £10 10/ to' £11 per ton. Onions.—£B 10/ per ton. • Potatoes.—Best quality, £ 9 per ton ex store. FERTILISERS. Notwithstanding increased supplies of superphosphate, the demand for basic slag Iβ as strong ac ever, and merchants find difficulty In keeping pace with the orders sent in. FLAX. During the month of April 5290 bales of flax were graded in the Dominion,-as compared with 6834 for the corresponding month in 1022. For the twelve months ended April 30 the number of bales graded was 68,163, as compared with 08,594 bales for a ilmllar period to April 30, 1921. The market for flax still continues dull. KAURI GUM. Generally speaking, the market for kauri gum is quiet, what business has been done being mainly in black gums. Good, grades of both black and white gums .are In short supply, and the demand has been equal to absorbing lines sent in. Inferior grades of gum arc bard to sell. For the month of April the production of gum totalled 480 tons, as compared with 543 tone for the tame period last year. For the four months of 1022 ended April 30 the gum produced totalled 1948 tons, whereas for a similar period this year the total was 2428. This shows an Increase of 480 tons on the production this year, which is exactly the amount of gum sent in for last April. The production of gum for the year 1922 was 7003 tons, as compared with 4331 tons for 1921: This shows an increase of 2672 tons last year, and for the flrst four months of 1923 there la a further increase In production of 480 tons. The bulk of the gum coming to hand Is apparently stocks of low-grade black chips that hare been held in the country, and which was dug during the. dry; weather last winter. The. recent very heavy rains have flooded the low lying areas, so that there will be less swamp gum produced until the dry weather sets in -next .summer. The market shows little interest ;at the present time in swamp gums, but there are buyers for clean, good quality chips. ■£..'■ : ■ ;,;:]■ '■> bkONBY ON MORTGAGE. During the year ended March 31, 1923. the mortgages registered In New Zealand totalled £26,060,582, as compared with £34.789,324 the previous twelve months. This showed a decrease of £8,728,742, The North Island regiitratiou decreased by £7,818,273, and the South Island £810,469. The mortgages registered, in Auckland district during the last twelve months totalled £8,463,603. as compared with £12,087,238 the previous financial year. The decrease in the North Island was 30 per cent and in the South 10 per cent. The dischargee of mortgages in New, Zealand during the peat; year totalled £14,573,580, as compared with £13.234;aei the prevloua financial year, an increase o.' £1,339,224. ..... , ... . ON "CHANGE. The feature of the Exchange since last report has been the. large sales of Bank of New Zealand shares at 60/. It Is estimated that about 5000,. shares changed hands. Union Bank ol Australia .firmed daring the week, sales being made at £14 12/6, and afterwards at £14 11/. Buyer* of Bank of New - South Wales snares advanced their- offers to. £39 2/6. and P. and O. Banking,could now be placed at £14. P. and Q, .deferred stock are wanted at £330, but holders ask another £10. N.Z. Lean' and Mercantile .Agency dropped 40/ this week, sellers being willing to accept £84. The preference stock could still be placed at £76. . Colonial Sugar Shares firmed to buyers; at £44 197, but no seller quoted. Insurance shares were better this week, New Zealands selling n 29/3, and South British at 38/, while buyers of Btandarda offered 88/3. Buyers of Hlkurangi Coal offered 14/, and West-port-Stocktons changed hands at 5/. Free sales took place in Auckland Gas, old issue, at 25/6, and buyer*.of the new advanced their offers to 20/. - Kaiapot Woollens sold at 23/, and Mosglel had buyers at £7. Takapuna Tram and Ferry shares sold at £11/ during the week, and, Wilson's Cement at £1 6/0 and £1 6/, Moanatalri shares moved upwards, sales being made from 2/10 to 3/, and Waihls sold at £1 6/6 and £1 6/9. Bales took place of Jlacky Logan debentures at £101 5/, and there was steady Inquiry for N.Z. War Loans at late rates. AUCKLAND , STOCK SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— We held sales during the past week at Westfield and Pukekohe, .where we bad averaged yardings; also at Ngatea, where we had a very Urge entry. Practically everything penned changed bande at late quotations. We' quote: Dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, best £11 to £16, others £7.t0 £10 15/; backward springers; £3 to £9 107; aged cows and Inferior heifers, £2 10/ to £4 15/; bulls, £1 to £2 15/; empty cow*, £1 to £1 "17/6; weaner calves; best £1 5/ to £2, others 10/ upwards; Jersey weaner heifers. £1 17/6 to £3; yearling to 18-months steers, £1 to £1 15/; 2 to 2J-year steers. £1 17/6 to £2 15/ ; 3 to 3}-year steers,----£2 17/6 to £3 17/6: 4 to 5-year steers. £4 to £4 17/6. Beef at fully Westfleld prices. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report: At the Haymarket on Friday last, we had a large' yarding of horses. Competition was .d)ili, prices being' about equal to late reports. The usual number of 'dairy store cattle came forward at Westfleld on Thursday. May 3. The former are wanted, especially good cows and heifers at profit. Beet cows and heifers, £12 to £16 15/; .average cows and heifers, £7 10/ to £11 10/; aged and 1 Inferior 'cows, £1 10/ upwards; small helfem. f.l to'£s 10/; empty .cows, £1 to £1 15/; calves, 15/ to £1 5/; yearling to 18----month heifers, £l 15/ to £3 10/. On Messrs. Hedley and Son's farm we held a clearing sale at Patumahoe, on Thursday, May 3. There was a large attendance, and we report a most success- , fnl cale. The pick of the cows sold at from £17 to f 25: good cows, £12 to £16; others, £7 to £11; unsound cows, £2 to £6. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. : The Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering Co.; Ltd..- .report—At Hamilton' sale on 'Tuesday, May 8. our yarding of sheep and cattle «s>s small, but pigs were again in 1 full supply. Sheep gold at about last week's values. A line of medium wethers from West Coast averaged 33/6. Only a few small fat sheep were penned, these realising from £3 7/6 to £5. Cows, young, and of very good quality, from £3 12/ to £4 15/; I ; empty cows, £1 l/.to £1 7/6. The yarding ' of store cattle was small, a line of calves being'the only prominent feature. Heifers ; of all classes made from £1 5/ to £1 8/. A draft' of 80-unbroken--horses from West ; Coast -were well competed for up to the ;..value realised. Good sorts made from £*•■ ,to f6 10/; foals to 2 years old, 11/ to £2 I 10/. Competition for pigs was not'-So - I brisk as at recent sales, although the entry was cleared. Baconers made to £3 13/; light baconere,, £2, £2 5/ to £2 15/: potffers, 35/ to £2 4/; light porkers, 27/e to 32/6; slips, 15/ to 16/. I TATJMARUNUI STOCK SAI£. -.- There was a rise .of 10/ to. 15/ per heart in cattle at the Tautnanmui' live stock' sale this week. This, on top of the good ' sale for sheep, is very satisfactory. .. The ! head of a well known auctioneering firm cays the local stock market is one of the i. (best between Wellington and Auckland. I

, WI*TFTIXI> rAX STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency reports: At Weetneld fat etock market on Wednesday beef was penned in average number?, competition being keen, prlcea Improving >> the eale advanced, especially for prime quality. We quote. Extra choice oxen, to 23/ per WOlb; choice ana prime oxen, 19/ to 22/ per MW'ifJ™ aud unflnlehed oxen. 14/ to 18/ per 1001b; young cow and heifer beef. 17/: other COW ■beef, '12/ to 16/; heavy prime eteers sold at from f9 to fl 17/6; medium prime steer*, £7 12/6 to £8 IT/6; light prime steers, f6 to f7 10/: plain and unfinished steers, £4 10/ to £5 17/6; heavy prime cows end heifers. £5 to £6 10/; medium prime cows ana heifers. £4 2/6 to f4 17/6; light prime cowe and heifers, f3 to £4; unfinished cow*. £1 5/ to £2 15/. Sheep were penned in less than average numbers, U»t week • values In many cases being exceeded. Heavy prime wethers, fl 14/9 to fl 17/e; medium prime wetners, £1 12/» to fl 14/e; light prime wethers, £1 9/ to £1 12/; heavy prime ewes, £1 10/ to £1 13/3; medium prime ewes. £1 7/6 to £1 9/9; light prime ewes, £1 4/ to fl II; interiorly fatted ewes, 13/ to 22/. Lambs were also penned to leea than average numbers and sold at unproved values. Extra heavy', prime lambs, fl l©/« to £1 13/6; heavy prime lambs. £1 8/3 to fl 10/; medium .prime lambs, fl 4/8 to £1 8/:' light prime lamb*, fl 1/ .to fl 4/; store lainUs, 12/ to 18/. Calvea were penned in average numbers and cold steadily at late quotations. Runners, fl 13/ to £8 3/! heavy vealers, £2 to £2 15/; medium vealem £1 10/ to £1 19/; light vealers, fl 5/ te £1 0/; smaller, 10/ to 10/; email and freshdropped, 4/ to 9/. Pigs were penned in, average numbers and sold at late .quotations. Choppers, £2 to £8; heavy and medium baconera, £3 5/ to £4; light baconers and heavy porkers, £i 10/ te fa; medium and light porkers, fl 10/ to £2 5/; large stores, £1 3/ to £1 9/; Blips. 15/ to £1 1/; weaners, 8/ to 14/. Alfred Auckland and Sons, Ltd., report:— There was a full yarding of cattle at our Waiuku monthly sale held on Friday, May 4. Everything changed hands at rullnj prices. Springers sold at from £4 to £8; fat cows and heifers. £1 15/ to to; fat steers, £4 10/ to £6 15/; empty cows, 15/ t.o £1 10/; Jersey heifer calves, £2 10/ to fit 10/; other calves, fl 5/ to fl 10/ for best; smaller calves, 12/ to fl 1/; 18-month to two-year-old steers, £1 10/ to £2 7/; balls, £1 to £4 10/. All classes of pigs sold well. Yesterday at. our weekly "Westfleld fat stock market, our supply of fat cattle numbered 011 head, comprising .413 steers, 08 cows and betters and 2 bulla, which numbers represent a decrease of 94 on last week's entry. There was an Improved demand, and all classes were firmer by 10/ to 15/ head. Extra choice ox sold to £1 3/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, 19/ to £1 2/; ordinary and plain ox, 17/ to 19/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 18/ to £ 1 1/; ordinary cow beef. 14/ to 17/; rough beef, 5/ to 11/: extra heavy prime ateera, ranged in price from £10 10/ tot £11 10/; heavy prime steers £8 10/ to £10 5/: lighter prime steers, £7 to £8 5/; light prime steera. £3 5/ to £0 13/: unfinished and amall, ££ 15/ to £5; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £6 to £7 7/6; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £4 10/ to £3 09/; lighter, £3 5/ to £4 5/; other cows, £1 5/ to £3; bulls 15/ to {310/. Sheep weie penned In scarcely average numbers. There was again a kee.n demand, and generally values were firmer. Extra heavy prime wethers. £1 17/ to £1 13/9; heavy prime wethers, fl 18/ to £1 16/9; medium to.heavy prime weathers, fl 13/ to £1 14/9; light prime wethers, £1 9/6 to £1-12/6; unfinished wethers, fl 8/ to fl »/; extra Heavy-prime ewes, £1 11/6 to £1 14/ ; heavy prime ewes, £1 9/ to £1 11/; lighter fat ewes, £1 r>/0 to £1 8/8; other ewes, 14/ to £1 4/ (1603 sold). A light entry of lambs sold at improved prices. Best heavy prime, fl 7/ to £1 9/; lighter prime, fl 4/ to £1 6/6; light and unfinished, 18/9 to £1 3/6; call lambs 10/6 to 14/ (18S sold). Calvea were penned in average i numbers, value* being about ' equal to last week. Heavy vealers brought from £2 11/ to 43 11/: medium vealers, £1 17/ to £2 9/; light vealers. £1 3/ to £1 16/; email and freahdropped. 4/ to 19/ (113 sold). Fat pigs were penned in large numbers, all classes selling on a par with last week's values. Choppers, £1 13/ to £3 5/; heavy baconcr*, £3 16/ to £4 4/; .medium .baconera, £3 16/ to£3 10/; heavy, porkers,; £2 "3/ to £2 16/; light an* uoflntobed porkwts. 19/ to £1 10/; stores and slips, 8/ to II; weinwi, 4/ to .7/(888 sold). ~~ ADDINGTOH. (By Telegraph.—Press association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. Contrary to expectations on account H floods dislocating railway services, there were large yardlngs of fat stock to-day. Districts net agected sent forward all the stock available in anticipation of a scarcity. The result was a lowering In prices. Store Sheep.—Very few were . forward, and previous values were maintained. Fat Lambs.—A small yarding of 1000 head, and no change In values.- Prime lambs made 9d to Old per lb. Extra prime lambs, 33/11; prime, 27/9 to SO/: medium, 24/e to 27/0; light and unfinished; 20/ to :24/. ' ■' ' -' Fat Sheep.—The largest yarding for some months, comprising about 11 races. Values were easier by 2/ per head. Freezers brought very little extra. Prime wethers. 34/ to 37/; a few special. 40/3; prime, 30/ to 33/; medium, 27/6 to 29/6; Fight, 24/ to 27; extra prime ewes, 32/ to 88/3; prime. 25/6 to 29/: medium, 22/8 to 25/; light, 10/ to 3(2/; old, 14/6 to .18/. . Fat Cattle.—A large yarding of 470 head, comprising some, excellent beef, was offered. Values were down on account of the excess entry by 2/6 per 1001b. Prlmest beef sold to 29/6 per lOOlb; good, 20/ to 26/6; medium, 21/ to 24/; cow beef, down to 12/6. Extra prime steers, £14- to £16 12/6: prime, £9 10/ to £12 15/; medium. £7 to £9 5/: light;- £4 4/ to M 10/: prime htifers, £5 15/ to £8 10/; ordinary, £3 5/ to f9 5/; extra prime cows, £8 12/9; prime, £5 to £7 5/. ' -Vealers.—Anytlting good sold at a flight nrivunce on' late rates. Good runners, €5 2/6; ordinary heavy -vealers, £3 5/ to £4; medium, £1 2/6 to £2 10/; small calves, 3/ to 18/. Store Cattle.—A small entry. Competition was dull. The only quotable line sold was 13 three and four-year steers, which made £5 10/. Dairy Cattle.—Competition was dull, and sales difficult to make. Good second, third, fourth culvers, £6 to £11 10/; extra good, £14; good springing heifers, £5 to £10 .10/. Fat Pigs.—There was a keen demand at the outset, bnt values eased toward the close. Choppers, £2 10/ to £4 10/; light porkers, 40/ to 47/6; heavy, 50/ to «&£ average price per lb, 6}d to 7ld; light baconers, £3 to £3 5/; heavy, £3 10/ tq £8 15/; extra heavy, £4 6/; average price per lb, 51(1 Jo 64d. Store Pigs.—Medium and large stores were hard to sell. Prices of weaners anß small stores were not high. Weaners, 0/ to 11/; small stores, 13/ to 17/; medium, 28/ to 32/; large, ,30/.