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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10954, 2 May 1901, Page 6

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United Press Association— By Electric Te'.egraoh—Copyright. LONDON WOOL SALES. (Received May Ist, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, April 50. The wool sales opened briskly, and prices were unchanged, except for low crossbreds.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. {Received May Ist, 10.43 a.m.) SYDNEY", May 1. Wheat, milling, 2s 6d to 2s 7d; chick, prime. 2s 2id to 2s s_i. Flour, £5 5s to £6 ss; Manitoban, £10 5s to £10 10s. Oats, prime New Zealand feeding, "B." ls 8d to ls 9d; "C,"' ls 4d to ls 5d ,* milling, ls lOd to Is lid. Maize, prime new, 2s 6d. Barley, feeding, ls lOd to ls lid; seed, 2s 2d. Bran and pollard, BJd to 9d. Peas, blue, 3s 4d to 3s 6d. Potatoes, Circulars, £4 15s. Onions, Victorian, prime, £8; New Zealand, prime. £7. Butter, creamery, lOd; second quality, 9d. Cheese, New Zealand, loaf, to 6d. Bacon, 7d to B£d. Hams, New Zealand. to 9d. The above quotations are those ruling between merchant and retailer, and do not represent the slightly lower values obtained by the recognised broker. MELBOURNE, May 1. Wheat is firm; milling, 2s 7d. Oats, milling, Is 7|d: seed., Is 8d; stout white, 2s o£d. Barley, 2s 2d to 2s 3d. Bran and pollard, lljd. " ADELAIDE, May 1. Wheat is firmer at 2s BAd, and holders ask an advance on that. Oats, Algerian, ls 8d to Is lOd: white, 2s 2d to 2s Bd. Bran and pollard, 10Ad.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company has received the following cable from London, dated 30th April: — "Wool—The sales opened this day at th? leva! of last safes for merino and line crossbred, but coarse crossbred showed a decline of 5 per cent. Competition by both Home and foreign buyers is fairly active." Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received th*? following cable message from t'hsir London office, under date 30th April.- ---— "the wool sales opined with a fair selectic n. There was a larg? attendance of buyer? and animated competition. Clips off?red so far are mo. tly crossbred. As compared with closing rates ol last series merino wools are firm, any change in prices being in favour of seller.-. Prices o! fine cr.-sbred Bre unchanged, while medium and coarse crossbred are 5 per cent, to 8 per cent, lower. Dates of our own sales are Ist, 11th, and __nd May."

ADDINGTON YARDS. (BY Ot r P. COitHKRCIAL EDITOR.) There was a fair entry of stock in the yards and a good attendance, but prices in several departments showed a slight decline. In th? store sheep pens there was an entry of 6467 mixed sons or little over half the yaaling of the pi?vious week. There were again several lirus of Gnat-ham Island sheep among those offered. Ewes and weth-:rs sold much about the sam**- as last week, j bar- lair.-b'* were easier. Vendors had evidently m.ide up their minds to accept the prices oilcued, in view of the approach of winter, and the present prices of wool and mutton, and most of the lots were placed at the following rates:—2oo six and eight-tooth haiibred ewes 14s 6d, 86 two and four-tooths 14s, 115 six and eight-tooth- crossbred ewes 15s 6J, 124 so;md-mouth 13s 4d to 13s 6el, 89 at 13s, 170 at 12s, small lots 12s 6d to 14s, 162 four and six-tooth wethers 13s 9d, 250 at 12s lid, .a line of 88-5 two-tooths was pr.R-r-sd at lis 9d, and 360 two and fourtooths at 12s lid, 100 lambs sold at 12s Id, 124 at lis Sd. 114 at lis 2d, 237 at lis. 4GO at 10s Yd, and 230 at 10s Cd, small lots 9s 4d to 10s Bd. I/ie f;*,t lamb pons were filled with an eritrv* of 4437. the quality not being so good a« last week, and prices for all but the very primest showd a decline of 3d to 6d per bead, co-mpstition being chiefly confine! to two export buyers. For freezing 6/S4 were taken at 12s" 10d to 15s 3d, 75 by butchers at 9? 4d to 13s, 2008 by graziers at lis to lis 7d, and 360 were passed. The entry of fat sheep was som-what larger than la~t week, there being a few hundred wethers in and som? pens of large-framed prime ewes, but the bulk of the yarding consisted of half fat ewes. There was grtod competition until the butchers' requirements were satisfied, when bidding became slack, but owing to the scarcity of fat stock, the agents refused to acept the prices offered by speculators, and a number of lots were held over till next week. A few pens of wethers were taken for freezing. Wethers mad? 14s 6d to 18s, and extra to 20s 3d, best ewes 15s to 17s 6d, medium 13s to 14s 6d, and others 9s to 12s 6d. The supply of beef consisted of 143 head, of which only twelve were steers, tbe bulk being light a.nd handy weight heifers and cows. Anything very prime in steers made 225, but most of the yarding changed hands at 17s to 21s per 1001b. Steers'made £6 5s to £9 17s 6d, heifers £5 5s to £7 2s 6d, and cows £4 10s to £7 17s 6d. There was a good sale for store cattle at the following rates:—Ten two-year heifers £4, 15 eighteen-months heifers £3 12a, 40 yearling steers £2 lis, and 56 six to nine months' calves 33s to 355. There was a good demand -for the better sorts of dairy cows at £6 to £9, but aged and inferior sorts were difficult to sell at £3 to £5. Fat pigs were in .rather short supply, and were firmer in price, while there was a fair demand for good stores, but small sorts were difficult to dispose of. Baconcrs made 35s to 49s 6d. equal to 3|d to 4d per lb; porkers, 27s 6d to 31s 6d, equal to 4d to 4id per lb; good stores, 15s to 20s 6d; smaller, 8s to 12s; and suckers and weaners, 3s 3d to 6s 6d.

BURNSIDE.

(press association* telegram.) DUNEDIN, May 1. Fat cattle—22l were yarded. For all of the best pens there was good competition, and prices were fully equal to last week. Half and three-parts fat were taken up by graziers at good prices; best bullocks £10 to £11 16s, medium £8 to £9 ss, inferior and small £5 5s to £7, best cows £6 10s to £7 15s. medium £5 5s to £6, inferior and small £3 15s to £4 10s. Fat sheep—l72s penneco. As most of the bu+chers required to buy there was an advance of ls to ls 6d on last week. Best crossbred wethers 16s to 18s* medium 14s to 15s, best ewes 14s to 18s 3d, medium 12s to 13s. inferior 8s to 10s 6cL Fat lambs—so 6 penned. Only a small proportion was fit for'freezing. Best lis 6d to 13s. a few extra large 14s to 15s. medium 10s to lis. lisrht apd inferior 8s 6d to 9s 6d. T>;~c_i*'-Xi v.ir/M: r«--st'- n--k•-- —d stores. Suckers & to 7s, slips 9s to 13s, st.>res 16» to _.s. pork?i> 2_k, co ligiit baconers 30s to 335, heavy pigs up to 655.

GERALDINE.

There was a good attendance at the Geraldine live stock sale yesterday, when the entry of sheep was about 9GOO. Ewes sold fairly well, and! so did forward- lambs. Wethers and aged ewes dragged a little. Fat lambs brought 12s lid. three-quarterbred lambs. 10s Bd, lis, lis 4d, 12s, 12s Id, and 12s 6d; small cull lambs, Rs 2d; halfbred watber lambs, 9s 3d; fat ewes. 10s Id. 10s 61. lis 2d. lis 6d, lis 9d, and 12s; halfbred ewes, full-mouth, lis 9d; merino ewes. ss, 5s Id, 5s ss; merino wethers, 4s to 4s 2d; six and eight-tooth halfbred ercves, 14s 3d. There was a fair entry of pigs. Porkers sold from 15s to 18s: weaners, 5s to 7s. There was a good entry of cattle, which was under the hammer when our message left Geraldine.