TINWALD.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 11103, 23 October 1901, Page 9

TINWALD.

Tuesday's sale at Tinwald was poorly attended although there -were large entries. Owing to the .scarcity of feed, however, "bidding was slow, and nearly all the store sheep "were passed in. Beef was very scarce, cows ranging from £5 2s 6d to £2; while fat heifers were sold at £5. Other prices were:. Two-year-old heifers, £4 10s; springers, £4 10s to £4 15a; young cattle, £2 to £2 17s 6d; crossbred ewes for butchering purposes ranged from 13e 4d to 16s lid; crossbred wethers, from 15s 3d to 17s, and. merino wethers from 13a Id to 14» Id. Of the Btore sheep, crossbred ewes and lambs were sold at prices ranging from Iα 4d to 9s lid; hoggete, 10s 8d to lla 9d; forward •wethers, 13a -6d. A number o£ tile latter lines were passed in at the prices offered. Messrs Daigety and Company, Limited, hay* received the following cable message from their London office, under data 21st October:—"Tallow—Tiia market is quiet,, and there is hardly any business doing. Wool—The market ie steady. There is a slightly "better demand for merino wools privately." The New Zealand Farmera' Go-operative Association of Canterbury, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office under date 21st inst.: —"New Zealand Wheat—Market steady with fair enquiry. To-day's value on Mark Lane long berried 27s *6d per 4961b, ex store. There is a better feeling in the market."