WOOL IN AUSTRALIA.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11441, 27 November 1902, Page 6

WOOL IN AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY. November 26. At the Sydney and Melbourne wool sales competition was keen. Good sorts sold at the recently established levels, and inferior sorts are slightly better. (Received November 26th, 10.39 p.m.) MELBOURNE, .November 26. The wool market reflected the London advance, and competition was excited. Greasy soft to Is sid, which is a Tecord. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY, November 26. Wheat, chick and milling, 6s 3d. Flour. £11 10s to £12 per ton; £12 15s per £on. Oats, feeding, New Zealand and Taemanian, prime, 3s 8d to 3s 9d; Algerian, 3s 7d to 3s Bd. Barley, 4s to 4s 3d. Maize, local, 5s 6d to 5s 9d; New Zealand, 5s 7d to 5s 8d; Argentine, to 4s lOd. Bran, Is 10d. Pollard, Is lid to 2s. Peas, Prussian Blue, 10s. Potatoes, including New Zealand Derwents, £11 to £11 10s per ton. Onions, £4 to £6 per ton. Butter, best, lid to llsd. Bacon, lid,to Is 2d. MELBOURNE, November 26. Wheat, 5s lid; New Zealand chick, 5s Bd. Flour, to £12 5s per ton. Oats, 3s 6d to 3s Bd.' Maize, 5s Id. Bran, Iβ lid to 2s. Potatoes, £10 to £11. Onions, to £5 10s per ton. ADELAIDE, November 26. Wheat is irregular. The quotations are 5s 4d to ss'7d. Flour, £11 10s to £12. per ton. Bran and pollard, Is 10d each. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, have received the following cable message from their London office, tinder date November 25th: — sales opened to-day with a fair 'selection. There was a very large attendance of buyers, and competition was animated. As compared with closing rates of \ last; series, prioea of good merino wools nre on the average 10 per cent! higher, inferior and faulty merino 5 per cent, higher, fine crossbred 10 per cent, higher, medium and:course crossbred 15 to 20 per cent. higher." „ The New Zealand Loan and "Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cable message from London, dated Novemter 25th: —"Wool.—Since close of last sales, greafey. crossbred is Id to l£d per ib higher, and greasy merino id per ,1b higher. The market is brisk for crossbred wools." The National Mortgage and Agency Company have received advice from London that the ealee opened -at an advance of 5 i per cent, on merinoa, 10 per cent, on halfbrede of finest descriptions, and 20 per ■ cent, en crcssbreds of medium and coarse descriptions. - • .ADDINGTON SALEYARDS. (BY OUR C&HJtEBCIAL EDITOR.) There wjas a fairly large entry of stock in tfae yards,/ and a good-attendance. Store sheep numbered 3119, and were mostly in email lots.' There was a fair demand for all closses, and a good clearance was- effected at auction. A line of 170 shorn wethers made 14s 4d, others 13s 3d to 13s 10d, shorn ewes 12e 2d,to 12s sd, ewes and lambs (ill counted) 8s 6d, 370 woolly hoggeie 14a 4dj 48 afe 14s 7d, j and 83 at. 12s lid. ! There were 880 fab lambs the I quality not being quite so good as'last week. Prices were, all round, fully Is ! per head lower, mainly through the summer freezing rates having come into force this week. Freezing sorts made 13s 4d to 16s 3d, and butchers' lambs ranged from 12s 9d to 17s. The chief sales were—For Mr J. Nelson*, West Melton, 14 al 15s 5d to 16s 4d; M*«rs Waahbourne Bros., Selwyn, 100 at 16s 3d; Mr Loonhead, Leeston, 31 ait- 15s 8d; Mr F. Campion, Ltuibrooks, 55 at 15s. sd; Mr George Bailey, Irwell, 90 at 14s lid; MrW. Witte, Preb. bleton. 50 at 14s 9d; Mr J. W. Overton, FrebMeton, 40 at~l4s' 6d; Mr W. Manson 28 n.t 13s 6d to 14s Id. The yarding of fat sheep was not nearly so h?avv as last week, and the Quality was hardly as good., There were only one or two unshorn lots. The eale opened at a decline in values, but there was a marked recovery later on for prime wethers and freezing ewts, and considering the increased freezing rates, values were well up to those of last week. Prime freezers made 16e 6d to 19s 6d, extra to 20s 6d, unfinished wethers 15s to 16s, freezing ewes 14s to 17-<» lOd, medium butchers' ewes 10s , to 13s 6d. The chief rales wer<> For Mr D. Cameron, Hoon Hay,, 285 wethers 17d to 20s 6d; Mr T. B. Howson, Sedgmere. 30 maiden ewes 17s 6d to 20s 6d, 20

wethers 19s 6d; Messrs Westenra Bros., Dunsandel, tret her* 19k 9d, ewes 15s 6d to 16s Id; Mr J. Dysait, Courtenay, 107 wethers 19s 7dto 20s 6d,25 ewes 16s 9d; Mr XV. H. Montgomery, Little River. 150 woolly ewes 16s 3d to I*9* 3d; Mr W. Cnnipion, Ladbruokfi. 64 wethers 17s to 19s 2d; Mr M. Ryan, Broadfields, 100 wethers 19s; Lowcliffe" Estate. 128 ewes 14s 7d to 16*. wethers and «yes lBs> : Mr W. Clinton, Darfield. 60 ewes 15s 7d to 18s lid; Cashmere folate. 50 wethers l&s Bd, 154 maiden era IBs; Little River client, 17-s 6d to 18s 7d; Mr P. Acton-Adam*. Norwood, 114 wethers'lßs 7d; Messrs Wliarton and Co., HightieW. 25 crossbred u-ethers 18s 6d. 90 haitbred do 18s 2d. 22 ewes 14s 6d; Mr 8. Ballach. Leeston, 50 hoggets 17s 3d t<. 18a 3d; Chamberlain a Estate, Kllesmere, 20 wot hers l&s 2d. 97 ewes 15s to 16s 6d; New Zealand and Australian Land Company. Tcviara., 121 ewes 15s 10d to 17s; Doylestnn client, 108 wethers and ewes 16s' lid; Level* I->£ato, 116 ewes. 15s 6d to 16s 9d: Mr W. Wright, Kinvee. 57 ewes Ms lid to Ids 9d; Mr J. H. Hall, Motonan. 119 era 15-s 2d to 16s 4d; Jlessrs Waghorn Bros., Little Akaioa, 300 ewes 16s 4d to 16s 8d; Messrs Walker Bros., Selwyn, 72 wethers 16s 3d. In the fat cattle pecs there were 173 head offered, a good proportion of which were of prime quality, and values remained about the came a-s lust week. Prime steers* made £13 15s to £16 10s, others £8 10s to £13 ss, Ileitis £5 15s to £9 10s. cows £5 10s to £11 5.=, nnd one extra t<> £13 2« 6d. equal to 30s to 36s per 1001b. There were only a few store cattle entered, and they sold well. Yearlings made 24s to 30s, two-year steers £4 15s, twoyear heifers £4 2s, three-year heifers £4 *15s, dry cows £3 6s to £5 2a 6d, dairy cows brought £4 10s to £10 10s. The yarding of pigts was not a large one, and the demand was slack except for stores, which sold well. Baconers made 40s to 60?. and two extra pens 66s and 70s, equal to 4|d to s<i per lb; porkere 28s to 38s, equal to 4Jd to 5d per lb ;' large store* 15s to 235, medium lla to 14s 6d, and suckers and wcanera 9s to 10s 6d.