LONDON MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 280, 22 August 1933, Page 12

LONDON MARKETS

Tallow, Hemp and Eggs

FRUIT PRICES EASIER The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram, dated August 19, from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London : — Tallow: Market continues quiet with values nominally unchanged. Hemp: Manila —Market easier but steadier at the close. “K” grade for August-October shipment sold at £l5 10/-. Output from January 1 to July 31, 620,000 bales against 519,000 for same period last year. Stocks in the United Kingdom at July 31, 11,764 bales against 27,842 bales same time last year. Stocks in Manila at July 31, 118,000 bales against 135,000 at same time last year. Sisal: Market steady. No. 1 for Septem-ber-November shipment quoted sellers £lB 2/6. New Zealand: Market unchanged. Stocks in London at July 31, 111 tons against 125 tons same time last year. Eggs: Market is very firm and outlook is promising. English, national pack, 14/6 to 17/6; English, ordinary pack, 14/- to 15/-; Danish, 10/- to 13/-. Fruit: Market slow. Current prices are: Granny Smith, 14/-; Dougherty, 10/6 to 11/6; Rome Beauty and Brighton, 9/- to 10/-; Statesman and Delicious, 8/- to 9/-; Sturmer, Jonathan, and Winesap, 7/6 to 8/-; Cleopatra 6/- to 8/-: Newton. Pippin, 6/9 to 7/9. Otago apples: Jonathan. 8/- to 8/6; Newton Pippin. 9/6 to 10/-; Sturmer. 8/- to 8/6. LIVE STOCK MARKET Feilding Sale Prices At the Feilding stock sale on Friday the entry of both fat and store sheep was smaller than the previous week. There was a large yarding of both fat and store cattle. Fat lambs and fat ewes were not as keenly sought after, and prices receded 2/6 per head. There was only a small entr> of store sheep, principally hoggets, which were in particularly keen demand. Prices showed an improvement of 2/6 per head, in fact, graziers were competing with butchers for Romney lambs i'n the fat pens. The market for cattle was fully maintained, with the exception of dairy stock, which met a heavy market. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report the following sales: —Fat hoggets, 14/8, 17/-. single 23/6; fat ewes, 12/7, 17/3, 17/9, 19/-; fat wethers, 22/9; fat hoggets, 13/1, 15/-, 15/2; ewe hoggets, 15/1, 20/3; 5 ewes with 5 spring lambs at foot. 35/-; 3-year heifers, r.w.b., £2/17/6, £3/7/6; 3-year heifers, r.w.b., £3/2/6, £3/15/-, £4; heifers, at the drop, £4/7/6; heifers, calved, £2/12/6; cull dairy cows. £l/5/-, £l/15/-, £l/17/6; fat Hereford cows, £3/7/6; fat Jersey cows, £l/17/6. Store cattle: Fat and forward P.A. bullocks, £5; 3-4-year P.A. and Hereford bullocks, £3/16/6; yearling Jersey heifers, 20?-. 35/-, £2/6/-; store cows, 10/-, 17/-. 23/6, 30/-. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Distributing Co., Ltd., report that fat sheep sold on a par with the previous Week, while fat hoggets were slightly easier. The demand for store hoggets was keen and prices were up 1/- to 1/6 on previous sale. Beef prices opened very firmly, but the market was oversupplied and values declined slightly toward the end of the sale.

Fat ewes: Prime heavy, 17/10 to 19/-; others, 16/6 to 16/8; fat wethers, prime heavy. 23/-; lighter. 20/- to 21/9; prime medium ewes, 20/7 ; fat hoggets, prime, 15/- to 17/7; lighter, 14/6 to 14/8; 2 and 4-tooth ewes, r.w. S.D. rams, medium quality, 18/6; wether hoggets, 14/7 to 15/2. Cattle: Fat bullocks, unfinished, £6 4/-; fat heifers, prime, £5 to £6/5/-; others, £3/15/- to £4/7/6; prime cows, £5/7/6 to £5/17/6; others, £3 to £4/5/-; unfinished, £2/10/- to £2/17/6; forward cows, £2 to £2/14/-; P.A. cows, r.w. P.A. bulls, £3/2/- to £3/6/-; yearling P.A. heifers, 30/-; 4}-year bullocks, £4/19/-; 3}-year steers, £4/4/- to £4/8/6 ;‘2}-year steers, £3/9/- to £4; yearling P.A. steers, £2/3/6. Dairy cattle: Sp. heifers, best, £4/15/to £6/2/6; backward, £3 to £4/10/-; cows in milk, £4/5/- to £4/15/-; sp. cows, £5 to £6; cows in calf, £3 to £4 15/-; store cows, 15/- to 30/-; yearling heifers, 28/6 to £2/12/-. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report prices as follow: — Fat hoggets, 12/-, 13/6,' 14/1, 14/6, 14/11; fat ewes, 12/6, 13/-, 13/6, 14/-, 14/6, 16/-, 17/1, 17/6. 17/9, 18/3, 20/-, 21/-; fat wethers, 19/3, 19/6. Store sheep: Wether hoggets. 9/10, 13/3, 14/-, 14/11 store ewes, 6/7. Fat cattle: Fat Hereford heifers, £7; fat P.A. cows, £4/12/6, £4/16/-, £4/18/6, £5; fat Shorthorn cows, £4; fat Shorthorn heifers, £3/19/-, £4/2/6. £5/7/6; fat cows, dairy bred, 35/-, £2/5/-, £2 12/-, £3/2/6, £3/4/-, £3/5/-, £3/11/-. Store cattle: Weaner Jersey heifers, 33/-, 36/-, £2/3/-; empty Jersey heifers, 32/-, 35/-; potter eows, 15/-, 17/-. 22/-. Dairy cattle: Spy. heifers, £3/3/-, £3 10/-. £3/12/6, £4/7/6, £4/12/6, £4/17/6, £6/7/-; heifers in milk, 35/-; spg. cows, £2/12/6, £3. £3/2/6, £3/7/6, £3/10/-, £3/15/-. £3/17/6, £4, £4/2/6. FEILDING HORSE SALE Keen Bidding Bidding for unbroken horses was keen and good prices were made at the Feilding sale. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Co., Ltd., offered 120 head, including 48 unbroken draughts. In the broken section good sound young draughts were well competed for, but aged and unsound sorts were not wanted. Very few good hacks were offered and prices were low. Unbroken horses: Account J. McKelvie, 4-year fillies, £36/10/-; do., geldings, £lB to £36. Account Dalrymple Bros., 3 and 4-year geldings. £l3 to £27/10/-. Account S. and J. J. Williamson. 3-year filly, £26/10/-: 3-year gelding, £2B. Account D. H. S. Riddiford, 4-year filliesf, light, £l3/10/- to £24; 4-year geldings, light, £l6. Account A. Waldin, 3-year fillies, £22. Account D. Suisted, geldings, £l2/10/- to £l9/10/-. Account R. Murdock, filly. £22. Account other vendors, fillies, light, £8 to £l6; geldings, £7 to £l4; unbroken hacks, £3 to £B. Broken draughts: Account G. Shannon, 4-year mare, £42; 6-year do., £34; 4-year gelding, £23. Account J. S. Nelson, 6-year geldings, £3O to £45. Account Manson Est., aged gelding, £26/10/-. Account W. 11. Humphrey, 5-year mare, £4O. Account P. O’Regan, 5-yenr mare, £39; 4-year gelding, £25. Account other vendors, heavy geldings, best 5 to 7 years, £3l/10/- to £37; lighter sorts, £lB to £27 10/-; 4 to 7-year mares. £26 to £39: lighter sorts, £l4 to £23/10/-: aged geldings, liest. £l9 to £2B; need mares, best, £lB To £26; others, £7 to tl2; hacks, best, £lO/10/- to £l5: others, £3 to £6; ponies. £3 to £4/5/-. BUTTER PRICES FIRM Cheese Market Quiet Joseph Nathan and Co., Ltd., have received from their principals, Trengrouse and Nathan, Ltd., London, the following cabled advice, dated August 19: — New Zealand butter: Fresh landed, 92/per cwt.; stored, 90/-. Quiet, but firm. New Zealand cheese: White, 49/- per cwt.; coloured, 52/-. Very quiet. Advice has been received Hint the ex Kurow, Mabel Moller, encountered a tvphoon when approaching Hong-Kong on her voyage from Newcastle. About 4ft. of water wag shipped In the No. 1 hold. She left Auckland in June, and arrived at Hong-Kong early this month.