YESTERDAY'S LOCAL "WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 18, 21 July 1900, Page 4

YESTERDAY'S LOCAL "WOOL AND SKIN SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Alercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports as follows : — Wool and sheepskins — We . offered a anall but representative catologue, for which there was active competition. Prices on the whole were satisfactory, and well up to the level of the London equivalent. Quotations : Wool — Crossbred, sid ; prime crutchings up to 3^d ; good, 3d to 3£d ; medium and inferior, l£d to 2£d per lb. Shbepskjns — Half bred, s£d ; orossbreds, 4^d to sd; medium to good, 3jd to 4id; inferior and broken, 2d to 3d per lb. Messrs. Alurray, Roberts and Co. report :— rWe offered 60 bale of wool, consisting chiefly of crutchings, and 2650 sheepskins. Buyers operated with more confidence, and prices all round showed a slight improvement on last sale's rates. We quote as follows: — Skins — Fine crossbreds, 4|d to s£d per lb ; coarse crossbreds, 4^d to 4^d ; dead and inferior, 3d to 4d ; pelts, sound, 6d to Is each. Wool —Fine crossbred crutchings, 3^d to 4d per lb ; coarse crossbred crutchings, 3d to 3j,d ; inferior crossbred crutchings, ljd to 2|d; stragglers' fleece, 4d to sid. Messrs. Levin and Co., Limited, report that they offered about 30 bales of 'wool, chiefly crutchings, and a quantity of sheepskins. Prices remained at the low level of the last few weeks. Currant ijnotations: — Wool — Stragglers' fleece, Aj to sid per lb ; criitchings, fine, 3£d to 4id ; crutchings, medium, 3d to 3£d ; crutchings, coarte, 2id to 3di Sheepskins — Full-wooll-ed crossbreds, fine, 4|d to sd: full-wooled crossbred, medium,- 4id to 42d; coarse crossbred, 3Jd to 4id; dead, 3d to 4d; pelts, 6d to Is 6d each. PRODUCE REPORTS. Messrs. Geo. Thomas and Co. report on wholesale prices as follows: — Roller flour, Gem or Snowball brands, £7 10s per ton of 2001b sacks; bran, 755; pollard, 955 ; good whole fowl wheat, 2s 6d ; short feed oats, 2s; Tartars and duns, 2s Id and 2s 2d bushel; Oatmeal, M'Gill's £10 15s, Doull's £10 5s per ton; chaff, oaten sheaf, £3 ss ; maize, 2s lid ; horse beans, 3a ; Prussian blue peas 3s 6d, partridg3 peas 3s 4d per bushel ; split peas, 13s ; pearl barley, 12s 6d cwt ; feed barley, 2s 2d and 2s 3d ; onions, prime Southern, £3 15s per ton ; cheese, Taratahi factory sid, loaf sizo sj}d ; factory bacon, sides sid, rolls 6id; hams, 6£d; separator butter lOd lb, dairy, scarce, Bd. Poultry — Fowls in \ good demand ; for roosters 3s 3d, mixed lots 3s pair; ducka, 4s 6d ; turkeys, 6s to 10s pair. Concerning thf local produce mtrliFt, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company reports: — OatE — Prime short stout feed, Is IQJkI to Is ll^d ; dun, Is Hid to 2a ; Danish, Is 10£ dto Is lid. "Wheat is in fair supply at for good whole feed, 2s 3d; broken, Is lid to 2s. Maize, in full supply, at 2s Bd. Of chaff there is a full supply of inferior offering, prime being scarce. Prime, 625" 6d to 655 ; inferior, 30a to 50s per ton, according to quality. Potatoes are in full supply, at 42s 6d to 45a for prime table Derwents. The Customs duties collected at the Port of 'Wellington for the week ending to-day amonnied to £7042 9s 7d. Beer. .£l7B 19s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile) Agency Company, Limited, is in receipt of the following cable message from its London office : —"Wheat— The market at present is inactivo', and the weather is favourable. New Zealand wheat of nvcr ago quality is worth 29s 6d per 4961b; long-berried, 30s 6d. Tnllow — There is a better demand for medhim and common qualities, but other descriptions are unchanged. Medium and inferior mitton tallow has advanced 3d per cwt •• i:c<j lust report.' Messrs. Abraham and Williams report as to Thursday's sale ot Palmorston : — Tho entry of sheep was small. Cattle were well rppresentecl, a- full yarding coming forward. Bidding was brisk throughout the sale, and with the exception of a few cows, a clearance was effected, mostly under the hammer. Tho line of 100 heifers, sold on account of Mr. Collins, sold at various prices, ranging from £3 15s to £4 163, and averaged £4 3s per head. _ Good steers and fat bullocks sold readily, and there was an unsatisfied demand at the end of the sale for these. Young cattle, .and, in fact, all classes, ware keenly competed for, »nd told ra*d-

ily at an advance on vendors' reservos. Quotations— Fat bullocks, £7 15s, £6 10s, and £6 ; 3-yoar bullock?, £5 Is to £5 2s ; fat cows, £4 10s, £4 15s, £4 16s, ond £4 17s ; forward heifers, £3 17s ; springing heifers, £4 15s to £5 17s 6d; heifers in calf, £3 15s to £4 10s; cows in calf, £4 10s to £5 7s 6cl ; cows in milk, £4 10s to £5 12s 6d; yearlings, £2 10s: wcancrs, £1 Is : 2J,-year steers, £3 15s ; lambs, 7s to 78 2d ; fat and forward ewes, lls ; forward ewes, 9s 4d ; ewes in lamb, 9s to 9s 6d ; cull ewes 4s 7d.