COMMERCIAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10566, 20 April 1928, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

PRODUCE MARKET

LITTLE BUSINESS

Very little business is being transacted at the moment in any lines of produce. During the week one or two small sales of maize were made to Auckland at prices round [5% Qd to os 9d f.o.b.'s.i. It is understood it; is virtually impossible to 1 do busi? ness with Auckland merchants at these prices, ! oAving to the fact that consignments of Bay of Plenty and Australian cereal are being landed on the "vyharf in the northern city at equivalent prices;' It is impossible to forecast Avliat future movements 'will b©.-'locallv, so long a.s Australian and Bay of Plenty consignments continue A feiv sales of barley at prices round 3s 9d f.o.b. *s.i, %vere made during the week. J.fc is most difficult, however, to obtain supplies and Auckland merchants are ; reported to be buying from the South Island. Superphosphates have been selling well lately but (lie demand is now slackening. Oats and chaff are quiet and potatoes are a shade weaker.

MATAWHER.O STOCK SALE. PRICES! FULLY MAINTAINED. There was a good attendance at the Matawhero stock sale yesterday, and prices were about on a par with late rates. , STORE SHEEP. The entry of -store sheep Avas very largo for this time of the year, totalling 14,600. Despite the large entry, there Avas a keen' demand, and an excellent sale at prices perhaps a shade easier than those of last sale. The host price for eAves was £1 4s 6d, for a pen of maiden sheep with dense skins and full of condition; AvellgroAvn 2-ths, in great order, realised £l 4s ; a pen, of 285 mixed aged eAves m good condition made £1 0s 6d; a lino of 222 fresh conditioned >2, 4 and 6-ths was passed at £1; 246 4 and 6-th eAves, good in size and condition ip), 19s 8d; a pen of small 2-th eAves m good order made 18s 9d; goodfVamed and conditioned old ewes ran from 16s to 17 s. A first-class lot of 197 empty oaa-ps, genuine lab and l'onvard, made 18s :;d • good forAvard empty ewes sold from 15s to l’7s. Wethers A\-ere a fairly big entry, and a pen of 120 prime heavy sheep made £1 8s 2d: and a lot of 49, just about fat, made £1 os 6d; a pen of 163 2 and 4-tlis with plenty of condition sold at £1 4s 4d, and 178 fair-size, late shorn, reached £1 2s 3d. Small 2-th Avettiers m good store condition made £1 Os Jld and 19s 2d. Woolly lambs, Avith plenty of size and condition made up to 18s 6<l in tAvo instances, and another pen reached 18s Id. Big, good conditioned shorn lambs sold at 17s 3s and 17s Id, and good shorn made 16s lid and 18s. Good average, AvellgroAvn shorn lambs made 14s 6d.

FAT SHEEP There Avas a record entry of fat sheep totalling 1078. Avhich met Avith a good sale. First-class erves from Mr Beaufoy’s station made 245, and a good line of very big-framed eAves from Mr W. Morice’s station at Tiniroto realised £1 2s lOd. Ordinary good lines made about £l, and second grades sold doAvn to 16s. Prices: 133 eAves on account of Mr Morice, Tiniroto, £1 Is lOd; 82 lambs, shorn, Avell-groAvn (p) 19s 6d; 50 ewes £1; 20 do., £1 4s; 20 do., 18s 6d; 1 Avether £1 9s; 4 eAves £1 0.4 6d; 4 do., 18s 6d; 15 do., £1 4s; 17 do., £1 0s 2d; 21 do., £1; 2 lambs -19 s 8d; 2 wethers £1 4s; 6 ewes 17s 6d; 15 do., £1; 38 do., £1 0s Id; 44 do., (p) 19s; 14 do., £1; 2 do.', 16s Id; 12 do. (p 5 16s, 16 do., no bid; 22 do.. 18s 3d; 4 do., 17s 6d; 23 AA’ethers £l/ 3s 3d; 9 do., £1 2s lOd; 2 eAves 17s lid; 3 wethers £1 Is lOd; 40 eAA-es 17s 9d; 28 do., £1 0s 8d; 34 do., £1; 12 do. 18s 3d; 5 do., 16s 9d; 23 do. (p) 19s 9d; 75 do., 18s; 5 lambs, prime, woolly, £1 4s; 40 eAA'es 18s 3d; 15 ewes lßs 3d; 15 eAA-es 17s 6d .

FEILDING YARDS. (Rross Association.} FEILDING, April 20. At the stock sale there Avas a medium entry of- about 2,500 sheep Lambs met Avith a brisk demand, most classes shoAving a fair rise on late rates, especially in the fat pens. Fat prices Avere: Lambs 21s 3d, 22s sd, 22s Bd, 23s Cd; eAves 19s 6d, 20s lOd, 21s 7d, 22s 6d, 23s 4d, 24s 7d; fat Avethers 31s to 33s 8d; fat maiden

ewes 30s; Avoolly b.f. lambs 23s to 28s 4d'; fat and forward Avethers 30s-; ewe lambs 20s 5d to 27s lOd; Avether lambs 17s 6d to 19s Id; empty ewes 12s 3d to 14s; b.f. lambs 12s 7d to 16s 4d; 2-tli ewes i-.av.S.D. rams 31s lOd; 4 and 5-yr. eAA-es do., 18s 6d to 20s Bd. The cattle entry consisted mainly of store coavs, dairy Aveaneris, and fat cattle. Dairy coavs in milk, - and springing heifers sold A\-ell up to late rates Fat cattle Avere in good demand and sold up to late rates. Jersey weaner heifers met a dragging sale,- and most of the larger Unc-s I were passed in. Fat coavs made £4 17s 6d to £8 7s 6d; fat heifers £3 l 10s to £6 14s; speyed fat heifers £6 18s; fat and forward Hereford 'bullocks £lO 16s; store bullocks £5 10s to £9 7s ; coavs in milk £5 10s to £l3; springing cows £lO to £ll 10s: springing heifers £4 10s to £ll 10s; weaner heifers 37s to £2 l-8s; taore cows £2 10s; potter hulls £2 12s 6A to £6.

BRADFORD TOPS MARKETUnited Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.} (Received April 20, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, April.2o. At the Bradford tops market business is slack. Quotations are nominal, 54d, olid, 40d, 43 sd, 27d, and 25d.

BUTTER AND CHEESE MARKETS

United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) - (Received April 0, 7.45 p.m.) LONDON, April 20. The Mutter market is steady 'and the demand lias improved. Danish is quoted at 178 s, choicest salted and unsalted New Zealand 168 s. exceptional 170 s; Australian 158 s. The cheese market is slow. New Zealand is quoted at 97s to 98s, Australian 94s to 955.

LONDON DAIRY PRODUCE MARKET

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd have received the ' following cable from their head office, date<F % April ] 9 : Butter: Market ; steadier. Quotations are: Danish butter, 176 sto 178 s per cwt.; N.Z. finest 166 sto ] 68s * Australian finest, 15'5s' to 158 s, Australian finest, salted, 156 s to 158 s; Australian G.A.Q. 148 sto 1525. ■ - •' . . Cheese : Market quiet. Quotations are: Australian, -white 93s to 95s ner cwt.; Australian colored, 93s to 95s • 'N.Z:, white 96s to 975, do., colored, 96s to 97s • Canadian, white 108 s to 112 s:, 'do., colored 104 s to 108 s - N.Z.' (exceptional quality) 98s.