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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 10 March 1925, Page 10

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THE WOOL MARKET. 'DUNEDIN SALE. PRICES ERR ATIC. lUV TKU.UIUrH HKKHS ASSOIUATIOM. DUNEDIN, March 9. The third Dunedin wool sale was held to-day with an unusually large offering. The sale was held later in the season than usual, this being really the customary February sale. There weie heavy withdrawals. Prices were very erratic. Bidding was confined to a very few buyers, and local buyers seemed to be taking very little. Halfbred was down from 4d to (id crossbred from 2d to 3d, and pieces at least 2d, with a big drop m merino wool. Buyers in many cases were apparently indifferent whether they secured lots. There was no improvement as the sale progressed, there seeming to be little animation about the market. Bradford was the dominating factor, but a fair amount was being taken for the Continent. America was taking nothing. A later estimate of the position was that fine wools are down 3d to sd, crossbred from 2d to 4d, and bellies and pieces on an average 4cl. Local fellmongers were buying fairly extensively in pieces. MEAT BOARD’S PRICES. WELLINGTON, March 9. ’Pile New Zealand Meat Producers Board advises that the following prices were being offered on March 6: Hawke’s Bay.—Wethers, 561 b and under Bd, 57 to 641 b 7-id; prime woolly iambs, 421 b and under 12d, 431 b and over Iljd; second quality lambs, Hid. Wellington.—Wethers, 561 b •an d under 8-Jd, 57 to 641 b Bd, 65 to 721 b 7cl; prime woolly .lambs, 421 b and nuclei 12d. 431 b and over. 11 id; second quality lambs. Hid. Canterbury.—Prime woolly lambs, 361 b and under 12Jcl, 37 to 421 b H4d, 431 b and over Hid; second quality lambs, 12d. DAIRY PRODUCE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. WELLINGTON, March 9. The New Zealand Producers’ Cooperative Marketing Association reports : Our weekly cabled market report, dated London, March 6, is as follows: Butter market steady. Good demand for New Zealand, 180 s to 182 s; unsalted, 186 s to 190 s; Australian, 176 s to 178 s; Argentine, unsalted 176 s to 180 s; Danish, 2325. Cheese. —Market firm. New Zealand, both colours, 100 s to 102 s; Canadian, old season’s, 106 s to 108 s. STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-op. reports as fol’ows: . • At Opunake on. Monday, 9th inst., e had a good yarding, effecting practically a total ’ clearance under the hammer, late rates being well maintained. We quote: Good store pigs 18s, wenners 7s to 9s Od, fat cows £5 Us* to £6 45,, best works .cows £4 to Co, heavy boners £3 to £3 os, poor'tonditioned 25s to £2 I.os, heavy bulls bo £5. others £2 to £3 10s, weaner Holstein steers £1 11s to £1 16s, weaner Jersey heifers to 355.