Commercial.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10315, 29 May 1896, Page 2

Commercial.

TTuRAr.n Office, Thursday evening. . Messrs Abraham and Williams report :-On Thursday at Palmorstona heavy yarding of aheop was penned; lambs generally lacked quality and were eaßier In price i ; all other 6188963 passed off keenly, and little of anythine went back unsold. Somo useful cattle were yarded; all classes of steers ana young cattle of quality sold well; store cows were toll of sale. Sheep-Fat wethere 9s 7d, forXd 1 wethers 9a 2d to 9a sa. store wethers 8s 7d to 93j empty ewes Is M to 5a Oa, forward ewes 6s fid, othora 3s to 43 ,1&, fat ewes 89, fftt ■ ewes and wethers 9a 333 ewes in lamb 6a to 7s 10d! lambs 2a lid toSaia. Cattle-Forward bS ocks £5, 3year steers £3 ISs M to 64, 3-year heifers empty £3, do in calf £3, milch cows £2 17a 6d, well-bred Shorthorn yearlinga £Z 6s, others 30a to 335. I WOOL AND SKIN SALKS, ' Wool and skin sales were held at Mossra Hoadley and Co.'s rooms by local brokers, who report as follows :— DALGETT AND COMPANJT HHTTEDS REPORT. We held our usual sale of wool oddments, aheepakins, &0., to-day at Messrs C. B. Hoad. ley and Co^'s roomfl, when we offered 30 bales wool. 700 sheepskins, and a number of hides • to a full attendance otlooal buyers. Pneaa - on tho whole showed an advance on last aale. We realised the folio winß prices :— Wool.— Scoured crossbred up to 7id, greasy £ croaabrcd up to 6Jd, greasy merino up to 4jd, « • nieces up to 41d, crutohings well picked 3Jd to id, inferior 2id to 3d. "• &heepaWns.— Crossbred up to sd, half-brea 4Jo. crossbred hoggets up to IJd, merino up i- Hides.— We cleared our catalogue at satisOnr next sale will be held on Thursday, Uth Juno, MESSES WENIKY AND LiNAUZE'S REPORT. ' At our sale to-day we offered 107 bate and caokagea of wool, 2933 skins, and 30 hidea to a fall attendance of local buyers. The demand for produce was brisker, and we effected a clearance of the bulk of our catalogue at fair Wool.— Bough straggleKB 1 fleece sold up to 6ld, dead wool up to sja, crutchinga well nicked and clean IJd, medium 3Jd to 4d . Sheepskins.— Butchers' skins up to 6}a, ■woll-saved station skins 4Jd to sd, pelts np to • ' Hides.— Heavy ox np to Id, cows up to 3d, calfaklns 3Jd. Our next sale will be held on 11th June. JUKSSBS WTT.T.TAMB AND KETTLE, HMTTED'S, REPORT. We held our periodioal sale ol wool, skins, hides, and tallow, when we Offered IGB bales 13 packages wool, 4332 skins, 174 hides, and 9J tons tallow. A full and representative attendance of buyers filled the chairs. Bid-, ding for wool and skins showed a bettor deßiro to purohase than at previous sale, anil " crutchings and skins made prices well uo to our valuations. Hides maintained provions sale 3' values, selling readily under the hammeri In tallow wo ware prepared to lace a considerable drop owing to adverse news from outlet centres; this accounts for jfflftßifr^ffofl rnling. We are pleased to atato, _ ■vrith a few exceptions in low graded wool, at the following prices:— Wool.— Crossbred of an inferior quality from 51d to 7d; crutchinge, first machine shorn and well picked Lincoln from, ld to ijd, second and inferior quality from 3id to 3Jd ; alipe, meflium qujtfty up to 7d. Skins.— Thlß department oontained skins of Sail length wool and well saved. Crossbreds, from 5Jd to fid for suporior full-woollcd skins ; butchers' and factory skins, well saved, with good length wool, 43d to 5Jd, medium quality sJjd to lja; pelts up to 8d : hoggets from IJd lor medium up to 5Jd for superior. Hides,— Our catalogue contained several very atfractivo lots. Heavy ox 4gd, medium ■weight from 3|d to Hi. light 2Jd to 3Jd ; enw, heavy up to 2Jd, medium 2Jd to 21d, hght 2Jd : , inferior, badly flayed, and dry sorts, from Id to2d; oalf4d. Tallow, in keeping with reports from a distance, suffered a drop of 159. Factory, rendered in casks, id odium quality filS per ton, lower grade fill ss; inferior, in station packages, £10 to £11 ; in tins, Id per lb< Wo hold our next sale on the 11th June, NEW ZEALAND MAN , AND MERCANTILE AGENCr COMPANY, LIMITED'B, REPORT. ,4t our periodical sale of wool, sheepskins, ■ hides, and tallow to-day; there was a full attendance of buyers. Prices showed an improverdCnS on those obtained at our last sale. Wool m.iinly composed of orutchingß and rough oddments, realised full values. WellVickcd crutohinga brought up to 4Jd, seconds ' Sdto3iperlb, .. Sheepakins.— Biiy.ers operated with greater freedom, and nearly all our catalogue was oleared at up to the following prices :-Halftaed orossbred ad, hoggata id, and merino 4Jd per lb. Hidea.— No very prime were offering ; dry hidea brought ldperlb. Hat.— Rendered, lid per lb. Oar next sale is fixed for the 11th Junel ■ HAWKE'S BAY FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, MMITED'S, REPORT. We held our periodical' sale of sheepskins, oddments of wool, fee, in Messrs G. B. Hoadley and Co.'s room this afternoon, when there was a good attendance of the local buyers. Competition was much better than at last sale, and we were able to place our lota of sheepskina then passed in at considerably i bettor prices than those previously offered. Well woolled crossbred skins brought up to 51d, hoßt? e(a t° 6a. and merino to Ud, crossbred craa'hings 4d to 4ja. Tallow in oasks 15s 3d per c«yb i rendered fat ljd per lbi Our next sale will be held on '.Thursday, 11th June.