Commercial

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XV, Issue 45, 4 February 1925, Page 7

Commercial

LONDON WOOL SALES. MARKET EASIER. London, Feb. 2. At the wool sales there was an average selection of greasy merinos and crossbreds. The market was rather easier and~ prices irregular. New Zealand “Tictico,” a new clip, made up to 33d and averaged 30d. Tho Bradford tops market has a poor ■ tone and there is no business. Quota- ; tions for crossbreds are easier. WHEAT CARGOES QUIET. i Wheat cargoes are quiet owing to ■ American advices of a decline, also ■ news of largo world’s shipments. Quo- ; tations are occasionally easier. Parcels are slow of sale and prices lower. GOLD PRICE. The price of gold is quoted at £4 6s lid per ounce.—(A. and N.Z.) AUSTRALIAN LAMB EXPORTS. Wellington, Feb. 3. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has received a cable from Aus tralia advising that 14,265 carcases of i lamb were exported from Australia for j the fortnight ended on January 30. WAIPUKURAU STOCK SALE. The Hawke’s Bay Stockbrokers’ Association report having held their usual sale yesterday at Waipukurau, where a ' fair yarding of cattle and a big yarding of, sheep and lambs were offered to a largo attendance of the public. The ' following is tho range of prices:— ’ Cattle: Fat cows £5 10s to £B, fat buli locks £6 to £l4 ss, fat heifers £4 17s 6d to £B, forward cows £4 6s to £5 12s 6d, store cows £1 15s 6d to £4 10s, 2-year steers to £4 ss, empty heifers £2 12s 6d to £3 7s 6d, cows and , calves £3 7s 6d to £3 17s, cows in calf £4, 15-month steers £2 11s to £5 7s Gd, fat ewes 33s 2d, fat wethers 365, fat lambs 27s Id, f. and f. ewes 24s 9d, wether lambs to 25s Gd, 2-th ewes 32s 3d to 36s 6d, 5-yr ewes 28s 6d to_ 36s ; 10d, store woolly lambs 20s to 25s 3d, < shorn woolly lambs 20s to 245. The i brokers report sales as under:— ; De Pelichet, McLeod and Co., Ltd. — ; 5 steers £3 19s, 1 steer £1 10s, 5 ! empty steers £2 12s Gd, 539 shorn ; wether lambs 24s 3d, 1202 woolly wether lambs 25s dd, 700 at 25s 3d, i ISO at 25s 2d, 27 store lambs 28s. I Dalgety and Co., Ltd. —3 2-yr P.A. 1 heifers £4 17s, 1 P.A. forward cow £5 9s, 1 brindle bull £3 19s, 2 store cows £3 18s, 1 cow and calf £G, 1 2-yr P.A. ■ steer £5 7s Gd, 2 2-yr steers £2 Ils. ! Williams and Kettle, Ltd. —200 fat 5-yr ewes 30s, 92 store ewes 22s 6d. 14 . at 23s 6d, IG7 2-th ewes 3Gs Gd, 53 at • 41s Gd, 39 fat ewes 34s 2d, 158 fat ' wether lambs 28s 9d, 42 at 21s, 11G at ! 255, 76 at 21s Gd, 9at 27s Id, 15 at ; 21s, 200 b.f. lambs 29s 9d, 182 2-th wethers 35s Id. 1 dairy heifer £4 2s Gd, 1 fat cow £5 10s, 1 fat heifer £5 IDs, 1 store cow £2 15s, 3 at £2 10s, 2 at £4 10s, 4 heifers at £2 17s, 1 bull at £G ss, 1 at £2 ss, Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd.—lGl f. and f. ewes 23s Gd, 89 wether lambs i 25s lOd, 20 m.s. lambs 13s, 3 2-shcar ! S.D. rams signs, 4 2-shear S.D. rams sgns., 10 4-shear R. rams Signs, 10 aged R rams £1 Is, 4 fat bullocks £9 13s, 7 fat heifers £B, 1 fat cow £8 12s 6d, 1 at £5 J2s 6d, lat £5 10s, sf. • and f. cows 5, 1 cow and calf £7, 4 f. and f. bullocks £8 Bs. H. B. Farmers’ Co-op Association, Ltd.—l fat bullock £l4 ss, 1 fat cow £B. 5 at £7 7s Gd, 1 at £6, 1 at £5 17s 6d, 1 at £4 Gs, 1 at £4, 5 steers £8 153, 4 at £5, 1 at £6, 4 at £4 2s, 1 at £4 ss, 1 cow and cnlf £6 15s, 1 at £4 17s 6d, 1 at £3 7s Gd, 6 dairy heifers £3 10s, 5 at £3 ss, 31 fat ewes 33s 2d, 226 forward owes 24s 9d, 781 5-yr ewes 36s lOd, 425 shorn wether lambs 23s Gd, 94.cu1l lambs 17s Gd, 67 at 15s sd, 1 shearling S.D. ram 13j gns, 1 at 12lgns, lat lljgns, 8 at llgns, lat lOJgns, 3 3-shear S.D. rams 7gns, 7 4-yr. at 7igns, 5 aged at 3gns, 5 5-yr R. rams 2gns, 8 at ligns, 8 at Ign.