COMMERCIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, 11 April 1908, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

GILLIES AND NALDER. Gillies and Nalder ’report there was a large attendance of buyers at their Glover joad sale yards on Thursday. The yards were filled to their utmost capacity with sheep and. cattle. Nearly 4000 sheep were pennftd and 500 cattle. Almost the whole of .the Entries were cleared, either under the' hammer or afterwards, at satisfactory prices. A lot of 500 2-tooths brought 9s 6d, 9s lOd, and 10s Bd, a line of 700 aged ewes realised from 4e 7d 'to 5s 2d, 200 lambs 6s 8d each, 250 lambs each brought sa, an- . other line of 270 lambs were sold at 5s Id each. Fat cows £6 Bs, that price was paid by local butcHors. Other cows £4 t to £5, 54 3-year bullocks fetched! .from £3 Ba*6d to £3 10s, stores and forward cows £2 10s to £3 17s 6d, 37 mixed weaners 19s, 15 to 18-month steers 35s 6d to 445. MR NEWTON KING. y Cattle. —At Kapanga oh Friday, 3rd inst., there was a good' yarding, mostly " weaners and store sows. Bidding' was good, and nearly everything sold at satisfactory rates. Weaners made 12s to 16s 6d, 12 o 15 months heifers 245. Store cows 26s to 48s, fat and forward do., £3 15s to £4 lie, bulls 475, to 695, * Sheep.®-At Pobukura the same day my supplementary sheep fair was well attended. ‘There was a good yarding, the majority being old ewes, fox which there was little demand. A line of 2-tooth do. met with littlo enquiry, but all wethers wore well oompeted for, and sold well. Lambs also wore all quitted at satisfactory prices. Lambs made 4s 6d to 7s 3d, cull do. 2s to 3s, 2-tooth wethers 12s 3d to 12s 9d, 2-tooth, ew.es 11s- lid to 12s Id, f.m. do. • 2s 6d to 9s 9d, good rams If to 2£ guineas, old do. 5s to 115,6 a. Cattle. —At Stratford, on) Tuesday, there was a big yarding of all. classes of stock. The demand and prices fox store cattle were on a par with late rates. ,A line of dairy cows from Mr Lehman, owing to the time of year, did riot .appear to best advantage, and prices for •these ruled low. Weaners made 8s to 15s 6d, 12 to 18 months' mixed 255. Steers 36s .to 445, 2£ year do £3 15s, 3 to year forward bullocks £4 19s 6d to £5, 12 to. 20 months heifers 26s to 345, store cows 23s to 455, forward do_4Bs 6d to 70s, fat and forward £3 17s to £4.) Mr Lehman’s dairy cows made up to £3 2s 6d. POTATOES AND ONIONS, r Potatoes: The arrivals since our last report oonsists of 531 sasks by the Wan- . aka, 923 sacks by the Victoria from the South, and 456 sacks by the Wimaiera from Sydney. This will be about sufficient to keep the market going lor the Very few locals are coming forward. There has boon no alteration in price, which remains at 7s ex attire. It looks as if there will not be any great call for Tasmania/ll potatoes for some little, time, as the imports from the South are giving such-good satisfaction. Onions: The Victoria brought 484 sacks and the Wimmera 425 sacks from Sydney. These came to a market that was almost bare, which has tended to keep the price very firm, £8 ex stare being the ruling quotation. The demand keeps quiet up to the usqak —Auckland Weekly News.

' HAWKE’S BAY. Prices were realised at Hawke’s Bay as follows:—Fat cows £4 16s to £6 IQs, dairy cows £5 lie to JB£TI7 od. Ifct ewes 11s to 12s 9d, forward- ewes 9s 6d to 10s 3d, s.m. owes runming with rams 9s to 10s 6d, good woolly lambs 9s lid, cull .. two-tooth ewes 5s- to 7s 6d, ditto wethers 7s 6d to 8s lOd, 'aged cull ewes 2s to 3s 6d, cull small lambs Is. Pigs: Porkers X ; 23s 6d to 32s 6d. * ‘ / AUCKLAND. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile ’’Agency Co., Ltd., report:— Horses : Heavy draughts £22 to, £4O, medium do. £l6 10s to £26, flight -harness horses £7 10s to hacks ,£6 10s to £lO. . ~. r Cattle: Dairy _oows . £3 15s to £7, C. • empty do. £2 to £3 2s 6d, calves 16s to £1 Bs, grown 6teers £4 6s to £5 6s. Sheep:.. Wethers 13s 9d to £1 4s 3d, ewes 12s 6d:to 18s 9d. ■■ Lambs, in -fair supply*-sold at from 10s 9d to 16d 9d for well-fatted, other sorts 8s to 10s 3d. Pigs: Porkers 18s 6d to £1 11b, Tjaconers £2 2s 6d to £3, weaners 7s 6d to 14s. DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. DUNEDIN, April 8. During the week a large consignment of oafs have -been coming forward, and, as enquiry for shipment is good, prices are fully -maintained. Prime Gar tons are in extra demand, but all heavy/oats are readily saleable, though medium and inferior are harder to place. Duns and black oats aro in very short supply, and bring from 2& 4d to 2s 6d per bushel, prime milling 2s 3£d to 2s 4d, good to .best feed'2s 3d to 2s 4d, inferior to medium 2s Id to 2s 2d, All kinds of wheat meet with good' demand, but local millers show preference for velvet. Tuscan is more plentiful. Prime milling 4s 6£d to 4s 7d, medium to good 4s 5d to 4s 6d, best whole fowl' wheat 4s sd. to 4s 6d, medium 4s 3d to 4s 4d, broken and damaged 3s 6d to 4s- Id. BURNSIDE. v DUNEDIN, April 8. Sheep: Best wethers 18s 6d to 19s 9d, extra to 23s 9d, medium 15s. to 17s 6d, . best -ewes 16s to 17s 9d, extra to 19s 6d, v medium 12s -to 15s 6d. Lambs: Best 16s to 17s, extra to 17s 6d-, medium 14s 6d to 15s 6d. : Cattle: Best bullocks £9 10s to £lO 16s, medium £8 12s 6d to £9 7s 6d, light £6 2s 6d to £7 12s 6d, best opws and hc : 'ers from £6 to £7, : -Pigs: Suckers ,12s to 14s, slips 16s 6d . to 19s, slQres 20s to 255, porkers 31s to 395, light baconers 46s 6d -to 495, heavy baconers 55s to 655. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. April 9. Wheat 4s, 6d.‘ Flo>ur . £lO/ - Oats—Al- ‘ gerian milling 3swhite. 3s 3d. Pollard- £7;' : 3£l^^^P^^beis—Circular Heads £4 - to- ' ' £6 10s. Butter:«^;9Bs. MELBOURNE, April 9> Flour £lO. Potatoes £4 ,2s 6d.

ADDINGTON MARKETS. CHRISTCHURCH, April 8. Cattle: There was a good sale of fat cows. Steers £6 5s to £lO 12s 6d (the latter price -being paid for animals of extra quality), heifers £4 15s to £9 15s for ordinary, and up to £lO 10s for extra. Sheep: The yarding of fat sheep was considerably in excess of requirements, with the result that prices suffered a decline, values falling Is to Is 6d all round. The range of prices was: Prime wethers 19s to 255, lighter 14s to 18s, unfinished 10s to 13s, prime ewes 17s tc 19s, medium 12s to 16s, aged and l light 9s to 11s 6d. Fgt lambs: Tegs made up to 18s, best freezers 13s 6d to 16s 6d, and light and unfinished sorts 11s to 13s. was a large entry of fal pigs, .winch met with a fair demand. Choppers made to 45 lOd, heavy baconotis 60s to 68s, and lighter 48s to 55i (equal to 5d per lb). Porkers made 38s to 44s for large, and 30s to 35s for medium (equal, to s£d per lb). Medium stores made from 13s to 15s and large 20s tc 255, weaners made from 5s to 10s.