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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8753, 18 December 1908, Page 2

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STOCK REPORTS.

Dalgctv and Company, Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At our sale yesterday wq had a medium yarding l of sheep and a very good entry ol cattle, practically the whole of which w'ere disposed 01 'at .auction. Sheep sold as follows : 13ac*cward 2-toolh wethers, 9s sd; medium 2tooth ewes. 10s 9d; fat and forward ewes, 9s 9d; Ihjht fat ewes, 10s; medium tat ewes. 10s' 7d. Cattle— heifers, 21s; 140 yearling Shorthorn heifers, 22s 6d; red polled yearling heifers, ' 275; speved 18-mosiths heifers, 365.; speyod 2y heifers. £2 10s; forward heifers, £2 155.; I fat cows, £3 10s to £3 18s 6d; mixed i 13-inoiiths cattle, . 3/.s. 6d; 'Cull yearling ' steers, 21s; 18-months steers, £2 ss; 2yr steers, £2 12s to £3; steers to £3 19s; Syr steers, £4 ss, £4 6s 6d to £4 15s; forward bullocks, £5 9s, £5 15s 6d to £6 4.5; bulls, £2 to £2 10s. Messrs Abraham . .and YV ilhams, Lta., rcnoyc:— At Pahnerston. Nortn on Thursday .we had a good yarding 01 both sheep and' cattle, and buyers weic in good- attendance. Sheep sold at latest current rates, while cattle showed an upward tendency on last week's prices. Vve quote:—Fat ewes, 10s 9d to lis 6d; fat lambs, 10s 6d to lis 3d; 2-tooth wethers, IQs 7d to 10s 9d; fat bullocks, £7 8s to £3 5s ; fat heifers. £3 to £4 3s 6d; fat cows. £4 to £4 10s; 2 and 3yr bullocks, £4 2s; 2yr steers, £3 5s to £3 103 6d;. 18-mbTiths'steers. £3; yearling steers, 31s to 355; store cows, £1 12s to £2 2s 6d; forward cows, £2 14s to £3 ss; 18-months heifers, 28s 6d to 32* 6d; cows and calves. £2 lis to £3 6s; bulls from £2 10s to £3 6s. . The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report: —At.Raumai on Tuesdav we had a fair entry of c."Hie, which met with a good sale, and wo have to report a total clearance at full rates. At Palmerston on Thursday a fair entry of cattle came forward. There was a better demand for young steers and sheep sold well. Wo quote. Raumiu - Sheep: Mixed two-tooths, small. 7s 63. Cattle: Small yearling steers, 30s; 18-month steers, £2 9s to £2 10s 6d; two and three-year steers, £3 4s. Palmerston North—Fat ewes, 10s to 10s 3d ; fat wethers, lis lid; yearling heifers, small, 14s to 21s 6d; forward cows. £2 6s to £2 19s; fat cows. £3 16s to £4 12s 6d; yearling steers, 28s to ods; two-year heifers, 35s 6d., .

FROZEN MEAT MARKET. . (Per Press Association.) ■ NAPIER, December 17. The C.C. and D. Company, London, cable the following report-.—Frozen Meat Market—There is a decreasing demand for all descriptions of frozen meat, due to the depressed condition of trade throughout- Groat Britain. t which rnust result in an all-round decline or values in the immediate future. To-day's quotations: Canterbury mutton 32d. Napier, Wellington and North Island 3id: lamb, first s.fd, second sd; beef, hinds 3 8 d, fores 3d.

THE WOOL,SALES. . •DUNEDIN, December 17. The first of.the series of.Duncdin wool sales- was held to-day. The total offerings were 8821 bales,. as agairtst 4688 at the opening of the sale last year; the increase, no doubt, being accounted f<-r by fine weather during the last few weeks, and also by the fact, that prices ruling at the north sales were much in advance of what was expected earlier in the season. There was a largo attendance of buyers, representing British, Continental and American centres, as well as local buyers. The quality of the clip was. for the most part, equal to that of last year, but some "of the Central Gtogo wool gave evidence of the severe winter. The mast,'noticeable feature was the comparatively Hgh prices paid by Bradford buyers for sound crossbred hogget wool of good length. Continental buyers were strong competitors .for medium halfbrcd. in many cases outbidding i local milk,, who usually take (he bulk of these Jots. 'Iho prices'ruled as follow?,:—Super halfbred. to Is; medium to good, 8d to 10d; inferior, 6?d to super crossbreds, 10d to 12^d; good crossbveds. 7|d to 9£d; medium I crossbreds. to 7^d; super merinos, 12d; medium to good. B£d to 10^1; inferior, 7d to ; pieces; bellies and locks I sold at a reduction of Id to l£d per lb. THF, HIDE MARKET. MELBOURNE. December 17. In the hide market' the supplies are ! very small, but the market is very strong for all classes.