COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9506, 5 May 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO, The Now Zealand Loan and Mcrcan< tile Company, Ltd., report: At Palmerston North yesterday we had-a good entry of sheep and a heavy yarding of cattle. There was a better all round demand for both sheep and cattle, and a, good .clearance was effected. Sheep: Cull ewes 2s 2d, aged ewes in lamb 6s; 5d to 7s. fjd, 2 and 4-tooth owes in lamb 12s 2d, store ewee 5s Bd, forward ewes 8s 4d, 2-tooth wethers 12s 9d, forward lambs 8s 2d, light fat owes Us 6d. Cattle: Weaners 22s 6d to 33s 6d, cow 6 and calves £2 15s, aged cows 34s to 395, store cows £2 7s to £2 15s, forward cows £3 10s to £4 14s, light fat cows £5 to £5 3s, empty heifers £3 18s to £4 lis, heifers in' calf £4 17s to _£4 18s, 20-month steers £3 17s 6d, springing cows £9.

■ ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: At our Palmerston North sale on Thursday a good demand existed for all classes of stock, and most lines changed hands at the following quotations: Fat and forward ewes lis fid, forward ewes 9s, forLward.lambs Bs, good store lambs 7s 3d, 2-tobth wethers lis 6d, small '2-tooth wethers 9s Id, light fat bullocks £7 6s, 3year bullocks £5 19s fid to £6 se, 2£-year steers £5 10s to £5 14s, 2-year steers £4lss, fat cows £4 lis to £5 19s 6d, forward cows £3 15s to £4 is, store cows 27s 6d to £2 10s, 18-month heifers in calf £3 3s to £3 10s, weaners; 26s 6d. DALGETY. AND CO. Dalgety- and Co., Ltd., report on their Hunterville sale on Tuesday a fair yarding of 'sheep and a small entry of cattle. Quotations: aged ewes 4s 6d, cull lambs 2s 6d, small lambs to 4s 9d, aged rams 6s 6d, mixed aged ewes 6s lOd to 8s Id, mixed weaners 20s, store cows £2 12s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (Bi . Eleotbio Telegbaph—COPYßlQHT.) (PEB PBEBS ARBOnuTION.) SYDNEY, May 4. Wheat, firm, owing to small amount offering on account of dry weather, 3s ojd to 3s 6Jd; Hour, steady, £8 os; oate, Tasmanian Sparrowbills 2s lOd, Giants 2s lid, Algerian milling 26 6d, seed 26 7d, feeding 2s 3d; barley, Victorian Cape 2s 6d to 2s Bd, English 2s 3d to 2s 6d; bran and pollard, £5 15s; maize, Victorian 2s 9d, local 2s 6d to 2s 8d; onions, £3 os to £3 10s; potatoes, Tasmanian £6 10s to £7 ss, local £3 to £6; butter, 925; bacon, 7d; cheese, old to 6d. MELBOURNE, May 4. Hides, fair supplies, sloppy favoured by buyers, others steady; wheat, 3s 7d; flour, £8; oats, milling Algerians 2s 2d, feeding 2s o|d; barley, English malting ss, Cape 2s od, feeding Is lOd; maize, 2s 3d; bran and pollard, £5 10s; onions, £1 15s to £2 0s 6d; potatoes, £4 to £6 ss. ADELAIDE, May 4. Wheat, 3ss|(lto3s6|d;flour, £8 ss; bran, Is 2d; pollard, Is 3d; oats, Algerian, 2s 4d; potatoes, £3 ss; onions, £2.