THE MARKETS.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 657, 5 March 1909, Page 3

THE MARKETS.

PALMERSTON STOCK SALES. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report that at Palmerston North on Thursday they had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle and ' though prioesjwere lower owing to the dry weather, a good demand existed and satisfactory prioes were realised for most lines and very little went out unsold, Quotations: —Purebred 2tooth Romuey ewes 18s, good 6-tooth and f.f.m. ewes 12s Id, 4 and 6-tooth owes Us 2d, 2-tooth ewes lis 3d to 12s 6d, 2-tooth to t'.f.m ewes 10s 9d, 4-tooth to f.f.m ewes 9s 8d to 10s Bd, 5-year ewes 8s 3d to Ss 9d, oull ewes 4a 6d, lambs 7s 9d, oull lambs 4s 2d, forward bullooks £5 6s, fat oows £3 17b 6d to £4 4s, light fat qowb £3 10s to £3 15s, forward oows £2 10a to £3 2s 6d, store cow 35s to £2 ss, springing cows £5 10s to £6, 18mouths heifers 25s to 295, 18-months steers 80s, weaners 9s 6d to 15a, oows and oalves £2 17s, bulls £2 5s to £3 ss,

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report.—We had a medium entry of sheep, and a small yarding of oattle met with moderate enquiry. We quote: Oull ewes 4s, 4-tooth e'wes 12s 7d to 12a lid, foiward wethers 10a 9d, Romney rams l^gns., Southdown rams 3gns., Border Leicester raiDß l%gus., English Leicester rams 2% gus. Oattle: 2-year steers £2los, (at cowb £4 13s, store oows Site, bulls £2l7s 6d to £312 6-J.

HASTERTON QUOTATIONS. 1 Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Masterton stock sale as follows:—Sheep were yarded greatly in excess of advertised numbers, upwards of 8000 being penned. Bidding at auction was duller than at previous Bales and although we quitted the bulk of the yarding vendors had in most cases to slightly lower their reserves. The entry in oatcle consisted of bullooks and the usual odds and biuls cows and weaners. Quotations: Sheep,, Wethers lis to 12s, oulls 9s, best breeding ewes 14s 3d, others' 1$ 9d, 13s 6d, 13s 3d, 13s Id, 12s 9d, down to 12s 4d for best sorts, otherß 9s to lis 6d, woolly lambs 9s lOd to lCs, shorn lambs 6s Id to 8s ?d, rams, Rumneys, % to Sonthdowns 2 to Lincoln 2guß., Shropshire Ito Sgns. Cattle, forward conditioned bullooks £5JlOs to £6 Is, oows and calves 80s to 40s, weaners £l, oalves 7s tolls.

THE MEAT MARKET. (Press Association). Napier, Yeßterday. Thlie O.G. and D. Company oable that the mutton market continues weak, and a further fall is reported in the valnes of mntton and lamb. To-day's quotations Canterbury mutton, Napiei, Wellington, and North Island, 3%d; lainb, first quality seoond, 4%d. Beef, hinds fores, 2%il

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE,

(Pre&s Association), Ohristohnroh, Yesterday. At the Addington yards to-day there wore fairly large entries of Btock, and a good attendance. Fat oattle Bold at about last week's rates. Store sheep and fat lambs were easier and fat sheep sold at still lower prices Figs sold well at late rates, and there was a rather dull demand for store oattle. The entry for store sheep was the largest for this Beason, about 3000 being yarded, bat the quality as a whole was only moderate,, there being a number of North Island and Chatham Islands sheep among the lines of wethers and ewes. There was a large entry of lambs, and they were mostly light and inferior Borts. The demand for all olHßßes was easier, and prioeß showed a reduotion on late rates. Forward rape lambs were the only sorts that maintained anything like late values, while there was a considerable drop in low-conditioued and travel-staiujd lambs. Ewes of all ages also suffered in prioe, even young ewes not being in suoli strong demand as of late. Wethers were dull of sale, though there were some good lines on offer, and soveral lines were passed. The entry of fat sheep was not quite so large as that of last weeif, but the supply was more than sufficient for the butohers. It was less noticeable in wethers than iu ewes, but a few lots of the former were oheap enough for graziers to pnrohase. Aged and inferior ewes showed the largest rednotion in values, and (he lowest prices for the season were realised.'

THE TALLOW SALES. (Press Association.—By Telegraph Copyright). London, Yeterday. At the tallow sales 850 caßks were offered and 650 sold. Prices were unchanged.