COMMERICAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15519, 29 January 1914, Page 5

COMMERICAL.

fSfoNDON MARKETS. $%ss>'! ■ 1 Pre" Association—Copyright, W^{B«wi Ttd January 28. 6 p.m.) London, January 27. * i SILVER. s^«| v#r ''l uotetl ot 2s 23d P er standard fjH#• JUTE. ; ftiwary-Maffh, £32 10s. ®-r WOOL SALES. WjjjJelegraph — rreß ' Association .—Copyright ;lv' (Received January 28, 8.10 p.m.) MKi.noriuvE, January 28. IMt the wool fates to day, competition ? exceedingly keen, and prices wero i*Mr 5 per cent, above the December rstes-

STOCK SALES. AUCKLAND. ujuri. Alfred Buckland and Sons re-'"v-Westfie'd on Thursday. January 22, y, WistfieM on Thursday, January 22, Jiiry cows wero :n demand, selling at from *t to ill ' or b " 9 '- olhors £6 10a to £8 15s, ' ilea »nd interior £3 His to £5 10s, springing heifers £5 5* to £0 10,. empty cows £2 5s to *1 109 18-month heiiera £3 5a to £4 7s, aires XI 3s 1(1 11 b,llls £i to £8 da. At Pukekawa on Saturday wo held a clearB g safe on account of Mr. J. Wightman. There was a I,irKo attendance, and satisfactory prices wero obtained. We bold our usual monthly sale in the Pokskohe Yards on Monday, January 26, and h«d » wry far 3' yarding, all classes of stock bains strongly represented. There was n largo attendance. but prices wore easier -in all department!!. Dairy cows and heifers brought from £1 10a to £11, empty cows £-3 10i to £3 18*. forward four year-old steers £8 10$ to £0. forward three to four-year-olds £r 10s ;o es 9s. three year-olds £6 3a to £7. two to three-year-olds £1 las to £6 Is. 18-month itcon £3 13s to £1 t«, good calves £1 13 S to £0, others £1 Ss to £1 Us. small 15s to £1 St, wetdy Ss to Us. 15-month in calf heifers ft 10j to £1 10* Beef, of which we had th« record yarding of 245 head, sold at scarcely Westficld rates. Steers £7 15s to £10 10s. COWS and heifers £4 10s to £8 10s. The 07 bulls sold at from £5 10s to £9 ss, »«»!! bulls £3 to £5 There was an average »\r3ra« of nißs. which met with keen competition- Choppers brought from £3 4 S to £.1 ICs, heavy baconers £•! 15s to £3 2s, lighter £3 ?' to £2 Its, large porkers £2 4s l,- £2 lis. lighter £1 12s to £2. small £1 Ba tn £1 Us. slips 13s to 16s, wear.era 9s to 12a (113 sold). On Wednesday, January 28. at our weekly We.'tSeid fat stock market, we Denned beef (o the number of 389 head. There was a steady demand throughout, last week's values ■ heing tustained. Choice ox to £1 9s, prime £1 7s to £1 Bs. cows and heifers £1 to £1 ss. Steers ranged in prioo from £7 17s 6d to £12 2 sd, cows and heifers £4 to £9 ss. Sixty r.i<a Quality steers from Mr. A. Muir, junr. SlJ<»hia property, averaged £10 4s. and 17 v>ll'4nish'id bullocks from Messrs. W. H. anii G. Coxhead. Waitakaniru, averaged £11 4r. 6d. Fat and young calves in full number* Heavy vealers were low in price. Medium weights met with a fair sale. Heavy suckers £5 5s to £3 4s, medium £1 8s to £2 2s. lighter 16s to £1 Bs. small and fresh iroped Si to 15s. weedy 3s (119 sold). The iheeo rens wore moderately filled with a nice class of mutton There was an improved demand. prime sheet) being better worth by 1* fid to 2s per head. Extra heavy prime i'wethers £1 3s to £1 4s, heavy prime £1 Is ,to £1 2» Si, medium to heavy 17s 9d to 19s M. light and unfinished 15s to 16s 6d, best ewes 17s to 19*. good IK* to 18s 9d. other* 100 to 14* '1587 sold). The 608 lambs weiM ifinsfirienl for requirements, and sold at advanced fltrutas. Best heavy made from 16s to 18s. good 14* to 15* 9d, light lis to ISo, poor 7s to 10s fid.

•! , Mnus. Dalsety and Co., Ltd., report havis« held their usual weekly fat stock sale '■ iSWestfield on January 29, as under: — Jinti A moderate yarding; prices were on a par with last week's rates. Choice pens ■c" *(tra prime ox sold at up to 80s per lUOlb, oiiunary prime Quality ox 2Bs to 275. cow and bailor beef sold at 23s to 26a. nil: An average yarding; choice tuckers wldat last week's rate; inferior quality were ~ luTwr; runners made up to £3 2a; choice ' tuckers 33s to 46;. others 3s to 15s. "'•'Mutton: A email yarding, only i.bout half tie usual quantity penned. > Prices were from Is to 2s per head higher than last is week. Extra heavy prima wethers made up ,v to 22a Gd, medium weights 18s to 20s Crtj ! extra heavy ewes, up to 17s 9d, medium lis v.'to Us, inferior 5s to 10s. . Lamb: A moderate yarding; quality very 'mired; good prime lambs were higher than lan wees; inferior quality lambs were about "on"a par with last week's rites; heavy ifnooltr lambs, up to 16s 6d. - ' > 1 *'; '* Pork; A small yarding, which sold at late p*rates. ' • • v •

«j The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agcncy Co., Ltd., report:— ■ • .IsbifAt AVeatfield Yards on Thursday dairy and (kre eat;,ls wore yarded in average numbers, i ted prices wire on a par with late quotation*. Bess dairy cows and heifers close to profit sold at from £3 10a to ill, others £6 to ;£8 15s, aged cows £3 to £4 lOg, empty cows ytui heilers £3 at to £4 16s, calves 20s to 83s, bulls £3 to £* 17s 6d. •X' At Albert Yards on Friday horses came forward in usual numbers, and sold at late rates. Draught horses sold at from £23 to £34, medium draught £15 to £22, light hai,.t. new hones £8 to £12 10s. hacks £4 to £10. < , At Wmtford on Saturday wo held a clearing sale of Mr. G. M. Kirkcaldy's'lire and dead stock in conjunction with Messrs. A. • Buckland and Son. There was a good attendance, and late prices were realised. At Clevedon Yards on Monday we held ri our ' first shiep fair of the season. The advertised numbers did not come forward, but prices were good, and with the exception of one pen, the wholo yarding was sold undjr " toe hammer. Two-tooth ewes soli at from 13s to 16s 9d, four to six-tooth ewes 12s-6d Jto 15s 9d, full-mouth ewes 8s 6d to lis 9d, 1 culls 5s to 7s 9d, lambs 6s 6d to 13s 6d, liomiwy rams to Sjgns, Lincoln rams Signs, other rams 10» ed to 255. At Tuqkau Yards on Tuesday we held our sheep fair, when the advertised number did Dot couie forward, and prices were from Is -.to 2* a bead higher than last year's rates, conttuUtion being very keen, and the whole .yarding changed hands. Two-tooth ewes •old at from 13s 9>l to 15a 9d, four to sixtoofh ewes 12s to 15s 9d, fresh fall-mouth ewes 10s 9d to 14s 9d, aged and Mill ewea os 9d to 108 6d. Lambs of .good quality sold at from 8a 6d to 10* 6d. other lambs 5a to W. Rams: Bomney sold to B{gns, other Vaasa 10s Gd to ligns. • At Wostfleid Yards on Wednesday fat cattle were yarded in average numbers, and prices were on a par with last week's rates J o ' Oion, best oxen selling to 29s 6d per Iwlb, others 25a to 28s, cows and heifers to 25«. Steers sold at from £7 2s 6d 'O *12 15s, cows and heifers £4 5s to £8 15s. A draft of 24 steers, small, but well fatted, lrora Messrs. Re id Bros.', Waerenga, averaged £12 ss. Veal calves were yarded in food supply, and sold at lower rates jfldium weights sold at from 25s to 38s, other* 15s to 22a. lighter 10s to 14s, smaller and irssh dropped 3s to Bs. Sheep were ysrdcd ir. smaller numbers than usual, .and Mvaneed in price from Is to 2s per head, host wethers telling at from 20s 3d to 23s '". others 17n 6d to £1, heavy owes 15s 3d to 18s 9d. others 10s 6d to 15s. Lambs were ysrded in average numbers, and sold xt oiflher rates Best quality lambs 13s Gd to 17* «L nthors 10s 6d to 13s 3d Pigs came lor»;n in avoiace numbers. and improved in f ri M on ' nst wcc ' < 8 rates. Baconers £2 10s to £2 lf!«, large porkers 35s to £2 ss. porkers «b to 30s. slips 18s to 235, weaners 12s 6d to 15s.

ADDINGTON. j C BT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. J CnßisTcinTKcn, Wednesday. At the Addington live stock market there !n' re fairly largo entries of stock, the yardt. mi 0 sheep showing an increase. Fat cattle were rather duller of sale, but _pricea wei.- unchanged. Store sheep sold quite up to last week's rates, the supply not being t'l'ial '? the demand. Pat lambs showed a •light drop in valuos, and the fat sheep sale owned well, aged and inferior Unas being ">e onlj classes that were easier. 1r sr,°5 r ,° Sheep: Forward rape lambs, 15s to Job 3d extra 16s 3d to 17s 6d. others 10s to lis 9d, two-tooth wethers, Hs to lEs lid; WO. four, and six-tooth, IBs to 16s 6d; two and four-tooth ewe?, 16b to 18s 6d: four, six, J 0 " eight-tooth, 15n 3d to 18n 2d; goundi «°nn ' 5h lo a ■ ' a ' lambs, tegs, sold in *2®, to 215 l ! <i; average freezing weights, :™ to 19s 6d; light and unfinished, 15s M to 16s Id Pat Sheep: Prime wethers, 21s to 23s lid, lij' ',5k 6d to 20a Cd. merino wethers, 15s i |' • prune wethers. 21s to 23s lid, others 15a 5° to ■"'» fid, merino wethers, 15s lid; prime • w 19a to 235, others lis to 18s Gd. eat Cattle bteera, £8 to £11 10s. extra to 7 1 ' ss: holers, £6 to £10 7s 6d; cows, £6 16s t® *:o. Store Cattle: Yearlings, £1 17s 6d; 15 to is-tnoiiths sorts, £3 Is to £3 14b; two-year '•eur: \ £1 IDs to £1 16s (the latter being Paused! two-year heifers, £4 6s to £4 7s; >wo an( l » half year steers, £5 15s; three-year •Joes, £7, this year heifers. £6; four-year "teerm, £8. and dry cows, £2 5s to £4 15s. p ry made £3 5s to £11 ss. , tat 1 ins Choppers, 50s to 755; heavy pficonors. 68« to 66e. extra to 70s, lighter »<>rl? 47s "' D 55, these prices representing »ta per lb, heavy porkers, 42s to 455, lighter hi* *- (r)3, equivalent to 61d per lb. no ' , Pit" Medium clashes made 30s to -bTk' £ n 1 "'""'I sorts 22s to 28s; weaners, for '""h th,-re wad a very fair demand, realised "3 to 19a. BURNSIDE. [lit TELF.UIUPH.-rn.EBB ASSOCIATION.] Ddnepin, Wednesday. jThero was a large yarding of fat cattle at Parnsido to-day, ?'M being penned. There wtre a few pens of primo bullocks, but the

aualitv L™ entry.. consisted of medium well tL™,»2 ? d heifers. Prime cattle sold lines *hnw«^ 0U J medium and inferior filu , 0 < l d a °°P of 10s to 15s per head. £16 Sonrf M - £ 1 3 to £12 15 »- extra good to en®. .j 8 h ßt to , £ll ' light £8 10 » to £910., Si , eife 3 best £9 10s to £10 10s, t/Tls ?n I•*ii ll li medium to good £7 10s *?♦ wf' bght A S 108 * « 15s. *Jf*' Sheep : 3800 were penned, this number oemg largely in excess of requirements, r.woß were m over-eupply. Prices siajwed a drop of la to la 6d for Tethers, and hilly 2s 'or . eg - U-raxiera were operating freely, other wise ihe decline would have been *** i®. 1, A. J* l ®* number wore turned out unsold. Wethers, best 23s 6d to 24s 6d, extra to 275, medium to good 21s 6d to 235, light 18s 6d to 20s i ewes, best 20s 6d to 22s (3d, extra, to 28s, medium to good 18s 6d to 19s 6d. light 14s 8d to 17a. Fat Lambs: 500 were penned, mostly of good Quality. Competition was keen and prices wore firm at last week's rates. Best 18s to 19a 6d, extra to 21s 3d, good 16s-6d' to lis Od. Pigs: 72 fat pigs and 54 stores were penned. Prices remained good for suckers and stores, but fat pigs were in over-supply, and prices declined about 5s per head. Suckers, 14s 6d to 18s: slips, 20s to 24s 6d; stores, 27s 6d to 43s 6a; porkers, 45s to 525: light baconers. 53a to 58s: heavy baconers, 60s to 70s; choppers to 80s