COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17244, 21 August 1919, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON WOOL SALES. Australian sad N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 6.6 pjn.) LONDON, Aug. 19. At the wool sales competition was keen in all sections operating. Prices were,.arm all round. The- Bradford market is quiet owing to the holidays. [ST TELEGHAPH.—BSSSS ASSOCIATIOir.} WELLINGTON. Wednesday. The Prime Minister, Hon. W. F. Massey, aas received the following cablegram from SHmi**"f!g£ oß of Raw Materiaxs, London:— Xae n.th 3eriea or wool sa.es commenced on. August 1L Oa this occasion we are allowing the United States of America and neutral countries to operate among all grades to a limited extent. The nricee for Merinos JS, nc l ah ? much change from the- July ,1 * * j best greasy combings are 75 per cent, dearer owing to Aniericaa competition, ine position of fine croaabreda is unchanged, SSL. m * d p? m *P rts ar « 2 id and coarse 5a «a. Paces for fine crossbred slipes are steady, but those for medium and coarse 2Sft os * re 3 T>er CBllt - lower. As at pregat arranged the series lasts until August Ne^ sSSi^^S 9 department of the. Bank of cabLd *£? nd ias receded the following cabled advice from London under date August ate salea h , aTa opened with moderluyer? P Thf™ a ,-. aad ,- £ai s of SS»2X"t , J - !l " ir e is an active demand by Con- «* Home buyers are quiet. aShS .ItiKSL * fro P Par to 5 per cent change." Ot&W wooi skoW3 no inotable PRICES OP METALS. A- and N.Z. LONDON, Aug. 13. £iffi P l" : 6d' £i(a 17s 6d; Electrolytic, i'H2 10s. Sr^lter^LP s^ 8 months. £25 12a 6i 10s! Spot, £1 ° lfls: three months, I*l 25 3 1 d .: Spot '' " ISs: ***** months, £265 Silver, 59fd per staadartl ounce. STOCK SALES. AUCKLAND. rt n l *«««• sala al! Westfield store sale Competition lim ? larSe 5^ b «s! cowa ST.A u -7 cot °. keen ' Md ÜBleaa daU of sale g.,^ - to Brofit **» heifers, dose to \^ at „, darr * cows and £11 10= toV? fff° fit '- *&. to £ -°- others £11 to fii% Z l 10a; backward aorta, best 7„.;i la > others £3 to £1Q Is s qSI »ld t £5 10a tois iof * cj ,?*?, ccrws and heifers, g«tog to 18-months steers. £4 fi. to £7 2s 6d; two-year-old steers, £7 17s 6d to £8 IBs"w0a C to re^ £258 to £3 1Q *- heifer calves', i £4 to Is & e^" 11118 to 18-months heifers; ; A, L t , lS ' ail^u u on Saturday we held our i taonthly sale, when we had an average yard- ! mg of store cattle and a large eatryrf nW 7 . ? w * Dd h P«»- The latter sold y. %?\. competition, everything being < JW *$ h P^ S " I%* dair 3" cows. £U i vQ £20, others £9 to £13 15s; inferior and: aged cows, £6 10s to £8 15a; beat dairy heifers. £13 to £17 Ss, others £8 to £12 ;l 8;^l mi Vi aad w eeoy heifers, £5 10s to £7 17s 6d. Beef la small numbers sold to fully Westaeid prices. Empty cows and heifers, m, to £8 15a; bulls, £6 to £12 10s: steer calves, £2 2s to £3 las; heifer calves. £1 las to £3 as; yearling steers, £4 to £5 logyearling heifers, £3 10s to £4 123 6d. Pigs sold under extra keen competition to extreme vaiue3. weaaers selling to £3 sa; slips t£* i 3? Berkshire sow, in young,. lOigns. VV*,held a special sale at .Wbitford on Saturday, which was well supported, every pen being filled. There was a large attendance oi buyers, practically everything changing hands at good figures. Best dairy cows, £18 to £26 153; good sound cows, £12 to £li Ms, others £3 as to £11 153, unsound and poor £5 to £7 ss; best dairy heifers, £11 to £1S 10s. others £7 5s to £10 10s. Included in the foregoing were Mr. Jas. McFarlane's dairy herd, the cows of which averaged £19 as 6d and the heifers £12 6a. Empty cows. £5 7s 6d to £10, for well torward; working bullocks. £19; yearling heifers, £4 5s to £5; heifer calves, best £2 2s 6d to £3 as, others £1 to £2 Is-, fresh dropped calves, 12s to 16s; hoggets (email), £1 la; weaaer pigs, in keen demand, £1 16a to £3 3s. We met a-fair- yarding at Henderson oa Monday, dairy cattle predominating, although nothing of quality penned. Good sound cows and heifers-.. £9 IDs. to .£l2, others £6 to £9 ss; bulls, £1 4s to £15; empty cows. £5 12s 6d to £7 18s; four-year-old steers. £12 12a 6d. three-year old £10 10s, two-year-old £8 as; yearlings, £4 10s to £6 ss; calves, best £2 5s to £3 2s 6d. others £1 10s to £2, poor aad weedy ISa upwards, twoyear Jersey steers, £4; a team of working bullocks at £17 13a 4d each. The bidding throughout was keen, with few exceptions the yarding being sold. ! At WesJfield fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in less than average numbers. The market showed a firmer tone and prices upward tendency. Choice ox sold to £3 5s per lOUlb; prime ox sold at from £2 19 a to £3 4s per 1001b; rough aad in- . ferior ox, £2 12s to £2 18» per IDOlb. Cow and heifer beef sold at from £2 13s to £2 ISa per IfiOlb. We yarded no heavy weights. Steers sold at from £15 to £24 2a 6d. Cows and heifers- sold at from £9 to £17 2s 6d. Calves came forward in extra large numbers, there not being sufficient peas for all. All except small fat calves were easier. Runners sold from £5 5s to £3 ss; heavy vealers, £3 loa to £5 2s fid. medium £3 to £3 las, light £2 to £2 18s 6d; lighter fat calves, 15a to £1 ISs; fresh dropped, 5s to IBs. Sheep were penned in more than average numbers, and sold at improved prices under keen competition. Extra heavy wethers, £2 I4a to £2 199—one small pen of these realised £3 la; heavy prime wethers, £2 Ss fid to £213 a 3d; medium prime wethers. .£2 4s 9d to £2 9s 3d; light prime wethers. £2 0a 6d to £2 4a 6d: unfinished wethers. £1 16a to £20 » 3d; extra heavy ■ ewes. £2 8a to £3 14a 6d; heavy prime ewes, £3 2s to £2 7s 3d, medium £1 16a to £2 Is 6d. light £1 9s 3d to £1 Iss 3d, unfinished £1 Is 3d to £1 83 6d. Hoggets were penned ia average numbers, and sold to high values. Best, £1 14a to £1 17s 6d. medium £1 11a , to £1 13s 9d. light £1 6« to £1 IDs 9d. ; Seventy-eight wethers from Messrs. A. Yates and Co., Karaka, averaged £2 I7s 3d. Pigs were- penned in average numbers, with perk- i era easier and baconers at late high value*. ] Medium baconers, £5 to £7 3s; heavy pork- , ors. £4 to .£4 13s, medium £3 8a to £3 133, : light £2 15s to £3 7s; weaners, under keen , competition, £2 5s to £2 15s- j DaTcety and Company, Ltd., report having '• held their weekly sate of hides, etc., oa . Tuesday, as under: — Bides, best butchers' ox stout 12d to ; 13ld, medium lid to 12d, light lOld; cow, best lOd to lOld. light lOd to HHd: yearlings, 12d- calfskiMß. best 16d to ISd, heavy and meaty 13d to 13d; cut. damaged, and dirty hides 2d to 4d per lb below above rstet hoase hides. 5s to 13s each. Tallow, beat, in shipment casks, to £60 per ton: broken packages £45 to £50. Horsehair, tail la 5d to Is 6»d, mane loid. -, hews, dry £S 5a » ton. _.'... . Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their weekly sale of fat stock at Wpstfield. on Wednesday, as under: — Beef: A moderate yarding, and prices were on a par wrth last week's rates. Extra choice peas of prime ox sold at up to £3 3s per 100Tb: ordinary prime ox sold at an average of £2 19" per lOO'V; cow and heifer be*f. £215 a to £3 per 1001b Veal: A very large number yarded the majority of which were young calves. Good heavy runners made up to £6 ISs: good suckers 30s to 565; young calves from oh to lis. «_. Mu'-ton: Fair yarding, but very lew pen 3 of prime sheep. The demand was keen for good sheep at late rates. Tn.me heavy wether made ur> to £219 a: medium ditto. 38s 6d to 465; light and unfinished. 30s 6d to 3Ts 3d: prim© ewes made up to 44s 63. medium di'to 34s to 37a. . Pork - Moderate yarding. Prices were on a par with late rates. Bacoaers sold at equal to lOd per lb. Porkera made up to lid per lb. Alfred Bucklaad aad Sons, Ltd., report:— On Thursday, at Gleabrook. we held * special sate of Mr. A- J. Lowe's dairy herd. There was aa extra large attendance. Competition was very keen and high prices were obtained. Best cows made fram £26 to £32; others, £16 to £25. The registered pedigree Jersey cow realised 95ffns. The whole herd, Bat including the pedigree cow, averaged £23 7s. Choice grade Jersey heifers at. profit, £19 to £36; other springias heifers. £10 10s, £15 10s. _ We held a clearing sale at Whaagarata on Friday, on account of Mrs. Ramanui, Buyers were m, attendance, and everything sold well up to expectations. Best cows £15 to £16 15s. others £10 to £14 IQs; empty cows, £8 to £S 10s-. 13-month steers, £5 8s to £6 lis; calves. £1 10s. . On Monday we held a clearing sale on account of Mrs. Masefield. East Tamaki. There was again a large attendance and the cows were keenly competed for. best making from £20 10s to £27, others £12 to £18: empty cows. £5 to £8. _ , _ . At Tuakau oa Thursday, and at Pokeno oa Monday, stock came forward ia fuller numbers- than of late. There was a good demand for all classes and very few failed to change owners. Good dairy cows made from £13 10s to £16 10s, others £9 10s to £12 IGs, aged and inferior £4 10s to £8; fair quality heifers £3- Ifls to £12 5a,. small and backward £5 to £8 10s ; empty cows, £4 5« to £8; throe-year-old steers. £11 15s; yearling to IS meafhs steers. £4 Ise to £6 IOs: he-"fers, ■ same age. £4 to £5 15s; good calves, £3 17s 6d to £3 18s, others £1 to £2 10s. We held our usual mon + sale ia the ; Bunciman yards cm Tuewfoy and had an : extra large yarding, big cattle being strongly ' represented and included a lino of 201 three i and four-year-old fat and forward steers oS i turnips, payers were in attendance and. |,with the exception of a few peas of lowconditioned young csW« and an odd pen of grown, steers, everything sold. Fat' steers, £15 IBs to £20: I7e 6di. 65 averaged £17 17a 6d: very forward three and a-half to four-year-old sfeers, £13 10s to £15 IQS; less condition, same ago, £12 10s to £14; very fresh, three-

year-old steers, £11 Ifls to £13t two to three--1*5228 steers. £11 10s to £13t two to three-year-old steers, £8 to £11; eighfeen-menth y,!ar " old ee*a. *o 5s to £7 15s fresh SE* 7 o ,'™ 5 ' ** 10b *« £3 10a; fat cows and heifers, £9 10b to £13 ss; store cowa, £4 10a {to £6; o**' calve% £3- to £4 Bs-. other calves, l%i * »fe £ 15s ' cows aad heifers. I 0 £16 10s.j We held our weeklyWestfield sale of dairy I aßds.ore cattle oa Thursday and had considerably more- than aa average eatry. All • classes sold at- ruling prices. Best dairy , | cows made from £15 10s to £18 ISs, secondi graqe cows £11 los to £15. aged and interior, £0 5a to £8 10s ; emDty cowa aad belters £5 10s to £10 ss ; the advertised • grown steers £13 to £16 Esat yeaning to eigbteen-month cattle. £5 as to £6 las; calves. £1 los -to £2 ISs. Yesterday at our weekly Weatfield fat »*CK market we penned beef to the number 01 325 head, comprising 274 steers and 5X cows and heifers. The itualrty again, was • first ciaas. There was a keen demand • 1 throagnout. with values much the same aa i I **s* week. Quotations:— ox -oid to 1 : f* 2» oer .K)«>-b; prune- ox. £2 18b to £3 per ■ I 100. b; Dam and rough beef, £2 as to £2 i4a . ! per lOOib: cow and heifer aeef. £2 aa to £2 1 ' },-■, P" iwliQ Steers ranged m price from ' ' *■". to £2a 15s, the latter prw» 10 r three i irOiled Angus steers from Messrs. Booth and ' i -S£i tt> r$ aitoa. tows and heifers, £8 to . ! £17 as- The highest averages fox steer? were . : tor, 14 from Messrs. Bcoth. and Hewitt's . I ->; ait o a oroperty, £27 17s 3d: seven from ' Mr. Ed. Aii«n. Cambridge, £26 5a 2d; 14 ' from Mr. H. &- lieid, Waerenga, £25 8a lid; eight from Mr. (j G. h.mi. Utaua, £21 16s i I 3d: seven from Mr. C. J. Storey, Woodstock, la Awamutu. £21 3a 3d: 24 from the Waikato. £21 2a 6d: eight from Mr. F- Potts, I Fettanui. Pirongia, £20 10a- 25 from Messrs. ' Death Bros.. Vv litakaniru, £20 9s 3d; 16 ex , rail. £20 ss: eight from C. Biachoff estate, ' , Utaua. £19 13s 9d: 24 ex road, £19 3a; eight from Mr. W. W. Dickie, Waitoa, £19 3a 3d; : ' fix from , Mr i Muir. sea.. Mangere, £20 : K>a lOd: four from Mr. W. W. McLaughlin, ■ I Faoatoetoe. £21 ; two heifers, same vendor, I £16 12s 6d -. eight from Mr. J. S. Auen. I Tuau, £13 IQs led; eight from the Waikato, . £17 7a 6d: IS from Orini Land Co.. £17 63 ' fa; eight frcra King Country. £17 4s 2d; 14 cows. ex road. £14 12s 3d. lbe sheep pens were moderately filled with a fair class of mutton. There continues to be a, keen demind, the numbers comiag forward being irtsximcLcnt for requirements, and values are veiy firm. Extra, heavy prime wethers, £2 16e to £2 ISs Sd: a pen of nine extra, special from Messrs. Reimers and Roche, VVaimauku. made £3 23; Heavy prime wethers, £2 &i to £2 123 6d: medium to heavy prime wethers, £2 3g to £2 7s 6d ; light • 1 tat wethers £1 17a to £2 Is; unfinished , j wetnera, £1 12s 6d to £1 16s: heavy prime I ewes. £1 16s to £2 2s (no extra heavy ewea penned): lighter fat ewes, £1 I3s to £1 las: other ewes. £1 5s to £1 lis; heavy prime hoggets, £1 16s to £1 ISs for a. pea of 34 from Messrs. Burners aad Roche: lighter fat hoggets, £1 10s to £1 15s; other hoggets. .£1 6a to £1 9a 6d (1334 sheep sold). Fat young calves came forward in record numbers aad were ia excess of requirements, values suffering a further drop. Runners made from £6 to £11 12s 6d for a two-year-old heifer: heavy vealers £4 to £5 15s, me- , 1 diurn £3 Is to £3 173. lighter £2 Is to £2 14 a: suia.l fat calves. 12s to £1 14»: fresh dropped. 3s to 10a (211 sold). Pigs were yarded in. average numbers and values for all classes were easier than last week's high quotations. There were no choppers yarded. Heavy baconers made up to £8 19s. light £6 4s to £7: heavy porkers £5 Is to £3 13s. medium £3 18a to £4 19a. light £3 3s to £3 16s; wellbred slips, £1 13s to £2 8a; weaners, £1 2s to £1 lis (196 sold). ! We held a clearance sale at Mauku oa . account of Mr. A. E. Robinson oa Wedaes--1 day. The attendants was good, and satisI factory prices ruled. Dairy cows made up , to £27 IQs. heifers close to profit up to £17. farm mare £26 10s. j At the Havuiarket on Friday we had an average yarding of houses, which sold at j slightly above late rates. Aged draughts 1 made from £15 to £25. plough horses up to j £22. medium and grocer's cart sorts to £19. ! hacks and light harness sorts £8 to £15 j 10s. turnout £35. waggon £47. ; We had more than the average yarding i of horses at Papakura on Monday, these ' selling at late quotations. Best aged heavy draughts made up to £28. medium £14 life . to £20, hacks and harness horses £8 up to £13, 10s. I ADDINGTON. [BY TELEGUAPH. —PHESS ASSOCTATTOIf.] CHRI3ICHTJRCH, Wednesday. At Aldington market today the yardinga of stock wore not very large in any department, except in fat sheep and store cattle, the latter showing a considerable increase, over the sales for weeks past. Store sheep, especially ewea and ewe hoggets, sold at an advance on late sales. Fat sheep. Of coarse, were not up to the sales of the double market a fortnight ago, but sold at aa advance on the prices ruling on July 30. The quality of the yarding was. however, very moderate, a considerable proportion being unfinished. Thsre was a further advance ia the price of fat cattle, the* proportioa at really prime be-ag small. There was oaly a limited demand for store cattle, and few sales were made at the auction, bull some business was done privately. Good dairying cows =old well, and there was a k»«n demand for the few vealers penned. Pigs of all classes sold well. The range, of prices was as follows — Store Sheep: Two-tooth; ewes. 30a 2d to 3Ss; four to six-tooth ewes, to 36s Sd; four, six and eight-tooth ewes, 23s lOd to 31s 7d; four and six. tooth wethers, 32s 8d to 34a lOd; six tad eight-tooth wethers. 33a 3d to 3ts 6d; ewe he<:w;ts. to a -5 * 6d; w-thr hoggets, to 27s 3d; mixed hoggets, 31a 3d to 30a 3d. I Fit Shear Prime weth«""!. 50s to 60s: I nwidiuai, 38s to 43s 6d; uannish-d, Sis 3d to 373 6d; extra prime ewes, to 535; prime. TS* to -IS": nv-dra**i. ?ost"27sSd. un c nished, 23* 6d to 295; hoggets. 23s 3d to 38s. Fat Cattle: Extra prime steers, to £32 15s prime steers. £22 to £27 2s 6d: ordini ary. £10 I 5« to £21 10a; prime heifers. £14 to £15; ordinary cow 3, £3 Ms to £14 16s. Store Cattle: Three-year steers, to £9 Is; two-y»ar steers. £* 12« 6d to £T 15«: thieeyear heifers, to £7; dry cows. £4 12s 6d to £7 15s; dairy cows. £8 to £17 10s. Pigs: Baconers. £5 5s to £8 IS*, equal to lOd to 10* d per 'b; porkers. £3 Iss to £5, equal to Is per lb: Chotroers. £6 to £11 17« 6d; medium stores, £•? 2s to £3 6»; small, 32s to £2; weaners, 17s to £2. BURNSIBE. [BT TEtBGKiPH.—PBESB A3SOCSEAXIO3r.| DUNEDHf. Wedaesday. At Buraside to-day 150 fat cattle were yarded. Competition waa keen* and prices were well up to late rates at the commence. meat and firmer towards the conclusion. Prime bullocks realised £25 5a to £23 12» 6d, medium and good £18 10s to £23, light and unfiaished £15 to £17 ss-, prime heifers £15 10s to,£lß 15s. medium and good £13 ISa to ' £14 los, light aad aged £10 10a to £11 Ids. : Fat sheep: 1200 were penned. Only fewpeas were prime heavj the majority being of medium quality. Prime advanced Ss, ! medium about 2s 6d, and inferior Is to I* 60 , compared with last week, bat prices fell sway 1 somewhat towards the finish. Extra prime 1 .wethers brought 6Ss to 72s 6d, prime 55s to S2s, medium and good 46s 6d to 525, li<*hi and unfinished 34s to 3Ss. Only a few peas of ew»e r offered, realising 30s to 37s 9d. Pigs: A smal yarding met with a ready sale as an advance oa late rates. HIDES AND ALLOW MAEKEE. The New Zealand Loan sad H«xcaataSa> Agency Company, Ltd.. report: We submitted and said average catalogues of hides aad tallow oa Tuesday. We, quote (hides market brisk): Ox, extra stout 13d .to I3id, stout I2d to VZid, mediam Hid. to lltd, light IQJd to lid; cows, best lines IOJd. good 9id to lOid. inferior 9d to 9«d; ; stags, Od to 10* d; fops, 114 to 12W; calf- : skins, best to ISd, good I4d to lfid, inferior 12d to 13d, cat and damaged 9d to Ifii&; ; hor3© hides, 5s to 12s 6d. Taflow 'market firm): Best mixed to 60s, 1 good 40s to 50s, inferior 30s to 35s Sd: rough 1 fat. 2d to 3d per lb. ■ 1 Bones: £8 5s ton; cowteHs, la sfos. J Horsehair: Is to Is 6d_