COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17337, 8 December 1919, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. ___ \ NO TALLOW SALES. Australian and NZ. Cable Association. (Reed. 10.80 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 3. Tallow in stock totals 7605 casks; imports, 3498 casks; deliveries, 2645 - casks. Sales wero not held owing to the recent lack. of demand, but a. fair trade is passing privately. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 10.30 p.m.) LONDON,- Dec. 3. The following were the closing rates for P. and O. shares: Buyers, .£650; sellers, £670. Talisman shares closed at: Buyers, 7s 6d; sellers, 12s 6d. HIDES. SKINS, AND TALLOW. . Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report having held a. sale of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday as under: — Hides.Cow, best 10id to 105 d, medium lOd to 10id, rough 9d to 9Jd. scored 7{d to S|d, cut 8d to Slid, damaged' 6d to 6id; ox, extra heavy 12jtd to 13d, heavy 12d to ;12 jd, medium llid to 12d, light lid to llld, , ; cut 9id to lOd, damaged 6id to 7d; yearling, lOjd to Hid. cut '?M to Bd, damaged Sid to 64d; calf, good 20d to 22d, medium 18d to 20d. heavy Hid to 12d, damaged 7}d to 9{d, cut 9id to 12d: horse, 9s to 10s, medium 8s to 8s fid, small 5s to 5s 6d, cut 4s to 4s 6d. —Casks, best 069 to 60s, medium 50s to 555, ordinary 45s to 503 per cwt: tins, best 42s to 455, ordinary 40s to 455; dreggy and burnt. 353 per cwt. Bones.—Good, dry. £8 to £8 5s per ton. WAIKATO STOCK SALES. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering: Co.. Ltd., Hamilton, report:— The continuance of the butchers' strike has had a depressing effect on the beef market {generally, a great amount of stock being detained locally, which under normal conditions wou'd, ere this, have reached the abattoirs. There has, however, been some activity shown by freezing .buyers, and up to their _ standards competition has been fairly brisk. It is safe to assume that immediately freezing operations are in full swing the market will be exceedingly lively. The eamfe remarks apply to mutton as to beef. As regards store cattle, there is very little change to report from the preceding week, although, at a number of oiir sales a. brighter tone was observed. It is not expected, however, that much improvement will bo experienced until more favourable weather conditions prevail. It may be said 1 hat the demand for dairy cattle is about 1 satisfied for this season, although a miniher of good cUarinp sales reported. The market for store sheep is fairly buoyant, especially forward wethers. th« advance in freezing values being no doubt accountable. Most of the sheep offering are shorn, and considerable business is being transacted. Good ewes and lambs receive attention, but poor sorts are neglected. Pigs Strongly maintain their popularity, and sell freely m all markets. We quote: J3ul!ocks. hea.vy prime £17 10s to £21 10s, n-ediunt £14 10s to £17; cows, prime fat £13 to £16. medium fat £11 to £12 10ft; heifers, fat £11 to £13 10s; bdUocks. 4-yoar-ioid £12 10s to £13 10s, 3-year-old £10 10s to £11; Cows, fresh conditioned £8 10s to £10 ss. good £7 10s to £9, old and low £3 to £5 10a; steers. 2-year-old £6 10s to £7 10s, yearling best £4 5s to £5 10s, yearling medium £3 to £3 15s, yearling small £2 to £2 10s; heifers, 2-year-old empty £6 10s to £7 15s, yearling medium £4 to £4 15s, yearling best £4 15s to £5 ss; dairy cows, best £14 to £19, ordinary £9 to £12 10s, backward and old £6 to £8: dairy heifers, bert 3-year-old £10 to £34, ordinary 3-year-old £9 to £10. best 2-year-old £8 to £9; wethers, prime shorn 34s to 3.85, med'am 30s to 345; ewes, prime shorn 28s to 31s; ewes with lambs, young 38s to £2 ss, with lambs F.M. 32s 6d to 37b 6d; shorn withers, 4-tooth 28s 6d to 31s. 2-toofh 23s to 24s 6d; pigs, porkers £4 to £5. slips £2 10s to £3 lOs, weaners £2 to £2 12s 6d; horses, heavy draught £40 to £50, medium draught £32 to £40, light draught £24 to £30, harness £15 to £23. hacks £10 to' £18. * ; - ""