DEMAND FOR WOOL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21029, 13 November 1931, Page 5

DEMAND FOR WOOL.

MERINO AT GEELONG, SEASON'S RECORD PRICE. COMPETITION AT SYDNEY. ■ (Received November 12, 10.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 12. A message from Melbourne states that an Australian record price for this season's wool was paid at the Geelong sales. Five bales of Merino fleece sold at a ib. At the Sydney sales to-day 11.407 bales were offered and 11,035 were sold. Also 955 bales were disposed of privatelv. The market was without change, prices remaining firm at the previous day's rates. Very strong competition ruled, particularly from Japan and Bradford. Greasy Merino sold to 18d.

OFFERINGS IN DOMINION. DETAILS OF RECENT EXPORTS. Of an offering of 1475 bales of wool in the Dominion during October, 1360 bales were sold, according to returns compiled by Dalgety and Company, Limited. There were no offerings in Auckland. The sales for the past four months were 2667 bales of 2801 bales offered, compared with 14,907 bales and 18.204 bales respectively for the corresponding period of 1930. One total offering of 258 bales in Auckland was sold.compared with 1006 bales offered and 953 sold during the corresponding four months last year. Exports from the Dominion for the past four months were 52,333 bales, as against 81,254 bales in the same period of 1930. Auckland and Opua shipped 3685 hales for the past four months, compared with 3602 during the corresponding 1930 period. October exports for the Dominion totalled 5992 bales, including 571 from Auckland and Opua. STOCK SALES. VALUES AT PUKEKOHE. [FROM OVR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] PUKEKOHE, Thursday. ' Best dairy cows sold at £3 10s to £ll at to-day's stock sale at Pukekohe, conducted by Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited. Other cows made £6 +.O £7 las; small and aged. £2 to £5 10s. Bulls made frora £1 to £6; best yearling Jersey heifers, i' 3as to £3 15s; others, £2 10s ■to £3; smaller, £1 10s to £2 2s; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £1 15s. There was a, big yarding of beef cattle and stores, with values easier. Best fat cows made £5 15s; lighter cows, £3 upward; stores and boners, to £2; light fat steers. £5 5s to £5 15s; forward-condi-tion four-year steers, £4 10s to £;> 43; other four-year steers. £4 to £4 7s; forwardcondition three-year s'eers, £3 Gs to £4 23; two to three-year steers. £2 10s to £3 6s; yearling to 18-months steers, £1 10s to £2. A large yarding of pigs was of'ered. Choppers brought £1 5s to £2; heavy baconere, £1 19s to £2 4s; lightfcand medium. £1 13s to £1 17s; heavy pdfekers. £1 9s to £1 12s: light an.-I mediufe. £1 iSs to £1 Ss; best stores. £1 4s to £1 7s; good slips, IS? to £! 2s; good wenners, 14s to 17s; small. 93 to 12s; sows, due to-farrow, £2 10s to £4; small serviceable boars, 3gns. to 3jgns. STOEE CATTLE AT FRANKTON. Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having held their store cattle sale at Frankton saleyards on Wednesday, when there was a lair yarding. Good quality steers sold at full late rates, but indifferent quality was hard to quit. Two-year-old Polled Angus steers sold up to £4 Is: four-year-old Shorthorn bullocks. £4 2s 6d; yearling heifers, to £3 6s; others. 37s Gd to £3 17s Gd , store cows, 20s to 30s; bulls. £2 10a to £5 ss, Dairy cattle were offered in fair numbers and sold. MATAMATA QUOTATIONS.. There was a good yarding of all" classes of stock at the Farmers' Auctior.eenna Company's fortnightly stock sale at Matamata. on Wednesday. Prices were slightlv easier for beef and fat pigs, whila store cattle, store and weaner pigs and sheep sold on a par with lato rates. Prices were:—Cattle: Fat heifers, £3 Is -to £6j heavy fat cows £4 17s 6d to £5 ss; medium, £3 4s to £4 10s; light. £2 lis to £3 ls t killable cows, £1 16s to £2 ss; fresh etord cows, to '27s; four-year Polled Angus and Hereford steers. £3 'ss to £4 4s; three-year Polled Angus steeru. £3 Is; choice Jersey heifers, £5; poorer sorts, to £2 4s: two-year heifers, £2 Ss; service bulls, £2 10s to £4 15s; petting bulls, to i'A 10s: dairy heifers, £3 10s to £5 10s; cows, in milk. £2 103 to £5 10s. Pigs: Heavy baconers, 39s to £2 2s; light. _ 34s to 375: heavy porkers, 3ls to 355: light, 2Ss to 30s; stores. 24s to 295: slips, 20s to 235: weaners, 17s Gd t-o 2'2s 6d; smaller, 12s to Ids. Sheep: Fat hoggets. 14s: fat ewes. 6s Gd to 7s 6d; store four-tooth wethers. 10s Od to 12s; store ewes. 3s Sd; ewes and lambs, 6s Sd.

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. (Received November 12, 8.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 14. The following are to-day's quotations on the Sydney produce market: —'Wheat: Ex trucks, Sydnev, 3s 4^d; at country stations, 2s 9|d. Flour: £l2 ss. Bran: £4 ICs. Pollard: £5. Potatoes: Tasmanian, old, to £10; local new, £ll 10s. Onions: Victorian, tO:*i|B. 10s; Queens, land, £l2. Oats: White and .Algerian, 2s 6d. Maize: 3s 3d,