LONDON WOOL SALES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21411, 8 February 1933, Page 5

LONDON WOOL SALES

BRISK COMPETITION LATE RATES MAINTAINED LQNDON, Feb. G At the London wool sales to-day 6700 bales were offered, including 3869 from New Zealand. About 5540 were sold. There was a moderate assortment, with brisk competition, chiefly from the Home trade. Late. rates were maintained.

Compared with last closing rates fine greasy Merinos were .5 per cent higher, inferior unchanged, scoured par to 5 per cent higher, fine crossbreds par to 5 per cent higher, medium and coarso unchanged, fine slipes par to 5 per cent higher, low unchanged. A New Zealand greasy crossbred clip "J.F." in diamond realised lOd, top price, and 7jd average. BRADFORD TOPS LONDON, Feb. 6 The v Bradford tops market shows an easier tendency for fine tops. This is due ■to the prolonged quietness of business. Sixty-fours are quoted at 22|d. COUNTRY STOCK SALES PRICES AT FRANKTON SHEEP AND CATTLE FIRMER [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Tuesday Conditions at the Frankton saleyards today were favourable to prices for most classes of stock being slightly in advance of late rates. There was a smaller yarding of wether mutton, which "showed an improvement on last week's Quotations. Ewes were penned in smaller numbers and showed a slight increase in value. Lambs remained firm at about late rates. There was a medium yarding of ox beef, prices being on a par with those ruling last week. / Cow beef, of which there waa an average supply, showed a firming tendency for good quality. Another heavy yarding of fat pigs met .with steady competition, values showing little change on late rates. The auctioneers report as follows: The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—-Prime fat wethers sold at 15s to 15s 4d; prime fat hoggets, 14s 9d to 15s; medifim fat wethers and hoggets, 12s to 13s; lighter fat wethers, 10s 6d to lis Gd; prime fat ewes, 9s 9d to 10s 8d; medium, 7s 6d to 8s lOd; lighter, 5s Gd to Gs Gd; heavy fat lambs, 13s to 13s lid; niedium, 10s 9d to lis lOd; lighter, 8s 9d to 9s Gd; runners, 30s to 355; vealers, lis to 15s; heavy fat steers, £0 10s to £6 15s; medium, £5 5s to £5 19s; lighter, £4 2s Gd to £4 10s; killable, £2 18s to £3 ss; heavy fat cows, £2 19a to £4 10s; medium fat cows and heifers, £3 to £3 9s; lighter, £2 5s | to £2 12s Gd; killable, 33s to 38s; heavy boners, 22s to 295; lighter, 10s to 18s; heavy Ikills, £3 5s to £3 12s; lighter, £2 to £2 Ids; choppers, to £3; prime heavy baconers, £2 10s to £2 14s; medium, £2 5s to £2 9s; light, £1 18s to £2 4s; heavy porkers, £1 13s to £1 17s; medium, £1 9s to £1 14s; light, £1 3s to £1 8s; stores, 15s to 225; slips, 9s to 14s Gd; weaners, 3s ! to 10s Gd. G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited.— Sheep: Prime two-tooth wethers sold at up to 15a; lighter fat wethers, 13s to 14s .lid; prime maiden ewes, 15s to 16s 3d; lighter, 12s to 13s 6d; heavy fat ewes, 8s to 8s 6d; light, 5s to 7s 3d'; heavy fat lambs, 13s 6d to 14s 7d; lighter. Us to 12s; unfinished lambs, 8s Gd to 10s Gd. Cattle: Heavy fat bullocks, £6 10s to £7 8s; lighter, £5 15s to£G 7s Gd; light, £5 5s to £5 10s; unfinished, £1 10s to £4 los; heavy fat cows, £3 10s to £3 15s; lighter, £3 to £3 7s 6d; light. £2 7e to £2 15s; unfinished, £1 10s ( to- £1 15s; heavy fat heifers, £3 7s 6d to £3 10s; lighter, £2 10s to £3 ss; light, £1 10s to £2. Pigs: Heavy baconers. £2 12s to £2 14s: medium, £2 5s to £2 10s; light, 38s to £2 lis; -heavy porkers, 2Ss to 365: medium, 25s to 275; light, 23s to 245; good stores, 18s to 235; slips, 13s to 17s; weaners, 9s to 12s Gd; choppers, £2 to £2 10s; sows with litters, to £2 14s. The 'New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited.—-Cattle: Prime quality fat bullocks sold at £5 15s to £7; medium, £4 15s to £5 10s; lighter and unfinished, £3 17s 6d to £4 10s; inferior fat, £3 7s Gd to £3 15s: best, prime quality fat cows, £4 10s to £5; prime cows, £3 18s to £4 7s Gd; medium fat cows, £3 to £3 17s plain conditioned. £2 5s to £2 17s Gd; inferior fat, 35s to £2 4s; wellgrown store cows, 27s to 325; medium. 22s to 255; boners, 14s to 20s. Sheep: Prime quality wethers. 13s Gd to 15s; medium, lis Gd to 13s; lighter, 10s to lis 3d; prime aged ewes. 7s Gd to Ss Gd; medium, Gs 9d to 7s Gd: light, ss~Gd to 6s Gd; best lambs, lis Gd to 13s Gd: medium quality, 10s to lis; light, 9s to 10s. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £2 9s to £2 J2s; medium, £2 2s to £2 8s; light, 36s to £2 Is; heavy porkers, 31s to 355; medium, 26s to 295; light, 23s to 255; choppers, £2 to £2 16s; large stores, lßs to £1 2s Gd; medium. 15s to 17s; slips, 12s to 14s 6d; good weaners, 10s to 12s Gd; small, Gs to 9s. Dalgety and Company, Limited.—Fat sheep: Ordinary fat wethers sold at' 13s 6d to 14s 3d; unfinished and small wethers. 11a to 12s 6d; small, 9s to 10s 6d; prime fat ewes, 7s 6d to 8s Gd; inferior fat ewes, 4s 6d to 7s: prime fat woolly lambs, 12s t-o lis Gd. Fat cattle: Prime young cow and heifer beef, to 16s per hundred: ordinary fat cows, 35s to £2 15s; inferior and boner sorts, 20s to 355; small vealers, IGs. Pigs: Heavy baconers, '£2 10s to £2 14s: medium. £2 to £2 8s; 'light, 36s to 38s; heavy porkers,,3ss to 375; medium, 27s to 31s; light, 20s to 255; choppers, £2, £2 10s, £3 13s: medium stores.'to 18s 6d; smaller, 12s to 15s; weaners. 7s 6d to 10s.

VALUES AT RANGIRIRI The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports having held its Tiangiriri stock sale on Monday, when there was an average yarding of all classes of cattle. Lato rates <vere maintained, good fat cattle and in-calf Jersey heifers commanding good competition. Values were:—Prime fat steers, to £'s 17s; good forward-conditioned steers, to £4: fat young cows and heifers, £3 4s to £4 Is: lighter, £0 7s to £2 J.Ss; killable cows. 36s to £2 ss: forward-conditioned cows, 25s to 355: boner cows, 12s to 20s; Jersey heifers, £3 to £3 Gs: heavy potter hulls, £3 Cs to £4 2s Od; lighter, £2 to £2 15s. CAMBRIDGE QUOTATIONS The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports that at the. Cambridge sale on Monday a heavy yarding of sheep and cattle was penned. Store lambs and aged ewes?' maintained late quotations, while cattle were slightly easier than at other sales. A medium yarding of pigs sold firm at lato quotations. Values were:—Fat ewes, 5s to 7s 6d; fat wethers, 13s 6d to 14s; prime fat lambs, 13s to 14s; lighter, 9s 8d to 10s; good store lambs, 8a 4d to 8s lOd; medium, 7s Id to 7s 9d; small. 6s to 6s 8d; full-mouthed ewes, 9s 4d imaged, 3s 5a to 4s 7d: medium fat steers, £4 17s; forward-conditioned steers, £3 to £3 18s; fat heifers, £2 7s to £2 17s; fat cows, medium. I£3 to £3 12s; light fat cows, £2 to £2 12s; killable cows, £1 12s to £2; frcsh-r.onditioned cows. £1 5s to £1 lis; boners. 10s to £1 3s; potter bulls, £2 5s to £3 10s; heavy porkers, £1 12s 6d to £l-15s; good stores, £1 to £1 4s 6d; slips,' 12s to 16s; weaners, Ga to 10s.

BROADWOOD SHEEP' FAIR [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] WHANGAREI, Tuesday Dulgety and Company, Limited, held a successful sheep fair at Brondwood yesterday when a mediurnyarding' came forward, and were sold under Rood competition. Values were:—Medium 2-tooth wethers, 7s lOd; medium 4-tooth wethers, 8s 3d; pood 2-tooth ewes. 10s; 4 nnd 5-year-old breeding ewes, to 5s 6d; aged nnd failing mouth ewes, to 3s; woolly ewe lambs, 0s; medium wether lambs, to ss.

TAUMARUNUI SHEEP FAIR [by telegraph—OWN correspondent] TAUMARUNUI, Tuesday The annual Taumnrunui ewe fair was held to-day at the Taunmrunui saleyards. the yarding comprising over 16,000 ewes, ranging in age from two-tooth to fullmouth. The sheep were all of good duality and there was an advance of a little over Is on all the linos offered. Bidding was very slack at the commencement, but competition became keener as the sale advanced. Four-year-old ewes offered on account of Messrs. Wall and Thorns, of Tarinsamotu.. made lis 6d, and a nice line of 207 twotooth ewes, sold on account of Mr. F. W. Rutherford, of Otangiwai. , made 16s Id. There was a large .attendance of farmers, and buyers were present from Taihape. Raetihi. Ohura, Te Kuiti, Kopaki and the Waikato.