COMMERCIAL NEWS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1678, 27 April 1904, Page 51

COMMERCIAL NEWS

Messrs Abraham and Williams report that sales for the week comprise Hiyiter-vill-c, Mavton, Colyton, Otaki, and Pafmeav.lon North, and a. clearing sale on account of Mr J. Hurley, of Kairanga. The sheep at each centre sold freely with a steady upward 'cendeuicy, and values are rapidly approaching the extreme limit at which they can prove payable. Cattle have been in better demand 1 and somewhat increased prices, no cioubt. owing to the shortage of sheep and the feed which is now plentiful throughout the country. At Palmerston bn the Mtli we had an average entry of sheep, and' a full yarding of cattle. For the sheep there was keen competition, a- pen of extra prime Lincoln ewes, on behalf of Mr Gaisiord, making Us Id. Cattle were at batter values, and sold out with the exception of a. couple of pens. At Mr Hurley’s dealing sale of cows, the competition was very keen, the whole herd of 100 cows realising the phenomenal average at this time of the year of £9 15 i per head. The young stock and horses sold in accordance. Quotations: At Hunt'”, vilie—Lambs 4s Gd to 7s 9d, empty ewes $s Sd to 12-s 3d, fat ewes 13s Gd, mixed wethers 13si 7d, 2-tooths 12s 7d. Cattle: good weaneis 40s, yearlings £2 9s 61 to £2 12s 6d, lSnuos heifers- £3 ss, empty cows, =£3 19s to £4, 2yr steers (small) <£3 12s Gd, Syr bullocks <£s 4s, do (good; £5 12s, fat bullocks £6 5s to <£s 10s, fat cows £5 to £5 10s. Pigs: Porkers 26s Gd to 28s, weaners 9s. At Marten—Full mouth ewes 8s to 10s Bd, empty 2,4, and 6-ths 13s 7d, culls Gs to 6s Sd, wethers and ewes 14s, 18mos sneers (small) £3 yearlings- £2, fat cows .£4 losco AG, weaners 27s Gd to- 335. At Colyton—Forward wethers 14s 2d to 14s 3d, aged -ewes Gs lid, dairy cows .£4 15s to AG 12s Gd, fat and forward cows £4> 5a to £5 ss. store cows A 3 10s, best wcan-CTs 26s to £2, others. 10s to 20s 1 . At Otaki—Forward ewes 12s lid, store do. 9s, fat cows .£5 to £5 Is, cows in calf £3 11s to £4 10s, - heifers in calf £4 9s, 18mos do. £2 17s, empty do. £4 Is, 18mos steers £3 Ss to £3 Us, weaners- 26s to 395, aged train horses £4 10s to £lO- 10s. At Palmerston North—Prime heavyweight ewes its Id, forward ewe’s 13g 4(1, store do. Us to Us 3d, aged ewes 6s 7d to 9s 7d. 2th wethers 14-s 3d, 2 and 4th do. 14s lei to 15s, small lambs 7s, forward bullocks £5 16s 6d to £8 15s, 21 and 3-yr do. £4 13s to £5, 18m os steers £3 12s to £3 13s, yearling do. £3 Is, weaners 20s to 28-3 6d, fat and forward cows £5 5-g sd, dairy cows £5, heifers in calf £4 7si to £5 17& Gd, 18mos heifers £3 12s. At Jb eliding’ stock safe on Friday week prices were" high. Lambs sold at from 8s to 9s B’cL, ewes, one- pen at 6s 6d, others from 9s to Us 44, wet her & 10s Gd to 14 s sd ; cattle; weaners 20s to 365, yearlings half and three-quarter bred £3 0s 6d, 21- year steers £3 8s 6u, empty heifers £2 8-J to £3 2s, heifers in calf At Is, empty cows £3 10s, steers £4, cows in calf £2 4s to £3 4s, forward cows- £4, fat cows £4 3s to £5 13s, fat bullocks £5 15s. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co. have received the following wool market, cablegram from their London house-, 'Messrs Sanderson, Murray and Co., dated 21st April, 1904:—Sheepskins—Merino advanced a shade. Fine crossbred advanced id per lb; coarse crossbreds advanced -Id to :jd per lb. Freeman R. Jackson a,ndvCo. report of their Wanganui stock sale on Wednesday:—We yarded some 750 head of cattle, mostly of good quality, and 3700 sheep. There was a large attendance, including a number of outside buyers. The demand for both cattle and sheep was brisk throughout, resulting in nearly every pen being sold under the hammer. The Hereford weaners, bred by Mr G. M. Currie, elicited keen competition, the heifers realising £3 17s and the steers £3 Is. A full yarding of pigs sold at advanced rates. We quote : Cattle Prime fat cows £G 3s to £G Gs-. medium weights £5 7s, forward cows £4 to £4 3s, fresh 3-year steers £4 153 to £5, 2-year steers £4 Is to £4 ss. 15 to 18 months steers £3 8s to £4 16s, l earlieg to 15 months cattle (good). £3 Us, Hereford weaner steers £3 Is. ditto heifers £3 17s, polled Angus weaners £2 Bs, quiet heifer weaners £2 to- £2 95., others 28s to 365, quiet heifer weaners £2 3s Gd to £2 ss. 18-montli heifers in calf £3 10s, good springing heifers £5 to £5 ss, others £4los, springing cow's £6 10s, store cows £3 10s to £3 15s, polled Angus cows in calf £3 16s, cows with calves £4 10s. Sheep—Fat wethers 16s 10s, fat owes 15s, light ditto 13s 6d to* 14s, forward wether's (good) 15s 2d to 16s Id. 2 and 4-tooth wethers 13s 10cl to 14s 6d, other's 13s 4d, 2-tooth Lincoln ewes in lamb 14s 3d to 14s Bd, forward ewes (good) 13s 3d to 13s stl, others 10s

10:1 to 11s Bd, cull ewes 4s 3d, fat lambs (Shropshire) 11s sd, forward Shropshire lambs 9s 7d, Lincoln lambs 8s 4d, cuii ditto 4s 4d, Lincoln rams £1 5s to £1 10-. Pigi—Heavy pork 31s to 36s Gd. medium ditto 28s to 31s 6d, light ditto 23.> Gd to 255, good stores 16s to 19s, best weaners 11s Gd. small ditto 7 64 to 9.\ Oil. _ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, Palmerston North, reports as follows:—At Palmerston on Thursday we had an average yarding of cattle, hut only a small number of sheep came forward. The cattle consisted principally of young sorts and female stock. There was a keen demand ad round, and bidding was very brisk, almost every pen being quitted under the hammer at prices in advance of owners’ reserves. A nice line of Romney breeding ewes on behalf of Mr R. M. Bryant made 16s Gd. As next Thursday will fall on race day,, there will be no sale at Palmerston North, and the next sale will he on Thursday, May sth. We quote—Empty ewes, Us 8d; 2-tooth wethers, 14s; lambs, 8-s Id; Romney ewes in lamb. lGs Gd. Cari.le—Weaners, 24s to £2 2s; 15months heifers £3 3s, heifers in calf £4 Gs Gd to £4 15s, springing heifers £5 15s, heifers in milk £4 17s; store cows, £2 2s Gd to £3 10s, fat cows £4 17s Gd to £5 2s, fat heifers £5 3s. Pigs—Stores, 10s to 18s,