LATE MARKETS

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1681, 18 May 1904, Page 50

LATE MARKETS

Messrs Abraham and Williams’s sales during the week comprised Hunterville, Otaki, and Palmerston, besides a clearing sale on account of Mr E. W. Collins, or Kairanga. - At Palmerston we had a medium entry of sheep, which sold freely. The cattle included, a line of well-bred bullocks from Ruanui, which brought a good average of <£6 10s 6d. Young cattle sold at higher rates. There was a large attendance of buyers at our Hunterville sale. All claases of sheep again met with a brisk demand, and with the exception of a line of 665 2tooth wethers with high reserve, a full yarding was easily disposed of, in most cases beyond owners’ reserves. There was a large yarding of young cattle, which met with a ready sale. Mr Scandlyn’s 20 dairy cows brought £5 5s each. At Palmerston—Forward wethers 14s lid to 15s 6d, 2th wethers 12s lid, mixed fat sheep 16s 3d, fat ewes 14s 3d, store ewes 11s to 13s, well-bred Romney lambs 10s 7d;'fat and forward bullocks £7 4s 6d, store bullocks £5 7s 6d to =£6, well-bred 18mos steers £4 ss, others £3 4s, weaner do 22s to £2 2s 6d, dairy cows £4 10s to £7 10s, store cows £3 17s 6d to £4 ss, heifers in calf £4 6s to £5, do. close to profit £6 17s, yearlings do. 37s 6dto £3 12s 6d. Pigs, slips 9s 6d to 15s 6d. At Otaki—Fat and forward ewes 13s lOd, ewes in lamb 13s 7d, small wetliers 12s Id, store ewes 11s lOd, lambs 7s 7d to 10s 6d; fat cows (light) £5 6s, heifers £4 11s to £4 12s 6d, dairy cows £4 2s 6d to £6 J7g 6d. store cows £4 Is,' heifers in calf £5 6s, weaners 23s 6d to 335. At Hunterville —Weaners 27s to 43s 6d, 2yr steers £4 Is to £4 11s, 18mos steers £3 12s 6d. mixed yearlings 48s, heifers in calf £3 9s to £4 10s, dairy cows £5 ss, fat cows .£4 12s to £6 12s 6d, fat bullocks £6 13s; lambs 5s 7d to 9s 9d, ewes in lamb 9s 6d to 12s lid, empty ewes 9s 6d, forward ewes 11s 9d, fat and forward ewes 13s 4d, fat ewes 14s lid, 2th wethers 15s, mixed 2ths 11s 4d.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Palmerston North, report as follows: —During the week we had sales at Himatangi and Palmerston North. • At Himatangi there was a fair yarding of cattle, which wore in moderate demand, although high reserves prevented a great deal of business being done." Good prices were obtained for wethers. At Palmerston wo yarded 750 head of cattle and 1000 sheep. There was a large attendance of buyers, and bidding throughout was brisk, all cattle being keenly competed for and an animated sale resulted. With the exception of three pens all the cattle were quitted under the hammer, in nearly every case at prices in favour of the vendors. A nice line of heifers in calf made £5 12s 6d, and good weaners. sold up to £2 10s. Sheep also met with a brisk sale and we quitted every pen under the hammer with the exception of one line of ewes in lamb, which were disposed of privately at 14s 3d. We quote:— At Himatangi—Small weaners 255, good weaners 39s to £2 2s, store cows £2 9s, 2-year steers £4 ss, weaner pigs 14s 6d. At Palmerston— Sheep: Ewes in lamb 14s 6d to 15s 7d, empty ewes 13s 3d, fat and forward ewes 15s 6d, cull ewes 8s sd, store ewes 10s 2d, woolly lambs 10s lOd. Cattle: Small weaners 23s to 275, good weaners £3 to £3 10s, 15-months steers £3 ss, 18-months steers £3 12s 6d to £3 16s, yearling heifers £3 5s to £3 7s, heifers in calf £1 16s to £5 12s 6d, springing heifers £5, cows in calf £4 5s to £4 10s, forward cow# £4 to £4 16s, store cows £2 Is to £3 11s, fat cows (lisrht) £4 17s 6d to £5 2s 6d. fat heifers £5 16s to £6 Is, forward bullocks £6 to £6 Is, fat heifers £4 18s to £6, 2-year steers £4 2s 6d, springing cows £5 10s to £7 10s.