THE MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6176, 6 April 1907, Page 3

THE MARKETS

STOCK AND PRODUCE. (Special to tho "N.Z. Times/’) FETLDING, April 5. Atkinson and Co. report:—Quotations at to-day’s sales;—Horses, hacks, £2 J2s Gd to'.€4. 15s. Pigs—loo yarded. Weaners 5s Gd to 10s, slips 8s to 13s. small stores 9s to 12s Gd, medium 15s to 225, forward 23s to 265, porkers 26s fid to 31s. Poultry— Cockerels 2s to 2s fid. hens 2s to 3s. ducks 2s, all per pair. Produce—Potatoes 6s fid per cwt. onions 9s fid per ovt, apples Id to XJd, quinces to

1(3 per H). tomatoes 2s per case, factorv baron, siclej "id, bams 73d. rolled hams Sd.

Dalgetv and Co. report that at their Feiiding stork sale there was good demand for shr*-<p and iambs. There whs a fair yarding of sheep. Twn-to'ph aethers, small. late shorn, 13.- (>d; nmdium lamb*, 0-;; good woolly iambs, lls dd • cull la Mb-:, Gs lid to 7s. Daigety and Co.. Ltd., report on their stork sain held yesterday at Lt-vin as follows:—Only a small yarding came forward. The demand for sheep was good, especially for lambs. Prices for cattle showed an advance on lasti sale rates. We quote as follows. —’Siioop Fat owes Ids Gd, old owns Ills dd. woolly lambs lls -Id. Cattle—Forward bollocks £6 IGs, 3year steers Cl, 21-ycar steers £3 13s, weatiers Us Gd. The New Zealand Loan and ATercanti 1c Agency Company, Ltd.. report:—At Palmerston North on Thursday we had a full yarding of rattle, and a .small entry of sheep. .Bidding for cattle was somewhat erratic, but generally a good sale resulted, ami practically the whole yarding was quitted at satisfactory prices. Sheep were in good demand and sold well. Quointions.-—Sheep—Mixed aged cwos 13s fid, 2-toot)) wethers Its 7d to Ids Is. fat lambs Ids, aged rams 10s to 20s, 2-tooth Lincoln rams 3gns. Cattle Wcanrrs, small 8s to 8s 6d, medium lls to 235, store cows 29s to 3ds, forward cows £2 ds to £3 7s Gd. fat cows, light £'3 14s to £4, springing dairy cows £4, 2-year heifers 2Ss to 3ds, springing heifers £2 7s Gd, yearling steers 235, 21-year-old steers £3 19s, forward bullocks £d 19s Gd.