HOME MARKETS

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12093, 21 March 1925, Page 9

HOME MARKETS

FROZEN MEAT DALGETY AND CO. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having received the following cablegram from their London house, under date of the 19th instant: —* “Lamb.—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb. Canterbury, heavy ll|d, light 12£d; North Island, heavy Hid, light ll&d. Fair demand for New Zealand lamb. Market ir+ wpak owing to heavy shipments expected. „ “Mutton. —New Zealand prime crossbred mutton. North Island, heavy 7d, light 9d. Demand runs principally on > lightweights. Market is weak. “Beef.—New Zealand • prime ox beef, hinds ssd f fores' 4Jd. Active demand foi* New Zealand beef. Market is very firm. “Australian frtifcen meat.—Good average quality crossbred lamb, heavy lOfd, light lid. Steady demand for Australian lamb. Australian mutton is not quoted/' DAIRY PRODUCE DALGETY AND CO. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, report having received the following cablegram from their London house, under date of the 19th instant:— i "Butter.—Market ie very quiet. We quote New Zealand salted, 172 s (178 s); Danish, 226 s (234 e); finest Australian salt"Cheese.—Markot is quiet. Quotations for New Zealahd. white and coloured, 102 s to 103 s (103 s to 104 s)." PRODUCE PRICEB Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd., report wholesale prices as follow:—Farro food, .£8 . 10s per ton; linseed moal (Moose brand) 16s 6d; linscod nuts, Moose brand, 14a 6d; meatmeal. for poultry, 13s per cwt; oyster , eholl grit or pipi shell grit, 6d per 1001 b; mixed .fowl feed, 7s Sd per bughel, sacks in; maize, whole 7s Sd, crushed 7s 9d; oats, machine dressed, seed Algerians, 5s 4d, farmers' dressed seed Algerians 4s 9d, crushed ss. feed Algerians 4s 6d, Duns to 5s lid per bushel, sacks in; shelled oats, for chickens, 6s to 6s 6d bushel; barley, seed 6s 6d> feed 5s 6d per bushel, sacks in; butter, farmers 1 separator and dairy Is 2d to Is 3d per lb; eggs, first grade new laid 2s 8d to 2s 9d, storekeepers lines 2a 6d to 2s 7d, Preserved 2s to 2s 3d per dozen; fowls, White Leghorns 3s 3d to 4s, Black Orpingtons and similar varieties 6s to 7s per pair; turkeys, Is to 1b 3d lb; ducks, runners 6s to Bs, large white 8s to 10s per pair: fungus, lfld to lid lb; dressed pork, 60's to 90's 6sd to 7sd per lb; sucking pig 3,9 dto lOd per lb; sucrosine, .£ll -per ton; molas meal, £W per tonßlenheim chaff £7 15s; Wairarapa chaff, £7 5s per ton, eadks in; wheat, 8s 4d to 8s fid per bushel, sacks in; molasses, in scwt casks, 37s 6d per c isk. STOCK SALES NEIW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report having their usual sales during the week as under;— At Apiti on Thursday, we had l a large yarding of both sheep and cattle, in fact the entry was far in excess of advertised numbers and practically the whole , yarding was disposed of at prices to tho entire satisfaction of the vendors :—Quotations: Four and 5-yoar ewes, 25s 3d, 27a 2d, 27s 3d, 27s 4d, 27s 6d, 28s, 28s 3d-, 28. 6d; m.a. eiwes (unsound), 12s, 16s Id, 16a 4d. ,17s 2d, 17s 3d, 18s, 18s 4d, 19s 6d; wether lambs (shorn), 18s, 18s fid, 20s 3d, 20s 6d, 21s 9d, 225, 23s 6d-; ewe lambs, 24s sd, 24a 9d, 26s 6d, 27s Id; cull lambs, 8f 11a to 11s Sd; ewe lambs (small), 17s 6d to ,18s 4d; s.d. rams (one-shear), 2 guineas to 5 guineas; Bomney rams (1shear), 2J guineas to 4J guineas. Cattle : Eighteen month heifers, 350 to £2 Is; fat cows, £4 10s, £4, 15s, £4 18s, X 5 3s to 10s; 3i-yeqr bullocks, £5 17a 6d; 3-year steers, £5 10s; store cows, £2 15s to JS3 10s.

Our Kimbolton sale was held on Wednesday, when a good yarding of shee i Was;offered, the whole of which were sold !at very good prices, more especially 1 ewes,which were in kcon demand. Lambs .also found a ready market. Quotations: four and 5-year sound mouth ewes, 27s |4d, 255, 26s Id, 28s 2d. 28s 6d, 30s, P2s, !31s fid, 82s 7-d, 83s; failing mouth ewes, I J5 8 '«?? *° l^ 3 4d: 2-tooth wethers, 31s : 4d, 29s 3d, 32s Id,, 30s, 325; shearing s.d 'rams, 81 guineas to 4 guineas; good lambs, 19s, 20s to 21s 10d; small lambs 14s to 19s Id. At Palmerston North on Thursday we had an average entry of sheep and cattle, lhere was a poor attendance of buyers and a slack sale resulted. We quote Four and 5-year ewes, 27s 9d;'s.cT. rams, 20s to 80s; fat cows, £5, £5 7s 6d to *OS los; light cows, £3 15s to £4 12s 6d; forward cows, £2 to £2 15s; store cows, SCte to 335.

j usual weekly sale was held in Feuding on Friday, when we offered a good yarding of sheep to a large attendance of buyers, and all sheep met with a ready sale, the result being that (excepting one lot) the whole of our yarding was disposed of under the hammer at the following satisfactory prices: Fat lambs, bd., 24s 2d, 24s 9d, 25s 7d, 26s 2d, 26s lid, 29s 9d; fat Southdown 2-tooth ewes and wethers, Sis 7d, 32s to 33s 10d; Bomney cross wether lambs, 19s Id, 19b lid, 22s 3d to 23s lOd; good s.m. 4 and 5-year ewes, —7s, 27s Bd, 32s 9d, 33s lOd, 34s 4d; mixed aged ewes, 22s Id, 23s 4d to 25s 4d; 2n tooth wethers, 31s 4d, 29s 9d; 2-tooth ewes , 29s to 40s 4d; 2-tooth ewes (good), ; medium b.f. lambs, 21s Id, 21i lOd, 22s 3d. Cattle: Cows, 255, 81s, 325, 40b, 445, £3, £3 Is, £3 5. s> £ 3 7s 6t j to £4> ; weanOT heifers, ss, 17s 6d to 15s; eropty heifers, 275, 28s;. steers, £1 12s 6d, JB2 is; p.a. bullocks, £8 to £lO 8s 6d. Pairjr stook: Springing heifers, to £4 15s; ®P; rl ?£ lng COWS, to £5 2s 6d; dairy cows, £1 10s. A large number of rams sold from 1 guinea to £ll Us. HUNTEKVILLE SALEI.

Dalgety and Co ; , Ltd.. Palmerston Ivorth, report having a small entry of stock at their Hunterville sole on Tuer day, the 17th instant. There was a very poor attendance on account of it being St. Patricks Day holiday. Good rapT lambs, 2-tooth ewes and 2-tooth wethers were passed. Quotations: Four-and 5year breeding ewes, 26s 6d; small ewe lambs, 19s; Bomney rams, 10s 6d; store cows, 87s.

BHEEPSKINS AND HIDES.

YESTERDAY’S' SALE. The fortnightly sale of hides, sheepskins,' tallow, etc., was held yesterday, lhere was a large attendance of buye'rs and considerable competition. Sheepskins were lower all round by 2d per lb; salted sheepskins sold well at satisfactory rates. Hides were on a par with previous 6ale, but calfskins were weaker. The range of prices was as follows : Sheepskins—Halfbred 33d to 18£d, fine crossbred 14d to 16d, medium and coarse crossbred llid to 14£ri, short to halfwools lOd to 13&d» lambs 9id to lojd, dead and damaged crossbred 9d to 12d, inferior and badly damaged Id to pelts Btd to 12£d, damp salted and green 7s to 14s, pelts\ salted 3s to 5s 6d, lambs salted 3s to 8s 9d.

Hides—Ox, heavy, 701 b and over Bfd to 9Jd; ox, heavy, 591 b to 691 b, sid to 9id; ox, medium, 531 b to 581 b, sfd to 7sd; ox, light, 451 b to 521 b, 3|d to Old; cut, slippy and inferior, 3Jd to 6-Jd; cow, heavy, 531 b and over, 62d to 7d; cow, medium, 451 b to 52tb, 6}d to 6Jd; cow, light, 331 bto 441 b, 6|jd to 61d; cut, slippy and inferior, Sid to 4£d; bull, siag, 2d to 4Jd; yearlings, lllb to 16ib, 5d to 7gd; yearlings, 17lb to 3211), 5d to 7Jd; calf, medium to good, 7d to 13id; calf, damaged, 3d to llch Tallow —In casks, 24s 6d to 35s 6d; in tins, etc., 18* 6d to 325. Sundries—Horsehair, lfiid to lO^d.

FEILDING STOCK BALE

LAMBS IN GOOD DEMAND. Per Press Associatkjfi. FEILDING, March 26. At the Feilding sale to-day there was a full yarding of sheep, mostly breeding ewes and lambs of good quality, which sold well up to late prices. Good lines of lambs were keenly competed for. A small yarding of cattle was not ( well attended, and a poor sale resulted. The bulk failed to reach vendors’ reserves. Fat lambs—These realised 28s 9d, 34s 6d. 355, and 40s 3d; ewes, 86s; wethers, 36s and 38s; woolley, 46a;. b.f. sheep, 40s; breeding pwes, best, 80s 7d, 80s 9d/Sls 4d, 35s apd 365; medium, 27s 3d; 2-tootU,. 9d and 83s: w.f. lambs, best, 21s sd, 22s 9d, 23s Id, 28s 7d. 24s Id, 24s 6d, and 31s; medium, 13s 2d, 15s 7d, and 16s I'd; good 1 , ‘2ss; b.f. lambs, best, 21s, 22s Id, 28s Id, 245. 25s lid, and 27s 7d; ditto, medium, 19s 3d 19s 4d, and 19s 10d; wethers, 255, 80s Sd, 84s, and 35s Cattle—Two and a half-year steers realised £6; good fat heifers, £7 10s; light fat heifers, £4 10s; medium cows, £6.

WESTFIELD MARKET

PRICES SLIGHTLY LOWER. Prices for beef at the Westfield fa: stock sales this week remained generally at last week’s rates, though there was a falling off in some cases. Extra choice ox sold up to 32s per 1001 b, while prices fo'r prime young cow and heifer beef were between 29s and 31s. There was an average yarding of sheep, and prices were unchanged. Extra heavy prime wethers brought from £l 19s to £3 Is. Easier values ruled for lambs, heavy urime selling at £1 10s to £1 14s. Prices for pigs were unaltered, choppers realising up to £4, and heavy baconers between £3 10s and £4 Is) CUSTOMS REVENUE. The Customs revenue received at thr £sß76°* Wellinß;ton yesterday aggregated