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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10518, 28 July 1910, Page 1

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HOME MARKETS. [Gy Ki.ect'ricj Tr.i.iicitAPti —CorviUGirr.'J (Per Press Association.) >r- Received July 27, at 11 p.m.' 0- Loftdon, July 27,... Wool Sales.—Compared with tho May iff sales, merino combing;; closed (inner,' but prices wore unchanged. Short and rc faulty declined 10 per cent., fine greasy is crossbreds remained unchanged, inill feriors advanced 3 per cent., while scoured slipes were par to a Id cheaper, ri- Lambs declined <> per cent. The tone c- of the market is cheerful, find the il prospects are good. The United Stare:; i jl trade is improving. The top price realised for the Moerakl te clip -was IH.Ui, ilie whole clip averaging y I2id. .During the series 81,50!) hales were >. sold for the Home market, 41,701) bales ). for the Continental, 3000 for the Ameri- >. can. and 31,50!) bales were held over. . • DUXEDIN MARKETS. 1- ' , (Pun I'p.ess Association.) t Duiiedin. July 27. Fat Cattle.—l 32 wore yarded. This number xrns .insufficient for requirements of tho trade, and consequently prices reached the highest point of season. All classes sold at fully 15s to 20s per head above last week's rates. The quality on the whole was not up to the average. Best bullocks '£l2 to £l3 os, medium .-CIO*. 10s to .£ll 10s, light £8 to -CS 10s. light, £<S 10s to £Y Fut Sheep. —234") were yarded, the bulk of which were wethers. There was agood demand for prime heavy sheep at prices somewhat in sellers' favor, but light weights did not meet ■ with much attention. Heavy wethers 22s to 245, good 19s to 21s, medium 13s to 15s (id* light 9s to 12s. .Fat Lambs. —880 wore penned, the majority being evidently the fag end of farmers' lots. The demand was much tho same as last weak, and prices showed no quotable change. .Best 15s Cd to 17s Oil, medium 13s 6d to 15s, light lis to 15s. .Pigs.—22o were yarded. There was a fair demand, and prices ruled much the same as last week. Suckers Gs to Us. slips 13s to 15s, stores 17s to 245, porkers 3Ss to 40s, heavy 50s to 565.

ADDIXGTOX MARKETS. (I'mi PI:KSS Association-.) Christchureh, July 27. At Addington live stock market there were moderate entries of Steele and :i good attendance. There was an improved demand for store sheep and fat lambs sold well, but firmed again. Far riieep opened a littlo easier, fat cattle troro firm at late rates, and pigs wore ii: goed demand. Store cattle inst with a poor sal:> and dairy cows wer-s in keen demand. The yarding of store sheep was considerably larger than of (ate, there being a good representation of. ai, classes, ewes being in larger number- . The ewes werp mostly aged and soundmonth sorts; with them was one es pecjal'y g;:;;d line of 2-tooth three-quar-terbre-ds. Thare was a fairly even lot of wethers, and the hoggets were of mixed quality. There was a good sale throughout, though bidding was not brisk towards the cio:-- >. and sewre! lines of hoggets were passed. Sonnd-mout-h -ewes sold well, but failing month lots were not in such equally good demand. Yi'otJiers sold at late rales, and at the opening of the sale hogget.-; brought advancjd rate:--, but. receded after t.< !r.' t week's prices. Two-tooth : : ;-bred ewr-; made l!)r, good s::undmouth half'breds to Itis Id. other lines 12s to Ms -id. 0 and 8-tooth erossbrcds to 1& Id, and G-tooths small and mixed 13s: fid, aged and inferior 8s 6d to lis Cd, best hoggets 14s to 15s id, medium 18s Bd. mixed sexes 10s lOd to 12s !.)d. smaller !)s m !)s Gd. good wether hoggets to los. !)d. smaller !!s l()d to lis. wethers li■ -id to ]ss Id, and merino wethers Ss Id. There were 85T fat lambs penned, and til.* better sorts sold well, prices ranging from lis 6d to 17s 9d, and .. few extra to 10s. There were 400 taken for freezing, 280 were, passed, and the butchers bought 71. There was a moderate yarding of fat sheep, mostly wethers, the average quality being better than the week liefore, which will account for the higher range of prices:. Though the market opened a "litde easier it firmed up, aad values came fully up to last week's level. Prime ewes sold we'll, as there Rio few on offer. No business was done for export, and the butchers were able to absorb the whole supply. The range of prices was: Extra prime wethers to 28s 6d. pi hue 19s to 25s Gd, lighter las to 18.3 6d, extra prime ewes to 22? sd, prime 16s 6:1 to 20s, medium 14s to His, light and aged 9s 3d to 13s Gd. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 34 head, a large proportum being very prime quality. There was a keen de-

rnand, and nearly all lots were at the lire vis: us rates, the market, if anything, being lirmsr. Steer:; made £7 los to £ll and £'l2, and extra to £IG ss, heifers £8 10s to £8 10s, extra to £l2, cows £0 to £'B 7s 6d, extra to £ll 10s (equal to 2Us to 2Ss per lOOib, according to quality). A line of 24 heifers from the- North Island made £lO 8a to £lO 15s. A small yarding of store cattle met with a poor demand, 15 to IS months, making <ios to 58s. 2-year-old steers -£8 los, 3-year-old heifers £4 os, and dr.\ cows 80s to £4 os. Dairy cows sold well at £3 10s to £B, and extra to £ll. • A moderate entry of pigs came forward, and thev met with a rather improved demand, though prices were unchanged. Choppers sold up to £3 12s, large hacone.rs 44s to 48s, lighter 37.s 6d to 42s Gd (equal to 4d per lb), large stores 22s to 255. medium 12s to 18s, raid small, Ss to 10s. There were no weaners offered.

WOOL SALES. The Bank of.New Zealand h ave received the following cab'le from their Louden Office: —"The sales close- firm IV-.r all kinds of wool. Lambs .~."r>:)l nrices 'an 1 nncliai'Eed.' 32.000 bale held over, of which 25.000 are N-sw Zealand. Current i;rices ic.r North Island Farmers' lots. Palmers ton: Crossbreds. 36-4'J's quality, average condition, O'.d to IDd; medium crossbreds, 4.446's quality, ll J ,d and Is. Fine crossbreds, CO's quality, Is l'-d to Is 3d. Curroiit prices for South Island Farmers' lots, Canterbury": Inferior merino, common 60-64's quality, O.Vd io "JOd; .ruperior merino, ?-up:>r GO-04's quality. Is OVd at Is lid: half or quarterbred C 6's quality, average condition. Is 2-Jd and Is 3d. . Prospects for all wools next series arc favorable.