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(Special^ to;. Perald.).' • * '.'"-■'" NAPIER, this ady. Messrs Dalgety and Co. . liave .received jthe following cablegram from their - London, office, under. date November 16th: "The demand ror New Zealand beef ,)8 limited. jTne .market for New Zealarid lamb is. weak, and- for. mutton flrm. Prime" ox beef, 'lorequartefs 2id, : hindquarters 3id.. The demand.' for New Zealand mutton is limited. JJrlriie/ crossbred, Canterbury, heavy 3|d, light "4i;.. North Island, heavv 3£d, light ,4d. >.Tallow, in, general, is 6d per cwt lower > since '-'last wire. -The anarket. is quiet...c!.i.f. "-Buyers., nre holding "riff, arid can do nothing, at the moment. The .cause of the decline is Argentine competitors offering cheaper; also . due to a large* consumer trying to r.sell 200 to 300 tons of ' tallow/' ' ',-
The N,Z. -Loan and. Mercantile Agencv Co., Ltd., report on. their stock. salei held on Thurs.day, 16th inst. The attendance was not very large and the attendance hardly up to the average, accounted (or .up idQiibt , "by . the fac"t tliat shearing, is in swing. However, a fair amount of business was put .through dur ii*gvthe>,day:--. j.. .'•* ;.. *■'■"•;'•. , . : Sheep: W<"> ; *offer'e.d 1596 and, 'Sold 1319. Shorn sheep, aro apparently in demand, but. the bulk jof our entry was in the -wool. -The following aro the, , day's quotations ',; Fat. ewes -Ms '6d,l dry ewes* in the; wool 6s 6d to Bs\Bd,. shorn. 7s 2d, '2rtooth ewes-. in wool, 13s 6d, shorn 8s Id to. l(tei .ew,esfand lambs. in wool 12s to 13s, shorn 10s, hoggets ift wool .(fair average lines) 12s .2d to,, 13s, mixed -2-tooths (shorn): Bs Bd,! 2- and 4-tdoth wethers in wool ' (small) 12s 9d. average lines Ms Ud to 15s' 7d. Oattlp: Wo yarded 283,, and sold 99. Whilst there } appeared', ii A\ex\iaiia for, grown cattle, yearlings. to 18 months, eitbef- steers or heifers; appeared to be neglected. Wo had several' big useful lines in, . ,buf( .buyers afca-. sellers' ideas of value did ■ not agj-eie^ ; In, , ±he ; beef . penava '^particularly} flue entry .oaffle-- 'forward;, . In ftfe? thejibest .all-round entry , thafc> has ever beet? -seen in, "* tho Matawhero yards. .• If cattle Un similar Condition were. riiarketed . ai^ every Jale we feel certain' that" butbhd'rs 'wo;uld ! be'content tfk supply, theihselves from the^j'ards. Fat cows; (light- weights) fi^lS-ito £4 10s, medium lines £6 ss. heavy.y.w.e^l-nnished: cows. <£7 15s .to £8 2s 6d; light-weight; ox 'beet .but we'll finished £7 12s 6d to £a 7s'6d, herd-?cbw_' £3, W.^nafll cowa ; £3 13s to £4 for better Kneel, 2\%o ,2£sctfi old heifers £3 lis, 2-yewr-old heifers £3 • Is, ,dniry heifers.. (yeuclingai__;3 .125,. - springers ~£6 to £7 10s, dairy cows £5„ to £5, I,Qb, steers £4 10s, 3-year-old steers iri fresh condi^ tioii. £6- 12s 6d. We' alsoisold a number 6f Shorthorn bulls at . from £7 . to £10 - 10s. ':■ vPigs were -a very .smalCaotry'" .We soldstor, pjgs at from 12s to 19s. Qur. next *ale will fa held on Thursday, Mth IBst.; arid early hi K" niation of intended entries' will ' obUge. " " ,' ] ____________■ • ■**. -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12615, 18 November 1911, Page 7
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