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(Elec. Tel. Copyright-United Press Assn. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 2. In the Bradford tops market there is a rather better feeling among kq>nuikors. Quotations are fen, but business is limited. The. butter market- is firm. New Zealand choicest salted is quoted at 188 s to 1995; Australian 184 s to 186 s, uiisaUed bs to 8s premium; Danish 1965. Thu cheese market is firm. New Zealand is quoted at 106 s; Australian 102 s. FEILDING- SALE. (Per Pre6a Association.! FEILDING, last night. At the Feilding stock sale to-day a fair yarding of sheep came forward and was offered to a. large attendance of buyers. Lambs and* the best classes of ewes were in keen demand, and were quitted at prices well up to late rates. Fat sheep (except very best quality) were not keenly sought, several pens being passed in. A fairly large yarding nf cattle came forward, including a line of good Jersey springing heifers, which sold at fairly satisfactory .prices. Fat cattle were hard to quit, buyers standing off mainly on account of bad weather conditions, and a number of pens were passed in. Fat sheep; Fat b.f. lambs 24s 6d, 255, 275; do. w.m. 2.5 s 2d, 265, 27s Id; light fat wethers 35s Id. 35s 4d; good heavy fat wethers 46s 9d; stole sheep wether lambs 26s Id. 28s 6d. 27s 9d; fair m.s. lambs 26s 9d; store b.f. lambs 17s; medium w.f.im.s. lambs 19s 6d, 21s, 225; small lambs lbs 6d. 135,, 14s 6d, 16s 6d; rough ewes, r.vr. Romney rams, 355, 35s lOd, 36s 7d; good 4 and 5-year ewes, r.w. K.D. rams. 475; very Fair f. and f. wethers ,37s lid; empty ewes 17s 3d, 29s Id, 24s 3d. Cattle: Fat steers £7 19s 6d; good l’.A. fat bullocks £10; fat P.A. cows £7 10s to £8; high-grade Jersey springing heifers £7 10s to £lO 15s; empty store cows £2 2s to £2 2s 6d. LONDON FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cable from their London office, under date July 2: —Quotations; New Zealand prime crossbred lamb. Canterbury, heavy, 9;j(l.'light 113(1. North Island,' heavy 9Jd. light, lljjd"; demand for New Zealand lamb runs principally ou light weights. New Zealand prime crossbred mutton. (Canterbury. heavy 6d, light 7|d; North Island, heavy light 7-jd; demand for New Zealand mutton, runs principally on light, weights. New Zealand prime ox beef, hinds, sd, fores 3d ; demand for New Zealand href, fair. Market for Now Zealand lamb, weaker; market for New Zealand mutton, weak : market for New Zealand beef, dull. At- a dispersal sale of Mr H. L. William’s Romney Marsh flock at Kaiwaiwai, Wnirnrapn, bidding for sheep was slow at times, but the average prices secured were satisfactory. One-shear cwe,s averaged' £3 4s 6d, two-shear £3 9s 9d, three-shear £2 11s 9d.\ four-shear £2 6s 4d, five-shear £2 6s, and ewe hoggets £2 Bs. The ram lambs were not sold as the prices offered did not come up to the vendor’s reserve. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from their head office. London, under date July 2: —Butter: There is very little doing and the market is quite. Quotations are: New Zealand salted, 188 s cwt,; New Zealand exceptional brands. 190 s cwt,; Danish. 200 s cwt. : Australian salted, 182 s cwt.; Australian unsalted. 188 s cwt. Cheese: 1 Market firm. Quotations are: New Zealand' white, 105 s to 106 s cwt.; New Zealand colored, 104 s to 105 s cwt.; Canadian, 100 s to 102 s cwt.