SYDNEY STOCK SALES.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 17, Issue 6, 23 January 1903, Page 5

SYDNEY STOCK SALES.

Sydney. January 21. At the stock sales at Homebush to-day there were only fair supplies. Some good lines from New Zealand brought improved values. Best crossbred wethers fetched 16s to 16s 6d, good 14s to 15s, medium 11s; best ewes 15s, good to 14s, medium 10s 6d. Cattle were dearer, prime being scarce. Best bullocks brought £l3 15s, extra £l4 2s 6d, good . £l2, medium £8 10s; best cows £lO extra £ll, good £8 ss, 'medium £7. Best beef sold at 34 s to B7s 6d per 1001 b.

WELLINGTON PRODUCE MARKET.

Messrs Laery and Co., Limited, Jervois Quay, report the following prices ruling on the Wellington produce market Wheat, 5s per bushel; horse; beans, 4s Gd ; oats, 3s to 3s 3d; barley, 3s lOd ; maize, 4s iOd ; Hour £l4 per ton; Manitoban flour, £l3 10s; Adelaide, £l3 15s; oatmeal, £ls; bran, £7 to £7 ss; pollard, £7 10s to £7 15s; oatsheaf chaff, new, £4 10s to £5; straw chaff, £3 10s; onions, prime, £8; cheese, Gd per lb; bacon, 9d for sides, 9-|d for rolls; hams, lOAd; butter, 8d to. 8-|d; fowls, 3s to 3s 6d per pair; ducks, 4s to 4s 6d per pair; geese, 5s Gd per pair; turkeys, hens, 8s to 9s, gobblers, IBs to 15s; eggs, Is Id to Is 2d per dozen; cabbages, Is Gd to 2s Gd per sack; cauliflowers, 2s Gd to 3s Gd; rhubarb, 3s 9d to 4s per dozen ; new potatoes £4 16s to £5 10s per ton.

LONDON WOOL SALES.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from their London office, under date 21st January:— “Wool—The sales opened to-day. Prices are from par to 5 per cent, higher for prime greasy crossbred and merino, and about to 10 per cent, higher for medium greasy and scoured crossbred and crossbred slipe. The market is active.”