THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9406, 29 March 1909, Page 8

THE MARKETS.

STOCK REPORT. , Messrs Abraham & Williams report on sale: —We had a medium yarding of sheep, but a smalLone of oattle. There was a large attendance, but owing to the oontinned dry weather, all stock was dull of sale. We quote : -Medium lambs 7s, cull do. 8s 7d to 4s Id, cull ewes 2s 6d, iS-montbs steers £3 9s 6d, 18months empty heifers 85s, store cows 265. Messrs Dalgety aniji Co;, Ltd., report:—At Wanganui, on 24th inst., we yarded 1100 sheep and 170 oatcle. There waa.good attendance, A better tonev-Jrevailed, competition being briskV and we made nearly a total clearance mostly /under the hammer. At Waverley, on 26th inst., we yarded 1500 sheep and 80 oattle. The attendance was exceptionally good. The bulk of the sheep consisted of good sorts of ewes for which there was a keen demand, prices showing .improvement. Competition was lively right through, the bulk of the yarding going, under the hammer. Quotations: At Wanganui; F.m. ewes 6s 9d to 7s 4d, medium lambs 6s 7d, cull lambs 3s, %y 2 -year bush steers £3 0a 6d, 18-months do. [39s, medium 18montha steers £3 3s 6d, forward cows ; £8 6s, springing heifers £3 4s, good store cows £3, cows and calves £2 7s 6d, forward heifers £2. 18s, 18montbs heifers' 37s 6d, mixed yearlings 23s 6d, stags .255. At Waverley: Two and 6-tooth ewes 11s Id, 4-toofch ewes lls, small bnsh 2 tooth ewes 7s 6d, 6-tooth and f.m. ewes 9s 3d to 10s8d, f.m. ewes 6s Bd, cull ewes 3s 6d, null lambs Is 6d, 2tootb Sontbdown rams £3 10s to £5, aged Border Leicester rma 35s mixed weaners 10s, 12s, 15s, to 16s 6d; ■ old cows 27s 6d, weaner pigs Bs, store pigs 17s. FEILDING MARKET REPORT. Messrs A. H. Atkinson & Co.. Ltd., report heavy entries in all departments with large attendance, and good values We sold on Wednesday by order of the D.O.A. a house and one acre at Makiuo at the price of £270. Also a number of -"ehioles, horses, and cows on account of Mr Hiorns. Quotations; Pigs: Weaners 4s, 4a 6d, ss, 5s 3d and up to 6s; stores 12s 6d to Igs 6d, porkers 27s to 28s 6d, Devon boar 41s. Horses: Four-year gelding £lB, aged gelding £6 10s, trap mare £l3 15s, hack £4 ss, aged brake horse £l2 10s, buggy borae £7 15s. Cows: Heifer, £3 ss, weaners; 18s. harness single and double £6 12s 6d, other lots from £2 lls to £6. brakes £9 to £lO ss, spring oart £4, gig £lO 17s 6d. Poultry: Roosters la 9d to 2s, Lens Is Id, Is Bd, Is 5d to 2s; cockerels Is Id, la 4d, Is 5d to Is 8d; ducks la Bd, Is 9d, Is lid, 2s; chicks' sd, all at each. Produce: Pollard 10a 6d sack, bran Bs, chaff £2 12s per ton. potatoes 7s 6a per sack, onions Id per lb, marrows 2s per sack. Fruit, 200 oases sold. Tomatoes la 3d quarter case, half cases 2s Bd, -peaches 2s 6d to 4a per case, plums 3s, apples 8s to 4s 6d per case, quinces Id per lb. Sundries: Bicycle • £1 5s to £2 10s, saddle £3 14s, cart saddle £1 Bs.

’WELLINGTON WOOL, SKIN AND . HIDE SALES. The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd,, report as follows:—The usual fortnightly sales were held on Fraiday, when fairsized catalogues- were submitted to a good attendance of buyers. Bidding waa brisk for wool and sound skins and hides, but faulty, lots wero rather neglected. We offered 50 bales and a number of bags of wool and disposed of. nearly all at prices a shade over last sales rates. Hides are lower by to %d per lb. We quote : Wool: Coarse crossbred sJ£d to 6d, lambs inferior 5d to orntchings, lambs to 4d, locks and pieces l>£d to 2%d.