COMMERCIAL.

Southland Times, Issue 18745, 3 December 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

WALLACETOWN SALE. | A HEAVY YARDING IN ALL CLASSES. The fact that there will be no sale at Wallacetown next Thursday probably accounted for the heavy yarding that was penned at yesterday’s sale. The market was very uneven, prices fluctuating during the progress of the sale. EAT CATTLE. —The fat cattle sale opened badly, but hardened for a period during the sale, to case off at the finish. The class of stock yarded wa* very mixed, and butchers were able with the big yarding to select their pens, thus anything that was not finished met with little demand. Prime bullocks sold at from £35 to £3B, well-fin-ished mediums from £2l to £25 2/6, good mediums £l7 to £l9 15/-, light and unfinished £l4 to £ls 10/-. Fat cows sold from £lB 5/- to £23 12/6 according to weight, while a pen of fat heifers was knocked down at £l3 17/6. STORE CATTLE.—There was a heavy yarding in this class, but the demand was slack, and the larger part of the yarding was passed in, vendors being unable to obtain prices approaching their reserves. Prices realised for those lines that were sold under the hammer were on a par with last week’s sale. FAT SHEEP. —The yarding was larger than usual and any pens showing .good quality met with a keen demand, but prices eased towards the close when butchers had completed their buying. The top price was paid by Mr W. Turpin for a pen of prime ewes that were knocked down at 54/3. Several pens of shorn stock were offered, and they met with a good demand. STORE SHEEP. —The store sheep yarding comprised a mixed lot and prices were on a par with those recently ruling. The following table shows the entries at the last three sales; — Nov. 18. Nov. 24. Dec. 2. Fat cattle ..119 67 158 Store cattle .. 366 179 598 Dairy cows .. Fat sheep .. 506 160 519 Store sheep .. 239 206 494 National Mortgage & Agency Co., Ltd. National Mortgage and Agency Company report; We had a heavy yarding of good quality stuff, including a number of heavy bullocks. The top price of the day for prime bullocks was obtained by us with two Hereford cross bullocks sold on account of Mr T. Dempster, Otahuti, both beasts being purchased by Mr J. L. Hannon at £3B and £35 respectively. We report sales as follows: —Two bullocks to J. L. Hannan £26 2/6, 2 do. T. C. Maltby £25 2/6, 2 do. W. Turpin £24 6/-, 8 do. H. G. Brass £23, 1 cow T. C. Maltby £lB 7/6, 1 do. Purdue and Reed £l2 - 5/-, 2 bullocks W. Turpin £22 15/-, 1 heifer F. Moore £ls, 1 bullock J. L. Hanson £3B, 1 do. J. L. Hannon £35, 2 bullocks C.C. Meat Co. £24 6/-, 2 do. Live Stock Co. £22 16/-, 1 do. C.C. Meat Co. £l9 10/-, 3 do. H. G. Brass £26, 2 do. J. Beattie £l9 5/-, 3 do. Live Stock Co. £l6 15/-, 1 do. W. Turpin £2B 7/6, 1 do. J. Beattie £l4. FAT SHEEP.—A big yarding consisting of prime wethers with a fair proportion of well-finished ewes, and a. few pens of prime, shorn stuff. The top price of the day was secured by us for a pen 18 fat ewes sold on account Mr D. Marshall. These after keen competition were secured by Mr W. Turpin at 54/3. We report sales as follows:—20 wethers J. McKenzie 47/3, 20 do. W. Tuipin 47/3, 14 ewes T. C. Maltby 42/10, 19 wethers J. L. Hannon 46/11, 18 W. Turpin 54/3, 16 wethers W. Turpin 50/-, 27 do. Progress Co.-op. 43/2, 20 do. Mrs Humphries 48/6, 27 do. J. C. McKenzie 48/-, 35 ewes to a client 37/6, 19 wethers to J. Russell 40/3, 27 shorn wethers H. G. Brass 33/9, 1 wether W. Lee 53/-, 36 wethers P. Winders 47/9, 18 wethers 11. G. Brass 45/-, 8 ewes J. L. Hannon 45/9, 26 wethers W. Turpin 46/6. Dalgety & Co„ Ltd. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having sold the following stock at Wallacetown sale; —Account W. T. Hazlett, Gladstone, 2 fat bullocks at £l9 16/- to Progress Co., Ltd.; account W. S. Payne, Makarewa, 1 fat cow at £l2 15/- to F. Moore, Winton; account client, 2 fat bullocks at £2l 17/6 to Mrs Humphries, 2 fat bullocks at £lB 10/to do.; account W. Baird, 1 fat bullock £ls to Beattie Bros., Mataura; account client, 4 fat bullocks £2O to do. Store Cattle. —Account A. W. Kelly, Mokotua, 27 yearlings £3 17/6 to J. Thompson, Clifden; account A. W. Kelly, Mokotua, 2 heifers at £6 10/- to M. Myron, Ryal, Bush; account W. Curran, West Plains, 8 steers at £7 5/- to M. Crowe, Centre Bush; account R. J. A. Campbell, 6 cows at £8 4/- to M. McKenzie, Lochiel; account G. Eedy, 1 bull £6 to D. Sullivan; account J. O’Donnell, Timpany’s, 1 bull £lO 15/- to W. Davis; account client, 17 steers £8 10/to D. Cameron, Tuatapere. Fat Sheep—Account A. Zweim, Lumsdcn, 57 fat ewes 36/- to client; account client, 22 fat wethers 44/- to Hannon and Co.; account client, 20 wethers at 50/- to P. Winders. Store Sheep—Account client, 89 ewes and lambs at 15/7 to H. Hill, Lome; account client, 141 hoggets 32/- to A. Henderson; account client, 32 dry ewes 31/- to A. Henderson. CANTERBURY MARKETS. (Per United Pres Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, December 2, Operations locally in all produce line* are very limited and confined practically to deals between merchants. Moreover, the quantities have been small and at recent quotations oalj continue firm, 5/- a bushel being available at country stations for A grade partons, while 5/3 was declined for a good line of Duns which are in very short supply. Holders anticipate a further advance in values. A firm demand is also maintained for chaff, which is in request from the North Island. Up to £7 15/. j g obtainable at country stations with no marked disposition on the part of holders to sell. There is little wheat offering. THE WOOL SALES. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright) LONDON, December 1. , The wool sales opened irregular. Fine merinos and crossbreds are at fullest prices and greasy supercombings a record; medium low crossbreds declined from five to seven and a-half per cent. HIGH PRICES IN ENGLAND. The Grocer of August 21 contains the following wholesale and retail quotations for articles in common use, which show that the cost of living is considerably higher in Great Britain than in New Zealand:

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Flour (Aus.), per lou .. England New Zealand. 370 0 300 0 Sugar, per cwt 57 9 • 23 6 Cheese, per cwt ,. .. 166 0 106 0 Bacon, per lb (retail 1.. 2 fi 1 8 Rice, per cwt 79 0 67 6 Corned beef, 2’s, per doz 31 (1 22 6 Ox tongues, 2 i’g, per doz. 102 6 2’s 42 6 Sheep tongues, per doz. 27 0 22 6 Tapioca, per cwt .. .. 64 0 62 6 Pears, per doz 39 0 21 0 Peaches, per doz 33 6 20 0 Apricots 30 0 20 0 Butter, retail 2 6 1 8 (Weekly ration of butter restricted to l$oz.)