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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 25, 30 September 1913, Page 8

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LONDON WOOL SALES I By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United J'riss Association.] (Received 8.20 a.in.) London, September 28. At the wool sales there was a good offering of greasy crossbreds, and opening rates wore fully maintained. Merinos were firm and unchanged. ‘13,578 bales were catalogued and 42,752 sold. The following- prices were realised for fleece portions ot clips ; “Waihua” top price IOJd, average lOJcl; “Colley Park”, lid, 10|d; “IHiohorough,” 13d, ,12Jd; “Castle Hill,” llld, 10-gd; “G.P.D.,” scoured lod, 15d- “G.P.1),,” 13d, 13d. SYDNEY . WOOL SALES. Sydney, So-Member 29. At the wool sales competition a a generally keen. The top price brought was' 12id for greasy c n>ssbred. The High Commissioner cabling from London under date the 27th inst., states inter alia:— Butter.—The fparket is firm, and prices continue to advance, hut there is no change in prices for Danish. The supply falls short of the demand for choicest. The weather is more favorable here for production. Cheese.—The market is quiet. Prices declined Is for Canadian. The market is firm with more inquiry for English, hut no change in prices. Newton King’c Strafford weekly Report.

I had a full yarding of pigs, calves, etc., at my Hayjnarket sale bn Satur day last, before a large attendance o' buyers. With the exception of one pen everything was sold at the harm mer, prices ruling being about par with last sale. I quote slips and wearers 12s to £1 2s (the latter price being for a pen of well grown 7-weeks’ old wearers, bred by Mr S. J Rambles), small stores £1 13s to .£’ IGs 6d, medium do £1 17s 6d to £2, calves 2s 6d to £1 13s, quantity sundries, etc., at usual rates. Webstar, Dcbscn and Co.’s Report. ■ I ! At Strathmore on Monday we held our usual monthly sale. There wa: a ,fair yarding of-stock and 'good attendance, biddhtjV was fair and mbs of the yarding was sold, .prices a follows-.:;—Yearling! steers £2 10s Gd cows and calves £1 2s, empty heifer: £3, 10s Gd tc £3 12s Gd, 'store co.v: £3 10s to £4 ss, hulls £3 'ss to £4 springing heifers £5 to £5 12s 6d. On Tuesday -last; we held but usual fortnightly .Stratford sale, t i hefe was a largo yarding of-lstook, the 1 yards be ing taxed to the utmost. Competition was patchy, and several pens wore unsold. Prices ruled as follows: —Empty heifers £3 to £8 17s 6d, store cows (old) 45s to 555, fresh condition cows £3 10s to £4 15s, fat'and forward do,£4 17s mm £5 19s;‘Jersey heifers; weaners' 40s id bos Gd weaner heifers small r 3ss Gd to 42s 6d. Holstein hq||s £6 10s to £ls; In the springing heifer yards prices were as of late.rnompetition for good oarlv c,liver heifers was bridk, and all .. Id, but for inferior and later sort demand was very Slack. We quote: 3yr Shorthorn heifers close up £6 to £7 7r " ' later do £5 to £6, 2yr. heifers £1 10s to £6 os. We report p ,- irate sales as follows: Store cows £3 12£1 10s. £5, emptv heifers £3 16s, £l, £3 10s. 2yr. colored do £5, in calf heifers £4 ss. £5. yearling steers C2 15s, £2 13s, £2 14s Gd, yearling colored heifers £4, £4 10s, small do £2 10s, £2 12s 6d, Holstein bull £l9, yearling heifers £2 10s, springing heifers £5 15s, £6 ss, £7 7s fat wethers 27s 3d, 25s 9d. fat ewes 23:; 3d, fat cows £7 10s, £7 15s TARANAKI WOOL, SK*N, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES Mr. Newton King’s Report. On Tuesday, .September I hold my usual four weekly sale cf above produce, tbo catalog io comprising 8 bales and 41 sacks wool, 17GI sheepskins. 13 casks and 41 v.ns tallow, 857 hides and 3323 calfskins, besides the usual assortment *f hair, tails, etc. There was a fair attendance of buyers, competition, particu-larly-for sheepskins, being very l eer throughout the offering. Wool. —Mostly crutchings offering at par to id higher. Sheepskins.—Tn keen demand at an advance of id all round. Hides.—ln sympathy with the drop in other markets. Cow and light ox hides were |d to id lower. Heavy ox and'yearlings were firm at late rates.

Tallow.—Good demand, hpt declined up to 30s per ton.

Calfskins.—Prices somewhat irregular, but generally at par with late rates. Best lines up to 12Jcl per lb. I quote:— Wool—Medium crossbred fleece 8?d, seedy 7|cl, inferior 7d, crutchings, good 6|d to 7d, medium Gel to Ctd. inferior and seedy skl. best dead BJd, seconds 6|d, locks Id to 4|d, scoured 10d. Sheepskins.—Fine J-wool wools crossbred S'd to Bkl, coarse and inferior Gkl to 7'd, i-wools 8d to K’ cl, seconds 7*fd, coarse and inferior GJd, r r woo]s, firsts 7{d, inferior sd, lambs 73d, damaged i-wools Gd to 7id, j-wools 4|d. damaged lambs Gd to 0 J d. dead 6d to Gfd, dead lambs GJd to 7d, pelts 2d to Id. damaged 3|d. lamb pelts GJd, skin pieces 3Jcl. Damp lines as follows:—J and full-wools 7s 6d, 7s 8d to gs Bd, i-wools 4s 3d, is Bd, 5s sd, -5s 7d, Gs 2d to Gs Gd, Jwools 3s Od, 3s 9d, to 4s 3d, damaged 3s, 3s 6d. to 4s 4d, dead 3s Gd to 4s 4d, lambs 3s 9d, dead 2s 3d, salted full-wool 8s 2d to 8s Cd, f-wools 5s

10d, Os Id, 6s 7d, 6s lOd, is Id, 7s -Id, 8s to 8s 2d, i-wools 3s 6d, 3s lOd, (s Cd, 4s 9d, 5s 3d, 5s id, 5s lOd to 6s, damaged Is lOd, lambs Is id, pelts Is Id to Is 10d. Hides.—Ox medium stout Dd, heavy ordinary B|d to UJd, medium BJd to 9|d, light 7;d to Bfd, cow medium superior B|d, light superior Bgd to ordinary heavy Bfd to B§d, medium BJd to 81 d, light 8d to B,id, farmers’ cow 7d to 7|d, ox 6d to GJd, stags 6d, dry cow o|d to 7Jd, horse hides sound Jos 9d to 14s, cut is 9d to 10s, cut and slippy ox and cow OJd to yearlings 6-Jd, 7]d, 7;|d to 7Jd. cut and slippy 4|d to sgd.

Tallow.—Host mixed in casks £1 Of? 3d to £1 7s, medium £1 5s 6d to £1 Id, in tins best lines £1 5s to £1 5s 9d, medium £1 4s 6d to £1 4s 9d.

Calfskins.—Special lines lid .to 12Jd. ircta B|d, 7fd, 10>d, lid to ll*d, secmds Bd, Sid, lOd to lljd, fleshy 9d 'o 9Jd, cut 5Jd. 7Jd, 7-jd, 8d to 3]d, slippy 7d, cut and slippy IJd dry 3d to Is Bd, slinks lOd. Horse hair Is to Is llkl per lb, cow tails Is 6.id per don. Dogskin Is, hones £5 per ton. My next sale will ho held on TuesIhy, October 21st. Seeing is believing. Call and see ■ur miscellaneous half-price collection, foil will buy. Charles E. James.