COMMERCIAL

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXIX, Issue 12114, 8 July 1903, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

WASHDYKE STpCK SALE. . About 1000 sheep were yarded at the r. • Washdyke yards yesterday, mostly . fat t- ewes, which brought 13s 6d, 15s to .15s K , -id ; a line of 2, and 4-tooth ewes and i- wethers, 14s 17s 6d; fat and forward ewes, 12s, 3"' 6.1; f.u ■ - •• thers, 16s an; li*. -... . pfif,.lambs, 10s 9d. . '.■■■ If-', • THE HOME MARKETS. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report undei date London, Julv 6th—" Uie quantity of ~ 3 new wool to be added to the fifth series j-.. - • of sales which open on the 15th September, jk- is limited to 14U.000 bales net. There is : no,: limit for the sixth series opening on tlie 24th November, and all arrivals up to within eight days of that date will be ■xf: • . admitted." ' The Department of Industries and Com- ; merce has received the following cable ■ message, dated London, July 6th, from the ;; , Agent-General: —"The mutton market is steady at last week's quotations. The ■\ ■ • lamb market is firm; the average price «?<•••:» ' to-day for Canterbury brand is s|d; fewv.-.V v ' brands other than Canterbury,. s£d. The i j"; i beef market is depressed. 'lhe average price to-day for hindquarters is 4jd; fore- ■ quarters, Butter.—No alteration. x.-> The cheese market is dull. The hemp : market is quiet at a decline in price. Good a':' • fair Wellington, on spot, is quoted at £32 ' per ton; July-August shipments,. £3O. Manila hemp of fair grade is quoted at " i £33 per ton. Stocks of New Zealand hemp on hand to-day amount to 652 tons, ' against 267 tons at this date last year, iy/iv Tie cocksfoot market is steady, pending ■r" - ' advices with regard to the American crop. J The "rice to-day of bright, clean New .': _ - Zealand cocksfoot, weighing 171bs a bushel, aii - is 46s per cwt. mTHE ASHBURTON STOCK SALE. '* ft.'--' Per Press Association. H '• ASHBURTON, July 7. ''J) About 2000 sheep and 40 cattle were entered at Ashburton yards to-day. (He '.f.-i- - prices of cattle were well maintained and H-V . . sheep sold up to late rates, especially the *p.* well finished lines. Lambs were in dei~, mand.. The following are prices—Store ffi-cattle, springers £6 ss, £7, £B, £9 15s to £lO 10s; dairy cows £4, £5, to £5 -. . 15s; yearlings 40s to 48s ; 2-year-old cat»v>v tie £4 2s 6d; dry cows £3 10s. Fat cattle, 'A steers £6 Bs, £6 12s 6d, £7 ss, to £8 %s?rv 15s; cows £5, £9 10s to £10; heifers £5 ¥fv 10s,- £6 12s 6d, £7 10s to £7 17s 6d. 5;;.: i " . Fat sheep, merino ewes 8s to 9s lid; i.. N lambs lis 3d to 15s 2d; crossbred ewes &(■■■■■■ 10s 6d, 13s, 14s 6d, 15s 4d, 17s 3d to 17s 4d; crossbred ewes and wethers 18s; £•' do wethers 16s to 16s 2d; freezing lambs ' 13s 6d, 14s 6d. 16s to 16s 9d; do we?thers 18s. Stores, lambs lis, lis 3d, 12s 3d to 13s 9d; crossbred ewes 13s Id, 13s 7d, 13s lid., 16s, 16s. 6d, to ;18s.: Pig ß . baconers £3. . .