THE MARKETS.

Wairarapa Age, 24 September 1923, Page 7

THE MARKETS.

Levin and Co., Ltd., Spot. 20: Quotations New Zealand prime Canterbury lamb 28/42, lid; North Island lamb 28/42, prime Canterbury mutton 56/64, B|d; North Island mutton 56/64, 8d; New Zealand prime ox beef 160/ 220, hinds 4 3-8 d; fore. s 2Jd. These prices are ex store. As compared with last week’s quotations lamb is )<1 cheaper, whilst Canterbury mutton is Id dearer. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sept. 20.— Butter market firm. We quote N.Z. salted 194/ (190/); Danish 208/ (200/); Australian, finest salted and unsaltcd 188/ (184/); Australian g.a.q. 178/ (175/). Cheese market steady, New Zealand white 120/ (122); coloured 122/ (122/; Canadian c.i.f. 121/ (122/). Last week’s prices given in parentheses. MEAT CONTROL BOARD. The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, Sept 21 (Smithfield delivered prices): Prime Canterbury lamb. 29/36 11 3-8 d; 37/42 lid; 43/50 lOjd. Second quality lamb s 10 3-8 d; other selected brands of lamb 29/36 lid; <37/42 10 5-Bd. Mutton, light weight wethers 83d; medium do. 8d; heavy do. 7£d; ewes 6|d. Ox beef, fores 27-8 d; hinds 4£d. There is a slightly better dc’’inand for lamb and beef. Mutton slow of sale. M. A. Eliott Ltd., from Gilbert Anderson and Co., Ltd., Smithfield prices for week ended Sept. 21: Mut-’ ton and lamb prices are unchanged, 1 poor demand. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Sept. 21: New Zea land frozen meat. Lamb 10£d per ih. (average). Mutton. Prices unchanged. (Last quotations 1/8/23): — Wether and maiden ewe, light 8 3-8 d; heavy 7 3-8 d; ewe, light 6{d; heavy 5 7-Bd. Beef. Ox hinds 4|d; fores 2 7-8 d; cow hinds, 4jd; fores 2 ; }d. Market dull. New Zealand dairy produce. Butter 196/ to 198/; cheese 118/ to 122/. Market firm. FROZEN MEAT. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., London, Sept. 20:— Mutton quotation N.Z. prime xbd. lamb Canterbury heavy lOiJd; light, ; 11 jd; N.I. heavy lOd; light 10|d. Demand for N.Z. lamb less; market weak N.Z. prime xbd mutton Canterbury heavy 73 d; light 8 5-8 d; N.I. heavy 7 3-8 d; light Sjd. Demand for N.Z. mutton continues; market very firm. Beef: —N.Z. prime ox beef hinds 43d, ‘fores 23d. Demand for N.Z. beef limited, market dull. G.a.q. xbd Jamb Australian heavy 9d, light 9 l-8d; mutton, heavy 53 d, light 6d. Demand for Australian lamb limited, mutton fair. Lamb market very weak and probably going lower. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Sept 21: — London skin sales: —5300 bales of sheepskins were offered and 20 per cent withdrawn. The range of prices is:—Short and shorn 8d to 9d, xbd 1 to fine 13d to 18d, xbd | to coarse 73d to 113 d, xbd ;} to fine 83d to 13d, xbd 4 to coarse 53 d to 9d, xbd short and shorn to Bd, lambs 9d to 15d. At the fortnightly skin sales at Wellington on Friday excellent competition was forthcoming for sheepskins, but no improvement was found in prices for hides. Calfskins which improved in price at previous sale were lower by 3d to Id per lb. Tallow was in good demand at about last sale’s values. FEILDING SALE. HEAVY YARDING OF CATTLE. There was a record entry of store cattle at the Feilding sale on Friday, there being roughly about 1500 head penned. Those anticipating good prices were disappointed, and the bulk of the yarding were passed in under the hammer. Prices were down considerably, and the absence of Auckland buyers may have affected the position. Fat cattle met with fair competition, but fat sheep were down on last week’s sale. There was a fair yarding of fat ewes, but the quality was patchy. There wa s a small yarding of dairy stock, which were accommodated in the sheep pens, along with the younger cattle, which could not find room in the cattle pens. The following are some of the prices realised: Fat lambs, 22/6 to 25/; b.f. lambs to 33/; ewe5,.,27/3, 30/9, 31/1, 33/1, 34/, 35/, 37/6, to 50/6 the lat-

ter price being for a pen of three very prime sheep; maiden ewes to 36/; wethers 34/, 42/, to 50/6, the last two prices being for odd sheep. Fat cattle: Cows £4 10/ to £4 16/; bullocks to £9 10/; fat and forward bullocks, £6 12/6 to £7 17/6; fat and forward cows, £2 1/ to £3 18/. Store sheep: Ewe hoggets, 32/5; wether hoggets, 25/, 25/5, 25/9, to 32/; mixed hoggets, 24/; empty ewes, 17/ to 27/; b.f. hoggets 23/3 to 27/; ewes with lambs 45/. Store cattle: Yearling steers, £2 10/; two-year- steers, £3 6/; Shorthorn and Hereford bullocks to £7 2/6. Bulk of yarding passed in. Dairy cattle: Jersey springing heifers to £l7; Jersey cross springing heifers, £3 10/ to £7; springing cows, £5, £7, £7 2/6, £8 to £l3 10/.