COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17124, 27 October 1917, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS

MELBOURNE, ■ October 28. Barley.—Chevalier malting- 4s 6d to 4s 7id per bushel; Cape 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Qats.—Algerian, milling, 2s 8d to 2s 9d; feed, 2d 6d to 2s 7d. Potatoes.—,£s 5s to «£6 5s per ton Onions.—£l9 to .£2O per ton.

Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Palmer* ston North, report having a very good entry of both sheep and cattle at their Marton sale on Monday, 22nd instant. I here was a good attendance of buyers, and a rerv satisfactory clearance' was effected. The following are the pricss realised:—

Sheep.—Mixed »ge ewes and Jambs, dte , J9s, to £2; small mixed hoggets, -&is Id; 4 and 6-tooth forward wethers £2 6s 4d.

Cattle.—Yearling heifers, £o .Is £5 10s, to £5 13s 6d; yearling Shorthorn heifers, £7 os, mixed yearlings, ~o 13s; 2-year heifers, £7 :Us, £7 15s 6d, to £7 16s fc'd; forward cows. £11 • cows and calves. £11 13s to £12 15s--20-month steers, £9 C 3 to £10.

At Palmerston North on Thursday we held our Annual Spring Cattle Fair, m conjunction with the Associated Auctioneers. An unusually heavy yarding came forward, soir.j 2000 head ne.-ng penned, of which we yarded 100 U. Bidding for bullocks, iorward cows, and yearling heifers was not up to recent market quotations, Out for good breeding cows, cow-s and calves, and eearJing steers, competition was ' good. W« succeeded in emitting "the bulk of 0111 entry at the fnllowincr prices •—Forwarc 4-ye.nr bullocks, £17 8s: 3-year stor« bullocks, £14 10s. £14 12s/' rough ■*• ve;ir steers, £10 ss, £11; nged store cows £7 2s, £7 Ss • :ar store cows, £S 10s £8 12s, £8 l&s; fat cows, £i 3: yearlmg Jersey hjifers, £6 os, '£6 10.S, £b 11s, £8 18s 6d: yeir!in>'Holstein heitp.rs (good). £S -3s; 2i-venr empty heifers, £8 16s; yearling £6,155. £7 2s. £7 16s, £7 17 3 . £8, £S 7s.- £5 16s; fair cows and calves. £11 ss:"fan mixed woolly hoggets, £2Cs,-30s.