Commercial.

Woodville Examiner, Volume VIII, Issue 870, 12 February 1892, Page 2

Commercial.

(,Special to Examiner.) THE WOOL SALES. Napier, Last Night. The Napier branch of_the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company have receive ! from their London office the following cable, dated 9thinstant: — Wool Since the date of our last telegram nearly all descriptions have declined per lb., except lambs and fine cross-breds, for which the market is unchanged, and coarse cross-bred, which is easier. The American demand is good, but wools of a faulty chai acter are neglected. The total quantity catalogued to date is 164,000 bales, of which 15,000 bales are withdrawn.

MESSRS STEVENS AND GORTON’S REPORT. Since our Inst report we have held six sales—at Sanson on the 2nd instant, Foxtou on the 3rd, Palmerston on the 4tli, clearing sale of Hon. J. D. Ormond's stock at Woodville on the sth, Woodville on the 6th, and our annual ram fair at Bulls on the 9th. In the earliest sales we were met with a sharp drop in. prices of stock of all classes. Since the rain a gradual improvement has been manifes:, particularly in four and five year old breeding ewes of good quality. Our annual ram fair on the 9th was weil attended, and for good sheep the demand was brisk. Between 14,000 and 15,000 sheep were yarded, and with the exception of two lines of two-tooth ewes and a few old sheep we quitted the whole at prices mostly above vendors' expectations. The rams offered were inferior in condition and quality to previous sales, but good sheep were eagerly competed for. The Lincoln rams offered by Messrs Robert Wilson, W. Morrison, R. B. Pearce, and Mr G. C. Wheeler’s Romneys were most in demand. We quote as under: — Hanson - .— Fat heifers, L 4 13s; fat cows, L 5 Is to L 5 11s ; 3 yr steers, L 4 to L 4 Is; 18 mos steers, L 3 2s; yearling steers, L2 ; yearling heifers, 38s. Palmerston. —Fat bullocks, Lslsa fid to L 6 4s; fat cows, L 4 4s; forward steers, L 3 16s to L 4 ssod; cows and calves, L2 15s to L 3 10s 6d; 2yr steers, L 3; 2 and 3yr heifers, L2 19s; yearlings and 18 mos. mixed, L2 4s to L2 7a 6d ; mixed weaners, 30s ; good milkers, L 4 10s to L 5 10s.

Ormond's Salk. —Fat bullocks, L 6. Wo aivn.i.K, —3 yr steers, L 3 15s; cows in calf, L 3 10s; weaners, poor, 20s ; milch cows, L 4 5s to L 6. SHEEP. Sanson. —Ewes, mixed ages, 9s 3d to 10s lOd ; 2 tooth ewes, 12s 6d to X3s 6d; fu 1 mouth, 5s 6d to 7s; lambs in wool, 7s lid to 8s 7d ; shorn lambs, 7s to 7a Id. Foxton. —Fat wethers, 11s 6d: store wethers, 10s to 10s 9d; ewes, mixed ages, 9s to 9s 4d ; full mouths, 6s to 8s ; ewes and lambs, all counted, 7s Gd; lambs in wool, 6s 6d to 7s Id; culls, 3s 9d to 4s 9d.

Palmerston. —Wethe.-s, 10s 6d to 10s lid ; 2 tooth ewes, 13s 9d to 17s 6d ; mixed ages, 10s 6d to 12s 6d; full mt nth, 6s 3d to Bs. Woodville. —Ewes 7s 5d to 12s 6d ; lambs, 7s 6d to 8s 6d; ewes and lambs, all counted, 4s 9d. Bulls. —On account Mr E. Wilson Lincolns rams from 24 to 4J guineas, averaging 31 guineas; Mr W. Morrison do, 2 to 4| guineas, averaging 3i guineas; Mr E. B. Pearce, do, 2 to 3J guineas, averaging 3 guineas ; Mr E. Head, do, 2 guineas; Mr A. Amon, do, 2 guineas; Executors L. C. Eichards, do, 2 guineas; Mr G. S. V. Cooper, Romney rams, 14 guineas; Mr G. C. Wheeler, do, 3 to 6 guineas.

Sheep:— Fat wethers, 12s 2d; store wethers, 10s to 10s 6d; 2-tooth ewes, 13s 6d to 14s Id; ewes, mixed ages, 10s 61 to 11s 6d ; full mouth, 6s to 10s; line half bred maiden ewes, 12s; lambs shorn, 4s 6d (small) to 7s 6d; lambs in wool, 7s 6d to 8s lOd.