Commercial.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3872, 11 May 1906, Page 4

Commercial.

SOUTHERN STOCK SALES. ADDINGTON. Store sheep. Forward wethers made 16s to 16s lid, others 11s 9d to 14s 7d, forward Imnba 10s 9d to 12s lid, others 9s to 10s 6(1. Fat lambs. —Prime made 16s to 18s Bd, one pen 19s, and a f< w lots 14s to 16s 9d. Fat sheep.—Prime wethers made 20s to 28s 7d, light 18s 3d to 20s ; prime ewes 17s to 18s 6d, extra to 19s fid, medium to good 14s 6d to 16s 6d, others from 9s; good to prime merino wethers 12s 8d to 15s lOd Fat cattle.—Steers brought £5 17s 6d to £lO fis, heifers £5 7s 6d t>> £7, cows £4 17s 6d to £6 10s, equal to 19s to 21s for prime, and 16s to 18a for secondary and inferior per lOOlbs. A good yarding of veal calves sold at 7s 6d to £3.

Store and dairy cattle. Yearlings sold at 10a, fifteen to eighteen months 20a to 40*, 2jr steera £2 15s to £3, 2yr heifers £2 10s, Bvr steers £3 10s to £4 10*, dry cow* 25s to £4. Pigs.—Baconera made 85s to 45* and up to 85s for heavier, averaging B£d per lb; porkers ?0s to 80*, equal to B£d per lb ; small stores at about lasi week’s rate. DUNEDIN. Fat cattle.—Best bullocks £8 to £9, good £6 15s to £7 10s, light £4 to £5, best heifer* £6 to £7 7s 6d, good £4 15s to £5 10a, inferior £2 15s to £8 10s. Fat sheep.— Fat wethers 19s 6d to 225, extra to 245, good wethers 17s to 19s; best ewes 18s to 16s 6d others up to 12s. Fat lambs.—Best 14s to 17s, extra to 8s Bd, good 11s to 18s 6d. Pigs.—Suckers 5s to Bs, slips 10* to 14s, stores 16s to 22*, porkers 28* to 89s, light baconers 42s to 46a, heavy 49s to 57*. choppers to G6a. WOOL SALES. ADVANCE IN PRICES, London, May 9. The wool sales o, en-d St' Dg The prices are from par to per cent, advance. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cablegram .from London, under date the Btb inst Wool.— Market opened strong for all sorts. As compand wnb last sales, closing rates prices are about par to 5 per cent, higher for fine crossbred and mt-riuo, and about 6 to 7.} per cent, higher for coarse crossbred and medium crossbred. Later. The wool market is animated and opening prices were fully maintained. At the wool sales, Buxton, Ronald and Go, the Balme Company, and Jaoomb and Son, offered 9046 bales, including 7028 of New Zealand. There was a crowded attendance from all parts and keen competition, Yorkshire manufacturers operating freely. Compared with closing raies of the March sales, medium coarse crossbreds are at par to 5 per centum higher.

WOOL STILL ADVANCING.

Wellington, May 10.

The Department of Industries and Commerce has received a cable from the High Commissioner, dated London 9th:—Wool sales commenced with great competition and a good demand for all descriptions. Prices are advancing. Merinos and fine crossbreds advanced £d, and medium and coarse crossbreds, all grades, fd. Manufacturers are busy and in want of supplies.