COMMERCIAL MEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16750, 17 March 1926, Page 2

COMMERCIAL MEWS.

HAMILTON MARKETS.

"" i SEEDS AND PRODUCE. Steady business is reporter! during \ the past week at the Hamilton mar- ! fcets- There is a fair demand for grass seed and manures. A shipment of basic slag is arriving this week and will be riisfribniert immediately on arrival. Bran and pollard are in very short supply while other lines are sellins at late rates. Poultry, Butter and Eggs. There were large entries of poultry at last week's sales. The demand for table birds and pullets was keen./ Prices were: cockerels, 2s 3d to 3s id; heavy hens, 2s lOd to 3s yd; light hens, 2s id to 3s; old hens, Is 8d to Is lOd; ducks, Is Od to 2s Id; white Leghorn pullets, <is 6d to Gs. Butter is retailing at Is 9d for superfine, Is 3d for first grade and Js 7d for second grade.

Ksss are scarce and selling at 2s Gd per dozen retail, the wholesale price bring 2s 2d.

HAMILTON STOCK SALE.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company report that in I heir Frankfcon yards yesterday they had a medium entry of cow and heifer beef. Prime cattle showed a slight improvement, while plain and ordinary sold at the previous week's rates. Medium weight prime, cows and heifers £6 12s to £7 4s, lighter £5 10s to £O, light £-i to £4 10s, plain and ordinary £3 to £i, fresh conditioned cows*£2 10s to £3; stores 30s to £2 :ss. A good number of sheep of al! classes were penned, and competition improved to that which existed at late previous sales, and the whole yarding was cleared under the hammer. Prime four-tooth weihers, 28s -4<l to 20s 3d; fat ewes, 17s to 18s; prime woolly lambs, 27s 3d; lighter prime, 2. r is 3d: low-conditioned sound mouth ewes, 10s 9d to 12s 9d; cull ewes, 7s 3d; four-tooth store wethers sold to 235; medium black face store lambs, 1.23 to 12s Id; small, Bs. A small yarding of fat and. store pigs were submitted, prime heavy baooners selling at late quotations, while good porkers and underweight baconers were easier; all classes of stores were dull of sale. Good quality heavy baconers, £4 10s to £4 17s; heavy, £4 5s to £4 8s; medium, £3 10s to £3 18s; good porkers and light baconers, £3os to £3 Ss; medium porkers, £2 12s to £3: well done small to medium" £2 to £2 10s; stores, 25s to 355; best slips, 15s to 18s; others, 10s'to 12s; weaners, 5s to 10s. i

MANAWATU SALES.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd.

report:— At Palmerston North sale on lttn Inst there was a very small yarding of all classes of stock. Sheep met with a good demand but the few cattle varded were hard to quit. Black-face lambs made 10s 2d to 12s Bd, forward /ewes las 6d, empty cows 375, fat steers £4 4s, yearling steers (small) £i. • At Fending on 12th tost, there were close on 20,000 sheep yarded, consisting of some good lines of breeding ewes and rape lambs, but a large portion of the yarding ranged from me<flum to cull sorts. Prices for good quality sheep and lambs were maintained throughout, inferior sheep being harder to quit. However, practlcallv even' pen was quitted at satisfactory prices. A fair yarding of cattle met with a medium demand. Fat ewes brought 17s. fat lambs 21s 6d, \ and 6-toolh and 4-year ewes 21s 3d to 25s 3d. 6-loolh ewes 255, 2 and 4-toof.h ewes (good) 25s 9d, do. small 17s. 4-year ewes 16s Id to 22s 9d. 2-tooth ewrs 2Gs, 4-tooth ewes 25s Sd, 2-tooth wethers 2is, low conditioned i and 5-year ewes lis to lT>s, good rape lambs 15s Sd to 16s 4d, cull lambs 9s to 10s, S.D. rams 4 J to 9 gns, aged Southdown rams 1 io 2J gns, Romney rams (aged) A gn; 2yeait' steers £4 to £5 10s, yearling steers 34s to £3 6s, yearling heifers .£2 6s. 3-year steers £i 15s to £5 15s, fat bullocks £7 10s to £9 2s, fat rows £0 15s, forward cows £2 10s to £3 Jos. bubs 30s to £3 15s. TAUIYIARUNUI SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report:—At Taumarunui on Tuesday ■we yarded 4844 sheep, 265 head of cattle and J I pigs. Throughout the sheep sale there was good cornpelitinn for all classes at late rates. Cattle were not keenly sought after. Practically Ihe whole yarding changed hands, quotations being: Two-tooth wethers 17s Id Io 20s, small 13s Id to lGs, 4 and G-tooth wethers (poor conditioned; 16s 3d to 18s. 2 and 4tooth ewes 17s 9d to 21s, 2-toolh ewes 18s to 225. small 13s 9d, iyear ewes 16s lid to 20s, i and 5ycar ewes 12s to 16s 2d, poor conditioned 8s to Us Gd, rn.s. shorn-lambs 9s 9(1 to 14s id, ewe lambs 14s, rn.s. woolly lambs lis to 15s 9d, S.D. rams Sgns, J-shear Romney rams lgn to 7gns, aged rams lis to 18s, fat cows £3 10s to £5, fat heifers £2 15s Io £5 19s, 18-mths steers £2 4s lo £2 10s, store cowg 27s 6d to £3 ss, cows and calves £4 to £5, 2-year heifers 30s to £2 15s, 3-year heifers £2 10s to f. 3 ss, cows in calf £2 lo £3 10s, P.A. bulls apns to 9gns, other bulls £1 10s to £2 10s. ADDINGTON MARKET. There was a heavy offering of fat cattle at the weekly stock sale at Aldington. It totalled 512 head. There was a larger showing of si fees than has been the ease al recent sales, hut the bulk of them were only moderately well finished. Cows formed over half Ihe entry and many of them were old and inferior. For Ihe greater pari, of the sale good lieof sold well, though prices for it were on an aver-

ago clown by jr>s lo 20s a head on Istc rates. Good rows were sl'iphily cheaper than last sale, while tlie rough sorts proved hard (n sell even at low prtce?. On the whole Hie sale was a free one. Following fire prices per 1001 b: Rest beef lo 4ts, prime medium weight :;fis fid lo 30s, heavy weight ;jis lo 36s 6d, medium finality .'Ms Gd to Sis, rough slrrr hct and heavy cow beef 2 is lo 20s. There was a. smnll yarding of fat. sheep, comprising eight and a half races. Rwes formed the bulk of the y.irdtns and generally they were of fair quality. There were srveral lots of particularly well finished wethers forward. The sob: was a free onr\ but prie.f's were, scarcely up to Iho level of those p'reviously ruling. The ottering of fat lambs totalled 2ioo head, compared with rtlOO lasi week. Tiie sale was a brisk one and schedule rales were exceeded. All I lie freezing buyers competed actively. The yarding of store sheep was a very heavy one and the salr- went on until well alter dark. There were a large number of store ews forward from the North island, and some of them

vierr. the best from that quarter seen at Addington this season. On Ihe whole the. sale, for both ewes and lambs was a sound one and prices showed a tendency- to improve on those ruling last week. For the. greater part of the sale passings were nol heavy, bill in the. final stager; ewes proved rather difficult lo dispose of.

The bulk of the store cattle entry consisted of cows which sold at late rates. The entry of dairy entile totalled 64 head. There was a good attendance, but the demand was not very hrislc. For the most part, however, vendors met the market and not many passings were made. in the. vealers section small calves of good quality sold well at an advance on late, rates, but the competition for big plain calves was not very animated. Fat pigs met with an active demand and the sale was the dearest this season. With the exception of weaners all classes of store pigs sold freely at late rates. Weaners were from 4s to 5s a head cheaper than a week ago. Following are ranges of values:— Fat Cattle. —Extra heavy, steers £lB to £2O 2s Gd, heavy £)4 :10s lo £l7, prime medium weight £l4 to £l6. medium quality £ll io £l2 15s. light £7 10s to £lO, extra heavy to £lO 2s Gd, prime. £8 to £lO 10s, medium £5 5s to £7 15s, light cows £4 to £5, extra prime heifers to £l2 17s Gd, prime £8 10s to £ll, ordinary £6 10s lo £8 ss, light £5 to £6 ss. Store Cattle. —3 and 4-year steers. £9, good cows £3 to £4. medium £2 to £2 15s, old £1 to £1 15s. Dairy Cattle. —Best second, third and fourth caivers (springing) £8 to £l2 10s, medium £5 to £7 10s, inferior £2 to £4 10s, extra good springing heifers to £l4 10s, good £7 to £lO 10s, others £i to £6.

Vealers. —Small calves 15s to 22s Gd, medium 27s Gd lo 3,55, good 40s to 47s 6d, best to 70s, medium runners £3 to £3 15s, best to £6 10s.

Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers lo 39s 4d, prime 29s 9d to 32s 6d, medium 26s to 29s Gd, light 25s In 26s 3d, extra prime ewes to 34s Id, prime 24s to 26s 6d, medium 20s to 23s 6d, light 17s to 19s, aged 13s 6d to 16s 6d. Fat Lambs.—Extra prime heavy lambs to 32s Id, heavy 27s 3d to 29s Gd, medium weight 25s Gd lo 28s, light and inferior 23s Od to 255, unfinished 20s Gd lo 235. Store Sheep.—Forward rape lambs 21s lo 235, medium 18s 9d lo 20s Gd, small crossbred lambs 15s tn 17s 6d, inferior 13s to lis Gd, halfbred ewe lambs lo 245, good i[-brcd 23s to 23s 9d, good 2-toolh Romney cross ewes 34s lo 36s 9d, 2-tooth Romney cross 26s 9d to 335, good 4, 0 and 8-toolh Romney cross 32s to 37s 3d. 4, 6 and 8-l.oolh Romney cross 25s Gd to 3ls, low conditioned 4, 6 and S-tooth crossbred 22s to 24s 6d, 4, 6 and S-tooth halfbred 32s to 37s 9d, 4 and 5-ycar halfbred 25s to 30s, low conditioned sound-mouth 22s to 24s Gd, failingmouth halfbred 15s to ISs 3d, aged 10s to 14s, good 4, G and 8-tooth wethers 25s to 27s lid. 2-tooth halfbred 21s 3d to 235.

Pigs.—Choppers £3 10s lo £7. light baconers £4 to £4 15s, heavy £5 lo £5 15s, extra heavy to £G 10s, average price per lb 8d (o 9d; light porkers 52s lo 635, heavy 68s to 755, average price per lb BJd lo 9d; weaners 15s lo 20s. extra good sorts to 265, slips 2Ss to 335, medium stores 36s to 465, large 50s to 57s 6d.

LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDON, March 16. At the wool sales there was an average selection and the demand was good at late rates. The New Zealand clip, SAMM, realised up to 15Jd, and averaged 14}d.

At Bradford market there was slightly more business, with prices firm.