COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17407, 21 May 1928, Page 11

COMMERCIAL.

rHE LONDON MARKET.

Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house, dated May 17: —

Butter.—The market is firm. New Zealand finest salted, 166 s to 170 s; Danish, 178 s to 180 s; Australian finest salted, 156 s to 4605; finest unsalted. 156 s to 160 s.

Cheese. —The market is steady at present prices. New Zealand white and coloured, 95s to 965; Australian white and coloured, 93s to 945; Canadian white and coloured, 110 s to 116 s; Canadian white and coloured, quotations nominal.

TheMotal imports of butter into the United Kingdom last month were 462,000 cwt, as compared with 428,000 ewt for the corresponding period of last year.

SKIN MARKET. Messrs Dalgety and Ltd., report having received the following cablegram from their London house, dated May 17:— Rabbitskins—There is a good demand; hatters, pulling. 10 per cent, higher, unpulled 15 per cent, higher; except racks, light, only slightly dearer; furriers' neglected; where sold, prices are unchanged. Sheepskins—The attendance is good; good general competition; as compared with olosing rates of last series prices are unchanged.

NGARUAWAHIA BTOCK SALE.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company reports: At our stock sale in the Ngaruawahia yards on Fri-

day we had a fair entry of cattle, comprising principally fats, the quality chiefly rough and plain beef cows. Anything of any quality sold firm at late quotations. Medium weight l'at steers £ll 12s, young and light £0 17s, best fat cows £8 to £8 12s Gd, fair cows and heifers £0 17s to £7 10s, lighter £5 10s to £6, rough and plain £4 to £4 18s, boner £3 6s to £4 ss, vealers £3, low-conditioned store cows £2 5s to £2 18s. Trie advertised in-calf heifers, Jerscv and Jersey-cross and Holstein-cross heifers were «f fair quality, mediumsized and in good order, and ranged in price from £4 15s to £8 10s, other springing cd\vs and heifers, well forward, sold to £lO 15s, August cal vers £8 ss, in mi'-k £7 10s. i WAIFIOU STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company report having held the usual Waihcu sale on Friday when there was an extra heavy yarding of i beef and store cattle and good-yard- ' ings of sheep and pigs. The w\iolo 1 yarding was cjiiittcet under good com\iefition at satisfactory rates. Quotations: Heavy fat ewes 29s Gd, medium 275, light fat lambs 23s 3d to 24s 3d, forward lambs 19s 8d to 22s lOd, others 17s 7d, heavy fat cows £8 to £lO 2s 6d, medium £0 17s Gd to £7 15s, light £6 to £G 133, plain and unfinished sorts £5 to £5 15s, fresh-conditioned stores £3 15s to £4 10s, poorer-conditioned £2 15s to £3 ss, boners £1 10s to £2, best Jersey and Jersey-cross heifer crlves £3 15s to £4, smaller £2 3s to | £2 17s 6ch late calves £1 3s to £1 14s. ’ bulls for export, heavy £5 to £6 2s Gd, lighter £2 10s to £4 10s. Pigs: Heavy baconers £3 19s to £4 2s, medium £3 11s to £3 16s, lighter £2 18s to £3 4s. heavy porkers £2 9s to £2 15s, lighter £1 14s to £2 Is, stores 19s to 245, slips 12s Gd to 15s Gd, wcaners 5s 6d to 9s GcL