WOOL, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 694, 20 December 1909, Page 10

WOOL, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALE.

. Messrs. Murray; Eoberts, and fcompany ronort as follows:—On I'riday we submitted an attract tive catalogue, consisting of 6000 skins, 900 hides. and calfskins, and a large . Quantity .of bags and fadges of wool; besidea tallow, horsehalr, etc. The', attendance of bnyers, notwith.' standing the fact that it is now the height of tho wool, season, and the regular wool sales are in full swing, was very large, including representatives irom; Auckland to. Dunedin and competition,, ow ng 110 doubt, to the firm tone in all was ■ very brisk. "Wo cleared all our .cataloguo at prlce3 which should leave no room for complaint. Prices for tho yahous;.offerings wero as. below:- Wool: CroBR. bred fleece, k 7d v to. Bd.;- lofck and, heavy D i e pis 2id. to 33d.; pieces and bellies, 4d to sif: .crutchings, 4d. to 6jd. /Sheepskins: Crossbred medium to fino, 71d. to 83d. per .lb.; crossbred coarse, 6id. to 7d.; dead and hoggets. 4id. to Jd.; lambs, 5Jd. to 7id-: short -wools, 41d. to 53d.; . badly damaged skins,' lid.' to 3Jd.; bare pelts/ 6d; to Is. 9d. each. : Hides: Heavy ox, none offered; medium ox, 63d. to 7Jd. per lb.; lS ox '• i?" 7Jd. per lb.; good cows, 6id. to 7id per lb.; medium cows, 63d. to 6Jd. ner h•' damaged hides, 3d. to. 53d. per lb.; siag hides 4Jd. to 51d. per lb.; calfskins, best, lOd. to lOKd' per lb.;; calfskins, medium,-BJd. to 93d. Dor lh I calfskins;- inferior, 6d. to 7}d. per !b. Tallow"! In tins, 20s. to 235. per cwt.; in caske, 225. 6dto 255, 9d. per cwt. Horsehair, Is. to Is. 4d" per lb. . ■ -.

FEIIiDING MARKET REPORT. "Messrs. A. H. Atkinsonand Co., Ltd., rennrt regarding, their last , week's' Bale at Feildinir that p}gs are difficult of sale, and prices' lower. Thn report 6tates:—Wo_ had a good yarding and good quality to offer. • Prime porkers did not come up to vendors' : ideas of value and were passed. In. .sho continual fall in factory prices has tended to demoralise tho market. Poultrv pens wero full, and a number of heavy-weiirlit turkoy: gobblers were forward, and were difficult of sale at prices demanded by callers. Onntn. ■tions:—Pigs: Bs. Cd., 10s. to 10s fid , slips and stores, lis.' 3d., 125., 13s„ 13s ■ gg ■ t0.185.; light porkers, '165.-' 6d... 16s. 9d., to'22n'.' heavy d 0.,; 235. to. 265. 6d.' Poultry, at each' Hons,, Is. 2d., Is. 4d„ Ip,, sd„ to Is. 6d. : roosters' Is. Bd. to 25.; halt-grown do., Is. Id. to is. 6d ' turkey gobblers, Cs. fc> Us. 3d.; geese, 2s. to 2s' Vd.j ducKß, Is. 9d., 25./: to 2s. Sd.; Muscovy duel's' 35.; chicks, lOd. Horses: Harness horse. £4 En' £5 65., to £7 15s. Produce: Pollard, Bs. 9d • bran,, 4s. 6d.; nmiee, 55.; new potatoes. Es. fid' to 10b. per cwt.; old do'.; 4s. to Bs. per bag- lottuce,: Is.; cherries, daniaged, Is. 6d, peV casegood, to Bs. ;■ plums, 55;;.; factory ■ bacon, 7Jd' hams, Bd. per lb. . ' ' . .THE FROZEN.MEAT MARKET. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright,) (Received December 19, 5.5 p.mi) ' ' . „ ~ London, December 18. , The Frotsn Meat Trade AiuociatKm'e Smithfitld market 'auotatlooa Ijr the undermentioned

classes of frozen mcat aro based on actual sales of not less than ono hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of 'beef ol fair average quality. Tho quotations arc not for selected lines, but for parcclo fairly representative of the., bulk of tho shipments now on the market. The prices which follow are on an average a farthing per lb. more than the valuo ex ship, this difference rcprescnting .au average cost in expenses, handling, conveyance, and selling the meat:— • Dcc. 11. Dec. 18. • d. d. Mutton— •• . . , Canterbury; • light 4 • 4* ' Canterbury, medium - 4.. -4* Canterbury, heavy oI ' 3g Southland 33 • North Island, best 32,. 33 ■■■. North Island; ordinary 3fi •' ;• Australian, light .34 35*16 ;Australian, heavy 23 - • -23 . River Plate,' light 33 • 33 . Kiver- Plate, heavy 3 5-16..;. 3 5-16' havaii— v Canterbury, . light- :''4A ' 4ft ; ' Canterbury, medium 3S' 311-16 . 1 Canterbury,. heavy '31 32 ' Southland ; 311-16 -3} Island, selected .38 33 North Island, ordinary 3 5-16 3ft • Australian, best 313-16 313-16 Australian, fair '39 3B . -Australian, inferior... 33 33 „• River Plate 33 ,33 BeefNew Zealand, ox- fores 23 23 New Zealand, ox hinds 3j Australian, ox fores 2| 28 Australian, ox hinds .'...''3 215-16• River. Plate, ox fores 211-16 •. 211-16 River Plate, ox hinds " 3J . • • : 3J ;• COTTON. ■ , Middling American cotton, on spot, at Liverpool, is auotcd at f.fllld. per lb. s ' WHEAT. (By Telecraph.—Press Association —Copyright.) London, December 17. • Twenty-seven thousand quarters Australian wheat, January shipment, and a cargo, havo been 6old at 395. net and IQ,GGQ quarters De-. cember shipment at 395.- 6d. ,