LONDON WOOL SALES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 75, 22 December 1919, Page 10

LONDON WOOL SALES

(Rcc. December 21, M p.m. ) London, December 18. At the wool sales all crossbreds are slightly dearer. There is a finrly good selection of merinos. French buyers secured most of tho. Sydney greasy eoml>ings, though tho Homo trade took a few lots. .. As a result of the Government auction of tops vesterdny, there is a better tone at Bradford. Merinos and fino c.rofSbreds.aro firiYi; fifties and below are in buyers' favour. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

LIVE STOCK SALES Messrs. Dalsety and Company Limited. Palmerston North, report having a good entry o! sheep and cattle at their Feilding sale on Friday, when vendors of sheep wero prepared to meet the market, ana a fair clearance was effected. Quotations: Sleep-Cull lambs. 4a.. 7s. 3d.; cull twotooths, lis. Id.; fair mixed lambs, Us. Bd.; two-tooth ewes, 15s. 2d., 16s. 10d., 175., 18s. 5d.; two-tooth wethers, 15s. 8d„ 195.; fourtooth wethers (low condition). 235. 3d.; woolly empty ow?s, 28s. 3d.; fat and forward shorn owes, 295. 3d. Cattle—Two3'ear empty heifers, £6 store cows, £6 10s. . . , Messrs. Abraham and Williams Limited report on thpir Palmeston North sale on December 18:—We had a small yarding of both sheep and cattle. We quoto aS follows: Sheep—Fat ewes, to 30s. 2d.; store ewes, to 18s.-6d.; fat lambs, to 195.; utore lambs, 4s. to Us. 6d. Cattle—Fat cows, £0 17s. 6d. to £10 12s. 6d., £10 17s. 6(1.; fat two-year steers, £5 to £5 7s. 6d.; store cows, £3 12?. 6d., £6 12s. 6d„ to £6 155.; dairy cows, £7; mill. £5 ss.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report that at their monthly Bale held at 'l'e Jloro on Wednesday a full yarding ot cattle met with a good, demand, and a clearance was made at the following priccE:—Light medium fat cows, £9 to £10; light fat heifers, £9 ss. to £10; forward-condition cows, £7 7s. (o £8 15a.; store oows, £4 10s. to £6 ,12s. fid.; cows and calves, £7 10s. to £10 10s.; small heifers, with calves,' £5 sb. to £5 155.; modium yearling dairy heifers, £4 to £4 10s.; small do., £2 17s. to £3 sb. ; small yearling steers, £3 16s. to £4 2s. 6t1.; Jersey sorts, £2 ss. to £3; small yearling bulls, £2 10s. to £3 10s.; potter bulls, £10; springin E heifers, £9; hacks, £5 to £11.

The New Zealaud Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, Danuerirke. report the following sales for the past weekAt Norsewool on Monday we had a good yarding of oaltle, but tho market wa,s dull and several lots passed.. At Danncvirko on Friday we had a good entry of cattlo and managed to quit most lilies:— We quoto;—Springing heifers, £7 10s.; store cows, to £5 17s. Gd.; eighteen-month lieifors, to £5 10s.; oighteen-monlh s-teers, Polled-Aqgus cross, to £6; eighteen-month Btcers, Hereford cross, £5 55.; fat heifer?, to £9" 10b.

Messrs. Levin and Co., LI<1„ quote the following prices at their Feikling sale on Friday:—ltlxed-aged ewes and lambß, 20e. Id. to £2 135.; mixed two-tooths, 19s. CdL to 225. 6(1.; fat a.ud forward shorn ewes, 23a to 235. dd.; potting bulls, £5, £7 10s., £16 12s. 6d„ to £15; store cows, £2 17s. 6d., £5, £5 12s. 6d„ to £6; foryard cows, £8, £9, to £10 12s. 6d.; cows and calves, £13 15b.; cows in milk, £5, £5 ss„ £6 15s„ to £7; yearling steers, 395. 6d„ £3 6s. 6d„ to £4 Is.; mixed yearlings, £2 165.; yearling bulls, £2 2s. 6d., £2 95., to £2 lis.; eighteenmonth steers, £4 16s.;'weauer heifers, 315.; two-year P.A. steers, £7 In.; two-year Shorthorn Btcers, £6 Ba.; two-year Hereford steers, £8 "s.; two-year Hereford heifers £7 10s.;. two-year Polled-Angus heifers, £6' 165.; two-year heifers. £5: prime fat luilocks, £20; empty run cows, £6, £7 ss„ to £8 14s.