COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 4 July 1924, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

W ESTF.TELD MARKET. (BY TiihKGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION A , AUCKLAND, July 2. -it Y\ estfield to-day beet was yarded m large numbers. Competition was keen for choice and prime, which sold at late quotations. Unfinished was again. dulL: Extra choice oxen 2Ss per 10011), choice and prime 24s to 27s 6d, plniu- and unfinished 19*s to 235, prime cow and heifer 22s to 255, other ['°w 1/S to 21s, rough hee£ 12s to 16s. heavy prime steers £ll to £l2 15s, medium prime £9 to £lO los, light piime £7 to. £8 los, small unfinished £4 10.? to £6 los, heavy prime cows and heifers £6*lss to £8 10s, medium prime £5 os to £6 10s, light nrime £4 to £5, forward .£2 7s 6d to' £3 10s, poorer £1 to £2 os. Calves were penned in average numbers, selling readily at late quotations: Runners £3 os to £4 10s, heavy vealers £2 18s to £3 10s, medium vealers £2 to £2 16s, light vealers £1 9s to £1 18s smaller 18s .to £l ss. small and tresh dropped os to los. rough 8s to 12s. Sheep were in less than average numbers, selling readily at late quotations: Heavy prime wethers £1 19s 3d to £2 0s 6d, medium £1 17s to £1 19s, light £1 13s 6d to £1 16s 6d, smaller and unfinished £1 8s to £1 los 3d heavy prime ewes £1 10s to £1 12s 6d medium £1 7s 6d to £1 9s 6d, light £1 4s to £1 7s, poorer and unfinished 18s to £1 3s 6d. Lambs in small numbers sold at late quotations: Heavy prime £1 7s 9d to £1 10s 6d, medium prime £1 os 6cl to £1 7s 6d, light prime £1 3s to £1 6s unfinished 14s to £1 2s 9d. Pigs were in average numbers at improved values! Choppers £3 3s to £8 18s, and medium baconers £3 18s to £4 7s, light baconers and heavy porkers £3 10s to £3 16s, medium and light porkers £2 12s to £3 9s. Stores sold at improved rates: Large £1 5s to £1 12s, slips £1 5s to £1 10s, wea Tiers 17s to 245. LONDON MARKETS. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having received the folio win ocablegram from their London house under date of July 1 : London Wool Sales.—Wool sales opened; attendance of buyers is large, fair selection, many speculators’ lots; As compared with last safe’s closing rates, greasy merino - combing prices unchanged; greasy merino of other descriptions lid to 2d lower; scoured merino 2d to 3d lower; greasy crossbred, fine quality, Id to lkl lower; greasv crossbred, medium quality, lid to‘ 2d lower ; greasy crossbred, coarse quality, Id lower f slipe crossbred, 2d to 3d ‘lower • scoured crossbred, lid to 2d lower! Dairy Produce—Butter: Since our last report (dated June 26) prices are. 9 S per cwt higher. (Prices, for N.Z. salted is now 184 s, New Zealand exceptional brands 1865.) LONDON WOOL SALES. The Bank... of New, Zealand produce department ; iias received the following advice from its London office under date July I: —“The sales have, opened with, moderate competition and a large attendance of buyers: There is only a moderate demand for all kinds of wool. Compared with the close of last, series, prices are lower; as follows: -'Merinos, id to lid per ,1b • halfhreds, 2i-.d; fine crossbreds, lid' to 2d; medium, lid; coarse, Id to lid.” The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from, their London bouse under date Ist instant: — “July wool sales: There was a, good attendance at the opening cf the sales to-day. Competition by Home and French buyers was fairly -active, and prices, as compared with the,.close of the preceding -secies, | ruled par to 5 per cent, lower- for good merino, 5 per cent, to 10 ner cent, lower for medium and inferior merino, and about 7i per cent, lower lor crossbred. The opening catalogues were fairly representative.”