COMMERCIAL.
LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from their London office, under date December 16th, 1912: W001.—1870 bales offered; 1850 sold. Good wools unchanged. Shabby and dingy wools slight hesitancy. Yorkshire large buyers.
FAT STOCK
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Ltd., report:— At Westfield yards on Wednesday, fat cattle came forward in large numbers, and prices improved as the market 'pr° ceeded > best oxen selling to 27s per 1001b; cows and heifers 20s to 245; steers sold at from £7 10s to ,£12,. cows and heifers £4 10s to £8 5a ' Veal calves came forward in eood supply sold at late rataa. Heavy vealers sold at £3 30s to £4 10s; medium weights, £2 10s to £3 3s-'lighter sorts £1 10s to £2 2s; amaller and fresh dropped, 5s to 18s. Sheep were yarded in exceptionally large numbers, and improved in prices from Is to 2s per head on last week s quotations.' Wethers, in wool sold at from 24s to 2os. ewes to 20s 9d; hoggets, 17s to 19s 9d; best horns wethers 18s Gd to 19s 9d; best shorn wethers 18s 6d to 19s 9d, others 15s to 18s 3d, ewes 10s to 17s 9d, hoggets 10s 6d to 16s Gd. A small pen of hoggets realised 21s. Lambs in extra large supply, and competition was keen, and good pricas were realised, freezing buyers being unable to buy. Best quality sold at from 14s 6d to 17s 9d, other* 10s 6d to 16s 6d, inferior fatted 8s 6d to 10s. Pigs were jarded in numbers and sold at late quotations. Alfred Buckland and Sons report.— «t our weekly Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday, December 18th we yarded fat cattle to the number o* 506 head, which is the heaviest offering we have had for some months Competition was a bit irregular, but Tn many cases last week's values were ,"" den. Choice ox sold to 27s nHroe ?3s to 255, cows and heifers 20a to 245, steers ranged in price from £7 to £l2 10s. cows and heifers 7 Wn d .iams, Ltd report on their Johnsonville sale as follows. An extra heavy yarding of prime balUaand sheep «»e forwa-d and „ iri well at recent rates. Frime B :l%ht bullocks £lO 10s to £lO 17a fid nrime bullocks £lO to £lO 7a 6d. iTshter £9 5s to £9 10s, good vealers 35a to 43a, average 23a to 30a, suckfne rigs 12a 6d to 13s, prime wethers 20s ll good wethers 18s, extra . i n «r> ocena 9iia nrime imdv.y
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 528, 21 December 1912, Page 5
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432COMMERCIAL. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 528, 21 December 1912, Page 5
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