COMMERCIAL.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9020, 6 December 1907, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

STOCK REPORTS. Abrahams and Williams .Ltd., reportAt Palmerston on Thursday we again had a heavy yarding of cattle, close on (100 head being offered consisting chiefly of female ~j“-V)ck and voumi steers. The demand V( juii'i .'iccrs was not quire as Sf3oo pei"., s it ' lias been recently but a with 8 rooms, -- O fp<> rot i i u most cases, otc. Rent £6 lOs por uu,, 3. year heifers and telephone attached ivo“,‘i so and year. Price for goodwill and plain. f or a u Stock approximately JMSO. Good rc,. l; | j ie for selling. Apply at once. . H BROPHY & MOWLEM or^ Land & Estate Agents ; a-tooth IUNGITIKEI STREK , "hullocks £5 PALMERSTON Lifers £3 15s to • ud 3-year old J, T BARRY 12s ; ; 15 mos. LAND AGENT§ Ms~Gd F f i :l,d 1 « Jorc WAVE FOR cows .0 mos. steers and 130 ACRES frccliOi’ulls £3 10s to £0 Ts all in grass and plou, dairy farm close to rautui Loan and Mcr* creamery, 4-roomed mjpauy Ltd. report cowshed, hayloft Pnec £2B peus o ‘f s hcopca;nc forat Although several Hues wore passed in at auction we were success ful in placing tlio bulk of our entry at satisfactory prices. Quotations: —Sheep. 2th. owes 17s. Cattle, ‘ forward 8-year heifers £3 3s Od, cows with calves £3 15s to £3, store cows £2 to £2 Its, fat cows £4 os to, £1 13, yearling steers £2: 3-yoar old biulocks £5 12s Gd, forward bullocks £(> os. , . . Messrs Dalgcty Co. report;—At our fortnightly Wanganui sale on the 14th iust. we yarded ISOO sheep and 150 cattle. There was fair competition under the hammer and we made a total clearance of the yarding at ruling rates. Quotations : —Fat owes Ms !od, shorn wether hoggets 13 7d, Ms, Ms 4d, to 15s Cd, woolly ewe hoggets 21s, woolly wotber hogl gets 195." store cows 21s to C3s CM,. v mixed yearlings to 18-months 24s to 33s Od.'bulls 40s to 53s Gd. Messrs Dalgety & Co., Ltd., report on their Palmerston sale of the sth iust., as follows; —Wo had an exceptionally good yarding of cattle and a good entry of sheep. There was a keen demand for yearling to 18-mouths steers and also for empty • heifers and empty cows. The following are the prices realised;—lß to 20months steers £3 7s, yearling steers medium sorts £2 !)s Cd, yearling steers culls 245, cows with calves 435, small heifers with calves 40s, empty ■ cows £2 5s Gd, forward heifers £3 11s, small springing heifers 51s, 18months to 2-year empty heifers £3 15s. 15-mouths ’empty heifers 31s. . bulls 34s to 435, 3-year bullocks £5 7s Gd. In sheep our entry consisted of wethers, ewes and lambs. Mixed • aged owes with lambs at foot realised 25s to 25s 3d. Per Press Association. Christchurch, December 4. At the Addington live stock market to-day there were fairly large entries of stock, and au enormous attendance, many fanners being present to see how fat lambs were selling. Fat cattle were without change. Fat lambs were firm at previous week’s rates, and fat sheep, ' ‘ though irregular, were without change. There was a fair demand . for store sheep, especially forward wethers. Pigs of all classes were easier, and there was a fair denmad for dairy and store cattle. The entry of store sheep was larger than for several weeks past, and there was a little better demand, forward wethers being wanted chiefly. 1 - Prices wore, however, about the . same as the previous week. The . entry of fat lambs was rather larger than last week, and the quality was better, there being a smaller proportion of unfinished lots. There was a fair demand for export, and '■ prices remained without change, “ though the sale was rather brisker. Togs made 17s to 48s 9d. and unV ’finished lots Us to I3s Cd.. The entry of fat sheep, was rather larger ... than last week, and included some « prime lines of wethers. The sale was but prices generally I

showed no change, the demand “S 8 SS£«“S IDs, medimn 14s to 10s, and WW ! Ms to 18s OA, The supply of beef was j made up of 310 head 'of useful sorts, the number being much smaller than I the previous week. The sale brisker, though there was no actual steers 1 at £0 15s to £ll 10s; J. I’. Buchanan (Little River), 7 steers at £lO to £ll ss; J- and J. O. Coop (Little River), 14 steers at £0 as to oil- j. Dean’s estate (Riccartou), 3 heifers £0 3s Gel to £lO, aud 1 cow £8; for others, steers brought £0 2s (id to £l3-2s 6d; heifers, £5 Ls Gd to £lO, aud cows £4 10s to £B, equal tc 25s to 27s 0d for prime, and 3la tr 24s for medium per JOOIbs. vea, calves sold at 4s 6d to 495, accordim to size ond quality. There was £ , medium entry of store cattle macU vio of small lots aud principally dr: cows. There was » fair, inquiry a the following rates \ earliugs 1L 15 to 18 mouths 20s to 295, 2 year heifers £3 5s (id to £3 7s (id, 8 year steers £4 12s Gd, 8 year heifers £8 .H, dry cows 25s to £4 10s. The dam cows showed rather more condition and prices] were change selling at at £8 10s to £7. There was mi average yarding of pigs, am. tiio demand was slack aud prices much lower. Bacouers made 50s to GOs, equal to 5d to 5,).<d ; porkers Lis to 48s, equal to od to ojdd; large stores 80s to 85s, medium 2Gs to S9s, and bacouers l;>s to 2as. Dunedin, December 4. At the Burnside stock market today 7GG sheep were penned, the majority ■of which consisted ot prime quality. • On account of the short supply prices showed an advance of fully 8s to 4s per head on last week’s rates. Best woolly wethers 37s to 81s fid, best shorn wethers 23s to 24s 9d, medium 19s to 2is inferior l'7s Gd to 1 8s (id, best ewes ISs to 20s Gd, medium Jus to 17s, inferior 18s to 14s Gd. Laiv.bs: 120 penned. Prices wore niuc.i better than last week. Best lambs 17s (id to 20s. medium 15s to IGs Od, inferior 18s Gd to 14s 9d. Cuttle: KiS yarded. The quality in most cases was good.' Bow buyer.* were mvsciit, and prices were decidedly easier. Best bullocks £lO to £ll, extra to £l3 7s 0;l, medium £9 to £lO, inferior £8 5s to £9, best cows and heifers £7 to £B, extra, to £9 as, medium £0 to £li 10s, inferior £•> to £5 13s Gd. Pigs:, About 100 yarded. Suckers 15s to 19s, slips 23s to 2cs, stores 27s to 80s, porkers 45s to nos, large bacouers to 755. WOOL SALES. Per Press Association —Copyright. „ Received Doo.fi, 10.13 a. in. London, December 5. At the wool sales there was keen competition, and prices for merinos were more regular.

HOMEBUSH SALES. Sydney, December G._ High prices were obtained for fat cattle at Homebush sales. Best bidlocks runted from £lO to best cows to £i-U. ...