THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9069, 8 February 1908, Page 8

THE MARKETS.

GRAIN REPORT. Messrs Kayo & Carter, Ltd., Christchurch, report, February sth, as follows:—Wheat: Good business is being done in wheat at, quotations. Milling wheat (Tuscan) 4s 6d to 4s 7d, Pearl 4s 7d to 4s Bd, milling Hunters, 4s gd to 4s 7d, fowlwheat 4s 6d to 4s 7d ; f.o.b Lyttleton, sacks extra.. Oats; Market keeps very steady, snjiplies offering very sparinglv. A Gar tons 2s 6d to 2s 7d, B Gartons 2s 5d to 2s 6d, Sparrowbills 2s 5d 2s' 6d, Danish 2s 4d to 2s 5d Duns 2s 3d to 2s 8d; f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks included. Potatoes : New £6 lOsj very few yet ready for shipment. , LONDON I WOOL SALES. I !■ Press Association —Copyright. Received February 7, 8.55 a.m. London, February 6. At the wool sales the following average prices for the fleece portion of the clips named were obtained: —Hiku 10%d, Teapiti 9}4d. CLOSED FIRM. ’Loudon, February 7. The wool sales closed firm at late rates.

WOOL, SKIN AND HIDES. Messrs A. H. Atkinson & Co., Feildmg, report:—On Thursday we had our monthly sale of wool, skins, hides, etc., and offered 35 hales and 190 bag lots of wool, 1150 skins, and 450 hides and calfskins, cask and tin tallow, etc. Buyers were well represented, and bidding was snirited at current rates. Hides showed a rise of 3<jd ( to Id on last month’s sale. Wool was about %d lower, . and skins to %d easier. Wool: Fleece, medium, 6d, seedy sd, dead medium seedy 4d, lambs 6d, seedy 4d. black 4>£d. Skins: Crossbred, fins 7d, medium 5%d, broken and inferior 1%d,, dead 4d to broken to 3%d., broken and inferior I}4 • shorts 4%d, inferior 234 d, black 4}4- lambs broken-234(1, dead 334, P e^ts 43£d, inferior, 2%d, broken I %d , iialf dry skins at each, crossbred 6s 6d, butchers’ pelts Is 5d to Is lOd, lambs’ pelts 9d to Is, lambs skins 2s Id to 2s Bd, salted pelts 5d to is Id. Hides: Medium os s^d, light to sd, cut 3%d, cow, medium 4%d to 4%d, slight cuts 3%d, rough 23a to cut and slippy to yearlings slips 234 d, dry B%d, calf,-light 4%d, heavy slips 1%, cut : 3)4, dry 3%d, calf, light 4%d, heavy 5%d, slips l%d, cut B;hod,' rough 4d, dry 434, hull 2%d, horse 4s, slips Is. Tallow: Casks 23s 6d to 24s per cwt., tins 20s. Horsehair Is 3d per lb.‘ .'Messrs Dalegty and Co., Ltd., report having ‘held their usual ’ monthly sale at Palmerston of wool, hides, skins, tallow, etc., on the 7th instant, when they submitted a good catalogue to a fair attendance ' of buyers. Bidding was keen for all lots offeredfcpid prices showed a decided improvement in hides especially for ■ sound lines. Wool, in sympathy ‘ with outside markets was slightly lower than at our last sale. £)kins were in good demand at late rates. Hides: Medium os hides to 53yd, medium cows 43yd to 4%d, light cows 3%d to 44yd. bull hides to 334 d, skins, sound lines, 4%d to 4%d, cut and slippy from from to 2%d. Wool Crossbred fleece 6d to 6jyd, log stained and inferior 434 d to 53yd, good lambs’ wool 6%d to 7d, medium lambs 5)4d to seedy crossbred 4d to 43yd, black 43yd, dead 4)4d to 53y, locks and pieces 23ad to 3)4, dirty Id to Skins: Full-wOoied fine crossbred skins to 7d, medium to coarse crossbred full wooled s}4d to 53yd, dead 43yd to 4%d, lambs stl to 53y, inferior and damaged l%d to Bjyd, damaged pelts Id to 2d, salted pelts Is to 2s Id butchers’ part dry and green pelts Is 3d to Is 9d. Tallow: In tins 20s per cwt., horse hair Is per lb. Bones 3s 6d per cwt. Messrs Abraham & Williams, Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—At our skin and bide sale on 7th inst., we had an average catalogue to offer buyers. The wool consisted of and 56 hags, mostly docks, dead wool. In A skins we offered 1400, the bulk of which were pelts. Wo had 400 calfskins and 300 large hides, 5 casks and 56 tins tallow, and the usual quantities of sundries. Buyers were fairly well represented and considering the state of the market competition was fairly keen for most lots offered. Quotations; —Wool; Crossbred, fine 7d, medium 53yd to 53yd, seedy 3d, lambs 534 d to 6d, locks, pieces dead and black, 3d to 4d. Sxins: Crossbred, fine 43yd r p to 6d, medium to coarse 43yd to o)4d, damaged 3%d, lambs 4%d to a%c\ , dead hoggets 4d, dead and damaged 2d, pelts 4d to 43yd, per lb. -At per piece, Is 5d to Is 6d, salted Is to Is Bd. Hides. Calf, medium sound 43yd, small 4)4d, fleshy 33yd, cut 3d, slippy 2d, ye~arlings 4d, ox heavy g%d to 63£d, medium 53yd to 53yd, light 43yd to d, cows heavy 43<d, medium 43yd, cows cut 3d to 3%d, ; bulls 2d to 3d. Tallow in tins £l9 .5s per ton, in casks £l9 to £2B 10s, • rough fat . £l6 ss. Horsehair, Is bones, £3 10s per ton.