THE MARKETS

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9079, 21 February 1908, Page 1

THE MARKETS

SYDNEY WOOL'SALES. Received February 21, 1.18 a.m. Sydney, February 20. gThe wool sales closed with keen competition. First greasy sold to UXd. _ GRAIN REPORT. Messrs Kaye & Garter, Ltd., 'Christchurch, report as follows:Wheat, Milling, Tuscan 4s 5d to 4s Pearl 4s s}£d 4s 6d, Hunters As Sd to 4s s}£d. Fowl wheat 4s 4d ■to 4s. sd, f.o’b. Lyttelton, sacks •extra. Milling wheat, the market is •easier in sympathy with the Southern markets. Oats, A Gartons 2s 5d to 23 6d, B Gartons 2s 4d to 2s sd, Sparrowbills 2s 4d to 2s sd, Danish Us 4d to 2s sd, Duns 2s 3d to 2s Bd, f.o.b. Lyttelton, sacks included. Markets keep steady owing to the continued dry weather making faim--ersin most cases firm holders. Potatoes: £6 10s to £7. STOCK REPORT. Press Association. Christchurch, February 19. At the Addington live stock market. to-day there were very large yardings of sheep, and good entries in other departments. The attendance was also large. Fat cattle were dull of sale at late rates. Well finished fat lambs were firm, and store sheep, especially lambs and wethers, were easier. Pigs were only vin limited demand at late rates. The yarding of store sheep was a heavy one, and, though there was a large attendance of buyers, the continued dry weather affected the demand, and wethers and lambs were down about Is per head. Good young ewes maintained their values fairly well. The entry of fat lambs was one of the largest seen in the yards, and, only natural under the present conditions, the bulk of them were not more than half or three parts fat. There was a good demand for all lots fit for freezing, the {'well-finished lambs selling very firmly, though there was little or no change in T&lU6B» * Tegs made 15s 3d to 17s 2d, ordinary weights, 13s to 15s; lighter, 10s 6d to 12s 6d; rape-fed lambs, 8s to A’ , There was an average yarding or lat sheep. ~ , The supply of beef totalled 290 head, and only a few consignments were really prime. There was a slack demand, as there is no feed in the holding paddocks, and in the absence of cool chambers only short supplies of beef can be kept on hand. Prices were about on a par with the previous week’s sale. The range of prices was: —Steers, £6 10s to £lO 17s; heifers. £4 5s to £7; and cows, £3 15s to £6 17s 6d—equal to 20s to 23s 6d for prime, 17s to 19s 6d for medium, and 14s to 16s 6d for cows and inferior, per 1001 b. Yeal calves sold at 5s to 50s, according to size and quality. There was a moderate yarding of pigs, and the demand was not so keen as of late, though prices remained about the same. Choppers made 55s to 625; lighter, 45s to 54s (equal to 5d per lb); porkers, 35s to 44s (equal to sper lb); large stores, 21s to 30s ; medium, 15s to 20s and weaners, 9s to 12s.

Messrs Dalgoty & Co., lAd., Palmerstou North, report having a very good yarding of sheep at their Annual Fair, the bulk of the entries being 4 and 5 year old ewes. Owing to the extremely long spell of dry weather, and shortage of both feed and water, a large number of the sheep offered were in low condition, and for these bidding at auction was dull. Good straight line of young ewes and wethers met with good competition and we effected sales under the hammer at following prices:—Old ewea in very low condition 2s 6d, 2-tooth wethers, small 10s 3d, mixed cull 2-tooths 6s 9d, 2-tooth ewes 10s, 2-tooth ewes 11s, mixed 3-tooths, good 11s Id, English Leicester rams l^gns. The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency 00., Ltd., report as follows:—At Palmerston yesterday we had a medium yarding of sheep. The sale was not brisk, but considerable business was done at prices in favour of purchasers. We quote :—Store lambs 5s Id to 5s 3d, cull lambs ss, fat ewes 11s lid, 4tooth Romney ewes 8s 7d, 2-tootb Romneys ewes 16s 6d, aged rams 14s to 18s, 2-tooth B. L. rams 2gs. . Messrs Abraham & Williams report :—At Palmerston yesterday we yarded about 8000 sheep, mostly breeding ewes, and with the exception of one line every lot was sold under the hammer at the following quotations :—Good 4-tooth ewes 14s lid, medium 2-tooth ewes 9s 4d to 10s 2d, 4,6, and f.f.m. ewes 6s Bd, 6s 9d, 7s 3d, 7s 6d, 7s 7d, 7s Bd, 8s Bd, and 8s 9d ; 4 and 5-year ewes 6s 3d to 8s; 5-year ewes 5s 9d to 8s; lovr-coaditiouod ewes, mixed ages, 4a. 6d to 5s 2d, 2 and 4-tooth Wethers 10s 7d, 2-tooth wethers 9s 4d, fat aud forward lambs 10s 2d, d?ood forward lambs 7s 6d, store "lambs 4s 2d to 5s 3d.