THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9118, 10 April 1908, Page 8

THE MARKETS.

AUSTRALAN MARKETS

Press Association. —Copyright. Received April 8, 10.16 a.m. Sydney, April 8. Wheat, 4s fid. Flour £lO. Oats Algerian milling 3s 2d to 3s 3d white 3s bd. Barley, Cape, 4s 2d to 4s 6d. Maize, 4s 9d to ss. Bran £7. Pollard £7 10s. Potatoes, circulars, £4 to £5 os. Onions, Victori&u, £6 10s. Butter, 96s to 9os. Cheese, 6d to Bd. Bacon, 9d to ll^d. . Melbourne, April 8. Wheat, 4s Flour, £lO. Oats, 8s 3d, Maize, 4s Bd, Bran and pollard Is sd. Potatoes, Bis d. Onions £3. 'yieiaide. April 8. Wheat, 43s 2d. Flour, £8 15s. Bran and pollard, Is 6d. | 7* ■ ADDINGTON MARKETS. Per Press Association. Christchurch, April 8. " There was again an exceptionally large entry of stock at the Addington yards to-day. The sheep pens, notably those set aside for stores, were filled to overflowing and great difficulty was experienced in finding accommodation for the mobs that poured in from all direotous and the entrv was a record for the yards. The entry of fat cattle numbered 291 head, including some animals of better quality than had been sent forward for some weeks, There was a good demand for finished steers, which sold un to last wces's quotations. Heifers sold wed, although the yarding did not include any high-class auima's. Toere was a good sale of cows. Steers made from £6 5s to £lO 13s Gd (the ‘utter price being paid for annuals of extra quality), heifers £4 5s to £9 15s for ordinary and up to £lO 10s for extra. Best steer beef made from 20s to 24s 6d, medium 17s 6d to 19s Gd, and cow beef las to 17s per 1001 b. The yarding of fat sheep was considerably in excess of requirements. Export butchers again abstained from operating. Competition was confined to local butchers, with the result that prices suffered . a decline, values falling Is to Is Gd ’ ' all round. There was a large number of sheep in indifferent condition, and which should have been classed as forward stores rather than as fat. The range of prices was: — Prime wethers 19s to 255, lighter _ 14s to 18s, unfinished 10s to IBs, prime ewes 17s to 19s, medium 12s IGs, aged and light 9s to 11s Gd. Thera was an average yarding of fat lambs, fairly large proportion of which were unfinished. For the

best class of freezers there was a good demand, both export buyers aud local butchers operating freely. Inferior sorts were dull of sale.

Tees mads tip to 18s, best freezers 13.-Tfid to 16s 6d, and light and unfinished sorts 11s to 13s. The einry of store sheep was again large, but a considerable proportion vyas of second grade and showed signs of travel. There were some excellent two and four-tooth owes in addition to several lines of good wethers. The lambs were from inferior to medium, and included only a few lots of rape lambs. The average 4-tooth were a shade easier. Top lots only realised prices equal to those of last week. Best quality made from 16s 6.1 to 19s, medium to good 12s to 14s, and poor from 7s (id upwards. Four-tooth ewes made tip to 18s, forward lambs realised Ss fid to 10s, extra making to 11s fid, fair average 7s fid to 8s fid, love condition lambs 6s to 7s, and culls 3s to os fid. There was a largo entry of fat pigs, which met with a fair demand. Choppers made to 4s lOd, heavy baconars 60s to (58s, lighter 48s to 555, equal to jod Tier lb; porkers BSs to 44s for large, ana 39s to 35s for medium, equal to u.ldd per lb. The demand for stores' was very poor, and it was difficult to effect sales at any price. Medium made from 13s to los, and large 30s to 255. Weaners made from 5s to 10s. STOCK SALES. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston Forth, report having held their usual sale at Marten on Tues lay, the 7th inst., when they had a good yarding of sheep and_ h small entry of cattle. The majority of the stock yarded showed the effects of the extremely rough and cold weather experienced on Monday and the sale throughout was somewhat dragging. They managed, however, to clear nearly the whole ox their yarding at the following prices : 4 and fi tooth ewes, 13s; 2 tooth owes, 12s; L" and forward ewes, 11s 7d ; 3 tooth others, very small, 9s fid; full mouth ewes, fis 9d to 6s lid ; mixed lambs, ss, 5s 9d, to os lid, small lambs, 4s Id ; aged ewes, 3s to 3s Id ; 3 year Jersey heifers, £3 10s. Messrs Dalgety & Co., Ltd., Palmerston Forth, reportWe held our usual weekly sale at Palmerston Forth on Thursday, 9th inst., when we offered a small yarding of both sheep and cattle. The demand was not at all keen and prices were easier all round than in the previous week. Our principal sales were : Fat ewes 12s fid, 12s 9d., 12s lid, to 13s; cull lambs 3s 3d, aged ewes 4s, small fat steers £5 lls, forward cows £3 4s fid, cows and calves 325, fat cows medium sorts £4 ss, bulls 50s. The Few Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows At Palmerston on Thursday we had a medium entry of sheep and cattle, which met with a medium demand. We quote :—Sheep —Cull ewes, 2s 5d to 3s lOd, store ewes os, store wethers 10s 2d to 10s 3d. Cattle—Store cows 24s to 375, heifers in calf 365, forward heifers £3 3s, fat heifers £4 7s, bulls £3 7s fid. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reportAt Palmerston on Thursday, a good yarding of sheep, mostly consisting of low conditional breeding ewes, met a (Lagging sale, and vendors l</idj?to reduce their reserves in most’eases before sales were effected, A good line of 350 fat and forward wothe r s elicited keen competition, and realised 15s Id ; other lines of 3-tooth store wethers were not in demand, and most lines were turned out unsold. A fair entry of cattle was offered, and anything fat or in good forward condition sold readily. Quotations: — Sheep—Fat and forward weahters 15s Id, breeding ewes, mixed ages 7s 7d to “9s, f.m. breeding ewes 4s fid to Cs Id, cull ewes 3s 3d to 4s, good woolly iambs lls Id, store lambs 5s to (is, cull lambs 3s to 3s fid. Cattle—Fat bulllocks £7 los, light fat bullocks £5 13s fid to £fi, fat cows £B 12a fid to £4 ss, forward cows £3 5s to £2 13s, store cows 25s to 355.