LONDON MARKETS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 87, 4 July 1927, Page 2

LONDON MARKETS

FROZEN MEAT RATES By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Saturday. Sheep. —Canterbury, light, 6£d; medium, 4£d; heavy, 4gd. North Island, light, sgd; medium, sd; heavy, 4£d. New Zealand, ewes, 4gd; Australia, firsts, 4d; others, not offering; Argentine, light, 4|d; medium, 4d; heavy, 3*d; ewes, not offering; Patagonian, light, 4gd; medium, 4£d; ewes, not offerings Lambs. Canterbury, light, 9£d; medium, B£d; heavy, 8d; seconds, Bjjd; other selecteds, light, 9d; medium, Bid; North Islands, firsts, light, BJd; medium, 8d; seconds, B§d; Australian, not offering; Argentine, firsts, light, 8d; medium, 7£d; seconds, "7£d; Patagonian, firsts, light, 7gd; medium, ,7gd; seconds, 7§d. Frozen Beef. —New Zealand and Australian, not offering; Argentine, fores, 3|d; hinds, 6Jd; Uruguay, not offering. ..Chilled Beef. —Argentine, fores, 3|d; hinds, 73d; Uruguay, fores, 33d; hinds, 7£d. COTTON, RUBBER, HEMP, ETC. ((Last week’s prices in parentheses.) Cotton. August delivery, 8.96 d (8.68 d) per lb. Rubber.— Para, 16£d (17d) per lb; plantation and smoked, 16gd (173 d). Jute. —New crop, August shipments, £3O 17s 6d (£3O 10s, July) per ton. Linseed Oil. — £35 10s (£33 15s) per ton. Turpentine. —37s ( —) per cwt. —Not quoted last week. TIN AND TALLOW STOCKS Tin stocks total 13,779 tons; spot, 833 tons; afloat, 2,000 tons; deliveries, 2,609 tons. Tallow stocks total 8,043 tons; imports, 1,553 tons; deliveries, 806 tons. FEILDING STOCK SALE Dalgety and Company report a moderate entry of both sheep and cattle at Friday’s Feilding stock sale. Prices for both fats and store sheep showed an improvement on the previous week’s sale. The firm quotes: Fat lambs, 18s 6d, 20s, 22s 2d, 23s 6d, to 24s 6d; fat ewes, 16s 7d, 17s 4d, 19s 2d, 19s 9d. to £1; fat two-tooth ewes, 27s 9d; light fat two-tooth wethers, 245; w.f. wether lambs, 16s lOd to 17s 9d; mixed w f lambs (small), 16s 8d; ewe lambs, l*B's 6d, 20s 3d, to 24s 4d; empty ewes, 13s 6d to 14s; small lambs, 8s to 11s 2d; fouryear ewes, in lamb to Romney rams, 26s 9d; four and five-year ewes, in lamb to Ryeland rams, 28s 3d; two-tooth ewes, in lamb to Ryeland rams, 35s 6d; springing cows, £5, £7, to £lO ss; springing heifers, £5 10s to £6 10s; store cows, £2 to £2 2s 6d; forward cows, £2 15s to £3 ss; Jersey cross weaner heifers, 30sempty crossbred two-year heifers 36s 6d; heifers, r.w. P.A. bull, £3 6s f,d" three and four-year bullocks, £5 16s 6d; rough bullocks, £4 10s; fat cows £4 ss, £4 1(S 6d, to £6 16s; fat heifers, £4 17s 6d to £7.