“OFF-SEASON” WOOL SALE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1013, 2 July 1930, Page 11

“OFF-SEASON” WOOL SALE

LOCAL COMPETITION IN CHRISTCHURCH VALUES RISE SLIGHTLY Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. An “oil season” wool sale was held this afternoon. The catalogue comprised 1,635 bales, a little over 50 per cent, of which was ifcece wool. There was a good attendance of buyers. Competition was not very general, being confined mostly to local scourers and French interests, the latter buying a heavy proportion of the crutcliings and pieces. Bradford representatives were practically silent, but local mills competed for the better class fleece lots. The demand was keen up to a point and only a few odd lots were passed Values were on a par with the recent Wanganui sale, but scarcely so good as at Wellington. Compared with the end of season sale in Christchurch, the run of values was about a halfpenny better. Values were:—Best Merino, to 103d-threequarter-bred, G3d to 9d; best halfbred, 91(1 to 10Jd: medium halfbred. Sid to 9(1; inferior halfbred. 7d to Sd: crossbred. 8d to 9(1: inferior, Gd to 7Jd: best crutcliings. 63d to BJd; medium crutcliings, old lo Hid: inferior crutch mgs, 3.)d to scl; locks, 3d to 4id; best pieces, to 8d; medium pieces, 6(1 to 7d, inferior pieces, 4d to 5Ad; bellies, 5d to 71 d. * FRANKTON STOCK SALE BEEF SLIGHTLY EASIER From Our Own Correspondent HAMILTON, Tuesday. An average yarding of beef came forward at the stock sales at FrankLon today, and prices generally wore somewhat lower. Prime quality beef sold at usual to late rates, but for unfinished and rough cattle prices showed a slight decline. A moderate yarding of store cattle sold at late rates. Fat sheep showed a falling off of 2s to 3f ahead. Yalues for store sheep dropped appreciably. Baconers and porkers were easier, while stores again advanced. The auctioneers quote as follow: Dalgety and Co.. Limited.—Prime medium-weight bullocks, L* 1 3 Jos; fal cows. £8 10s to £6 17s 6d; runners to £6 J7s 6d; light Jersey cows, £J 12s to £4 ss; extra prime wethers, tc 28s 6<t; light fat wethers, 25s to 26s 3d: two-tooth wethers, 21s to 255: prime qwes, 20s; extra prime, 21s Gd: prime woolly fat lambs, to 225: bes shorn fat lambs, 14s to 17s; 190 f.m ewes, in lamb, 18s: 100 empty ewes, 8: 7d: cull ewes, 7s 3d: heavy baconers £3 3s to £3 8s; medium. £2 14s tc £2 19s; porkers, £2 to £2 8s; choppers, .£3 Is to £5 6s; large stores. C 16s to £2; medium, £1 ll)s to £1 13s slipes, £1 4s to £1 8s; best weaners 20s to 245; small, 16s to 18s; sows a profit, £6 to £8 2s. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. — Medium fat bullocks £ll to £ll 7s Gd; lighter, £9 17s G< to £lO 15s; poorer quality, £9 12s medium fat cows, £8 3s to £8 10s

lighter, £7 16s to C 8; killable cows, c 5 to £6 lGs; boner cows, £4 12s to £4 ISs Od: vealers. £4 Os; prime fat wethers, £1 10s 4d to £L 10s Gd; ligiiter, Cl 6s t«r £1 Ss 9d; prime fat ewes. £1 to £1 3s; average quality fat lambs averaged 1 7s Gd; average store lambs, 10s Gd to 11s; poorer quality, 8s Gd to 10s; fat pigs, £2 12s to £3; porkers, £2 5s to £2 10s; others, 36s to £2; stores, 33s to 355; slipes, 26s to 28s; weaners, 16s; sows in pig, £6 to £6 10s.

Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd. —A good yarding of beef and tor cattle. Beef was slightly easii r than last week. An extra heavy yarding of all classes of fat sheep, and these also showed an easing tendency Dairy cattle were yarded in good numbers, and met with only fair competition. Quotations: Light fat bullocks, j£9 9s to £lO os; fat cows and heifers, ■C 8 10s to £lO 6s; medium, it 7 to £S 10s; light, £5 5s to £ 6 15s; forward, £4 10s to £5 ss; vealers, £3 18s; heifer calves, £3 7s; steer calves, £3 7s Od; extra heavy prime fat wethers, 31s Id; fat ewes, £1 Is to 355; fat hoggets, 19s 2d to 245; m.s. woolly lambs, Us to 13s 7d; shorn lambs, 8s 3d to »s; empty ewes, 9s: dairy cows July and August- culvers, £7" 35s to £3O 10s; backward, £6 10s to £7 10s; Jersey and Jersey-cross heifers, close to profit, £9 10s to £11; backward heifers, £7 30s to £8 15s; light to medium baconers, £2 14s to £3: heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 12s; light. Sfis to £2 ss; stores, 30s to 345; slips, 20s to 295; weaner, 18s to 22.

POTATO MARKET WEAK

POSITION IN CANTERBURY Press Association CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. During the last few days the oats market has shown a firming tendency. The quotation for A Gartons from the Bouth is now 3s lOd to 3s lOld, f.o b s.i., for prompt delivery, and 3s ild to 4s for spread. There is little business in B grade, which remains at 3s 3d for prompt delivery, and a little m excess of that figure for spread delivery. Algerians are still very scarce, and their value is consequently high. One line this week was sold on the basis of 4s 6d a bushel on trucks, and machine-dressed clipped are worth more than Gs. f.0.b., s.i. Chaff is a shade weaker. Today the quotation is £6 17s 6d a ton, f.0.b.. s.i., which is equivalent to about £5 to £ a 5s a ton on trucks. Chaff for July-August-September delivery is worth a Jittle more than tliut. The market for potatoes is weak. Growers are not offering any great quantity, and the price on trucks is about £4 a ton. The Auckland market is again heavily supplied and the steamers Waimarino and Katoa have taken up about 9,600 sacks between them this week. Quotations today for tho forward positions are £5 2s Gd lo £5 5s for July, £5 12s Od to £5 15s for July-August-September, all f.o.b. s.i. Tho onions market is extremely dull. Tho importation of Australian onions to Auckland has killed the Canterbury market in that centre. Quotations are £2 10s to £3 a ton on trucks to grovvTho season for wheat has practically closed and the “pool” is the chief holder. Fowlwheat is firm at 6s, 1'.0.b.. s.i., with the demand good. WAIKATO CLEARING SALE The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports holding a successful clearing sale on account of J. Punch at the Pirongia yards. The cows, which comprised mostly Jerseys, were of splendid type, and met with brisk competition throughout. Prices were: Best young Jersey cows, £l7 to £l9 ss; others. £l3 to £ls 15s; older Jersey cows, £lO to £ll 10s; backward sorts, £7 to £9; sews in pig, £3 10s.

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