COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 71, 23 November 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

tONDON MARKETS. * LONDON, November 20. Danish butter, 139 s to 1425. Silver, 22i;d per ox. Copper, on spct, £54 2s Gd to £54 7s Gd; at three months, £54 7s (5d to £5.4 10s; electrolytic, £56 £SO 10s. Tin, on spot, £136 to £136 10s: at three months, £135 15s to £136 ss. Lead, £lB to £lB 10s; spelter, £25 2s 6cl to £25 las. FEILDING STOCK SALES. Abraham and Williams report on their Feilding sale on Friday:—We had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle, and we quitted practically.the whole of our entry under (he hammer at price:-; slightly in favour of vendors. We quote: Medium 2-tooth wethers, 14s 4d; medium 2-tooth ewes 13s 7rl, ewes and lambs 16s 4d to 20s 3d f. and f. cvves 16 s Id, f. and f. wethers IDs, fat ewes 19s. Cattle: Forward cows £4 10s to £4 lis; 2-year steers, small, £3 7s to £3 14s; empty heifers £3 0s Gd to £3 bs; 18-months empty heifers £2 17s (hi to £3 0s 6d; yearling heifers £2 0s 6(1; heifers and calves, £2 17s ta £4; fat cows, £7 to £9 ss; fat heifers, £5; bulls £3 15s. The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. report: At Feilding on Friday we Lad a small entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle, and have to report a total clearance. A very nice line of 82 station-bred Shorthorn cows made £6 ■ 10s. Forward ewes 16s 6d; forward wethers 18s lOd; 18-months heifers (low) £2 12s Gd, 2-year empty heifers £3 Ss Gd; 2-year empty heifers £3 8 S Gd; heifers in calf, £3 5s to £4; store cows £5 2s Gd; S.H. station cows £6 10s; light fat cows £6 15s; yearling steers £3 15s; 2-year steers £5 8s to £5 16s; Jersey bulls £3 10s to £3 15s; Holstein bulls, £5 to £7. j Dalgety and Co. report having a good yarding of both sheep and cattle at their Feilding sale:Ewes and lambs 23s 7d, 24r sd, 25s 2d; backward shorn ewes with small percentage of lambs, 14s 8d to 15 s 10(1: shorn twe and fourtcoth wethers 15s lid; small shorn 2tooth wethers, 10s 9d; 18-month heifers, £3 Is- yearling heifers, 295; 15month steers £2 15s; 18-month steers £3 10s; 15-month bulls to £2 Is. MASTERTON SALES. At the Waipoua (Masterton) sale yards on Wednesday, competition was keen; Fat cows £6 Bs, £6 12s' forward store cows £4 I7s to £5 ss; store cows £3 6s, £3 14s to £4; three and four-year steers £6 12s; four-year bullocks £9 lis, two-year steers £4 10s; cows with calves £5 4s; Hereford heifers £5 to £5 ss; Shorthorn bulls £7 2s Gd. Pigs, slips, 16s to 17s. Prime heavy fat ewes, 235; fat shorn ewes 17s 3d; forward store ewes 14s 5d to 14s 7d; store ewes 12s 7d; mixed sex two-tooths 14s sd; cull two-tooths 9s lOd. WOODVILLE SALES. At Woodviile cattle and sheep made a satisfactory clearance at late rates: Mixed hoggets 16s 3d; light fat cows £5 12s 6d to £5 16s; forward empty cows £3 16s to £4 17s; cows and calves £3 19s to £4 3s Gd; two-year empty heifers, £4 Is Gd to £4 lis; 15-month heifers £2 14s to £3 3s 6d; mixed yearlings 34s 6d to £2 14s 6d; yearling steers, £3 4s; two-year steers £4 15s; weaner pigs, 10s. 1 PAHIATUA SALES. At Pahiatua: —Shorn two tooths 12s lOd to 15s; empty cows £3 17s to £4 Is; cows and calves £3 6s to £3 lGs; springing heiferg £4 10s, £5 12s 6d to £6 12s Gd; two-year empty heifers £3 7s to £4 Is; 15-month heifers £2 8s to £3 3s; small yearlings 38s to 39s 6d; yearling steers £3 15s; young bulls £3 7c Gd to £5 2s Gd. PALMERSTQN SALES. Abraham and Williams report: At Palmerstcn en Thursday we yarded good entries of both sheep and cattle, for all of which there was keen demand, and very little went out unsold. Fat two-tooths I.Bs Gd; small fat wethers 20s 8d; fat ewes 17s Bd, 17s lid to 18s 3d; shorn ewes with 100 per cent, lambs 20s 8d; woclly ditto 26s 6d; two-year empty heifers £2 13s 6d to £3 15s; yearling ditto 37s 6d to £2 ss; yearling steers £2 9s 6d to £3 lis; fat cows £6 Is to £7 10s; store cows £2 5a to £4 15s. The N.Z.L. and M.A. Co. report:--At the Palmerston sale we had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle, all of which met a ready sale at late rates. Mixed hoggets 15s Id; light fat wethers 19s Gd; shorn ewes with forward lambs 20s lid to 21 s lOd; ■ yearling heifers (small) 31s Gd, 32s Gd; 15-month heifers £2 12s, £2 18s, £3 4s 6d; two-year heifers £3 113, £3 15s; yearling steers small) £2 15s; 18-month steers £4; store cows £3 Bs, £3 lis; forward cows £4 19s, £5 ss; fat cows £6, £6 10s; springing heifers £5 12s 6d; springing cows £6, £6 ss. OUR PRODUCE AT HOME. W. Weddel and Co., Ltd., send us their weekly market report, dated London, October 9, as follows: Butter. —The market last week .dosed with every indication that prices would go still higher, and subsequent development's have strengthened the position. There is no doubt j that, at the present momnt, there is a ■carcity of real " choicest" butter, and with the prospect of cold Aveather

advanced a further 2s io 4s per cwt. thte week. Germany :■■ understood to be shorn ot butter, and owing to the complete stoppage of Siberian imports is ohliged io draw heavily on Denmark and Holland. The Copenhagen quotation has again risen 3kr., an advance of -no less than 15kr. in the past three weeks. The quality of ibis week's arrivals of Siberian butter on the s.s. Borodino, ex Archangel, has turned out very satisl'actorily, and prices range from 120 s to 124.-J for "choicest" quality, with here and there an extra shilling or so for a few specially fine dairies. Irish creameries are quietly steady at about 132 s to 134 s for salted and unsalted, but these high prices are somewhat checking the demand, and buyers are turning their attention more to cold stored goods at 4s to Gs Jess money. French butter is still relatively the cheapest article on the market, and good value is still obtainable in these batters at from 122 s to 126 s for salted, and 112 s to 122 s for unseated 1 . The first arrivals of new season's Argentine butters are new available and are showing splendid quality. Values range from 130 s to 132 s for unsalted, and 128 s to 130 s for salted. Cheese. —This market continues very firm, and finest Bellville Brockville white or coloured are now held for 76s to 78d, with ordinary finest descriptions at 75s to -750 6d. Ci.f. prices are f»lso Is to 2s up on the week and range from, 73s 6d to 75s Gd, according to description.