COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 85, 9 December 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALE

STRONG COMPETITION AND PRICES FIRM.

CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 7

The second wool sale of the current season was held to-day, when 15,972 bales were offered. Much of the wool was heavier in grease than usual, while there were many shabby lots, the result of excessive winds. There was a large attendance, and all the su-per-lots elicited keen competition. •Prices were on a par with November rates, but there was a slight easing £n values in the case of discoloured parcels, although those also sold well. Locks and pieces were unchanged. Competition was more general than at the first sale, but was largely confined to Bradford and colonial mills.

MARKETS.

FEILDING STOCK SALES

Abraham and Williams report on their Feilding sale, held on December 4th: We had a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle, which sold at late rates. We quote: Four-tooth shorn wethers 18/10 to 18/11, 2-tooth wethers, good 16/4 to 17/, medium 13 to 13/10, small 10/10 to 11/, fat 2-tooth black face 15/6, 16/6, to 19/1, 18months steers £4 1/, 2-year heifers £2 16/ to £3 9/6, light fat cows £5, £5 7/, to £5 15/, 3-year steers £4 15/, yearling heifers 37/, springing cows £6 to £6 15/, cows in milk £8 2/6, yearling bulls £2 12/6. Dalgety and Co. report having a fair entry of sheep and cattle.at Feilding: Mixed 2- and 4-tooths 17/, empty ewes to 14/6, fat ewes to 18/8, yearling heifers £2 5/, bad coloured yearling steers to £2 5/, empty 2-yr. heifers £3 14/, yearling cows to £5 5/6.

The N.Z.L. and M.A. report:—At Feilding on Friday we had a good entry of both sheep and cattle, and everything sold freely under the hammer: Ev.es and lambs in wool 26/6 29/, shorn ewes 9/, small mixed 2tcoths 10/7 to 14/, 4-tooth shorn wethers 18/9, 4-tooth wethers in wool 26/1, old rams 11/3, fat ewees 15/7 to 16/3, ■fat lambs 12/3 to 12/10. Yearling heifers £2 1/, empty 2-year heifers £3 14/, yearling to 15-months steers £2 4/ to £2 14/6, 2-year steers £4 10/ to £4 11/, store cows £3 7/, cow s in milk £4, bulls from £1 12/6 to £2 £2 10/, good bulls £5 to £6 6/, fat bullocks £8 11/, fat cows £4 7/6 Lo £B.

Gorton and . Son report on their Feilding sale as follows:- —Our offering of sheep was small. Cattle, however, came forward in excess cf ad vertised numbers. Bidding for sheep wa s good, and we sold ail lots under the hammer, prices being on a par with last week's sales. The inquiry for cattle wa s not quite so good as at late sales, and we passed several lots. Fat cows were easier in price, as were young dairy heifers. All good scrts were well competed for. We quote: On account T. Botherway, 113 woolly ewes with lambs 20/9; account T. Leen, 37 shorn store ewes 12/1; account E. Thomas, 83 woolly hoggets 14/11; account Len. Beazer, 35 shorn 4-tcoth ewes, 17/4. Cattle: Fat cows, prime £8 10/ to £lO, lighter £7 to £7 15/, fat and forward cows £4 12/6 to £5 16/, fat heifers £7 15/, springing'cows £l6 11/ to £7 10/, yearling heifers 39/ to £2 6/6, yearling steers £2 6/6, bulls £5 2/6 to £6.