COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, May 15. Oats.—Algerian feeding, 6/2 and 5/3, milling o/o and 5/6. Barley.—Cape, 4/10, 5/-. Maize.—S/2 to 8/3. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £l3 10s to £l4 ) HWT Onions.— £l4 10s to £ls, New Zealand £l3 10s. Adelaide, May 15. flats.—4/6 to 4/7. ( OTAGO WOOL CUP. ?■ Dunedin, Last Night. The valuation of Otago and Southland wool clip has practically been completed. The quantity valued is 92,116 bales, against 95,909 bales last season. About , ; 5000 bales have been shipped to the Imperial Government. The quality of the clip is comparatively good, considering the severity of the winter And the ■ > spring. Prices all round are on a par with those of the previous year. " JiOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. Stratford. May 15. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd , Stratford branch, ropoTt as follows: On Friday, -2nd inst., we held our usual J- monthly sale in our Matau yards, but owing to the continued depression of the i outside markets, there was a small I yarding. Clients prefer holding on to quitting at present ruling rates. Our next sale in these yards will be held on 30th inst. ■ We sold the stock yarded at the following prices: In-calf heifers £7, £8; 2fl- •; months to 2-year steers. £5 3s 6d; mix- « !d weaners 24s 6d;' f.fjn. ewes, in forward condition, 20s; lambs, medium 10s 6d, woolly 13s. On Friday, the 9th inst., we held our 7i»nnl monthly sale in our Tarata yards. r ■ ■ Most of the advertised stock came forward and were disposed of at the followr ing rates: 2-tooth wethers 35s 6d; ewes, ' in lamb and in good condition, 225; : lambs, 12s; mixed wcandrs, 27s 6d; 20- - n'ontlis steers. £5: forward 3-year bul- . locks, £9 ss; in-calf heifers, £7 to £8 ' 10s; forward empty heifers, £6 10s; store cows. £5 Is no to £7 10s; dairy cows £9 17s 6d, £lO and £ll. On Tuesday, 13th inst., we held our . ■ usual fortnightl*' sale in our Stratford yards. We had a fair yarding and j quitted nearly every pen of cattle and . ' sheep • Values were in conformity with »' recent market prices. Empty heifers ~ Showed keen demand. Store cows £3 &g, £4 10s, £4 13s: fresh-conditioned t: cows, £6 7a 6<J> to £7 12s; 20-months >' empty heifers, £3 18s up to £5 4s for nice, wen-grown cattle; in-calf'heifers, small and backward, £6 10s; mixed t> weaners, 20s, S4s 3d, 435; weaner heifers, 'small 15s, 20s up to 45s for choice well's ibred cattle; lambs 8s Id; mixed aged j- sheep, 10s and 12s h- . Private Sales.—Business is slow, but th" following are recent sales. ConK tinned dry weather in all parts of New . Zealand except here is the cause of the < depression: Fresh-conditioned young ' cows and heifers, £9 to £9 9s; daiTy 1 - Jierds, £l6 10s; 2i to 3-year in-calf 1 leifers, £9 10s to £lO ss. and £ll for picked cattle; 20-months steers, £4 4s - Up to £5 3s; lambs, 10s up to 15s for • i called lines; 2-tooth ewes. 26s 6d; 2- '* tooth wethers, 25s 6d, §«s 3d; fi.m. to 5p-. jnc ewes, 14s to 16s 6d.