COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8258, 11 October 1906, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

MASTERTON STOCK SALES. Messrs Dalgety aud Co., Ltd., : held their sale at the Masterton j yards on Wednesday, when about 500 I head of cattle and 800 sheep were ' submitted. In man? instances the quality ot the cattle aid not suit the ! buyers, and bidding was oonse- ' quently dull, though all good sorts : were sold subsequently. Good 3- I year steers reac.htd G4s to 107 a, good ; 2-year steers 68s to 68s 6(5, fat coks ; 87s 6d to 105s, 2 year empty heifers 425, weunera 22a to 30s, agod Shorthorn bull 110s, Hoggets sold at 14s 3d. * The Now Zealand Loan and MeroantUe Agency Co., Lid., report on their spring cattle sale, yesterday, as followß : Tuo yarding in cattle did not come up to expectations either in respect to numbers or quality. Add to this fact the poor conditions of the bulk of the eutries and the soaroitv of feed, a luruo proportion failed *to sell under the hammer. However, with the reducina of ve.n dors' reserves, we succeeded in planing afterwards nearly the whole catalogue. In sheep we penned aomo lots of fat ewes, extia good hoggets and suouh ewes and lumbs, all of whinu found a ready market either by auction or private trouty. Beef: Oows and heifers made irom £4 5a to £5 ss, good conditioned steerd £4 10s, V steers 5Us to 60s, 28tuontb Etoers 35a to 4Us, to 325, ompty heifers 32a to 40s, calves 15s, empty rows 25a to 403, | best dairy hoifers £4 7a 6d, others 60s to 77s 6.*, fat ewes, prime 20s, others 17s to 18s, ewes and lanius 20a to 235, extra good hoggets 19s. MASTERTON, WOOL, SKIN AND HIDE SALES. Messrs Levin and Co,, Ltd., ro por j : _We held our usual sale, yesterday, when thore was a good at tendauoe of buyers from all porta. There was only a email quantity of wool cfferlnc, but a large entry of •2 400 skins, 500 hides and a fanentry of tallow. Prices for skins were easier, as compared with last sale bv K& p« Ib - HUUs were . strongly competed for, but many of the hides were badly saved. Farmers in this district seem very slow to learn the value of this by product. The loss from faulty flaying and nonsalting of bides must run into n considerable sum annually. We quote: —Wool: Crossbred 7d to Sd, arutohinga, 5d to (id. Skins: Merino, 7d to 7>£d, good crossbreds 7>£d to Bd, dead skins Od to 7<i, dead hoggets 6d to shcrt wools 6M d to 6%d, lamb'skina 7d to 7%d, green skins 7s to 8s Bd. Hides: Thete were no extra good lineß offering, tut ox and cow of fair weight and condition realised from 24s to 29a, dead and slippy hides up ti 255, calf skins Is 6d to ss. Tallow: In casks 20s to 235, in tins 16s to 19a per cwt. Horsehair: Is Gd to Is 7d per lb.' Horns: 6s tn 18s per 100. Our next sale will bo held, on November 21st, at 12.30 p.m. The Wairarapa Farmers' 00-oper ative Association, Ltd., in conjunction with Messrs Dalgety 'andgOo., held their monthly sale of wool, sfcins, hides and tallow, yesterday. Tney report: Wo offered seven bales of crutchiugs, 50 bags wool, 3,250 sheepskins aud a quantity of rabbit skins, horsehair, tallow and SOO hides and calf skins. There was a) good attendance of buyers, and bidding was keen. Prices as compared with our last sale showed a slight fall in sheepskins from Id to We quote prices venlised:— Wooh Crossbred fleece crntchto dead wool 5%d to B%d. Skins,: Good orossbreds to Bd, dead skins to 7J4d, dead hoggots €#3 to 7d, lambskins 5d to s}£d, green skins 4s 6d to 7s Bd, pelts In Cd to 2a 6d. Horse hair, Is 9d per lb. Rabbit skins B>2d'to Tallow: Good demand at advancing prices. In cask*, 23s (3d per owt, in tins I7s 9d per owt. Hides: We are pleased to state that there was a record entry of hides, and calfskins, and the prices realised were hotter thin at the previous sale. We quote:—Best ox from 27s to 38s 6d, medium ox 25s to 28s 6d, light ox 17s to 21s 6d, cowa 17s to 25a, bulls . 21s to 245, yearling* 5s to 7a 9d, calf skins la 9d to 3s 3d, inferior and damaged hides at low rates. The next sale is fixed for November 21st.

WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. (Special to the Age.) The New Zealand Farmers' Co-opera-tive Distributing Company, Limited, Wellington, report as follows : Maize, 3s lOd to4sper bushel; wheat, 8s 11, very firm; oats, prime feed, 2s lOd, teed, 2s 7d; barley, feed, Ds 3d, Cape seed, 3s 6d ; linseed, whole, £ls per ton; rice, meal at £5 per ton ; pollard, £5 5s to £5 10s; bran, £4 10s to £4 15s per ton; cocksfoot, 'dli to 4d per lb ; prime oaten sheaf chaff, £4 10s per ton, weak. Potatoes: Prime Australian, £l2, locals, £l'i 10s, market very firm. Seed potatoes : Up-to-dato, £ls 10s, Australian Kidneys, £lO, Dorwents £ll 10s, Brown Rivers. £l2; Onions, Australian, £l2; locals, £lO, good denjand;' butter, separator,loid, dairy pats, 10M, supplies wanted; eggs, fresh, Is, firm, supplios short; bacon, sides, 7jj, hams and rolls, 8d; porkers, 60's to 100's, keen demand; apples, dessert, 14s 6d. cookers, 13s6d, good demand; cabbage, 7b, cauliflower, 8s per sack, good demand; asparagus, 6d per bundle; parsnips, 10s per sack; carrots, table, £3 10s; swedes, £3. Poultry: Table roosters, 5s 6d, cockerels, 5s to 7s, table hens, 4s 6d to 6s; ducks, 6s 6d to 7s 6d, all at per pair; turkeys, gobblers. 9Jd, hens,Bd, live weight. Dressed poultry : roosters, 9d, hens 7d, turkeys, gobblers, lOd, hens, Bd. Poultry of all kinds in first-class demand.