COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 26 April 1913, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

PALMERSTON.STOCK SALE. PALMERSTON N., Friday. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: At our Palmerston North sale on Thursday, -no 24th inst., we had a good yarding of both sheep and cattle, which sold at current rates. We quote: Sheep—Mixed aged purebred Romney ewes 18s 2d, do. lambs 12a 6d, dor ram lambs 14 6d, lambs Bs, 8s Id, 10s, to 10s 6d, cull lambs 3s Bd, aged empty ewes 6s to 8s 3d, wethers 14s lOd to 16s 6d. Cattle—--18-mos. steers "*£2 18s, weaner steers 20s, 225, to 30s 6d, weaner heifers 36s to £2 3s 6d, fat cows £4 9s to £5, store cows £2 to £3 lis 6d, dairy heifers, in calf, £4 14s.

PAHIATUA STOCK SALE.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows: We offered on the 22nd inst. a good yarding of sheep and-an extra heavy yarding of cattle, well over advertised numbers close on .1000 head being yarded. The main.feature of the cattle were the bullocks, mostly 3£ year olds, of which there were over 400, a large portion being nice quality and good conditioned stuff. This class /met strong competition and made excellent values, Mr TX W. Allen topping the market, with £7 lis. Bullocks lacking in condition did not meet such good inquiry, although Mrs Burling's sold' well, both the Polled Angus- and Hereford Cross cattle making £6 10s, the quality no doubt accounting for the prices. All classes were represented, and there was a good allround demand, especially for good sorts of young cattle, and we have to report a highly satisfactory clearance. The attendance was exceptionally large, Wairarapa and Manawatu buyers being in strong evidence, taking the bulk of the grown cattle. A full clearance was made in the sheep, values showing an advance of late rates. Quotations: Fat bullocks £lO, good forward conditioned do £6 10s, £6 12s 6d to £7 lis, good 3} year

do £6, £6 4s to £6 10s, 2* and 3 year do. £5, £5 os to £o 15s, 2 and 21 year steers £4 12s 6d to £5, 18mos. do. £3 10s, £3 12s to £3 16s, fat oows £4 17s 6d, £5 3s, to foils, forward do £3 17s 6d, £4 Is to £4 6s store do £2 15s to £3 os, cows and calves £3, £3 16s to £4 hereford cross heifers £4, fat heifers £5 10s, dairy do £5 2s 6d to £5 12s 6d, empty do. £2 14s to £2 18s, weaker steers 27s 6d, £2lo £2 ss, mixed do 25s 6d to 27s 6d, bulls £2 2s xo £3 10s, wethers 14s 5d to 15s 7d, i.m. ewes in iamb 7s 2d, 8s 9d to Us 2d, empty ewes 7s 9d to 9s 3d, store do. 5s to os 9d, woolly Lambs SslOd to lis, good shorn do. Bs, 8s 9d to 9s 10d, small do 3s Id to 4s 4d, b.f. do. 6s M to 9s 4d.

LONDON WOOL SALES.

Messrs James Macintosh and Co. report having received the following cable message from their London agents, under date of the 22nd met: —"At the wool sales to-day the market remained unchanged."

HOME MARKETS

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Ooy., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 23rd hist.:—Tallow: "We quote present spot values' for the following descriptions : Good mutton 37s per cwt.,. good beef 35s 3d per cwt, mixed 33 s 3d per cwt. The maa-ket is inactive. W r heat: We have sold an Australian cargo at 38s, o.i.f. The market is firm, with good demand, owing to Continental buying. The outlook is uncertain. We quote per quarter c.i.f. New Zealand wheat: Longberried 375, short-berried 375. 6d. •