COMMERCIAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3897, 13 May 1899, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

THE STOCK MARKET. At Danevirke the prices realised were as follows: Cattle—2 to 2|-jear steers (medium quality) £2 10s, 2 year steers £2 10s to £2 12s 6d, 18 months to 2 year heifers £2 7s 6d, weaners 23s 6d. Sheep—2-tooth wethers 10s, forward and fat ewes 7s 3d, store ewes 6s 6d.

Pigs—Weaners 6s 6d. At Woodville cattle sold well. Eighty head were yarded, and all sold under the hammer. Only 823 sheep came to hand owing to the wet weather. The whole lot were quitted. Twenty-two pigs were disposed of. Buyers complain of their being on the small side. There were numerous enquiries for pigs. At Wanganui bidding was brisk throughout, and prices showed an improvement on those ruling at last week’s sale. Store bullocks and wethere are keenly competed for. No doubt the prices for frozen meat in London hare a beneficial effect on our markets here.

Cattle —Small fat bullocks £5 6s 6d, to 3-year steers £3 8s 6d, empty store cows 35s to 40s, fat cows £3 12s.

Sheep—Small fat wethers 13s, fat ewes 7s 6d to 8s 7d, empty store ewes 6s 7d to 7s 3d, lambs 4s 6d to 5s Bd, culls 3s 2d.

Pigs—Choppers £2 2s to £2 7s, good porkers 30s to 345, small pigs 8s 9d to 14s. At Feilding 300 head of cattle and 6500 sheep were penned representing 60 different rendors. The attendance was very large, in fact, it was one of the best attended sales yet held in Feilding, and one of the most successful both in respect to bidding and prices. There were buyers from all parts but the majority were purchased locally, and there is still an unsatisfied demand for both young cattle and sheep. The class of sheep yarded was good, hence the large values reached. The yarding of cattle consisted principally of dairy heifers which sold well. Most of the cattle and all the sheep, except one pen were quitted. Cattle—Dairy heifers in calf £2 16s to £ss Is, dairy cows £3 2s to £5, empty cows £2 ss, small fat bullocks £4 18s to £5 7s, yearling steers £1 9s 6d to £1 13s, calves 18s to 21s, 18 month heifers £2 11s, 3-year steers £3 7s 6d to £4 6s.

Sheep-Wethersfrom9s6dto 12s 4d, two lots at 12s 6d, lambs 5s 4d to Bs, fat and forward empty ewes 6s 3d to 7s 9d, fat ewes 8s 10d, two lots at 9s, f.m. ewes in lamb 9s 3d to 9s lOd, cull ewes 4s to 4s 6d. Pigs—Weaners 10s, slips 17s 6d. Turkeys 3s 6d to 4s 6d each. At Johnsonville, fat cattle were forward in full numbers, and sold at from 15s to 16s per 1001 b, the former price prevailing. The quality was good to prime. Cows and heifers made 14s to 15s. Sheep were in excess of advertised numbers, and lots offered met with spirited bidding throughout the sale.

Fat bullocks made from £5 to £7 10a, prime maiden heifers £4 17s 6d to £5, prime cows £4, others £3 15s to £4 2s 6d.

Prime ewes 13s Id, fat ewes 9s to 11s 7d, light sorts Bs, medium wethers 12s od to 12s 6d, fat lambs 7s lid to 9s 4d.

Porkers 265, slips and small porkers 11s to 14s.

At Palmerston Blieep were in average supply, but were of a somewhat lower value, probably the result of the rough weather prevalent. In cattle very few were entered, but they were of better quality, especially grown bullocks.

Sheep—Fat and forward wethers 11s 7d to 12s, 2-tooth 8s to 9s 9d, fat ewes 8s 6d to 9s sd, forward ewes 8s to 9s, maiden ewes 8s to 10s 4d, lambs 6s 3d. Cattle—Fat bullocks (small) £6 2s, forward do £4 2s 6d to £5 6s, 2£ year steers £3 11s, heifers in oalf 37s to £2 9s, forward cows £2 15s, milkers £3 5s to £3 15s. Pigs—Weaners 8s 6d to 13s, porkers 18s to 345. THE ADDINGTON MARKET. The entries at Addington comprised 13,841 sheep and lambs, 373 cattle, and 636 pigs. Business had a satisfactory tone. Fat steers brought £5 to £6 17s 6d, heifers £4 to £5 17s 6d, cows £3 17s 6d to £6 12s 6d. Best beef averaged 17s to 18s per 1001 b, other sorts 12s to 16s. Dairy cows, best quality £6 to £7 10s, medium £3 to £5 10s. In stores a line of four-year-olds brought £5 12s 6J, heifers £3 10s. The entry of fat Bheep was large. Prices all round showed an advance. Freezers brought 16s to 18s Id, best ewes 11s to 13s 6d, and up to 16s 3d for extra prime lots. Merino wethers 13s 8d Competition for fat lambs was keen, best lots bringing los to 15s 7d, ordinary freezers lls 6d to 14s 6d, trade lambs 9s to lls. The bulk of the stores came from the North Island and Blenheim and Nelson. Best wethers brought 13s to 14s fid, a line of nearly fat 15s lOd, other wethers lls to 12s 9d, sound mouth breeding ewes 10s to 12s, backward ewes and culls 6s to 9s, best lambs 9s to lls 3d, culls 6s to 8s 6d. Pigs were in good Bupply, and prices were a shade easier. Bacooers brought 44s to 555, porkers 30s to 40s, stores 20s to 34s 6d, weaners lls 6d to 18s, suckers 6s to 12s. A line of seventy North Island stores brought 18s 6d to 345, baconers 4d per lb, porkers 3fd to 4jd. THE OTAGO PRODUCE MARKET.

Oats—Supplies continue moderate; prime feed Is 4fd to Is sd, medium la 4d to Is 4Jd, Danish Is 2d to Is 3d, duns Is 3jd to Is 5d ; Tartars Is 4)d to Is 7d, black Is 4)d to Is 7d. Prices according to quality, and all sacks in except Danish. Barley— Market unchanged since last week; medium and inferior sorts are plentiful. Wheat—Milling 2s 3d to 2s 6d, fowl wheat 2s to 2s l|d. Fair inquiry, sacks in. Ryecorn—2a 6d to 3s (nominal), sacks extra; no buyers. Potatoes —32s 6d to 42s 6d, sacks in, market dull. Oatmeal £B. Bran—--52s 6d to 555. Pollard—7os to 72s 6d. Cheeße —Medium 4}d to sd, loaf 5d to sjd. Flour —£7. All quotations f.o.b.