NOTES AND COMMENTS

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 55, 5 April 1930, Page 11

NOTES AND COMMENTS

Store sheep recovered in value slightly at Addington sale this week. The xhost noticeable feature of the sale was the firming of fat cattle values of 10s to 20s per head for all classes. * * * The average price per 1b for fat lambs was from 6|d to 7|d. Some fat show ewes brought up to 28s lOd. Best medium-weight prime heef made from 40s to 42s 6d per 1001hs. * * * The prices for wool offered at the Wanganui sale on the 31st ulto. were helow those ruling at the sale.held on the 3rd idem at the same centre and on a par with values ruling at the last Napier sale. I * * * Napier wool offerings for the current season were 78,713 bales compared with 105,652 bales for last season, a difference of 26,939 bales. Gisborne wool catalogued this season approximabed 10,000 bales, while for the previous period the aggregate was nearly 17,000 bales. Wool sold at auction this season has been less than that disposed of in 1928-29. Jt is helieved that most of the unsold wool at Napier, amounting to manv thousands of bales, is to be held until next season. * * * Prices for stock sold at Johnsonville this week showed an easing tendency and were as follows: — Extra heavy bullocks £16 15s, £16 10s, £16 5s, £16; heavy bullocks, £15 12s 6d. £15 10s, £15 2s 6d, £15; bullocks. £14 15s, £14 10s, £14, £13 10s; cows. £9 5s, £9 2s 6d. £8 10s, £8 2s 6d, £6; vealers, £4 ls, £4, £3 12s 6d, £3 10s, £3, £2 18s, £2 13s, £2 6s. £2 5s. £1 17s 6d ; heavy wethers, 27s 6d, 27s, 26s 6d; wethers, 25s 9d, 25s 6d, 25s 3d. 24s; ewes, 16s 3d, 15s, 14s 9d, 14s; lambs. 23s, 21s, 20s 9d, 19s, 18s 9d, 18s 7d. * * * ^ Yery keen cornpetition is now beiiig displayed at the Australiaji wool saies from practically all sections of tlie trade.