COMMERCIAL

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1640, 5 January 1906, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

MATAWHERO SALES.

The joint rales wore hold a l^g R d ance yesterday. There was a good a .. . of buyeis, end competition was miuy Sheep: There was a jardiog 2600. Messrs Da'gety aud_ Co. s ana Common, Shelton and Co. s price followl2B store wethers Ids Id, lot fa wethers 145,'692 two-tooth ewes Ids, u mixed sheep 9 i 2d, 12 wethers *Vi ...• ewes 83,1 fat ewe lie. Mes * r8 T W ‘" “ d and Kettle and New Zea'and Loan ana Mercantile Agency : 781 two tooth w •• in good condition 131 3d, 38 fat ai * ward ewes 9s 2d, 104 woolly lambs s , 55 ditto 9s 2d, 36 fat ewes lie. S 3 woolly lambs 7s 31, 16 fat ewes 103 fl 6d, lo fat ewes (heavy weights) lls 6i, 6 fat la 12i 3d, 10 prime fat wethers 14?, o woolly lambs 725, 8 ditto 10s 6d, 32 tat as

6d Cattle : Upwards of 2100 head of cattle were yarded, a good percentage coming, from Waikato and Taranaki. J“ eßßrs Dalgety and Co. and Common, Shelton and Co. obtained She following priors. _ One cow close to calving £4 ss, 45 cows in ca'f £4, 11 yearling heifers £2 10s. l young heifer £2, 2 caws £2 10?, 2 calves 34?, I steer calf 24s 6d. Messrs Williams and Kettle and the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile : Two hundred 18-month steers (Waikato) £3 17s, 1 Shorthorn bull (aged) £i, 1 cow £3. 12 18-monlh heifers £2 17s 6d, 8 calves £l, 19 yearling steers JE2 9s, 7 steers £4 7s 61, 1 Shorthorn bull £2 2s 6d, 15 18 month heifers £2 16s, 20 18-month steers £3, 42 18 month heifers £2 15?, 4 cows with calves £3 12s 6d, 6 bullocks £3 15s, 23 18-month to two-year-old heifers £8 10?, 1 Shorthorn bull £5, 30 mixed yearliDga £2, 8 heavy beef bullocks £6 12s 6d, 1 heavy beef cow £5 15s, 150 bullocks (Taranaki) £4. Pigs : Only a few pigs were offered, which sold as follows : Two barrows 30s and 355, 6 weaners 16 *, 6 suckers 12s 6d.

(Per Press Association.) Napier, last Dight. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company have received the following cable from their London agents : To-day’s quotations are: Canterbury mutton 4£d, Napier, Wellington, and North Island 3Jd ; beef, hinds 3£d, fores 3d.

WOOL-SALE.

(Per- Press Association.) Christchurch, last night. The third wool sale of this season’s series commenced in Alexandra Hall to night, when about 15,300 bales were catalogued. There was a record attendance of Home, Coniiotnta), American, and local buyers. The wool was not, as a whole, up to the standard of quality of that submitted at the previous sale, some of the clips being heavier in greasp, and station clips wore mostly from further back’etations and rougher country. There was an improved; demand for merino wool, of which a number of good clips were offetel, and prices showed a rise of a farthiug to a penny per lb, aeeordiog to quality. There were no superfine half breda offered such as those which brought top price at the December Bale, but medium sorts were in strong demand and advanced about halfpenny per lb. Threequarters bred and crossbred showed practically no change iij prices, but were more keenly competed for and prices, for all descriptions were very firm, and in some oases sold as well as the fleece woo'. Tbe buyers for the home market took the bulk of the offering, while a fair quantity was taken by the representatives of the local woollen miffs and speculators. The bulk lots in two catalogues were sold tonight, only a small proportion being passed in, and sale will bB resumed at 9 a.m. to morrow. The range of prioes was :—Super greasy merino 12d to 12Jd, medium 10£d to lifd, inferior 9d to lOd, super balfbred 12£d to 13d, medium 10£d to 12d, inferior B£d to lOd, super threquarter bred 10£d to UJd, medium 9£d to IOJ-d, inferior B£d to 9£d, super orossbred 10£d to 1 lid, medium 9|d to 10Jd, inferior B|d (o 9d; long wool B|d to 9£d, down wool 9d to lOfd, scoured merino 19£d, pieces 181 to 19£d, looks 14£d, soourel halfbred 17d to 18d, pieces 13d to 16£d, locks IOJd, greasy first merino piecos 9£d to lid, second pieces 6£d to 9d, first halfbred pieces 9d to llfd, second pieces 6£d to BJd, threequarter bred pieoes 6d to B£d, third pieces 6d to B£d, looks 4£d to 7d.