COMMERCIAL

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2597, 3 September 1909, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

MATAAVHERO 'STOCK SALES

There was a good attendance of buyers, and a fair yarding of stock at the fortnightly sales held at Matawhero yesterday. Fat stock sold well, but stores did not realise full values in either the .sheep or cattle pens. = / / SHEEP. The yardng of sheep totalled about •301). Fat sheep sold at from 11s 9d, .and wethers up to 13s 6d. In stores the following were the principal pens: 17 forward, ewes ‘at 10s 3d, 47 wellgrown wethers at 11s 2d. 12 forward wethers at 10s 9d, 5 wethers 10s 7d, 'and 74 wethers at 12s. , Hoggets carrying good fleeces found t quick sale, 400 nice sorts sold at 9s 9d, 100 ‘at 9s 2d, 79 at 8s lOd, 60 at 9s Id, 68 at 9s, 100 big woolly sorts at 10s lOd—the top price of the season. Ewes, with lambs, were yarded, including a fine line of 65 Lincoln stud ewes, bred in Canterbury, which were bought by Mr R. C. Miller at £2 2s each. 22 ewes with lambs sold at 10s, a few culled ewes at 4s, and empty ewes at 8s 6d. Store wethers sold from 10s to 10s 7d, very few being on offer. , j( "• , - CATTLE. - -i About 600 head of cattle were penned and steers fit for killing found ready buyers. 26 big steers sold at £5 2s 6d, 30 at £5 12s 6d, and 44 nice-looking stores at £4 17s 6d, young steers sold at from £4 7s 6d to £4 10s, young heifers from £1 12s 6d to £2 ss, fat cows from £3 to £3 10s, and two calves at £l. . v PIGS. A few pigs were penned, the v following being tlie sales: 3 porkers at £1 Os 6d, and 7 porkors at £1 3s. THE AVOOL MARKET.

Messrs AVilliams and Kettle have received the following wool report from their London agents, under date of 23rd July: The fourth series of colonial wool sales for the current year, which opened on the '6th inst., terminated on the 20th idem. Of the total quantity available, viz., 150,485 bales, 146,751 were catalogued, whilst about 14,000 bales were withdrawn or held over for future realisation. Of the quantity sold about 61,000 bales have been taken for export, including 9000 for America. The attendance of buyers throughout has been very large, and whilst competition has been general and good, the American section of the trade have exercised much greater discrimination in their purchases . than last series, and have confined their operations for ,the most part to the very best fine and medium crossbreds, and the lightest ertnditioned merinos in the grease. In the case of crossbreds thb light conditioned fine and medium descriptions in the grease, where suitable for America, have shown but little change on last sale currencies; but for the coarser clips, thdugb of good style, as well as the poorer lots of fnedium ■ and coarse wools, a set-back of 5 to 10 per cent has tajeen place, the greatest fall being noticeable on the coarse descriptions. As is usual at this time of the year, scoureds and slipes liave been in large supply, and have met a. somewhat disappointing market, for although the finer descriptions have occasionally maintained previous values, they have more frequently shown a decline- of 5 per cent., whilst others mark a fall of 7* to 10 per cent. The next sales will commence on the 21st September, and tho sixth and last on the 23rd November, without limit as to quantity.

, FROZEN MEAT.

: > IPer Press Association.! NAPIER,. Sent. 2. • /.The ’Colonial; Consignment and Distributing Company, ‘Ltd.,'London, todap cabled the folio-wing report of the frozen meat market!’ There is a slight improvement in the value of mutton, but a decline of Jd in beef. To-day’s quotations are- Mutton, Canterbury '2|dL Napier, AVellington, and North Island 2sd: lamb, first quality 3|, second quality 3d; beef, hindquarters 3jd, forequarters 2fd.