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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 257, 28 November 1903, Page 2

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MR NEWTON KING S WEEKLY REPORT. Cattle.—At Tarata cm Monday I held a clearing sale on account of F. A. Whitaker, Esq. Favoured by a fine day, there was a very large (attendance, and everything sold at satisfactory prices. Mixed hoggets made 5s IW, ewes and ltwnbs 145,2 d to 14s 9d, mixed 2 and 4 tooth sheep 15s 4d, cull ewes 8s Id, dairy cows £5 to £B, "heifers in calf £4 2s &d to £4 10s, springers £4 lis 6d to £5 2s 6d, empty heifers £3 13s to £4 2s, store pigs' 22s to- 31s, slips 6s 6d £o 12s, breeding sows 40s to 455. Sundrieß and furniture sold well. At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday there was a good yardiftg of stock, the majority being idairy cattle, very lew youmg cattle coining' forward. All the latter were well competed for, amd sokl either at the hammer or privately. Dairy stock were not so well competed for, and prices were rather easier than of late. Weaners made £1 to 30s, calves 30s to 395, yearlings 52s 6d to £3 ss, store cows £3 10s to £4, fat do. (heavy weights) £6, springing heifers £4 13s to' £5 7s 6d, 3 year bullocks £5 9s, cows and calves £4. VICKERS AND STEVENS' WEEKLY REPORT. Vickers and Stevens report that there was a good entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday, and bidding was brisk for alt lines. Calves made from £t 10s 6d to £1 13syeaflings, £3 7s I'd to £2 18s ; 15 to 18 months, £3 to £3 14s 6d ; 2 year steers, £ I 2s 6d ; backward stores, £2 lis to£3 15s ; forward stores, £4 to £ t 15s. springers, £4 10s to £0 10a : bulls, V 4 7s 6d.

At Mr W. Laurence's clearing sale on the Durham Road »n Tuesday: there was a good attendance. The cows were a splendid lot, and a good many were in calf to the pure-bred bull, " Lord Butterleiga" Bidding -was very brisk, prices ranging from £7 15s to £l6 2a 6d, the cows averaging £ll 0s 3d. Calves. £1 10s to £2 10s ; yearlings to 1 •"> months steers, £3 7s 6d ; year to 15 months heifers, £4 ; and 1 year to 15 months bull £3 15s.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. AUCKLAND, Nov. 25. Horses continue in good demand, more than average numbers being brought forward. The attendance at the Durham yards on Friday was good. Heavy -draughts sold from £29 10s to £4O 10s, medium do. £2l 15s to £36, hacks and light harness horses £6 10s to £2l. 3 ss, weeds and ponies £1 10s to £G ss. A spring cart made £ls ; tax cart £9 10s. Cattle.—At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday, dairy and store cattle were penned in usual numbers, and sold at late rates 1 . Beef was yarded in average quantities, best ox selling up to last weeks prices : —Cow 19s to 235, fat steers made from £6 17s (id to £ll 7s 6d, fat cows £4 5s to £8 10s, dairy cows £5 5s to £8 10s, empty do. £2 15s to £4 4, calves £1 15s to £2 lis. The advertised 10 working' bullocks sold at £lO 10s each.

Sheep.—The Newmarket yards were well filled on Tuesday, and the lat« high values ruled, pi ices being'higher than for many years. Shorn wethers sold from 16s 9d to 28s Dd, ewes 15s 6d to 25s 9d ; lambs of first quality 10s .(jd to 17s, other sorts ,5s 9d to 9s 9d. A draft of 166 shorn wethers from the Bay of Islands averaged 27s each. Pigs.—Yarded in full numbers and sold freely. We quote Porkers £1 17s to £3 ss, weaners 12s 6d to 19b At Waiuku on Saturday there was a large muster of stock of all descriptions'. Bidding l was good, and almost without exception everything changed hands under the hammer. Dairy cows sokl from £5 5s to £8 15s, empty do. £3 17s 6d to £4 17s, heifers £4 5s to £7 10s, calves £1 18s to £2 17s, grown steers £6 10s to £B, fat cows £5 5s to £8 10s. We submitted an average catalogue of hides and steins on Tuesday, all lines being cleared at late rates.

Hides. We quote a few prime ox fucked, at 7d to 7jd, extra stout do. 6d to 6Jd, stout do. sJ<l to o|d medium do. 4Jd to 5Jd, light 4 t d to 4Jd, stags 2Jd to 3d. Cow best lines, 4fd to 4Jd, kip 3d to 3id calf-skins 3d to 4d. Sheepskins.—Market unchanged. We quote best butchers' skins 4s 3d to os, country do. 3s 9d to 4s 2d othpelteTod" tQ 3S 6<i ' iaUlbskins lslines 22s 6d < seconds 18s to 20s 6d, rougfh fat ljd. Honsehair.-ls to Is 2id per lb. iails Is; 5d per dozen. Bones.—£4 lis per ton. Horns, 4s to 9s per 100. Wooi.-dn bags), halJbred 6}d to to V 0 "*"" 1 5W t0 6d ' PiCCCS 2Jd Maize.—Supplies were light this week, and last week's price of 2s 3d whar" '° r PFime sam P les on Oats.—"B" grade are worth is 8d e'd'ci f and poor ls ~ d to Is

'7^ Market ' S r,nu for Southern at £4 I.js, ex store, but best local worth more than £3 per ton ■ second <]ualit.y unsaleable. irJ U f!, ter ~? eaVy su PP Kes still comis worth ♦ Very gaod se Parator is worth up to 7d Dw ik qbalit.v 5d to 6d. Owinc to '"il verse weather conditions, much that

frank bodle. Manager. GRAIN REPORT. WELLINGTON, Nov 2", Mr f Pownall, of the V.Z. and Canterbury Farmers' Co-op. Association. Wellington, reports as follows, all Quotations being) f.o.b specified pl " ent| extr ß , lln)e , s „ " a , tS t ~ Bu f neM ,s coast-locked speculative shipments Home being restricted. South Africa is over-sup-Plied. and Australian prospects point to further competition durinu coming season. B grade Uamsh in., offering at Is 3Jd, Duns Is -11,1 Gartona Is 6d, Roseiberrys 3 s 7d' SBills Is 7id, Canadians Is 8d rejects Is 3d. Wheat. Outcome of Government inquiry has not affected combines dealings, and holders are more anxious to move stock.", best milling bcmir easier at .'is 10d to 3s lid G\\ feed is active at 3s 3d, soft 3s. seconds 2e 6d. Potatoes.—New kidneys sell readily at 9s (id 'b.i., round 7s h.i. Old keepers are nominally 2s lOd s.i. Maize.—Over-abundance of crops north has lightened cost to 2s fid fob., s.i., Argentine realising 3s c.i.r., s.i. Bailey.—Trade remains stagnant lot malting at 3s 9d, common feed ■2s 6d, pearl barley £l3 i(»s b.i'. Beans.— Warm weather has slackened demand, crushers being worth 3s 4d. 151116 command ">s 9d, Fartrid(g« <l s , split peas £J3 lUs D.i., pig meal £(i iris s.i. Bran—Has steady turnover at £2 JOs s.i.

■•{■«-it.Mi.-r" •' I. Pollard.—Supplies ecjlufaliso requirements at £2 15s s.i. Oatmeal. Loading: mills quote £8 for 25's ; Langdowns, roiled oats £l2, c.i.f., s.i. Chaff.—Good bright oat sheaf finds ready outlet at 55s s.s., darker .cuts 50s to 52s 6d s.s. Straw chaff is iieglected at 40s s.s Hay.—Sales are small, all-clover realising 87s 6d, rye-clover 57s 6d, pressed straw 355. Grass seed.'—M.C. rye is plentiful at 3s 9d to 4s 6d, cocksfoot 4d to sd, white clover 955, cow grass 72s 6d. ADDINGTON STOCK MA%KET. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 25. There was a good yarding of stock amd large attendance of buyers at Aldington to-day. Fat cattle : 270 yarded, including a large proportion of prime qiuality steers. An oversupply weakened the market, and prices fell from 2s to 2s 6d per 100 lb-; 45 North Island bullocks sold at from £9 17s (id to £ll 17s- Gd ; other steers, £7 15s to £l2 10s ; heifers, £6 to £lO 10s ; cows, £5 17s Gd to £1 5s ; beef ruled 27s to 29a per 100 lb. The fat sheep entry was not large, anid the qiuality was somewhat mixed. Export -buyers operated very sparingly, but prices 9howed a slight advance. Woolly wet'hers, 20s 8d to- 23s 4d ; woolly ewes, 20s to 23s ; Shorn wethers, 17s Gd to 21s 4d ; unfinished, 15s 3d to 17s ; shorn ewes, 18s to 22s 2d ; unfinished, 14s 9d to 17s 6d. Of fat lambs there were 616 yarded. Thei quality was rather mixed, although the presence of export buyers tended to maintain prices. The market was easier than it was a week ago. Prices ranged from lis 9d to 18s. Store sheep : 1500 entered, a large pro-por-tion being ewes and lambs. There was a keen -demand, and every pen submitted changed hands. Ewes and lambs, all counted (woolly), 12s to 12s 2d ; shorn, 5s lOd to 13s 2d ; hoggets (woolly), 17s to 17s (id ;, shorn, 14s 7d ; wethers (woolly), 18s 7d ; shorn, 14s 9d ; ewes (shorn), 16s 4d. Pigs were a large entry, but the sale was dragging, and market weaker. Baconers, 37s Gd to 50s ; extra heavy, 57s (equal to 4d per lb) ; porkers, 28s to 39s (equal to 4s-d to 4fd per lb).

LONDON WOOL SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cable from their London office dated Nov 24 ,:| —Since close of iaist wile prices are about 5 per cent, lower for fine grea-sy cross-bred, medium greasy cross-bred, fine scourod cross-bred, medium scoured, cross-bred, crossbred slipe and lanvbs. Trices are about 10 per cant, lower for coarse greasy cross-fored. Prices are about the same for merinos. Competition -by both home aai foreign; buyers is fairly active.