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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7844, 9 June 1905, Page 4

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NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MElfc CANTILE AUENPjy Uo. Ltd. . WEEKLY MARKET REPORT. AUCKLAND, June 7. Wo submitted an average catalogue of hides, skins, aud tallow, on TuesdiaJy, all lines being sfeld under keen competition. Hides.—Market firm. We quote : Prime ox, to 7id ; extra slout ox, 6Jd to 7id ; stout ox, 6Jd to 6Jd ; medium ox, ojjd to (id ; light ox, Pld to 5Jd ; cows', best lines, ■ijd to IJdi; cows', wet, 4£d to IJd stags'* 3[d to 3s'd ; kips, 4Jd to i 4Jd ; calfskins, 5Jd to s|d. Sheepskins.—Market linn. Best butchers' skins, picked, 6s to 6s 6d ; ] good lines, average, o« to 5s SJd ; small and damaged, ,«5s to 4s 3d. I Tallow.—Market linn. Best mixed, 19s 6d to 20s lid ; g°od, l"s fcd to 18s 6d ; seconds, 15s 6d to 'l6s 3d ; rough fat, lid to ljd. Bones.—£s. Cow tails, is 6d dozen Horsehair Is Id to Is "id ! Wool.—Crossbred, 6d to Sfld ; lambs' Cd to 7-} d ; pieces, ,3;Jid to •lid ; dead, IJd to 6>d. 1 Maize.—Market linn. Supplies in store are completely exhausted. Oats.—Stocks are accumulating. Market is weak at 2a for B grade. Chaff.—Arrivals are fairly large; now worth £4 15s-, Potatoes.—Market has advanced, riime samples worth £6. Butter.—ln very short supply. Besti 9,> d to lOd ; good 9d to 9 J 4 d.

Cheese.,—No alteration to report. Horses have been brought forward) ' in full numpbrs. There was a largo number yarded at the Durham Y|ards on Friday. Prices showed no noteworthy improvement. Heavy draughts sold from £2B to £39,15s ; medium ditto, £2l to £32 5s ; light harness, £6 10s to £l9 15s ; hacks, £o 15s to £2O 12s 6d. A sulky, £lO 15s ; buggy, £l6Cattle.—At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were penned in usuflJt numbers, and -sold at late rates. Beef was yarded in average quantities. Ox beef sold to 25s per 1001b ; cow beef, from 17s to 20s ; steers sold from £6 12s I6d to £ll 10s'; cows, £4 5s to £9; daifry cows, £4 10s to £8 15s ;j empty Cows, £1 lis to £3 4s ; calves, 15s to £2 13s. Tho of the beef was excellent, exppcially, a draft from the North. Sheep.—The Newmaiket Yards were well ailed with sheep on Tuesday,, and sheep advanced fully 2s per head on last week's quoth.t'iion. Wethers) sold from , 16s 6d to £1 7s !3d ; ewes; 14s 9d to £1 6» 9d ; lambs, well fatted, 10s 9d lo 19s 6d ; other sorts, 8s 6d to 12s ; most of ihe different averages were over £1 Is. . Pigs.—Porkers, 17s 6d to £2 Is ; weancrs, 6s 6d to lis. At Warkworth on Wednesday, notwithstanding the extremely bad weather, stock was- yarded in full numbers, and all sold at sli.ojhtly improved rates. Grown steers, £5 5s to £6 4s : two to three-year-okl ditto, £3 10s to £4 17s 6d ; yearlings, £1 10s to £2 4s ; calves, 18s to £1 7s, ;.,!d At Clovcdon on Monday there was a small muster of cattle, and fair yarding of sheep. Cattle sold at lat?, rates. Sheep—ewes, 13s 6d to 16s ; iamj)S, shorn, 7s to 9s 6d ; weathers 19s 6d. :