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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8061, 16 March 1906, Page 3

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N.Z. LOAN ANd"mKIICANTILE AGENCY CO.'S REPORT. Horses: On Friday, sil Hi,. .Durham yards, horses were well represented. Isilul liravy ilraHs kept tlici,' Into. values, and sold at from C2li Ills to £37; medium ilo., LIS Ills in 1,21!; hacks ami light Harness horses. T,ss 5s to L2D ; dogcart, LI 7 ; spring. -mi, L',l ; sulky, LS 10s. At l'apakura on Wednesday; dairy cows sold at from 14 5s In |',U) IDs. do. heifers L 3 111? to L 7 10s, grown steers LI 10s to L 5 15s, two to three-year-old do. L2 15s to L 5, calves 15s to LI lis, empty cows 1/2 loslo L 3 15s. Beef, of which there was a fair yarding, sold al Newmarket rules. Cuttle : Dairy cows sold at from LI as to LS IDs,' emplv do. I,L 15s to 1/2 Us, calves 15s to LI lis. lteef was yarded in average numbers, the quality being much better throughout than for many weeks, although no extra heavy weights were yarded. Oxen sold up to 23s per 1001b, cow 17s to 20s. Steers sold al from LO 10s to Lll, cows Ll as to LH 2s Ccl. Sheep; Fat wethers soil at from 15s S)d to LL 2s yd, ewes 15s (id to LI. Lambs, in full supply, sold well from Us yd to 18s '.ld. i'igs • Porkers brought from 17» 9d to 2'Js, weaucrs (is (id to 15s, bacoucrs LI His to L 3 2s. Hides: Market firm. We quote : - Prime ox Sjil to U'.l, extra stout, do. 7.U1 to H.jd, stout do. (igdlo 7j, medium do. s : ,'d to Old, light do. ojjil to ojd, cows, best lines s:}d I" (id, good 5U\ to s|d, slags', 3} to Sid, kips, sid to 51.1, calfskins s:jd to did, damaged hides 4il to Hi. Sheepskins : Market linn. Best butcher' pelts 2s Sd to 3s 7il, lambs 2s (id lo 3s (id, country dry skins, large 5s (id to 7s, medium Is loss, small 3s to 3s yd, Tallow : Market (inn. Best mixed, 22s lo 235; good, 20s to 21s,seconds losto 17s, rough fat I Id to lid, Bones, LI 15s. Cowlails, Is (id dozen. Horsehair, Is Id to Is 7d. Horns; Large Kis to 21 3iJpcr 10U; medium ils to 13s, small 3s Hit to 5s Oil. Maize: Supplies fairly heavy and sales have been slow at 3s Od on wharf for wholesale lines. Oats: Worth 2s lid ex-store, Chaff : Supplies have eased somewhat:, and any good coming to hand is selling at L 3 15s at rail. Potatoes : Free sales nude at LI n. Butter : There is a good demand for all qualities. Best separator, Hd, medium H.fd to !!.[-. Cheese: First-class quality selling freely at old, second-class slow of sale, VICKERS AND S'L'KVKNS ItEPOUT. Yickcrs and Stevens report thai there was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Bidding was very dull. Weaucrs made trom 3s. lid to 12s; yearlings to 15-nionths, LI 4s to LI 10s; store cows, LI 7s fid to 1,2 ss; fat eows, L 3 5s to L 3 10s. At Tarata on Monday there was a fair yarding. Store eows made from LI os to LI 15s; IH-months steers, LI IDs to J/2 10s; 2-year old steers, .1,2 10's; empty heifers, LI 10s.