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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8078, 6 April 1906, Page 3

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HIDE MABKET. Beceived 5, i). 45 p.m. Mbi.boubnb, April i>. The hide market is unchanged aud prices fully maintained. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MEBCANTILE BLPOBT. Horses: Useful heavy draughts kept their values and sold at from £23 to £36 10s ; medium do., £l'J 15s to #2B j hacks and light harness horses SO 5s to LIS 15s; horse, cart, and harness £26. At Warkworth dairy cows sold at from £3 tu £6 ss, empty do., LI 13s to L 3 6s, calves 15s to LI Us, grown steers L 4 10s to L 5 17s 6d, sheep, wethers 15s Ud to IDs, ewes 15s to 18s, beef at Newmarket rates.

At the Newmarket yards dairy cows soU at from LI to Li) 2s Od, empty do., L2 7s to L 3 15s, calves 15s to LI lis. Bidding for beef was keen, up to last week's prices. Oxen sold up lo 22s per lUOlb, cow 17s to 19s. Steers sold at from LB to LID 2 s ;6d, rows L 3 10s to L 7 10s. Sheep were yarded iu usual uumbcrs and met a keen competition at advanced rates. Wethers sold at from His Hd to LI os 3d, ewes las to LI Os 6d. Lambs, iu full supply, sold well at from 10s fid lo 18s.

Pigs: Porkers sold at from 17s lid to LI las; weaners 5s Ixl to His, baconcrs L2 Is to L 3 Bs. Hides: Market brisk. \\V quote: —Prune ox '.l'd to ln.\d, extra stout do., B.ld to ii.id, stout do., 7.1 dto Hjd, medium do. Did to 7.|d ; light do. sid to (id, oms. best lines s'fil to s|d, good o'.d to si 3d, stags' Sid to MA, kips 5; to (id, calfskins «}fl to C.UI, damaged hides aid 10-lid. Sheepskins : Market lirm. . Host butchers' pelts and lambs :!s (id to Is, ccuutry do. i!s Id to lis Bd. Tallow : Market lirm. Host mixed 22s to 2;l» 3d, good 2'J lid to 21s, medium IDs to 20s, seconds 17s tid to 18s, rough fat l]d to lid. Maize: The arrivals this week were light, but were slow of sale ut ;ls lid on wharf. Oats are firm at 3s lid ex store. Chaff is worth L:) 15s at rail. Potatoes I/J to LO 10s.

Butter: Selling freely at 7.', dto Ud. Cheese ; Prime factory is worth aid to sjd. __