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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8096, 28 April 1906, Page 4

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NEW ZEALAND LOAN & MKK CANTILE CO.'S REPORT. Horses : Heavy draughts sold at from £27 10s to £3B, unbroken draught colts from £22 to £l3, medium £lB 15s to £2l), hacks iind light harness £7 2s 6d to £ls 15s. Cattle: Dairy cows sold'at from L 4 5s to £C 15s, empty do., Ll 15s to L2 18s, two to three-year-old steers £2 12 s 6d to Ll ss, calves, 15s to Ll Is, beef at Newmarket rates. At Newmarket yards on Tuesday dairy cows sold at from L 4 10s to L 8 ss, empty do. Ll 15s to L2 lis. Bidding tor beef was scarcely as • brisk as the previous week, oxen.showing a decline on last week's values, cow 17s to 20s per 1001b. Steers sold at from La 17s Cd to L 9 17 s 3d, cows Ll 2s fid to L 8 us. Sheep: Wethers sold at from 18s 9d to Ll os 6d,ewes 16s 6d to Ll 3s. Lambs, in full supply, sold at extreme r .-me of the quality being excel-K-iii, .leU-fattcd selling at from 13s 9d to £1 Os t)d, other sorts lis 3d to 12s tid. \ . . . Pigs: Weaners 8s 6d to los, porkers Ll lis to L2 Bs. Horsehair, Is 4d to is B£d. O.its ; Market is very firm at 2s 5d ex store. Chaff is in good demand at L i 15s ex store. Potatoes: Prime Ll2. Bulter is firm at !)d to ( JJd for prime separator. Cheese is in good demand at s=|d for piiiiK- factory.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday, pigs made low prices, slips selling at 'ls to 6s (id, small .-lores 8s (id to 10s (id. Horses L 3 7s lid lo L 5 2s Cd. ■ At the Mart there was a fair entry of poultry, with good demand; 1 Cockerel.- made Cd. pullets Is 2d to Is lOd, hens Is to Is Bd, chicks 6d to lid, ducks Is 6d. A quantity of furniture and sundries was disposed of at ordinary prices.

Fruit :• During the week prices ruled as follows Dessert apples 2s to Bs, cookers Is to ss, pears 2s 6d to 6s, oranges 3s to 7s, tomatoes 2s Cd to ss, grapes (bad order) 2s 6d.

Cattle.: At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday, weaners made :1s 6d to 8s Oil, heifers in calf L2 15s, store cows 18s to 2'ls Cd, dairy cows (spring calvers) L 3 15s, f.m. ewes os, fat sheep 12s 6d, lambs 8s 3d.

At Stony-River on Wednesdav, there was a big yarding and good attendance. Weaners made 4s fid to 10s 6d, good calves 12s to 13s Cd, yearlings 18s to 20s, 15 to 20 months steers 26s to 275, 2 year heifers in coif L2 10s to L2 17s 6d, store mas 15s Cd to 2 Is 6d, forward cows L2 is (id to L 3, fat do. L 3 os to L 4, bulls 32s lo L2 ss.

VICKERS AM) .<TE YENS' REI'OKT. Vickers and Stevens report that there was a fair yarding at their Inglewood yards'on Wednesday, ami prices were slightly in advance of lale sale's. Scrubby wcatiers made 3s to (is, gooddo. 8s to 13s, 15 to 18 months Ll 4s to Ll 16s, store cows Ll Cs to Ll spring calvers L2 5s to L 3 2s, springers L 3 to L3:l2s 6d, bulls L2 to L 3.