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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81849, 22 September 1906, Page 3

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I MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. CatUe.—At Stratford on Tuesday tiirie was a good ywdintf of both Store and Dairy stink. Yearlings of (jualily and superior lines of sieeie wen* in u'ood demand and sold at satisfactory prices. Sprintfinj*" 11citiTd of tfuod quality and close to caving were w- \\ compiled for, but smail and backward lots wore hard to quit. Calves to yearlings nv.u'e 10,6 to i 9/, do. 25/ to 30/, 2 year steers £2 to /.2 14 O, 2to 2-1 do. £2• j 5/ to £3 i;, store cows 24/ to 43/(1. spiinsinjf cows £3 10/ to £7, s|>rinffiiiff heifers £3 5/ to £(> 7/0. At Rahotu on Thursday bidding was £oo.l for all stun' cattle. Yearlings niadu 15/6 to 20, 2 to 2J year steers £1 10 , store cows 35/ 10 45', springing heifers /J4 5 to £5, bulls £3 UG to/,'5On account of Messrs Luxton Bros., horses and sundries made good prices. Draught mare ,£4O, trap horses £ls to £l6 10/, gig £ls, drill £2l, plough £4.. At the Haymarket on Saturday t fair number of pigs was penned, and met keen competition. The majority wore backward and made from 10/O to 15/j small porkers jtj/. At the mart nearly all the poultry pens were filled, bidding was brisk. The following prices were realised: — chicks 6d, liens 1/11 to 3/6, pullets 3HO 3/T), cockerels i/ti to 4/3, rooster-; 1i) to 3;, turkey hens 4/3, gobb.ers 61) to 7/3, ducks l/'y to 2/3, A large quantity of furniture and sundries made the usual rates. I have good inquiry for decent table fowls and ducks. WEBSTER BROS MARKET REPORT. Webster Bros report brisk and increasing demand for all lines of Poultry. On Saturday, liens brought from t/i to I/'IO, pullets 1/10 to 2/3. ducks 1,11 to 2/6. Various lots of vegetab'es in small parcels fetched good prices, and the demand was unsatisfied. The market sale following was well patronised and bidding was brisk throughout. WALTER BEWLEY'S REPORT On Saturday 1 had an average en try of poultry. Prices were good, liens made i,(j to 2/, purebred white leghorns 2 6 to 3/, cockeiels 2/ to 2,3, ducks 2/3 to 2,6. 11l the mart a quantity of sundries were so'd at prices mostly in favor of purchaser. J have to report handing over my business this week to Messrs Wilson and No an who will continue the sales as usual. I solicit for them tin generous support accorded me in the past.

WILSON AND NOLAN'S REPORT. Messrs' W'ijson and Nol;\% who have taken over Messrs Bewley and Griffiths business this week report having sold their first consignment of bananas, 35 cases se'ling from 7,0 to 0/• Thi' firm are now booking entries for their next hide and skin sale on October nth. Entries will be received up to the Bth inst. JENKINS. MATTHEWS AND I'IGOTT REPORT. At Urenui last Monday we had a splendid yarding of all classes of catt.e, 637 le ad being entered for the sale. ISidding dragged a good deal at the start, but freshened up as we went along, and at the conclusion a number of pens (passed in by the auctioneer) were sold privately. We quote: Calves 14', yearlings 21/ to 24 . icS-months 35,, 2-year steers 42/ to 53/, store cows 30/ to 54/, fresh forward cows £3, springing heifers 57/ to £4 5 , 'Jit to cows £3 101 to £4 8/6, fai h<\f-T.< £3 14/, fat cows £4 y/ to X'-i 12 , o'd cows 1 «S/ to 20/, bull 47/. At Waitara, on Tuesday, we had the usual yarding, but everything was veiy dull of sale. Calves made up to H>/6, yearlings ujj to 24/', 18months steers 27 6 to 40;, springing heifers £3 2,6 to £3 10/, ditto cows up to £5, bull 45 , fat bullocks £y I 2; 0. IiI'CKLAND AND SON'S REPORT ISpei ial to Ni-:ws.) Auckland, September 21. llor.es.—There was a lull yard, g"od demand. Young draughts sold at /J35 tee to £47, unbroken i.:2,S to £34 to/, good hacks and har ness £l2 to £2(l 10/, ordinary £(j to £ll. At Remuera there was a good supply of beef, which sold at slightly lower rates. Steers, from £U to £l2 7.Y1, cows £4 to £X'i<>/. Sheep wen- in average numbers, and so'd freely. Wethers up to 28 <j, ewes to 28', hoggets til 22 , lambs to 22 : (>. Pigs were short of requirements, porkers making to 35/, bacon ers to 55/.