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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81858, 5 October 1906, Page 3

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| 'IHE HIDES MARKET. ?<', EM'.ot'UNE, Oetober 4, ! j 1 hides •, irket is active, with good 011 f a* clu. es tied prices ho peiuy h'-jl'C". We" 1 . u iew alart s, heavy mediums, SL t wc . DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. I'kr Press Association. Dunedin, October 3. Oats: Tin' market was a little easier, and shippers have been filling orders tvith greater ease. Seed lines 2 4 to 2,y, prime milling 2/2.1 to 2/3, (rood ,o best feed 2,1 to 2/2, inferior to medium 1 /11 to 2/ (sacks extra). Wheat: Market is very dull, and prices are about the same, except for fowl wheat, which seems to be the only class meeting will any special enquiry. Prime milling nominally 3'5 to 3/6,, medium to good 3/3 to 3/4, best fowl wheat 3/1 to 3/2, broken and damaged 2/7 to 3, (sacks extra).

BURNSIDE STOCK REPORT. Per Press Association. Dunedin, Oct. her 3. Fat cattle: 113 yarded, which was not equal to the demand, and consequently competition was keen and prices advanced 20, to 30/ per head. Beef sold at 30 per loolbs. Best bullocks j£io 10 to .£ll 10/, a few extra ,£l3, medium £8 15/ to £9 15 best heifers £<) to £lO, medium £5 to £7 15/, old and inferior £4 10/ to £s 15/. Fat sheep: 1201 penned. At the opening prices were very little ahead of last week's, but they finished with a quotable rise of 1/ per head. Fat wethers made 22/6 to 24/6, extra to -7 /j g<"">d wethers 19 6to 21/6, best ewes 17/ to 18/, extra w iq/q. Lambs: Only 32 were forward. These sold at from 20/ to 21/, extra 10 25/. Pigs: 130 penned. Suckers and slips were firm at la e rates, and porkers and baconers were firm by about id per lb. Suckers 11/ to 15/, slips 17 to 201, stores 23/ to 28/, porkers 34/ to 40/, light baconers 43/ to 47/, heavy 50/ to 56/, choppers G5/ to Ot

MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. At the llaymarket on Saturday, every pig-pen was filled. Competition was as usual of late very keen. Slips made 12/6 to 13/O, weaners 14; to 16/, small porkers 18/ to kj/O, large up to 30/, hacks £3 10/. to £5; trap £7; harrows £2/10. At ilie man the jioultry pens were almost fully occupied and everything met with steady sale. Hens i/y 102/3, cockerels 2,1 to 2/4, roosters i,n to 2/1, chicks yd, ducklings 1 0 ,ducks 1/11 to 2/ij, turkey liens to 4. 1 would remind growers that I have a good demand for all kinds of poultry, paricu'ary good table fowls. WILSON AND NOLAN'S REPORT. _.ast Saturday we had rather a 5:... llcr entry than usual; prices being , tie easier than the two preceding s -. liens, ordinary table, made 1/8 t .4, pure bred leghorns 4/, cocke. ■ 0.0 2.. chickens 1/1, hen and tii :-..s 10, I-n and ducklings ij/0 to .3/6, ducks 2,2 >0 3,/, We sold also a ft 1 r catalogue of sundries, prices being about the same as usual. Wi- sold during the week consignments of fruit, comprising oranges, bananas, and kumaras, at satisfac tory prices. NEW ZEALAND L. & M. CO. WEEKLY REPORT.

Horses: Heavy draughts from £25 "■->/ to .£3O; medium £2l to £33 15/; light harness horses, £lO/10 to£iojs; hacks, £(1 io; to £lB 5/ ; weeds, £2 10/ to £3 15; dogcart, £l2 10/; taxcart, £io ; 10.

On Monday at I'apakura. Dairy Cows close to ilieir profit soid at from £j jo/to £7 15/; do., heifers, £3 to jb(i 10.; backward tows. £2 5/ to £s- - d«., heifers, £2 to £4 5 ; bulls, £i 10/ to £w. Ai Newmarket. Dairy catt'c, unless anything extra choice, were hard to sell. Dairy cows sold at fr«m £4 to/; empty cows, £1 17 <> £5 15:; calves, ■5/ to £1 ')/• Bidding tor beef was scarcely up to 'a-t week's rates and tile market showed a backward tendency. Cow, 1; lo 20j per loolb. Oxen sold at from £U 10/ to £i i 12 6; cows, £i> 10/ to £7 j 3/G. Sheep were yarded in full numbers and mot a steady competition. Weavers sold at from .£1 0/6 to £1 111 for one pen of extra well fatted; ewes, ig/y to £1 3/1); hoggets, r6 ( 6 to £1 4 ; lambs, 15/g to 17/tj. Pigs. Scarce and wanted. Porkers sold at from iy,6 to £ 1 15/6; weaneis, 8/6 to jgi; baconcrs, £2 to/ to £5 5/. Hides: Marker advanced, light • x id to :;d. cow -}d to Jd per lb. We (|uote —Prime ox, yjd to lojd; extra stout, SJd to fijd; stout, 7id to Sd ; medium, fj:Jd to Gjd; light, OJd to 6Jd; cow, Ijes. lines ojd to 73d, good OJd to 6|cl, wet 53d to Od: stags', 4jd to 4§d; horse hides, 6,'9 10 12/; kips, 5Jd to 5Jd; calfskins, 6id to 7d-

Sheepskins: Market brisk. Best butchers', extra large up to io.io, large 9/ to g.6, medium 7,6 to S/, small 4.9 io (>;.

Tallow: Marke ; advanced. Best mixed, up to 26/; good. 23/ to 25/6; seconds,. 21/ to 22/3; rough fat, iijd per lb.