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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81899, 8 December 1906, Page 3

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BUCKLAND & SOU'S BEPOIIT. (Special to News.) Auckland, December 7. Beef was in moderate supply and sold irregularly from 21s to 21s per hundred for steers, and from 17s to 30s for cows. Sheep were in short supply and sold freely:—Wethers 16s to 23s 6d, ewes 12s to l'Js 9d, lambs Us 9d to 21s. Pigs were plentiful. Porkers sold to 355, baconers to 635.

NEWTON KING'S WKEKLY AUCTION REPORT. At the Ilay market on Saturday only a few pigs came forward, small stores made 20s to 28s, weancrs 0s to 15s, calves 3s, jersey cow £7 15s, carriage horse £25. At the mart there was a large entry of poultry which sold at good prices: chicks made 5d to lUd, olil hens Is to Is 3d good young hens Is (Id to 2- Id, cockerels Is (id to Is 11, ducks Is !><l to 2s fid, ducklings la 5d to Is (id. New potatoes l%d to 2d. A quantity of sundries was disposed of at low rates. Fruit.—The market has been swamped with pines prices for which ranged from Is (id to 2s per case. Lemons 4s (id, gooseberries 2s (id to ss, redcurrauts 3s (id, cherries Bs. kumeras 3s Od and 7s, tomatoes !Mll>. peas (id to 9d peek, bananas 2s to 5s ease, choice do 2d. Cattle.—At Rahotn on Friday 3(11 li wet cattle came forward in excess of advertised numbers and nearly every line sold after keen competition at advanced prices. Calves made l(is (id. steer yearling.- 2")5> to 3!>s, heifers 23s t» 335, 2 to 2',, ve:,r steers C2 lis (id,

■springing heifeis .CI Is fid to tj( Istore rows £2 to i' 3, forward do ,C 3 110s, fat do £4 10s.

At Wniwakaiho on Tuesday ouinu' to the heavy rain there tvhs'h small yarding of stock and jirmr attendance. .Yearlings made 23s fid to 3&s, empty heifers 35s to 50*, store tows 37s to At Stony River on Wednesday the yards were very full and bidding was keen throughout the sale nearly everv line being sold at the hammer after keen competition. Mixed yearlings made 21s to 30s (id, steer do 33s to 355, heifer do 2Ss to ols, Z\/„ vear steers £3 os, store eows Hfls "to' .Vis, forwarr do £3 5s to ,C 3 15s, fat cows £4 10s to £5, springing heifers £3 to £i 15s, bulls 12 2s to Jl3, jersey do £8 Bs, weauer pigs 14s, store do 20.3. WEBSTER 1)1 tOS. MARKET REPORT. At tho mart on Saturday we held a sale of sundries. There was an increased demand for all classes of poultry Prices „„ uml(;1 . : Old hens ] s 4d, old roosters Is, good hens Is 8d to 2s 3d, chicks (id to Bd, ducklings lOd, ducks U lOd to 2s4d, geese 3s3d to 4s(id. Ihe mart sale of sundries went off as Usi-al. Un Thursday we held a clearing sale of Mr 11. Moon's surplus furniture and effects at his residence, l.iardet street. There was a large attendance of buyers and prices ruled at n satisfactory Jjgure. I.OAX AXI) MERCANTILE REPORT. Al C'KLAXD, DECEMBER 7. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10 tro- - I*»S empty cows, £2 5s to £3 Us; callus, 15s to £1 12s. Bidding for beef was scarcely as brisk as oil the pivwous week, although quotations are the same, oxen selling ;to 24s per 100 11), cow 17s to 20s. Oxen sold at Horn Xi ob to £l2 7etid: cows, .£4 5s to ,CB.

]Udes: .Market linn at last week's prices. Mc.-rjuuL:—Kxtra stout ox. i 7.1 to 7 Vl'<l: stout do.. (;i„;d to 0%d«l: J-ieiliuin do.. U'/,d to (i%d; light do.. i'l'l cow, Ijest lincs':Ji]i u> (>i/,d, u;ood 5-V d lo 5"/„il, wet, >,<,<! to < t!if!s,,.4d to 4Vitl: kijis, 3d to 3%('1; calfskins, lid to (P'/^l. Sheepskins: JUukel. firm. Best ■•nteliers' >kins, I;ng,. up ,s s ;d, 111111 ."is,fid to li-:id, small -Is lid to ."is: i■'-Its :iltd l;i 111 !>-.*. Is lid to ;ld. Til Mow-: .Market linn, niixi'd. ■ip to (id: g"i'd. lifirt t0,.27s .'id: inicrior. to 1(id: ronuli lut. l :1 .d per Hi.

vk'Ukiik anij in-i'ojrr. \ icl;i'i's iiml Stevens report a "nod Utr.v of (~)til.' at their hifrleuood vsivils on Wednesday la-l. Iliddin;.' 'or all elates « aj ' o„„,l ;u „[ 11( .. n .f v ill lm,.s uere '-1,-arpil at tlic followiuV iriees. - Viarlin,u to l.'i months heiVr, -24s (Id lo fi.l, ,|„ ,„i xi -,l u , :.)S (ill. .store hhv.. t;2 7ri to Ids. forward do., c:i to Ci 7 S liil, -to J 1 :, year old steers c:; J:fs. .-iniif - •lig lii-it' i - -t;{ 2s Chl (0 C 5 °