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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 27 April 1907, Page 4

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AUCKLAND STOCK REPORT. The New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. report as follows:

Horses: Heavy draughts sold at from £2O 5/ to £3B; medium do., £lO 10/ to £32; hacks and light harness horses. £0 10/ to £18; Cortland waggon, £3O; sulky, £l2 10/. The hurdle horse Ncstator realised 530 guineas, the trotters Empress 22 guineas, Woodbine 35 guineas, and Tmporator 17 guineas.

At Waluku on Saturday. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10/ to £5 15/: emptv do.. £1 10/ to £3 2/; two to three-year-old steers, £2 10/ to C - 17/0. ' Fat cattle at Newmarket rates. We sold the following sections of land by order of the Public Trustee under the Unclaimed Lands Ac':—Lot 50. section i, Parish of Walpipi. can-' taining 5 acres 12 perches 2 roods, for C2S; lot 20, section 3, do., 10 acres 7 perches. £10: lot 10, section 3, P.irish of Waipipi. containing 10 acres 7 perches £ls. Cattle: At the Ncivmnrkef Yards on Tuesday there was a full yarding of stock of nil descriptions. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10/ to Cl! 15/; emptv cons, Cl 15/ io £2 IS/; calves. 15/ to £1 0/; grown steers Cl .">/ to CO 10/. lleef: \\V .|<io!e-0:; beef to 21/ per 1001b, cow 17/ to 1!)/. Steers sold at 'from fil 5/ to ClO 10/; cows. L' 35/ to £0 10/. The cattle were mostly light weights. 'Sheep: Wethers sold at from 18/0 to Cl 2/9; in full supply and sold for from 10/0 to 15/ ; otlmr sorts, 8/0 to 70/. The advertise,! 1000 store owes from Gisborne and the East Coast sold at from 11/ to 13/.

Pigs: Porkers sold at from l-VO to £1 0/; haeoners, £1 15/ to £2 8/; weaners, 7/fi to 12/0. We submitted an extra largo caialoftuo of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesdav.

Hides: Market dropped %d to '/, d prill). We quote—Extra .-tout ox, 7'/,d to fid; stout do.. fi%rl to 7>/„cl; medium do.. fi%d to o%d; light do., 3%d to fi«/ B d; cow, best lines fill to fi'/ s u- good ii%,\ to 5%i1; stags'. 4/ *» 4'/,d; kips, to fid; calfskins, Oi %o Q%d. Sheepskins: Market linn. Best butchers' pelts and lambs, 3/(1 to 4/7; seconds, 2/6 to 3/3. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, up to 27/; good. 24/(1 to 25/(5; seconds, 20/ to 22/0; rough fat, l%<\ per lb.

Ai.DWGTON" REPOT!!. Per Press Association. CHIUSTCHURCH, April 24. At the Addiugton live stock market to-day there was again a large entry of almost all classes of stock, and a good attendance. Fat cattle, except prime sorts, were easier. In consequence of another large yarding, store sheep sold at about the previous week's rates.. Fat lambs were firmer, and fal. sheep, except old ewes, which were easier,' showed no change! in prices. Pigs were not quite so brisk of sale, as the supply was a heavy one. The entry of store sheep was not quite so large as last week's, lambs and ewes forming the bulk of the entry. There was a fair demand for all clas-es, and prices showed practically no change. A fairly huge entry of fat lambs was composed mostly ul prime quality. There was good competition among the export buyers, and prices for prime lambs showed a ri-e of ahtnit lid per head. Tegs made 17/ Hto 2(1/. a few extra heavy 22/. slamwrd vciejit 1:1/0 to 17/. lighter 12/0 to 1:1/.

There was again a large mixed yarding of fat sheep, including a good' proportion of prime ems and wclhei-s. These sold full up to last wok's rates, there being a good demand for ho1?i wethers and ewes for export. Aged and inferior ewes were easier. A few pens of prime merino wethers sold well. The range of prices was:—Prime we hem 1!)/ to 22/1. lighter 10/5 to 18/11, merino wethers U/:l to 10/!). prime < wes 10/0 to 20/1. medium 14/ io ]«/. arrd !>/ to U/.

Tlie entry of fat cattle totalled :121. (he hulk being of prime qualilv. There was an easier tone in the market for medium and inferior sons, but prime, handy weight steer* and heifers sold well. A line of twenty-four North Island steers sold at £l(i n/ to -:il 7/0. Other steers brought £0 1,1/ to tll7/0, heifers £.3 to £7 17/0. and cows £4 10/ to £7 12/0 (equal to -'.'!/ to 20/ for prime, steers, and 20/ to 22/0 for medium quality per IOOIbi A large yarding of veal calves made 4/0 to 00/, according to size and quality. Only a few small lots of store cattle were offered, and the sales effected did not form quotations. There was a moderate entry of dairy cows, and they met with an improved demand, sales being made up to £S 1.")/.

There was a large yarding of. pigs, a large proportion of the fats being of prime quality. They sold at las,t week's rate", and there! was a good sale for stores. Baconers made 38/ to 48/, and heavier SO/ to 53/. equal to 4'/,<l per lb; porkers 28/ to 30/, e.jual to 4<'/,d per lb: large stores 22/ to 2f>/, medium l.j/ to 20/, and weaners 8/ to 12/0. BIT,NSTDK REPORT. Per Press Association. , DUNJSDIN, April 24. At the Bin-nside stock sales 192 sheep were penned. This large yarding consisted chiefly of unfinished wdiior* and

ewes, wi.h a few pens of .prime quality. Prices showed a slight decline all round, a drop of 1/ to l/(i being noticable on last week's rates. Quotations—Best wethers 20/ to 22/, extra to 2:1/11. good 17/ to lit/, medium 12/ to 10/; best ewes Hi/ lo 18/, extra to 1!)/, good 11/ to l:i/, medium 7/ to 10/.

lambs—l2o(l penned, of very line quality, and prices showed an advance of about I/O per head. ({notations—Best lambs 17/ to ]B/li, a few extra pens from 10/ to 20/: i. gooil 14/ li to lli/(i, medium 11/ to 12/(1. small 7/(1 to !)/. I'ig.s—2Bl yaide.l. In consequence of the scarcitv of havers prices showed a decline of from :!/'to 4/. although -mall pigs sold well. ({notations-Suekcr- !!/' lo 11/ i». slips 12/ to 15/. stoves IS/ to 20/:!, porkers »:)/ to 30/, light haconers 4.1/ to 48/, heavy 52/ lo 85/«. Cattle—2oß yarded, made up principally of mc-lium i|iialily bullocks and cows, lli'i-e being no special quality offend. Prices, however, for good quality were linn at late rates. (Juolations — Best, bullocks C!» 1(1/ lo ClO ID/, good £7 15/ to £8 15/, light C 5 10/ to C - ]()/. good heifers IS/ to X-t 10. heavy 52/ to SS/C.. ,iK\i<l\M, M.\TTlll''A\'«. C I'KJCOTT'rf Dlil'OliT.

We hell a Mock sale a I I Villi on the Hlli insl.. but owing to the dirly wea(ln r prevailing lie-re uas a poor muster of stock and a limivd attendance of bit vers. Lambs imole from Us oil lo is Wd. calves I:ls to 15s. vearlim.-.- ISs. store eov.-s. 42s i«l to lis. emply h.-it'ers :10s. At I'reiiui on Momlav we had a full -,-;,i-diier of all cl.-ss'-s of cattle, and nearlv even- pen changed bauds at the following pricei.-- Pigs (slips) Is. shorn lambs 5s lo lis sd, woollv lambs 10s, fnll-moiithcil Cs :id to His, fat and forward wethers 15s, calves 14s lo lis fid, 18-months' heifers 255. ditto steers 455, store cows Jills (Id to fills, fat cows 75s to SI. ditto heifers 70s lo 80s lid, 2-vcar-ohl heifers 51s, cows in calf oils, 2%-year-old steers (iss, trap and harnes.l £\i, pony :17s (id. We had a fair muster a! Waitara on Tuesday, consiilering (he weather, which rained' verv heavilv during (ho morning. Calves 'made 15s. 18m'onths' steers 4lis. store cows JS7 (id lo ills, forward cows 455, fat cows (ills, springing heifers tiSs, bull 40s, hack :)ss.

WEBSTER BROS' RKPORT. Webster Bros, report—On Saturday we had a good entry of poultry. Prices were better. We quote. Hens 1/1 to 1/li, pullets 1/S to 2/. ducks 1/5 to 1/10, cockerels 1/3 to 1/8. The usual mart sale following was well attended. Krnit has been very scarce for the week though apples are now coming forward in large quantities. Apples cookers 2/ti to 3/, Northern Spy 3/0 to 4/, according to boxes; prime Nelson l'ive crowns fi/fl to 7/.