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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 4 May 1907, Page 4

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ADDINti'LOX STOCK SALKN. I'er Press Association. Chri-teliureh. May 1. At the Addington live Stock in irket to-day there were fairly large entries of stock and a good attendance. There, was practically no change in fat cattle. Store sheep again sold well, as also did fat lam lis. prime sorts being very linn. ' Pigs were ra.her easier. There was a ' dull sale for 'tore cattle. Good dairy : cows sold well. | There was a good mixed yarding of j store sheep. Forward lambs, good breed- j iug ewe» and wethers sold well and \ there w.is an improvement iu the price-! of backward lots. The yarding of tat lambs was a fairly large one, and there ( yas a good proportion of prime lots. I Competition among export buyers was j fairly keen, and for prime lines prices , again showed an advance. There was ' little change in others. Tegs made IS/ to 21/ti, standard weights 14/ti to 17/JI, lighter 12/3 to 14/. There was an average yarding of fat sheep in point of numbers, and it included some prime lines of both wethers and ewes. Prime wethers were in keen demand, as were all classes of ewes, and prices were firmer all round. Prime wethers l!l/« to 23/ H, extra 2«/ li to 38/. lighter Hi/2 to 1!!/, prime ewes 17/ li to 21/3, medium 11/ti to 17/, aged 11/ to 14/. The entry of fat cattle totalled 21(1, the bulk being not more than three parts fat. Anything prime sold well and fully equal "to the previous week s rates. Steers made t-5 7/0 to £lO, heifers £4 5/ to £0 10/, cows £4 to £8 15/—equal to 12/ li to 25/ for prime, and 20/ to 22/ for ordinary per lOOlb. There was a fair entry' of store cattle, but no demand, end the sales were confined chiefly to a few calves and poters. Good dairy cows sold up to £S 10/. There was a fairly large yarding of pigs. Baconers and porkers were rather easier, and there was less demand for stores, which were mostly small sorts, llaconers made 45/ to 50/ and up to 55/ for heavv weights (equal to 4'/ 2 d per lb), porkers 25/ to 38/ (equal to 4%d to stl per lb), large stores IS/ to 22/0, medium 12/0 to 17/0, veancrs 8/ to 12/ BURNSIDE MARKET.

Per Press Association. , Dunedin, May 1. At the Burnside stock sales 1433 sheep were penned. Owing lo the lessened supply of sheep offered and their good quality, the prices for good sorts showed an advance of 2/ and for m"dium a rise of 1/ to 1/8 per head, two extra good sheep bringing as much as 2»/fi. Quotations—Best wethers 22/ to M/G, extra to 2(1/, good 17/ to 20/. medium 12/ to IS/, (test ewes l(i/« to IS/ 3, extra to 19/«, good 11/fi to 13/ti, melium 7/0 to 10/. Lambs—ls.3o penned. This week they I ,vere not so good in quality as those ottered list week, and in consequence of the freezing companies no-, being able to ship their supplies owing to boats not being-available there was but a moderate inquiry from these buyers and prices declined accordingly, the drop being about 2/ all round. Quotations —Best lambs 10/G to lfi/0. a few extra pens 18/3, good 13/ to 14/0, medium 9/ o 11/(i, small 6/ to 7/fi. Pigs—lßo yarded, comprised of very -»ood quality, except for a few pens of small sorts, which met with little, in-' quiry. Prices for fine quality were more thau equal to late rates, and porkers and baconers showed an advance of 3/. Quotations—Suckers 8/ to 11/0, slips 12/ to 1-V. stores 10/ to 23/. porkers 28/ to 33/. light baconers 38/ to 43/, heavy 43/ to S4/G, choppers to 00/. Cattle—23o yarded, consisting mostly of medium quality, with a few pens of . extra good. Prices .for prime quality were firm at recent values. One special pen brought £l2 per head. Quotations —Best bullocks £9 10/ to £lO, medium £8 to £!) 15/, best heifers to £0 12/6,

nedium from £0 to £7 12/0. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGEXCY CO., LTD. Auckland, May 2. Horses: Draught horses sold at join £24 10/ to £37 13/; medium, £2O u/ to £32; light harness horses, £.3 5/ to £l2; sulky, £0 10/; dogcart, £IS. Cattle : Dairy cows sold at from £3 10/ .0 £7 .3/;'omptv cms, £1 1.3/ to til 14/; calves, 10/ to £1 7/. Ox beei sold to 21/ per 1001b; cow, 17/ to 111/, steer- sold at from £0 10/ to CHI 12/ li; •ows, £4 to a »l. Many of the fat •altle were prime quality. Slice]) : The Newmarket Yards were ,vell lilted on Tuesday and sold at late mtes, wethers selling at from 18/!) to fl 3/9, ewes 14/0 to 10/!). hoggets 10/ to IS/. Pigs : Porkers brought from 17/11 to CI 8/: weam-is, 0/ to 10/0; baconers. £2 to £2 12/. We submit:ed an extra large catalogue of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday. Hides : The market is easier. We quote—Extra stout ox, 7'/.d to 8d; stout do, (i%d to 7d; medium do, lid 10 o%d; light, o'/.d to 5%d; cow, best lines .3%d to till" good o'/al to ;3%i1; stags*, VIA to 4'/„'.i; kips, s '/,.1 to oftd: calfskins. Iji/,d to 0%; damaged hides, 4d to 3d. Sheepskins : Market lirm. Best butchers' pelts, 4/3 to 4/8; medium, 3/3 to 4/; small, 2/li to 2/9. Tallow : .Market easier. Best mixed, up to 20/9; good. 23/ to 24/0; inferior, 20/ to 21/3; rough fat, l : V,d per lb. SEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, HIDE AND SKIN SALE. MESSRS WILSON AND NOLAN'S REPORT. On May Ist, we submitted a good catalogue to a full atrendanee of buyers. There was an easier tone in hides. Skins were in keen oe.aiand, while tallow advanced considerably. In sympathy with the recent drop in prices in Australia, hides dropped about \'A per lb all round. This is accounted for largely by the fact that Queensland, recovering from recent drought, is nowputting her hides on the market, after an absence of several years. The prices realised .for prime i.ales were better than those obtained in Wellington and other centres. We quote:— Hides—Heavy ox, O'/.d to G%d, light ox .3d to 5%d, medium f>%d to (!%.-"i, light ox 5d to 5%d, cows' stoiu fid to 6'/«.l, medium 5%<1 to 5%d. light :3'/ s d to 5%d, settlers' hides 2%d to fiftrt, kips. butchers', 3d to .i'/Ul, calf, souu.l, 6%d, damaged G%d. Sheepskins.—Butchers', drv lam lis. 2s lOd to 4s 9d, butcher-' lamb's, salted. 2s 7d to 4s Bd, dry skins 2s 8d to lis lOd, one extra good line 8s 3d, salted skins 4s 2d to OS 3d, settlers' damaged, up to 2s Bd. Tallow.—lircasks, medium, 23s 3d to 2:3s 3d, good 20s 3d to 27s 3d; in tins 15s to 19s Od. Tails.—ls fid per dozen. Horns.—lnferior 2s 3d p-r KlO. Bones —£3 10s. YOUNG, HOBBS AND CO.'S REPORT. On Tuesday. 29th nit., we ludd nur usual monthly sale of wool, skins, and hides, ami were favored with a large and varied catalogue. Prices were easier all round in common with recent markets in Svdnev. Melbourne, and London. However, tallow and sheepskins showed this the leas! of all. Hides dropped %,l to «,:.(1 per lb for 1ic.1,1 aud V',,l lb foi heavv; as compared with last sale. Wool was !t l.o slightly lower. We would again recommend clients, particularly those sending hides, to forward them a week before date of sale, thus enabling us tr. show the hides iu the best condition We quote: Heavy ox hide made Oy s d: best butcher's cow hides, lid: light s'/,ii to settlers'' cow hides. 4','.rt 1, .3'/,d: slipperv do., 3>,:.d to 4d; call skins, (i'/al: inferior. R;,l to .3.1. Sheepskins: Woolly, fis to su Id each: medium. 4s to 4s (id: pells, 2s 11,1 i. 3s 8d; inferior and damaged. Is 2d ti 2s 8(1, Wool: Fleece, seedy. 8d; ciulchingand dead, wised. 7d: locks anil pieces 4'/,d: black wool. 7(1: lambs, B'/,d d 9d: horsehair. Is 3d lo Is 4d. Cow horns, Ts per 100. Tips. Is 9,1 I, 2s 3d per inn. Bones. C 3 2s fid per ton Tallow, besl beef, in casks, 2.3s to 2fi; lid per ,-\\i.: poor do., 23s to 24s Oil.