THE MARKETS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 24 August 1907, Page 6

THE MARKETS.

NEWTOX KING'S WEEKLY REFORT. At the Haymarket on.Saturday a l*rge number of pfg3 came forward and iold readily at improved rates. Slipa made 8s to 14s, small stores 15s Od to IBs, porkers 2(ls to ?Bs. horses £1 to £3 ss. At the Mart poultry again sold freely at the following rates:—Cockerels Is 9d to 2s Id, pullets Is 5d to 2s 2d, hens Is Ifld to to 2s Od, roosters up to 4s, turkeys 4s 3d to 5s 6d. A quantity of furniture and sundries made ordinary rates. Cattle.—At Oakura on Friday, the 16th inst, I held a clearing sale on account o. Mr 0. W. Wareham. There was a good attendanc?, and the cows being a m'ce lot in good condition, sold well. August and September calvers made £tt 5* to £7, cows at profit £4 12s 6d to £6 15s, harness horses £22 to £27 hacks £2 5s to £5, dray £lo, gig £l4 10s Implements and furniture soil Weill The same day at Tututawa Messrs Bnckells sale was well attended, and good prices were realised for both dairy ™ * L S - tock ' ea,v ers made So w L ' , eows at proflt £i to « .1 ca,ves yearlings 25s to 31s od, springing heifers £4 2s to £4 7s «d, trap horse £lB, store pigs 17s 0d to 18s, breeding sows £4 7s Od. Oa Monday th» 19th, at Mr M- Burgess clearing sale was fairly well i ! y calve " £5 £6 10s, late calvers £3 12s 6d to £5 ' breeding sows £2 17s Bd. At Waiwakaiho on Tuesday there was bnl»w yar i? g 1:00,1 attendance of buyers. There was an improved demand for young cattle, especially steers, which sold at advanced rates. Dairy cows of good quality were well competed lor, and made satisfactory prices. Calves to yearlings mixed made 23s 6d to 25s w" f~ eri P 29 to £3 17s, empty heifers 375, springing do. £3 l s to £4, iS ? i? »' £8 ' s P r ' n 8' n !? cows £4 to £6 15s store cows £2 6s to £2 13s fld, forward do. £4 2s 6d. Sale of Pedigree Jersey cattle.—There was a record attendance at the Waiwakaiho yards on Wednesday when Mr A. E. Watkins' noted Jersey herd was submitted to the hammer. Buyers were pre-

sent from as far South as the Wairarapa, Woodville, Pabnerston North and Feilding all being well , represented. The cattle, in spile of a thirty-mile drive in rough weather, were in excellent condition, and were pronounced by experts to l)e the finest lot of Jerseys ever offered for sale in New Zeaiand. Al! classes had their admirers, from aged champion cows and the fasliionably-bred imported American bull, down to the calves .of the latter, only a few weeks old. Bidding from the start of the sale was very brisk, the three first cows( the origin of the herd), Mona, Cherry and Floria, falling to Messrs Clarke, Mellow and T. Linn at £3O, £4O and £4O respectively. Then followed the voimyer cows, prices for which ranged from £l4 to £lO4, the latter figure being reached amidst considerable excitement, the plucky liu.ver, ll' W. J. Frcetli, lieing loudly cheered. The imported bull, "'Yankee Sweet," was the next to claim attention, and elicited keen competition, being eventually secured by Mr Freeth for £125. The 2-year springing lieilcr? made from £22 to £4O, yearling heifers £ld to £2B, jne 2-year bull £3l, and yearling bull calves £l2 to £3B. The lyoung calves-by "Yankee Sweet" met with many admirers, and sold at prices from £6 to £4O, the latter being for a remarkably pretty heifer out of an exceptionally liigli test cow and was secured by Messrs Griffiths and Cornwall, who are to be congratulated upon securing what should prove a most valuable acquisition to their herd. The grade heifers were a nice lot, nnd made from £4 to £lO. After Mr Watkins' herd was sold I quitted for Mr Oldham the pedigr-e Jersey bull "Exile A." to Mr J. H. Parker for £33, and a pedigree cow, "Lady Ida," to Mr C. Cltfrke for £34; also on account of Mr W. Rowe, of Tataraiinaka, that grand old bull "Goldfinch," to Mr Grover for £2O.

| WILSON AND NOLAN'S REPORT. [ Poultry—We had a good entry, and the prices realised were satisfactory. Fruit—No local fruit offering. A shipment of green bananas arrived and were sold. We quote:— Poultry—Hens Is fid to 2s 6d, roosters Is to 2a, cockrells Is 8d to 2s, ducks 2s to 2s 3d, pullets Is 6d (two special lines making 3s 9d), chicks 6d to Is. Fruit—Bananas 3s to 4s.

VICKERS AND STEVENS' REPORT. Vickors and Stevens report a fair muster of cattle in their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. Springers of all classes predominated. Bidding for all young .'dttle was good, and good store cows were in good demand. Prices:—Yearling heifers 15s to 24s Gd, do. steers 2fls 6d to 33s 6d, store cows £'2 4s to £2 13s, good springing heifers £3 las to £4 17s Od, inferior do. £2 2s 6d to £2 15s, old cows £1 to £1 10s, springing cows £2 15s to £5. At Mr C. Gaustad's sale at Tarata on Tuesday there was a good attendance. Cows made from £3 to £5 15s, yearlings £1 2s. Sundries and furniture made fair prices.

BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET. Dunedin, August 21. At Burnside to-day 2407 sheep were penned. The entry was a good one, principally made up of medium quality sheep, with a number of pens of prime ewes and wethers. Prices showed a decline of Is to Is Cd on last weeks rates. Best wethers 24s to 25s 6d, extra to 28s, medium to good 20s to 225, extra good ewes to 24s 9d, medium llis to 20s.

Cattle—2o9 yarded. Prices were firm at last week's rates. Quotations-Best bullocks £lO to £ll 10s, medium to good £8 10s to £9 ss, unfinished £7 5s to £8 10s.

Pigs—loo yarded. Prices were if anything easier. Suckers 12s to 15s, slips 17s 6d to 24s Od, stores 25s to 30s, porkers 30s to 425, light baconers 45s to 50s, heavy 50s to 655.

ADDIXGTOX STOCK MARKET. Christchurch, August 21. ■ At the Addington live stock market today there was a moderate entry of stock and a good yarding of all classes of sheep, except unfinished fats. Fat cattle and pigs sold well. Store sheep—The entry was made up Jiinieipally of hoggets and aged and inferior ewes. There was a good demand for all sorts, and the prices were firm. Among the sales were:—Ewes—7o fullmouth at 18s Id, 80 0 and 8-t.ootli at 14s 9d, 181 2-tooth at 14s Od, 327 at 13s, 42 at 12s 3d, 07 aged at 10s 3d, other lots 9s to 13s 6d; hoggets— 31 at 15s 2d, 51 at 14s 2d, 108 at 14s sd, 89 at 13s 9d, (14 at 13s Od, 177 at 13s 3d, 55 at lis Bd, 71 at lis 2d; wethers—33 at 19s, 49 at 18s 10s, 85 at 15s Bd.

Fat lambs—A small entry and good demand, prices for best sorts ran-iim from 14s to 21s Od. 0 Fat sheep—Prime wethers 23s to 30s medium 20s Od to 22s fid, unfinished 18s to 20s, prime ewes 21s to 10s Od, extra iprime merino wethers to 275, prime 17s to 20s, aged I2s Od to l(!s Od, extra prime merino wethers to 275, prime 17s Od to 21s lOd, others 13s to 17s. Fat cattle—Steers brought £6 17s fid to £l2 7s od, heifers £5 7s Od to £lO ss, cows £4 10s to £8 6s-equal to 2.1s to 20s for prime, 27s Od for extra, and 21s to 22s fid for medium, per 1001b A good yarding of veal calves' sold ity 5 ° a ' ' le ™ r<iirl K to siw and qualSfore aid dairy cattle-A small mixed entry met with a poor demand at the following rates:—Yearlings lis to 15s 1.) to 18-month 31s to 40s, 2-year steers £2 18s, 2i/„-year steers £3 10s, 3-ycar heifers £2 10s to £3, dry cows 24s to 40s. The dairy cows offered were mostly inferior sorts, and were dull of sale at low rates, the top price being Pigs—There was a large entry of choppers, and they sold well, ranging from tj I to , A prime line" of 10 Berkshire baconers from Mrs White (Ohaka) averaged £3 ss, and 18 from Chatham Islands 44s to 00s. There were no other heavy weights. Baconers and lighter sorts made 45s to 555, porkers • i(,s "> 455, and lighter weights 28s to 35s Chatham Island stores sold at 25s to 355, medium stores 20s to 245, liVht 16s to 18s, weancrs 12s to 14s fid. °

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co report:—llorses-Heavy draughts £3- to .148 10s, medium do. £2O 5s to £3O, hacks and light harness horses £lO 5* to £lB 10s. On Tuesday ewes in lamb sold at £1 •is 3d, calves to yearling steers 19s to CI 15s, springers £5 ss, brown gelding £25 las bay mare £2O ss, yearling filly £!i. Sheep—Wethers brought from 18s fid ™ ewes £1 4s Cd, hoggets 10s oa to 19s 6d. Pigs-Porkers £1 Is to £2 7s, weaners is fid to 14s, baconers £1 18s to £3. s "l' m i'ted a large eatalo of hides, skins and tallow 011 Tuesday Hides-Extra stout. ox 7d to 7%d, stout do. oi/ 2 d to o%d, medium do. 5%d to fid, light, dp. 4%d to s</ 4 d, cows', best ines 4%d to 4%d, good 4%d to 4'/.d, kips 4d to 4%d, calfskins 5%d to o%d scored and cut hides 4d to 4y 4 d ' Sheepskins-Market firm. Best butchers skins, large 63 to 7s 3d, good lines f«. i° mcdium 4s 9d to 5s Id, small 3s 9d to 4s 3d.

Ta low-Market firm. Best mixed, up 27s (Id, good 24s Od to 20s, inferior 23s to 245, rough fat l%d per lb.

Bonos, £4 1!». Cowtalls, Is 8d per doz. Itorsehair, la 3%d to la 5d per i'j. TAKANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. NEWTON KING'S BEPORT, On Tuesday, 20th inst., I lield my fourweekly sale. The catalogue was a large ouo. It comprised 1223 hides, 1860 caftskins, 1200 sheepskins, 10 bales and 60 bags of wool, 13 casks and 38 tins of tallow, _ and the usual assortment of horsehair, dry bones, cowtails, etc. The consistent support of clients to the pioneer sale of the province is very gratifying. A remarkable feature'of this sale was the high price given for shorn«kins. At recent London sales crossbred sheepskins wore worth 7d to 8d pel lb, yet similar prices were paid Here. Hides maintained late values, many congratulate themselves on this in view of several recent falls in the Australian market. One line of butchers cow, which were delivered at mv s ore in a green state, were salted and attended to there, and realised top value in its class. Calfskins were in good demand, and this commodity will probably meet with a steady market. I quote: Wool C'rutehings 4%d to s'/,,] j n f 0 . rior matted fleece to 7'/,d, lambs' O'/jd to 7d, dead sVid to T'/jd, locks and pieces 3%d to

Sheepskins—Butchers' dry 7d to Bd, second quality od to (id, dead and damaged 3d to sd, butchers' pt. damp 5s io 5s 7d, settlers' 2s to 4s Gd, butchers' salted 5s to 7s Id. Tallow —In casks 24s to 2as, ting 21s (Id to 225. Hides—Butchers' ox 4y 2 d to s'/id, butchers' cow 4'/ 2 d to 4%d, cut and damaged 3d to 4%d, yearlings 3>4d to 3%d, stags' 3'/ 4 d to 3'/ 2 d, cut and slippery l'/,d to 4>4d, horse 8s to 10s (id. Calfskins—Sound 6%d to 7%d. for best, half lower for second quality; cut, slippery and dry 3d upwards, slinka 3%d to 4%d. Cowtails, Is 4d to Is Gd per doz. Skin pieces, l%d per lb. Bones, £4 2s Gd per ton. My next sale will be held on 17th September.

NEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, HIDE, SKIN AND TALLOW HALES. WILSON AND NOLAN'S REPORT. We held our usual monthly sale on August 21st. The catalogue offered was smaller than is usual, the wet weather preventing some consignments arriving in time for the sale. Competition was good, and all lots sold at satisfactory prices. > Wool—Not much offering. Prices are on a par with last mouth. Hides—Prices firm at about %d lower titan last month. Competition was keen for all well-conditioned lots. Calfskins —These are now coming in, and there is a good demand for sound skins. Sheepskins—Sound pelted skins firm at late rates. Inferior lots easier. Tallow—Firm at about 10s per lon advance on last month's quotations. We quote: Wool—Crutelungs 4'/ t d to sd, dead wool 4%d to (id, pieces 4d to 4%d. Hides —Butchers' medium ox 4%d to sd, stout 4%d to sVid, no prime ox offering; cow, light 4V|d to 4y a d, medium 4%d to 4%d, stout 4*/.d to 4%d, kips 4(? to 4%d; settlers' 2d to 4%d (according to condition). Calfskins—Sound 2s lid to '4s (according to weight), damaged Is to Is fld. Sheepskins—Butchers' dry 4s 5d to 0s j 4d, part dry 4s 3d to 5s Id, salted 5s (id to Gs 4d, seconds 3s 7d to ss, settlers > 9d ,to 4s. Tallow —In casks 25s to 20s, in tins 22s Gd to 24s 9d. Tails. Is 3d per doz. Horsehair, Is to Is 2d per lb. Bones—None offering. Good enquiry, and would advise'eonsignments. To cope with incivusing sales, we have added to our storage accommodation for hides, and propose shortly to make further additions for wool and skins. Ihe date of our next sale is September 18th. New Plymouth, August 22. WOOL, HIDE, SHEEPSKIN AND TALLOW SALE. YOUNG, HOIJBS & CO.'S REPORT.

On 1 uesdav, 20tli. we held out; usual monthly sale of the above produce. All classes of produce showed an increase except tallow, some of which, however, owing to being miscarried, unfortunately missed this sale. Buyers were represented from ail parts of this Island with the result that all consignments were sold at satisfactory prices. Buyers complimented us upon the advantageous showing off of all produce, but more pleasing still was their announcement that the hides from our previous sale opened out in such condition as to place our methods in the premier position amongst brokers in this province. Wool and hides sold at a par with last month, niiiking allowance for quality of consignments. Sheepskins were slightly lower. We quote: Freezer cow hides 4%d to 4%d per lb, butchers' cow 4%d to 4%d, light 4d to 4yid,, settlers' cow to 4%d, cut and slippy 2'/ = d to 3'/,d, calfskins 5%d to cut -:i l A(1, cut and slippy l%d to l%d; cowtails Is Id doz.; clean dead wool (»Vl-'l to 7d in sacks, crutchings, in bales 4>/.d to in sacks 3'/»d to 4-y,d; best butchers' sheepskins 4s 9d to 5s lOd, medium 3s 7d to 4s Bd, shortwoolled pelts Is 10d to 2s; tallow, In tins £1 Os Gd per cwt; bones £4 2s Gd.

LONDON MARKETS. Dalgotv and Co., Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cable message from their London house, dated the loth iiist.:— Butler—The Copenhagen otlicial quotation has not varied since our telegram of the Bth inst. The total imports of butter into the United Kinsdom for tin; week ending the loth August amounted to 7!Ui(lOcwt, as compared with 77.()ii1) for the corresponding week of 1000. Sheepskins—Combing skins, merinos and tine crossbreds, prices unchanged; coarse lower by y„d to ■y l d, clothing lower by %d. Tallow—Prices for all sorts are unchanged. except good prime mutton tallow which is at £ar to 3d per cwt lower.