COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 42, 8 February 1908, Page 4

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BUK.\SU)E sTix.K MARKET

Duneiin. February 5. At the Bura-i.U- *ti*k market today 1572 sheep w r rr penned—a medium yarding. Wether* ami maiden ewes brought price* much on .1 par with last week'* rale-, hut medium ;ind inferior sorts weie much lower, and showed a drop of I- U) 2- per lsa.l. l!e-l wethers Us to 18- tid, extra 22s 41, good 15, bd to 16s. fid, ni&liuni 13s tid to lc-, best ewe* 10s to Ift-. medium ami inferior So to 11*.

Limbs—lu26 penned—a large yarding, three quarter? of which were -old to freezing buyers for export. La*t week'., rales iH-re fully maintained. Beet lambs 15a to 17s, medium 12s to Us, unfinished sort* 10s to 12s.

Cattle.—lo3 yarded—a medium entry. Prices showed no improvement on last week's low values. Best bullocks to £lO, good I*7 to £8 10s, medium £6 to £7, best cows and heifers to £6 15s.

Pigs.— 200 yarded—a heavy entry, in consequence of which there was a decline of 2s 6d per head all round. Suckers Ms to 15s. slips 22s to 265, stores 2Ss to 33*, porkers 37s to 425, light baeoner*. 44s to 50s, heavy 50s to Gls. ADDLNGTON MARKETS. thristchureh, February 5. At the Addington live stock market to-day there were fairly large entries in most departments and a good attend, ance. Beef again met with a dragging tale, Store sheep were in strong demand for the south and fat lambs were firm. There was no change in the quotation for pigs. The yarding of store sheep was a large one, and was made up chiefly of lambs and ewes. The presence of buyers from South Canterbury and North Otago effectcd a considerable improvement in the demand, and prices in some lines showed an advance of Is per head. Young ewes and lambs for rape were mostly sought after.

The yarding of fat lambi wa-, larger than last week, though the bulk were irregular in quality. The export buyers were operating freely at the previous week's rates, and for light and unfinished lambs graziers were competing in sympathy with the market for -tores. Light lambs improved in price, the range of values was—Tegs 15s to 17s. a lew extra to 18s, standard weights Its to las, lighter lo* 6d to 13s tkl. rape lambs 10s to 13f Gd.

The entry of fat cattle totalled 2*i head, a few pens being very prime. The (ale was again a dragging one. but prices were without change. There «> a moderate entry of fat pigs and fewstores. The former sold at late rate-. but stores were rather duller of sale. Uhoppm sold at £3 to £i, large baconers to soa, ordinary 45s to 50s, equal to 5d per lb.; porkers 35s to 45s 6d, equil to 5.1 to SV;d per lb.; large stores 25s to 30h, medium 16s to 20s, suckers 10s to 14s. LOAN" ANT) MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY, LTD. Auckland. February 5, Friday, at the Durham Yard-, horses were offered in large number* and disposed of under fair compeliiion. Heavy draughts realised from £2O H>, to €3B; medium do., C 22 to £3-"> Ht-: light harne-i- horses and hacks, £5 5, t.. £2O; weed*. £2 10> to £5 Iss. At I levedon. on Monday, there was a good ]iiii,t«-r ol lioth cattle and sheep, but lining, no doubt, to the very dry weather the former were hard to' quit. Dairy cow, sold at from £4 to C 5 15s; empty cow*. £2 to £2 18-: grown steers, ft I.V, to £5 ss; calve-. I7s to £1 Ss. Sheep: Ewes realised 12s 6.1 to 14i !W: lamb*. R* to 11* 6d.

At Coromandel. on Friday, there was a large muster of stock of all description-. Competition was good, and, with few exceptions, everything changed hand*. <;rown steers sold at from >£s 2s to £6 3*: two- to three-year-old do., £2 10s to £4 15s; yearlings', £1 17s to £2 8s; calve*. £1 4* to £2 Is. Beef sold at fully Newmarket rates. Fat sheep realkted 17s; stores, 89 to I4s 9d. j Cattle—At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday there was a full muster of stock of all daacriptions. Dairy eons sold at from £4 5s to £8 2s 6d;'empty do., £2 to £2 10s; two- to three-year-old steers, £4 5s to £5 ss; calves', 18s to £1 6s. Beef was yarded in full quantities mo s t!y light weights, trxen sold to 21* per 1001b.: cow*. 16 9 to 10s per 1001b. Steers realk-ed from £6 10s to £9 ss; cows. £3 10s to £«. Sheep—Wethers realised from 16s 6d ('■ £1 i>* 3d: ewes. 13s to 18s !M; lamb*, well fatted, 10s 6d to 17s 6d : other sort* 7* fid lo !»*. The lino adverted store ewe* sold at from 8* fid to 12* 6M for aged sheep, four- to =ix-t<K'tli do. reali*rag I4s !V1 to 17s.

Pigs—Porkers realised £1 Is to fl 18*: weaners, 5s to 15* 6d: baeoners. £2 to £2 18s.

Hub*—\\« quote:—Extra stout ox. - d to 7' : d: -tout do.. 6.1 to G'-d: medium do.. .i<id to 3%d: light do.. 4',;d to s<l: e»w,\ best 4%d t„ ji/ <a . goo,! 3.1/,1 t T td. -cored 3d to 3!id; kips. 2--; dfo 3',;.!. Calk-kin*. 3y,A to sd: cut. 2.1 io Stag*'. 2v;,| t0 S i/ 4 ,] 1 sheep-kin—Market firm. Rest butI eh.r-' -kin*. large to fis. , ne . dimii 4s to ;*,. aniall 2* 6d to 3* fid. p-H- and Limbs', 1- 5,1 {., ], o,]' otlier- 1- t„ 1* 3d. NEWTON KIV.'S REPORT. tattle.—At Rahotu on Tuesday there was a fair yarding, and most lines were *ild at *ati*f.ictory prhe*. Mixed weaner- made «* fid to 18* 6.1, ,{ VQT do. 21*, 1": to 3-year steers £2 13* to t.l 13* Cd'. 2-year heifer* £2, springing heifers £4 •">-. -tore cow, 38s to 56* fid. forward 10. £3 2- to £3 7e, wether. 15* 3d. At Sionv River on Wednesday weaner- nude 11, i„ 11, fid. heifer do. 32*, yearling fiefler* 3n, iid. -j-jvar speyed do. £2 IU-. store cows 3!l* to 48* fat i-owv £3 s* to £1 12*. bull* El fj, jo £J K- 61. wilier pigs 3* to B*. fat sheep I.* W. ' I

I Id- 5,n,,„ ,j. iv _, t jwakino my annual alieep and cattle fair was well attended, and mo-t of the ,tock were placed either at the hammer or privately at. consider, ing Gie dry weather, very satisfactory price*. Twelve to IS month* heife-'s made 2;!* 6,1 t n 30*. 12 to 15 months *teer* 41s to 43*. 2':, to 3-year steers £3 15* 6d, «tore cows £2 15*. fat j;ows £4, mixed ewe*, mostly f.m., made 10s to 12s, 2-tooth wethers 12*. 4 and 6-too(h do. 15s 6d, ,horn lambs fis 6d to H*. fat -heep 15s 3d, rams 3 guineas to i'■ guinea". VICKKRS 4 STEVENS- REPORT. \ 1,-k'Ts and Stevens r f]*itl that there wa* a -ni.ill,. r muster of rattle at their 1ng1e*....! ~-ml- »a Wcdne-dav. and bidding wa-dull. Store idws C2 to £2 !«-. springer* C 3 to £3 I.V. hulls f2 UK to £4 in*. WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. We held our n*oal fortnightly sale at Oinata yesterday, when we had a good yarding. Bidding wj* -hu-k. owing to the dry weather, but nearly every pen w.i- ~r.il at the hammer or privately. Prir.-- a- under:—Mixed yearling 30- to 32- lid. .yearling heifer- 27- fid. yearling steer- £2 8-. store cow- £2 8- lo £2 12-. imply heifer- £2 !'- t.. £2 I.ls 1...11* C2 Vu -a!.- February 21*;.