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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 54, 22 February 1908, Page 6

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WAIKATo STUCK SALES. The New Zealaud Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limit,,!. Hamilton, report:—On the I2lh inst. we held our lirst sheep lair >,t" the season at Ohaupo and yarded 22,min -hoep and lambs and 100 ranis. A very largo attendance •>( buyers cauie from all pari- ot Waikaw. Tc Aroha. Morrin-ville. aud Liwcr Wai kato, and although the bidding in conrequrnce ol the dry weather was iu- < lined to be dull, ue report a successful Nile. Aged v\u - were lower, from :- to 4» per head than d.i-i year, but good sound four-year-old ewe- were reputed. and realised iroin about 1- lo 2- lesr. tlmn List -ea-on. Strong, good woolly lambs and two . four- and six tooth ew-s were i n demaud. also wether-, if well grown and in good condition. Several lines of aged ewe- and a few pen- of wethers and lamb- were re-erved at the hammer, but with few exceptions all were sold liefore leaving the van]. Choice two-tooth ewe- realised from 17s (VI to 10s !M: smaller -oil-. 15- 3d to Ills 6.1; bla.-k-la-ed two tooth ewes, £1 Is; fre-b full mouthed ewe-. 14- 3d to 15s 7d; full month-.1 ewe-. S- 11,1 In ll* 6d: aged ewe-. 7- 3d to His: cull ewes. 4s fid to li- 0,1: two-tooth wethers. 15s to I7s 6.1: other-. 11. ii,l lo 14- 3.1: well-grown woolly lamb., in fair i-oinli-tion, 6s Od to U- -M: fat laud,-. 11l- 3d to 12s; shorn lamb-. (>- to 7- !)d: eull lamb-. 4s 6d to 6s; fat ewes. 13* to Us fid. One hundred and seventy rams were offered. Romneys, English Leicester*, and Lineolns were in good demand. English Leieesters made 3g-. to 4%g5.: Romncy. V/:tP- to 4%p*.: Lineolns. 2C,gs. to 4gs.: Shropshire*, 2V-gs. to S'/jgs.: -is- and eight-tooth Leicester-, l'lgs. to 2gs.* aged rams of nil breed-. 7- (id to CI. At Cambridge on the. 14th inst. we yarded over 300 store eat tie. consisting of 18-month steers, calves and mixed stores. Competition wa- brisk through- ! out, and as several outside buyers were present we quitted everything at the hammer or shortly afterwards, excepting 15 umall calves. The lieef pens contained 87 fat cattle, and .111 sold at the hammer or before leaving the yard-. with the exception of two small lot-. The best steers realised from £8 5s to E8 0s; lighter sorts, £(i 12s lo C 7 16s: young cow 3 and heifer*. £4 5s to £5; aged heavy cows. £3 7s fid to £3 15s; two- and three-vear-old bulls. £2 IBs to €3 4s fid: 18-month steer*. £2 lis to £2 lfc; rough two-year-olds. £3 Ids: fresh-conditioned cows. £2 to £2 16s; store cows. £1 7s fid to £1 Us: good «t««r calves. 20s to £1 4s: mixed sexes. 14« to 18s: small calve-. 10s to lis (id: young cows nearly calving. £'4 10s. Seventy weaner pigs and store pig* were offered. Bidding was brisk throughout. weaners realising tte to 15s and store pigs 18s to £1 Is.

AUCKLANiJ STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand LO.lll & Mercantile Agency Company. Limited, report: Horse*—On Friday, at the Durham yard-,, heavy draughts realised from £27 10* to' £36: medium do.. CIS 15, t«> £29; hacks and light ha rue— hor-"-. £5 15s to £l6 |os: pair of grav ponie-. £33.

At Pukekohe. on Wednesday, dairy cows uold at from £3 15« to £ti irU: I empty cows. £1 15s to .£.'! 7- G.l; grown steers. £4 10s to £U: two to thr-c----r«ar-old steel-. £2 12s lid to £5 5-: yearling*. £2 to £2 12s: calve-. 18s to Cl 6-. Beef. t,f whw-h there was a larjre yarding, -old at Xenniarket rates. We held our rii-t sheep fair of tic season at the Otahuhu Yard- on Tlufday la-t. when we yarded 73(10 -keep and 020 ram-. There wa* a large attendance of buyers and competition wagood. Almost without exception everything changed hands. Wethers sold it from 13s to 19« fld; ewes, young lis fit to 16s 9d, aged 5- 3d to id- 0d: lambs. 5s Cd to llk« 0,1: Lincoln rams, from I guinea to By, guineas, the latter pti;e being obtained for one bred by Mr. •!. fi. McElwain. Roniney rams reali-ed 3 guineas to 5 guineas: English Leicester*. 2Vt guineas to 4 guineas for a pen bred by Mr. T. D. ReW. Wainkii: Rordr I Leicesters. 3 guineas to 4 guinea- for tho*e from llessrs. R. and <i. Smith iMatakobel: Shropshires, 1 guinea to 5 guineas for one bred bv Mr. Eberßarri liaU. Mr. W. Knight.'of Ilrookby. -old a draft of 10 ram-, which averaged ju-t on 4 guineas. Cattle—At tlie Newmarket yards on Tuesday dairy cows reali-ed from £3 15- to £S: empty do.. £1 12- to £2 ; 12* li.1: rakes, l.v'to £1 fis. y\, PTP was j a full yarding of lieef. which sold und«r 1 steady competition at la-t week's rates. j Oxen reali-ed up to 21* jier lOOib: cow-. I His to 10s )*r lOOib. Steers s-i!d at from ! £-". 10* to £3 17* Od: cows. £3 5s fo I £fi 10,.

Slices were yarded in full nuinlicrs at Newmarket on Tuesday, and wethers sold at from 14s Od to £1 ,1s Od; ewes. 13* to His Od; lambs, well-fatted 10s (M to 13s 9d, other ss_.rU 5s to 0s 6,1. Piga—Porkers, 18s Od to .£! lis: weaners. 5s to 12s (id: baconer*. £1 ISs to .£2 19s.

VICKERS' st STEVENS' REPORT. ■Messrs. Vickers i Steven* report a good entry of sheep at their annual failon Monday. 17th inst. Despite the long spell of dry weather bidding was good throughout, and three-fourths of the sheep yarded were sold at the hammer or privately. Prices as follows:—Woolly lamb*. 6k to lis Id; shorn do., 4s 8d to Ss 3d; euls. 2- fid: sound-mouth ,av»s. 6- 3d to 8* 7,1. one exceptionally pood line making 10-: ,-uT*. 2, 7d: 2-tooth ewes. 14s (VI: English Leicester rams (bred by Mr. Corrigan) made 2 1 / igninei» to 3 guinea-; Romnevs. 2 guineas, others 15* to £l ss.

At the catde sale on Wednesday there was a very fair yarding, mostly co.es and weauers. Bidding throughout tv,i> dull, and in consequence of the dry -pell pries were on the down grade. Prices: Mixed weaner*. 5* to fls (kl: 15. to 18month- heifers. 25- to 275: store cow*. ■CI 5* to £2: fresh do.. 2s fid to 2s lid: forward do., £2 15, to £3 ss: fat do.. £3 Ifts to £4: bull-. £2 7s to £3 10s.

At (lie Mart on Saturday pigs were very dull of sale, -lore- making 10- Cd. weaner- 5* to B*.

ADUINVJUN STOCK MARKET. Per Press Association. Chri-.tcburch, February 10. At the Addingtou live stock market to-day there were very large yarding* of -beep aud good entrie- in other department-. The alien-lan.-.' wa- large. Eat rattle were dull „f -ale at late rate-. IV yarding of -tote -beep \\a* a heavy one. Tin- continued dry weather affected the demand, and wethers and lamb- were ,l,nin about I, per bead. <:,„„! young .-we- maintained their value- fairly we!!. 'lhe entry of fat lamb- wa- one ot ihe large-t -ee,, in Ibe yard-, aud a- wa- only natural under the pre*en! conditions, the bulk of them were not more than half or three-part-(al. There wa- a go.„| demand for all lot- lit for ir.'e/ing, th,- wcll-iini-u, I Limb. -, lling very liruiiv. il gl, there wa- little ~r no change in vain.'*. Tcmade 15- 3,1 to 17- 2d. oidinarv wcicht--1- t.. I",-, lighter in- fid 10 \l. il,|. ran,, lam!.- s. ~, i„.. There wa- an au-ia-e ci.iii ; f,l 5!„..-M. The -iipplv ol beef totalled I'M) head. Onlv a few c.ei-igiiccni- „,,,.,. realK prime. There wa- a -lack demand, a(hep i* ie, feed in the holding paddock-, and in the ab-ence of a cm] chamber only -lc.i! -upplie- ~f 15.,,' can be kept on band. Price- «,. re about 011 a par with the previous week's s,,|e. Sleds. O! His t„ tin 17s: heifer-. Cl 5* 1.,

j £7: -v.*. a 1.-,. („ cij 17. „,| ~-,,„.,■ ! to 2". 1.1 IZ. fid for prime. 17. |„ \:k fi, ■ for uiedium. and lis 1., Ifi- fid for ,„w----j and inferior ]ht loulb. j There wa- .1 ni-Mi-rate carding of |,igJ Til- demand «... not -o keen as of late I (hough price- remained about Ihe ..line Dropper* made 55- to !"•«>-. heavv b.w, ~ or* 55- (•• 62-. lighter 45- to 51- ,c.pi' to 5.1 per lb.i. porker- 35- tn -lis ie,,u i! to V,'A l»'r H>i. large -tores Jl- to 3,1medium 15- to 20-. weaner- 0- to 12-. BfTiN'SIDE STOCK MARKET. Per Press Association. Diincdin. Kebriiatv 111. A: P.urn-iuV -to, k market- to-day 1575 -he.'P were jieniied—a medium yarding. \ large proportion enn-i-ted of well-tini-h.'il wether-, the balance licing made up of „.„„| „,„) inferior ewe-. The variing wa- jn-t ecpial to rcipiiremen*-. and pri were a- linn a- last week. lie-! wether- 15- o.| to -2U-. extras 23s 3d. good !,-. t„ is-, medium M- lid to 10-|„.-t ~c... lo- od t„ is-, cvtra to 211-. g.s,,i l:t- 1,1 t,. 1.-.-. n0di,,,,, 11. ,„ |:i,. Limbs-A ._,,„„| varding of fair ,pialitv. IV:,-. owing !., the pro-en.-p ~1

■villi i,-t v.-.-1.-.. I),-i ii- iM t., lii- i;,l. .•Mr.' t» 17- til. iiif.llii.ii ll< i«l to M-. imt-.ii-ri.'.l in- t„ !•»..

Pi? —,lfli> y.ir-le-t .1 lull ™.-. lin t .. Illfli'lv ]X)rk<T- Pllii luvnlU'l-. Slnnll |»M- wi-n- film at lute rnte-. lint li-avv |iijf< m,.|c n -hm!<- ...i-i..r. Sin-tor" l:t< ft I to 15-, 17: to 20?. ?t-jif? ia? t'

27s Od, porkers 33s to 38s, light baconers 42s to 4.55, heavy 48s to sjs, choppers up to (Us. mi

CatlU'.-llilt yarded- a fair ~|iirv, of good quality. Prices wore about 111'.-, per lieail higher than last week. Best bullocks t9 5s to tlO 15s, extra to til 12* ltd, medium to good £8 10s to CO js, light- son, tii 15s to C 7 1.j,. b,-i cow* and heifers up to C(i Ills. NKWTdN KIXC'S HKI'MIT. Mr. Newton King reports: - At th«" llaymarkel on Saturday oiilv a few pigs came forward. Suckers made .'ls lid to ss. WeatlCls li- to lis .null -ton's II- lo Id,. |>„ m i-| in'. ~.'.,., mare C 7 15-. ' ' ' '

At the marl there wa- a large cnirv of poultry ami good prices wore realised ducks making 1, 2d to Is 7d. hen- Is to Is lid. pullets Is lid to 2-. cocker,.). 1•ld to 3-. chicks (d to 1-. turkcv- •>. <i,| to 2s lid.

Fruit—The following price, were real-i-i'd at sales during the week: -IVs-crl apple- 3s to Js „,l, conkers 2- lo 2s liddesert ]>ears 3s ij,l t „ 5-. cooking pear- -- to 3- lid: plums |2lllbs.) 3- lo (i, fid and ,1211,-1 2s u, 2, ii,| : poaches i. lr , li- liih ueciuriiic-. fi- to (is til, |.,imi|,.e. 2- liil: lemon, |large ca-csl. ;,- or-ui...'-0- to 7- (id; banana-. g„o,| 7, ~,%' i'ver-ripe 2s lid loss.

Cattle Owing io the coniiiiiriii,,. of dry weaiher and ihe prevalence ~i' i;,-.., ; .uid -moke the vardings nl all cciiuvHiis week have l»vn small, -etllers i„ a number of cases being unable l„ muter their stock. At Ralmtu. on 'l'uc-dav. all cattle entered did not come forward! Ridding, however, was fairlv brisk, aud prices were well maintained. Heifer weaner.- made 14s. steer do. ISs t„ 22s store cows 3(1- to 48- lid. forward do. C'i to £3 Ills, bull- £3 to £3(i-. i.Hnonths sleets 45s lid t„ 4S S (i,|. shorn lambs (is lid, f.m. ewes 5s fid, store pig- 10s. At Stony River, on \\>dne-dav. (here was a small yarding and little cimuiry IVeaners made 10s to 18s, store cows 3Ss (id to 41s, forward do. £3, cull lambs 5s (id.

At Waiwakaiho. on Thur-day. bidding was quiet, store cows and bull's being almost unsaleable. N' () wcaners came forward. stoic cows made 28s fld to 455. springing heifers ,£3 3s fid to ,£3 15s, bulls £2 15s [ld to .£4 (is.

TARAXAKI WOOL, SKIN. HID!' AND TALLOW SALK. NEWTON KIN'CS REPORT. Ou Tuesday, 18th Febiuarv. 1 held my I four-weekly sale. The catalogue comprised 702 hides, 1050 sheepskins. 144 I sacks 44 bales and 14 |>ockets wool. 17 I casks aud 32 tins tallow, besides bones, horse-hair, etc. Wool showed a further drop of about '/.d per lb., while sheepskins were on a par with last sate. Hides were keenly competed for. especially heavies, and prices showed an advance of %d to '/,, d per lb. Tallow declined Is lo Is (id per cwt. I iptote: Wool—Fleece, coar-e -Id to :,'/.,,}. liner norts .V;,d to li>4d, lamb- (,| J„'.-,:;,,;, dead S'/jil to t'/.d, pieces i2;;,| t 0 ;ji locks i/Jd to 2i/,d. skin pieces' P:,d. Sheepskins—Butchers' dry woolly l':.l to o'/iil. lambs 5d to s'/.d. 'j wool's 3'-'al to (d. pelt, 2i/ 4 d to 3d. second .pialitv woolly 4,1 to 4i1.i1. lambs -|J („ 4.1-1 dead 2 : :i,d to 4'/,d, butchers' damp wool ly 4s 3d lo 7- 3d. salted laml*' 2- Id m 2s ii.l. '/.-wool- Is fid to 2-. pelt, 10d to Is 4d.

Hide—Butchers* ox, no heavv off. 1ing. medium 5-y 4 d lo (ji/ B d. liglils i„ 5%,!: butchers' cow. heavv 5,1 lo s'/.„|, medium 4%d to 4%d : ligli: -Id to lv".|cut ox Id to sd. cut cow .'l"til C, farmers' sound 3d to 4d. hor-e 110 to (Is «d. ' Ca!f-kin— Sound line-, for -econd .pialitv 3'..,1 lo 'i.;d. cut iV-A to 3',,.d. slippy |i:.,| C, J,l. Tallow—ln cask-. 22* 3d to 21- ."„! : in tin*, mutton 2(s (1,1. niivcd 22- !i| to 2:is lid.

Bone-. £3 Ills .per Ion: cowlnil*. 1- Id per dozen; horse-hair. I- 1,1 per lb.

Tn Mes-rs. Voung, llnbbs n i,,l C.'s hide .-ale report yesterday the dropping of a figure was re.-pon-ible for n mi-lake in the immlier of sheep-kin- sold- C7ii were sold, not "70."