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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 143, 8 June 1908, Page 4

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AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., report:—Horses—At the s Durham yards on Friday heavy i draughts realised from £25 10s to £3(i, medium do. £2l to £32 10s, light harness horses .til) Ills to £2O, hacks, £!i • lUs to £lO. Cattle—At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday dairy tows sold at, from £3 IDs lo £K. heifers .13 5s lo £5 10s, empty cow, £2 2s to £3 2s (id, calves 18s to €1 7s. Oxen sold to 21s per lutllb and cows 17s to Ills per 1001b. A draft of 3(i steer* from .Messrs. Reid Brothers, Wairangi, averaged £lO 10s. Steers sold at from £5 7s lid to £ll is (id, cows £3 10s to £7 las. Sheep were yarded in full numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday and sold at improved rales, wethers selling at from los lid to £1 4s, ewes las (id to £l, hoggets 12s (id to £1 (Is 3d, inferior fatted 7s Od lo 12s. Pigs—Porkers realised ISs (id to .ti 17s, weaners !0s lo 13s (id. baconers £2 Ills to £3 7s. At Warkworth the sheep vards were lilled. most of those yarded being wc.thers of good "lamp, which sold well up to ruling rales. Kwes met a brisk enquiry. Cattle were yarded in average and sold freely, with the exception of some nice heifers, which were neglected. Some good i'/j-ycar-old steers showing quality were keenlv competed for. We quote:-(lrowii steers £4 las to Co 15-. 3-vear-old steers £3 las 1.1 £4 las. ■> t» 2'/.-year-old steers £2 10s to £3 Ms. yearling to IS-uionth steers £1 12s (Id' in £2 las. beef steers £(i 7s (id to £(i 15s, fat rows £3 15s lo ua las, fresh-conditioned cows OJ. 12s (id lo £3 55.. one and two-year-nld heifers £1 5s to £2 ss. dairv cows £3 Ills to U5. Sheep: Fat wethers to 15s 3d, forward store wethers lis Oil to 14s. store ewes !)s 3d to lis Gil, lull anil broken-mouth do. 5s !ld. lambs (is 3d to Xs. Horses: Medium draughts £2O to I £2S 10s, hacks £lO 10s to £ls ss, (ionics and weeds I.ls to £5 ss. Hides-Market firm for all well-Hay-ed hides-, stored and damaged being hard to sell. We quote: Extra stout O.v 7d to 7'/»(!. stout do. fl'/id to (i%d, medium do. s : ;',d to (id, light do. 5d to S'/jd. cows', best lines 4'/,d to 4%d. good 4'/ 4 d to 4%d, scored 3'/ 4 d to 3%d. kips ' 2%d to 4'/ 4 il, calfskins 3V,d to ad, damaged hide. Id to 3it. Sheepskins—Market (inn. Best butchers' skins Is (id to Is lOd, good Is to . Is 4d. small (id to Oil. Tallow—Market firm. Best mixed to ' 22s (id, good 19s (id to 20s (id, inferior I His to 17s Od; rough fat lftd to l'/ a d j per lb.

LOXDOA markets., Dalgety ami Co., Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cable messages from their London office, dated "Jill inst.:— Frozen meat—Active demand for lamb, and Hie market is iirnier. l'onr demand fur mutton and prices are weak. There is also j>oor demand for icef, the market being very dull owing to ihis cause. The following are our quotations for -New Zealand frozen meat: —Prime crossbred lamli, Canterbury heavy, 5%d, light 5%d. prime irossbrcd lamli. North. Island, heavy ."id. light 4 : /[d, prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavy ;id. light 3%d. Norlh Island, heavy 3'/ K d. light V/ :: >\; ox fores 3d. hinds 3%d. The weather is hot and t-nltrv. (■Sutler—l'hc Copenhagen ullieial ipiolation r<'inaius unchanged. The lota I impurls of l.ulter into the t'nited Kingdom for (be week ending the 301 li May amounted to 7(1,1)111) ewl., as tornpared with 7j,o<M ewl. for the rorrssponding week of 13117. The market is i|tiiet, but prices are steady in consequence of small stocks. Finest, litis. Tallow -Since our last telegram prime million tallow is unchanged, flood million higher by fid to !)d per ewl. Hood to prime mixed Is to Is (id per cwt. higher. la.w ami inferior descriptions (ill to fid higher. There will be no public sales of tallow next week.

DAUIKTV & CO.'S limiC'AXJ) SKIN HEI'OKT. Ualgety and Co.. Ltd.. held their fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides and (allow on Friday, jtli in.it.. a good catalogue of nil classes being submitted. The demand for skins shows a slight iniprovemeiil on lust, sale, but green and damp -kins were easier. I'riccs (',,.■ heavy hides wi-re not cpiiU' >ip I" b.-( sale rates, but light sorts were livmer. We quote as follows: Sheepskins Full-wonlled crossbred :t"..t] to 4'/ 4 <l. crossbred. dead and broken :ld to :H-:.d. line crossbred, broken :!'/.d. crossbred, short :!'/,d to :1':,,1, half-lived :!"/',<! to ad, half-bred, short 2"'.il to 3 : ;, d. ,H.lts i'U. lambs ji/.d. lamli-'. short and seedy 2'/.d to 3d. lamb.', dead and broken 3d lo 3'/,d. crossbred, damp Is ."id to 2s (id; biinbs' ' damp K !lil to 2s. crossbred, salted Is Hid to 3s. Hide—mills to 721bs .v/ s d (o (i'/ s d per lb; ITIli to 5411. 4 : ".< lto |V„,I. -lull. 4'.',il: cut and scored, ."..lib to liljb 3d lo .V: s d: n.w-'. 11311. ."i'. s d. .".lib 4%d. 4111. 1.. 1211. 4'; d to 4%d. cut and s|ip].v 3d 1,, 3%d: vearlinss. 1311, 4d, yearling heifers. 2411. 3-V s d: calf, cut 3d lo 3%d. Tallow—ln -hipping order. C235s to C 23 l.'.s per ton; in tins 22s lo 22s 3d per ewl.