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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 148, 13 June 1908, Page 6

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALE. MR. NEWTON KINO'S REPORT. On Tuesday, 9th June, 1 held my Usual four-weekly sale of above produce. The catalogue comprised 948 hides, ISO calfskins, 1700 sheepskins, 4 bales and 28 sacks wool, 24 casks and, 4 tins tallow, (iO sacks bones, 1)00 hftrns, besides horse-hair, cow-tails, etc. Prices for sheepskins were much butter, and all sou,iid-|H.'ll«l hits sold well from V»d to %d above late rates. Hides were a little easier than last sale; heavies declined '/jd, medium %A, while light sold about the same. Tallow was about the same, level as last month, 1 quote: — Wool—Fleece S'/jd to 3%d, lambs' 3d to 3'/ 3 d, dead 2%il to S'/jd, Mulchings i'/A, pieces l'/ 3 d to 2d, locks Id,

skin pieces Id per lb, Sheepskins. Butchers' woolly -Id to J 4Vid. half-wools 3'/|d to 4d, lambs' 3'/ 2 d to 4'/id, pelts l'/ 3 d to 2'/ a <l, second quality woolly 3d to 3%d, half-wools 2'/ 3 <l to 3'/ 3 d," lambs' 3d to 3'/;d, dead 2d to 2%d, partly damp wooly 2s 3d to 2s tid, half-wools Is Mkl to 2s 4d, salted lambs' Is lOd to 2s fid, half-wools Is lid to 2s 7d, pelts tid to Is. Hides. Butchers' ox heavy (id to li'/id, medium o'/id to 5%d, light 4'/ ( d to oil, cow ox 4d to i>y 4 d, butchers' cow heavy 4'/.d to 4%d, medium 4'/«d to 4%d, light 3%d to 4d, cut cow 3d to 4%d, butchers' yearlings li'/id to B%d, farmers' cow 3d to 4d, cut 2d to 2%d, slippy Id to 2'/ 3 d, horse hides up to 9s each. Calfskins—Sound 4'/ 2 d to 5%d, cut 3d, slippy 3d to 3'/ B d, Tallow—ln casks 20* (id to 235, In tins 22s 3d per 1 cwt. Bones, £3 17s (id per ton. Horns, 2s 3d to 7s !)d per 100. Cow-tails, Is Id to Is 3</ 3 d per do/.cn. Horse-tails, Od eacli. My next sale will be hold on 7th July

NEWTON KINO'S REPORT. At the Hayinarket on Saturday it large nunvher of'pigs came forward, but prices were on the low side. Inferior and poorconclilinned slips Is (id to 2s tkl. lieftor sorts 3s (id to 5s (id, small stores (is (id to 10s, good stores His t'd to 275; trap horse, Cl 3; hacks, £2 to V.5; gig, C 22. At the Mart there was a good inquiry for poultry, pullets making Is 10d lo 3s 2d, cockerels Is tid to 3s, roosters 3s 3d to 4s tkl, hens Is to Is ltd. A quantity <if furniture and sundries made usual rates. Fruit.—Oranges are plentiful and selling at from Gs to Bs, bananas 5s to Its, lemons 5s (id, cooking apples (is to 7s, pears 7s (id,'broccoli Is. At Rahotu, on Tuesday, weaners made 15s to 10s, 2-year steers C2 15s, 18montlis heifers in calf 3!)s, springing heifers £i as, store cows 37s (id to £i ss. forward cows £3 7s, fat cows £i 7s tid, bulls 30s. At Waiwakaiho, on Thursday, there was a good yarding and attendance. Bidding was brisk tor most lines, nearly everything being sold at the hammer. Calves made 5s Od to His, 12- to lamonths mixed 28s, 18-months heifers 2(is tid, 20-months heifers in calf 32s li 1, Jersey heifers :C3, springing heifers £2 12s lid to £3 ss, springing cows £1 to £5 17s tid, store tows 27s (id to 42i Od, toward cows ,C2 10s to £3, 4-year bullocks .« 13s, bulls £3 to £3 18s; fat sheep 13s.

. VICKERS k STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs. Vickers & Stevens report flint (here was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewuod yards on' Wednesday, and nearly everything was sold at the hammer. There was a good demand for good calves and store cows. Calves made from 8s to 13s (id, a nice line of mixed calves made tl, IS- to 20-monfhs -leers £\ 18s. emptv heifers .tl 7s to 11 Ills lid, si ore cows £1 10s to £2 His. spring culvers £2 5s to £3 15s, springers .C 35s to C 5.

11AWERA STOCK MARKET. XE\V ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY. COMPANY, LTD., STOCK REI'ORT. At Opunake on the Bth instant, owing to the inclemency of- the weather, there was only a moderate .yarding. Prices were rather in favor of purchasers. At Eltliam on Hue !lth wo. had a failmuster. Tlm- sale was well attended. Kidding throughout was spirited, eonse queiillv almost even-tiling was disposed of under Ihe hammer. At Ilawera on the lltii instant there was a good yarding of both cattle and sheep. There was a good attendance of buyers, with a fair enquiry. Willi the exception of some lines of grown steers, which were rather neglected, nearly everything changed hands at or after'the sale. We quote:— At Opunake—Eat cows 1)4 7s to £4 17s, 3-year steers £3 10s, fat heifers £3 :ts to £3 12s, forward cows £3 2s liii to C 3 Bis, heifers in calf £2 l.'ls to £2 Iss. yearling heifers .CI 7s, mixed weaners 12s to ISs.

At Klthitm—Fat cows C 4 8s to £1 His, fat heifers C 3 Ills to .14 Ids. forward cows £3 7s to £3 IDs. forward heifers £2 15s to £3 4s, store cows £1 ISs to £2 12s, 3-year steers £3 12s (ill. springing dairy heifers £3 10s to £5 7s od, bulls £3 to £3 12s Od, 2-year heifers in. calf £2 12s Od to £2' l,">», yearling heifers 2!)s. At Ilawera—Four-year forward bullocks £5 7s (id, 3'/ s -yeal- steers £4 4s to £4 Bs. 3-year steers £3 15s, fat cows £4 12s to £4 IDs. fat heifer? £3 18s to £4 4s, forward cows £3 8s to £3 Hi-. 2-year springing dairy heifers £3 13s (id. 2-vcar heifers in calf £1 14s to £2 2s lid, yearlings 21s Od to 235, mixed weaners Irts to IBs. Sheep—Forward wethers 13s l)d, fat ewes 12s 8d to 13s, ewes (aged) in lamb 3s 3d to 8s lid, lannbs fls lid to 8s 4d. Pigs— Raconcrs 30s to 375, stores 18s.

AUCKLAND MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— Horses.—At Ihe Durham Yards on Friday horses were yarded in full numbers, and the greater number found purchasers. Heavy draughts sold at from £25 to £llß 13s; medium do.. £2l to £33; hacks and light, harness horses, C!) IDs to .llo; weeds, £2 17s (id to £(i ss. At Papakura, on Wednesday, cows to calve in August and September brought Irom £4 os to £7 us; bull, £5 us; dairy cows, from £3 10s to £!); do heifers, £;i 7s (id to £0 IDs; empty cows, £2 Ills to £4; two to three-vcar-old steers, £2 17s lid to £5 ss; yearlings, £1 15s to £2 10s; calves, life to £1 15s. flcef sold at Newmarket rates, 'the advertised store ewes realised from 7s !)d to Ms W. tattle—At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesday dairy ami store stock were yarded in average numbers, with a full ■supply of b-cef. Dairy cows sold at from £1 10s to £10; store do., £2 5s to £3 2s Od; calves, 17s to £1 Bs. The beef pens were well filled, although the ipiautily was not up to the previous week, o.scu sold to :21s per 1u011,.. and cow, 17s to Ids per Willi., Sicer, sold at from £ii Ills lu £IU 7; (id: cows, L"i 10, to £S 10s. Sheep were penned in full numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday, and sold at late rates, wxthers realising from lis lo £1 Is (>u; ewes, lis 3d'to 17s tld; hoggets, Os (id- to 15s. Pigs.—Porkers realised from £1 Is lo £1 ISs; weaners, 7s 0.1 to 15s; hicwiers £2 lbs to £:> os. Hides.—Market linn. We uuote:ICxtra .stout ox, 7d to 7'/ 2 d; stout do., (i'Ad to o%d; medium do., 5%d to light do., 5d to ,Vj 8 d; cows', best lines 4%d to 4'/ s d, good 4>/,il lo i'/jd, scored :i'M to W; kips, 2%d to calfskins, 4d to oil; stags', 2'/»d lo 3d. Sheepskins.—Market- firm. Best butchers' skins, Is 7(1 to 2s; good, Is 2d to Is sd; small, Oil to Is. Tallow.—Market firm. Best mixed up to 22s (id; good, 20s to 21s (id; inferior. 17s to Ills (id; rough fat, lV.d to l'/ ; d per lb.

cnmsrciifKcn stock iirport. At flio Aldington yards on Wednesday there were fair onirics in all classes. Tin' entries in (lie store shccc, pens showed a. marked shrinkage, hut tlic yarding of fat, lambi was a large one. one line iiuiiibci'injr nearly '100(1. Three hundred and fifty-seven tut ontiliwere entered, including some lines of exceptionally good quality, others lining light. There "was a fair demand for good quality stud'., but for inferior lines tin- sale was a ratlier dragging one. Steers made £(j to Cll. extra making to CIS 17s lid: heifers. ,Cf> to £\o; and eows. CI 10s to C!l lis. Best steer l>eef made ■»■< liil to 2.">s; medium, 20s lo I><; light and unfinished, lis to 19? lid. Tin' entry of store sheep was a very small one. Those on offer Bold fairly well, priees reaching Inn Id for four. six. and eight-tooth sheep. Forward wethers sold more freely tlmn at recent markets, as also did store lamlis, Uie latter department of tlie sale being materially assisted li v (he operations 0? outside buvors. Forward lamte made Os to lis .Id., and others 7s fid to Ss fid. There was a very large entry of fat slieep, the hulk Mug ewes. There-were a numlier of lines of handy weight wthers on offer, and these' sold well

under competition from the exporters ami local butchers. There was some buying for export in ewes, but owing to there being a heavy entry of these tliierc was a further decline in prices, especially medium and inferior sorts. The range of prices was:—Prime wethers, 17s (id to 21s; extra, to 225; lighter, lis to 17s; prime ewes, Ms to l(is 9d; e.Ura, to Ills (id; medium, lis to 13s (id; and aged inferior, 7s to 10s (id. The entries of pigs in all departments were very small, and the demand, as a result of the shortage, was rather Imtter than at recent, markets. Choppers mad" from £3 Ids to £5; heavy baeoners realised (ids to 755, and lighter 50s to 58s (equal to s 'Ad to 6%d per lb.); heavv porkers made 40s to 48s, and lighter 30s to 32s (id (equal to fully Gd per lb.). A small entry of weaners elicited good competition, prices ranging from 8s to 10s (id.

BCItiNSIDE STOCK MARKET. At I'.urnside (Dimediu) on Wcdnos- | day 2181 fat sheep were penned. This good vanliug consisted mostly of medium quality ewes and wethers, a few pens of extra prime wethers. For ewes and unfinished sheep prices were ii trifle easier, but for good sorts the market was perhaps a shilling lHmcr. Best wethers. IDs (id to 21s 3d; extra, to 225; medium, 17s to 18s; inferior, 14s to IBs. The average for best ewes was in the vicinity of 17s M; extra, »0s Vat lnirta, 8(10 penned, a poor vardiii". The market was well up to last week's average. Best, 15s M to KU fld- extra 17s (id; ordinary freezing lines, 14s (id to 15s. Fat cattle. 200 yariled. On the whole the quality was sligntlv better than last weeks The yarding was mostly «f nied.i.m good to very good quality. Best bullocks, ;C!) to €lO 17s Bd i medium, £7 15s to £8 15s. .