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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 270, 7 November 1908, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Jlaymarket on Saturday there was mi exceptionally largo entry o' pigs and good competition. Good stores made 27s to 38s Od; small do., Ills to 255; weaners, lis to 17s lid; suckers, Ss to 10s; calves, Is to Is (Id; trap horses, £!l to £l2. At Stratford on Tu-.sday there was an unusually big yarding of'store eattie, with a good entry of springing heifers in the dairy pens. There was a large attendance, with a good sprinkling of buyers, and bidding was active for nearly air classes, all the principal lines being sold either at the hummer or privately. Yearling steers made -40s to •Us, mixed yearlings 31s to 345, hoi''cr" do. 30s to 355, 15- to 18-moiitlis empty heifers 42s to 455, 2-year do. (good) £2 12s, 2'/•>- to 3-year bullocks XI 5s to £4 12s Cd, store cows £2 to £2 12s (id, fresh do. £2 l(is (Id to £2 18s, fat and forward do. £3 10s to £4 ss. In the dairy yards heifers of good quality sold well, but medium and inferior sorts were only saleable at lower rales than of late; good qualify made £5 12s lid to £10; others £3 2s Od io £5 ss; pedigree Ayrshircs £0 to £l3 10s.

L. A. NOLAN & CO.'S REPORT. Poultry.—AVe had a good entry of all I classes, especially broods of ducklings and chickens. We quote:—Hens 2s Id to 2s lOd, roosters Is lOd to 2s 7d, cockerels Is Sd to 2s 9d, ducks Is lOd to 2s 4d, ducklings Is 4d to Is Od, guinea fowls 3s Od per pair, broods of chickens Os to 7s, broods of ducklings 7s to lis (id, broods of turkey chicks 3s, bantams 2s.

At the jnart sundries sold at usual rates. The balance of drapery realised satisfactory prices. Fruit—The first shipment of strawberries arrived this week, and realised from Od to Is 3d per lb. Shipments will arrive on Tuesdays and Fridays every week during the season.

VIOKERS & STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs. Viekers & Stevens report that there was a large entry of cattle in their Jnglewood yards on Wednesday, and most lots changed hands at slightly lower rates than at late sales. Mixed yearlings made from £1 3s to £1 12s (id. veinliug steers £1 los to £2 Is, 15-nionths heifers £1 IDs to £1 los, empty heifers £2 to, £2 10s, store cows £1 10s to £2 18s, springers £3 to £5 los.

STRATFORD WOOL, HIDE, SHEEPSKIN & TALLOW SALE. YOUNG, HOBBS & CO.'s REPORT. On Tuesday 27th ult. we hold our monthly sale of the alrovc produce. We submitted a very attractive catalogue, comprising some' 200 llides, 1000 calfi skins, bones, tallow, etc. Buyers were as usual in attendance from all parls of the Dominion. We quote: Hides—Butchers' cow, medium 4%d to s'/ 2 <l; settlers' cows 3%d to 4>/j,d; butchers' ox, medium s'/id to 5 l / 3 d; yearlings 4d to 4%d. sheepskins—Butchers' woollies 3% to to 4>/ 3 d; salted 2s Od to 4s fld; short wool 2 3 /, d; pelts Od; part dry 2s 7d. Wool—Dead 3y 4 d to 4»/ 4 d; fleece 4'7 2 d; crutchings 2yd; pieces 2%d; locks l%dCalfskins—Small 5V,d; medium 5%d; good 7 par dry 3%d; cut.4d. Bones, £4 5s per ton. Horeshair, Is ly»d. Tallow—ln tins £1 0s 3d.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK MARKET. There was a small yarding of fat sheep, an exceptionally large yarding of fat cattle, and an average yarding of other classes of stock at the Addington yards on Wednesday. There was a good attendance of buyers, and prices were on the whole firmer. In point of numbers, the entry of store sheep was about equal to that of the previous week, but the class of sheep offered differed considerably, more than half the entry comprising ewes and lambs of various ages and classes, the balance being made up of a few pens of hoggets in the wool, shorn four-tooth wethers, and mixed shorn two-tooths. In shorn sheep one or two lines comprised particularly forward wethers, some being practically lit for the butcher, and these sold up to 15s 4d. Other shorn wethers (four-tooth) realised from 12s to 12s fid: shorn two-tooths, mixed sexes, 10s to lis lid; hoggets (in wool), 12s to 14s Hid. The ewes were mostly good, though the greater portion consisted of old sheep, and the lambs at foot varied iroiii medium to extra good. For other ewes and lambs the demand was slightly less brisk than last week, which was probably due to the increase in numbers. A line of extra good - two and four-tooth elves fin the wool), w"lh lambs at foot, made 10s to 10s Od; inferior. Ss lid; ami extra good, lis Od. The yarding of fat sheep was normal, but as supplies have to last for a fortnight, there being n o sale next week, competition was keen and prices unusuallv high. Good wethers fetched from 23s to 46s Od; extra, 24s to 30s 3d; medium, 20s to 22s 8d; others, 17s Od to 20s; ewes, 20s to 255; medium, 18s (id to 20s; lighter, 10s lid to 17s sd. There was a good yarding of lambs and large demand. Prices were: Good, 13s Od to 20s; medium, 17s Od to IBs 0d; others, 15s 3d to 17s 3d. The yarding of fat cattle comprised 478 head. This is .the largest number of cattle that has been penned at Addington for sometime past. The quality throughout was excellent., but owing to the largo number entered the prices showed a decline from the previous market of £1 per head, anil (id per 1001b. for beef, The range of prices was: Steers,. £0 17s Od to £l2 10s; heifers, £5 5s to £9 2s Od; cows, £4 "s (id to £lO 2s Od (equal to from ISs to 28s for beef). For pigs, the market was rather dull, and showed si decline. Choppers fetched £3 10s; heavy baconerd, s(is to 07s (id; lighter, 48s to 545; large porkers, 41 s to 545; lighter, 34s to 425.

DHXF.DrX STOCK MARK FT. At the J'.urnsidc stock market on Wednesday, 223 fat cattle were yarded, a large .proportion hcing prime bullocks and heifers. The -apply was in excess of requirements, a nd t|'i,> sale dragged, prices receding from Ids to Lis per head. Best bullocks C!) to ClO 15s. medium C 7 13s to CS 17s (Id. light and unlhiished .-til lo C 7 ."is, liest heifers ,C 7 10s to C 8 17s lid. good CI! l"s |« ,C 7 .is. In sheep 2120 were yarded, composed principally of medium mid light wethers, and a few pens of heavy weights. Prices opened from Is to Is lid below Ir.st week's rales, but improved slightly t wards the end. liest wethers 20s to 235, extra up to 27s 3d, good 17s Od to Ills (id, light and inferior 1-U to 10s, best ewes 17s to IPs Ilil, extra heavy 2iis lid. Lambs—lS") were yarded. 'A good yarding of best lambs sold up to s :id. and lighter sorts from !)s to 13s Od. In pigs (S3 yarded), there was a medium yarding of all classes. Small pigs sold at prices fully eipial to last week's. Sale was brisk iiiul porkers and baconcrs met with good inquiry. Suckers 20s to 235. slips 25s to 28s. stores 33s to 38s, porkers -13s to 18s, light

bat-oners 53s to 58s, heavy 00s to (Jos I choppers up to.£3 17s. '

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET.

The .New Zealand Loan and Merca;itile Agency Company, Ltd., report:Horses.—A good niiiny horses were lirought forward at the Durham Yards I on Friday and disposed of. Heavy draughts sold at from £2(i 10s to r3U; inuuiuui do., £lB 15s to £2O- hacks and light harness hor„es, ITi'lUs to ■til; weeds, £2 10s to £(i 15s. We held a special sale of dairy cows and hulls at I'apakura on Monday, when we yarded 372 head, and, with very few exceptions, everything changed hand". Cows close to profit sold at from £5 los to £!) 10s; backward do., £4 15s | to £8 7s Od; heifers, £3 15s to £0 17s I fid; shorthorn, bulls, £3 10s to X 8 8sJersey*, X 5 to £8 Bs. The advertised store ewes and lambs sold at from £1 Is (id to XI ss.

At CoromandeJ, on Thursday, we yarded 510 cattle and 250 sheep,' and, with I the exception of one pen of steers,' everything changed hands. The eattie were backward in condition. Two- io three-year-old steers sold at from £2 15s to £5 10s; yearling do., XI Iss to £2 lis; dairy cows, £3 10s to £5; empty cows, XI 17s lid to. X 3 2s (id.

Beef sold at Newmarket rates. At the Newmarket Yards on Tuesdaydairy and store stock were yarded in full numbers and sold at late rates. Dairy cows sold at from X 3 10s to XI); empty cows, £2 2s to £3 12s; calves, , 17s to XI os. Beef was yarded in full , quantities and consisted mostly of cxcel- , lent quality. Bidding was steady, aid j the market showed a firmer tone, ali though quotations are the same. Oxen}

i sold to 23s per JUOlb. and cows 20s to 22s per lOOlli. 22s per 1001b. Steers 1 sold at from £0 12s Od to £11; cows, 1 £4 10s to £8 ss. A draft of 23 small well-fatted steers from Mr. J?. .Manning, . jnn., Ness Valley, averaged £lO (is. 1 Sheep were in full supply, and all wells fatted advanced on last week's rates. 9 Wethers sold at from 15s Od to £1 3s 0d; ewes, 13s Od to,£l 2s Od. Lambs were yarded in large numbers. Wei) fatted sold at from 13s to 10s 0d; other sorts, 5s !ld to lis Od. .1 Pigs.—Porkers realised from £1 8s n to XI 10s fid; weaners, 10s Cd to 16s; j-, baconers, £2 8s to £3 2s. y We submitted an average catalogue d oi hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, is Hides.—Market firm. We quote: s, Extra stout ox, 7d to 7'/jd; stout do., s, fi'/jd to o%d; medium do., 5%d to fi%d; >s light do., 4%d (o o'/jd; cows', best lines :5 4%d to 4%d, good 4%d to 4»/.d, scored 4d to 4%d; kips, 3%d to 4>/,d; calfskins, 4V,d to s>4d; stags', 3d to 3>/ 4 d. P- Sheepskins.—Market brisk. Best butchers' skins, large to 4s (id, good lines 3s Od to 4* 3d, medium 3s to 3s 3d, small Is fid to 2s Cd. Tallow.—Market firm. Best mixed, nr to 24s Cd; good, 21s Od to- 22s Od; in?e ferior, 17s Od to 18s Od; rough fat, l'/ 2 d ic, per lb.