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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 293, 5 December 1908, Page 6

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MR. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT. At tlie llaymarket on Saturday there was a smaller entry of pigs than of late. Small stores made 27s to 28s 6d, slips 13s (id to l(is, suckers (is o'd to lis lid, Irjrses £2 10s to £0 lUs. Cattle.—On Friday, the 27th ult„ I held a clearing sale of Messrs Griffiths and Cornwall's celebrated Jersey herd. Buyers were present from all parts of the Island, a.nl bidding was very willing, excellent prices being obtained right through the sale. As full reports have

already appeared, it is unnecessary to' go into further detail". ' I At Awakino on Saturday my spring cattle sale was well attended, and fair prices were realised for nearly all lines. ] Eighteen months to 2-year mixed made £2 7s Od, 2 to 2'/j-year do. £3 3s to £3 ss, 3 to 3'/o-year bullocks £3 ISs to £4 7s. An extra good line of 2-year empty heifers from Mr. R. J. Eglington made £3. | On Monday at Douglas my fortnightly

sale was well attended and most line-1 changed hands either at the hammer oil afterwards. Mixed yearlings made 30s, i yearling steers 32s Od to 30s, 2 to 2'/-r year do. £2 4s Od to £2 12s, 2-year j heifers £2 7s Od, store cows £2 ss, for-1 ward do. £3 9s. The same day at Pembroke road 1 held a clearing sale on account of Mr. W. A. Fields. The cows were a nice lot, in good condition, all in milk, and were keenly competed for, excellent j prices being realised considering 'the lateness of the season. Hordes, pigs, implements and sundries also sold wed. Cows at full profit made from £6 10s to £lO 2s Od, aged cows and past profit made £3 to £5, Jersey bull £l2 15s, trap horse £27 10s, buggy mare £ll, weaner pigs 16s to IDs. sows 31s to 45.5, boar 30s. On Tuesday at Stratford bidding was quiet and prices were a trifle easier. Mixed calves to yearlings made 23s to 25s Od. steers 275, 15-month empty heifers 25s Od. 3 fo 3'/ 2 year bullocks £4 s<. 4-vear do. ,£4 18s ml, store cows 29s to

455. At Whangamomona on Wednesday there was a. very big yarding, including several lines of" fine bullocks, vendors' reserves for this class, however, being on the high side, and several pens went home. Yearling steers made 35s to 40s, 15 to 18-month heifers 43s Od. '3 to 3'A

year bullocks £4 lis to £4 IDs. 3'/. to i year do. £5 to £5 as, forward do. £6, store cows 44s to 55s lid, fat do. £4 os, mixed wethers and hoggets 8s 7d, ewes Us 2d.

WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. j On Saturday we liad an exceptionally heavy entry of poultry, over 250 head being penned. Despite the numbers i prices were well maintained. Especially was this so in ducks and ducklings. Prices as under:—Good young hens 2s 2d to 2s !)d, old hens Is 3d to Is lid, cockerels (young) Is 8d to 2s "d, roosters Is <id to 2s, geese 2s 3d to 3s, ducks 2s 3d to 2s lOd, ducklings Is 2d to Is 7d, hen and chicks 4s, store pigs 10s. Fruit—We have had large shipments for the season of the year, ripe bananas being scarce and in good demand. Gooseberries 3d per lb, new potatoes l%d to li/ 2 d, turnips 2s sack, apples (Winesaps) 13s Od, oranges (Island) 13s Od to Us, American Navels 18s to l!)s, bananas 6s to 10s 3d (by quality), pineapples 2s to 4s (id, tomatoes (over-ripe) 6'/ 2 d per, lh, cherries 10s per box, strawberries Is 4d to Is o'/ 2 d. VICKERS & STEVENS REPORT.

Viekers and Stevens report that, there was a good entry of cattle ia their {nglewood' yards on Wednesday, and most lines changed hands, prices aud bidding being much better than late sales. Yearlings made from £1 Is to £l 10s, 12 to lo'nioiitlis heifers '£l as to £1 its, 12 to 15 month steers £1 12s Od to £l 17s Od, 2 to 3-ycar-old steers £2 14s Od to C 3 8s Od, 'empty heifers £2 2s to £2 10s "ood store cows £2 5s to £3 3s, old store's £1 to £1 15s, springers £3 2s 6d to £4 15s, bulls £2 10s to £O. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report :—Wc submitted an extra large catalogue of hides, skins and tallow on Tuesday. Hides—Maret firm. We quote: Extra stout ox 7(1 to 7Vi.il. s to«t, do. tl'/jd i« li%d, medium do. 5%d to (Id, light do. 4%d to s>/ 4 d. cows', best line 4'/id to 4%d. good 4</ 4 d to 4%d, scored 4(1 to 4M l d. kips 3>/.d to 4%d, calfskins 4d to s'/i«K stags' 2%d to 3</ 4 d. Sheepskin*—Market advanced. Best butchers' skins, large 4s (id to 5s 2d. medium 3s (id to 4s. small 2s (id to 3s. pelts and lamb-.' Is Id to Is fid. Tallow—Market firm. Best mixed to, 24s (i.l. good 21s Od to 22s (id, inferior 10s (id to 18s (id. rough fat I'/id to ]%. l per lb. I'attle-At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were yarded in usual numbers, with an average quantity of beef. Dairy cows sold] at from .&} 10s to £7 Uts, empty cows £2 10s to £3 15s, calves £1 Is to £1 10s. Bidding for beef was keen and up to last week's prices. Oxen sold up to 23s per 1001b, and cows ISs to 20s per 1001b. Steers sold at from £3 15s to £l4 10s, cows £3 10s to £7 12s Od. Sheep were yarded in average quantities at Newmarket on Tuesday an! sold at last week's rates. Wethers realised from 13s Od to 18s, ewes 10s (id to 10s Od, hoggets 9s Od to Us. Limbs in full supplv sold well at from !)s (id to 10s 3d. Pigs—Pofkers sold from £1 Is to £1 IDs, wea-aers 3s to 12s od, baeoners £2 4s to £3 Is.

At Clevedon on Monday there was a large muster of stock, which sold at improved rates, everything in the yard bcing denied. Dairy cows sold at from £4 5s to 15 17s (id, empty do. X.i 5s to £4, calves CI to £1 Ida, yearlings £1 18s to .f3. Beef sold at Newmarket rates. .Sheep realised lis fid; pony £7 15s. At Papakui'a yards on Tuesday we held a special dairy, sale, when scarcely the advertised number came forward, Dairy cows sold at £3 10s to £0 17s 6d, heifers £2 10s to £<> 2s lid, empty cows £2 Is to £3 17s (id, bulls £2 10s to £(> 10s.

At Puhoi and Wade the stock sold at ruling rates. We <|Uote for these sales-.—Cattle: Fat steers £5 5s to £7 12s tid, fat cows '£4 to £(i, fat heifers £3 15s to £5 Ills, grown steers £4 17s (id to £0 17s Ud, three-year-old steers £4 10s to £5 !>s, two-year-old steers £2 15s to £3 7s (id, yearlings 25s to £2 lis (id, store cows CI 12s (id to £3 10s, springers £4 7s (id to £(i 15s, backward do. £3 10s to £4 ss. Sheep! Shorn wethers lis (Id to 15s 3d, ewes 10s (id to 12s !)d. Horses: Medium draughts £ls 10s to £25 10,, brood mare £27 10s, hacks £ls to £2l 15s, weeds 30s to £5 15s.

CHRISTCHL'RCH STOCK MARKET. At the Addington live stock market oil Wednesday there were good entries of stock and a fair attendance. Fat cattle were easier. Store sheep sold at about last week's rates. Fat lambs were not up to last week's hvA of prices, and pigs soid without much change. Some lines of forward shorn 2-tooths. mixed sexes, changed hands at 10s (id to 12s. and a line of very good. 4-tooth ewes with lambs at 13s 4d. Shorn- 4. (i and 8-tooth ewes with KM per cent of lambs made f»s fid, aged ewes with lambs (is !)d, all counted in each case. A few cull 2-tooth shorn wethers brought (is 2d. There was a larger en try of fat lambs than last week, mostly i of good to prime quality. Competition was again confined to the butchers. With the larger supply there was not the same briskness in the bidding, ami price; were much easier. liesl Jambs made 15s to 17s Oil, one pen to 18s Bd, and lighter 10s (Id to 14s 6d. There was a fairly large yarding of fat s'.iett'. the bulk being in good order to piinie condition. In fat sheep tl.e liiTJTf of prices was: Woolly vct'icrs 1!H 8d t-. 22s 3d. best shorn wWurs 15s to ISs (id. lighter 13s to 14s fid, liesi shorn ewes 14s to lfis, medium 12s (id to 13s fid. others lis to 12s. shorn me f rino wethers lis fid to 12s 3d. |

There was a large yarding of store cattle, and the inialily was much about the average, the entries including so lie good lines of 3-ycar-oM steers. There

was a good sale, yearlings nuking .'iOs 1 to 40s, 2-year steers £3 ss, 2-year hci-1 fers £2 17s (id, 2'/»-year steers £4 10s to £5, 3-year steers £5 10s to £<"> 12s od, 3V4-J'ear steers £7 10s, 3-year heifers £3 10s, dry cows 35s to £1 10s. Dairy J cows were dull of sale at £3 17s lid to | £8 ss. The supply of- beef comprised 332 head, including a fair proportion of prime handy weights, but no large bul- '■ locks. The competition was slacker than | | the previous sale, owing to there no«v , being a greater demand at this pari of the season for lamb, and values for all classes showed a decline of about Is per 1001b. The range of prices was:' Shuts £ti as to £'J 17s (id, neil'ivs .15 to £8 15s, cows £4 15s to £7 12s Oil, equal to 24s to 20s, medium 20s fid to 23s Od, and cow and inferior 18s to 20s per 1001b. There was a good yarding of pigs, J and baconers sold at last week's rates, while porkers were easier. Choppers sold up to i£3, heavy baconers 47s to 55s I equal to s'/ 4 d to s'/ 8 d per lb), porkers 35s to 43s (equal to s'/od per lb), large stores 32s to 43> Od, medium 28s to 31s, large weanei's 18s to 225, smaller 13s to : ilis.

DUNEDIX STOCK MARKET. At Bumsidc stock market on Wednes- , day 219 cattle were yarded, a big yard- I ing of good supplies. Forward prices, j although better than last week's, wci-; I not according to the quality of Hi • cattle. Best bulocks £0 15s to t_Hi 17s od, medium to good £8 12s (id to £O, inferior £7 to £B. heifers t!5 as. Pigs—l4o yarded. Porkers and baconers were in very large supply, but prices did not suffer much. There was rather a small yarding of slips and other pigs, and prices were equal to those obtainable last week. Suckers 10s to *2os, slips 28s to 335, stores 34s to 395, porkers 40s to 465, light baconers 40s to 50s, heavv. up to £3 as, choppers, up to £3 , 10s. ' ! Sheep—2ooo yarded. A large propotion of shorn sheep. The quality of the sheep and wool was not up to the av*>ia"e, very few good quality being forwarded.' Bidding was keen, but erratic, and prices taken all round were much lirmer than last week's. Wethers (woollv).'best 22s Od to 20s lid. medium to good 21s Od to 22s Od, inferior 14s to 15s, best ewes- up to 20s Od, shorn 14s 9rt to 15s 9d.

Lambs—2oo yarded. A faiv yarding, hut nut suliicie'nt to meet, the demand. The quality was superior to that of last dav, and prices showed an increase of ful'lv- 2s per head. Best lambs 10s to 18s, extra to 19s Ikl, medium Us (id to 15s lid, light up to Us.