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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 35, 6 March 1909, Page 6

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NJSWTOX ICING'S REPORT. At the Haymurkct on Saturday there was not much demand for pigs. {Small \\ eanui's made lid to lis lid, good do. 7s to 14s, medium stores Jil is to lis, harness liorse ,£lO, hacks £2 7s (id to £3, pups lis Ud to lis.

At U'reuui on Monday there wa«s a i'uLl yarding of cattle, but owing to the continued. spell of dry weather there was not a great deal of business done. Yearling steers made XI Us lid to Ju2 Is Od, 18-mouths steers 112 as to £2 9s, V/ A to IP/y-ycar forward steers £4 3s Ud, i-.vea-r bullocks £5 us, store cowo XI 13s Lo X2 3s, forward cows £2 iSs to Jl3 2s, fat cows £3 8s to £3 13s, springing heifers £3 to £3 lus, .empty heifers £1 14s lo £1 17s Od, bulls XI 3s Ud to £3 ss.

At Rakolu on Tuesday weaners made Ds Ud to 13s, yearling ateers 30s, 18month* situ era £2 as lid, yearling heifers 23s lid, store cowa £1 Us to £2, forward cows £3 2s to £3 4s, fat cows £3 10s Od, fat heifers £3 Ills, bulls £l las to £2 IDs, f.ni. ewes as Ud.

At Stony River on Wednesday weaners made KJs to 13s Od, yearling heifers £1 Os, store cows £2 Us, forward cows £2 13s to £3 Is, fat cows £3 llis to £4 as, heifers in calf £2 7s to £2 14s, springing heifers £3 las to £4 las, 4year bullocks £a os. bulls £1 7s Ud to £2 12s.

At Waiwakaihu ou Thursday weaners made 10s Ud to 12s Ud. 18-months heifer £1 13s Us, store cows £1 12s Ud IJ £2 3s, fat cows £3 10s, forward cows £2 lis od, springing cows £a 10s lo £0 as, springing Jersey heifers £O, 2year <steers £3 2s, bulls £1 8s to £2 14s.

VICKEUS AND STEVENS' REPORT. There was a big entry of sheep and a good attendance at our Inglcwood fair last Friday. Competition was good for most lines, especially young ewes, anything fat and. lorward celling well. Most lines were cleared ,al the hammer or privately at the following prices:—Twalooth ewes. 10s 3d to 12s Bd, do. wethers 7a Ud to IDs 3d, f.m. ewes 4s 3d lo 7s Ud, lambs as to 7s Id, cull lambs 2ii to 2s Ud, cull ewt-s Is' Ud to 3s 3d, Lincoln rams I'/igHc, Koniiicy rains £1 Is to £2 2s. On' Wednesday there was a small yarding of cuttlei and u. poor attendance. Ridding wau dull. Prices: Store cows 3as to 455, forward do. £3 to £3 12s Ud, fat do. £4 to £4 7s, mixed weaners Us 0d to 14s, weaner steers 12* Ud to lUs.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. Christchurch, AVeducsday. At the Addingtou yards to-day there were fairly large entries of stock and a good attendance. Eat cattle sold at about last week's rates. Store sheep and fat lambs were easier, and fat sheep sold at <still lower prices. Pigs sold well at lata rates'. There was a rather dull demand for store cattle.

There was an entry of 5001 fat iambs, or about 350 less than last week. The quality on the whole was good. The export buyers- having again reduced their limits, all classes were easier, heavy-weight iambs being ino?>t aU'ected. The buyers' limits are now 4'/>d for up to 3lilb. for 301b to 421b and second quality, 3%d for over -121b. There were 4U05 lambs taken for freezing at 12s 2d to Us 7d, and 321 by butchers, the top pricu for a few heavy-weights being 15s 0d to 17ft Ud; 75 were passed in. Fat Sheep.—Aged and inferior ewes showed the largest reduction in values, and the lowesL prices for the season were realised. Prime wethers 13s lid to 17s Id, others 12s Ud to loci, prime ewes 1U Ud to 14s, extra to 14s lid, medium Os (id to lis, aged and light Us to Us. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 305. The quality was somewhat below that of late sales. Steers being hi short supply, there was a lair deiuaud. Prices showed little or no alteration from last week. Steers made £U 17s lid to £ll 7s Ud, heifers £5 2© Ud to £7 12s Ud, cows £4 17s Ud to £B—equal to 22s to 23a for prime, IDs to 21s (id for medium, and 17s to 18s Gd for cow and inferior pea- 1001b. Veal calves sold at 4s 7d to 50s. There was a large entry ot store cattle, including some* good lines. The demand lacked the freshness shown at last sales. Local yearlings made 225, la to 18-months 38s to 48s, two-year steers £3 2s Ud to £3 us, two-year heifers £2 85' to £2 18s (3d, two-and-a-half-year steers £4 17s Ud, three-year steers £5 7s Gd to £O, dry cows 25s to .1:3. Southland cattle, of which there were consignments totalling about 150 head, made for yearlings 28s Ud, twoyear steers £2 8s to £2 17s, two-and-a-half to three-year heifers £3 10s, threeyear steers £5, three and four-year steers £0 IDs, dry cows 38s to £3 3s. Dairy cows were in only fair demand, and made £3 10s to £0 15s.

The entry of pigs was smaller than last week, and there was a lair demand at late rates. Choppers sold up to £4 10s, large baeoners 00s to U7s, lighter 48s to 50s (equal to 5d per lb), large choppers 42s to 50s, smaller 30s to 40s (equal to lid per lb), large stores 32s to 3Us, medium 28s to 31s, weaners 12s to 22s Ud. A line of about 70 from Cheviot made 12s Ud to 21s Ud.

WANG AN CI STOCK KEPOKT. Dalguty and Co. report:—We lield our annual sheep fail* at our Wanganui yards on Wednesday, when we yarded *13,000 sheep. We had a good attendance of Uuye>rs. As usual at this time of the year, a large quantity 01 old ewes were ottering, for which bidding was rather dragging, but priced realised must be considered satisfactory. Good classes of young sheep sold fairly well, but prices were inclined to be easier, tbo pruspect of a spell of dry weather probably affecting values. The Lincoln and Koinney sheep entered by D. l\ Cullinaac attracted keen, competition, the Lincoln ewes especially selling very well. Quotations: Fat ewes 10s lid, good twotooth Lincoln ewes Us 2d, medium twotootli lis 9d, 12s lid, to 12s 9d, good four and six-tooth. Lincoln ewee 12s lUd to lis Bd, Lincoln ewe lambs 10s 3d, four, six, to Mm. 10s to 12s Oil, good four and live-year ewes 8a 3d, 8s 7d, to 8s lid and lbs Cd, inferior 4s to Gt> lid, cull ewes Is lid to 3s, lour and six-tooth wethers 10s, good two-tooth wethers 10s 2d, two-tooth Komnev rams 30s. Komney ram lambs 9s to 12s, Lincoln rams 10s 6d, ram lauibs 7s Gd.

At Wavedey bhecp fair on the 20th ult. we had a' very heavy yarding, the accommodation being taxed to the ut» most. Numerous buyers were in attendance. and we experienced brisk competition. nearly every line being sold under the hammer. Quotations: Forward lour and six-tooth wethers 10s 10d, 10s lid. to lis, small two and fouvtoolli wethers 8s 3d, 8$ Od, 8s 9d, to j)s 3d, good four and live-year ewes 9s, {)■> Od. io 10s 2d, medium do. 6s to 8s Ud. old ewes 3s Od to 4s 4d, two-tooth Lincoln ewes 12s 7d, forward lawbe 8s 2d, slnal 1 lambs 5s Sd, cull lambs 3s Gd, two-tooth Southdown rams 14 at 7gns, two-tooth Lincoln rams V/i io 2gns, old rams 5s Od to 10s,

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Alorean tile Agency Company, Ltd., report iw follows: Horses. —At the Durham yards on Fridav hordes were yarded in average numbers. Heavy draughts sold at troin £25 15s to £35, medium do. £lB to £29 10s: hacks and light harness do, £0 5s to £2O; weeds and ponies, £2 10s to Jul). At Coromandel on "Wednesday there were upwards of 500 cattle yarded and 000 sheej). The attendance was good, but, owing, no doubt, to the dry weather, competition was not so keen as usual. Dairy cows t?old at from £2

10s to £4, empty cows £ I 5s to <£3 7s lid, yearling steers XI 0s tu £2 2s, two to three-year-old do. £2 10s to £4 as, backward heifers £*2 -•= to £3 ss, heel at Newmarket rates. .Sheep: Breeding ewes 4« Od to Us, wethers lis lid to 14s, lambs 4s Od to Us.

At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday there was a large yarding of dairy and store stock aud a full supply ol beef. Fat cattle showed no improvement on last week's rates. Oxen bold Lo 20s per 1001b, cows llis to ltte, steers £5 os to £8 10s, cows £3 as to £o los, dairy cows £3 2s lid to JCD, empty cows £2 2s to Is, calves 17s to £1 Us. Sheep—The Newmarket yards were well iilled with sheep on Tuesday, Wethers sold at f»roin 8s Ud to 14s lid, ewes 7» Cd W 13s lid, hoggets 10s lid to 14s. Lambs, which were in full supply, sold well at from 10s Del to llis for prime, other sorts !5s to Ds Od. Pigs—Porkens jjl Is to Jl L 13s, weaners us to 8s Od, baconcrs ;Ml 10s to £2 17b.

We submitted large catalogues of hides, skins, aud tallow l on Tuesday, all lines meeting with keen competition at advanced rates, flideis Market advanced J /$d to l /id per lb. We quote: Extra stout ox 7d to 7'/»d, stout do. U'/W to U%d. medium do. 5%d to Od, li»ht do. ail- lt> s'/idj cows, best line* a'/id- to 5%d. good ad to aVgd, scored 4«J.'id to 4%'dstags*, 3%d to 4 1 / id; kips, ■lVjd to -V,{ s d: calfskins, ad to 5%d; damaged hities, Jld to 4%d. Sheepskins— Market brisk. Re.it butchers' kin.-, large as to 5s Ud, medium 3s 0d to 4s 3d, small 2«s 3d to 2s Od; lambs' and pelts®, 2s to 2* 0J; seconds, Is 3d to Is Bd. Tallow—Market linn, Rest mixed to 2as Ud, good l 23s Od to 24s Od, inferior 18s Ud fo 21k Od, rough fat l'/yd to l%d per lb.

DUN ICDIX STOCK MARKET. j Dunedin, Wednesday. I At the Rarnside stock market to-day IS2 fat cattle were yarded, a good proportion of which were light and unlinished. The attendance was somewhat smallur than usual, and prices showed no advance. Prime bullocks £0 10s to £ll 2s Ud, medium to good £8 to £O, light and uiitinished £U 10s to £7 10s. Sheep.— yarded. The quality was only medium, the bulk consisting of old ewes. There were a few pens of prime wethers, and those sold at late rates. Ewes of all classes suffered about 2s per head. Rest wethers 17s 0d to IDs Od, mediums lo las, light and inferior 10s Od to 12s, best ewes 10s Ud. Lambs—llU2 yarded. Prices werojnot so good, owing' to freeziug buyers not being out of business. Rest 13s to 15e Ud, medium lie to 12s, light and inferior up to 10s Ud. Pigs—US yarded. Young pigs were in better demand, and prices were firmer. There was also good enquiry for porkers 1 and baconers, which were in fair suppl) • Suckers lis to 14s, slips 18s to 20s, stores 23s to 28s, porkers 35s to 40s, i light baconcrs 45s tx> 506, heavy 53s to 60s.