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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 69, 17 April 1909, Page 6

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I NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At Urcnui on Tuesday there was a 'fair jard'ing of cattle, and most linos sold at tlie hammer at lh.> following prices: Weaners 13s to 17s, einpiy r.cifers, 13 to 18-months 22s Ud to 3iis. 2J4-.»ear do,, £2 10s lid, heifers in call' £2 *7 C to £2 10s, stere cows 20s to 2Xs. forward do. £2 7s to £2 18s, fat do. £3 9s to t'3 14s, cows ill calf £4 to £5 - los, springing heifers £3 15s to £4 7s tld, 2-war steers 3!>s to 48s (id, 3 year do. £3 2s, bulls 20s to 30s, 2-toQtU ewes 10s Ud, f ju. do. as to os lOd, lambs 5s 6d to 7s, 2-tooth'wethem 7s fld to 9s. At Rahotu the same day w»no" made Ba to Ms (id, heifers in ca'» xi. springing heifers £4 12s 6d, store o >«. 30s to 40s, boners 15s to 18s 6d, foi >vard cows £2 5s to £2 7b, fat do. £3 .* t<> ; . £4, springing do. £5, bulls 20s to 29*. * At Stony River on Wednesday ihcrc ■was a. full yarding of cattle. We inn* p. '-, made 6s to 14s, 15-months 2"-;. E,'l yearling steers 16s 6d to 265, 15-ip -in' > iM .- steers 345, store mots 21s to 37s Gd. forK- ward do. £2 10s to £3 3k, fat ds. £3 K 10s to £4 iOs, do,'prime £5 Is, spring- " iiig heifers £3 I+s 6d, heifers in calf £2 5s to .£'3 2s Bd, springing cows £5 12* Bd. cows in milk £5 os to £5 10s, > bulls 21e. ■At Waiwakaiho on Thursday empty ~lheifers made 23s 6d, store cows £1 12s '< to £3 Is 64, forward do. £2 fls to £3 I 3s, fat do. £3 8s to £s'4s fid, springing ■ggy" cons £3 12a 8d to £6 17s 6d, heifers in g. calf £3, springing do. £4 15s to £5 2s jp, - 6d, 3-year steers £3 4s Od to £3 13s.

\' VIGKEBfi & STEyBNS' REPORT. 4- There was only a moderate entry of ;.' cattle in our laglewood yards on Wednesday. Calves made from lis to 16s. :jT empty heifers £1 4s to £1 7s, 18jj» . months to 2-year steers £1 10s Od to £2 0e 6cL, store cows £1 10s to £2 \> ,7s 64 *A, '' _ i "' JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE. ('■ Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., -' report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—A fair entry of cattle and heep soldVnt late rotes. Best bullocks £,' 12s '-\ 6d to £8 ss, light bullocks £7, medium wether* 12s 4d to 12s lid, good ewes :- 10s 9d to lis, plain 10s, medium quality £ , lambs 10s 6d to 10s 7d. DUNEDTN STOCK MARKET. j* Dunedin, Wednesday, fc- At the Burnside stock market 147 fat 5j cattle were yarded. Notwithstanding |f-'; the small entry prices were easier than fast week, most of the butchers having ii supplies on hand. Best'bullocks £8 to #- ,£9 10s, medium £6 10s to £7 10s, unP %''finished £5 to £6, average cows and jf, heifers £4 to £5. ! fc ' Sheep.—2276 yarded. A full yarding, fe On account of butchers having sheep on & hand from last week's sale prices were eg' I ,slightly easier all round. Best wethers S'i 15s to 16s. estra 18s, medium 13s to 14s, ■ % 12s, medium 8s to 9s, inferior 6s to 7s. $ : Lambs. —2OOO yarded. A good big t.Tjarding of good quality, prices being a shade firmer. Best laiuis 12s to 13s, kjKextHa to lis, medium 10s Od to lis Od, s£* inferior 8s to 9s. §jjj*\ Pigs.—B4 yarded. Small pigs were of K good quality: and in great demand. Sp-""Prices were firmer. Porkers arid bacon--0 firs, met sVifh brisk sale at slightly ad- j fc» vanced rates. Suckers 12s to 14s, slips St. Los to 18', stores 20s to 245, porkers Si-35s to 435, light baconers 46s to 50s; Sr'leavy 53s to 58s.

r*« ■ DUNEDIN GRAIN MARKET. if ik Dunedin, Wednesday. ?V Danedin gram market reports state &. tint in wheat a slightly higher level of g-* >alne» has hern established during tlie •Ip neek, 4» net being paid for mixed lines S>-of red chaff, tuecan, velvet on trucks * at countrj stations, equal to 4s 2d to St'-sis 3d «x trucks at Dunedin. Move is s£ wanted for deferred delivery, amd some „£-*growe*s are sitting solidly «n their s£"'«tochs with no intention of selling at fe. present Offenngsof prime milling are *- restricted scale» broken and inferior p fetches 2e 9<l to 3s 3d, medium to good j£, clear whole fowl wheat 3s 6d to 3s 9d +( W store. As to eats, up to the present K, eonsignmente hav»j not been extensive, Sjf tnrt perhaps sufficient for requirements. * A moderate 'demand exists, but there sj. "arc no iadieations of improvement In Prime fend and milling Is l%&, jj.'medinm to good U 3'/»d to Is' 4d, inS-- terror Is 2d to Is 3d *x store.

I?. AUCKLAND STOOK MARKET. gj The Xcw Zealand Loan and MercanBrUle Agfix'} Company, Ltd., report as B&;XAt I'apakura on Wednesday there was «jF,» large muster of stock of all deserip.uul with the exception of dairy the -.tneV showed no improvement prices. Dairv cows sold at from £3 C%T7s fid to £8 lite, heifers £8 12s (id to fcifti 17-, 6d. two to three-year-old st?ers T-tti 10- t« to 7s 6d. yearlings £1 lis tf to £2 2», calves 13s to CI Bs, empty " cows €1 IJs to £2 7s o<l. Beef, of $ which there -was a targe yarding, sold Xewmurket rates. ■% -Uattle.—At the' Newmarket yards on dairy and store stock were Cyuxd.ed in less than usual numbers. ■vDairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £5, ?\ empty co«s £2 2s'to £2183, calves 'lss f\io £1 Ci The beef pens were well filled cattle of good quality, although S, mostly light weights. Oxen sold to 21s t'per 1001b, coj\:> 17s to 18s; steers £5 10s t t<J £9 17s'6*,c©ws £3 10s to£fl 10s Cd. r - - Sheep we're yarded i7i scarcely average {<.nuniliers at Newmarket on Tuesday. y T W«th'M sold at from 12s 6d to 18s 3d, Sfeweb 11« to 15» Sd, hoggets 10s 6d to %T?& Od, lambs 9s to 14s (id.' % 'Mgs.—We quote, porkers 18s 6d to ; \£\ 3s ueaneis' 5s Od to 10s 6d, baconers ' ttl'lHto £2 125,. stock market. jjf - / rrhcrc was a smaller entry on Wednesday in all classes of stock at the Ad-. : dington yards Prices did not improve; *'in fact, in some classes the late rate was maintained. **■ A line of 450 two-tooth halfbr-ed ewes IjiOld at 15» 0d to 15s 9d. A good linv jjjtf four-tooth and six-tooth halfbveds hands at 10s Od, and a line of Ijfoll-mouth lialfbreds at lis »d to 12s. %' Forward wethers aud lambs, of •which ''Jew were yarded, sold at prices en a par IwiHii those ruling at the.previous sale. wethers making 10s 9d to lis 'C. The vntiy of fat lambs was small comfpared with last week, onljj 4331 biinri Offered, against 730!) on, 7th April, l'.xBporters were well represented, and th<' rjralc showed a little moit! animation, jfeonscquentlv ra many cases a rise of JHH per head was noticeable. Export Jbuyers secured 4092 and butchers 2311. at Uprises ranging from 10s to Us 7d. i , For t»t sheep the range of prices was: yjrime wethers 15s fid to 10s fid, extra in Kite 2d, lighter 10s to 14s. 9d; prime eww ells to 14s 3d, lighter 8s 9d to 10s Od. £• "The fat cattle sale was dull, and prices Showed a further decline of about 1* goer IOOHi Steers brought from £« to | %£>) 17s Od, heifers £4 10s to £7 10s. I ?»nd dry cows £4 5s to £l 10s. He*t Egteer beef realised 18e «d to 20s, medium I &ljte 6d to 18s, aud cow beef 14s Od to j pja <pcr 1091b. . ' [b'ttlie yarding of dairy cows was a-:i . pnlinary one, and for the better class, |&cre -was again a good demand, prices panging from £S 10s to £8 12s' Od. yarding of pigs was small, and n« Shoppers were, offered. There was a pood demand for "fats, and they sold Steadily. Some extra prime baconers jtjtere sent forward, which realised up to iffa. Large baconers made Oils to 07s. Sfljd 'lighter 50s to 59s—equal to 4%d j jaw lb. Heavy Jorkcrs. brought 40s to ; p0», (and smallen 35s to 39s—equal to ijft&dper lb, The demand for stores was ugeak, of a large class were Medium made' 10s to 24s od. <<nd weanvrs 7s Gd to 12s.