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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 98, 22 May 1909, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS, London, May 20. There is good competition at full rates. The Otaira clip brought IOM-d. l'oparai ll%d, Brauceucth lS'/ B d. Copper.-On the spot £.59 .as, three months £59 18s 9d, electrolytic £OO 7s

lid. Wheat.-Australiaa wheat cargoes sold at 433 3d, 433 !)d, 445, 44s 9d, and

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday Small weaner pigs made 3s Od to 43 (Id, good do. Os to 9s, small stores 10s lid to 18s; harness hm'sw sold at £5 to .€7 los, aged do. XI (is to £1 lite, collie pups £1 Is), dray £7 15s. Cattle—At Toko on Monday weaners made 8s Cd, empty heifers £1 19s, store cows £1 2s to £1 13s (id, forward cows C-2 10s, fat do. £3 0s to £3 12*, springing heifers U 3s. bulls £1 5s Ud. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a | big attendance of buyers' and an unusually large yarding of cattle, mostly <nown steers, a fair number of which sold at the hammer, and the balance were mostlv placed after the sale. In-1 eluded in 'the entry was Mr. Frank MacKav's annual draft of about 200 head of 18-moutlis to 3-year stews, which were sold without reserve and found ready purchasers at late ruling uricus. I quote as follows:—Weaners Lis to 22s l.> months steers £1 13s to CI 17s (5(1, IS-months steers £2 to £2 life 2-vear Jo. £2 lis Od to £2 19*, 2 1 /, vear do. £3 5s to £3 7s Od, 3-ycai' to~3'/.-vear bullocks £3 17s' Od to £4 10s. sto're cows £1 3s to £2 4s, forward cows £2 9s to £3 os, fat cows £3 9s to £3 15s, nnpty heifers £1 Us Od to £1 Ilk, heifers in calf £2 Ito to £3 15s. bulls £1 lis to £3 2s.

VICKKR'S & STEVENS' REPORT,

There was a good yarding of oa ttlc in our lnglewood yards on "Wednesday, and ! bidding was good for all classes,', stove cows and springers being in most demand, yearly everytlling yarded was sold. Calves made from !)s to 17s, 18 to 20-montlis steers £1 Ills to £2 Ck, empty heifers £1 7s to 11 lis 1 , backward stores £1 IDs to- £2 ss, good stores £2 10s to £3 lis, springers £1 is. (id to £5 12s Od. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report: — Horses—On Friday, at the Durham yards, horfles were yarded hi larger numbers than usual, and sold at improved prices. Heavy draughts sold at from £23 Ids to £-42, medium do. £l7 5h to £27 10s. backs and light harness horses £0 to' £lO 10s, weeds £1 10s to £O.

At Pnkekohe on Wednesday tliere was u very large muster of cattle of all descriptionsl, ivhieh, almost without ijxccption, changed hands. Dairy cows sold at from .a 15s to :CS 10s. heifers £3 2s fid to -£8 ss. advertised Jersey heifers £3 10s to £8 7s 6d, empty cows £1 ISs to £3 3s, 200 grown steers from £4 15s' to £6 55," 2 to 3-year-old steers £2 12s i6d to £5, yearlings £1 Us to £2 Cs, calves 12s Od to £1 10s. Beef eattle, of ( which 119 were penned, sold at Newmarket rates. At Waiuku on Saturday.there was a good yarding of stock, which sold at late rates. Dairy cow* brought from £3 10s to £5, heifers £2 17s lid to £4 os, empty cows £1 15s to £2 17s (Id, steers £4 ss, calves and yearlings lis to £1 15s. Beef sold at Newmarket rates. At the Newmarket yards o-.i Tuesday cattle of all descriptions were penned in average numbers. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £7 ss.'empty cows £2 2s to £2 IDs, calves 15s to £1 !)s. The beef liens were well filled with cattle of nice quality. Bidding was brisk and the market showed a firmer (one. Oxen sold to 21s per 1001b. and cows 17s to KM; steers from £o 5s to £lO 7s Oil. cows £3 IDs to £7.

Sheep. Sheep were penned, in full numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday, and sold at improved rates. Wether's sold at from llk to His !)d, ewes !ls l)d to L'ls (Id, hoggets 8s Cd to 12s (1,1, lambs 7s (ill to 14s (id, advertised store ewes 10s 3d to lis (Id, cull ewes Is to (is Od, store lambi (is to 7s 3d. Pig*.—-Porkers sold at from CI Is to 11 ISs, woaners 5s (id to 12s (id. baeoneiv C2 2s to £2 His. Hides a;»l Skins—We submitted and sold large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, all lines meeting with good competition at late rates. TTides. The market is easier. We uuolc: Best stout ox '(id to li'/,d. cow od to n'/ s d, calfskins s'/,,! to 3%d, kips 4%d to 3V,il. damaged hides 2d to 4d.

•Sheepskins.-The market is linn. Best butchers' skins, large to ss. medium 3., (ill to 4s 3d, small 2s lid to 3s, best dry skins 2s (Id to 3s (id. inferior skins' Is to 2s. lambskins 3s to 3s (Id. Tallow. —The market is firm, Best mixed 21s to 235, seconds 18s to 225. rough fat 1 '/id per lb. ADDINCTOX STOCK MARKET. Oliristcliurcli. Wednesday.

At Addiiigton live stock market to-day there was a fairly large entry of stock and a good attendance of buyers, Fat cattle again met with dull sale. Store sheep showed no change. Fat Jambs showed a further advance. Fat wethers sold at about last week's rates*. F.wes were easier .by about Is per head. There was better demand for store cattle, and good dairy cows sold well. Bacon pigs sold at late rates, but porkers and stores were easier.

The entry of store fheep was not a large one, but the s'heep were of better class than those offered at late sales. A line of forward wethers made lis fid. 4 and 4-tootJi ewes of medium quality 14s. sound-mouth ewes 14s Od. forward lambs of mixed sexes 10s Od to lis. smaller 0s !ld to Ss' !M.

The entry of fat lambs was a lame one, and the hull; were well grown and ill prime condition. There was active competition among export .buyers, and a clearance was effected at prices' that showed a further rise of about 3d per head. I'i'ime freezers nimlc 13s to 14s fid, a few- extra heavy to 15s (Id, lighter lis to lis fid.

The yarding of fat sheep was considerably larger than last week, and on account of the plentiful supply there was' not Mich keen competition' anion" butchers for owes, and they opened at lower rates than were riding the provioiiti week, the average decline l),,i nn fully Is per head. Wclhcrs met with fair competition for export, and there was practically no change in values Prime wethers 14s fid to'llis, extra to 17s !)d, lighter 13s to Us. merino wethers

k ,d to 12s 0,1, prime ewes 11* Od to previous ™*. Steer. madi U* W to CO 10s, 1«! fers £3 I°* to *-''. ,f, SwJii. Od to JBT ™*-?W &l ,\" 176 Od to IBs Sd for prime, 1« to 17 fur medium, and 13. to Us Od for cow "l^^g^lveseoldat^Cd '"Tncretas a fairly large entry of store cattle, ineludi.ig three or our pen. oj Jood young wrl.. the hulk heing old cows A good demand existed for awful ovts, lmf others' were diffieult to sell. Yearlings male l«s to lis, la to ISmonth* 35s to 37., -2-year steers £2 los, 2-vear heifers £2 10s 8,1 to £2 10., 8year steers £3 ss, 3-year I>'>/"S f 38a to £3 10s' (one good line made £4), 01} cows £1 to £3 3s. _ Good dairv cows were in demand at from £3 7s Od to £0 7s 0,1. The entrv of .pigs was a fairly large one. Stores and porkers met with a weaker demand, and prices lor these were easier. Large haconers made '4Bs to Oils, lighter 42s to 47s (equal to 4'/ ? d to 4%d per Ih), large porkers 34si to 40-- lighter 28s to 32s (equal to o'/.<l „„• Hii large stores 30s to 345. medium •k- io 28s, slip* 14s to 18s, weaners 8s |to 12s. -

MARTOX STOCK MARKET. Abraham and Williams report :-We had a verv pool vardin? of sheep, more than'llii' advertised numlicv coming forward. All good lines met with ready sale The demand for ewes in lamb was' „ot verv keen. We had « Rood .vn"l»>8 of cattle, which sold at late rates. Kniptv ewes 5s 7(1 to 0s 3d, cull ewes is Vto .'ls Bd. fat ewes SslOd to Ita < d. lambs 8s Id to Os, medium lambs 4s 11(1 lo lis fid. culls'2s lld lo:is8d. f.f.m./wos i„ lamb lis. aged ewes hi lamb 4* Od to (is, dairy cows C 4 10s, cows in cal £■2 10h. fat bullocks CI Is. motbcr-tel weaners 325; pigs, weanevs 8s fid to 10«, stores 2fi.-t fid. WAXGAXH STOCK MARKET. Dalgetv and Co. report:—We yarded 250(1 sheep anil 1(10 cattle. There was a ™od attendance of Lovers. Competition was not so brisk as at last sale, lint prices were fullv maintained. We sold all the sheep with the exception of one line, but high reserves hampered business with cattle. A line of 1100 4 and lltootli store wethers made 10s lid. Tat and forward wethers brought Us 2d, store 4 and 0-tootli wethers 10s lid, fat ewes 10s, fat and forward ewes Is to Bs, medium lambs 5s Id to I.s fid, 2-tooti ewes (small) in lamb (passed) Us 2(1, cull ewes in lamb 4s, 18-niontlis steers £2 os. cull do. £1 ss. yearling steers 30s od>, cull store cows £1 Is.