COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 121, 19 June 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

THE -MARKETS. NEWTON 1 KINGIS KEPOKT. At tire Hay market on Saturday there was a decided inijiroveniciit in the price ol pigs, weauers making 7s to Ilia lid, small stores lis to 15s Oil, good do. 22s Cd to 255, -porkers' 30s to 35s (id. A number of burses were sold, good harness horses making £ll to £lO .3s, hacks £s,.aged .CI to £l IDs. Cattle.—At Total on .Monday I held a clearing sale ou account of Mr. C. Smith, a-nd despite- the inclement weather there was a big attendance of buyers from all parts. The cows were in the pink of condition, and although tliorc was a fair sprinkling of old cows, tins being the lirst sale of the season, prices realised were highly satisfactory. Forward springers made £0 Mte to £» os, backward do. .£5 5s to £O, sO'va and litters ill 15s' to £O, tip dray ill, Price's jack £<l ."is, s.f. plough £7, gig £7 15s. Furniture and sundries sold at usual rates.

At the Toko yards the tsamc day weauers made 28s, store cows £2, f.m. ewes 9s 2d, 2-tooth wethers'- 10s 7d,' wolly lambs 8s -3d.

At Stratford ou Tuesday weauers made 24s Od to 325, empty heifers 12 In to £2 3s, in calf heifers (small) £2 3s lid to £2 1-ls Cd, springing heifers £4 to £4 17s Cd, 2-year in calf Jersey heifers £4 ss, forward empty heifers £2 15s lid, store cows £1 12s Od to £2 12s, old do. 22s to 27s Od, forward cows £3 Is to £3 12s Od, fat cows £4 to £5 10s, cows in calf £3 to £3 ss, fringing cows £5 2s fid tn £5 10s, 2-year steers £3 3s (Id, bulls £2 to £3.

VICKEKS AND STEVENS' HEPOKT.

Messrs. Tickers and Stevens report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their liiglewood yards on Wednesday. Calves made from 12s to £1 2s Od, 18to 20-mollths steers £2 7s to .£2 10s, old store cows £1 10s to £.l 15s, good stores £2 5s to £2 15s, spring calvcrs £2 15s to £4.

AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan a-.id Mercantile Agency Company report:— Horses: Horses continue in good demand, more than average number* being brought forward. Heavy draughts sold at from £2O 10s to £37, medium do. £lB 15s to £2l), light linmess do. £i 10s to £lO, hacks and light harness do. £5 5s to £lB. iCattle: At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday there was' a moderate number of dairy and store cattle yarded and a full supply of beef. 'Dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £8 Ill's, empty cows £1 15s to £3 7s lid, calves 17s*to £l lis, Beef wat- in full supply and sold' at last week's rates', although the market showed a firmer tone. Oxen sold to 20s per lOUib, and cows 17s to 10s. Steers sold at from £5 17s (id to £!) 12s Od, cows £3 as to £0 17s (Id.

Sheep: Sheep were yarded iu average numbers. Wethers sjild at, from lfe <id to 17s (id, ewes 8s H to Us 3d, hoggets 8s (id to 12s (id,

Pigs: Porkers sold at from £1 Is to £1 18s, .weaners 5= lid to lis (id, liaconciv £\ ISs to £3 lite.

At l'ukekoho on Wednesday there was a full muster of stock, which sold at late rates. Dairy cow* sold at from. £4 10s to £1) 3s, heifers £3 6s to £0 17s (id, 3-ycar-oid steers loss, yearlings il 12s to .C2 4s', empty eows £1 18s to £2 12s, calves 15s to £1 18s; lieef at Xmvmarket rates.

We submitted and sold large catalogues of hides, skius, aud tallow on Tuesday, all lines selling under brisk competition. Hides: Market .brisk. We quoteExtra stout ox 7'/jd to 7%d, stout do. ti'/ad to 7d, medium do. <i%d to 0y 4 d, light do. s'/ 2 d to ,i%d; cows', host lines 5%d to 5%d, good 5%d to S'/.d, scored .id to s</ 4 il, kips s>/,d to 5%d; calfskins' J'/ 2 (1 to (id, stags' 3%d to 4%d, damaged hides 3d to 3%.1.

Sheepskins: Market advanced. Best butchers' skins, large to Os, good lines 4s 0d to os 2d, medium 3s 3d to 4s 3d, small 2s 3d to 2? Ltd.

Tallow: Market firm. 'Best mixed to Od, good 20s to 21s 3d, inferior 17s lid to 18s Od, rough fat l'/,d to l%d per lb.

AHDIJfGTOX. At Addington live stock market on Wednesday there was a good entry of stock, though not so large in the sheep section as last week. There was a good attendance. .Store sheep sold well, ewes being firmer. Fat cattle showed a decline, owing to the large entry, Fat lambs were /Inner, and fat sliecj) opened at last week's rates. Pigs were easier I all round. I

Hit' yanliiijr of store sheep was only moderate one in point of numbers, Hid was formed of iilliout equal proportions of owes, wethers, ami hosraets. J'.wes )nct with good enquiry, mid lor good sorts' there was improvement in prices. Two , w d four-tooth hnlfibrcd ewes of good quality made 17s 6d, ami ?oi)il three-qnarteiibreds of the same aeo sold at 17s 3d. A line of failing-mouth lialfln-ed ewes of good quality changed hands at lis Oil. Hoggets sold at late

rales, ewe hoggets making lis (o lit Od, ami mixed sexes 8s ud U> 10s t>o. Weill,.r, also showed no change, very forward fats selling up to 13s Id, Average lines lUs (Id to lit (id, and low; condition sorts Us 3d to 9a Od.

The cn,try of fat lambs was much smaller tnaii last week, numbering only between 2UUI) and 3000. I'he quality, on the whole, «u» good, and under aciivtf competition from export buyers pricoi were firmer. Average weights of prime quality sold at 12s to lis, tegs 14s 3d to 13s lid, and light and unfinished sort* lis Id to Us (Id.

The yarding of fat sheep, although a huge one, was not quite equal to that uf last week. The range of prices was— Crime wethers 14s lid to 18s 3d, mediums liis to 14s, prime ewes lis Od to J3« R extra to Us i)d, others 7s 3d to 111, merino wethers 8« 8d to I3s Od.

The supply of beef was a Very large one, lotailiug 432, „ record lor the vnrdn. A number of prime lines were utl'ercd. Prices showed a decline equal to about Is to &j per 1001b as compared with last week. The range of prices was -- Steers £0 17s Od to £ll :«, heifers £i to til, cows Hi 10s to £7 !ss-equal to 20s to 2I»- 6d for prime, 18s to IDs tid for medium, and 15s Gd to 1 7s «d for eow and inferior per 1001b. There was a medium entry of pigs, and the demand was rather slack, prices being easier all round. Choppers sold up to £i ss, heavy bnconers 57s to flSs, anil lighter 48s' to 55s—equal to 4d per lb; heavy porkers 3Us to 4Us, and lighter •lOs to 33s—equal to od to fi%d por lbi lorge stores 34s to 38s Od medium 24i to 325, small 16s to 22a, 'and weanors 10s to 14s,

WAXUAN'UI. Dalgety and Co. report that 2500 sheep and 00. cattle were yarded. There was' a good attendance and keen competition, nearly a total clearance being made under the hammer, with an allround increase i n values. An attractive line of 700 4-tooth wethers from Mr. N. J'ltzherbert's Aberfchlie station, yarded in good condition, drew ronsideraide attention and sold remarkably well, topi making I3s Od and 13g 7d, and the balance 12s o<l. Fat wethers 13s Bd to Us 7d, fat and forward wethers ISs 2d. fiood forward wethers 12s 6d, mixed fats' lis, mixed-age eweg in lamb 10* KM to 12 3 Od, cull empty ewes 4s 7d, small lambs 7s Id to 8s Id, 4-year steer* la 2s, 2J4 to 3-year steers'(backward), .u tos, small empty heifers £2' Os.

BURNSIDE. At the Duniside stock market 211 Head of fat cattle were vurded. The greater proportion consisted of only medium quality, -with a small propo?J! -•" J fo ,° l Ito oxtra P ri «"- Heiry well-.mshed bullocks realist pricw about o„ual to those ruling last week, but. other sorts were slightly nuier Best bullocks realised tAo ' £M TJ t'nt Sheep: 3337 were penned, Which number proved quite in Lm Of tatc crs requ.rements, and as f weiiß . buyers were not operating to any «* . 2 I ,,y >° to »• M peV l\ n t '•' lm , for K«"i«» » nu'" g t,e sur P luß Wr pfloi. have ruled Best others brSught 1 u *.. u [« las »<1 (extra up to 18«). Os to! VI! ad'" " n ?b ' Wto ° 8 ' inferior >.<r<Hnjr. Lambs suffered to about tho wme extent as sheep. Bert lamb! 1.1 slid to 12s 0,1. medium 10s 6d to ST Hg»: 12(1 were yarded. Price, for J p. and stores were firmer by about 2-. .per head. Suckers sold at rwwt prices a,,, porkers were easy owing t<> " large line being forward. Sucker! brought 10s to 12s? rilp, 11, tT I* 'tores' 23s to 28s, porkers 34« tn «u n oe htbaconers43s\o%os,he^«,^