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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 127, 26 June 1909, Page 6

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 24. Wheat, 5s 4d. Flour, £l2 10s. Outs —Algerian 2s 3d to 2s (id, while to is 7d. Barley—Cape, 3s to 3s 3d. Maize, 4s. Jimh, .to. Pollard, .to 10s. Potatoes'—Tusinanian, £3. Onions—Xew Zealand ill) 15s, Victorian ,t7 10s. , Butter—Prime 118s to 120s. Cheese, 88s Od. Bacon, 7d to Bd. Melbourne, June 24. Hides—Supplies are moderate. Stout are unchanged; others a farthing lower. Wheat, 4s 11'/.d. Flour, .til 10s. Oats—Algerian Is l)d to Is lid, stout white 2s 4d. .Barley—Caipe feeding 2s' 3d, malting 2s lOd. ' Maize, 43 Id. Bran, lid. Pollard, is Id. Potatoes—,t3 15s to £1 os. Onions, £0 10s.

Adelaide, June 24. Wheat, 4s lid. Flour, .til/ Oats—Algerian -2s. Bnrlev—Cape 2s 4d to 2s Od. Bran—lly.d. Pollard, Is Id. WOOL, RK-IX-S AND HIDES. Feilding, Friday. Mr. Hugh Roberts started his monthly -wool, skin and hide sale at Fcilding to-day. Very high prices were realised, the 'bidding being spirited. A line of butchers' iinlf-dry skins made fig Od, a record for the .Dominion. Medium fleece sold to 7d, lamb to 7%d. best crutchings 5%d, anil skins, hue half to threequarter wool 7%d.

STOCK MARKETS. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. I At the Haymaiket on Saturday weaner pigs made 8s to 10s Od. small stores 12s Od to 17s. good do. 22s to 20s, porkers 345. Several aged horses sold at from £1 2s Od to £1 10s, harness do. £5 17s Od to £7 2s 6d, spring cart £lB, cattle dog £l. At Urenui on Monday there was a full yarding of cattle, nearly everything being sold at the following rates:— Weaners 18s to 32e, empty heifers £2 Is to £2 3s, in calf do. £3 7s 0d to £3 14s, springing do. £4, fat do. £3 IDs to £4 Is, store cows £1 18s, fori ward do. £3 0s to £3 15s 6d, fat do. £3 17s to £4 10s, cows in calf £3 10s, springing do. £4 17s Od, i% to 3-year steers £3 2s to £3 15s, 18-months steers £2 2s Ud to £2 10s Od, 3y 3 -year do. £4 3s Od, 2-tooth wethers lis, f.ni. ewes. 9s 4d.

At Rahotu on Tuesday weaners made 17s Od to IDs, einpty heifers £1 17s, in calf do. £3 os, fat do. £4 4s, store cows £2 0s to £2 12s, forward do. £3 to £3 15s, 18-months steers £2 0s Od to £2 15s.

At Stony River on Wednesday weaners made lis to 275, Jersey heifer calves £1 10s Od to £2 4s, empty heifers £1 10s Od to £2 !)!, in calf do. £4 ss, springing do. £4 10s to '£o, Store cows £2 as to £2 10s, forward do. £2 10s to £3 10s, fat do. £4, cows in calf £3 12s Od, 18-months steers £2 3s Od to £2 0s Od, 'bulls £1 to £1 ss, yearling pedigree Jersey hull 15 guineas. A*vW-aiwakaiho on Thursday wearers made 10s to 255, weaner steers 295, store cows 32s 0d to 48s, fat do. £4 to £4 10s, springing do. £5 7s' Od, cows in calf £2 15s to £4, springing heifers £4 4s Od to £5, in calf do. £3 7s od, ,3-year steers £3 17s Od, hulls £2 .10s, f.ni. ewes 7s 7d.

VIOKEKS AND STEVENS' KEPOHT.

There was a fair entry of cattle in our lnglewood yards on Wednesday, and nearly everything was' sold. Calves made from 12s Od to £1 as (Id, good steer calves .CI 10s (kl, in calf heifers £2 lGs to £3 10s, springers £3 las to £4 17s Od, spring salvers £2 5s to £4, .store co\Vs £1 15s' to £2 10s, 4-tooth ewes 13s (id, f.m. ewes 5s 2d. At Turata on Monday there was a fair yarding of cattle and sheep. In calf heifers made £3, 2-year-old stoo'/s 12 Kis, spring culvers £3 to £4 15s, 2 and 4-tooth ewes lis tu I4o' 4d, lambs 8s 4d. ADDINGTOX.

At the Addington yards on Wednesday there was a good' yarding of stock, but the attendance was not so large as usual on account of the change in the weather. Fat cattle were dull of sale, with no change in,prices. Store sheep sold up to last week's rates, as'did fat lambs. I'igs sold irregularly. The yarding of store sheep was a small one, and was chielly composed of hoggets, including an especially good line of three.quurterbreds which failed to reach the vendor's reserve. Average lines of hoggets, which were mostly wethers, made !ls to Ids, and small halfbreds 8s Od to lis Id; forward wethers were in good demand at late rates. Very forward threo-quarterbrcd wethers sold at 12s lid, and halfbreds of the same draft 12s. A few lots of ewes sold at usual rates. The entry of fat lambs totalled 4008, or about 1000 more than the previous week. There was good competition for export, and late rates were (irmly maintained. Tegs sold at 14s 3d to 15s 7d, average freezing 'weights 12s Od to 14s, and light and unfinished lis to 12s. There was an entry of 340 head of fat cattle, which was much 'below last week's total. The quality wis good, there being a considerable pro- i portion of large steers. The sale was dull, but prices were about on a level with those of last week. . Steers made ( £0 5s -to £9 12s Od, heifers £5 to £7 1 17s Od, and cows £4 to £0 17 s Od-- , equal to 20s to 22s for prime, 18s Od (o 10s Od for medium, and 17s to 18s for cow and inferior per 1001b. There was agato a large entry of fat sheep, including lines of freezing wethers. The fact that ewes were sold under a guarantee of being free from lamb and that_ there was not such a large proportion in entry caused a rise of Is per head, iwliich was maintained throughout the sale. The improvement in the mutton market at Home induced keener competition among some of the export buyers fo r wethers, and these also advanced Is per head on last week's rates. The range of prices was: Prime wethers los to 17s 4d, lighter 13s to 14s 9d, prime ewes 12s to 14s Od, extra to 15s, medium Os Od to lis 6d, and aged slight' 7s to 9s. I

The yarding of pigs was a small one, and sale was irregular. Choppers sold lip to £5 and heavy bacoiiers 50s to S.is, and lighter 45s to 4Ss—equal lo •t'/id to 4%d per lb. Porkers sold well nt the opening of the sale, but afterwards prices fell lo as to Us per her! and value per lb to 3%d. Large sorts' made 40s to 40s, and lighter 32s to 3S.v medium stores sold at 28s to 345, small-r 18s to 235, and weancrs 12s 0s to 10s Od No large stores were offered.

[ HUNTERVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report a fair yarding at Huntorville on Tuesday, when late prices were maintained. • Sheep.—Two, four, and six-tooth cwjs brought lip to las Sd, empty ewes (Is 3d, two-tooth wethers On, two and fourtooth wethers 10s (Id to 111 (id, lambs 8s Id. Cattle.—Yeurlins heifers to 235, twoyear heifers £2 12 8 fld, yowling steers Jls. two-year steers £2 7s M, cows in calf to £4 Is.