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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 153, 24 July 1909, Page 6

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STOCK MARKETS. . NEWION KING'S REPORT. At tlie Haymarlcet on Saturday small store pigs made 12s to llis, good do. 22s to 30s, mare, trap, and harness £ls, cow £5 15s. At Urenui on Monday there was a good yarding of cattle and a big attendance o{ tayere. Bidding was brisk, and nearly everything sold at the hammer at the following rates: —Weaner steers 27s 0(1, yearling 'heifers 27s Od, empty do. £1 18s to £2 12s Od, in calf do. ,t,2 19s to £3 18s fid, springing do. £4 lis to £o los, store cows £2 12s Od to X.l 17s Od, forward do. £3 2s to £3 16s, fat do. £4 10s to £5 2s, springing cows £3 17s Od to £7 ss, 2-year steers £3 14s to £3 19s, 18-months steers £2 4s 6d to £2 los Od, 4-year bullocks £5 lie, 2%-ycar steers (fat) £6 Is, hoggets 8s Bd, mixed sheep 8s 9d. Tlie same day I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. F. Keightley, Beaconsfield road, Midhirst. Early calvers made £6 los to £lO, late do. £4 to £O, very late and empty £2 15s to £3 7s Od, breeding sows £2 2s Od to £4, store pigs 13s Od to 17s, mares £l7 to £2O, filly £B, mower £7, dray £l2 ss. Sundries at usual rates. At Rahotu on Tuesday there was only a small yarding. Weaners made 15s to 26s Od, empty heifers £2 to £2 14s. yearling steers 355, in calf heifers £3 13s, store coivs £2 14s, cows in calf £2 10s to £3 2s 6d. A quantity of furniture and sundries sold at satisfactory prices. On the same day I held a clearing sale at Mangorei on account of Mr. C. Oliver, 'when there was a good attendof (buyers. The cows were a good lot in nice condition, and sold readily at the following prices:—Early calvers £6 # to £O, late do. £5 5s to £5 15s, springing heifers £5, empty heifers £2 0s to £2 7s Od, mixed yearlings 335, bull £4 15s, sows £3 15s, store pigs 24s Od, tine harrows £3 7s Od, cha?n harrows £2 7s Od, disc harrows £.7 10s, express £l2 10s. Furniture and sundries sold well. I also held another clearing sale the same day on account of Mrs. R. Tobin at Te Iviri, when early calvers made £6 los to £lO ss, late do. £4 to £G ss, empty cows £2 06 to £3 ss, breeding sows £5 2s Od, store pigs 13s to 20s, springing heifers £5, dray £7 10s. Sundries sold at usual rates. At Stony Biver on Wednesday there was a good yarding of cattle. Young and store cattle were in good demand, and prices ranged as follows:—Weaners 14s to 295, mixed yearlings 30s, empty heifers £2 0s to £3, in calf do. £3 12s od, springing do. £5 10s to £5 13a Od, store cows £1 9s to £2 10s, forward do. £3 4s to £3 18s, springing cows £3 10s to £4 ss, fat cfl'ws £4 13s. A quantity of trees and sundries sold at usual auction rates. On the same day I held a clearing 'sale at Cardiff on' account of Mr. F. Stvles, when there was a big attendance of buyers and bidding was brisk throughout. The cows 'were a very good lot. in nice condition, and made from £5. 13s to til 15s, fat cow £4 17s, pedigree bull £l3 I.ls. empty heifers £2 2s to £3, springing do. £4 2s Od to £4 17s Od, sows £4 10s to £7, chain harrows £3 10s, s.f. plough £0 ss, brake £2O, fill v £l4.

At Waiwataiho on Thursday there was a very large muster of cattle and good attendance of buyers. Small weavers made 12s, good do. 21s to 255. yearling heifers 335, yearling steers 38s Od to 40s, 18-months do. £2 to £2 13s fid, 2'/ 2 -year do. £3 5s to £3 Bs, 3%-year do. £4 Ss Od, empty heifers £2 ~4s to £2 9s, store cows £1 10s to £2 13s, forward do. £3 to £4, fat do. £4 4s to £4 los, springing heifers £4 8s fid to £0 10s, springing cows £4 10s to .67 10s, bulls £1 5s to £3 ss. yearling Jersey heifers £3 Is.

WEBSTER BROS.' STOCK REPORT. Oma-ta.—At tlic yards yesterday w*s had a fair entry, and almost every line was sold at the hammer or privately. Prices Were well maintained as under: Mixed weaners 30s, heifers 255, steers 31s, weaner Jersey heifer 50s, heifers in calf (backward) £2 5s Od to £2 17s; store cows £2 8s to .€3 Bs, springing cows £5, springing heifers £4 7s Od to £5 7s Gd, Jersey springers £0 15s to VICKER.S & STEVENS' REPORT. Owing to the wet weather there was only a moderate entry of cattle in our Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Young stock were in good demand. Mixed calves made IDs to £l, yearlings £1 Ss to £1 Ids, 2y 2 -y«ar-old steers £3 7s Od, store cows £1 15s to £2 15s Gd, for.ward cows .-£4 5s to £5 ss, springers £3 10s to £5 lis. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report: - - Horses.—On l-'riday, at the Durham yards, heavy draught horses brought £23 10s to £32, medium draughts £l7 10s to £23, light harness horserf £7 to £lO, hacks £0 10s to £2O, ponies £1 5s to £3 10s, Court-land waggon £3O, gig £l2 10s. At Pukekolve on Wednesday, dairy cows, of which there were 298* yarded, sold at from £5 15s to £l2, heifers £5 to £lO. backward cows £3 17s Cd to £5 10s, heifers £3 10s to t £s ss, empty cows £2 to £3 Cs, grown steers 1 £5 to £5 12s Od, 2 and 3-year-old steers £3 5s to £5 2s, yearlings £1 10s to £'2 9s, calves 10s tq £1 14s, beef at Newmarket rotes. At Waiuku yards daily cows sold at £5 15s to £8 10s, heifers £5 to £7 10s, other sorts £4 10s to £5 17s Gd, empty cows £1 17s to £2 12s, 18-months-old steers £3 las, yearlings £1 10s to £2, calves 13s to £1 15s, "beef at Newmarket rates. Pigs: Weaners 10s. Cattle.—At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday oxen sold at 22s per 1001b and cows 18s to 20e. Steers sold at from £0 10s £9 15s, cows £4 5s to £8 2s 6d. Dairy cows sold at from £4 to £7, empty cows £2 2s to £3 Gs, calves 19s to £2 4s. Pigs.—Porkers sold at from 19s 6d to £1 17s, weaners 8s 6d to 13s 9d, baconcrs £2 2s to £3 4s. Hides. Market firm. We quoteExtra stout ox 7d .to 7%d, stout do. to 6%d, medium do. 5%d to 5%d, light do. sy,d to 5V«d; cows' best Ihcs 5%d to S'/od, good S'/gd to 5 J / X d, scored 4%d to sd, kips 5d to 5%d, calfskins ry-d to G'/od, damaged hides l%d to 3y 4 d. Sheepskins—Market -brisk. Best butchers' skins, large to Gs sd, good lines 5s to 5s <ld, medium 4s to 4s Gd, small 2s Od to 3s Gd.

Tallow.—Market firm. Beat mixed to 245, good 21s (id to 22s 9d, inferior 17s to 19s, rough fat iy 2 d to I%<l per lb. Bones £4 15s, cowtails Is 8d per dozen, horsehair 16 fid to Is Bd. ADDINGTON. At Addington yards on Wednesday there was a fairly large entry of stock and a good attendance. The yarding of store sheep was somewhat smaller than was the case last week. Ewes and wethers sold at late rates. A line- of ewe hoggets was exceptionally good, and sold at 15s 3d, and small halfbrai ewe hoggets brought 13s Id. Other lots of ewe hoggets made 12s to 12s 9d, average lines of mixed sexes 9s to 10s, and others 8s to 8s Gd. Low-conditioned wethers brought 10s and upwards, and ewes 12s to 14s. The entry of fat lambs showed a great falling off, only 485 coming forward. Export buyers were not operating, but butchers bought 192 head, the balance being passed in, the price ranging from 9s Id to 14s, a few extra to los 3d. There was again a fairly large yarding of fat sheep, of which ewes formed only a small proportion. Among wethers were many lines of prime quality and heavy weights. Several export buyers were operating, and good competition continued throughout the sale, last week's prices being maintained, and ewes were rather firmer in consequence of the short supply. The range of prices was: Prime wethers 14s 8d to 10a, lighter 12s (id to los; prime ewes 14s to 16s 6d, others 9s lid to 13s 6d; merino wethers 10s Cd to 13s (Id. The yarding of fat cattle totalled 244, the bulk being of good to prime steers. There was only a dull demand, and a number of lines were passed. Prices, however, showed little or no change. Steers made £4 12s Cd to £l2 10s, heifers £5 10s to £7 10s, cows £4 to £7 17s Od—equal to 19s 6d to 21s fid for prime, 18s to 19s for medium, and 14s to 17s for cow and inferior beef per 1001b. For dairy cows there was good demand, and these sold at £3 15s to £8 2s Od, a line of springing heifers making £6 5s to £lO. The yarding of store cattle was a small one, only 13 head coming forward. Most of these were cows, and gold at 25s to £3 10s, and heifers to £4 2s 6d. There was a small yarding of pigs, and the demand consequently showed an improvement. Choppers sold at £3 to £5, heavy baconers 55s to 04s, lighter 47s to 525, large porkers 40s to 445, lighter 35s to 38s, large stores 30s to 3'os, medium 22s to 28s, sows in young up to £0 los.