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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 166, 7 August 1909, Page 6

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STOCK 'MARKETS. NEWTON KING'S RETORT. At the llttyniarket on Saturday a fair number of -pigs' came forward and sold well, weauers making 8s Od to 17s, email stores iiis to 2is, harness horse £8 10s, nack 9 x 4 it to £5 12s Od. Cuttic—At Urenui on Monday there was a lair yarding of cattle, and nearly everything sold readily at the hammer at the following rates:—Weauers £1 Is .o £1 Bs, yeaning heifers 345, yearling :teers £2," 15 to 20-inonths steers £i •>» Od to £-2 13s 6d, 2'/ a -year do. £3 lis- Od, 3-yenr do. £4 4s to £4 10s, store cows 37s Od to £2 176, forward do. £3 5s- to £3 lis, fat do. £4 lis, fat heifers £5 Is, forward do. £3 15s, empty heifers £i 12s Od to £2 10s, springing do. £4 to £5 12s Od, springing cows £3 10s to £4 10s, bulls £2 lis, lambs' i)s 2d to lis Bd, f.m. ewes 7s lid to Hs 4d, 4, 0, and f.m. ewes 13s lid, 2-tootli do. 10s 2d.

The same day I held a clearing sale at Tataraiinaka on account of Air. L. Lungridgc. Early calvers made £5 15s to £B. late do. '£3 5s to £5 ss, mixed calves 2!) 3 Od, sows and litters £2 10s' to £4 15s. Sundries sold at usual rates. I also held another sale the same day at Ratapiko on account of Mr. C. T. Harvey. Forward cows made £6 to £7 10s, late do. up'to £5 10s, empty do. £2 5s to £2 10s', weauers 15s, f.m. ewes 7s lid, spring cart £T7, harnest £5 10s. Sundries sold at usual rates.

. At ißaliotu yards on Tuesday young cattle were in good demand and sold Wdily at the hammer. An exceptionally good line of yearling heifers realised £2 14s, weaners) 14s to 24s fld, mixed yearlings 28s to 335, empty heifers £2 lie, in calf do. £3 ss, store" cows £1 4s to £2 5= «<l, fat cows £4 to .£4 10s. On Wednesday I held a sale of dairy cows and springing heifers at my Stony River yards. There were over 300 head yarded, including ill'. Ft J. Nippon's dairy herd, which were sold, without reserve, and made £6 to £8 10s for early calvers and £2 to £4 15s for late and empty. Jersey heifers made £0 26 (Id to (£!) 10s, ordinary sorts close up £5 to £fi 2s Od, later do. £3 15s' to £4 15s, springing cows £4 10s to £0 Si. A quantity of sundries sold on account of Messrs. Hippon and Linewether realised satisfactory prices. The same day I held a clearing sale, at Eltham on account of Mr. J. Briscoe. Early calvers made £6 to £l3 15s, late do. £3 5s to £5 10*', mare £0 2s Od, sows £4 to £5 ss, hoar £4, piss 10s Od to 28s. Sundries sold fairly well. At Waiwakailio on Thursday there was a good yarding of cattle, of which a good proportion wore springers. Weaners made 24s to 28s, mixed yearlings' 33s to 425, 18-nionths steers £2 14s, 2-year do. £3 lis, 3-year do. £4 5«, 4-year do. £5 Is, empty heifers (forward) £3 10s, springing heifers £5 to £6, late do. £3 15s to £4 ss, springing cows £4 !0s to £0 15s, late do. £3 10s to £4 ss, store cows' £2 8s Od to £2 18s, forward do. C 3 to £3 14s, fat do £4 to £4 Is. hulls £2 lis. The same day [ held a clearing sal,' at Huiroa on account of .Mr. I). Walkin. when there was a good attendance ami kwn competition, everything sellin" ieadily with the exception of the bulk which were not sold. The cows', whicli were mostly young and in good condition, sold -well, the pedigree Jersey cow "Woodruire" being finally knocked' down to 3lr. W. Saywell at 48 guineas. The grade eows were a very 'nice lot, and sold well, realising from £8 to £25 Ids, the greater number selling at from £lO upwards, 2-yeiir-old grade Jersey snrin"ers £lO to £l7.

VICKERS & STEVEN'S' REPORT. [ There was' a good entrv in our liHewood yards on Wednesday last. Springers and young stock were in good demand. Calves made from £1 8s to XI 10s, yearling steers XI Lis to XI l!ls, empty heifers C> to £> :,,, s i un . c ows fl IDs to <C> lis', spriinriii.' heifers l.eiose) X 4 10s to to' lis lid, backward X 3 os to X 4. At Mr. Ander.ou-s ,ale on I'ri.la,' there was a good nllendauee. The cow's were a nice lot and were widl competed lor. Cows made from Co to Xl2 I,ls yearling Jersey heifers X.'J is (id to U I Lis. purebred Jersey bull Xl 5. and implements and sundries at good prices. ADDINGTOX. . At Adihigton yards on Wednesday, as is usual the week before the Grand' National meeting, there were special consignments of fat stock and the first new lambs of the season. There was a large attendance.

Iheyarding of store sheep was made up principally of ewes, and was gener■ill.v of a hotter class than usual Prices tin- hoggets were about the same as hist Wednesday, host quality ewe making 13s fld, others 'l()s to 12s°°«,h mixed sorts sold at 9s to 10s. Most oi the wethers were in forward condition, iiml sold at equal to late rates-forward sorts 12s to 12s" !ld, others lis to lis lid. there was a slightly improved demand ■lor owes. An extra good line of four and six-tooth halfhred ewes in lamb to Doner Leicester rams made 18s, twotool , throe-quarterbred ewes in lamb to i>« lOd, and aged ewes Us to lis There were only, a few lines of f llt kog.rels penned, and these were thought bv but'•hers nt late rates. There, were 32 new seasons fat lambs offered. Some of them which were well grown and of nice quality made I,ls to 18s (id, and one -is od.

there was a largo yarding of fat. -Hoop, including sonic specially prime "H>s of lialfliri-i1,., Downs', and merinos. the quality of the entry as a whole l'<'ing of „ high class. Eilrn prime and ow ivolliors 20s to SO., prime His „, '! s 12s (1,1 to 15s 0,1. prime "W's Ms („] („ lfi s (i,| oth( ,,. s . , k „ (] t() 14s merino wethers 8s 3,1 to 15s 0,1. merino ewes ils 1(1,1.

Jhe yarding of fat cattle numbered ;'"'• ,u "< l !"»'»h »«'"■ »-cre s„,„e pens I '■<"<>' <>f the on Iry was not equal to ll,' e"rr,-pon,l,ng sale „f 1,,-t' VPill , peers' ,nadc to to ei3 .«. \ w i !m v, l»s to €B. cows C 4 IPs to V, 17s 0-1 «m) it.- 20s 1,, M , f „, I)rimil _ 1S ; 1(1 •'*!« 1 f"i' n.nl.mn. and l,is to 17s lid toi on and inferior per KlOlh. r >"'••'' «;,s a la,-,. yarding ,„■ pi ,„, ! " hl ,'''!', "'»»»'<1 showed i lU p,.,,v,'. ' »;enl. all classes felling well. \„ e xeop. ;iona]ly fine chopper sent i„ l, v \\ ,- t niton (Darlleld). and .-.timatcd ' to w«ißh (14011,, sold at 17 Us : or'linar" choppers made im to l'.| Hs hoiyv l.aooners 58a to this. ]],,} lWr 50s" t„ W (equal to .fi/,.,1 to 4-y,,l per ]„), hcaw porkers 38s to 41k, 5ma11,.,. 31s (~ •)-• Vqual to ni/.d to (Id PC-II,), hire;,, stores sua to 345. medium ->-u t,. »S< ' weanors 12s to.llls n line of 1.n1f1,.-...! Ti'unworths from Cheviot realising 12s fid to IDs.