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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 179, 21 August 1909, Page 6

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NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Hayraarket on Saturday small store piga made 18s Gd to 245, good do 31s Od, slips 9s to 15s, hack £5 10s. At llrenui on Monday there was a full yarding of cattle, with a big attendance of buyers. Bidding was l>ri>»k throughout practically everything being sold at flic hammer. Winners made 10s to 255, mixed yearlings' "20s to 345, yearling steers 34s to 41s, yearling heifers 33s to 41s, empty heifers £2 14s Gd to £2 18?, empty heifers (forward) £3 lie to £4 Is, sltore cows £2 17s', fat do. £4 Ids to £5 os, two-year steers £3 0s Od, three-year bullocks £4 4s to £4 Cs, two to two and a*half year steers £3 14e, springing heifers £4 7a 6d to £5 5s , springing cows £4 to £6, four-tooth wethers (forward) 13s Od, four, six, an 1 f.f.m. ewes 15s, f.lll. ewes Bs. At liahotu on Tuesday the yards were full and competition w<as keen for ai! classes, nearly everything being gold at the hammer at improved prices. Calves made 18s to 2.55, mixed yearlings 31s to 355, steer do. 35s to 38s Od, heifers 32s Gd to 3(fc, 18-months steers 40s to 47s 6d, emjiity heifers £2 5s to £2 10s, store cows 30s (id to £2 14s, fat do. £4 10s to £5, springing heifers £5 to £-0 2s Od. At Stony River on Wednesday there was' a good yarding iand attendance, with good demand for all classes, prices foi everything being in sellers' favor. Calves made 14s to 20s Od, mixed yearlings 3ls ro 335, steer do. 34s to 35s (id, heifers' 34s ito 42t», 15 'to 18* months empty do. £2 10s 0d to £2 12s Od, store cows £2 8s to £2 17s Od, fat do. £5 to £O, springing heifers £5, springing cowa £4 15s 'to c t!G 10s, store pigs 20s 0d to 27s Od, wether hoggets 8s Id. At Waiwakaiho 011 Thursday entile came forward in advertised numbers. 'I here was a good attendance and good demand. Weaners made 23s' Gd to 275, mixed yearlings £7s Od to 31e, yearling heifers 31s to 40s, empty heifera £2 as to £2 17s Od, two-year steers £2 IBs lo £3 6s, store eowsl £2 10s to £2 loe, forward do. £3 to £3 7s 6d, fat do. £<3 199 to £4 Os, springing cows £4 10s to £7 10s, late do. £3 10s to £4 ss, grade Jersey :bulls £B, ordinary up to £5, lamhe 7s lOd, wether hoggets' 10s 2d, fat wethers 13s 7d.

VICKERiS & STEVENS' REPORT.

There was a fair muster of cattle in their Inglewood yards 011 Wednesday. Yearlings made from .CI 7s Oil to £1 13s fid, in calf heifers £& 7s (id to £2 14s Od, store cmvs .£1 15s to £2 13s, old and backward springers £2 15s to £4, good springers £5 to C 7 7s (id.

At Mr. A. .T. Davey's sale at Kaimnta, on Monday there was a good attendance. Backward cows made from £3 to £4 88, •forward springers £."> to CS 10s, springing heifers £3 to £4 15s, and .sundries -0,1 at fair prices. At .Mr. W. Coll'ingwood's sale at Kiinintu on Tuesday there -was a good attendance of buyers'. Old and backward cows made from £3 5s to £4 10s, cows :7i profit and springing £5 to £7 13:. springing heifers £3 to £4 Is, yearlings £1 13s, empty heifers £2 17s Od, and implements and sundries sold at fair prices.

MARTOX. Abraham and Williams report:—Despite the rough weather we had a good yarding of sheep and cattle, sheep coming forward fully up to advertised numbers. We made practically a total clearance under the hammer. Mixed hoggets 10s 3d to Us lid, ewe hoggets 13s 4d, mixed woolly hoggets lis (id, four, six, and s.lll. ewes and lambs 15s Id, ewes in lamb Os 1 Od to 15s, store wet hers lis 2d, forward wethers 13s Oil, fat wethers 14s 4d, fat ewes 13s, springing heif 'rs £3 ss, two-year empty heifers £2 7s Od to £2 Be, yearling heifers £1 13s, dairy cows £O, iB-month» steers £2 8s to £2 las Od, fat cows £4 to £5 8s Od.

ADDINGTOX. At Addington on Wednesday there were moderate yardings of stock and a fair attendance. Fat cattle and fa.t sh;?p sold below last week's rates, store sheep were dull of sale, and pigs met with good demand. The entry of store sheep was smaller than of late. Dairy cattle sold well. The ewes included a few good lines of two, four, and six-tooths. There were a few lots of ewes and lambs, the lint offered in the yards this season. J he demand was void of animation, and. several of the best lines failed to reach owners'' reserves at auction, but were sold privately. A specially good line of 201 six and eight-tooth halfbred ewes made 18s Od, 203 two-tooths 10s Od, and 107 four-tooths were passed at 17s' Od. All the ewes and lambs which were passed made 9s 3d to 10s 3d, and halfbred 'wethers sold at 10s to 10s Od. There were only eight new season's' lambs penned, three for F. Bailey ftVmpleton) selling at 20s and five for Ceorge Sea ton (Kirwec) at 18s, There was a larger entry of fat hoggets than last week, and they met with a fair sale at 10s (id to 13s lid. There was a fairly large yarding of fat sheep, and though there was a good demand 011 the part of butchers', the supply was beyond their requirements, and prices were somewhat irregular and on the whole easier. There was little business done for export. The range of prices was:— Extra prime wethers 20s to 23s 3d, prime 1(m to IDs 4d, lighter 12s' 3d to 15s Od, extra prime ewes to 18s'2(1. prime 13s (Id to 10s, others 0s Od to 13s, merino wethers Its to 12s 4d. The entry of fat cattle totalled 330 of fair average quality, and prices showed no change from the previous week, when they were.! rather firmer than tha week before. At the opening of the sale several pens were passed, but these afterwards changed hands, but the time thus occupied delayed the fat sheep sale and caused some complaints. Steers sold at £0 17s (id to £ll 15s, heifers £5 to £9 7s (id, and cows £4 7s Od to ,C 7 asequal to 20s Od to 22s Od for prime, medium 18s (id to 20s, and cow and inferior 10s lid to ISs per 1001b. A small entry of store cattle was made up chicly of young sorts, and there was a good clearance. Yearlings made 31s to 30s, lifteen to eighteen-months £2 4s Od to £•2 14s lid. two-year steers £3 Is 8d to £3 17s Oil, two-year heifers £3 to £3 Bs, two and-a-half year steers £4 17s (id, three-year steers £5 2s to £5 7s Od. three-year heifers £4 2s Od, and dry cows 20s to £3 13s. Dairy cows were in good demand, and a fairly large entry was sold at £3 10s to £«, the better sorts being well competed for. There was a large yarding of pigs, arid all classes' mot with improved demand, and a good elearaur l was effected. Choppers made £5 ss, heavy baconers 55s to 05s, lighter 45s to 32s Od-equal to 4%d per lb; large porkers 3Hs to 445, and lighter 3<Js to ,17s—equal to to 5%d; large stores 33s to 37s Od, medium 24s to 325, weancrs 14s to 20s.

DI'XKDI.V. At the Uurnside stock market on Wednesday 232 head of fat cattle were yn*d* od. consisting principally of prime quality animals. Prices for well-finished lines were maintained, but unfinished showed a slight decline. Heat bullocks £lO 10? extra ,Cl 32s Gd, medium XS 13a to i'D oij, inferior i!U 15s U> 17 «")>; best cows and heifers CO lii? j| > .US. medium .Uj l()s to ;l'.o si, inferior .14 10s to ;C5.

[ Slß'i'p; 471 -J vardod. a vi'rv heavy O'.itr.v of ..mod ijiiiLlilv iiml larger thaii was I'xpi'e!i>il ui this- time of tin- veai. V''" ,s 111 wnnequenoi' suffered a 'considerable decline. Kxtn, li-avy wore easier In tli,> rji™: „f ■>, to is (id as compared with last wwk'.s ran« Meduim wciylits, although easier, did licit "how so decided n drop. K\ V e s „iet Willi good competition, a;id sold at lira-OS lid lu Is below those obtained la«t week. Host wethers 17s (id. medium 15s to J lis. host ewos up to 13s 8.1, medium IN 1.0 I'is. '

Lamb>: -ii,") yarded, The bulk wore red l»v butchers, and a few wont to tin- country, pries being practically equal to lust week's. Hest lambs Us to l.'k other, 10s (id In Us fid.

H'igs: ID.") yarded. Tin. nyerago vanlng pri.iN for young pi,, s W eje to la.-l week owing to tlie small number coming torward. I here is nt present a keen demand.for nil /?oo<l quality young, pigs Porkers were in fair supply, and!' there being rrond enquiry, recent* price* I wore maintained. Suckers ills to ,17?. .-lips l!)s to 2'M, stores 80s' to :{.h, porkers I 38s lo 435. light- hacouors to flft?. leiivy ,I,ls to (HK