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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 175, 28 August 1909, Page 6

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LIVE STOCK MARKETS. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. I At the Hayraarket on Saturday there : was a fair entry of pigs, small we an era i making 8s to lis, good do. 13e to 17s, • sniall stores 19s to 30s, horses £1 to I £3. ) At Douglas on Monday there was a • full yarding of cattle, mainly springing II heifers and cows. The heifers were on i | Ihe small side and mostly backward, r' and proved dull of sale. Weaners made , 20s fid to 25s (id, yearling steers 33s to 1' 425, empty heifers £2 126 6d to £2 10«, 2-year steers £2 15s Gd, 2'/ 2 -year do. £3 lis, store coivs £2 to £2 18s, for- , ward do. £3 3s 0(1, springing heifers £3 , las to i' 4 10e, springing cows £3 10s to i £1), hulls £1 17s to £2 2s, f.m. ewes j 7s, hoggets 8s 3d. The same day I held a clearing sale . at my Stratford yards on account of l Messrs. Farnhain Bros., of Purangi. 1 There were buyers present from all over i, the district, anil bidding was brisk 0 throughout. Early calvers made £(i 5s [. to £ll ss, backward do. £3 10s to £5 1 15s, cows in milk £3 5s to £8 5s , springing heifers £4 10s to £6 7s Od. i j At Stratford on Tuesday there was 1 ] only a small yarding of store cattle, s; most lines being sold at tile hammer. i ■ Weaners made 25s Gd to 28s, yearlings 31s, empty heifers £2 7s (id to £2 183, fat do. £4, store cows £2 to £2 Ills, lorwird do, £3 to £3 7s Od, fat do. £4 10s to £5 10s, 15 to 18-months steers £2 7s to £2 lis, bulls £2 lis. y The springing heifer yards were full, g eome very fine heifers heing yarded. The il attendance was large, and practically il everything sold at the hammer, good i s prices ruling throughout. Springing » heifers close up made £5 to £7 ss, backg ward do. £3 5s to £4 7s Od, springing 6 cows £0 to £lO, late calvcrß £3 to £5

VICKISRS & STEVENS' REPORT. There was a large number of stock in our Inglewood yards on Wednesday, springing cows mid heifers being largely represented. The following prices were obtained:—Cows and heifers close up £4 15s to £7, backward £3 10s to £4 10s, store cows £2 to £3, bulls £1 to £5, yearlings 25s to £2. On Friday at Mr. Goldsmith's clearing sale forward cows realised from £5 to £7 12s 6d, backward £3 10s to £5, yearlings 37s fld, horses from £9 10s to £2O 10s.

WAXGAXLT. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows:—At our Wanganui sale o„ Wednesday a good yarding, slightly in excess of advertised numbers, came foiward. 1200 sheep and 350 cattle being (literal, and there was a good attendance. Competition was good, as slightly easier values, and a total clearance was i-ffeeted under the hammer, with the exception of two or three small penis of cattle. Quotations: Mixed-age store wethers lis, forward wethers Us Id, small woolly hoggets 10s Od. medium mixed hoggets 9s 7d, small mixed hoggets 7s Od to 8s 2d, aged ewes in lat.ib (backward) 8s lOd, 4-year forward bullocks £4 19s, G-ycar do. £8 Is, 3-year forward bullocks £4 17s, 3-year store nullocks £4 6s, good 2-ycar steers £:l 4s to £3 10s, medium do. £2 14s Od u £2 19s, 18-months to 2-year steers £2 8s Od (passed), light fat cons £4 10s, speyed cows £3 Is, 3-year speyed heifers £2 10s Gd, 18-months speyed heifers £2 3s Od, store cows £.2 9s, cull cows £1 as, forward store heifers £2 13s (!!, forward springing heifers £4 Ills, medium do. £3 4.>, mixed wen iters 325. 'bull £2 6s Gd, stag £3 ss, cows in miik £3 as to £4 15s.

ADDINGTON. There was a fairly large entry of stock and a good attendance at the Addington stock sales on Wednesday. Two-tooth crossbred ewes made 14s 4d, two-tooth halfbrecls of medium qual'ty 13s 3d, two, four, six, and eight-tooth crossbreds 12s Od to 14s, six-tooths 13s Gd, sound-mouth ewes 10s to 12s, aged !>s to 10s, small and inferior 76 2d. A few aged ewes with lambs 'were passed at 7s 4d. Good ewe hoggets made 12s to 13s, mixed sexes (good) 10s to 10s Od, medium sorts 8s fld to 9s 6d. A line of Down cross hoggets was passed at 10s 3d. Wethers sold at 8s to lis Bd. Eighteen new season's fat lambs were penned, and they sold at 14s to 18s. The range of prices was: Extra prime wethers 19s to 20s Is, prime wethers 15« to 18s Od, others 12s Gd to 14s Od, prime ewes 14s to 10s, others lis to 13s 6d, hoggets 12s 8d to 13s 3d, merino wetheis 14s Gd.

tat Cattle: The quality of the yarding was of the fair average order. Steers made £0 10s to £ll ss, heifers £8 to £9 2s Od. cows £4 17s ltd to £8 10s—equal to 20s to 22s Gd per 1001b for pnine, 18s Gd to 20s for medium, and lbs I'd to 18s for cow and inferior beef. A large supply of vcnl calves came for-wa-d, the majority being small ones. I h'".e made 4s fid to £3 15s, according to size a.'vi quality. A small yarding of stove, cattle vas made up principally of dry cows. There was poor demand ynarlmgs making 225, 15 and 18-months 345, 2'/o-ycar-olds £3 7s Gd to £4 7s Gd 2'A-year heifers £3 ISs Gd, dry cows Lis' to £3 2s Gd. Dairy cowb sold at £3 17s Gd to £B.

There was a heavy yarding of pm, and a good sale resulted. Choppers sold up to ft, heavy baconers COs to 07s, lighter 50s to 58s—equal to 4%d per lb; large porkers 38s to 425, anil lighter .'l2s to 37s equal to o'/.d per lb; larse stores to 375, medium 24s to 30s weaners 15s to 28s, sows in pig to £s,'

AUCKLAND. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report:— Horses: On Friday, at the Durham yards, there was an average yarding of horses, wliit-h sold at late rates, llea\y (naughts sold at from £27 10s to £36 medium do. £22 to £3l 15s, hacks and light harness horses £ll 10s to £"3 The thoroughbred stallion Gladstone realised 290 guineas, and the heavy <li<iught stallion Arawa 150 guineas / J'" W-'dnerfay we held a sale' at \\ hitlord. J here was a good muster of stock of all descriptions, and priees were good. Dairy cows sold at from £4 2s (Iri io £7 17s fill, do. heifers £4 7s fid iu £7 12s lid, backward do. £4 to £5 15s, calves lis to £.l 12 s fid. Sheep- H 0.,{jets 12s Dd. llorse, cart, and luiriiiw. £l4 as; horse £1.5.

On 1 luirsday lie held a special sale I Of dairy cattle, when 3110 were yarded. | lliere was a good attendance ami price.l- - satisfactory, although not qu.te SO high as the previous month. Dairy cows close to profit sold at from £5 7s Od to 111). backward do. £.3 12s Oil to 111 2s (id. bill's £3 2s (id to £0 0?. At Haiuku o:i Saturday we liad an ■jwiage yarding. l):\irv cows sold a* ,r " ! " ■*■•' '«> 'lo CI. do. heifers (J4 m In Ci, empty cows CI 15s to £2 Ussteers, yearlings £1 1& to £» 0s « 'o

C'llile: At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday dairy and store stock were pinned m usual numbers. Dairy cows r 7 Wosto £7 7s fid,' en,i,l\' L -> 4s T1 ° 1S *' C,,|VCS llis ' t'" I'"'re was a full yarding of be>f hte"'.ate q '' ,V ! , . i -° l ' SOll! sranviv late inks, oxen selling to 21s per lon'j, «nd cows_l7s lo 1 !)s\ Sleers ,'old a, £7'lis (> ° S i ' n ' :C3 103 tr Sheep: 0" T „ t ,- llily s||(l - srs bji to 14s, spring lambs 12 s fid to I'igs: Porkers sold at front 10s (id to £ 10s «'> to 1 Is, baconcrs

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