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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 6

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STOCK MARKETS. NBWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Haymarkct on Saturday there was a very large attendance of buyers, the attraction being the unreserved sale of horses on account of Mr. A. N. Mills. Light draughts made £22 to £25 10s, unbroken three and four-year-olds £8 to £lO ss, iivc-ycar-ola mare by Berlin Abba £2l, stylish gig horses £2l to £22, .hacks and others £3 5s to £0 15s. The pedigree Clydesdales were passed in. On account of other vendors, hacks £5 103 to £0 ss, harness horse £l2 10s. There was a large entry of pigs, small wenncre making 7s (id to 10s, good do. 10s Od to 14s, small stores 15s to 26s 6d, calf 10s, dog 13s. At Toko on Monday yearling heifers made 30s od, yearling steers £2 6s 6d, 2y 2 -year do. £3 76, store cows £2 6s 6d to £2 os, springing Heifers £4 9s to £5 17s Od, springing cows £3 12s 6d to £5 12s 6d, bull £1 lis. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a good yarding of cattle. Weaners made 20s to 22s 6d, yearling steers 32s to 42s 03, mixed yearlings 22s 6d to 30s, oightecn-months steers £2 12s 6d, twoyear do. £3 2s, empty heifers £2 13s I to £3, empty Jersey heifers £3 09 6d, store cows £2 to £2 18s, fat do. £4 Us, fat heifers £4 10s. On Wednesday at Corbctt Road I held a clearing sale of Mr. Charles Clarke's surplus stock of Jerseys. The weather was very wet and rough in the morning, but in spite of this there was a large and representative attendance of buyers, .good prices being realised right through the sale. The cold, rough weather did not tend to improve the appearance of the cattle, which were not looking at their best, and but for this higher prices might reasonably have been expected. The full list of buyers, with prices, having already teen published, it is unnecessary to repeat It here. NEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, HIDE, SHEEPSKIN, AND TALLOW SALE. L. A. NOLAN & OO.'S REPORT. On the Ist instant we held our monthly sale of the alßovc, and submitted a good catalogue to a full complement of buyers. Prices for hides ruled at about late rates, heavy cows' in good condition being particularly., eagerly sought for, and were inclined to show a slight advance. Ox sold at about last month's rates for heavies and mediums, while lights were inclined to ease a little. Skins were slightly better, and showed an advance of about 5 per cent. Tallow and sundries sold at about late rates. Wo quote:— Ox freezers, light 5%d to fi%d, medium 6V4d to 6'/ a d, no heavy offering; butchers' light 5%d to 6>/ 2 d. medium o>/ 2 d to fi'/sd, heavy 7y 2 d, no stout offering; cow, freezer light 5%d, medium 5%d to 5 7 / 8 d; butchers' light 5%d to 5%d, medium s%d' to 5%d, heavy 5%d to 0y B d, cut o'/gd to 5%d, yearlings 5%A to 6%d; horses' 4s to 10s 6d; settlers' ox 5d to 6>/ 2 d, according to get up, cow f»d to 5V 3 d cut 4d to 4%d, slippy 3d to 5%d. Calfskins, good B%d to Od, heavy &y 2 d, seconds B%d, inferior 7'/sd, cut 5%d, slipped 5y 2 d, slinks 3d. Sheepskins.—Butchers' salted,'best 5s to 5s Bd, seconds 3s 9d to 4s Od, dry 5s 3d to Gs 3d, seconds 4s 6d to 4s lid, salted damaged Is 6d to 4s, dry Is to 5s 7d.

Wool.—Dead fleece to i%i, matted 4%d, pieces 2%d to 3%d. Tallow—Medium casks 23s 6d, tins 20s to 21s 6d.

Sundries.-Mtowtails la Bd, horsehair fld, bones £4. Our next sale will be held on 20th September, 1909.

VKZKERS & STEVENS' REPORT. Owing to the rough weather on Wednesday last there was only a, small yard ing of cattle. Springers made from £3 15s to £O, store cows £2 10s to £3. At the mart on Saturday there was a good entry of pigs. Wcaners made from lis to 13s. two to three months old pigs Us to IDs, stores £1 2s Od to £1 ss, sows in pig £2 2s fid to £4 ss. AUCKLAND.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— Horses: On Friday at the Durham yards heavy draughts sold at from £2O 5s to £34, medium do. £lB to £3l, hacks and light harness horses £5 56 to £2O.

At Panakura on Wednesday dairy cows sold at from £5 15s to £9 12s 6d, heifers £4 7s 6d to £7 12a 6d, other sorts £2 15s to £5 15s, empty cows £2 to £3 lis, grown steers £5 10s to £0 ss, two to three-year-old do., £3 8a to £5 ss, yearlings' £1 lis to £2 lis, calves 18s to £1 13s, beef at Newmarket rates.

On Thursday wo held a sale of live and dead stock on account of Mr. J. Jolly, Patumahoo. Dairy cows sold at from £5 10s to £lO, heifers £4 15s to £.7 15s, horses £26 to £35. Cattle: At the Nownuirkct yards on Tuesday dairy cows sold at from £3 10a to £7 15s, empty cows £2 2s to £3 Is, calves 18s to £2 7s. Beef was penned in average quantitie* and sold at last week's rates. Oxen sold up to 21s per 1001b, and cows 17a to 10s. Steers sold at from £6 16s to £lO 12s Od, cows £3 10s to £7 ss.

Sheep: The Newmarket yards .were well filled on Tuesday. Wethers sold at from 13s to 19s, «wcs 10s 6d to 18s Od, hoggets 10s 6d to 14s spring lambs 12s Od to 17s.

Pigs: Porkers sold at from £1 Is to £2 4s, wcaners 10s 6d to 14s 9d, baconers £2 12s to £3 Is.

On Monday wo hold a special dairy sale at Puke'kohc, and yarded 280 cows and heifers. Cows close to profit sold at from £6 5s to £lO ss, 'backward springers £4 to £6, heifers close to profit £5 10s to £lO 17s Bd, others £3 10s to £5 10s, bulls £3 to £5 10s.

Hides: Market firm. We quoteExtra stout ox 7d to 7%d, stout do. fi%d to «%d, medium do. 6'/ 4 d to 6y B d, light do. 5%d to 5%d"; cows', best lines 5 1 / a d to 5%d, good 5%<1 to 5%d, scored i'M to 4%d; kips 5d to 5%d, calfsktnti 6%d to 7d, stags' 4d to iffi, damaged hides 3d to 3%d. Sheepskins: Market 'brisk. Best butchers', large to Os 6d, good lines 5s 3d to 5s 7d, medium 4s to 4s 6d, small 3s to 3s Odi country dry skins, large to ss, medium 3s 9d to 4s 3d, small Is 6d to. 3s. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed to 24s fid, good 22s 6d to 23s 3d, inferior 19s to 21s 6d, rough fat iy s d to l%d per lb. Cowtails Is 83 per dozen, bones '£4 17s od, horsehair Is to Is sd.

| XDDINGTON. 'At the lAddington live stock market on Wednesday there was a short market of nearly all classes of stock, and a small attendance. The range of prices was:— Prime wethers 17s to 20s, lighter 14s to 10s Od, owes Iss to 17s 6d, merino wethers 13s lid to 17s, hoggets 9s to

t There were 210 head of fat catth . offered, mostly of good and prime t quality sorts. Steers made £8 5s tc ■ £l2 15s, heifers £4 12s 6d to £9 10s ; cows £4 5s to £9 7s 6d. The prices ; wore equal to 20s Od to 22s 6d for prime 18s 6d to 20s for medium, and 16s 6d ■ to 18s for cow and inferior beef per 1001b. / mixed yarding of veal calves sold 4it 4s 6d to 555, and four large suckers to £4. Yearlings made 33s to 355, fifteen and eighteen months £2 2s to £2 15s, two-year steers £3 12s to £3 15s, two-year heifers £3 to £3 18s, two and a-half year steers £4 ss, three, year heifers £4 ss, three and four year steers £5 Us to S5 17$, and dry cows 20s to £3 17s Od. Dairy fows sold woll, prices ranging from £3 10s to £8 15s. There was a medium entry of pigs of all classes, and there was good demand, especially for weaners and stores. Choppers sold up to '£s 14s, the top price being obtained for a very large Tarnworth. Heavy baconers made 54s to I 645, lighter 45s to 53s—equal to 4%d j per lb; large porkers 40s to 445, lighter , I 34s 6d to 39s—equal to 5%d to 6 s / 4 d per lb; largo stores 34s to 375, smaller 28s to 33e, weaners I2s Od "to 21s.