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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 210, 9 October 1909, Page 6

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AUSTRALIAN .MARKETS, By Cable.—Press Assneiatio^.—Co'jyrigh: Svdnev, October 7. Wheat, -In 8.1 to 'is !)'/,d. Kl.i ill r, til. Oats—Algerian, Is llil to 2s Id; I'a<maniau, ->s .id to 2s Od. liarlev—Cape, Us to lis 3d. Maize, lis 3d to 3s lid. Bran, C 4 los. l'ollar, £.O. Potatoes, nominal. Onions—Victorian, C 0 to £7. Butter, 104s. Cheese, s'/ 2 ,l to Od. liaeou, 7 '/.d to Bd. Melbourne, October 7. Wheat, -Is 11 Vid. Flour, .-CIO ss. Oats—Algerian milling, Is 10d; feeding, to Is 811. Barky—English malting, 3s 9d; Cape, 2s Kcl; feeding, 2s 3d. Maize, 3s 4'/od, Brail, 10'/ a d. Pollard, Is. Onions, £0 10s 7d. Potatoes, £3 to ,t'3 10s. Hide sale's. —The supplies are moderate, and there is a keen ,le >i '.ml. Prices are a little firmer. Adelaide, October 7. Wheat. 4s ti'/;,d. Flour, .till. Bran, lid. Pollard, is. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

At the Ilayniiirket 011 Saturday there was a big yarding of pigs, with good dc. man,l. Weaners made 8s Od to lis, store pigs 14s to 10s, forward stores C 1 2s 0d to CI ss, calves 3s lid to 4s lid, horse C 3 2s fid, buggy C 8 os. At Stratford on Tuesday, owing k tlie very wet weather, there was only a very moderate yarding of cattle. The •'without reserve" bullocks attracted buyers from all round the district, and were well competed for, as were most of the other lines, practically everything being sold at the hammer. Yearling heifers made 32s Od to 30s, year'iig

steers £2 0» Od, empty heifers £2 12s 6d to £2 16s 6d, 18-month to 2-year steers £2 13s, 2 to 2'/ 2 -ycar steers £3 12s Od, 3-ycar steers £4 4s, 3 to 4-year bullocks £5 6s fid to £5 7s, 4 to 5-year do. £5 14s, store cows £2 10s to £2 lUs Od, forward cows £3 (is, fat do. £4, working bullocks £lB per pair. On the same day there was « fair yarding of dairy cattle. Springing heifers close up, good sorts, made £5 Ills to X' 7 15s, ordinary do. £4 15s to £."> ss, backward do. £3 to £3 158, springing cows £4 5s to £7 ss. On Wednesday I held a clearing sale at Oniata on account of Mr. 0. Emery. There was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was keen throughout. Dairy cows close up made £6 to £8 15s, backward £3 15s to £5 15s, springing heifers £4 10s, backward do. £3 ss, empty do. C2 ltis to £3 3s, yearling heifers (Jersey strain) £2 7e, spring trap £l4 10s,'spring dray £8 15s, mate £24. Sundries sold at lisual rates. On account of other vendors, springing heifers £O, purebred Shropshire ewes and lambs 31s, gelding £B, hulls £1 12s fid. VICKERS & STEVENS' REPORT. | There was a good entry of stock in our Ingle wood yards on Wednesday last, the majority being dairy cattle, which were in good demand. Yearlings to 15mhihlln made £1 15s to £2 2s, empty heifers £2 13s to I'll 2s, store cows £2 to CM 4s, springing cows .C 3 10s to £1 17s (id, backward springing heifers £3 5s to £4 10s, good forward do. £'i to £0 15s.

masterthn. Dalgety and (,'o. report:-- We offered a real good' yarding of rattle. There wnfi a good representation of buvvrs from all over the district, and bidding throughout was spirited. The entry came forward well over advertised numbers, and we had practically a total clearance. Ewes with lambs Us Id, fat wethers to 15s, fat ewes lis Od to 14s, 4-yenr steera £5 15s, 3-year steers ,C 5 3s, backward 3-, year steers £4 15s, 2year steers £3 17s, 2 , /o-year steers .CI lis, 18-month steers £2 14s to £2 17e, fat 3-year steers £6 tis, forward 3-year steers £5 2s, springing heifers X' 3 7s to £4 IGs, empty heifers £3 5s to £4 lis,

WANGANTJI. Dalgoty and Co. report:—'We had a medium entry of sheep and a good entry of rattle. There was .1 good attendance, and we had a successful sale, practically a total clearance being made under the hummer. Cattle sold at improved rates. Mixed age forward wethers 13s 10(1 to 14s, medium mixed hoggets 12« Od, good 4 and 5-vear store bullocks £0 Is,"forward 3 and 4-year bullocks £G, heavy fat bullocks £9 4s Gd, 3-vear store bullous £4 17s, 2-year steel's £3 4s to £3 st> (id, yearling steers (rough) £2, 3yi'ar storo heifers £3, 2-year store lH'ifcrs (poor condition) £2 'to £2 18s, .springing cows £lj 17s Gd to £7 2s GJ, springing heifers £4 10s to £G, cows in milk £4 10s to £4 11k Gd, backward heifer* £2 15s, stags £3 Cs to £3 3s, mixed wcaners £1 its.

AUCKLAND. Tin- Xcw Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report: Uors.'s: On 'Friday, at the Durha-n yard#, heavy draughts sold at from C? 7 10s to L3!l. medium do. -C2O 10s to £3l. A draft of medium unbroken draught colts and fillies from Motiti Island brought from CI I) ,j>: to CM, light do. ■C,} IDs to ,CIG. hacks .C 8 10s to CI", weeds and ponies lOs to .£(>. The bay horse Kxcalibur realised 35 guineas. Ou Wednesday we held a clearing sal a of live and dead stock on account of Mr. Thomas Jenkins. Puni, Vukekoh-J. Dairy tow* made from £3 10s lo C 7 15s, empty cows £2 2s to £3 4s, horse* £lO to £25 15s.

Cattle: Cattle were yarded in full | numbers at the Newmarket yards on j Tuesday. Dairy cows sold at "from £4 I 10s to .CS 15s, empty cows .C2 to £3 2s (id, calves 17s to £i 18s. Tiieie was a full yarding of beef, which so,d I under keen competition at improved t rates. Oxen sold to 22s per 1001b. an! | cows from ISs to 20*. Steer* sold a' I from t'li 10s to £0 17s od, cows £4 5s to £7. the fat cattle were of nL*<j i (jiiality. but lighter weights. : S,KT I ,: Sheep were yarded in average numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday, and advanced in prices from 2s to 3s ,icr h ad. Wethers sold at from 14* !)d to £1 Is od. ewes 12s yd to 18s fid, shorn wethers Ss !)r| (o I lis 3d, do. ewes 8s to l-l> Jd. bunbs. which were in full 6up--1 j-oM at advanced rates, from 10s Dd to los !)i] ln>in<i realised. I'ij/s: I'orkcrs s old at from 18s 9d to U lis. wcaners 3, Cd to IJ 6 9d, baconer Ci i* to ,c:j Is. On .Saturday, at Clevcdon, dairy cows sold at iron, a los to £7 2s (Id, do liciln's CI ,1-. to C 7, empty tows ,C2 2i t" C! KM. c.ilves l.ls to '.CI 17s venrl»Ws 11 1;!< ,o C2 7s (id. 2 to ii-'vea old eevs C 3 Ills to C.">. At the -ne.ial dsiirv -ale at l'apiiku.a on HondaV cows close to profit sold at 1r.,111 IV) IDs to C,s Us. heifers do. C.i lo CS .y. backward cows £3 os to t(i 111;. In-ifcr, do. C2 12s (id to £o ,r, ■ - 1 " 4 to C " " s U ''> ."-'"''ling bulls t-2 l.i, to C.j. Hide.-: ilarket brisk. We quote—Extra slmit ox z'/jil to 7%c1. stout do. C'/.d lo Ml, niediuin do. a%d lo o'/ s d, light do. 5%d to 'idj eows', beat lines U, u'ji'l.jrood j'/|d to 5%d, scored 4%d to <>d; kips J'/ S il to (ill. calfskins (i'/»d to 8d Sheepskins: Market brisk. Best butciicrs skins, large to Os (id, good lin's •V 3d to as !ld, nicdiiim 4s lid to 4s 10d smuli as to 3s Ud.

ADDINCTON. At the Addington live stock market oil \\ ednesdav there were moderate entries of stock and a good attendance. 1 1 lie Aiii'diug of store sheep was larger than of late. Crossbred hoggets of mixed scxiv and good quality nmdc 14s Od to lj-, Id, Imlfbred ewe hoggets (small and shorn) 13s 3d, wether "hoggets lis to lis od, fair crossbred c.ve hiijigets l is 3,1, cull halfbrcd wether hoggets 8s (id; forward wethers made 10s J 2d, aged crossbred ewes with lambs Ss Id (all rounled), and aged merino ewes 111 lamb Ss 4d.

there were 230 fat lauibs penned, and I hey sold well, the average prices being 14s to 15s Od, best lambs 14s Od to 17s 3d, and lighter lis Id to 14s.

Fat Sheep: The range of prices was— Prime wet hers Uls to 225. light Ids Sd to ISs 7d. ewes 14s 8d to 17s 4d, hoggets I2s lid to 15s Id, merino wethers 12s 3d to 17s, merino ~\ves 10s Od to I:2s 2d. Kit Cattle: Steers made £1 fid t 0 CIO 7» I'll, heifers Co 7s Od to .CD Is Od, cows ,f| 17s 11,1 to C 7 17s od--equal W 2IU to 22s for prime. JSs to 1!)« t;.| for medium, and 17s to 17s 0,1 for eow and inferior b:ef per llKllb. There >va? a full yarding of veal calves, and they .-old at l> Od to 50 s. and a few extra up to C 3 17s. Store cattle were in good demand, and sold at an advance of 10s to Lis per head, as compared with the previous week. \curlings made 355, 1,3 to 18"lontlis C2 10s, 2-year steers £3 10s to ,t*3 13.5, 2-year heifers £3 to ,C 3 55,, 3-y ear steers os to .CO ss, 3-year heifers C 4 17s Od, and dry cows 20s to £-3 10s. lhiry cows, which were inostlv poor sorts, sold at from 20s to ,C 7 15s.' there was a short yarding of pigs, and in consequence there was a better sale than last week. Choppers sold up to C 4 ss. heavy iiaconers 55s to 00s, lighter 47s od-to 52s Od—equal to 4%d to oil per lb; heavy porkers 37s Od to' 455, lighter 32s Od to 37s—equal to 5%d per lb. Stores sold well, large sorts realising 30s to 30s, smaller 22s to 2Ss, large weaners 15s to 20s Od, and small 10s to 12s od. DUNEDIN. Th L . following is the weekly rop'ort of the Jiurnside stock market:—'

Sheep; 2321 yarded—a medium yardln8 i good quality, Best wethers ISs to 30s, extra to 235, medium 10s fld lo 17s fld. inferior 14s Od to ISs fid; best owes 10s, medium 13e Od to 14s Gd. Lambs: 49 of the new season's lambs were penned. The sale was brisk, prices running from 13s 9d to 245. Cattle: 214 yarded—a large entry of average quality eattle. Best bullocks £"> 5 s i extra to £ll, medium £7 1,3s to ,C 8 10s, inferior' £G 10s iu £8 15s; best, cows and heifers fo las to £li Ins, extra to £8 ss, medium £5 to .« 15s. inferior £4 to £4 15s. Tigs: 110 yarded. Young pigs were la keen demand, owing to the small number yarded, and went up from 2s to .Ss per head; suckers 17s to £l, slips 23s to 28s, stores 33s to 38s,