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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 233, 6 November 1909, Page 1

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LIVE STOCK iIAKKKT. VICKERS AXD STEVENS' REPORT. There was a full yarding of cattle in Cur Inglew'ood yards on Wednesday. Kidding wa* not so good as last sate, i*.nd several lots were passed in. Yearlings made from .Cl Us to £-2 Is, 15months hijfcrs .Cl 17s to £2 7*, empty iudfer> £2 llJs to £3 2s Od, store cows £1 15s to £3 Us, fat eows £4 ih to C 5 2s (id. springers £3 2s Od to £3 13s, l.ulls C2 5s to £4 15s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have re-u-i\ed the following cablegram from their London house, under yesterdays date:—Tallow.—We quote present spot values, for the following ; liiiml mutton 34s lid, good beef 33s (id, mixed 32s 3d per cwt. Market liriii. Wool.—As compared with last sales' 'lo-ing rates, prices are lower about o pei cent, to V/u pi' l ' cent, for merino, »:id ah'»ut the same for crossbred.

WAXGAXI'L Mcs-r*. Dalgety and Co. report:—At our Wanganui *ale oil Wednesday a l.eavv carding of SOD cattle and GOO sheep came forward, and there was a irood attendance. Price*, it* anything, .vcro eii-icr. but we made a satisfactory i'learanee. only a few pens going out unsold. Quotations: —Mixed fat and forward "du-cp lOS (id, fat shorn wctUor.s Us (Od. fat shorn ewes 10s 4d, mixed-age .'wes and lamb- 17* Od. cull do. 12s Od. drv rwes 7s 3d to Ms. forward 3-year ♦•.leers C 5. C"> Is. to C"> (V. V/» to 4-vear *torn bullocks t!"> Is, 3-year store bullocks £4 lis tn 1)4 1(1-; (id, rough do. £4 to £4 3s, good 2 to 2 , /i i -ycar steers £4 4s. 2-yc.ir steers C 3, C 3 3s Gd, £3 fid. to £3 17s (id, yearling steers £2 fi» lo Cl Ids. rough do. 30s to C2, forward empty heifers C\ 10s. empty heifers C2 5s to C 3 0> (id, small yearling heifers Cl 3* Gd to Ci 17s (id. mixed vearlings (small) 20s to 20s fid, -fore cows .€2 Is, £2 10?, £3, to £3 10s fid, spoyod heifers €2 18s to C2 i'»« •id. spring cows £4 10fi to £5 109, springing heifer.* C 3 "is to ,C 4 l<u :cifers calved £4 17s Gd, light fat COW 3 ■C i 9s, hulls £2 to £2 10s, stags £2 "s.

JOHN SOX V ITjLTS. IVrcssrs. Abraham and William?, Ltd., report on their Johnsonvillc sale, hoiil on Wpiliuvsday, as follows:—We ottered a good yarding of prime <sheep and cattle, -vhioli sold readily at late rates. Best bullocks £9 to CO 2* fid—equal to 21s (id per 1001b; good shorn wethers 13s 4'} to 13s 7d, prime shorn ewes 13s to 13s 7d, good ewes 12s 7d, prime woolly wethers 19s 7d, medium 18s, medium woolly ewes 15s (Id, plain 14s Gd. A I'cavy yarding of lambs realised for prime lis, good 10s 3d to 10s sd, otlrrs i Ds lid to 10s. i I ADDIXGTOY STOCK SALE. Chris'tehnrch, Wednesday. At Addington yards to-dav there was a double sale, and the entry was consequently considerably larger than that of last week, 'ihere was a large attendance fit' buyer*, and bidding was brisk I for most l'me«. I The entry of store sheep represented all classes. Competition was' brisk for all forward sheep. shorn and unshorn wethers, mid Ihe few pens of hoggets lo hand. These classes showed an improvement of from Hd to 9d per head. For ewes and iamb- there wa- fair demand, and most of the lots were sold, hut price-; for these did not show the same advance a> oilier classes, forward wether- in I'he wool made Hi* Gd to 17>, Bd. shorn wethers 'M 1M to lis lid, exceptionally good wether hoggets 17s 3'i. shorn wether hoggets (small) sis Id, : ewes with lambs al fnot (all polluted) (>s to Sv Gd. cull wetlier hoggets (unshorn) at Ss I'd. There was n good eulry of fat sheep. Liite rates wen; well maintained. Prime wethers in wool IDs to 24s 9d, lighter I.ls l id to 183 Gd, prime shorn log to Irts lid, lighter 133 to 14s Gd. woolly" ewes 14s Id to 23.9 Id, shorn ewes' 13s to IGs Id, merino wethers 12a to lGs Gd. woolly hoggets Us 9d to 193. There was a yarding of 3GO fat cattle. principally steers. The price of steer beef showed a tlsc, being from l!»s to 24s per 1001b. Steers made £7 7-J (id to Cll. heifers £5 5s to £ 8 10s, cows £5 to £1) ss. There was a fair yarding of f«l calves, and prices ranged from 4s Gd to £3. There was a very large yarding of lambs. The prices ranged from 9s t» I.JS. There was' a good entry of fat pig>. and the demand was fairly strong. Choppers brought C2 10s to £3 Us. heavy baconers 50s to 02s, lighter 42s (id to .">IN (equal to 4'/.d to 4%d per lb), porkers 3."5s to 425, lighter 30s lo 37* (equal to 5d per lb).