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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 250, 27 November 1909, Page 6

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LIIVE STOCK MARKET. NEW J'ON KING'S REPORT. At the llaymarket on Saturday there was a good yarding of pigs, but prices realised were not as good as at previous' sales. Weaners made. 5s to 12s, stores 12s Od lo His Oil, porkers 21s to 28s, sows 27s to 325, horses ,C 3 2s (id and £5 ss. At Urcnui on Monday there was n good yarding, young cattle being in good demand and selling readily at the hammer. Yearling steers made 39s (Id to 50s), yearling heifers 34s to 4Ss, 12 to 15-months heifers £2 9s lo C2 10s, mixed yearlings £2 Bs, 2-year empty heifers '£2 17s to £3 2s (id, forward heifers £3 12s fid. store cows £2 Od to £2 15s, forward do. £3 5s Od. fat cows £4 Ss to £5 14s, 2-year steers C 3 lo .C 3 7s. springing heifers £4 to C 4 12s Od, springing cows £4 to £5, bulls £2 14s to £7.

At Rahotu on Tuesday mixed yearlings made 2tfs to ::(is. 15-months heifers (good quality) £2 14s, einptv heifers £2 10s to £3 Is, store cows' £2 15s, forward do. £3 17s, springing heiters £4 15s 1 to £fl, bulls £2 5s to £5. On the same day at Stratford 1 held my weekly springing heifer sale, when there was but a small yarding of cattle. Springing heifers made £4 to £l ; . springing cows £3 15s to .£5 12s fid.

At Stony Eivcr on Wednesday there was a good yarding. Bidding was brisk, and practically everything sold at the hammer. Yearling steers made 3-ls l-.u to 445, yearling heifers 33s to 37s lid. do. good quality £.2 10s, 18-months ,tcrsey strain £3 5s Od, 2-year empiy heifers £2 14s Od to £2 10s, store cows £2 13s to £3 2s Od, forward cows Vi 3s Od to £3 15s, fat cons £4 Bs, bulls £2 10s to £3. Uairy cows springing ranged from £5 to £B, cows in minv ■£3 7s Od to £4 15s.

At Waiwakaiho on Thursday yearling heifers made 325, yearling steers (small I 30s, 2-j'i'aJr empty heifers £2 17s to £ . 2s', store cows £2 10s to £3 2s Od, forward cows £3 5s to £3 10s, fat cows £3 19s to £4 17s, 2-year steers .£3 ss, springing heifers £*J 12s Od to £O, springing cows £3 5s to £5 10s, btu.s £3 15a to £4 10s. ' WEIiSTLIt BROS.' KEPOIIT. Poultry.—-On Saturday last we had a large entry of good table liens, ducks, and goslings. Prices are still well maintained, and we would ask owners io send in now and not wait for the Christmas glut. Prices rilled as follows; - lieus, laying 2s Od, others 2s 2d to 2b sd; ducks 2s 4d to 2s 7d, ducklings Od to Is lOd according to age, cockerels 2s 4d to 2s Od, chicks ltd, geese 3s to 3s 3d each, guinea fowls 5s Od pair. ileal.—There wao' a good attendance of the public at our meal sales botli in the morning and afternoon. Prices remained about the same as previous week, as follows:—Lamb, 3s Od to 4s Od quarter. Mutton: Leg sd, loin 3d to 4d, forequarter 3d to 3 J / 3 d. Beef: Koast 2d to 2'/ a d, rump 2'/od to S'/jd, round 3d, rib 2Vt-d to 3y a d, sirloin 3'/ a d to 4'/ 2 d, corn l'/ 3 d lb.

Fruit.—Supplies are arriving heavier each week now, the shipments arriving last week being considerably in advance of former weeks. Prices are high at present for good fruit, especially hothouse. We quote: American apples 16s Ud to 17s; bananas, green 8s Ud to lis 3d case, ripe and ripening 2'/ 2 d lb; lemons, 2s Ud small case, 4s i)d large; gooseberries 3d and S'/jd lb, peanuts 2%d lb, pineapples 9s case repacked do. 10s Od, cucumbers 6s to 7s dozen; tomatoes, iirst Is lb, seconds lOd, thirds Sd and Od; new potatoes Id to l'/ 2 d lb, cocoanuls lis 3d sack, strawberries Is' 3'/ 2 d and Is 4d per lb -box, green peas Is 2d to Is 3d peck, asparagus 4s dozen, cabbages 4s 9d, lettuce 4s 9d, spring onions Is Ud small box, beetroot Is Oil to 2s' Od. " Furniture.—On Wednesday we held a sale in the mart on account of a lady leaving New Plymouth, when prices were in favor of the purchasers. VHJKERS AND STEVENS' REPORT. There was a good yarding of cattle in our Inglewood yards' on Wednesday, and nearly everything was sold as follows: Yearlings £.l 9s 6d to £1 17s Od, * curlings to 18-months £2 2s to £2 7s Oil. empty heifers £2 17s to £3 os, .stoic cows £2 5s to £3 15s, springers ,£3 His to £6 2s 6d, bulls £2 to ,£4 10s. PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs. E. Griffiths and Co. arc in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Mills and Sparrow dated Bth October, 1900:- . BUTTER. The weather has again been unsettled, and tho temperature has been very changeable. All finest goods have met with a ready sale, hut the trade has continued slow on secondary, and some bright cold weather is l now wanted to give an improvement to these kinds. Danish:-The quotation has been raised three kroncrs. The Northern markets have been very strong, and at the moment the Danes have matters practically all their own way, as there is nothing quite fine enough on the market to take the place of Danish butter, with the result that buyers have to pay the prcc demanded.

Irish: There is very little coining now that can be called finest, and buyers are gradually dropping off. French: Trade is fairly satisfactory, the supply and demand l)eiii}r about level. Siberian: Arrivals this) week lnl.il about the same as last, but a fair proportion are butters that have been belli in eold store the other side, and arc mostly of a secondary character. Tin?

is having the effect of keeping the market slow on these grades, but the position is far healthier than last year, when the ;e told stored butters were not shipped out until very much later, which had a depressing effect on the market Australian: Tile butters ex s.s. Orsova arrived this week in good order, and the few fresh made cleared immediately on landing, but the stored goods have hung lire. The demand continues to run on liuest quality only, and buyers seem to be clearing up any odd lots that they have in store, in order to prepare for the larger arrivals that will be coming. This augurs well for the future, and no doubt we shall have a healthy market, and we shall get a chance to dear up the stored lrts a little later on. New Zealand: The s.s. Tongariro docked vestcrdav, and some, of her butter is oil the market to-day. They are mostly stored goods, and the quality, with the exception of one or two small lots, is only fair, there being a large proportion of second-grade butter.

Lu-.-jIN. At Burnside stock market only 'l3O head of fat cattle were yarded. The quality and weight, with the exception of a few extra good bullocks', were only medium. Prices opened at about last week's rates, but after a few pens were sold the competition became keener, and prices advanced 10s per head. Best billlokcs £0 to £lO, extra .CM as, medium £7 10s to £B, inferior Cll to .Cli 15s: best cows and heifers £0 to £7, extra .CS 12s Od, medium .Co to £5 10s, inferior £4 os to £4 10s. Fat Sheep: 2203 penned. On account of the .small attendance or butchers coinpetition was poor, and prices eased 2s per head. Best wethers 21s to 235, extra 27s (id (shorn 14s (Id to 15s !)d), medium 18s to 19s (shorn 13s to 13s Oil), inferior 15s to Ills (shorn lis) to Pis lid); best ewes IBs to 22s (shorn 13s to Lis Gd), medium 15s to 10s (shorn lis to 12s) inferior 13s to 14s (shorn lis to 10s). Lambs': u'OO yarded. The yarding was the largest of the season, and prices were considerably below last week's. Best quality lambs suffered to the extent of 2s per head, and those of medium and inferior quality showed a decline ot from 3s to Is on last week's rates. Best quality lambs from 10s' to 17s Od, good I average quality 12s to 13s Od, light and I unfinished sorts Os to 10s Od.

Pigs: 120 yarded. Prices for young pigs equalled those obtained last sale day, and porkers and baconers, which were only in moderate supply, were barely op to last week's. Suckers 13s to 15s, slips His (id to 20s, stores 23s to 28s, porkers 33s to 38s, light baconers 40s to 445, heavy 45s to 58s.

ADDINGTON. At the Addington live stock market there was it fairly large attendance ol dealers and farmers. Store Sheep. Prices on the whole showed that the lots offered were needed, for competition was distinctly keen. Every lot changed hands at a satisfactory adranec, approximately to Is, and in some eases Is Od, more than last rates' quokd. Prices obtained were as follow:—Shorn 2-tooth ewes 12s Od to Pis lid; 4-tuolh wethers, shorn, in forward condition, 13s Od; 2-tooth halfbred wether hoggets in the wool 14s Od, shorn ewe hoggets 13s 4d.

The entry of fat lambs totalled 5;>S, or a little over 2011 fewer than last week. The range of prices was from 9s Od to 15s and one extra pen to las) 4d.

The yarding of fat slieop was smaller than last week, Uii! hulk being good to prime wethers, and nearly all sheep were shorn. The range of prices was: Woolly wethers -20s, prime shorn wethers 15< to 17s 3d, lighter I.ls Gil to 14s Od; woollv ewes 17s 3d to 20s, prime shorn ewes 14s to 1.3s 7(1, others !ls lid to 13s Od: woollv merino wethers 17s 7<l to 18s 3d. There was a fair entry of store cattle iinl a 20011 demand. Yearlings made 17s to -ills, 15 to 18-inontlis 40s to ,10s, 2ycar Jteer- £3 13s Ud io .C 4. 2-year heifers £3 2s to £3 2s Od. 3-year steers £4 Ills to £5 4s lid, 3-ye'ar heifers i'l Its. and div rows 45s to £4 2s. Dairv cows made .£4 to ,C 8 as, and extra to ,t!l ss.

The yarding of fat cattle was a it ■. V:ile one. approximating 244 head. Sic. rs realised £li 15s to £lO. extra good to £lO, heifers £5 5s to £7 15s. cows £4 lis (id to £0 17s 6d, and two of cvtra quality £S 2s Od and '£B 13s aespecliveh. Hist steer beet realised 21s to 235, medium 18s to 20s Od, and row and inferior His 0(1 to 17s Gd per lOOlli. Veal calves hold at 4s lid to 00-.

The yarding of fat pigs was beyond requhvnients, and the sale was dull, willi weaker prices. Choppers sold up to £3 ss, heavy baconers 45s' to 50s. and lighter 30s 'to 42s—equal to 4(1 to 4>/,d per lb; large porkers 34s to 37s Gd. and lighter 30s to 32s—equal to 4M.il to 4y,d 'per lb. Stores were ill large supply, and were also dull of sale, large

-dls unking 24s (~ 28s, medium ISs to 235. large vreiiiicrs 15S to 245, and small 7s Od to Ills Od.