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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 267, 18 December 1909, Page 1

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LIVE STOCK AIARkKIK NEWTON lvL\(i\S REPOJiT. At the Haymarkei on featuntay but few pigs were pcmud, though good pi ices were l'CtiliseU. t-iore pigs made 13s to ISs, porkers 255, horses £1 10s. At Douglas on Monday there was a fair yarding of cattle. Yearling .steers made £2 5s to £2 5s Gd, 15-muuilis do, £2 15s, 2-year do. £3 4* lid, 2'/>-yeai do. £4, yearling heifers 3!ls (id, forward cows £3 10s lo £4, fat tows £4 IDs to £3 Os, forward bullocks £5 3s, fat do. £0 ss, bulls £3 to £3 10s (id. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a large entry of cattle, bidding was brisk, and good prices were realised. Bullocks were in strong demand, and sold readily at the hammer. Yearling steers' made £2 to £.2 18s Od, yearling lieifers £2 8s to £2 los, 18-montlis steers £2 15s to £2 18s Od, empty heifers £3 (is to £3 2s Od, do. Jersey strain £3 12s Od, store cows £2 to £3 0s Od, forward do. £3 13s Od to £4 os', fat cows £4 7s Od to £5 3s, 3-year bullocks £4 to £5 10s, working bullocks from £l2 to £25 10s per pair, bulls £2 3s Od to £4 10s.

On the same day at Stratford I held my springing heifer sale, when there was but a small yarding of dairy stock. Springing heifers made £4 5s to £G 2s 6d, backward do. £3 ss' to £3 IQs, springing cows £4 12s 6d to £B. VICKERS AND STEVENS' REPORT. There was only a moderate entry of cattle in our Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Store cattle were in good demand. yearlings to 10-months made from £1 8s to £2 6s, empty heifers £3 to £3 5s' f 3-year-old steers £4 12s 6d, old and backward store cows £2 to £2 10s, good stores £2 15s to £3 13s Oil, forward cows £4 10s to £4 16s, springers £3 10s to £5. At Tarata on Monday there was a fair yarding. Yearling' to 15-months heifers ma.de to £2 10s, yearling steers £1 18s to £2 5a 6d, springers £5 10s. ALDINGTON. Forward wethers showed no change in values, and there was also a good enquiry for medium sorts, but inferior wore duller of sale. Very- forward wethers made 12s Od to 15s Od, forward do. lis Od to 12s Gd, medium 2-tooths 10s Od to lis, and small and inferior 8s 7d to Us 6d. Mixed lines' of forward 2-tooths sold up to lis Od. There was B fair enquiry for 2-tootli ewes, a.ro„. those on offer sold at 13s to 18s Od, whilst one or two lots were withdrawn at slightly higher figures. Aged shorn ewes with lambs made 8s Bd, ewes in the wool with lambs Os 7d, 4-tooth ewes in low condition to lis 9d. Two thousand two hundred fat lambs were penned—the largest entry this season—but the quality was irregular. A few extra good lots" made 13s Od to 15s, good average quality lis 9d to 13s 4d, light and unfinished 9s to lis. Prices on the whole for finished lambs i were 6d to Od per head better than' those last week. Wethers, though easier, maintained their values fairly well. The range of prices was: Prime' wethers 13s 6d to 16s, lighter lis 13s; prime ewes lis 0d to 14s Oil, medium 9s to lis, others 6s to 8s lOd; merino wethers 8s lid to lis' 3d.

The supply of beef comprised 60 liead, and prices were easier by Gd per 1001b. Steers made £7 2s Gd to £lO 2s (id, heifers £o to £7 17s Gd (extra to £9 ss), cows £4 lis 9d to £7 10s. These rates were equal to 20s to 22s od per 1001b for prime, 17s Gd to 20s for medium, and 17s for cow and inferior beef. There was only a small yarding of store cattle, but what was offered was in good demand at improved prices. Calves made 15s to 18s, 15 to 18-montlis 39s to £2 15s, 2-year steers £3 13s to £3 19s, dry cows 3os to £4 13s. A line of aged cows made £a. sairy cowi sold at £3 10s to £8 7s Od, and extra to £9 17s.

There was a fair entry of pigs, and a very dull sale at last week's prices. Choppers sold at 535, heavy weaners 42s to 48s, and lighter 35s Od to 40e. The prices were equal to 3'/ 2 d to 3%d per lb. Large porkers 30s to 38s, lighter 24s to 28s—equal to 4%d to 4'/ 2 d per lb; large stores 24s to 28s, smaller 10s to 20s, small weaners 9s to 12s 6d, larger do. lus to 18s Od.

DUNEDIN. At Burnside stock market 240 head of fat cattle were yarded, consisting principally of average quality. The sale was dull, and prices were a shade easier than those ruling last week. Best bullocks £lO to £ll as, medium £7 10s to £8 10s, best heifers and cows to £7, medium £.5. Fat Sheep: 2702 penned, principally shorn, with a good proportion of ewes. Prices for prime quality were about equal to las't week's rates, but unfinished sorts and ewes showed a decline of about Is per head. Uest shorn wethers Ms Gd to IBs, medium 12s to 13s, best shorn owes lis Od to 12s Od, average quality 10s, best wool wethers 20s to 21s, ewes los to 17s fid. Lambs: 300 penned. The sale opened dull, but owing to the small yarding there was a sharp rise before the close. Best 14s to 15s, medium 10s to Ms, inferior from 7s. PigS: 105 yarded. There was a large number of young pigs, but the clas.s was not too good, and consequently prices were low. Porkers and bacone.'s were in good numbers, and prices were a shade firmer. Suckers 10s Oil to 13s. slips los to 18s, s'tores 20s to 235, porkers 33g to 38s, light haconers 40s to 41s and heavy baconers 45s to 50s.