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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 295, 22 January 1910, Page 2

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LIVE STOCK SALES. NEWTON KINGS REPORT. At the llaynuirket on &a,i.uruay uufew pigs were penned. YVeancrs maue 0s to lis Od, stores i 7* to 2ls, horses £5 to £0 ss. At Kahotu on Tuesday there was a small yarding, but nearly everything sold at the naiumer. Yearling neiiers made 345, 15-moiitiis steers £2 14s, store cows £2 2s 1 to £3, forward cows ■£3 l'ss, fat cows £5 Bs, springing heifers £4 12s Od, bulls £1 19s to Jl10s.

At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a fair yarding of cattle. Weaners made 21s to 23s Od, yearling Heifers -ti 18s Od to £2 Is', do. Jersey strain £2 os, 15-months heifers £2 5s Od to £2 it od, 18-montlis heifers £2 15s, store •cows £2 10s to £2 14s Od, torwa.,. cows £3 14s to £3 lis 6d, fat c, ■ £4 14s to £5 os', springing neiiers £3 15s to £4) 10s, bulls £4 to £4 2s. VICKEKS AND SI'EVENS' REPORT. Messrs \ ickers and Stevens report that mere was a fair yarding of catue m iktir nrgiewood yarus oa vieunesu../ last. Bidding was good aim. neany everything was sold at the hammer as follows: —15- to is-montlis stecis .-v.Is Od to £2 lus, in call neiiers £2 ids t« £3, store cows £2 to £3 os, fat fcows £4 6s to £4 .12s, ipruigei'a' jl<j to (£5 os, woody lambs 9s iuu.

ADDINGTON. At Addington yards on Wednesday there was a ianly large yarding or s w ... and a good attendance. Ineie was a larger entry of store ohecp man .«»- week. \\ ethers showed an improvement in valued oi Od per iieau, an a in cases more. Lambs also soid well anu at improved rates. Forward 4 and 0tooth wethers' made 12s to 12s' 9d, 2 and 4-tooths lis Od to 12s 7d, 2-tootiis goou to forward lite Od to lis 9d, low-condi-tioned 9s Od to 10s Od, anu ijiiurior anu culls hs to 9s 3d, rape lambs 9s 3d to ltts Od, the latter price being for a very forward line; 0 and 8-tooth ewes 12s du, and broken-mouth lots us 9d upwards.

The yarding of lat lambs totalled 5450. I'rices were firmer by several pe»icc per head, file bulk of the yarding changing hands at 12s to 13s. A tew extra pens sold at 13s Id to 13s 7d, and light lambs made 10s to lis 9d.

There was a large entry of fat sheep. The range of prices was': Prime wethers 14s Od to 17s 4d, lighter 13s 4d to lis 3d, prime ewes lis od to 13s sd, extra to 15s Id, otliers 8s 4d to lis. The of 'beet to taded 200 head ot iair average quality. Steers made £0 15s to £9 2s Od, heifers £5 os to £8 7a Od, and cows £4. to x 7 lus—equal to 19s to 21s Od for prime, 18s Od to 19s Od for medium, and 17s to 18s for cow and inferior beef per 1001b. Veal calves made 4s 6d to oOs, according to size and quality. There was good demand for store cattle, yearlings making 32s to 34s 15 to 18-months £2 Is to £2 19s, 2-year steers £3 14s, 2-year heifers £3 2s to £3 ss, 3-year steers £5 to £5 2s Ou, 3-year heifers; £4, and dry cows 30s to £4 10s; dairy cows sold at £3 10s to £8 2s Od.

There was a medium entry of pigs, which met with rather better denianu than last week. Heavy baconers made 42s to 48s, and lighter 35ti to 40s—>

to V/od to 3%u per lb; large porkers 28s to 30s, and lighter 24s to 27s—equal to 4'/od to 4%d per lb; large stores 28s, smaller 18s to 245, and weaners 10s 0d to 15s. DUNEDIN. At Burnside stock market 210 head oi cattle were forward, making a large yarding of fair quality, including a fewpens' of heavy bullocks. Prices were well maintained, especially for well-fin-ished bullocks and heifers. Best bullocks £0 to £lO, extra to £lO 7s ou, medium £7 10s to £9; best heifers to £.7 10s, lighter £5 os to £0 10s. H'at sneep.—lU(S penned, nicludiucr a a large proportion of prime wethers and •wes. The entry was' insufficient for butchers' requirements, and prices were firmer by Is Od per head. Best wethers 14s Od to 10s Od, extra to 17s 9d, medium 12s Od to 14s; best ewes 12s to 13s, extra to 15s Od medium lis' to I 12s, others 9.* to 10s. Fat Lambs.—o9o penned, the quality all round being good. Butchers held a number of lambs from last week's big yarding, and prices did not show much advancement. Best 8s Od to 10s Od, extra to 12s Gd, medium 7s to Sa. Pigs—There was a large yarding, with j the result that the market was glutted and prices snidl. Suckers 5s to Bs, slips 13s to 10s, stores 20s to 25=', porkers and baconers 33s to 30s, light baconei's 38s j to 435, heavy baconers 44s to 48s.

LONDON WOOL SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 18th instant:—"There was a full attendance at the opening of the sales to-duy, competition by Home, Continental, and American buyers' being active. Tne opening catalogues were fairly representative. As compared with last sales' closing rates prices are about 10 per cent, higher for medium and coarse greasy erossbreds, aad about 5 per cent, to V/-i per cent, hijjher for crossbred slipe. The market for merinos and line erossbreds is very firm."

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: At our Martun sale on Tuesday, lStii January, we had a very good yarding o: sheep and a fair entry of tattle. Owing to the good rains and the advance in the price uf fats, all classes of sheep sold readily at advanced rates. Cattle also met a ready sale. Quotations: Cull lambs 3s (id to 4s lid. small lambs to 3s' 3d, rape lambs (is 3d to (is lid, woolly rape lambs to Us -Id, mixed age hairbred ewes 7s Id, mixed age ewes 7s 11(1. small 4 and (i-tooth ewes .12s, forward ewes 7s (id, mixed 2-tootiis l()s j 2-tooth wethers t)s 3d, 4-tooth wethers lis.. Cattle: 18-months heifers C2 IDs 13 to IS-months steers JJ3 3s (jd,. mixed weancrs 18s, light fat cows .14, bulls to .C 3 !)s, dairy cows :C4, M 5, :CG 15s, fir i' 7 ids, springing heifers X 5 12s (id, forward cows X.'l I2s lid. Weaner pigs' 14s (id to His (id. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Mastertoa stock sale, held this week, as follow.-;:-—We submitted a yarding of some 4000 sheep to a large, attendance of buyers. Bidding at the start of the sale was not animated, but improved towards the cud, and we have to report aa .almost tot a I clearance at prices slightly in excess of those ruling at late sales. The few ] cattle yarded sold readily at full market j rates. We quote— Sheep: 4-tooth wethers

IDs lid to lis -Ui, 2-tuoth wethers 10s to 10s Od, inferior wethers 7s' lOd to 8s lid; 'black-face rape lambs 7s 4d, 7s 9d, to Bs, loug-wooied iambs 5s to 7s 4J, cull lambs 3s 2d; store ewes lis'. Cattle: Bullocks £5 10s to £7 2s, 2 1 / £>-ycar steers £4 ss, fat cows £4 7s 0(1,, cows in milk £(!, calves 10s

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report having held i heir opening stock sale at Paluut.umi on Tuesday. A large entry came to hand, 1000 in all, consisting mostly of breeding ewes and wethers. The attendance of buyers was very good, and bidding was brisk. The firm cleared nearly everything at the followin rates: Good forward 4-tooth wethers 10s lOd, 2-tooth wethers and ewes (mixed) 10s (id, fresh full-mouth ewes tin to Bs, woolly rape lambs Vs tin to 7s 3d, cull lambs 2s Od to 4s 3d. 'I hey also sold privately a line of fat and forward 3-year-old steers at £(i 10s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale, held on Wednesday,' as follows: We ottered a heavy yarding of prime sheep and bullocks to a good attendance of buyers. Competition was good, and everything offered was sold under the hammer, wethers and lambs being firmer than was the case at last sale. Best bullocks £8 12s Od to £8 17s Od. lighter £8 2s Od to £8 ss, light £7 10s' to £7 17s Od; prime wethers 15s, medium wethers 12s 2d to 12s (id, plain wethers lis 7d, merino /wethers 10s (id: good ewes 10s Od to 10s lid, plain 9s 3d to 9s 7d, extra prime lambs 12s Bd, good lambs 10& 3d to 10s 9d, shorn lambs 9s 2d.