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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 301, 29 January 1910, Page 3

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;.i:-Xii-.'X MALIK i-:iS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, January 27. At tlic woo! sale the Manuka clip so!.! up to -Mil, the average being 23 ! .:. d; Teviotdai... up to IV,U\. average 13"/ s d; Kaikaihi, up to 12d. average Ul%d. T ne sa ' c ' s uave ' )eeu postponed owing to fog. £Ol ds 9d; electrolytic £O2 15s. Tin—Three months £l4B ss. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydnev, Friday. Wheat. 4s 2d. ' - . Flour, £lO 10s. ' ; Oats—Tasmanian white 2s 7<l to 2s Sd, Algerian feeding 2s 2d to 2s 4d. Barley, Cape, 2s M to 3s. Maize, 4s 2d. Bran, £4 ss. Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £0 to £7. Onions, £4 10s. Butter, 90s to 935. Cheese, Od. ■ ;> S fl f ■'-■'■'sjBacon, Sd. " ''. Melbourne, Friday. Wheat, 4s 3d. Flonr, £lO ss. Oats', Algerian, 2s Id. Barley Prime English malting 4s, prime- Cape 2s 9d. Bran, £4 12s Od. Pollard, £5. Potatoes, £.3 to £3 ss. Onions, £2 10s to £3 10s. Hides Supplies moderate; competition keen; prices very firm.^ Adelaide, Friday. Wheat, 4s 3d. Flour, £9 15s. Oats, Algerian. Is 9d to Is 10d. Bran, 12'/,(U Pollard, 13y»d. WEBSTER. BROS.' REPORT. Mart,—At the mart on Saturday we ■hail our poultry pens well filled. Prices were a .-hade lower, as is to be expected at tills season of the year. Prices as under: Old hens Is to Is 3d, good young do. up to Is lOd. pullets in good demand up to 2s Od, and likely to advance. Chicks 4d to Od, ducklings Od to 9d, ducks Is Od to 2s, turkey gobblers (poor) 3s Od to 4s Od. Sundries in the mart sold at usual rates. Meat—The usual weekly meat sale was again well patronised, and prices ruled well in favor of buyers as follows.—Beef: Ribs 2d to 2y s d. prime to 3d, sirloin 3d to 4d, rougher roasts 2d, rump 2y 2 d to 3y,d. Lamb: Hindquarters 3s Od to 4s' 3d, forequarters 3s to 3s Od. Mutton: Forequarters 2d to 2V 3 "d, legs 3M;d to 4 1 / 3 d, loin 2>/ g d to 3V»d. Stock.—At our Omata yards we held our usual fortnightly sale, which was well attended, and there was a good entry. Prices as follows: Fat cows £4 to £4 2s, bulls £2 18,s to £3 lGs', springing heifers. £3 10s to £4, store cows £5 Is to £3 ss, steers £ Is to '£4 Bs. Fruit.—We have had a record week in this department as regards quantity, over 2200 boxes' of all classes of fruit having come forward and been disposed of during the week. Burbank plums have caused a glut, the market being quite overdone, and low prices ruling for them in consequence. Good fruit of all kinds still commands good prices. Plums: Burbanks Is 9d '.' 3s, Early Rivers 2s to 2s fid, Diamonds' 3s '■ o Is f»d, Ogons 2s to 2s fid, Satsumas 2s to 2s Id, Hattankias Is 9d to 2s Od, Botans 2s to 2s 3d, greengages (short supply) 3s ■9d to 4s Od, egg plums 2s to 2s 9d. Apples: Cookers 2s to 2s 9d, Irish peach 2s Gd to 2s 9d, Red Astrakhan 3s 9d to 4s Od, Quarandoii 2s Gd to 3s'. Pears 2s to 3s 3d: apricots, prime 7s Gd to 8s 3d, seconds 5s to 0s; nectarines 5s 10 7s Od, cucumbers 2s fid to 3s fid. Peaches': Prime 4y,d lb, firsts 0s to (is fid, seconds 4s Od to ss, thirds (poor) 2s 9d to 3s 3d. Tomatoes very plentiful: Nelson prime fls, seconds and overVine 3s to 3s Od, wet 2s to 2s fid; Auekluid 'omatoes Is 3d to 2s 9d. Lemons 10s 3d. raspberries (las't of season) fis to 7s bucket: grapes, Hamburg lOd to Is O'/.d lb, green Od to 9 1 /, d. ■i ■ ■ T.-ja LIVE STOCK SALES. VIiCKERS AND STEVENS' REPORT. There was a good yarding of cattle I iii our lnglewood yards on Wednesday. Bidding was good, and nearly everything "wan sold as follows:—15 to 18-moni:is ■steers £2 4s Od to £2 12s, empty heifers .' £2 5s to £2 15s, store cows £2 to .£3 12s, springers £3 10s to £4 10s, forward cows £4 o,i to £4 15s, bull.-' '£2 10s to £3 14s Od, woolly lambs ,8s sd, forward lambs 9s (id. lorward ewes 12s 3d. ADDiNGTOX. At Addington then' were fairly large entries aud a larg-- aitendan.-e. Store Sheep: A few lines of 2 and 4tooth ewes showed an upward tendency in values. Forward rape lambs made 10s to 10s od, medium 8s 9d to 9s 6d, others S»' to Ss 0-.1, and culls 0s to 7s 9d; forward well;■:■■> 12s to 14s, medium lis to lis Od. and small arnd low-conditioned lots 9s 04 upwards; 2-tooth ewes Us Gd to 15 Id. i-tooUis to 13s lOd, and Gtootlis and full-mouth to 12s Gd. There were 4757 fat lambs penned. Prices' ranged from 10s Od to 12s Od for light to average weight freezers, and 13s to 14s for heavier weights and tegs. There was a moderate yarding of fat sheep, and Avetliers were in good demand for freezing at firm rates, while ewes 'sold better in consequence of a shorter supply. The range of prices was: Prime wethers 15*' to 17s, others 12s lid to_ 14s 9d; prime ewes Us Od to 14s Gd ; | others 9s to lis. } The supply of beef totalled 187 head ot fair average quality. Steers made £7 5s to £9 ss, heifers £5 us to £7 | 10s, and cows '£s to £S ss—equal to i 20s to 22s for prime, 18s Od to 19s Gd for medium, and 17s to 18s for cow and inferior beef per 1001b. , Veal calves made 4s Gd to 50s, accord- I 'ing to size and condition. _ A moderate yarding -of store cattle met with fair demand at ratter better prices. Fifteen to 18-months sorts made I £2 Gs to £2 14s. 2-year steers £3 18s \ C«i to £4. 2-vear heifers £2 18s' to P ! £4 3s, and dry cows 30s to £4 12s Gd. 11 Good dairy cows were in keen demand, (■'prices ranging from £3 10s to £W t

There was a medium entry of pigs, fats showing some improvement, hut. stores were much in demand. Heavy lull-oners made 40s to 475, lighter :t:?s tu 3!)s (equal to 3%J per lb); large porkers IX)s to 325, lighter 2(is to 2S> .(equal to 4'/.d to 4%d per 1;>); medium stores ISs to 20s, small ISs to 17s (id, and baconers 10s (id to 14s (id. DUNEDIN. • At the Bumsidc stock market 219 |cad of tat cattle were yarded, iiie quality taken all round was good, but prices were slightly easier. Jiest (unlocks made £8 5s to £9 ss, extra to I'll) 15s, medium £7 10iS to £7 los, inferior £6 5s to £0 15s; best cows and heifers' £7 to £7 los, medium .Co 5s to £5 10s, inferior £4 to £4 10s. l'at Sheep: IGSI penned—a small yardting of good quality ewes and wethers, with a fair proportion of extra prime sheep. Competition was keen, and prices showed an advance on late rates. Best wethers los to 10s, extra to ISs fid, medium 13s to 14s 1 ; best ewes 13s to 14s, 'extra 15s, inferior 9s Oct to lis, medium lis Gd to 12s Gd. Lambs: 294 penned—a very small yarding, growers no doubt holding sup'plies back in anticipation o£ export buyers eommencinmg operations shortly. Best lis Od to 12s Gd, extra to 13s' 9d. inferior to 10s Gd. Pi"s: A medium yarding, numbering '133. °Prices for fats showed a slight increase on late rates. Suckers Gs to 10s, slips 12s to 15s 1 , stores 18s to 235, porkers 31s to 30s, light baconers 3Ss to 40s, heavy baconers 43s to 4Gs. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., reporting on their Wanganui sale on Wednesday, state tkat 2700 sheep and GO cattle 'were yarded, aud there was a good attendance of buyers. The firm cleared all but two pens of sheep at full market rates. Quotations:-Good fat ewes 10s Gd, fat and forward ewes 8s Sd, light fat wethers lis Sd, mixed fat and forward slieepDs, good s.m. ewes 9s to 9s Gd, medium do. 7s to 7s 7d, cull ewes 4s 3d to Gs 7d, small woolly lambs 7s' 2d, small shorn lambs 5s 2d to 5s 3d, cull lambs 3s kl to 4s Id, fat and forward cows 2s Gd to £4 3s, forward store cows £3 10s to £3 12s Gd, cows' and calves £3 lis to £3 13s Gd .yearling heifers £2 Bs, small mixed weaners 17s. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as fol.lows:—At our stole on Wednesday we .offered an exceptionally heavy yarding .of sheep, about 3300 of all sorts being penned, besides a good entry of prime ■bullocks. We experienced a good de'niand for both fat and store sheep, and everything offered was sold under the hammer, except a line of aged ewes. Breeding ewes were in strong dmand, and good lines made top prices. We 'quote: Prime bullocks', best £8 15s, -lighter £S to £8 7s Gd, light £7 17s Vid; prime wethers 13s 3d to 13s Gd, lighter 12s Cd to 12s 7d; prime heavy ewes 13s Id, medium ewes lis 2d to lis 4d; prime shorn lambs 10s to 10s 4d, \voolly lis lOd, plain shorn 7s Gd; on account of Messrs. Bryant Bros, a g»od Jine of f.m. ewes made lis 6d; and on account of Mr, S. Bryant a line of 4tooth to f.f.m. ewes were sold at 12s 3d; 'other lines realised as follows: Forward wethers Us to lis sd, 2-tooth wethers' 9s 9d to 10s 3d, 4, 6, and f.f.m. ewes lis sd, f.f.m. ewes 9s to Td, f-m. ewes. 8s to 9s, aged ewes 7s6d, f.m. ewes 8s; to 9s, aged ewaHHft to 7s Gd, cull ewes 3s Sd to MKfm good . rape •lambs Bs, store lambs Id to 5s 7d, culls 3s 6d to 4s.