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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 325, 26 February 1910, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN MARKET PRICES. By Gable.—Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, Friday. Wheat, 4s o'/ 2 d. ( Flour, .£lO 10s. Oats—Algerian reeding 2s Id to 2s 2d, seeding 2s 3d to 2s 4d. Gartons 2s lid. Barley, 3s to 3s 3d. Maize—New os to 3s 3d, South African 3s 3d to 3s 4<i. Bran, £4 ss'. w Pollard, £4 10s. V ' Potatoes, Tasmaffian, £5 to £O. Onions, £3 'to £5. Butter, 965. Cheese, 5d to Bacon, B%d. Melbourne, ."Friday. Hides—Supply is moderate and com-' petition active. Priees favored sellers. ' Wheat, 4s P/od. Flour, £lO. ) ! Oats —Prime miffing 2s Sd, feeding ' 2s Id. ! Barley—Good English malting 4s 4d, I Cape malting to 2s 9d, feeding 2s. Maize, 3s 2d. f "'! Bran, £4 15s. " ' Pollard, £5. "'flW. Potatoes, £3 10s to £4 ss. Onions, £3 to -£3 15s. ! Adelaide, Friday. | I" Wheat, 4s 0y 2 d. : Tlour, £9 os. Pollard, 13V 2 d. . LIVE STOCK SALES. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday titer was a fair yarding of pigs. Slips mad". 3s Gd to 4s, weaners fa fid to Ss <id. stores 13s 1 Gd to 16s 6d, porkers 2o£. Shetland pony £l3. At Urenui on Monday there was a , fair vanling. Small weaners m 'i'e 2Ge. yearling steers and bulls mixed £1 16s, ' 15-months heifers £2 4s to £2 lis (id, | 15 to 18-months steers £2 10* to £2 16s, heifers in calf £3 to £4 Is, store cows £2 10s to £3, forward do. £3 Gs to £3 16s' Gd, fat cows £4 2s to M

10s, 4-tooth rams £2 2s. On the same day at Douglas I held my annual sheep fair, -when there was a large attendance of buyers. l All young ewes, good lines of lambs, and wethers were keenly competed for, but the older sheep were not in much demand, although with the exception of about two pens they were all sold. Shorn lambs' made 5s 9d to 7s 10d. cull do. 3s Id to 4s' Od, 2-tooth ewes 15s s<l to lfls 9d, 2, 4, and G-tooth do. 10* Cd to 12s Id, f.f.m. ewes (is Od to 0s 9d, cull do. 4s. 9d to 5s 3d, 2-tooth wethers lis (id to 12s,' 2-tooth Romney rams 3Vignc, 2-tooth Lincoln do. 1 to l%g«>s, 4 to fi-tootk rams M>gn to %gn. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a good yarding , including about 200 weaneiv. Competition for all classes was keen, and 'practically everything was sold it tite hammer. Weaners of good quality made 27s 3d to 355, ordinary do. 20s to 25s Od, 15 to 18months sioers £2 12s 0a to £2 18s Od, 20-months do. £3 os, 15 to 18-month.s 1 heifers £2 12s Co £3 3s, in-calf heifers ■£3 9s fid to £4, store cows £1 18s Od to £2 13s. forward do. £3 to £3 17s od, fat cows £i to £5 ss, springing cows' £3 10s to £5 ss. 3 to 3y 2 -yea'r bullocks £4 17s, bulls £1 ISs to £5 10s. f.m. ewes 0s lOd. On Wednesday at Stony River weaners made 20s to 275, small do. 13s Od, 15-month* mixed £2 10a sd, 15 to 18inoiiths heifers' £2 15s, store cows £1 10s 0d to £2 18s, tonvard do. £3 4s to £3 ss, fat cows £{ 7s to £4 Os, springing cows £3 14s to £~ 10s, 18months steers £2 15s to £3. 2 to 2y»year steers £3 10s to £4 4s, 4-year ! bullocks £5 12s Od. bulls £3 IDs to I £3 IDs, woolly lambs ' small) 8s 2d to 8s sd, 2-tooth Hampshire ewes i4s, 0- . I tooth ewes 13s Od. f.m. do. 7s lljl. culls ' 4s' 4d. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday I held my annual siieep fair, but owing to tinforeseen circumstances the entries did not come up to advertised numbers. About 3500 bead were penned, and prae- ! I tically everything was quitted before leaving the yards. Two-tooth ewes made 12s lid, 2-tooth purebred "Leicester : ewes 10s 4d. 2 to (I-tooth ewes mixed i IH' 4d to 12s Od. f.m. ewes 0s Od to 10s 3d, old ewes 4s 9d to (is sd, shorn ] lambs 5s 0d to Ss 4d, woolly lambs os' 3d to 0s od, purebred Leicester woolly ewe lambs 12s, do. wethers 10s 2d, fat ewes' lis 3d, fat wethers 13s,' 4-tooth Leicester rams 2 to 2M>gns, 2-', tooth Romneys 3gns, 2 to 4-tooth Shrop-'i shire rams IMgna. 'i Farmers are reminded that the en- | tries for Mr. Newton King's autumn | horse fair close on Wednesday, 9th j March. VICKERS AND STEVENS' REPORT. At our Inglewood sheep fair and | cattle sale on Wcdne-dav aho'.'t 4000 sheep were yarded. TSUldbig was brisk for all classes, and nearly everything sold at the following prices:—Shorn lambs 7s 7d to Ss 7d, woolly lambs 8s Od to lis lid. 2-tooth wethers 10s' 7d to lis fid, 2-tooth ewes 15s Id. 2. 4. and , 0-tooth ewes (mixed ages) 8s to 9s 3d. j o-ood s.m. ewes 7s Od to 10s lOd. old ewes 2s 3d to 5s 3d, cull lambs' 5s to | 5s lid, rams 10s Od to £2 2s. Only a' few cattle were yarded: weaners made j £.l 0s to £1 Ss. store cows £3 to £3 7s, forward cows £4 2s Od to £4 12s ; od,' springers £4 to £4 ss. ADDIKGTOX. There was again a heavy yarding of all classes of sheep, and fair entries of'j other stock. There was also a good | attendance. Fat cattle sold at about j 1-st week's rates. Store sheep were in j good demand, and fat lambs were again firmer. Fat sheep s'old' at about last week's rates. There was not much demand for store cattle, but dairy cows | sold Well, as did fat pigs, but stores j were rather easier. There was a heavy | entry of store sheep, mostly lambs' of , medium quality, with a few lines of ewes and wethers. Good breeding ewes were in strong demand, and all lots were sold freely. The range of prices was: Forward lamhs 10s to 12s, medium Ss Od to 9s Od, small 0s 2d to Ss; 4. 0. and S-tooth ewes lis lid to 15s 3d. 2 and 4-tooth to 14s Id, sound mouth 0s to 13s. a«ed 5s 7d; forward wethers 12s Od to 15s lid. others 10s I)d to lis lid. There was a sain a very large yarding of fat lambs, totalling 9319. of which a good proportion were of prime . quality. The demand for export was' brisk, and a good clearance was effected

!at prices showing a further advance of | 3d to Od per head; freezing sons, which I were short, made 12s (id to 16s Bd, and ,a few extra heavy butchers 1 lambs to 117s, backward sorts Us 5d to 12s. j There were 5719 taken for export, and the balance by butchers and graziers. The yarding of fat sheep was not so large as last week, and the bulk were lewes, there being few good lines of 'wethers on offer. There was little or no change in values, competition for j wethers, in consequence of the shortage 'of good freezing lines, not being so jkeen, and ewes kept up their price well 'to the end of the s'ale. The range,of prices was: Prime wethers Ins to 16s Gd, : others 13s Gd to 14s 9d; merino wethers 19s, prime ewes 12s to 13s, extra to 15s 4d, others 9s to 14s' 6d. The supply of beef totalled 209 head, of fair average quality, most of the entries being again made by dealers. The sale was about equal to last week 'n 'point of demand, and values showed little or no change, the quality not ibeing so good as last week. Steers 1 made £0 14s' to £9 12s 6d, heifers £5 17s Cd to £8 2s 6d, cows £5 to £7 17s 6d (equal to 20s Cd to 23s for prime, >]9s to 20s for medium, and'l7s 6d to ! 18s Cd for cow and inferior, per 1001b). Veal calves made 4s fid to 355, being ; mostly small sorts'. There was a very ' small' entry of store cattle, and it consisted mainly of steers. Yearlings I made 265, dry cows £3 17s 6d to £4 9s, and a line of 3 and 4-year steers was' passed at £5 lis; dairy cows £3. 10s to £9 2s 6d. Pigs were in fair numbers, and they met "with a good demand for fats. Choppers sold up to 565. heavy baconers 46s to 50s. and lighter 38s to 45s (equal to 3V,d to 3%d per lb): large porkers 34s to" 375, and lighter .28s' to 32s (equal to 4V»d to 4%<Tper lb); large stores 25s to 29s 6d, smaller 18s to 245, and weaners 7s 9d to 12s 6d. The demand for stores was not as srood as 1 for fats. I BURNSIDE. I At the Burnside stock market there was an exceptionally small yarding of fat cattle, only 78 being penned. Butchers did not require many, hut prices rose from 10s to 15s per head, owing

.to the shortage. Best bullocks made from £9 to £lO, extra to £ll 2s' Gd, medium to good £7 10s to £8 10s, light > £fi to £7: best cows and heifers to , £1 7s Gd, light £5 10s to £6 10s, Fat sheep: There was a small yarding oi • 1800, consisting chiefly of old ewes, but onlv a few pens of'prime sheep. Good wethers 1 showed an advance of Is per head, while ewes were much the same as last week. Best wethers made from 15s to 16s Gd, extra to' 17s 3d. medium to «ood 13s to 14a Gd. light lis fid io 13s* best ewes 12s to \3> 9d, medium 10s to lis fid, light and inferior 5s fid to Ss Gd. Somo 3350 fat lambs were penned, of which more than the usual ■proportion consisted of stores of inferior quality. Prices all round showed a decline of about Gd per head. Best marie from 13a tc 14s, extra to 14s fid, medium to good lis fid to 12s Gd, light and stores 8s 3d to 10s. ' 'About DO pigs T-vere -penned, -diiefly porkers and baconers, Small piss were in 'short supply and realised slightly better prices than last week. Suckers 9s Gd to 12s (id, slips 12s •Gd to los. stores 16s to Ills, porkers 30s to 32s Gd, light baeoncrs 3.5s to 38s, heavy do. 39s to, 455. PAPAROA SHEEP FAIR. The second sheep fair of the Auckland Farmers' Union was held at Paparoa on Tuesday, when 4000 sheep were penned. A number of outside buyers were present. There was keen competition for wethers. Two-tooths sold at from IDs to 13s. and 4-tooths from lis to 13s lid. AH young, big-framed ewes sold readily at from lis to 15s, fresh full-months 10s to 12s: woolly lambs (is to 9s. shorn' do. 5s Gd to Ss. Messrs. Dalgety and Go., Ltd., report having held their Wanganui sale on Wednesday. The report states: We yarded 5180 sheep and SO cattle. The bulk of the sheep yarded were fullmouth ewes of rough quality and low condition. Bidding was quieter than of late for sheep, but we effected a good clearance, though prices showed a downward tendency. Cattle were in good demand. We quote: Two-tooth ewes' 12s 4d to 12s 7d, 4-tooth to f.f.m. ewes 12s. mixed-age ewes 10s to 10s 2d, 4 and 5-yea.r ewes Bs, Ss fid. to 0s i)d, f.f.m. ewes (good) 12s Gd. full-mouth ewes 3s lOd, 4s, 4s' 9d, to 5s 4d, fat and forward ewes 9s Id. fat wethers 13s sd, mixed fat sheep 12s fid, 2-tooth wethers 10s fid to lis 7d, small lambs (is 4d, 2-tooth Southdown rams 5 to ">y 2 gns. 2-tooth Romney rams' 2 to 2'/_,gns, (i----tooth to f.m. Romney rams ly 4 . 1 1 /., to 2'/,<ms, old rams Ss. 10s. lis, to 15s. Cattle: Good 2</,-year steers £4 14s. 18-month do. £3 7s. springing heifers £4 to £fi, 2-year heifers £3, fat cows £3 ISs fid. weaner heifers' 30s. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. report having held their usual fortnightly sale at .their Wnipoua yards yesterday. Sheep came in considerably over advertised numli'Ts. Quotations are as follow: Aged ewes (fair months) from (is 3d to 7~ 9:1. inferior from 3s Id to 5s (id. sound-mouth breeding ewes from Ss (id to Ss Bd. 4 and fi-tooth ewes 12s Sd, 2-tooth ewes (small) I.os 9d; lambs, j Q'ood woollv from Ss to 8s (id, shorn lnmbs (good) fis lOd to 7s 2d. fair shorn lambs 4s 3d to 5s ."id. inferior 2s (id 1o 3s Id: wethers. 2-toof.hs (fair) 10s 4d. small Ss 3d. A good line, of 2-tooth Wethers sold at Us 7d. fat e\ve>' Ids lid. A fair number of rams were in for sale, iind anything good oli'ering made full market rates. The yarding of cattle was small. Empty store cows made £2 15s to €2 17s (id. Messrs. Abraham a"d Williams. Ltd., report on their Johns-'onville sale yesterday as follows:—"Wo had'a full yarding of prime beef and sheep, and sold every pen at late rates. We quote: Best bullocks £'S 5s (o £8 7s (id. tie-liter 07 32s fid, £7 15s, to £7 17s Gd, medium £7 7s fid, light unsuitable £G 15s to £7: heifers, C 5 15s; best wethers 14s 7d, medium 13s (id; best ewes lis Hid. 12s. to 12s (id, plain do. 9s 2d; woollv lambs lis fid to lis 9d. shorn' lambs 9s 3,1, ()s Gd, to 10s.