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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 359, 9 April 1910, Page 7

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NEWTON KING'S RETORT. At the Ilayniarket on Saturday there was a large number of pigs penned, and all were cleared at the hammer. Slips made 3s to -Is (id, weaners 5s to Ss (id, small Mores 10$ to 13s, stores 10s to j 17s (id, porkers *2Us it 225, horses £* i*» jto £5 2:- (id. There was a large quanI tity of timber oil'eral, which sold at very satisfactory prices. I At Douglas on Monday weaners made | 20s fid, store cows £2 os (M to £2 15s ; «6d, forward do. £4 to £4 ss, lambs (is i {id to 7s 2d, cuii do. 3s 3d to 3k lid, l.iii. cwis Ss !)d, cull do. 3s to -ts lud, fat do. !)s 3d, 2-tooth wethers 10s (id to 12» rams, 3 /tgn. to lgn. | - At Stratford on Tuesday there was a big yarding of cattle, including several lines of IS-months steers and an especially line pen of SO 3 '/(.to 4-ypar forward bullocks. There w?.s a very ' attendance, including buyers from as ;far south at Palmerston North, the latter securing most of the young steers. Vendors' reserves for the big bullocks was above the ideas of the buyers' values, and they were passed in at £0 Is. All other classes of cattle were keenly competed for and realised good prices. Mixed weaners made £1 Is to £1 10s, weaner heifer? 32s to 365, 15-mont'lis •leifers £2 13s to £2 14s, 18-months steers £3 to £3 4s. 2 to 2%-year steers >£3 10s to £3 10s fid, 2y s ' to ' 3-vcar steers £4 5s fid, store cows £2 lis 6d to £3 3s. forward do. £3 3s to £4 2s, -fat do. £4 10s to £5 Is, in-calf heifers £3 33s to £4 12s, snringiiirg heifers up to £5 10s, bulls £2 15s to £5 (is, 2tooth ,ewes 14s, 2-tootli wethe.rs -12s 2d, woolly lambs 9s.

i At Stonv River on Wednesday there .was a good varding, with i good 'attendAn«c of buyers, practically everything <J>eing sold at the hammer, Weaners made ISs to 2Ss Cd. 15-month heifers £.2 .2= fid to '£2 ss, 15 to IS-mont,hs Rte»m £2 7s fid to £2 13s. store cows £2 4s fid to £3 4s. forward cows £3 4s fid to £4 7s (id, fat do. £4 12s to £5 9s, bulls £2 Ss to £3 os. | I MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT.' Matthews and Bennett report a »i;i yarding of sheen and cattle at their Tnglewood yards last Wednesday. There was a wood attendance and bidding was aood throughout for all classes. Prices as follofl-s:—18 to 20-month heifers,' R.W.8.,' £2 IGs to £3 (Is fid; 2 1 / 2 -year do. £4 Is to £4 0s 6d; store cows, £2 15s to £-3 fis; forward do. £3 12s fid to £4 Is; springers, £4 15s to £5 10s; bulls. £2 15s to £3 10s. wood f.m. ewes • 10s 6d, lambs os lOd to fis Od. | r ADDTNOTON. |

Weth»rs showed a slight advance. •The range of prices was: Six to eight'toojUi ewes 4s Od to IGs, forward wethers ths 3d to 15s, others lis 3d to 13s, best rape lambs lis to l?s 9d, others 6s Gd.to lis Gd. •

Fat sheep—Prime wethers lfis 3d to 19s sd. extra to 20s 9d, others 13s 4d to lfis. prime ewes 13s fid to 17s fid, others 15s fid to 13s. The varding of fat lambs was a record one. more than doubling that of last week. The ranee of trices was from 12s Gd to 18s lOd. There were 14.300 lambs penned.

Fat cattle—The range of prices was 'from 18s to 22s per 1001b. according to Quality. Steers fetched £0 7s fid to £lO. (ftnd an extra-qualitr one went to £l3 ,15s; heifers £5 5s to £S 10s, and dry cows- £5 to £7 10s.

Only a small entry of fat calves was penned, and sales were made at prices ranging from 4s 6d to £2 17s 6d. There was a small yarding of store cattle, which included some very useful stock, for which 'there was a free demand. Fifteen to eighteen monthV sorts fetched £2 to £2 Bs, two-year-old steers £4 Is, 2-year heifers £3 Ws to £4 Is, 3-year steers £5 7s Gd to £5 18s, 3-year heifers £4 5s to £5 Bs, dry cows £1 5s to £4.

A large number of dairy cows were penned, and elicited good competition, being cleared at prices ranging from £3 10s to £lO.

A very large yarding of pigs was offered, and proved a little too much for the demand, prices suffering in consequence. Choppers fetched to 70s. heavy baeoners 47s 6d to 535, lighter sorts 38s to 455, equal to 3%d to 3%d per lb; large porkers made 30s to 355, srtialjer 25s to 28s, equivalent to 4y 2 d per lb. An ordinary yarding of stores met with a weak demand. The range of prices was: Medium 22s to 2Gs, smaller 14s to 18s, weaners 5s to Bs.

PAHIATUA. Messrs Abraham and Ltd., report on' their Pahiatua sale as follows:—We submitted a heavy yarding of both sheen and cattle to a good attendance. and have to report a successful sale, all classes of stock meeting good competition under the Hammer, and we had practically a total clearance of the whol« yarding at / satisfactory prices. Quotations: Young breeding ewes 10s 7d to lis 7d. .good sound-mouth ewes 8s 7d ' to 10s Id, mediuifi do. fis lOd to 8s 9d, ; full-mouth »wes 5s 3d to fis 3d. cull ewes ■ Rs 7d, fat and forward wethers (small) j* 8s lOd to fls 4d* woollv lambs 8s 3d to 8s lid, good shorn lambs fis 8d to 7s 3d. ' medium do. 5s 5d to 5s lid. forward • *teers £5 Is to £5 lfis. 18-month steers £2 4s to £3, weaners 20s to 28s fid. fat cows (good) £4 9s to £5 Ss, forward cows £2 15s to £3 lfis. store cows 37s to 395, cows and calves £3. springing ■ 'heifers £4 5s to £4 12s fid. heifer= in [ calf £2 8s Gd to £3 ss, empty heifers I £2 Is.

J WANGAXUT. At the Wnrwfuwi ><ile oti Wednesday Messrs DnKetv and Co. yarded 3500 slippn kithl 121 cattle. Th p hulk of th° vardin" of c, liee ri consisted of lines of fc<rp<l. v-TliVli tTlp flpr.ii,,rl Wds some--wl 1 Rt, dn'l. A Climber of line* were passed under tlie hammer. thoneTi we eventually sneeee'Vl in emitting s>ll erroM about 500. Most of the rattle yarded we wet Tiers, ind nil met with Ja readv sale. TVn-tooth to f.m. ewes. 10s. 10s lOd. lis 3d to 11? 0d; forward ewes ft=. 0s fi'l. to 10s; fullmonth ewe«. Rs fid. fis lid. 7s 3(1 to 8= 4d: cull ewe=. 4s 3d. ris to o« fld: old others, fls 3d: *we lambs. fls 4d: small lambs. So 7d. On tile; Dniv-fed weaner heifers 31 s to 3is fid. wenner steers 35*. mixed wemer= Ins to emntv heifers £1 lfl« fid. £2 4s to £3 l.«: emnty oowj £2 10s. forwird "ow* €3 15s. sprinsrinj cows to £5 2s (Id. DUKKDTN. At. Bur»i«de. market 'IS7 W'l 'of fnt eattU were yarded. mostly linrhtof fair to medium nnnlitv. Competition was snirited. <i«d 1"«t weel-'* .prirfls v(?rp £0 5= to 7s Id food -PS 5s t 0 W 4>r m« to -fs. li" 1 !*- to lipef heifers' i"*id eo"-f inc tn +:rt, I me-'Mim -pp 10= to -rn 'a, listlit and inferior £3 15; to £4 10®.

j Fat sheep—'323s penned. Prime heav; j wethers 6old at prices equal to las j week's rates, while medium wethers am | ewes were Od to Is lower. Best wether lios fid to ISs-fid, a few extra to 23s Gd | medium 12s to 14s, best ewes lis (id t< •'l4s, a. few extra heavy to 28s, mediun ewes fls to lis, inferior fls to Bs. . Lambs—27B3 penned. Prices wen much on a par with those ruling las' week. Best, 14s to 15s 6:1, a few snial pens of extra 16s to 17s (id, good 12s t( 13a, medium 10s to lis. ' . Pigs—lso penned. Prices for sma! pigs were slightly easier, while porker? and baeoners realised about the sani« r a« last week. Suckers, 5s Gd to Ss, slips •JOs to 14s, stores 16s to 22s Od, porkers 32s to 3fis, light baeoners 38s to 40s, heary do. 44s to 535, choppers to Gls. LONDON DAIRY REPORT. Messrs E. Griffiths and Co. are in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Mills and Sparrow, dated 25tli February, 1910: — Weather. —The weather has again ■been very unsettled, and the temperature high for the time of the year. Danish: Shipments to England have been on a lighter scale this week, and the quotation has been advanced one kroner. French: There is verv little demand, owing to high prices, but as supplies are very short, this suits shippers. Australian: The Omrah arrived on Sunday last, but has been very slow in discharging her cargo, and even to-day the landing is not completed. At the commencement of the week, prices were fairly easv, there being a few of last week's butters left over, but the market has developed strength during the last, two days, with the result that everything has now been cleared up, and higher prices are being aslced for the

butters per Mooltan, which is due to dock to-morrow. New Zealand: There were a good many sellers at 116s at the end of last week, and this soon had the effect of clearing the butters, and making way for the agents holding out for 118s. We are pleased to report that the market during the week has considerably improved, and to-day there is ,practically not a box of New Zealand butter on <Vffer, and as the Toneariro is only bringing 3(5.000 boxes, which shows a decrease of 18,000 on the previous arrival. we certainlv think that next 'week's prices will be 2s to 4s higher. , Argentine: There is nothing on offer !nt the moment/and buyers are awaiting Inext week's arrivals. Clieese.—Canadian: Trade has been rather ouiet, but this is usual at, the end of February, and we ;re therefore looking for an improvement .next month. ! New Zealand: The trade has not been ■so good this week, and the top prices have hardly been obtainable, and in some cases Is less than list weed's nuotation has been taken. However, we think it is the best thing to keep the cheese movin«\