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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 365, 16 April 1910, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable—Press Assoeiation—Copyright, Sydney April 14. Wheat, 4s Id. Flour. £lO ss. Oats--Algerian feeding, 2s Id, 2s 2d: white, 2s 6d. Barley—Cape feeding, 3s. Maize, _ 3s. • Bran, £4 15s. Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes—-Tasmanian, £0 10s. Onions—Victorian, £4. Butter, 98s. Cheese, 5y 2 d. Bacon, 7y 2 d, Sd. Melbourne, April 14. Wheat, 4s Id. Flour, £lO. Oats—Algerian milling, 2s 2y 2 d. Barley—Feeding, 2s od; malting, English. 4s; Cape, 2s Sd. Maize, 2s Bd. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes, £3 10s, £3 15s. Onions— £2 15s, £3. Hides—Generally %d lower. Adelaide, April 14. Wheat. 4s. Flour, £8 17s 6d. Oats—Algerian feeding, 2s. Barley, 3s Bd. Bran and pollard, 13y 2 d. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. jAt the liaymarket on Saturday a fair number of pigs were penned and sold at the following prices:—Slips 3s Od to os, weanen, fis to 8s od, stores 12s Od to 16s Gd, porkers 26s Gd, sow 25s 6d.

At Rahotu on Tuesday mixed weaners made IGs Gd to 28s, weaner heifers 355, 18-montlis steers £2 17s, store cows £"2 7s to £2 13s Gd, forward cows £3 lis to £3 19s, bulls £4. lanvbs 8s lid. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a large yarding of cattle and a good attendance of buyers. Bidding, was brisk for all lines except weaners, which were Tather a poor class. Weaners ■made IGs Gd to 28s, weaner heifers 30s, 18-montlis steers £3 0s Gd to £3 ss, 18-months lieifers £2 13s, 2y 2 -vear steers £4 0s Gd, in-calf lieifers £3 7s to £5 2s Gd, springing cows £5 10s to £G, s'tore cows £2| 10s to £2 15s Gd, forward cows £3 4s to £4, forward bullocks £5 18s, bulls £3 8s to £4 9s, old ewes 5s lid.

i MATTHEWS & BENXEJT'S ! REPORT.

Messrs Matthews and Bennett report that there was a fair entry of cattle at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Bidding was good, and nearly everything sold at the following prices: ; Calves £1 Is to £1 10s, empty heifers . £3 5s to £3 12s, store cows (backward) j £1 15s to £2 10s, forward "do. £2 los I to £3 16s Gd, springers £4 10s to £(!, | -hill's £3 to £4 4s, f.m. ewes 6s 3d to 9s, cull ewes 3s Gd, cull lambs 4s 3d, good lambs 9s 2d. At Tarata on Monday there was a fair yarding. and nearly everything was sold a.s follows: —12 to 15-months steers £•2 12s Gd. store cows £3 Is to £3 os, f.m. ewes 9s Gd to 10s 2d. At the Horse Fair on Friday abou 100 horses were offered, a good proportion of which sold at the following 'prices':—Good harness horses £9 10s to £ls 7s Gd, light do. £6 to £9, hacks (inferior) £3 to £5, good do. £7 to £9 15s. weeds from 15s to £1 10s.

* WAIKANAE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, LtiL i report: —At Waikanae we had a good yarding of 1500 sheep. A good demand ox'sted" 1 for all classes, and a- satisfuc toi'y clearance was made at the undermentioned prices. A fair entry of cattle also met with a keen demand, and evwy lot was disposed of under the hamper. Quotations: —Smooth fat wethers 15s, light fat wethers 14s Gd, half-bred forward wethers 12s to 12s Gd, forward ewes Ss 6d to 9s 6d, ewes in lamb (mixed acres) 10s 4d, fat and forward ewes lis Gd. cull ewes ss, lambs Gs 8d to Gs lid; fat bullocks £S Is, 3-year steers_ £5 4s, springing heifers £5 to £6, heifers in calf £4 Js Gd, weaners 25s 6d to 27s Gd, .small weaners 18s, 15-months heifers 38s, spring calving cows', £4 10s to . £5 weaner pigs 7s 6d. WOODVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., ' report as follows: —At Woodville, on Mondav, we had a good yarding of both sheep and, cattle, the latter comprising mostly weaners, which sold_ well. We made a clearance of everything yarded, at good values. At Paliiatua, on Tues day, we yarded over 4000 sheep, a large number of which were weiners for which we had strong competitionAll classes of sheep met a {rood sale, and 'we cleared the whole yarding, with the exception of one pen of aged ewes. 1 Cattle were yarded up to advertised 'numbers, and sold at late rates. Quotations: —At Woodville: 2 and 4-tooth wethers 12s Id. s.m. ewes in lamb 8s 6d, empty ewes Gs Bd. medium lambs fis 2d to Gs fid', small do. 4s (id, springing •heifers £5 12s Gd, .heifers in calf £3 7s to £4 2s Gd, trood weaners up to 34sJ others 10s to 275. At Pahiatua: 2 and 4-tooth wethers (in good condition) lis lOd to 12s. fair we thers 10s 2d to lis, smnll 0s 3d to !ls 8-1. oood s.m. ewes in lamb 12s to 12s 4d others 7s lid to 0s Gd, f.m. ewes in lamb 5s 0d to 7s Gd, empty ewes (forward) 8s to 9s 3d. store ewes 4s to ss, ?ood lambs '6s Od' to 7s Bd, medium 5s 3d to 5s 9d. cull lambs 3s to 4s 3d: fat cows (prime) £5 Is to £G. others £4 os, store cows 355, emntv cows £3 2s Gd, 15-months steers £2 10s. snrinwisr heifers £4 lis to £5 ss, weaners 35s Gd.

JOTIKSONVILLE. Messrs Abrahams and Williams. Ltd.. ■report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—We offered a larsje vardmjr of fine bulloclcs and sheep, whieh sold readilv at reeent rates. Best bullocks £8 7s fid tn £8 10s. lighter £8 to £8 as, plain £7 15s. nlain rows £3 13s tn £4; prime wethers los fid to Ids Id prime ewes 13s 6d to 14s 3d. medium 12s to 12s fid. woolly lambs lis lOd. iprime shorn do. 9s to 9s fid.. plain do. 7s 9d to Bs. ADDINGTON. ■At the Addinston yards there was another large attendance. Store sheep: Best ewes 12s to 17s. others 7s lOd to lis fid, merino ewes 3s Sd. wethers 12 •2d to 10a. best lambs lis to 13s 3d, others 5s to 10s fid. Fat lambs: Prices ranged from lis oil to 17s 81. The liassincrs were large, upwards n f 3700 bein<r withdrawn at prices ran?in<r from 10s fid to 14s Od. There was a full yarding of fat sheen and food demand at late rn,tv>s. The ran.™ of m>es was:—Prime wethers Ifis to 10= fid. extra to *24' od. others Ins to io*l. n'ime n " - es 13s to lfi« OrT Rs to 12s fid, merino wethers 9s C<!. ewes ss.

There were 311 head of fat cattle! yarded. Prices for beef ranged from I 18s to 22s per 1001 b, according to qual- [ it J- Steers realised £7 to £.lO 2s (id, i heifers £5 to £B, dry cows £4 17s Gd i to £8 12s Gd.

The yarding of fat calves was on a par with the markets, and the demand was about the average, little change being recorded. The range of prices was from 4s Gd to £2 17s Gd, extra quality bringing £4. - Store cattle: Yearlings 27s to £1 13s Gd, 15 to IS-months sorts £1 14s to £2 5s Gd, two-year-old steers' £3 2s (id to "-£3 15s Gd, two-year-old heifers £2 17s Gd, two and-three-old steers £4 Is to £4 8s; three-year-old steers £0 Is to £6 ss, three-year-old lieifers £4 lis Gd to £4 12s, dry cows £1 10s to £4 Is, dairy cowl £3 10s, several -at £9 and £9 7s Gd, bests sorts up to £ll ss. Pigs: Choppers realised £3 10s, heavy baeoners 46s to 50s, extra to 555, lighter sorts 38s to 44s (equal to 3y,d to 3%d per lb), large porkers 31s to 3~75, lighter 25s to 30s (equal to 4y g d per lb. Store pigs were in good supply, but the demand was weak. Best sorts made 22s to 275, smaller 14s to 21s, weaners 4s to Ss, the latter -price for extra good pigs only. BURNSIDE. TSnmside Stock Market.—Fat cattle: 287 yarded, including but few heavy bullocks. prices showed very little change from last week, but the sale dragged somewhat towards the finish. Best bullocks £9 10s to £lO, extra to £lO ]ss. medium to good £7 10s to £B. light CG 10s to £7 10s, best cows and heifers £0 10s to £7 10s, extra to £8 7s Gd. medium to good £5 to £6, light and inferior £3 5s to £4 10s.

Fat sheep: 2475 penned, principally old ewes. There were very few Dens of prime wethers, owing to the freezing works refusing stock at present. Freezing buyers were consequently not operating, and prices showed a big decline. Wethers dropped about Is to Is fid per head, and ewes fully 2s. Best wethers 13s Gd to 16s, extra to 17s, medium to good lis fid to 12s fid, best ewes lis fid to 12s Gd, extra, to Ifis 3d, medium to good 9s to lis. light 4s fid to ss. Fat lambs: 14G5 penned. There was no competition, except from butchers and graziers, and price dropped' is to Is Gd per head. Best, 12s to 13s Gd. extra to 14s Gd, medium to good 10s to lis 6d.

Pigs: Fully 200 penned, about threequarters being suckers and slips. Prices showed a decline of about 2s per head for young pigs, and towards the end of the sale it was almost impossible to get a bid. Suckers 3s fid to 5s fid. slips 8s to 10s, stores 12s fid to 15s fid, porkers 22s to 255. light baconers 30s to 355, heavy 40s to 435.