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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 383, 7 May 1910, Page 7

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THE WOOL SALES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, May 5. There is keen comipetition at the woo sales, and prices are fully maintained. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday a fair number of .pigs was penned and sold at the following rates: —Weaners 6s to 9s Ckl, suckeTs 3s Gd to' ss, stores 13s 6d to 15s. porkers 21s to 335, hjorsc, trap and harness £8 15s. A large quantity of second-class timber was offered and realised very satisfactory prices. At Douglas on Monday the yards were taxed ito the utmost, to accommodate all the cattle that come forward. There was also a fair yarding of sheen. Bidding for all classes was brisk, everything, with the exception of a line of 30 4-year bullocks, being sold at the hammer. Weaners made £1 7s to £1 lis fid, 18-months steers £3 9s. 2-year do. £4 to '£4 Os 6d, store cows £2 15s to £3 7s, forward do. £3 10s fid to £4. fat cows £4 3s fid to £4 lis, in-calf heifers £4 14s to .£5 2s, springing heifers £6 15s to £7, empty heifers £3 Is, buils £llos to £3 IOs; lambs 7s 5d to 8s 4d, small -do. 5s 3d, 2 and4-tooth ewc> 10s lOd. 2-tooth wethers 10s 3d to Ids fid, fat wethers 13s lid, 4 and 6 tooth ewes lis Id, f.m. do. 6s fid. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a big yarding, with good attendance of buyers. The quality all round was above the average. A few pens of really choice Hereford maiden heifers, 2-years old, were keenly (Competed for, and made up to £5 19s fid. A very fine line of 3y 2 to 4-year bullocks attracted a good deal of attention, and were all sold at satisfactory prices. Bidding for all classes was brisk right through the sale and nearly everything sold at the hammer. .Mixed weaners made 30s fid to 36s fid, weaner heifers 395, empty heifers £2 15s to £3 10s, in-calf heifers £3 12s fid -to £4 15s, 18-months steers £3 2s 6d to £4 16s, 2-year steers £3 8s fid 'to £4 2s Od, 2%-vear steers £4 8s 6d to £4 lfis, 3 to 3y 3 -year bullocks £5 5s to £5 10s fid, 3>/ 2 to 4-year bullocks (forward £C 13s to £6 14s, store cows £2 os to' £3 4s, forward do. .£3 9s fid to £4 9s, fat cows £4 lfis to £5 lis, prime do. up to £(> Is, fat maiden Hereford heifers £5 15s to £5 19s 6d, bulls £3 9s to £4 ss. At Stony River on Wednesday there was a fair yarding. There was little enquiry for young cattle and several lines were passed. Grown cattle were in good demand, and practically everything in this class was sold at the hammer. Weaners made 15s 6d to £1 6s Gd, Jersey heifer calves to yearlings £2 os, 18months to 2-year steers £3 12s, in-calf heifers £3 10s to £4 6s, do. (nice quality) £5 ss, store cows up to £3 3s, forward do. £4 2s Gd to £4 5s fid, fat I do. £4 10s to £5 lis, stags £5 14s: i f.m. ewes 10s 4d.

MATTHEWS AND BENNETT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a good entry of cattle at their Inglewood Yards on Wednesday last, and nearly everything changed hands as follows:—Calves. £1 5s to £1 13s; empty heifers, £2 8s to £2 13s; 18 to 20 months steers, £3 to £3 10s (kl; 2-vear heifers, r.w.0., £3 (is to £3 13s; fresh cows, £3 2s Gd to £3 8s 6d; fat do., £4 l€s Od to £4 18s; .sprin*!-calvers, £3 7s (id to £4; springins heifers, £5 as to ,£0; f.m. ewes, Bs"fid. OUTSIDE MARKETS. ADDINGTON. At Addington live stock market entries of stock were not so large as of late, all classes of sheep being offered in smaller numbers.

Store sheep.—Forward lambs made 9s Od to 10s 3d, others 8s 6tl to Os 3d, small and inferior Gs to Is Gd, good ewe lambs 12s to 12s 6d, others 10s to lis Gd, forward wethers lis 3d to 12s 6d, backward conditioned lots 10s to lis, merino wethers 6s 4d, good two-tooth crossbred ewes 14s 9d to 15s Bd, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 13s to 13s Od, small two-tooth 12s, good sound-mouth lines lis to 12s 6d. Fat lambs—There were 5085 taken for' freezing, 430 by butchers, and 600 were passed. The range of prices was: Prime wethers 10s to 10s. extra 22s (3d, others 13s 5d to 15s OJ, prime ewes 13s to 16s 3d, extra to 18s 4d, others 8s bcl to 12s Gd.

Fat cattle—Stores made .€6 as to £lO 10s, heifers £5 2s Gd to £1), cows £4 10s'to £!) 10s, equal to 20s Od to 22s for prime and 18s to 20s for medium quality iper 1001b. A small yarding of veal calves made 4s 6d to 435. A small yarding of store cattle met with a- dull sale, yearlings making 18s, 15 to 18-months to £2 15s, twu-ycai heifers £3 10s to £3 18s, 2</ 2 -year steers £4 2s 6d to £4 18s. dry cows 30s to £4. Dairy cows were in good demand at £3 10s to £lO. There was a medium entry of piss. ! and for fat* there was rather better ■ sale. For stores there was fair demand. j Choppers sold at 50? to (555. heavy baconers 47s 01 to 52s od. lighter 40s to 45s (equal to 4d per lb): large porkers _ 30s to 345. lighter 24s to 28s (equal to i4d to 4 ] / 4 d per lb); large stores 18s to 235, smaller 10s to 15s, weancrs 4s to' | BS - ' i j WAXUAXUf. I j Messrs iDalgety and Co. report:—At 1 ' our Wangamri sale we yarded 4200 sheep 1 and 300 cattle. With'the exception of, good lambs, which were keenly competed j for, all classes of tsheep were dull of sale, the bulk of the entry being passed under the hammer. Competition, however, was strong for all classes of cattle, forward-conditioned lines being ( especially sought after. A nice line of I fat and forward four and five-year bul-1 locks ~~i account of Harrison "Run. ; made £7 Gs under the hammer. Quota-1 tions: Sheep: Fat ewes lis lid. fat lambs lis, fat and forward wethers Ms j 9d, twra-tooth wethers 12s 7d, store I wethers lis, 2-tooth ewes in lamb! (small) lis Gd. full-mouth ewe= in lamb 10s, full-mouth empty ewes 4s Od, 0s 3d. to 7s, mixed lambs 7s to 9s 4d. wether lambs 0s od, Southdown cross lambs 8s od. Cattle: Fat and forward 4 and 5-vear bullocks £7 Gs, two and 2 1 / 2 -year steers £4 8s to £4 IK 18-months steers £3 5s to £3 10s, .store cows £3 to £3 lis, lisrht fat cows >£4 7s, empty heifers £3 4s, heifers in calf £3 Gs fid. do. j (good)' £4 3s Od. dairy cows £4 17s Gd to £6 to £7 10s. weaners 22s fid to 335. BUKXiSIDE. At Burnside stock market 176 head of fat cattle were yarded, a good proportion of which was prime bullocks and heifers, with a few pens of lighter cattle. Best bullocks sold up to £l2, prime to £ll, medium £0 to £!)> 15s, 1 IHit from £7. best heifers £0 to £7,! ..•00l frci:! £-! 10-: to J5 10s.

: Fat sheep—2soo penned, consisting (principally of prime and medium quality wethers,, with a smaller proportion lof eWes than usual. The sale was somewwat erratic. Wethers sold at about lap week's prices, though in some instlaneos they were easier, while ewes sold from Is to Is Od better than last \ve\ek. Rest wethers, .15s !)d to ISs, extra! to 235, medium 14s to las 3d. extra ewek to 17s Gd, good 9s fid to 12s, others front "s iGd. Fau lambs—Boo penned. As freezing buyeirs were not operating, the number was ira. excess of requirements, and prices droppeW about Is per head. Best, to 12s, exira 13s 3d to 14s, medium and inferior\i)s to lis fid. Pigs—Eoo penned. (Small pigs met with fain demand at last week's rates. There was a fairly large supply of porkers, for which prices were a shade easier, but baconers met brisk sale at slightly higher prices. Suckers 6s to Ss Od, slips IDs to dps, .stores 18s to 225, norkers 24s to light baconers 38s to 435, heavy 45* to 50s. - \ JOHN.SO'NVTLT,E. Messrs (Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report on i their Johnsonville sale, held this week.-as follows: —A prime yarding of beef caine forward and sold readily. Sheep werii' only in fair demand. Best bullocks made ',£B 15s to '£B 17s fid. later £8 jos to £8 10s; good wethers 16s 6d, mtedium 15s Ad, good ewes 13s lOd, mediijim 13s, ishorn la nibs 10s to 10s 4d. I

j PAHIATUA. Messrs Abraham and Wi'""ii~, Ltd.. report as 'follows:—At Pahiatua this week we •afi'»-"r\ a good yarding of both •shr'V) and catle to a fair attendance of hi!■■•erg, ajnd quitted practically the "hole yarding. Owing to the poor qual- ' - of sheep yarded, the prices realised ere consequently not so good as was the case at recent sale, but cattle sold well, and prices realised fully w> to late market rates. We quote:—Ewes in lamb to blackface rams 9s, s.m. ewes in lamb Cs t<j> 8s fid, two-tooth ewes in lamb 9s 4d,i wethers np to 12s 9d, culled lambs, mixiMl sexes, to 4s 4d, others up to -8s 4d, ejive lambs to 8s 4d. Cattle: Weaners 28js to 355, weaner heifers £2 to £2 lfis, lemntv cows £2 lis and £3 to £4 3s. mills "£3 3s to '£4 ss, store cows £2 17s to £5 lfis, cows in milk to £4. ,;.■