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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 395, 21 May 1910, Page 7

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XEWTON KlXfl'S WEEKLY REPORT. At the Ha niKwki't on Saturday but few pigs were penned, though good prices iwiere realised. Suckers made 3s lid to os, stores IDs to 15s, porkers 20s (id to 295. At Ureiuii on AloiKiay there was a fair yarding of cattle and: sheep. The demand for small in-calf heifers was not so good as of late, lint till other classes were well competed for. There were no weaners yarded. Empty 18-months (heifers made £2 15s to £2 18s, yearling steers £2 ss, 18-months steers £3 ss, in-calf Iheifers £3 t»s to £4 10s, do. good quality and forward' £5 5s to £5 16s, .store cows £2 10s to £2 15s, forward cows £3 5s to £3 l!i-, Lit and forward cows £4 l(te, cows in calf £4 10s to £5, 3 to 4-year bullocks, forward condition, £li 13s; ewe lambs 8s fid, mixed lambs 8s Id, do. small 5s 5d to Os 3d, f.m. ewes 9s. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a ibig yarding of all classes of cattle. Though the demand was not so keen as at previous sales, a fair amount of .business iwias transacted. Weaners made 325, empty heifers £2 12s to £3 4s, incalf heifers £4 as to £5, do. small, £3 8s to £3 17s (id, la-months steers £2 14s, 2-year steeds £3 14s Od, 2V» to 3-y« .steers £4 5s (id, 4-vea.r store bullocks £-5 12a, store cows £2 12s to £3, forward cows £3 5s to £3 145., fat cows £3 5b to £3 14s, fat cows (light) £4 10s to £4 14s, fat maiden heifers £5 12s 6d to £5 10s, heifers calved £3 10s to £.5, bulls £3 17s to £5 lis; 4-tootlh ewes 14s Gd, 2 to 4-tooth wethers 129 lfld, culls 4s.

At Stony River on Wednesday -weaners made 27s Cd l to 355, empty heifers £3 to £3 Is fid, in-calf heifers (wosl quality) £5 Is (id to £5 15s, store cows £1 17,s to £2 10s Cel. forward cows £3 7s to £3 13s, fat cows (good quality) £5 as, do. light £4 4s Gil to £4 Bs, bulls £2 0s to £4. OUTSIDE MARKETS. WANGANUI. Messrs Dalgety -and Co. report:— Sheep: Fat ewes lis sd, fat lambs lis, two-tooth wethers 12s (id, full-mouth ewes in lamb 5s Cd, Os Cd to 10s 10d; cull ewes 3s 3d, mixed lambs Ds, wether lambs Ssi; fat cows £4 los to £5 10s, 31/, to 4-.year bullocks £4 15s, empty 2% to 3-year heifers £3 los, 18-montlhs iheifers 37s Gd, £2 os to £2 16s Gd, 18mon>t)h steers £z 17s Gd, springing heifers £4 10s, springing cows £3 Is, £3 10s, £4 2s Gd, £5 ss, £G to £7 10s, empty cows ,£3 to £3 12s Gd, mixed weaners £1 4s Gd. MASTERTOX. Messns Balgety and Co., Ltd., report: —Two-tooth wethers (small) 10s Gd to | lis (id, two and four-tooth wethers lis lud to 13s, f.f.m. ewes in lamb 7s ikl to Bs, .fat an<l forward ewes 10a Gd to lis Gd, fat lambs lis (id to 10,s Gd, store cows (•forward) £2 IGs, 18,-montihs steers £2 17s Gd, fat cows £4-aa to£4 10s, springing .heifers £4, cows wit'll calves £3 10s, heifer calves 20s, forward s-peyed cows £4 7®, "2-year heifers in calf £2 14s, fat and forward 3 and 3%-year steers £7, calves 25? to 30s, 3, and 4-year bullocks £G 4s, iheifer and young cows £3, forward 1 empty cows £3 12s. JOHXSOXVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report: —We offered a heavy yarding of prime sheep and cattle, which sold at late mtes. Best .bullocks £8 17s Gd to £9 2s Gd', lighter £8 to £8 7s Gd, prime heavy cows £7 as, liglhter £4 10s to £4 *l2s Gd, empty cows £4 to £4 10s, vealers (heavy) £2 3s to £2 4s, lighter 2!>s to 375, .prime nvethers 17s, prime ewe a 14s 7d to 14s 9d, good ewes 13s Scl, .prime knuWlls to lis 8d to 12s 2d. PAHIATUA. Messrs Abraham and 'Williams, Ltd., report:—Forward wethers 12s Od to 13s 3d, small do. 10s, f.m. ewes 5s Id, 18mouth and 2-vear steers £4. 18-month steers £2 los, weaners 30s to £2 3s lor good; steers, fat cows £4 Bs, emipty cows £3 7s Cd to £3 17s, good dairy cows (.springing) £0 5s to £7 12s Gd, heifers in calf £3 10s, bulls £2 10s to £4 10s. ADDIXtiTOX. At Aldington live stock market there were good entries of stock and a fairlylarge attendance. Store sheep—Forward wethers 12s to 12s 6d, others 10s Cd to lis (id, lambs 7s 3d to !)s, six and eight-tooth ewes lis to lis 4d, aged and iow-conditioned ewes 5s Is to Bs.. Fat lambs —There iwiere BGSO taken for freezing, 228 by butchers and. 110 should have been in the store pens. Tegs made 15s Gd to IGs, extra heavy Ms Gd to 17s Gd, lighter lambs 12s 4d to 15s 3d, the average being 13s 0(1. to 14s !)d. Fat .sheep—Extra prime wethers to 20 s Gdi, .prime lGs> to 10s, medium 14s to 15s Gd, li'glht 10s 7d to 13s (id. extra 1 prime ewes to 18s 3d, .prime 14s Gd to ; 17s, medium 12s to 14s, aged (is !)d to ] lis Gd, merino wethers IDs llhl to 14s, merino ewes,G» Ida to 7s 3d.

Fa.t cattle—Steers made -CO 12s Cd to £lO 10», extra to £l3 ss, heifers £4 7s fid to £7 7s Od, extra to £0 2s Od, cows £4 17s 0(1, extra to £!) 15s; equal to. 25s for extra, prime, 2ls to 23* for •prime,| and 18s Od to 'Jils for cow and' medium quality beef, •per lO'lli). j Veal calves 'imvihi 4- (id to (ills. Store cattle were' ill poor demand, year]inigs ma'kiiisi 245. 13 to 18-mont.h->i 35s Gd, dry eawis 37s and £3 12s Od. The two mud three-year-old cattle were passed in. Dairy cows 1 trought £3 10s «uhl and 1 extra to £lO 17s 6d. There was a good yarding of pins, fats heini"' mostly of prime quality. Baconers made 47s Od. to 52'S (id foi smaller 38s to 45s (equal to 4d per to), lawe porters 30s to 345. smaller 2os to 20s°(equal to 4y 4 d to 4%d per lb). Stores met with dull sale. larger sorts making 19s to 245, smaller lih +o 18», weaners 4s to Bs. • BUKXSTDI'I Fat cattle —Prime bullocks £!) 13s to £lO 55,. extra heavy to £ll 12s Od, medium to good £> H'~ to £8 10s, lialit £.5 15s to £0 15s. hest 'heifers £0 to £7, ordinary do. £4 to £5 10s. Fat sheep—Medium wethers and .prime ewes uvjere slbbtlv easier, while medium to pood ewes showed a- drop if Is ro Is ltd .per head. Prime wethers 17s to 18s (id, extra lieavv to 22b (id. medium 14s M to 10s (id. 1 ifillt 12s to 13s Od. prime ewes 12s Od to l:!s Od. extra heavy to 15s, medium 8s lid to lis. inferior 5s to Fat lambs— 2802 penned. More than three-fourths of .the entry were prime lambs suitable for export, and these met; witli splendid sale at advanced rates.. For unfinished lambs there was only a| vcrj' ye:* d'.Eiani 1 ., and prices were low.

Prime 13s Gd to 14s 6d, extra to 15s Od, medium ito good 10s to 12s Od, untini'sli!;' (is to 9s. Pigs—22o ya.rded. Prices for young pigs dropped Is to Is (kl per hewd. The deniiuid for istores w-as not so keen as was the case last week, and, for poiikers and Ixiconers, buyers were not anxious to do business icxcept at reduced prices. Suckefl's 4s (id l to 7s, slips 8s to lis Gd, stores 153 to 19s. ponkers 2Gs to 345. light bacuners 3(is to 435, heavy do. 4(j's to 525, choppers to 51s. !