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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 101, 6 August 1910, Page 7

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Australian; markets. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Sydney, August <5. Wheat—Small lots 3s 9<l; parcels 3e 9>/ 2 d to 3s lOd. Flour, £9 10s. Oats—Tasmanian 2a 6d to 2e 7d; Algerian feeding '2s 2d to 2s 4d; milling, 2s 6d. Barley—Cape 3s to 3s 2d. ■Maize, 2s Bd. Bran, £4 ss. Pollard, £4. Potatoes—Tasmanian £8 10«j others £6 to £7. Onions, £3 10s to £4. Butter, 112s. Cheese, 6d. Bacon, 6d to 6%d. Melbourne, August 5. Wheat, 3s lOd. Flour, £9 10s. Oats—Algerian Is lOd to 2s. Barley—Prime malting Chevalier, 4s 3d; Cape, 2a 6d. Maize, 2s sd. Bran and pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes, £4 to £6. Onions £3 ss. Adelaide, August 5. Wheat, 3s lOd. Flour, £9 to £9 ss. Bran and pollard, llVad.

MR. NEWTON" KING'S REPORT. On Thursday, 28th July, I held a very successful sale at Okato on account of Mr. W. J. Gray. There was a good attendance of buyers, and the cows, which ■were looking well, in good condition and mostly forward, sold readily at the 'following prices:— Early calvers £8 to £l2, do. well-bred Jersey 15gns, later £5 to £7 10s, v.ery late and empty £3 15s to £4 6s, pedigree Jersey bull 19gns, grade (bull £l4 10s, 18-months heifers £3 l"2s 6d to £3 14s, springing heifers £5 15s to £6 17s 6d, Jersey heifer and calf £9 ss, saws'in farrow £3 10s, stores 17s to 19s, ewes in lamb "21®, briike '£27, windmill £l4 10s, half-draught gelding £lB, trap ihorses £9 to £lO 15s, working bullocks £2O per pair. Sundries sold well. At Mrs. Judge's sale at Warea on the 29th July .there was a large attendance of buyers and cattle sold well at the following rates. Early carvers- £ 8 5s to £l3 10s, later £5 10s to £7 15s, very late £4 to £5, bull £4 10s, in-calf heifers £4, springing heifers £6, weaners 27 s. Sundries sold at usual rates. On the same day at a sale on account of Mr. Hector Gray, at Midhirst, there was a good enquiry, and prices were even throughout. Early cal vers made £7 10s to £l2 15s, later do. £5 5s to £7, yearling steers £2 Bs, bull 12gns, dray £l4. Sundries were disposed of at the usual prices.

At Mr. Radrup's sale at Midhirst on ' the 30th there was a large attendance and everything sold at excellent prices. | Early calvers made £8 las to £l4 15s, later do.. £5 to £7 10s, yearling heifer* (good quality) £3 4s to £3 15s, do. grade Jerseys £5, Jersey bulls £ll 10s to £ll 15s, draught horse £2l, draught mare £lB 10s, trap Inare £ll lQs, store e pigs 20s, mixed sheep 14s 6d, brake £l3, g dray £7, mower £6, li ay rake \£s 10 s, u plough £5 ss, harrows £8 ss. Sundries at "usual rates. ' At Mrs. O'Connel's at Midhirst early calvers' made £7 tt) £l4, later do: £5 10s to £6 15s, (springing heifers £5 15s = to £7 10s, pedigree Jersey bull 26gns, t sows and litters £2. 17s 6d to £7 ss, boar £l' 10®, half-draught horse £l6, ll plough £6. Sundries sold at fair prices, t At Mr. iR. H. Witte's sale at iS'tratford on Tuesday early calvers made up to £v 5 s>s, later do. and empty £3 to £5 10s. On account of other vendors springing, cows made up to £l2, springing heifers £6 5s to £B. At Rahotu on Tuesday there was a full yarding with good attendance, competition ibeing 'keen throughout, and nearly everything being sold at the hammer at satisfactory prices. Weaners made 29s to 395, yearling steers £2 4s to £2 7s,' yearling heifers £"2 2s to £2 17s 6d, empty heifers (z-years) £3 ss. to £4, store cows to £3 Bs, forward do. £3 14s to £4 16s, fat do. £0 to £6 6s, fa.t lieifers £4 16s 6d, springing cows £5 to £6 15s, late calvers £3 10s to £4 15s, springing heifers £5 5s to £6 17s (!d, 2-year steers £3 5s to £3 17s 6d, fat bullocks £8 15s, grade Jersey bull 12 gns, bulls up to £4 2s tkl. ■ , Oin the 3rd inst. I held a clearing ,sa!e at Matapu on account of Messrs W. and , C. Dale. Early calvers made £7 to £lO ] 15s, later do. £4 to, £6 15s, yearling steers £2 12s, yearling heifers £2 12s ] ' 6d, springiiig heifers £5, bull £3 12s (kl. ] On the same day I held a sale at Okiito on account of Mrs. Daly, when there was a good attendance, and the herd, which, included a fair proportion of Hoi steins, sold at very satisfactory prices. Early calvers made £7 to £fl , 15s', later <lo. £4 10s to £6 15s, 2-year f 'Holstein heifers in calf £5 17s 6d, ordin- « ary do. £4 15s, S.H. bull £9 2s Od, pair 1 bullocks £22, draught gelding (aged) c £23. >

At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a full yarding. Weaners made 25s 6d to 32s 6d, yearling steers 39s to 46s fid, yearling heifers 39s to 425, in-calf heifers £4 5s to £4 9s, springing heifers £5 to £G 2s Gd, fat heifers £5 12 s, store cows £3 os to £3 12s Vad, forward do. £3 14s to £4 lis, fat do. £6 to £fi 12s Gd, dairy cows (early) £5 to £6 7s 6d, later do. £3 las to £4 10s, 18montlis to 20-months steers £3 (5s to £3 13s, ,bulls £3 16s, f.f.m. ewes 16s. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report a good yarding of cattle at their Inglewood yards on "Wednesday last. Bidding was brisk, and previous prices were 'well maintained, being as follows: —Springing cows £3 5s to £6 7s 6d, springing heifers £4 to £6 ss, Jersey heifers £7 10s, store cows £2 4s to £3 10s, forward do. £3 13s to £6 2s, fat do. £5 ss, weaners 3la Od to 395, good do. £2 4s fid to £2 16s, f.m. ewes 8s 3d-to 12s 6d, wethers 15s. Mr. Stevens' dairy herd also brought good prices, his best cows making £7 7s 6d to £9 2s 6d, and backward £4 to £5 15s.

OUTSIDE MARKETS. ALDINGTON. There was a large entry of store sheep, which was made up principally of ewes and hoggets. There was a steady de-| mand aiTlast week's rates. Good wether hoggets made 12s to 13s, extra to 14s 3d. medium lis to lis 6d, small 8s Id to 10s ftd, good ewe hoggets 15s to 16s, others 13s Id to 13s 9d, 2-tootli ewes 15s 2d to 15s sd, 6 and 8-tooth 14s 9d to 16s 4d, sound-mouth, 12s f>d to 14s 10d, aged 9s 6d to 10s Bd, culls 5s 7d, wethers 12s fid (for low-conditioned) up to 15s 4d (for good). Pat sheep —Extra prime show wethers 35s to 77s Od, extra prime wethers 2os to 325, prime 19s 6d to 255, othevs 15s 6d to 19s, extra prime ewes to 245, prime 17s 6d to 21s, others 12s 4d to 17s, mer-' ino wethers 13s 6d to 15s. i Fat cattle—Steers £7 10s to £ll 12s 6d to £2l 15s, heifeTS £5 5s to- £lO, extra to £ll ss, cows £5 2s 6d to £9| 2s 6d, extra to £l2 15s (equal to 20s

to 28s for ordinary to prime, and a few special to 30s per 1001b). ' Store cattle were few in number and met with a dull sale, 15 to 18-months eorte making 45s to 575, 3-year steers £5 156 to £5 17s 6d, 3-year heifers £4 Bs, dry cows 30s to £4 7s 6d. Dairy cows brought £3 10s to £9 2s 6d. There was a fair entry of pigs, the demand for fats being about the average, and prices showing no change. Choppers sold up to £5, heavy 'baconers 46s to 50s, lighter 37s to 44s (equal to 4d per lb). A line of prime baconers, from Mr. J. Grigg (Longbeach) made 55s to 60s. Large porkers brought 30s to 365, lighter 25s to 28s (equal .to 4y 2 d to 4%d per lb). Store pigs were easier in consequence of over supply, large sorts making 20s to 255, smaller 14s to 18s, and weaners 5s to lis;

BURIteIDE. (At Burn Side stock market 102 fafc cattle were yarded, consisting of good quality. Prices on the whole were as good as those ruling) last week. Best bullocks £ll to £l2, extra to £l6, medium £9 109 to £lO 10s, inferior £8 to £9 15s, best cows and heifers £lO to £l2, extra to £l3 7s 6d, medium £8 15s to £9 10s', inferior £6 to £6 15s. Fat sheep—26o7 yarded, consisting chiefly of wethers, some 'being of very fine quality.' Prices for well finished sheep were on a par with those ruling last week, while unfinished sorts had a rather easier tendency. Best wethers 20s to 225, extra to 24s M, medium 16s to 17s 9d> inferior 14s to 15s, best bullocks 17s to 19s, extra 235, medium 14s to 15s. Lambs—There was a very small yarding of 316. The quality on the whole was good, and prices were very much the same a 9 those ruling last week. Best 15s 3d to 17s, medium 13s 3d: to 14s 9d. Pigs—lso yarded. There was a verykeen demand for young pigs, and prices all over were fully up to last week's rates.