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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 136, 17 September 1910, Page 3

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STOCK MARKETS. XEVvTOX KING'S WEEKLY RETORT, At the Hay market on Saturday but few pens were penned. Weaners made 5s to 8s 6d, small stores 9s to 12s, fair stores 13s to 17s, porkers 21b, sows'2ls to 27 s 6d, On Monday I held a clearing sale at Oakura on - account or Mr. W. Sheffield. The cows were all young, but the majority were Very late calvers. The earliest made from £6 liOs to £7, very late £4 to £5 ss, diay £ls 15s, mare £l3, cart harness £7 ss. Sundries sold at usual rates. On Tuesday at Rahotu there was a fair yarding. Competition was keen, especially for young cattle, and everything sold right up to late market rates. Mixed weaners made 20s 6d to 34s 6d, mixed yearlings £2 13s, yearling steers £2 4s to £2 ss, .yearling heifers £3 to £3 <ss, 2-year, steers £3 18s, store cows £2 10s to £3t4sy>forvyard do. £3 15s 6d to £4 13s, fat cows £6 6s to £6 7s 6d, springing heifers £5 .10s to £7 14s, dairy cows (close up) £7 15s to £ll os, later do. £5 to £5 17s Od, bulls £3 10s to £4 4s. I On the same day there was a good yarding of springing heifers and daily cows at my Sfratfo'rd yards, with a good attendance of . buyers, and everything was well competed for, good prices being realised.' .Springing' heifers (close up) j made £6 10s to'''£B'l"2s 6d, later do. i £4 l<te to-"£0 -ss,'-.springing cows (close up) £6'lefe) later do. £3 17s 6d to £o las.-. '<•••• At- Waiwaka-iho on Thursday there was a full yairding, With a good attendance of buyfers.- - -Bidding waa brisk! throughout, being sold at the hammer-at full market rates. Weaners made 25s to 355, mixed yearlings £2 lios*6rt to.£2 18s, yearling Jersey heifers £3 10s, yearling stet rs £2 8s 6d to £2 heifers £3 15s to £3 10s, store bows' £2 19s to £3 158, fresh do.' £4,'spnnging heifers £5 7s 6d to £8 10s, springing cows (close up) £7 to £lO ss, late'r do. £4 15s to £6 I7s 6d, 2-year steers £4 7s 6d to £4 13s, bulls £4 Is.

MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. | Matthews and Bennett report a good| entry of cattle at their Ingle wood yards, on Wednesday last. Springers predomin-, ated, and some very fine heifers were! yarded and 'sold■ freely,- Mr. Hall topping j the market at £9 7s (id. Prices as follows: —Two-year steers £3 8s to £3 12s. empty heifers-£3 l'ls to £3 13s 6d, store cows £3 8s to £3 13s f>d, old do. £1 10s to £2 ss, 'good' 1 springing heifers £6 12s Cd to £-9 7s 6d, backward and poor do. £3 7s 6d to, ss,..springing cows £5, 10s, ta £B, old, and unsound do. £2 10s to £4 ss. , : .. JOHN SONVITXE. Abraham and.Williams, Ltd., report: — We offered a.good yarding of cattle andj sheep, which:'; sold,. well at late rates.] [Best bullocks' £lO to £lO 10s, lighter £9 12s 6d .to £9. 15s and. £9 2s 6d to £9 10s, light heifers £5 l r 2s 6d to £5 17s (id, rptaiaii 4iA :10s. ..to £5 2s, prime wethers :275.'.6d ,to 27s 7d, good wethers 24s 9d plain 21s to 22s 2d, prime ewes 22s ewes 20s 6d. , . .IADSINGTON.

At Addjogton. the yarding of store sheep was smaller than last week, and pxinjßjqpaliy made up of hoggets .with a few pens oi ewes. £l}er£ was. a good demand at late rates, and \vethers were rather firnjer. ~ made 15s 9d to 17 s 7d, to lSs 3d, lowt6 lis 2d, jjpood hoggets 13s 6d to 14s 3d, dthers 12s 9d to 13s 3d, small and, jflferior 10s 6d to 12s, two and l four-tooth 'ewes in good condition 17s 6d, foiir, six nnd'eight-tooth in low condition 12s ''6 d- aged and low conditioned sorts with, la>mbs 8s 2d to Bs* sd. There were 61 -neiw- season's fat lambs penne'd, and they met".wi|h a very good sale, prices ranging from 17s 6d to 20s 6d for 'best, and. 15s•■to 17s for smaller. The yarding of Ist Jsheep>,was larger than last Week by .'looo' to 1500 head, and in the aibsence of.. outside competition it was thought that the supply was beyond the requirements of . the local trade, and prices were therefore easier at the opening of the, sale,' but firmed towards the close. Tne yarding was made up principally of good,to prime wethers, with a few pens of ewes ahd merino wethers. The range of . was; Prime wether's 20s to 265, lighter; 16s 4d to 10s 7d, prime ewes 18s Id -to 22s 9d, others 10s 9d to I4s 9d, hoggets los 6d to 10s Id, extra prime merino wethers 23s 3d to 25s- 6d, prime 16s 2d to, 18s 9d, lighter 13s 6d to 15s 3d. There was an entry of 266 'head of fat cattle of very good quality, dealers taking , the "bulk of the supply, There 1 was a good demand and prices were firm. Steers made £7 5s to £ll, extra, to £l3 j ss, heifers £5 to £9, extra to £lO 55,, cows £5 5s to £8 10s, extra £lO 10s; [beef, medium quality 28s, cow and inferior 24s to 27s per 1001b. A line of 321 steers froni, the North Island made £lll iOs 8d to '£l3' ss, averaging £l2 lis.j Veal calves brought 4s 6d to £2 2s Gd.j A moderate yarding of store cattle soldi at rather easier prices. Yearlings made 42s 6d, 18-months 3os, three-year steers £5 lis, three-year heifers £5, dry cows 25s to £4 10s* 6d. Dairv cows brought. £3 10s to £8 10s. " 1 There was a better demand for fat pigs, as the entry was not very large, and prices were correspondingly firm. There was a moderate entry of store pigs, and prices showed a decline, as the demand was dull. Choppers sold up to 755, large baconers 47s 6d to 535, lighter 37s 6d to 455, large porkers 31s to 355, smaller 25s to 30s, large stores 23s to 275, medium 14s to 21s, weaners 3s 6d to Os for small and up to Ds fid for extra good sorts.

BURNSIDE. I ! At Burnside- stock market 1-95 head of j cattle were yarded, a fair proportion be- j ing good to prime. There were very few: pens of prime heavy -weights forward.j Prices were hardly so firm as last week,! but were satisfactory to sellers. Prime j bullocks to £l6, medium £ll 10s to! £l2 10s, light £9 9s to £lO 10s. The) yarding of fat sheep was above the average, 3401' being penned. The bulk of thej entry was composed of meidum weight, of _ very good quality. There was a good sale at prices aibout lis below' last week's 'rates. Heavy-weight wethers 17s 6d'to 19s, light 15s to 16s 6d, best! ewes 18s to 19s 6(1, medium Ms to 17s | » 6d, liglit 15s to 16s 6ct, best ewes 18s to 119s fid, medium 16s to l'7s Gd, light 14s ■ Ito 15s. Lambs, of ■which 19 were penned, met with a good demand.. Six sold from 22s to 24s 9d, and others from 19s to 21s. 1 There were 135 pigs yarded, the greater ( number consisting of porkers and bacon'<?rs. The latter were in good demand, and were firm at last week's rates, but I stores andi suckers were not so well com•peted for, and sold in fa-vor of buyers. ] Suckers 6s to 12s, slips 13s to 325, baconers 35s to 455, heavy 50s to 57s Gd.,