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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 300, 13 May 1911, Page 3

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LONDON WOOL SALES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, May 11. At the wool sales the bidding was spirited, with strong competition. All prices were firm. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING. Sydney, May 11. Wheat—Shippers 33 sd, miller* 3s 6y 2 d. Flour, £8 10s. Oats —Algerian feeding 2s 2d to 2s 3d. seeding 2s 7d, SparrowbilU 2s lOd, (Slants 2s lid. ltarlev—Cape 2s Od to 2s Bd, English 2s :id to 2s Cd. Maize, 2s 7d to 2s Od. Bran and pollard, 6d. Potatoes—Tasmanian £0 10s to £7 ss. Onions, to £2 15s. Butter, 02s. Cheese, 5y 2 d to Gd. Bacon. 6'/ 2 d. Melbourne, May 11. Hides—Market firm and prices unchanged at late rates. Oaten hay—Pressed chaffing sheaves 50s, manger sheaves 70s to 755, dumped hay. none in market. Wheat, 3« Cd to 3s 6y 2 d. Flour, £B. Oats—Algerian feeding U 11'/-d, milling 2s 3'/ a d. malting English ss, Cape 2s sd. ■ ■ Maize, 2s fid. Bran and pollard, £3 13s. Potatoes, £5. Onions, £1 13s to £2. Adelaide, May 11. Wheat, 3s sd. Flour, £7 10s. Bran and pollard, W/-A-Oats, 2s 3d. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Haymarket on Saturday store pigs made 14s to 15s Cd; small' stores, 10s Gd; weaners, 4s 6d to 8s Cd. Horse, trap, and harness sold for £29. At Rahotu, on Tuesday, weaners made 18s to 28s Cd; weaner steers, 27s Cd; store cows. £2 2s to £2 14s 6d; mixed yearlings, £2 as; forward cows, £3 Ss to £4 15s; fat cows, £5 10s to £G; in calf heifers, £4 as; hulls, £4 3s to £8 Ss. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a good yarding with fair attendance of buyers and good prices were realised. Mixed weaners made 30s to 325; woaner steers. 30s; 18-months steers, £3 13s Cd; in calf heifers, £4 4s; springing heifers, £5 to £5 15s; store cows, £2 l(7s to £3 2s (id; forward cows, £3 6s to £4' 2s fid; cows in calf; £4 10s to £5 15s; grade Jersey yearling heifers, £3 10s to £3 15s; pure bred' Jersey heifers, springing, £l2 5s to £ls Ills; pedigree Ayrshire heifer, in milk, £ll lis; bulls. £5 to £5 17s 6d. , N.Z.L. & M.A. COMPANY'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. Stratford branch, report:— ...,' r •■ We held our usual fortnightly cattle sale at Stratford on Tuesday last, when the.yarding was .larger (.than, was advertised, being 713 head.of cattle and 30li sheep. There .was. a very large attendance of buyers, but. prices were somewhat easier except for ''fats": however we disposed, of a' very fair proportion at the hammer,- and.a,good many lines afterwards at the -following prices': Weaners, small and poor quality, (Is Oil; medium, 17s (Jd; fair! to good, including Jersey heifers, up lo'SSs fid. and one line of Jersey weaner heifers,' a nice line, at 53s (id: store cows, poor 'and small. 3(is U]) to 74s for good; forward cows. SSs to 118s; fat cows,. Ifl2s fid.to lOfls;. IS-niouth heifers, 00s; empty 'J'B-m'jniiths heifers. 00s to G4s : 18-20 months' steers up to (>7s Cd; bulls, 05s to j'fl?,s'; backward heifers, 05s to 90s; cows' in milk. S7s to 00s; springing cows, 'lfrOs; 'lambs, from 4s to 7s 3d for a nice line 1 ; sound month ewes, 4s to 5s fid. sale will be bo held in our -Stratford' yards on 23rd inst. ' :■'■■('..•■

MATTHEWS ■&, Bli'jfTO REPORT. Matthews Bennett-,re.pq:rt thnt there was not a large entry .in their Inglewood , yards on Wednesday, b.uJ, nearly everything that was yarded Weaners. £1 2s to- £l.''?tV;'.store cows, £2 os to £3 los; in eaHi'jiei'fers. £3 5s to £4 10s; springers,'.£4.,-5s to .£8 10s; full-mouth ewes, 8s; ; cuJj's','2s to 5s 2d. At R. Baxter's clear-nig .sale, at .Tarata on Tuesday there was'a,large attendance, bidding wm good, and was sold as follows: Dairy'cows, £3 . 10s to £7 ,2s Gd; fuH-moi\Ui-ewe*, 8s 2d; wethers, 10a 3d; lambs, ,5s 2d; horses, from £7 5s to £ll r%',.si)n(jries and implements at good price's. ADDIXOTOy MARKET. Chris'tchiifcn, May .10.' Sheep'.—Two tooth ewes'made'!2s to 12s 5(1; small half-breds. IU 3d; two. four, and six-tooths, 'los to 10s 3d; foiirj six, and eight tooths, lis;, sound mouth Ss Cd to 10s (id; full to failing-month, os fid to 7s fid; culls and aged, 3s to ,1s; medium lambs, 7s to Bs'; 'others 5s Gd to Gs Gd; halfbred ewes, 'i'2s 6d; crossbred ewes, fls; culls, 4s !>d;''.medium wethers. lis to lis Gd. ■; ; '.; . ' Fat lambs.—There were GSSG taken for freezing at fls to lfis 7d, and one pen at IBs Id: 21G by butchers,'at. IDs «d to 15s 4d, and extra to 10s; and 127 were passed at lis Id to 13s'Id. Fat .sheep.—Prime wethers, IGs Gd to 21s (id; extra, Ms Od; lighter, 13s to 10s; prime ewes, 13s (id to 17s l()d: medium, lis to I3s ; aged and light, os ft.l to H)s Gil; prime merino wethers. Us ltd to ]'7s. K.-it cattle—.Steers made £7 los to £ll 2s Gd; extra, £l3 to £l4 10s. and £ls os; heifers, £5 7s (id. to £S 10s; cows, £5 to £lO 10s (equal to 2fls for prime, 22s to 23s (id for medium, and 21s to 21s Gd for cow and' inferior per 10011,). Veal calves made 4s fid to 555, and extra to £4 los, there being a number of well-grown animals _offered. There was a moderate demand for the few store cattle yarded; yearlings making 255; 15- to 18-monfhs, £3 7s fid;twoyear steers, £3 7s Gd to £4 ss: twoyear heifers, £3 10s; three-vear heifers, £3 l!)s to C 4 15s: and dry cows. 20s to C 4 ss. Dairy eows were in keen demand at £3 lfis to £lO, and extra to £l2. Choppers made up to 70s; heavy hacoyers. 50s to 555; and smaller. 35s to 47s lid (pi|iial to 4d per Hi) ; large porkers, 27s to 325: and lighter. 22s to 25, (equal to 4'/,d to A'/.A 'per lb). There was a good demand for store pigs, medium sorts making los to 20s; smaller, 7s to 12s (id: and weaners. Is (Id to lis and 7s. .JOHN^ONVIIXK. Messrs. Abraham & Williams. Ltd.. report on their .lohnsi.nville -ale at follows:—The bullocks oll'ere.l were a bit on the rough side, and unfinished. The heaviest made C!» 17s (111 to CI I 7s (id; others. CS :.- t.. CS 12s fid: light, unfinished bullocks. CI 15s to CS !s : good wether.-. ISs lid; medium wethers. Mis 4d: to Ifi? 10(1; light wethers, I4s 7,| to los: good owes, los to lfis: medium ewes, 13, Id to 14s (id; light ewes. Ills (id to 12s; woolly iambs, 12s IOd; good shorn lambs, lis to 12s.

[ BURNSIDE. Dimedin, May 10. At Burnside best bullocks made £lO 10s to £ll 15s. extra heavy to £l3 17s Gd; medium to good. £8 5s to £1) Is: light, £0 10s to"£7 15s; best cows and heifers, £8 to £fl; medium to good, £fi 5s to £7 10s; light and inferior, £4 10s to £5 10s. Eat sheep—Best wethers, 18s to lfls fid: extra, 21s 9d to 22s Gd; medium to good, 15s (id to 17s fid; light and inferior, 12s Gd to 14s Gd; best ewes, 14s to His Gd; extra good, to 20s Gd; good, lis fid to 12s fid; light and inferior, 8s fid to 10s. Fat lambs—Best, 13s to 14s 3d; extra, to 15s 0d; good, 10s fid to lis. Pigs.—Suckers 4s (id to 8s; slips, 10s Gd to 12s Gd; stores. 18s to 20s Cd; porkers, 20s to 375 : light bat-oners, 35s to 455; heavv do., 47s to Gls.