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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 140, 9 December 1911, Page 7

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LCNiXJX MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London. December 7. At the wool sales to-day prices vu.-c well maintained, crossbred* reaching the highest price of the serhs. There is slight irregularity iu faulty merinos. Waihi shares, 57s (id to (iOs; Junctions 29s (id to 30s Cd. Silver, 2i5 !)-l(id per oz. The American visible wheat supplv is 107,103,000 bushels. S'OI'TMKUN' MALIK KTS. AMMXCToN.

entries of stock and a. good .i.tteueanec. Store slice]) values were liriuly maintained, fat lambs »■•■■'. fat sheep sold at advanced rates, ami fat cattle were easier. There, was practically no chang,: in pigs, and store cattle met with an improved demand. Store sheep—Shorn two-'ootli ewe* 13s 9d to 15s i)d, shorn ewes with lambs 12s lid to 14s 2d, shorn four and six-tooth wethers lis 5d to 15s Bd. small fourtooth wethers in the wool 13s 4d. shorn two-tooth wethers Us (id. to 12s 3d, two and fonr-tooths 13s Id, mixed two-tooths 10s (id to 13s, inferior % 4.1 to Ills. There, were 520 fat lambs penned, the bulk making 15s to ISs, and smaller lis to Ms fld. Fat slice]) —Prime shorn wethers 17s fid to 22.S 3d. lighter Iss to 17>, woolly ewes 15s 10(1 to I'Ss 9d, prime shorn ewes Kis to 20s 3d, extra to 22s 2d, others 13s Ud to 15s !)d, shorn merino wethers 13s (id. There were 250 head of fat cattle penned, of which a large portion were from the North Island.—Steels made £8 17s (id to £1.2 12s fid, heifers £5 15s to .£!) 7s fid, cows £.5 :5s to £9. Veal calves brought 4s (id to 51s. Store cattle —15 to 18-months 455, two-' year steers £4 2s (id. two-year heifers £3 2s fid. three-year steers £5 Ss, three-' year heifers£4 9s to £5 7s. dairy heifers 35s to £4 2s (id. Dairv cows sold at' £3 10s to £9 19s. Fat pigs—Choppers made 50s, to £4 liSs, large baconers Oik to 725. lighter 50s to 67s fid (equal to s'/,d to 5%d per lb): large porkers 37s (id to 475, lighter 3ils to 35s (equal to (id per lb). Large store pigs made 30s to 355, medium 22s to 28s, ordinary weaners 10s to ISs. extra good to 21s fid, brood sows 47s (id to £5 os. BURXSIDE. At Buriiside 272 fat cattle were yarded. The sale opened with prices about 10s per head below last week's rates, and values gradually fell, closing about £1 below those ruling a week ago.' Best bullocks £l2, medium £9 10s to £lO 10s, others fS to £9.

Fat sheep—There was a small yarding, 1092 being penned. Owing to butchers having light supplies on hand, the market was keener than last week, prices showing an advance of about Is 6d per head at the start, but there was a weakening towards the finish. Bestshorn wethers 18s to lfis Cd, extra to. 21s, medium 17s Cd to 18s, best ewes 16s to 18s 6el, others l k 2s (Id to 14s Cd. There were only a few pens of woolly sheep forward and these sold as follows: —Best wethers to "245, others 18s fid to 22s Cd.

Fat lambs —There was a full yarding, 350 being penned. Last week's rates were maintained.

JOHNSON VILLK. Messrs Abraham and Williams report on their Jolmsuiiville sale as follows: We had a good entry of sheep and bullocks. Sheep were easier, while bullocks sold ill late rates. Prime heavv bullocks £!) 15s to £lO. medium bullocks £0 to £0 10s, lighter £S 10s to €8 l(ss, light £7 Lis to £B. vealers 535, lighter 21s to 30s. heavy wellicrs 10s to lfis Id, medium wethers ]ss fid prime heavy ewes los 2d, good ewes Lis to 13s fid. medium ewes 12s Id to 12s Od. light lis to lis 3d, extra prime lambs lis "d to 15s 4d, prime lambs 13s (o 13s M. plain fls to 10s.

MARTOX. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. report:— At our Marton sale we had a very good yarding of cattle and a fair entry of sheep, practically the whole of which changed bands at the following prices:— Fair 2-tooth wethers to 10s lid, good 2-tooth wethers to 12s, medium 2-tooth ewes to 12s fid, medium mixed hoggets 12s lid. aged uwca (with small percentage lambs) 12s (id. good wether hoggets to Us Bd. Cattle: 12 to 15-months steers £3, small yearling steers £2 as to £2 lis. 15 to l'S-month steers to £3 10s. 18-months to 2-year steers £3 14s to £3 17s. mixed 2-vear cattle £3 13s, 15-month heifers to £3, 15 to 18-month dairy heifers to .C\ 10s, young bulls to £2'l3=, store cows £3 2s to £3 lis. cows and calves to £4, fat cows and heifers to £0 15s.

WATKAXAE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—At Waikanae on Tuesday a small yarding of sheep and cattle met with a ready sale at the following quotations:—Shorn 4-tooth ewes 13s, shorn 2-tooth wethers (small) 10s, 2-year dairy heifers £3 15s to £3 17s, 'l2 to 18months heifers £2 lis to £3 2s Od, springing cows £4 15s to £0 15s, yearling steers £2 18s, weaners 31s, bulls £2 10s to £3. PALMERSTOX XORTH. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. report:—At our Palmerston North sale a small yarding of sheep and a very good entry of! cattle, which included some very fine lines of well-bred bullocks, came forward, there was a fair enquiry for young cattle, but several lines of bullocks were passed in. Sheep: Mixed-age ewes (with lambs) His (id. e.f. ewes 13s 2d. Cattle: Small yearling heifers 34s fid, 3-y?ar steers £5 Ss to £5 Os fid, 18month steers £3 l-Ss. 2-year steers £4 2s Od, 3%-year bullocks £0 Ss fid, 4-year forward bullocks to £7 7s.