COMMERCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 107, 13 January 1912, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS

By Cable—Press Association—Copyright,

London, January 11. Share Quotations. —Wailii, 51s 3d and 53s 9(1; Junction, *29s and 30s.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, January 11, Wheat, 3s 7%d to 3s Bd. Flour. —New £8 15s, old £9.

Oats. —Algerian, feeding 2s 6d to 2s Bd, seeding 2s 9d to 2s lOd; sparrowbills 2s 1:1 d to 3s, giants 3s 4d. Barley.--Cape 2s lOd to 3s 6d, English malting 4s fid to ss. .Maize, 3s lid to 4s 3d. Bran, £5. Pollard, £5 10s. Potatoes, £7 to £lO. Onions, 15s. Butter. —Selected 1265, prime 114s to 1225.

Cheese, 6 1 / 2 <L Bacon, 5 ] / 2 d to 7%d. Melbourne, January 11. Hides.—Large supplies and excellent competition; prices very firm. Wheat, 3s 7%d to 3s Bd. Flour, £8 lfls. Bran and pollard, £5 10s. Chaff.—Oaten dumped 85s to 90s, compressed 90s to 965. The market is firm but supplies short. Maize, 3s B%d. Potatoes, £f> to £l6 10s. Onions.—Globes 12s. Adelaide, January 11. Wheat, 3s 7 J / 2 d to 3s Bd. Flour, £8 to £8 10s. Bran and pollard, 13y 2 d. Oats, 2s 7d. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. At my Rahotu yards on Wednesday, 3rd inst., /in account of the proximity of the holidays, I had only a small entry, and only a fair attendance of the public. Store cows made £3 15s, old cows £1 6s, yearling steers £1 17s 6d to £2 Is 6d, yearling heifers £2 5s 6d, purebred Jersey bull £lO 10s. On Friday, sth inst., at my Waiwakaiho yards, I had a good yarding of stock and a good attendance. All cattle met with good competition, showing an improvement on former prices. Weaners made 15s to £1 4s, 2-year liteifers £4, 2-year steers £3 2s 6d to £3 19s, cows and calves £3 17s to £4 15s, fat cows £4 16s, forward cows £3 3s to £4 $s 6d, store cows £1 15s to £2 15s, bulls 17s [ to £3 7s, springing heifers £4 7s <3d to £4 12s Qd, springing cows £3 10s to £6 1 2s 6d, cows (in milk, but old and not sound), 19s '6d to £3 13s 6d, cows in milk- £3 2s 6d to £5 ss.

On Monday, at .Urenui, I had a fair yarding, but owing to the very fine weather and harvesting I had only a fair attendance. Bidding throughout was brisk for most lines, especially store and forward cows. A good number of 18months cattle were sold during the day at improved rates. A corn-fed, big-fram-ed cow met with very keen competition' and realised £7 19s; yearling to 18-) months steers £2 13s 6d to £3 4s 6d, yearling to 18-months heifers £2 15s 6d to £2 19s, grade Holstein 15-months heifers £3 7s, 2-year steers (poor) £3 lis fid, store cows £2 14s to £3 lis, forward cows £3 17s to £4 Bs, fat cows £4 lis 6d to £5 Is, springing heifers £4 10s, cows in milk £4 10s to £o, bulls £2, shorn wethers 10s Bd, mixed shorn ewe* Bs. ' At the Toko yards on Monday I had a fair yarding and attendance, 15-months heifers making £2 16s, 15-months steers £2 13s, bulls £2 7s fid to £3 10s, store cows £1 16s to £3 sa, forward cows £3 7s 6d to £4, fat cows £4 to £5 2s 6d, cow (in milk) £7.

On Tuesday, at my fortnightly sale in the Stratford yards, I had a good yarding, cattle coming forward in exce»» 9f advertised numbers. Bidding throughout the day was good, and, with one exception, every line was cleared during the day, mostly under the hammer, at improved rates. The first weaners in these yards for this season were mixed lots, the better of them, some wellgrown Jersey heifers, realising from £1 12s to £1 17s 6d; other weaners, much poorer cattle, 10s to £1 Is, yearling to 18-months heifers £2 10s 6d to £3 2s 6d, yearling to 18-months steers £1 14s to £2 14s Gd, yearling mixed £2 10s, bulls £2 10s to £4 13s 6d, 2-year steers (colored) £3 14s 6d, others £4 7s 6d, store cows £5 8s Od to £5 12s, forward cows. £3 15s to £4, fat cows £4 5s to £4 lis.

On Wednesday, at Stony River, I had only a small yarding and attendance, and consequently business during the day was not so good as at former sales. I had several pens of weaners yarded, but only the better and stronger calves were sold. An exceptionally nice well-grown line of Shorthorn weaners were l yarded, and they were a credit to their owner (Mr. W. Greenway). These met with very good competion and realised £1 17s 6d for the steers, and for the balance, which were really first-class, wellgrown and good-conditioned mixed weaners, realised £1 lis. Ordinary weaners realised £1 Is, yearling to 18-months heifers £2 5s to £3 5s 6d, 2-year heifers £3 12s, 2-year steers £3 10s to £3 14s 6d, fat cows £4 12s, grade bulls £3 to £6 4s Od.

During the last week and the holidays I have sold a good number of cattle privately at the following prices:—Mixed yearlings, to £3, yearling to 18-months steers £2 7s 6d to £3 Is Cd, 2-year steers £3 14s to £4 7s Cd, 2-year heifers £4 2s to £4 10s, store cows £3 10s, grown and good-conditioned mixed weanherd: of 41 dairy cows £6, dairy bull £l2, fat cows £4 10s to £6, yearling bull £2 ss, store cows £6 ss, fat wethers £1 2s, shorn wethers 13s, fat shorn ewes 13s, hoggets 12s, mixed sheep 12s Od. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Mewrs. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Prices were as follows:—Weaners £1 2s to £1 4s, yearlings £2 10s to £3 2s, steers £3 to £3 ss, bulls £2 12s 6d. to £4 Is, store cows £2 to 3 12s 6d, forward cows £4 to £5, forward bullocks £5 10s, fat cows £6. SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Forward four and sixtooth wethers 14s to 15s 9d, fair 13s j to 13s 9d, forward two-tooth wethers 15s 9d, fair 13s to 13s 9d, forward twotooth wethers 15s 9d, others to 13s lOd, I merino wethers 9s kl, two-tooth ewes 103 6d to 17s 6d, two and four-tooth ewes 'l6s 6d to 17s sd, full and failingmouth lis 6d, ewes (with lambs) 10s Id to lis sd, very forward rape lambs 13s to 13s 7d, others lis Cd to 12s Cd, small and low-conditioned !)s lid. Fat lambs—Best 14s to 14s 6d, extra to 17s Cd, lighter 12s 6d to 13s 9d.

Fat sheep—Prime wethers 17s 6d to 225, others 14s 9d to 17s, prime ewes 15s (kl to 18s 6d, extra to 20s Od, others 12s >9d to 15s, merino wethers 14s lOd, Beef—Steers made £7 17s 6d to £l3 ss, heifers £5 10s to £8 7s 6d, cows £5 5s to "£7 7s 6d, veal calves 40s 6d to 445, according to size and quality. Store cattle —15 18-months sorts realised 41s to £3 12s. 6d, two-year heifers £3 15s to £3 18s, three-year steers £7, three-year heifers £5 to £5 15a, dry

cows ssl to £5 lis. Dairy cows brought from £3 10s to £8 12s 6d. Fat pigs—Choppers made 50s to 89a, I one exceptionally large and prime Berkshire sow making £5 7s fid; heavy bacon- ] ers brought, 60s to 71s, lighter 50s to 58s ■ (equal to 5%d to 6d per lb); large porkers 42s to 48s, smaller 35s to 40s (equal to 6d per lb). Store pigs also sold well, ■ larger sorts making 30s to 36s fid, me- I dium 20s to 28s, small 14s to 18s 6d, weaners 10s to 17s. 1 BURNSIDE. . At Burnside 1*27 fat cattle were yard- ' ed. The quality was only fair. At the ■ beginning of the sale prices were equal to last week's rates, but they declined slightly towards the finish. Best bullocks made £l2 10s to £l3 10s, extra to £ls, £ls, medium to good £9 10s to £ll, light £7 10s to £8 10s, best cows and heifers £9 10s to £lO 10s, medium to good £7 10s to £B, light £4 10s to £6. - Pat sheep—There was a medium yarding, 2342 being penned. The quality was good, but as butchers had a considerable number of sheep on hand prices showed a decline of Is per head. Best weathers 18s 6d to 20s, extra to 21s 9d, j medium to good 16s 6d to 17s 6d, light r 14s to 15s 6d, best ewes 16s to 18s 6d, extra to 21s, medium 14s to 15s 6d, light I 10s 6d to 13s. I Fat lambs—7B7 penned, about 180 of which were stores. Prices ruled much . the same as last week, but bidding slackened towards the finish, and values then showed a decline of about Is per head. Best lambs 14s to 15s 6d, extra to 16s 9d, medium to good Lis to 13s 6d. I. Pigs—About 90 yarded, all sorts being' in short supply. Suckers, slips and stores were eagerly competed for, whilst porkers and baconers brought very high prices. Suckers lis to 14s, slips 16s to 20s, stores to 265, porkers 36s to 425, light baconer 45s to 535, heavy baconers to 745. JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their weekly sale, held at Johnsonville, as follows:—Prime bullocks £9 10s to £9 15s, medium bullocks £9 to £9 7s 6d, lighter sorts £8 12s fid to £8 17s 6d, vealers 28s to 375, heavy wethers 17s to 18s Bd, medium 14s 6d to 15s Bd, heavy ewes 13s 9d to 14s 2d, medium lis 9d to J,(},f best lambs 13s 4d to 14s 2d, medium lis Id to 12s 4d, light 10s. MASTERTOtf. Messrs Abraham and Williams report that at their Masterton sale they yarded 2270 sheep and 80 head of cattle. Practically everything was sold : before the 1 close of the sale. Lambs (best) 7s Id. to8s lOd, others 3s 9d to 6s 9d, cull ewes 8s 9d to 9s 7d, two-tooth ewes and wethers*l3s to 13s 6d, fat cows £5 to £5 15s, two-year dairy heifers £3 10s to £4 2s 6d, IS-months dairy heifers £3 to £3 ss. Mig steamer War for Australian trade

cows £2 to £5 lis. Dairy cows brought from £3 10s to £8 l'2s 6d.