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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 185, 3 February 1912, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyrigkt, London, February 1. Wool.—The following prices have been obtained for the fleece' portions of the clips named:—Eouparas, top price lid, average Te Mata, HV 2 d and 10y 4 d. Wheat.—Two Australian cargoes sold at 37s 3d and 37s 6d respectively. At the wool sales good wools suitable for the continent are firm; shabbier sorts are selling in buyers' favor. Silver, 26% d. Share Quotations. —Waihi Junction, 26s 6d and 27s 6d. AUSTEALIAN MAKKETS. Melbourne, February 2. Wheat, 3s B%d to 3s 9d. Flour, £8 10s. Oats.—Algerian, feeding 3s to 3s seeding 3s 4%d. Barley.—Malting, Cape 4a to 4s 3d, English 63 to €s 3d. Maize, to 4s sd. Bran, £5 15s.' Pollard, £6. Potatoes, £3 to £5. Onions, £7 to £'B per ton. Sydney, February 2. Wheat, 3s 8d to 3s 9d. •Flour.—Old and new, £8 15s. Oats.—Algerian, 2s lOd to 3s; sparrowbills, 3s to 3s 2d; giants, 3s 6d. Barley.—Cape 3s 3d to 3s 9d, English malting 4s <3d to ss. Maize, prime 4s 7d. Bran, £5 10s. Pollard, £6 ss. Potatoes, £4 10a 6d. Onions, £lO 12s. Butter.—Selected 1265, prime 114s to 1225. - , Melbourne, February 2. Hides.—Moderate supplies, with keen demand and prives very firm. Adelaide, February 2. Wheat, 3s B%d. Flour, £8 to £8 12s 6d. Bran and pollard, 14d. \ Oats, 2s 7d to 2s lOd. \

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. Kaponga.—At my yards last Friday I had a good entry, with the majority in the weaners' pens. These, in most cases, did not reach the vendors' reserves. Prices realised were:—Mixed weaners £1 2s (3d to fl 7s Gd, hulls £1 10s to £3, store cows £1 2s Gd to £3, good store and forward cows £3 10s to £4 ss, fat cows £5, yearling steers £1 19s 6d. Tuesday I had a good entry and a good attendance. Bidding throughout was good for all except weaners, which opened with very slack competition but' improved during the sale. Mixed weaners made £1 to £1 Bs, 6-months heifers (good colors) £2 15s, 6-months steers £1 12s, 18-months steers £3 2s, 18-months 'heifers £2 16s to £3 6s, bulls £2 8s to £6 12s 6d, store cows £1 16s to £2 18s, forward cows £3 15s to £4 ss, fat cows £4 17s 6d to £5 ss, springing cows £4 10s.

During the week I have sold a large quantity of stock and sheep at the following rates:—Mixed yearlings £2 13s, yearling steers £2 10s, 18-months steers £3, £3 ss, £3 7s, £3s Od, £3 15s, 2%. year steers £4 7s Gd to £4 10s, £4 12s Gd, £4 13s, 3-year steers £5 2s 6d, £5 ss, £5 10s, £5 12s Gd, bullocks £6, £G Is Gd, £6 3s, £6 5s Gd, £G 10s, store cows £4 2s Cd, dairy cows £B, choice 18-months grade Holstein heifers (good) £7, grade Hoistein 18-months bull £B, fat cows £5 12s Gd, £6 7s Gd, £6 10s, bull £5 ss, lambs ss, '9s, 9s 3d, wethers 14s, ewes 13s, 13s 6d, 2-year heifers (r.w.b.) £4, £4 10s.

MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT.

Messrs Matthews and Bennett report that at their Matau sale on Monday last there was only a small yarding of sheep, owing to tliß, late shearing. There was a good attendanoe, and everything sold readily at the following prices:—2-tooth wethers 12s Id to 12s 9d, 4-tooth wethers 14s, f.m, ewes 7s to 7s {id, 4-tooth ewes 13s lid, 2 and'4-tooth ewes 13s Id.

At their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last there was a good entry of mixed cattle. The delnand was very fair for all classes and business was done in most cases at the following prices:— Mixed weaners (fair) 15s to 225, good do. 38s 6d to 28s Gd, Jersey heifers £2 8s 6d, 18-month steers £3 2a, 18-months mixed (inferior) £1 17s to £2 lis, store cows £3 3s to £3 12s 6d, forward do. £3 18s to £4 3s, springing cows £6 to £6 15s, 2-tooth wethers 12s 6d to 12s 9d, 2-tooth ewes 13s 3d.

SOUTHERN MARKETS BURNSIDE. At the Burnside sales fat cattle to the number of 180 were yarded. Prices all round, were easier than those ruling last week. Prime bullocks made £l2 to £l3 10s, extra to £l4 17s (id, medium to good £lO to £ll 10s, light ami inferior £9 10s to £lld, good heifers £9 to £lO 10s, extra to £l2 15s, medium £7 10s to £8 10s, light and inferior £5 10s to £7. Tat sheep—33l2 were penned, principally ewes, with a few pens of fair quality wethers. The market all round was about Is 6d easier than last week. Good wethers sold up to 20s, extras to 225, medium 10s to 18s M, light and .inferior 14s to 15s (5(1, good ewes to 17s Od, extra to 19s 9d, medium 15s ..to 16s, 6d. Fat lambs—776 were penned. Prices were fully Is to Is 6d easier than last week's rates. A few consignments were passed out un3old, otherwise, the drop would have been more considerable. Prime lambs sold up to"lss 6d',; extra heavy 20s 3d, ihedium to good 13s to 14s 6d. i '

ADDINGTON. The attendance was rather above the average, the yarding in all classes of stock good, and there was an increased number of fat and stores heep in the:pens' at the weekly stock sale at Addington. There was a larger yarding of store sheep than usual, including all classes of wethers, ewes and lambs.. The demand for stores was fairly good, being better than at last sale, lambs especially bein» in good demand, at a slight advance in prices. There was no change in wethers' prices, but there was keen attention paid to ewes, sorts which realised prices fully up to last week, notwithstanding the fact that the bulk of the entry was only of medium quality. The supply of ewes was not up to the demand. Store sheep—Very forward lambs 12s 3d to 12s S)d, extra 13s to 13s Gd, average Jls lid to 12s. medium to fair 10s Gd to lis 3d, culls 5s Gd, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 14s 9d to IDs lOd, 4-tooth 13s to 14s, 2-tooth 12s to 14s, culls and inferior sorts' 10s 3d to lis 3d, 4 and C-tooth ewes 14s !>d to 18s, 2 twul 4-tooth good) 14s to 15s, 4, G and S-tooth (good) lGs to 17s 3d, 2-tooth ]4s.i/,(l to I'Ss 3d. good soundmouth ewes 12s to 13s, fair-mouthed lowconditioned sorts 9s, aged lines 7s 9d to W.

.Fat lambs—There was a good demand, and very few Juts wore passed, must Hading owmrs at satisfactory. figures, all classes of Jmyors operating freely, and price ranged from 13s to 17s, rising" to JSs !)d for extra good well-grown lambs. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 17s (id to 225. others 15s to 17s, prime ewes 15s to 17s, extra to 215,9 d, others 9s Gd to 14s 6d, merino wethers 12s 3d to 14s 6d.

Fat cattle—Beef realised 25s to* 28s per 1001b. Steers made £7 10s to £l3, heifers £5 10s to £ll, dry cows £5 5s to £9 ss. Store cattle—Yearlings made £ 1 17s fid, 15 to 18-months sorts £2 12s «d to £3 3s, 2-year steers £4 15s 6d to £4 17s 6d, 2-year heifers £3 17s 6d, 2 1 / 2 -year steers £5 Is to £5 2s 6d, dry cows £1 10s to £4 12s 6d. ' Only a small number of dairy cows were penned, and met with keen competition, prices ranging from £3 10s to £lO 2s Gi. Fat pigs—There was a good penning of fat pigs, the bulk being of good quality. Prices on the whole were weaker. Choppers fetched 60s to 80s, one extra 1255; heavy baconers 75s to 87s, smaller 55s to 70s (equal to 6y 4 d to 6y s d per lb). Heavy porkers made 46s to 58s, lighter 38s to 44s (equal to 6%d per lb). Store pigs were poorly represented, and realised high prices. Large stores realised 32s to 38s Gd, smaller sorte 22s to 30s, weaners 12s Od to 16s.