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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 191, 10 February 1912, Page 7

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, February 8. Silver, 27 9-16 d. Share Quotations.—Waihi, 40s and 42s 6d; Junction, 26s 3d and 27s 6d; Talisman, 50s and 62s 6d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, February 8. Wheat, 3s B%d to 3s »y 4 d. Flour.—New £8 15s, old £9. Oats.—Algerian 3s 4<d to 3s Bd,'giants 3s 7d. Barley.—Cape 3s to 4s 3d, English malting 4s 6d to ss. Maize.r-iPrime 4s lOd. r Bran, £5 Iss. Pollard, £6 ss. Potatoes, £7 10s to £B. Onions, £l4. Butter.—Selected I3os, prime 118s to 128s. Cheese, 7Mjd. Bacon, sM>d to 7d. ' Melbourne, February 8. . Hides.—Fair supplies and strong competition; y s A dearer. Wheat, 3s lOd. Flour, £8 10s. Bran, £5 15b. Pollard, £6. Oats, 2s 3d to 3s 3d. Maize, 4s 6d. Potatoes, £3 10s to £5. Onions, £9 to £# ss. .«« j ....«-. i Adelaide, February 8. ■ Wheat, 3a T^d. Flour, £7 15s to £8 ss. Bran and Pollard, 14d. Oats, 2s lOd.

.. NEWTON KISfCKS REPORT. At Waiwakaiho on Friday, 2nd inst., there, was a very small yarding, but, nearly every line was soldi at the hammer. Weanera made £1- 4s, Jersey weaners £1 8s Bd, 18-months steers £3 Is fid to £3 7s 6d, store cows £2 to £3, 3s, forward cows £3 6s to £4, springing cows £7 12s 6d, springing heifers £4 9s Cd to £5 17s 6d, qow in milk £6, bulls £2 2s 6d to £3 9s 1 , ewes and lambs (fat) £1 2s 6d. At Urenui yards on Monday I had a' fair entry of stock, for which the bidding was good. Very-satisfactory sales were made during the day at the following rates steers £2 Us to heifers £2 9s 6d to £2 13s, 15-nionths heifers £2 13s to £2 15s, 18-months steers £3 6s to £3 8s tid, 2»/g----.year steers £4 0s Od, 2-year heifers in calf £3 13s to £4 Bs, store cows £3 lis. to £3 15s, forward cows £3,16s to £4 lis, fat cows £5 8s 6d to £5 lis, springingcows £3 IBs, bulls £1 8s to £2 15s.

At Kaponga on Friday I had a fair entry of all classes, There was a good demand for cows, weaners being dull of sale. Store cowfr£2 10s to £3 7s, forward to fat cows £3' 17s to £5, bulls £1 10s to £3, yearling steers £1 19s 6d, weaners (good) £1 2s 6d to £1 7s 6d._ At Douglas on Monday I had a fair entry, all of which were cleared during the day. Eighteen-months steers made £2 7s to £3 Is, 2-year steers (poor) £3 10s to £3 10s 6d, 18-months heifers £3, store cows £l. li6s to £3 lis, forward cows £3 15s 6d to £4 14s, fat cows £5 tor £5 ss. '

'■• Oh Tuesday, in my Stratford yards, I had a Very heavy entry of all classes of cattle'. Some,flne ; lines of bullocks were yarded, some 300 in all,,and the&e, with the other large entries, attracted buyers from all parte of Taranaki and Wanganui districts. Bidding throughout the day was good for most classes, especially bullocks, which were all sold at the hammer after spirited competition.- A good number of weaners were penned, but only the better done cattle were seld. Two and a-half years steers were not enquired for. A small pen of good-con? ditipned Shorthorn 18-months steers, on account of Mr. T. Vickers, of Midhirst, met with keen competition, and realised £3 10s fid. Prices realised were: Weaners (good) £1 2s 6d to £1 9s, grade Jersey weaner heifers £1 lis, grade Shorthorn good weaner steers £1 13s, 0-months heifers £2> 15 to 20-months heifers' £2 8s to £3 7s, 18 to 20-months steers £3 4s to £3 10s fid, 18-months mixed £2 12s <sd, 2-year heifers in calf £3 15s to £4 Gs Gd, poor do. £3 7s fid, bulls £1 8s to £4 Bs, Holstein 18-months bull £3 Bs, fat heifers £4 5s to £4 7s 6d, fat cows (according to, quality) £4 14s to £5 17s, forward cows £3 10s 6d to £4 ss, store cows '£2 4s to £3 2s fid, store 3% to 4-vear bullocks £5 5s fid, £5 14s 6d, £C *los, £6 12s, £6 lfis. On Wednesday at Stony River the yards and paddocks were, crowded to overflowing with both sheep and cattle, and I would again impress upon vendors the necessity of forwarding entries for advertising, as it gives me a much better chance of securing outside buyers. There was good competition for most lines of young cattle and store cows, but 2 1 steers air! forward cows wore not quite so saleable, and several pens of these went home. A good number of weaners were penned, but only the better quality met with any competition. Bidding for small and poorly done lines was very slack. Mixed weaners (ordinary) made £.l 2s, good £1 5s (id to £1 Bs, poor 12s fid to 10s, yearling steers £1 lGs fid to £2 10s, colored 18-mouths steers £1 lis fid, 15 to 18months steers £2 10* fid to £3 7;, 18months mixed (good) £3 4s fid, 18months heifers (no demand), 2-year heifers £3 10s, bulls £2 7s to £7 10s; stags £5 4s, 2 1 / 2 -year steers £4 to £4 13s, springing heifers £4 10s, cow in milk £4 lGs,' store cows £1 11k to £3 ss. forward cows £3 12s to £4 Ss, fat cows £4 14s to £5 Ss, pigs £l, lambs 6s 3d, 8s Gd, 9s,'ewes lis. G-tooth Romney ram 2y 2 gns. At my opening sheep fair at Stratford yards on Tuesday my advertised catalogue of 6000 head came forward in good

quality to a good l attendance. Owing to the very heavy yarding in my cattle pens, the sheep' fair, by the courtesy of | Messrs Young, Hobbs- and Co., was held 'in their yards. Bidding was fair during | the sale and good business was done during the afternoon at the following rates:—Woolly lambs 6s lOd to 7s 4d, fat lambs 9s Lid, 10s 3d, 10s 9d, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 10s 10d, 13s sd, 13s 7d, f.fm. ewes 7s sd, 7s 9d, s.m. ewes 7s 3d, 7s Bd, 8s lOd, mixed ewes 10s sd, cull ewes 2s 4d, 3s 2d, 3s 9d, 4s lOd, 2-tooth wethers ,11s 6d, 11a 9d, lis lOd, 4 and 6-tooth wethers 13s bid, fat ewes 12s, 13s (id, fat sheep 12s lOd, fat wethers 14s, p.b. ewes 17s.

, During the week 1 Have sc.d privately a large number of sheep and cattle at the following rates:—Pat wethers 14s 6d, Ms, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 12s, 12s Od, 13s, 13s 4d, fat ewes 13s 6d, 15s, mixed ewes 6s 6d, ewes and lambs 15s, mixed sheep 7s 9d,-8s 6d, lambs 6s 6d, 9s 3d, veal calves £1 10s, yearling steers £2, mixed yearlings £2 15s, £2 16s, 18-months heifers £3 3s to £3 Bs, 18-months steers £3 6s, 2-year heifers in calf £4 ss, store cows £3 15s to £4 4s, fat cows £5 Is 6d to £5 7s 6d, 3% to 4-year bullocks £6 14s. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a good entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Good 18-months steers and. store and forward cows were in good demand, and, with the exception of one pen of steers, everything was sold at the hammer or privately at the following prices:— Bighteen-months steers £3 to £3 4s, heifers £2 8s to £2 l«s, 20-months heifers, r.w.b., £3 14s fld, store cows (inferior) £2 2s to £2 15s, good £3 5s to £3 14s, forward do. £3 18s to £4 4s, calves (inferior) 15s 6d to 21s, good 295, cull ewes 4i Wt. . v .„ ■. SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. At the Addington live stock market best rape lambs made- 12s 3d to 13s, good lis 6d to 12s, medium 9s' fld to 10s 6d, small 8s 3d to 9s, good two-tooth ewes 15s 6d to 17s, medium 14s to 16s, inferior and culls 12s 6d to 13s, four, six and eight-tooth ewes 12s 6d to 17s Bd, two and four-tooths 15s, four and sixtooths 13s 6d to 16s, full-mouth sorts ( 9s '6d to lis 6d, fairly forward wethers 14s 6d to 15s '6d, lower-conditioned lines 13s to 14s, two-tooths 12s 3d to 13s, smaller and. low-conditioned lis to lis 6d. Fat lambs—Tegs 10s 6d to 16s lOd, extra to l«s 4d, ordinary freezing weights 14s to Ms 3i, lighter 12s 3d to 13s <Jd. ■Fat sheep—Prime wethers 17s to 19s l'Hd, others 14s 7d to 16s 6d, merino wethers 13s 3d to 15s 7d, prime ewes 13s 6d to 15s 9d, extra to 18s, others 10s to 13s. Fat cattle—The demand was somewhat weaker, and values declined by about Is per 1001b. Steers made £8 to £l2 17s 6d, heifers £5 15s to £B, cows £6 5s to £B. Veal calves realised 4s 6d to £2 17s <Sd, according to size and quality, there being a good yarding. , Store cattle—'Fifteen to 18-months: sorts made 49s 6d to 70s, two-year heifers£4 2s 6d to £4 18s, three-year steers j 1 £6 8s Vgd, three-year heifers £5 to £5 7s 6d, dry cows 30s to £4 10s. Dairy cows were in,keen demand, selling at £3 10s to £9 19sV ; Pigs—Choppers made 60s to 98s, large ■baconers 70s to 7'Bs «d, lighter 52s 6d to 65s (equal to $& to 6y 2 d per lb); large porkers 44s to 50s, lighter 35s to 42s I (equal to «y 4 d per lb). Store pigs sold well, large sorts making 38s to 455, medium 25s to 345, smaller 18s t'o^24s, J weaners 13s 3d to 17s 3d. j BURNSIDE. At Burnside the following were the ruling prices:— ~. , Sl, ee p—1834 were yarded, a small yard- 1 ing, consisting' principally of ewes of good quality. Owing to the of the yarding, competition Was' fairly animated, and prices were slightly higher than last week. Beat wethers sold- up_ to 22s 6d and ewes to 23* Lambs to-' tailed 551, the comparatively small yard-' ing being probably due to the' fact/that sellers are holding back their consignments until next week, when the freezer opens. The sale opened at rates a trifle better than last week, but receded before the close of the sale. Best lambs! 15s 6d to 17s 9d, medium 14s to 15s 3d. Cattle—l37'Were yarded. The local consignments were for the most part only fair and inferior quality, but there was a line of 22 magnificent Shorthorn bullocks from the North Island forward. As the latter were not to be sold until fairly late the bigger buyers were not offering very keenly for the ordinary cattle, and, therefore, notwithstanding the fact that the yarding was by no means a big one, prices were practically on a-par with ,£hose ruling last ,w4ek. It was confidently anticipated that the North Island cattle would top the mar-, ket at quite £5 per head. • ■ © JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—The usual yarding of prime bullocks and sheep came forward, and sold at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks £9 12s 6d to £lO 2s 6d, medium-weight bullocks £9 7s-fld to £9 10s, lighter £9 to £9 ss, prime heavy ewes 13s lOd to 14s, prime heavy wethers 16s 6d to 17s Bd, good ewes 13s to 13s 3d, plain 12s 3d to 12s 6d, plain wethers 13s to 14s «d,prime lambs 13s 3d to 13s 9d, prime shorn lis 9d, plain woolly 10s to lis 6d. WANGANUI. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report:—At our Wanganui sale we had a good yarding of sheep and cattle, and have to report a good sale, though sheep were rather duller than they have been of late. Two-tooth wethers lis lOd to 12s lOd, two-tooth ewes 12s to 14s 9d; fat and forward ewes lis 7d, f.m. ewes 7s 2d to 10s, small lambs 3s to 6s, rape lambs 9s. Cattle: A nice line of fat and forward cows on account of Mr. H. N. Hammond made £4 18s, cows and calves £4 10s Cd, two-year 9teers £4 Is 6d, Jersey cross weaner heifers £2 6s 6d, weaners 15s to £1 10s.