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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 233, 30 March 1912, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, March 28. Wheat. —3b I0 1 /»d to 3s lid. A demand has been created owing to the enormous quantities of Australian wheat taken off the market by European buyers. Flour.—City £8 ss, country £8 12s 6d. Bran.— £5 10s. Pollard.—£s 15s. Barley.—Victorian Cape 4s lOd to as, English 4s 6d to ss. i Maize.—4s lOd. Oats.—Tasmanian white 3& 2d to 3s 3d, Algerian 3s 6d. Onions.—£9 10s. Potatoes.— £7 10s to £9 10s. Butter.—Selected brands 112s, prime 108s. Bacon, —7%d. Cheese.—By 2 d. Melbourne, March 28. Hides.—Fair supplies. Kips and lights V B d lower, others firm. Adelaide, March 28. Wheat.—3s 9y 2 d. Flour.— £8 12s <>d to £8 17s Od. Bran and pollard.—lsd. Potatoes.— £8 5s and £8 10s. Onions.—£l2. j NEWTOX RIXG'S WEEKLY REPORT, j At my Kapouga sale on Friday, 22nd inst., my yards were filled with weaners and cows. The demand for the latter was good. Weaners were harder to quit, but were mostly cleared at late rates. Weaners, mixed £1 Is to £ 1 10s, poorer 7s -6d to 16s, weaner steers 17s to £1 Bs, weaner heifers £1 3s to £1 10s fid, yearling heifers £1 17s, 2-year empty heifers £4 Is to £4 2s fid, store cows £2 4s <s(l to £3 10s, forward cows £3 18s to £4 lis, fat cows £4 12s Cd to £5 7s fid, bulls £1 12s to £4 ss, lambs 4s. On Monday I conducted a clearing sale at Omata on account of Mr. A. X. Burke. There was a large attendance of buyers and excellent prices were realised for both live and dead stock. Bidding throughout was very brisk for all cattle and implements, prices obtained being: Dairy cows in milk £7 to £lO ss, three-quarter-bred cows £3, 18-months in-calf Jersey heifers £3 17s 6d to £4 17s Gd, Jersey weaner heifers £2 to £2 ss, weaner bull £1 10s, draught colt £3l, trap mare £lO, hack £l4 ss, mower £ls ss, spring cart £ll 10s, drill £l6, separator £lO ss; dairy cows on account of other vendors £5 10s to £7 16s, aged £2 12s fid to £3 las, in-calf heifers £5 to £5 10s. At my Rahotu yards on Tuesday I had only a small yarding of cattle owing to the very wet day, some vendors not yarding their cattle. Prices realised were: Mixed weaners 18s to £1 10s, yearling steers £2 2s, bulls £2 4s to £2 | Bs, 20-months in-calf heifers £3 7s to £3 15s, store cows £2 to £2 10s, forward cows £3 las to £4 ss, f.m, ewes 5s 9d. During the week I have sold privately a good number of stock at the following rates: —Fat ewes 12s 6d, fat wethers 14s to 14s 6d, 4-tooth wethers 13s 6d, Romney ewes 1% guineas, rams 7 guineas, i lambs 6s 3d to 8s Od, best weaner heifers £1 15s to £2 ss, others £1 5s to £1 12s fid, weaner steers £1 3s fid to £1 8s Od, best mixed weaners £1 fis to £1 12s, others 15s to £1 2s, store and forward cows £4 ss, 2%-j'ear in-calf heifers £4 10s to £4 17s fid, 3y a -year bullocks £O. 17s 6d, bulls £3, fat cows £4 17s Od to j £5 17s 6d (according to quality), 20months empty heifers £3 5s to £3 10s, 20-months in-calf heifers £3 15s. MATTHEWS & BEXXETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, prices being about the same. Weaners £1 to £1 9s, store cows £3 to £3 15s, bulls £2 10s to £4, steers £4 lis, heifers (r.w.h.) £4 to £4 1.55, steers £2 5s to £3, ewes 5s 3d. LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report: — We held our usual monthly sale at Te Wera on Friday, 22nd inst., when we had a full yarding, more particularly sheep, consisting of 2057 sheep and 136 cattle. Practically the whole yarding was sold except two pens of two-tooth ewes, which were not sold owing to the owner's reserve being higher than the buyers' idea of their vn''ie. Prices were as follows:—Weaners 25s to 41s, 18 months steers (bad colors) 44s 6d to 47s 6d, 2%-year steers 80s to 100s, store cows (small) 52s to 70s, fat cows 92s 3d, 2ysyear heifers in calf 84s !o 90s, bulls 40s (for small) to 455, bullocks 1255, lamba 4a 3d, 5s 9d, 6s lid to 7s 7d (for a fairly good line), old ewes 3s Id, 3s sd, 5s 6(1 fis 9d to 7s, 4-tooth ewes 10s 3d, 2-tooth wethers lis Id, 4 and ii-tooth wethers 12s 6d, 2-tooth ewes lis Id, 12s 6d to 13s, hoggets 12s 4d, Lincoln rams iy 2 to 2 guineas, Romney rams Vi to 2 guineas. We held our usual combined sale on Tuesday, 26th inst., when we had a yarding of 850 cattle and 800 sheep, and a fair proportion of both sheep and cattle were sold. Owing to the wet day prices did not seem so good as had lately prevailed, although there was keen competition for heifers showing color. Prices were as follows: —Ordina-v weaners 18s to 27s 6d, but a nice line i-'lowing Jersey strain, from an Opunake road client, brought 475; 16-months heil'ers in calf 55s 6d to 60s fid, IS-months empty heifers 52s Cd to 55s Cd, store cows 50s to 74s fid, forward cows 81s to 965, fat cows 100s to 105s, bulls 54s (small) to 81s (for heavier quality), 18-months steers 55s to fi2s Cd, 2y 2 -year steers 82s Gd to 90s, 3'/ 2 -year-old "bullocks 110s to | 117s 6d, dairy cows 100s to 105s (small, entries), 2-tooth wethers (small) 9s Od, ] full-mouth ewes up to 5s 9d. Notwithstanding the Easter Holidays our next Stratford sale will be held on Tuesday, April 9, as per sale cards. LOXDOX PRODUCE MARKET. Messrs E. flrifliths and Co. are in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Messrs Mills and Spar •ow, dated February 10: — Trade continues to run along steadily. The present bicis of price seems just about right for the available supplies. 'Danish: Tii" quotation remains unchanged. Siberian: There has been no arrival this week, as the steamer could not get away owing to bad weather, so that a double quantity is expected next week. Australian: There has been a good steady demand for this week's Initio per s.s. MooHait. which brought about :iS.I)IiH boxes. The quality, although not up to the best standard, is fairly goo- 1 , ami very nnH-h belter than what it ivs' a fortnight hack. We are advised that tiie shipment from Australia this week is (111!;, I hove... This, of cnurs '. >-ho\v.- a very -li.'hi' eg<-. and it 11-, fore look- if -llppiics wi!! he V-ry short during the latter part of Mar.-ii and April. Xew /(-aland: Although the s.s. Corinthic docked at the end of last "week, very few of her butters are as yet landed. The discharging of this vessel has been very badly done, and buyers all round are complaining of the serious delay.

The trade has been good and values are unchanged. We are pleased to see the ehipments from the Dominion keeping up so well, as with the great shortage of Australian butter there is no doubt that every package will be badly wanted. Cheese.—Trade has been rather quiet, but there is practically no alteration in prices, SOUTHERN MARKETS. (BURNSIDE. i At Bumside 198 fat cattle were yarded. There was a fair proportion of very good bullocks, and good sales resulted at prices about 10s lower than last week's rates. Prime bullocks £ll to £l2 16s, medium £9 10s to £lO 10s, light and unfinished £8 7s 6d to £9, good heifers £8 7s 6d to £9 7s 6d, extra prime to £1 T i 12s 6d, medium and inferior £5 7s 6d to £7 10s. Fat sheep—There were 3758 penned. The quality showed all-round improvement on that of last (week. At the commencement of the sale prices were a shade better, but towards the end they i dropped to last week's rates. Good wethers 18s 6d to 21s, extra to 22s 3d, medium 16s (id to 18s, light and inferior 14s to 16s 6d, good ewes IGs 6d to 19s fid, extra to 21s 9d, medium las to 16s 6d, light and inferior 10s 6d to 14s 6d. Fat lambs—ls4B penned, including a lot of good quality, and prices were fully 6d per head better than last week's rates. Best 14s 6d to 16s 6d, extra prime to l«s 3d, medium 13s 8d to 14s 6d, light and inferior 10s Gd to 12s Gd. Pigs—There was again a small yarding, and prices were very firm at late rates. Best to £4 10s, suckers 12s Gd to 18s. ADDIXGTOX. At Addington there were very large entries in the sheep r-etions and good, yardings in other i 1 -tments. Store sheep sold well, am' cattle showed little improvement. re was a keen demand for fat lambs ; ,irm rates. Fat wethers were also very firm, and ewes sold at last week's prices. Following was the range of prices:— Lambs—Good rape sorts 12s to 13s, extra to 14s Id, ordinary good lambs 10s ! 3d to lis Id, fair sorts (Is 4Sd to l'Os, small | 6s fid to Bs, shorn lambs to 7s. J Wethers—Forward four and six-tooth sorts to IGs Id, others lis 7d to 14s. Ewes—Two-tooth 14s to 17s, extra to 18s lid, four and six-tooth 15s Gd to IGs Gd, four-tooth (specially goodj 18s Gd, best sound-mouth lines 14s to 15s 6d,. sound-mouth medium 10s Gd to 12s 3d, inferior and aged 9s' to 10s, merino ewes (four, six and eight-tooth) 7s 8d to 10s Gd, inferior merinos 3s 9d, six and eighttooth crossbred (low-conditioned and travel-stained) lis to IGs, two and fourtooth (good) 14s to IGs Gd, full and fail-ing-mouth lines 7s to 9s, aged and toothless sorts 4s to Bs. Fat lambs—The yarding totalled 802!), and the quality on the average showed an improvement. Export buyers' nominal limit was 5d per lh, but this figure was frequently exceded. Tegs 17s to 19s, extra to lfls 9d, and ordinary freezing weights 13s to IGs Gd. , Fat sheep—There was active competi- * tion for export, both in wethers and ewes, the former being firmer, while ewes sold fully up to last week's rates. Prime wethers 17s Gd to 20s, others 15s Id to 17s Bd, medium wethers 12s to 15s Bd, prime ewes 13s to 17s, others 9s to 12s 6d. (Fat cattle—Prices improved in consequence of short supply, the range per 1001b being 21s to 2Gs. Steers made £8 5s to £l2, heifers £<s 10s to £9, extra to £ll, cows £5 17s 6d to £9 ss. Store -cattle—Fifteen to eighteenmontlis £2 8s to £3 13s Gd, 2-ye,ar steers £4 lis, 2-year keifers £4 10s, 3-year steers £5 7s fid to £6, 3-year heifers £4 to £6 10s, dry cows 35s to £5 IGs. ' Dairy cows made £4 10s to £lO ss, and extra good up to £l3 ss. JOHNSONVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report.— At Johusonville a good yarding of primi bullocks and sheep came forward and sold at late rates as follows:—Prime bullocks £.9 10s to £9 12s 6d, lighter £9 2s 6d to £9 15s, light £8 10s to £8 fss, prime heavy wethers ISs, prime wethers 17s Si, medium wethers los '6d to 15s lOd, prime ewes 14s lOd, medium ewes 12s 9d to 13s.fid, plain lis 4d to 12s, prime lambs 13s to 14s, medium lambs 12s, shorn 10s 3d.