COMMERCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 249, 20 April 1912, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright Sydney, April 18. Wheat, 3s lid to 4s Id. Flour. —City £9 ss, country £9 2s Cd. Oats. —Sparrowbills 3s 2d to 3s 3d, giants 3s 4d, Algerian 3<5 6d, New Zealand 3s 4d to 3s sd. Barley.—Cape 4s lOd to ss, English Je 6d to 6s. Maize, 4s 8d to 'is lOi Bran, £6 10s. Pollard, £7. Both bran and pollard show a further rise of 10s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £9 10s to £lO KOs. Onions.—Victorian, Spanish, £l3; pickling, £7. Butter.—Selected 120s, prime 108s to 1166. Cheese, B>/ 2 d to 9d. Bacon, 7%d to 7y 2 d. Melbourne, April 19. Hides.—Active demand, and prices very fair all round. Good supplies. Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 2y 2 d. Flour, £9. Bran, £6 ss. Pollard, £6 15s. Barley.—Seed 7s, malting 0s to 0s 4d, Cape 4s lOd to 5s 4d. Oats.—Algerian 3s 5d to 3s 5y 2 d. feeding 3s 3y 2 d to 3s 4d. Maize, 4s 4'/ 2 d. Potatoes, £7 5s to £8 Onions, £ll to £ll ss. Adelaide, April 10. Wheat, 3s lid to 4s. Flour, £9 2s 6d. Bran and pollard, Is sd. Oats, 3s 3d. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 12th, at my Waiwakaiho yards, there was a good yarding and attendance. Bidding throughout was I dull. Mixed weaners £1 3s to £1 ss, | weaner steers £1 Is, 15 to 20-months heifers in calf £3 Gs to £3 12s, poor £2 12s to £2 18s Od. emptv heifers £3 5s <kl, 15-months steers (poor) £2, i store cows £1 17s Cd to £3 2s Od, forward cows £3 0s to £3 15s, fat cows £4 Jl4s to £4 10s fid, cows in milk £3 Is to £5 7s Od. cows, late calvers and poor, £2 12s Od to £4 17s Od, bullocks £4 19s, bulls £1 16s to £3 7s. fat lambs 10s 6d, good lambs 6s Bd, f.m. ewes 4s ■Od. At Urenui on Monday I had a fair entry of cattle, the demand being best for steers and good store and forward cows. Mixed weaners £1 5s Od, weaner heifers £1 4s Od, weaner steers 14s to £1 2s, 20-months steers £3 to £3 10s. poor £2 iGs Od, 2 to 2 l / 2 -vear steers £3 16s to £4 12s 6d, 20-months heifers £3 5s to ,£4 (according to quality), 3y 2 - i year bullocks £5 7s. bulls £2 15s to £3 ] 15s, store cows £2 12s to £3 lis, forward cowe £3 Ifis to £4 4s, fat heifers and cows £5 4s, cows and calves £4, dairy cows £4 10s to £4 15s. At Toko on the same day there was only a small yarding, which sold as follows:—Store cows £2 19s to £3 14s, 1 small £2 3s Od, 18-months heifers, r.w.b.,'! £8 3s, yearling bulls £1 15s Od, bulls £1 15s, .15-month steers £.2 6s Od, weaner heifers £1 Ss, lambs 4s. In my Stratford yards on Tuesday there was a big yarding of stock and a ▼ery large attendance. Buyers were present from all parts of Taranaki, and there was a good demand for all classes, especially for good 3'/,-year bullocks and store cows. The last draft of 80 odd bullocks from the Xukuliakere station were of excellent <|iiality and met with good competition. pali=inrr .GO 5s and £0 7s. Good .vcaners sold at improved rates. Prices realised were: ,Mixed weaners (best) £] 4s 0d to £1 9s 6d, poor 18s to CI Is lid. weaner heifers £1 IS* to £2 Id?, 20-months heifers in calf £3 Is to £3 2s Od. 2-year heifers (small) £3 lis to £3 10s, stags £3 7s Od. 20-

months steers (poor) £2 2s fid to £2 10s. 2-year steers £4, 3%-ycar bullocks £0 7s. £6 os, £5 15s, £5 ss, £5 3s, £5 2s. store cows £2 8s to £3 3s. forward cows £3 lis to £4 3s. fat cows £5 Is to £5 10s, bulls £2 25,. cows in milk £G 2s fid. springing heifers £0 10s.

At Stony Eiver on Wednesday I had a small yarding but a good attendance and demand, practically everything being cleared at the hammer at the following rates: —Jersey weaner heifers £2 3s Gd. 20-months steers £2 9s to £3 7s (id, 2-year steers £4, 20-months heifers in calf (small) £3 Is,' 2 ! /o-year in-calf heifers £5 ss, store cows ~£2 to £3 Is, forward cows £3 8s to £4 as, bulls £1 5s to £3 16s, dairy cows £4 5s to £5.

During the week I have sold privately a large number of stock at the following rates:—Best weaners £1 15s to £2 5s 'Gd, others £1 7s to £1 I2s, 20-month steers £3 to £3 10s, colored £2 9s, 2y 2 - year steers £4 2s 6d to £4 7s 6d, bulls £3, store cows £3 10s, forward cows £4 3s <sd to £4 10s, fat cows £5 to £5 10s, cows and calves £4 3s fid, empty 20-months heifers £3 5s to £3 7s Gd, 20-months colored-in-calf heifers £4 12a fid, £4 10s, £4 'ss( £4 2s Gd, £4, 2y„year Jersey-Shorthorn heifers £7 10s, grades £5 5s to £5, fat bullocks, £9, £B, SVi-year bullocks ,£."> 15s, lambs 7s. 4-tooth wethers 13b tld, 2-tooth wethers 12s !)d, fat ewes 13s 10d, 2-tooth ewes lis 6d, lis fld, mixed ewes 5s 2d to 9s 2d. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT.

Matthews and Bennett report that there was a fair yarding of ca'ttle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday. Calves made from £1 Is to £1 18s 6d, store eows 30s to £3 7s 6d, bulls £2 10s to £4 7s Gd, lambs 6s 2d to 8s 7d, f.m. ewes 4s 6d to 7a 6d.