COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 184, 21 December 1912, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, December 19. Jute. —December-January £24 15s. Sheepskins.—At the sales, 6340 bundles of Australasian were offered, practically all being cleared. There was a good attendance, and competition was keen and general. All descriptions were y 2 d above ,the October rates, some shortwoolled; being %d in advance. : '.' AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. 1 Melbourne, December 20. Wheat.—Old 4s. 2d to 4s 3d, new 3s 6d to 3s Bd. •',... .Flour, £9 10s. Oats. —New season's Algerian feeding , Maize,, 3s 9d. Bran, £6 ss. , Pollard, £7. Potatoes, £5 10s to £6. Onions, £6. MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S ' REPORT.

Matthews, Bennett! and Co, report that there was a fair yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last.' : Prices were fair and everything Was I .Sold. .Springing heifers, made £5 to £G 15s, store cows £3 10s to £4 IBs, empty : heifers £3 15s, steers £3 sa, yearlings £2 17s 6d.. SOUTHERN MARKETS. • ADDINGTON. . .'.'.;,

Store sheep—Wethers, ' two-tooths, made 13s u'd to 10s 9d (according. to condition), four and six-tooths 16s 6dto 17s 4d,, two and four-tooths 10s 10d, others 13s lid, inerinos (very forward) 13s lid, four and six-tooth ewes (good) : 19s 3d, medium two-tooths 17s'4d, two, four,' six andeight-tooths 'l3s ,9d, good' fresh sound-mouth lines 17s, aged ewes' 9s : (id to 125,-younger sorts -12s 6d to 'l3s, woolly ewes 24s 7o\ woolly merinos' Ids lid. *' ■ ' i Lambs—The range of .prices for ordinary prime lambs <was 18s Od to 21s, and lighter 16s i;o 18s.. The average price paid -by- 'exporters was about 18s, but they only took about 200. '' Fat sfieep-4-Woolly wethers 23s to 27s 3d, woolly ewes 235"3d to 24s 6d, woolly merino wethers 18s 3d to 20s 3d, woolly merino- ewesj 2fls to 2Gs, prime" shorn wethers 19s; Gd to 245,. lighter' 17s 'ld ,tq jl.ttei, prime 'shorn ewes'lßs to -235, others 13s Si] to 17s, shorn mflrino wethers.. 14s to 17s lOd. ■ ■ ■ ■• ■>■ ..'

Fat cattle—Beef •"Hs'; iper 1003b, according to quality. Steers made £9 as to,£ll • 2a. .6<L .-extra. ,tpi,sl,4'."2s Cd. heifers £f>ss tir£B TOsy' ex,tm to £l2; las, cows £G to £10.,155.. . .Stpre.icattlj;—Two and a-half to'three- ■ year: sorts £5 10s, two and■ a-kalf-year-, two-year-olds £4 9s 6d, fifteen ;to.'lti'gliteemmonths-sbrts..£3 fßs> to '£.3- 15s;. i ■ - ~:!,:.:■'' .'■!.1.1.!!'!.'.

. Dairy eoiv<v were in keen demand; >and made £4 to £11: 13s, extra' £l2-. 17s

;Fa t:hpigs~-|C hoppers made -<£S< ;fc':to £5 10s,. heavy-ikcoiiers. 5Ss to .-655; lighter sorts ; 49s ;to ; 'sss (.(these .prices being ;eq\ia] to>4%([ peril"&)u ; - The best-descrip-tions.;of. pprkersi/naade. 42s Gd:;tG'47s-Gd y lighter sprt&lSasltoi.-aOs (equal to.-.5y = d toeM PfiV■ lb)e ■■ Store fpigs were >in-f«H ,b.ut; tjhe iddmand was- :weak,. and pliers not rejaclling-: owners': reserves,-'a [considerable number wc.ro■'passed, -inchid-! ■ing one line; oi'Bo. .Xo-lafgest -*orl;s were , plFered:' medrum .sorts realised 3(ls ,lo'34s,smaller to 295. .W;eau-,-ors. were,Tiot jin demand andrpriees- rang-.' ed fronv.lls to 20s, according to siioi..;

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■ ,Fjit,cattliei-Best bullocks' £l2"ios' : tw £l4,,extra; heavy £l9 10s, medium to good £] ; o,.lo(i to £l2, lighter £S"lOs to £9 Ifijp;., best cows and heifers. £9 to £ll, extra tp £l3 los,'medium'to'o-ood £B ; S%jto-£9!, light.„£f> 10s to £7,-los, Fat sheep-rßcst wethers. 20s (id t0..225, extra to.'24<j 3d.' jncdium to good'lßs 9d to 19s ; Cd,Uight 17s'0d to ISs.Gd, best ewes']'Bs. to]2os, extra good, to 25s 3d. medium Kfefd'to 17s 9d, light 13s Ud to 15s Cd. Of| the woolly sheep' forward iivclhefs''lu-oiiglit"to 33s' 'Gil' and" ewes' to 2Sa 3d.' 1 '..'-.'. Fat laiiibsj—Best 20s . fld to 2-1 s 9d. extra to'23s;3d, medium to good.lßs to 20a', inferior ilGs to 17s Cd. : ' Pigs—Sticklers 14s to 17s, slips JBs lid to 2(is'. sturej, to 34s (id,-porkers to (25,. light baeonejrs to 50s. heavy baconers to 05s. ; ' -.•'-, ~. JMNSONV'ILLF. - Messrs Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report 'on their Jobnsonville sale" as follows:--An extra heavy yarding' of prime biillo'c cs and sheep "came forward and sold weal at recent rates. Crime weighty bullpeks £lO 10s to £lO 173 On, prime hillocks £lO In Clo 7s (id. •lighter £9 , r s to £9 10s. good iealen 35s to 435, i verage 23s to 30s. sucking pigs 12s lid to 13s, prime wv'.hers 20s lid. good vethers 18s, extra—prime heavy ewes 20s. prime heavy ewes 10* 3d to J!)s SQ, good 18s 2d'to ISs Bd, lighter IDs 1.1 to 17s, prime lambs 10s 2d, good lambs i.3s to 14s. pbibt lis !0d to 12s 6d. ; •"..■■