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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 217, 1 February 1913, Page 6

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AUSTkALIAX MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Svdnev, January 3D. 1 "heat, 3s Cd to "3s 6%d. 'lour, £8 10s. ilran, £4 15s. Pollard, £5. Outs.—Tasmanian sparrowbills 3s 5d to 3s (id. New Zealand Algerian 2s lid to 3s. Giants 3s Gd to 3s 7d. Maize, 4s '(>. to 4s 9<l. Potatoes.—Local £4, Tasmanian £7. Onions.—Globes £5 15s. Butter. —.Selected 98s, prime 90s to 925. Cheese, f>'/ s d. Bacon, 7»/ 3 d to Bd. Adelaide, January 30. Wheat, 3s S'/.d to 3s Od. Flour, £8 12s 6d. Bran and pollard. Is 2d. Oats. 2s to 2s 2d. Melbourne, January 31. Wheat. 3s O/od. Flour, £8 10s. Bran. £5 ss. Pollard, £5 15s. Barley.—English 4s 3d to 4s 7d, choice 4s 7 1 /.d; Cape 3s Gd to 3s BM>d. Oats.—Steady; Algerian 2s 3d to 2s fid. seed 2s Bd.' Maize, 3s lid to 4s. Potatoes, £3 to £3 15s, Globes £4. Onions.—Spanish £5. LONDON MARKETS. London, January 30. Silver, 28i/ 2 d per oz. Shares.—Wailii 32s Gd and 33s 9d; Talisman 40s and 455. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, January 24, for my usual Kaponga weaner fair and cattle sale I had a very big entry and a big attendance of buyers. Most of the weaners yarded were small, being whey fed, but were all good-colored cattle. Bidding throughout was keen, exceptionally so for a line of picked Jersey heifers yarded by Mr. Martin Steiner. These were started at 455, and were secured by Mr. C Crowley, after brisk competition, at £3 Is 6d. The demand for good forward cows and bulls was first-class, everything, with the exception of a pen of small weaner steers, being cleared at the following rates—Jersey weaner heifers £2 9s to £3 Is Gd, grade heifers £1 lis Gd to £1 17s Od, small £1 4s 6d, weaner steers £1 10s 6d to £1 10s, mixed weaners £ 1 8s ;6d to £1 12s 6d, ) bulls £3 9s to £6 (according to weight), fat working bullocks £5 18s. fat heifers £5 4s, fat cows £5 10s to £6 4s, forward cows £4 14s to £5 3s, store cows £3 15s Gd to £4 ss, small or aged £1 4s Gd to £2 10s, lambs 9s. -

At Urenui on Monday, 27th, there was only a small entry, which sold as follows:—Springing heifers £4 7s 6d to £8 10s, dairy cows £6 to £8 10s, fat cows £8 Is, forward cows £4 lis 6d to £5 4s, 20-months heifers £3 16s to £4 7s 6d, 2%-year heifers in calf £4 13s to £3 17s od, 20-months steers £3 14s to £3 10s fid.

On Tuesday, 28th, at Eahotu, store cows sold at from £2 lis to £3 17s 6d, forward cows £4 5s to £5 3s, 2 1 / 2 -year steers (small) £4 7s fid, 18-months heifers £$ 10s, bulls £5 13s to £6 15s. Privates sales for the week as follows: Sixteenmonths steers £3 to £3 18s, weaner steers up to £1 16s, weaner Jersey heifers £2 to £3, weaner grade heifers £1 12s 6d to £1 17s, 2%-year heifers in calf £4 18s fid, 2 1 / 2 -year steers (good) £5 55,22 2 and 3-year steers £5 12s fid, 2 1 / 2 -year steers (with some color) £4 12s 6d, fat cows £5 10s to £6 15s, forward cows up to £5. store cows £3 10s to £3 15s, -cows and calves £3 10s to £5, fat heifers £6, bulls £2 10s to £4 10s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 14s 9d to 15s, 4 and 6-tooth wethers (forward) 17s, 2-tooth ewes 16s to 10s 6d, good line breeding ewes 20s 6d, fat ewes 14s 9d, fat lambs 13s to 14s, lambs in the wool 10s 6d to lis 3d (for a very fine line), others from 8s fid to 9s 3d. MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Bennett and Co. report a good yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday, January 29, when late rates were fully maintained, with the exception of weaners, for which there was not much demand. Prices as follows—Eighteen to 20-months steers £3 Cs to £3 lis 6d, do. heifers £3 4s to £3 10s, 2-year heifers (r.w.b.) £3 16s to £4 2s. 2 to 2i/ 3 -year Jersey-Holstein do. £5 12s fid, store cows £3 5s to £3 IPs, forward no. £4 4s to £4 12s fid, old do. £2 to £2 14s. good weaners 355, others 26s to 30s, inferior 18s to 225, bulls £5 10s to £7.

At Matau sheep fair on the 30th. we were short oi 1000 sheep owing to the Waitara river being in flood, and two vendors were unable to cross with stock. We had a good attendance, and with the exception of shorn lambs, which were neglected, bidding was good throughout, and we sold most of the sheep at the hammer. Prices as follows-:—2-tooth wc-thers 13s 5d to 13s 7d, 2 and 4-tooth do. 14s fid to 15s 3d, fat and forward do. 16s sd, f.m. ewes 7s sd, Bs, 8s 7d. j ewes (mixed ages) 9s 6d to 10s sd, lambs (small) 6s, woolly 10s Id. Paddock sales during' the week have been as follows:—2 to 2%-year heifers (i.w.h.) £4 Bs, £4 155,"",£5 12s 6d, empty heifers £3 6s, 2-tooth ewes 15s. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. Stratford, January 31. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. and Reduced, Stratford branch, report as follows: On Wednesday, January 22, we held our usual monthly sale at Kohuratahi, when we had a full yarding of 242 cattle and a few sheep. ' There was a keen demand for stock, especially young catlie. Weaners, real good lines, 39s to 40s; 18-months steers, medium, 71s to £3 14s, to £3 17s fid for good -class of cattle; 2year steers, £4 7<s Cd to £4 14s; 18-months heifers. £3 7s to £3 14s Cd; good frame forward cows, £4 10s to £5 2s; heifers in calf, £4 Is; cows and calves, £5; fat cows, £5 His; store cows. 325; poor, £3 8s (id to £4 Cs; bullocks, 3y 3 -years old £6 7s Od; good 2 1 / 4-year steer's, £5 12s (id: bulls, £3 7s to £7; f.m. ewes, 0s; 2tooth Romney Ram*. 1 to 2Vi guineas. On Tuesday, 28th inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we had a full yarding of 707 cattle. Ridding was not quite so keen as at the previous sale, but we quitted practically all lines at the hammer or afterwards. Weaners, fair. 30s to 32s Od; .good quality to 37s Od; store cows, 05s to 92s 0d; fat and forward cows. 95s to 1.10s; bulls, 05s to 182s; 2% to 3%-year bullocks, 119s to 130s; 2-ycar empty heifers, 90 to 100s; 18-months steers. 07s to 755; 18-months empty heifers. 05s to 77s (id; Jersey-Holstein' heifers, 80s to 955.

During the week we have sold private-tly:—lß-mcmtlis steers, fiss to 72s fid; 18months lifers, empt.v, 07s fid to 72s fid; 18-niimths >ifers, R.W.8., 75s to 80s; 2'/ s -.Vear steers, 90s to II2s; weaners, •10s to 38s: store cows. 05s to 72s fid; fill cows. 112s fid to 122s fid; 2-tootli wethers, 13s fid to 14s; 4-tooth wethers, ]fo to Ids 3d; 2-tooth ewes, 15s to 1.5s fid: 4.and 5-year ewes, 10s fid to 12s fid; bulls, 05s to 117s 0d; ewes and lambs, l!)s.

from the Chatham Islands, but entries of fat sheep and lambs were small and not more than sufficient for local butchers' requirements. Prices: I Lambs—Forward rape sorts 13s 3d to 13s !)d, extra 14s Id to Us 9d. lnedium 12s 3d to 12s '(ld. good sorts lis to lis (id, fair 10s to Ids (id, smaller sorts Sis 3d to 9s !)d, small Ss Gd to lis, ewe lambs lis to 13s !)d.

Sheep—Four and six-tooth wethers 14s to 17s 2d, four-tooth 14s to 15s lOd, two and four-tooth 13s to IBs, twotooth 13s to 15s sd, merinos (very good) 10s Id to 10s 10d, ewes (good two-tooth) 19s 3d, medium 17s (id to 18s, two, four and six-tooth 15s 2d to 17s 7d, four and six-tooth 13s to His 9d, six and eight-tooth 12s (Id to 15s fid, mixed ages 13s to 13s fid, good sound-mouth 10s 3d. Fat lambs—Best 10s 6d to 18s, lighter 13s fid. to 16s. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 18s Od to 23s 6d, lighter 15s to 18s, prime ewes lfis to 225, others 13s to 15s 0(1. merino wethers 12s to 12s 3d. Fat cattle—Steers realised £7 10s to £l2 15s, heifers £0 15s to £9 las, cows £fi 7s fid to £!) ss. Store cattle—Two-year steers £5 5s Gd to £5 10s, two-year heifers £4 15s, cows £2 to £6. Dairy cows—Good demand, £5 to £9 17s 6d. Fat pigs.—Heavy baconers 56s to 645-, lighter sorts 48s to 55s (equal to 4%d to 5d per lb), best porkers 39s> to 44-, lighter sorts 33s to 37s (equal to 5y 2 d to V%d per lb.) Store pigs—Best sorts 28s to 345, smaller 22s to 275, weaners 12s to 17s. BURNSIDE. r* At Burnside prices for bullocks were 10s to 15s per head easier than last week, while in cows and heifers there was a drop from 20s to 25s per head. Cattle—Extra heavy bullocks £l4 to £ls 17s 6d, good £ll to £l2 10s, medium £8 to £9 Is. | Fat sheep—Extra heavy wethers 23s j (id to 255, good 18s Od to 19s Gd, medium and unfinished 16s to 17s 6d, extra heavy ewes 20s to 225, good 15s Gd to 18s, medium and inferior 12a to 14s. Fat lambs—Best lfis to 17s Gd, good 14s to 15s 6d, medium 12s 6d to 13s M. Store" pigs sold at about last week's rates. JOHNSONVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:— At Johnsonville a small entry of bullocks and a heavy one of sheep came forward. We quote: Prime heavy bullocks £lO 10s to £ll, prime bullocks £lO to £lO ss, vealers 32s to 345, prime wethers 18s Id to 18s 7d, good wethers 17s 4d to 17s lOd, prime heavy ewes ; l7s Id, good ewes 15s Od to 16s, medium ewes 15s to 15* 6d, plain 14s fid, prime lambs 15s, good lambs 13s to 14s, plain 10s 6d to lis.