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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 241, 1 March 1913, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association— Copyright. London. February °7 Silver, 27% d. Share quotation.—Talisman 38s 9d and 41s 3d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, February 28 Wheat, 3s Sy 4 d. Flour, £8 15s. Bran and pollard, £5 ig s Barley.English 3s Od to 4s sd. Cape 3s to 3s od. Oats.—Milling Algerians 2s (id to ?s o'/ ? d, seed 2s 7%d to 2s Od, feed -?s W to 2s 4%d. Potatoes, £4 10s to £5 10s. Onions, £6 15s to £7 os. WEBSTER, DOBSON AND CO 'S STOCK REPORT. On Thursday last we held a Sheep Fair at Tahora, m yards kindly lent by W. L. Kennedy, Esq. Owing to wet weather several vendors did not yard; but notw.thstanding, we had a fair yanE of good class sheep. There was a fair attendance. Competition at the hamm« was patchy, several pens being pas . but w,tl> the exception of two small pens of wethers, everything "as sold aitenvards. We quote:-Lamb? •s JOd, 2-tooth ewes 14s 104, 2-tooth wetl,ersl3sSdiol4,;f, l „.,wesSs(idto| 10s, cull do. fis to Os Od, 2-tooth Romnev I rams_3y, to 4 guineas, aged rams 10s fid j to 3os. " I At Strathmore on Monday, we held I our annual Sheep Fair. There was a I large attendance, and a good yarding I ot sheep; competition was good.'and al- ! most every pen was sold at the hammer I We cleared the whole yarding with the > exception of a small line of (i-tooth ewes. J We quote: Wether lambs Ss 2d, mixed lambs 8s 3d to 10s 2d, 2-tooth ewes small 12s 4d, 4, G and f.m. ewes 8s Od to 0s 4d, f.m. ewes 7s 3d to 8s od, cull do. 5s to Os Gd. 2-tooth Romney rams 2 1 /> to . 3 guineas, aged rams 1 to 1% guineas, cull do. ss. " I At Stratford on Tuesday, we held our I usual fortnightly sale, the yarding was good, ebiellv store and fresh conditioned cows. Competition was on the slack side. We quote: Weaners 23s to 31s. 18-months steers £2 17s Gd to £3 lis od, 2 to 2 •/■-vear steers £4 Os, 18-months heifers, in'calf, £3 14s to £4 2s, fat cows £5 5s to £5 10s. forward cows £4 4s Gd to £4 12s fid. fresh do. £3 10s to £4, store do. 40s to (Ms. bulls £3 15s to £G 12s. We report private sales as follows: Lambs Ss Od to 0s 9d, 2 1 /»-year steers £4 15s. £5 ss, £5. 18-months Jersey empty heifers £4 15s, 4-year-old ewes lis to 12s fid. colored weancr heifers £2 10s, £2 ! 7s Od. £2 15s, 2-tooth Romney rams 1%. 2 1 /., to 3 guineas; in calf Jersey hcif- ! cri'ffi 3s, store cows £3 ss. £4 2s Od, £4 |

'. 15s, mixed weaners 355, 32s Od, 30s, 40s, Holstein weaner heifers £3 to £4. MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Bennett and Co. report that there was a yarding .of jftbout 4000 sheep at their Tarata fair on Saturday last. Bidding was good and nearly everything was sold at the following prices:—Old j ewes 5s 3d to 7s Gd, f.m. ewes 8s to j lis Gd, 2-tooth ewes 13s to 13s 6d, { 2-tooth wethers 12s to 13s 4d, cull lambs j 5s Gd to Os lid, good rape lambs 8s 4d to 10s Id, rams 15s to £2 2s, old cull rams 7s 6d to 10s. At the Inglewood cattle sale on Wednesday there was a good yarding of ' sheep and cattle. Late prices were ■ maintained and mostly all sold as follows:—Calves £1 5s to £1 18s, empty ' heifers £2 to £3 Gs, 18-months steers • ' £3 8s to £3 15s. store cows £3 to £4 10s, bulls £2 10s to £T ss, fat eows £5 14s to £6 7s; s.m. ewes Bs, lambs 6s to 7s. i SOUTHERN MARKETS. BURNSIDE. Cattle—Best bullocks £lO las to £l2, extra to £l3 7s Od, medium £9 10s to £lO ss, inferior £7 10s to £B, best [cows and heifers £8 10s to £9 ss, extra - £ll 17s Gd, medium £7 to £7 10s, inferior £5 to £5 15s. j Fat sheep—Prime wethers up to 23s Gd, extra to 28s, medium to 21s Gd, light 18s to 20s, prime ewes to '2os, extra to I 22s 6d, medium 17s Gd, inferior 13s 6d ; to 15s. J Fat lambs—Best lGs Gd to 17s Gd, exI tra to 19s, .medium 14s 9d to 15s 6d, inferior 13s* to 14s. ' Pigs—Suckers up to 20s, slips to 245. ■ j stores to 30s, porkers 455, baconers to J7os. ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Two-tooth ewes (small) 15s Gd to 16s Gd, medium 18s, six-tooth' 17s to 18s Gd, six and eight-tooth 10s to 17s, two, four, six and eight-tooth 13s lid to 15s Id, sound-mouth (good class) 14s to 15s Gd, extra to 17s, fair sound--1 j mouth 12s to 13s. full and failing mouth 7s for inferior to Pis. Lambs: flood rape sorts 13s to 13s Gd, extra to 15s Brl. fair sorts 12s to 12s Sd, average stores 10s 6d to lis fid, medium sorts its Gd to 10s 3d, small 8s to 9s, culls 5s to 5s 9d, ewes to I4s, halfbred wethers 9s 3d to 15s, two and four-tooth 14s' Gd, small two-tooths to 12s lOd. and a better class of the same age 13s Gd to 14s 3d. I Fat lambs—Best lambs lGs to 17s Od, ( a few extra to 18s 4d, lighter 12s Id to 15s Gd, the major portion of the yardi ing selling at 15s to 17s. [ Fat sheep—Prime wethers 18s to 21s ' Gd, lighter 16s to 17s fid, merino wethers I 16s. prime ewes 10s to 20s 3d, medium 13s Gd to las fid, aged and light 10s Gd ! to 13s. f Fat cattle—Beef ranged from 22s Gd <to 30s per 1001b. Steers brought £7 17s i Gd to £l2 10s, heifers £0 5s to £lO 7s ' [ 9d, cows £5 17s Gel to £B, extra to £l2 2s 6d. { Store cattle—Yearlings £1 9s to £1 I 15s, 1.) to 18-months sorts £3 5s to £3 I lGs. two-year steers £5 Bs, two-year j heifers £4 IDs. three-year steers £6 5s to £6 12s fid (passed), three-year heiJ fers £5 15s, cows £2 10s to £4 10s._ 1 Dairy cows sold well at prices ranging from £4 10s to £l2 2s fid. Fat pigs—Choppers 70s to 120s; heavy baconers 00s to 70s, extra to 745, lighter sorts 50s to 57s Gd (equivalent to 5d to 5V,d per lb). Heavy porkers 42s to 465, lighter sorts 35s to" 40s (equal to 5%d per lb. Large stores 40s to 50s 6d, medium sorts >,2s to ROs. small pigs 22s to -295. small weaners from 13s, large sorts up to 20s. = 'I