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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 305, 17 May 1913, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. ' London, May l(i. Share quotations.—Waihi 41s 2d and 4:is !)d, Junction 18s !M and 10s !)(!, Talisman 37s Gd and 40s. Wheat.—The official quotations are: South Australian, New South AYalcs, and Victorian prompt delivery Ills !)d, on passage 38s 9d. Liverpool spot 1)1 V* cents., July option 88% cents. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. , Melbourne May lli. Wheat. 3s 9d to 3s 9i/,d. ' Flour, £8 las. Oats.—Algerian feeding, Is !)d to 2s, milling 2s 3d. Barley English 3s o<l to 4s. Cape 2s 8d to 3s. Maize, 4s 4d. Bran and pollard, £5. Potatoes. £3 10s to £4 ss. Onions, £0 ss. BRISBANE WOOL SALES. Brisbane, May lfi. The wool sales closed strong at full rates with keen general competition. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, oth inst.. at the Waiwakaiho yards, I had a fair entry of stock. Mixed weaners made from £1 8s to £2 lis, emptv LS-months heifers up to £3 lis fid, 20-months in-calf heifers £3 14s to £4 13s, small 18-months steers £2 10s, 2 1 / a -year forward bullocks Xli 5.5, bulls £2 ?s to £3 15s, store cows £2 7s to £3 10s, forward cows £4 7s (id to £4 Ids, fat cows £5 to £(i 15s, dairy cows up to £7 10s, springing heifers £5 7s Od to £0 2s fld, f.m. ewes 0s 9d, mixed sheep (fat) 13s 4d. On Monday, 12th inst., in my Toko yards, there was only a small entry, which sold as follows:—Store cows £1 to £3 ss, small 18-months steers £3, weaners £1 3s to £1 6s, fat cows £0 10s, in-calf heifers £4 10s to £0 us, lambs 9s lOd. At the Stratford yards on Tuesday, owing to the very rough weather, I had only a small entry, with a fair attendance of the public. Bidding throughout was slack, sales being made at prices a shade below late market rates, as follows:—Mixed weaners £1 to £1 ss, empty 18-months heifers £2 7s, in-calf 20-months heifers £3' to £4 10s, store co-,V5 XI li to £■; ?5, sg7w:;:il vows £3

16s to £4 13s, fat. cows up to £5 17s, bulls £2 7s (id to £2 10s, in calf 2'A-year J heifers up to £5 10s, springing heifers £4 17s (id, lambs Ss Od, 2-tooth ewes (small) 8s (Id, 2-tooth wethers 14s 7d. I On Wednesday, at my Stony River yards, weaner steers made £1 15s Gd, small or Jerseys 10s to 18s, weaner heifers £1 12s (5(1 to £2 Is Od, empty 20mouths heifers £3, in-calf 18-montln heifers £2 IDs, store cows £2 13s to £.') 19s, aged cows £1 Is to £1 lis, guaranteed cows £B. Clearing sale.—On Monday, 12th inst, I held a sale on account of Mrs. M. .1. Thompson, Omata. There was a large attendance of the public, making good competition for all lines. The cows were rather low in condition, but had a good strain of Jersey, and sold satisfactorily as follows:—Choice young cows £10"to £l3, good £7 to ■£!), backward £4 15s to £(i, three-quarter cows £3 10s; choice Jersey in calf heifers £8 2s (id; grades, £4 10s; choice colored weaner heifers £3 3s, small £1 10s. On account of other vendors: Coloured weaner heifers £2 4s (id, in calf 20-m heifers £3 14s to £3 17s, springing heifers £5 ss, mixed weaners £1 10s. I Private sales.—Forward cows £4 ss, colored weaner heifers £2 4s (id to £2 10s, dairy herds £lO to £ll, grade 2'/,year heifers £5, Jersey in-calf 2-year heifers £7 17s Gd and £6, Holstein two year in-calf heifers £8 10s, £7 ss, £(>, lambs 10s, culls 5s Gd, heavy wcthui* 17s to 19s, fat ewes 15s, 14s Gd, 14s 3d: MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Bennett and Co. report that I at their weekly cattle sale on Wednesday there was a fair yarding of stock, and nearly everything sold at the following prices:-—Good weaner heifers £1 15s to £2 ss, mixed calves y,\ 5s to £1 Bs, store cows (good) £3 15f to £4 Bs, poor do. £2 to £3, spring trs £4 15s to £7, lambs 7s 8d to 10s, I'm. ewes 9s to lis fid. At the Horse Fair on Friday there was a good entry of horses, mostly of a poor class. Good hack and harness Worses sold at fair rates. Hacks nude from £4 15s to £lO, harness horse* £8 to £2O, unbroken harness horses £0 5s to £l4 ss, weeds 10s to £3. At Mr. Lichtwark's sale at Tarata on Monday there was a good att. ndance. Cows made from £4 to £8 10k horse £4 15s, calves £1 10s to £1 lis .id, and sundries at fair prices. SOUTHERN MARKETS. JOHNSONVILLE. A heavy yarding of both shee]- and cattle came forward. The demand was good, especially for the sheep, M'liiel; were mostly of extra good quality and weighty. Prime heavy bullocks, £i 1 2<> (id to £ll 10a; prime bullocks, £lO 10s to £lO 17s 0d; lighter £fl 15s to £lO ss: light, £9 5s to £9 10s. A line of tweniy prime vealers sold well at the fo.losing prices:—Prime weighty vealers, £2 ss, £2 9s, £2 12s; lighter, 27s to £2, fixtra prime heavy wethers, 21s (Id to 22s 4d; prime wethers, 19s to 19s 4d; ight plain wethers, 17s 3d; good ewes, 10s (id to 17s; plain ewes, 14s 5d to 14s 9d; extra prime lambs, 15s 2d to lGs sd; prime shorn lambs, 13s 6d. ADDINGTON. Christchurch, Frh'icy. The market is somewhat irn pilar, opening at about last week's rate,' then it eased off, but recovered again towards the close, but on the whole prici s were rather easier than last week, aieiagln" about (id per lb. Tegs made 20s to £1 ss; a few extra, to £1 19s 3d; oidinary weights, 10s Gd to 19s U; *.nd light and unfinished 12s 2d to 10s. The fat sheep market opened well up to last week's rates, and there was lit tie change throughout. The range of prices was:— Extra prime wethers, to £1 lis: prime, £1 to £1 7s (id; others, 17s to 19s (id; merino wethers, lis Od to £1 0s 8d; prime ewes, 18s to £1 5s (id; medium, 15s to 17a Gd; aged and light, )2s to 14s Gd; merino ewes, 9s. The fat tattle demand was far from brisk, and on numerous occasions the demand was dragging. and prices not reaching owneis' reserves and passings were somewhat heavier than usual. Beef realised pr.ees ranging from £1 Is to £1 9s per lOOlh. necoi'dfng to quality; steers brought £7 10s to £11; extra, to £ls ss; heifers, fii 103 to £1(1 10s; and cows, £5 5s to £8 ss; extra tc £ll 10s. The demand for all classes 0, store cattle was weak, [rices being as follow: Fifteen to oightem-months sorfs £2 8s; three-year heifers, £5 7s (id; ai,d dry cows, £1 15s to £5. Dairv cows made £1 10s to £lO 10s. The demand 'Ol fat pigs showed an improvement on Uif values ruling the previous week. Chop pers brought £S to £i; heavy bacw.er*. £3 os to £3 15s;, and lighter, £2 15s to £3 2s Od; or equal to 5y 4 d to per lb. I-leavv porkers lealised £2 (is'to £2 0s; and lighter, £1 17s (id to £2 4s; ot equal to 5%d to Gd per lb. The demand for stores ';f all i escriptions was poor, buyers being indif/erent about business Large stores realised £1 15s to £1 18s Gd: medium, £1 Gs to £1 14s; and small sorts His to £1 ss. Weaners brought, 8s to 15s. BURNSIDE. Dunedin, Friday. At Burnside to-day 170 fat cattle 'wre yarded, mostly of medium quulity. There was poor competition and prices were rather lower than last week's rates. Best millo.-ks made £lO 10?, to £ll 10s; evtra. show bullocks, to £l4 10s; good. £9 to £10; best heifers £8 5.* to £9 10s; sreed £0 10s to £7: best cows, £7 5s to £8; ss; good. £fi to £7; medium £4 15s to £5 10s. Fat sheep: There were. 2075 penned, chiefly medium to inferior quality, with a small proportion of wellfinished wethers. At the commencement of the sale prices were Is Gd to 2s above la.-.c week's rates, but towards the finis!! they dropped to about last week's level. Best wethers made 24s Gd to 265; extra, to 27s 3d, good. 20s to 21s; medium, 18s Od to 19s Gd; best ewes, 18s Gd to 20s; medium, 15s Gd to 17s; inferior, 12s to 13s. Fat lambs: There were 1488 penned, mostly medium quality. Owing to the presence of a new buyer competition was exceptionally keen, ami prices were is to Is (id better than last week's rates. Best, 21s to 235; good, 17s Gd to 18s (Id; medium, 15s to lo" (id. Pigs: There was a fair yarding, and prices for baconers and porkers were fairly good.