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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 194, 14 February 1914, Page 6

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright London, February 1;' Silver, 2.V%d per ounce. Share quotations.—Waihi 51s 3d and oils Oil, Talisman 41s 3d and 43s !)d. AUSTR A UAN MARKETS. Sydney, February 12. Wheat, 3s 7d and 3s 7'/ s d. Flour, £8 10s.

Oats—Algerian feeding, 2s 2d to 2s 3d; milling, 2s 4d to 2s sd: New Zealand A Cartons, 3s 2d. Barley—Cape malting, 2s 7d to2»od. M'ai/.c, 4s (id to 4s 7d. Bran and pollard, £4 15s. Potatoes, Tasmania]! £0 10s. Onions, Victorian £lO. Butter—Selected 107s, secondary 104s Cheese, o'/ s d. Bacon, lOd to lO'/.d. Adelaide, February 12. Wheat, 3s Oil to 3s 7(1. Flour, £7 Lis to £B. Bran and pollard, IV/A. Melbourne, February 12. Hides.—An average catalogue, very brisk competition, prices firm. Wheat, 3s (id to lis Sd. Flour, £S 15s. Bran and pollard, £4 15s. Barley.—English malting, 3s 3d to 3s Oil: Cape, 2s to 2s 4ii. Oats, Is Sd to Is 9>/,d. .Maize, 4s. Potatoes £3 to £3 10a. Onions. £7 10s to £7 12s Od.

XKNTOX KfXG'S WKEKLY KKPORT. On Friday, Cth inst., at my Koliuratulii yards, for my annual sheen fair and cattle sale, I had a good entry of both ,-dieep and cattle, with a good attendance from all parts, making good comoetition for most lines oll'ered. Sales were made at the following rates:—Two-tooth wethers 14s 7d to 15s 3d, four and sixtooth wethers 14s 3d to Ids, fat wethers ISs; two-tooth ewes 14s 3d to 14s !)d, full-mouthed ewes 7s id to ()s; culls 2s (id; fat bullocks £9 His 6d; bulls £3 its to £ii 18.5 fid; store cows, aged, £2 Ms to £3 i)s; forward cows. £4 13s to £.3 l.js; cows and calves £5 8s to £li 7s; S'/s-ycav bullocks £8; 2 ] / 2 to 3-ycar steers £5 fls to £•> 17s Cdj 2V»-ycar steers £4 14s to £5 2s; 15 and 18-month steers £3 15s, £3 13s, £3 lis Gd, £3 10s fid, £3 10s. £3 !)s Gd. £3 is, £3 8s £3 ss. £3.

On Monday, 9th hist., for my Urenui sheep fair, I had a good entry which, whilst not so large as of previous years, was composed of good sheep, and I was able to .sell the majority at very satisfactory prices. Some good lambs were yarded, these meeting with good competition, as also did lull-mouthed ewes and fats. Prices obtained were as follow:—Lambs 10s Bd, 10s 2d lis, 8s (Sd, 8, sd, 8s 3d, 7s 9d, 7s Sd, os lOd. 5s 6d, 4s (id; small two-tooths 10s 8d to 12s 3(1; two-tooth withers 14s fid; two and four-tooth wethers 14s i)d to las 3d; six-tooth and full-mouthed wethers 15s 3d; four-tooth ewes 15s 0d; mixed fourtooths 13s Id; iull-mouthcd ewes Us, 10s od, 10s, 5s 10d, 4s Gd; fat ewes and wethers lfis nil to 18s 3d; fat wethers 18s 7d to IDs 3d; fat ewes lfis fid to 17s (id; fat woolly lambs 16s (heavy); Romney rams 2'/<.gn3 to 4gns; Lincoln rams 2gns to 7%{?ns. On Tuesday, 10th inst., at Vrcnui eattle sale, 15 and 18-month steers brought from £3 Ss fid to £3 10s; 15month heifers (well grown) £2 7s to £3; 2-year steers, £4 (is (id; springing heifers £4 5»; dairy cows £li ss; weaner heifers up to £1 10s; mixed weaners, mostly steers, £1 9s; bulls. £4 to £5 ss; smail or aged store cows £2 to £3 2s (id; good store cows £4 to £4 12s; forward and fat cows £4 19s to £G 14s. At Rahotu, on the same day, good vernier heifers made from £1 2s to £1 13s (poorer weaners no enquiry); weancr steers £1 10s, £1 7s, £1 ss, £1 4s; mixed weaners £1 (is; empty heifers £2 8s to £3 14s; 15 to 18-month steers £2 ifis lid to £3 13s; lambs, (is 3d to 9s; two-tooth wethers 13s 7d; small store cows (or aged) £2 10s to £3 7s Gd; store cows £3 18s fid to £4 Ills: forward cows £4 13s to £5 Ills fid; fat cows up to £(1 7s; bulls £3 Ills to £7 lis 6d.

Since my laH report I have sold privately as follows: Weaner steers (good Shorthorns £1 18<, £1 ]5 S £i ] 3s M< fl 13s; ethers fl (Is (id to fl Ss fid; inked weaners fl 12s fid; 13 and IS-inonth heifers £•> ir )S to f:l 3s; 15-month steers f2 17s to f:l 3s; vealers £i 2s; bulls £> to f,S; 21/,-venr steers £> ."is: cows and calves ffi 2s fld; fat killocks fll 10s; forward bullocks f« Ills; Upringing heifers £4 17s fid; store and forward rows iu lines £5 15s, £5 12s fid, £.) 10s. £5 os £■>. £4 Lis. £-1 12s fid, £4. 10s; fat cows, £i 7s, £7 ss. £7, £() 10s. £|', ~m, ffi 3s; best woolly lambs, 10s fid: lambs 9s fid' !ls Id, Us, S~ fid, Ss, 7s. (is 3d. fis, 5s Cd,

as; l\vo-loii(!i wethers, good, 13s (id to) lis (id; oliiri- lis to 12s 7d; two-tooth, Koiiuiey ewe., (nice line) Ids (id; other j 13> lid; two and four-tooth wethers 15s, ' Us (id. Ms :;,!, Ms; four and six-tootli wethers 17s (id, 17s 3d, 17s, His OJ; twotooth to i'uli uouthed ewes lis Oil; ewes mid lamb, (in the wool), 2-is; full-.' mouthed rue., lis Gil, lis, 10s -Jd, 10= 3(1,1 10s, 7s, (is; i'al wethers (in wool) 22s Oil. 20s till, 20.,; fat shorn wethers 10s, 18s, 17s lid; fat ewes (heavy) 17s. l(Js Od, Kis. .MATTIIiCW'S, CAMLI.X AND CO. On the lltii hist, we held our usual Weekly sale in our Inglewootl yards, and had a fair yarding of stock. Bidding throughout thebaic was dull, ami several lines of stock were passed in. We quote: Store cows £2 Kis lid to £1 10s, springing heifers £4 Ills to £.i 10s, bulls j £4 to £7, weaners Us to 21s. lambs 12s culls do 3s 3d, f.m. ewes 10s. On the 12th iust. we held our annual sheep fair in our Tarata yards, and had a good yarding of -hecp. F.vcrv linr, was disposed of at tile ha miner, with the exception of one line of f.m. ewes, at very satisfactory prices. We quote: f.m. ewes 4s lid, 3s Id, lis 2d, 7s Od, to 12s Oil, fat and forward do 12s to i.3s Ud, 4 and 0-tooth wethers Hi- 3d. Kis lOd. to 17s, shorn do 7s Od to 10s Ud. others 4s 7d, 5s lOd, to 7- 4d, culls 2s lid.to 4s lid, aged ranis (is to 10s (id. JOHNSON'VI I.LK. Messrs Abraham and William-, Ltd.. report on (heir Jolinsonville sale as follows:—A full yarding of light, bullocks came forward, with a good yarding of sheep. The demand was .-lack for sheep, but the pens sold realised lute values. Prime light bullocks ClO Ms to £ll, lighter .til) to CHI H's. light £0 .is, vealers 22s to 30.-, prime welh»rg 21s (id, medium wethers 10s. prime keavy ewes 21s Id to 20s 2d. prime heavv ewes 18s to ISs Ud. good ewes Lis ill 1 to 17s (id, light Lis. prime lambs His lid, J lighter Ms Oil to Lis 4d. ADDINIITON.

Farmers now being busily engaged in harvesting, there were small entries of fat sheen and lambs, and average entries in other departments. I'ai cattle sold a little freer at the start, but prices were weaker and fat lambs sold at about last week's rates. Kat sheep opened at an advance, and then declined. Fat pigs showed slight improvement; store sheep were forward. Rape lambs 14s Gd to 15s. extra good lambs to lGs Gd, fair lambs 13s Oil to 14s 3d, medium lambs 13s to 13s Sil, small and low-conditioned sorts lis to 12s dd, cull lambs 5s to 10s fid, wether lambs 8s 3d (for culls) to 15s. ewe lambs lis !)d to 14s Id, 2-tooth half-bred ewes Ifis 2d. 2-tooth three-quarter-bred ewe, 10s halfbred ewes 15s to Ills Id, 8-tooili three-' . (juarterbred ewes His Sd. li and S-tooth ewes 14s to 18s 7d, 2, 4, li and S-tootli 1 iwes 19s, sound-mouth ewes 10s to 17s |lod, aged ewes 12s lOd, merino ewes (is [ Id, G-tooth wethers 17s (id. oilier wethers 12s Od to 15s 3d. For fat lambs, the prices on the whole were about the same as last week, and were equal to lid per lb. Prices: Sd, average freezing weights Ids to 10s. fat slice)) (prime wethers) 21s to 21s "d. others 17s Id to 20s (id. prim,. ~\vcs 10s to 23s 7d, medium l.js to l.B> lid. aged and light 12s to Ms Gd. Fat cattle—Steers £7 17s (id to £ll. extra to £l4, heifers £0 17s lid to CO 7s fid, cows £5 17s lid to ell 10s. Store cattle: Yearlings .£2. 15 t;> IS-monlhs sorts €2 13s to 13 15s lid. 2-year steers C 4 2s, 2-year heifers £3 l.js, cows £2 5s to £5, Dairv cows mil.l at C 3 Ids to £ll 10s.

Fat pigs.—Choppers £3 to £4. heavy haconers £3 3s to £l. liuhier haconcrs £2 12s Gd to £3: prices" per lb ad to 5VL>d. Heavy porkers £2 (is to £2 10s. lighter porkers £2 to £2 ss: price per lb fi'/od, extra huge sorts to £2 lfis, ..ordinary sorts £2 to £2 4s. small £l.