COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 278, 25 April 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

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Share Qiiotaoiciiis.- .I unction 2(>s 'fid and 27a-lid, Ta.isauin biis lid and 38s !)d.

AXTWJ£KI» >,'ool, SAWCS. London, April 23. Tlio Antwerp woo] sales opened with good competition. ,\i r;no and iine crossliri'ds am a per cent higher; other crossbreds arc scarce.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

Sydney, April '23. Wheat, 3s B%d to 3s !)'/,,d. Flour.— £8 2s Od to £8 ss. Oats. —Algerian, feed, 2s to 2a 2d; milling. 2s lid to 2s Jd. Barley.—Cape, feeding, 2s Gd. .Maize, 4s. Bran and Pollard, £4 10s. Potatoes.—Tasmauinn, £7 ss. Onions—Victoria, £0 10s to £8 15s. Butter. —Selected brands, 104s; secondary, 90s to 04s. Cheese—Bd. Bacon.—S'/jd to !!d. Adelaide, April 23. Wheat.—3s Od to 3s lOd. Flour.—£B to £8 sn. Bran and Pollard.— £1 Is. Melbourne, April 23. Hides.—Catalogue prices are Id to %d lower, especially for sloppy lots.

MATTHEWS, OA MI.IN AND CO.'S

REPORT

Matthews, Gamlin ami Co. report as follows:—On Wednesday last we held our usual weekly sale in our Inglewood yards, .and had a fair yarding of stock, most of which was disposed of at the hammer. We quote:—Springing cows £6, fat and forward do. £3 lOs to £5 9s Od, old and light stores 30s to £3 7s Bd, IS-months steers £2 15s to £3 12s fid, 18-months heifers £2 Is to £2 15s, hulls £3 14s to £5 Is, wcaner heifers 10.to 29s Od, weancr steers 25s to £2 ?.s 6d.

X.Z. LOAN & MERCANTILE BEPORX

The N.Z. Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report as follows:

On Tuesday, 21st inst., we belli our usual fortnightly sale, in our Stratford yards. Owing to the heavy rain on -Monday night the yarding was small, only head of cattle coming forwari'. There was a fair demand and a good clearance, was effected, but weaners wcmv hardly so brisk as usual. The following prices were realised: Weauer steers, 10s for very small and inferior, 24s for fair quality, 31s for good, and up to 39s for very good line; weaner heifers, good stuff, made 235, 245, 255, and up to 31s for well-grown stuff; mixed weaners, 22s for medium, 25s (3d to 28s (ill for fair; 20-months heifers, coloured, made from 55s to 50c; 20month steers in good demand from 07s fid for fair to 72s for medium, to 74s for g«od lines; bulls, not in such good demand, made 97s Od for small to 105s for medium; store cows, not in such good demand, small and low conditioned 40s, 50s, 53s 6d, medium quality (i2s Od. 67s (id, fair conditioned and well grown, 70s, 775, to 81s; forward cows, 100s. 1153. 117s Cd; fat cows, up to 1425. We have placed a large quantity r f stock privately during the past week, all classes of sheep being in good demand, also grown steers Weaner steers, 28s Od to 31s for fair quality, 35s for medium, to 3fls for good; wcaner heifers, good 23s Od, 245, to 255; mixed weaners, good quality 30s; 20month steers, fair quality 70s, 73s for medium and 75s to 80s for good lines; 20-month empty heifers, 53s to 02s Od; 2%-year-old steers, 105s; bulls, heavies, 10o» to llOsj lambs, culls as Od to (is., medium 8s Od to 8s (HI. good from 9s ?d to l()s; f.m. ewes, small and low conditioned, !)s to 10s, up to lis for fair and 14s (id for forward; 4 and (i-tootJi wethers, store quality, 10s !)d.

JOHNSOXYILLE. At Johnsoiivllle a poor entry of prime bullocks and sheep eame forward, and sold rendilv at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks made £l2 7s Od to £l2 17s (Id, prime bullocks £l2 to £l2 2s (id, prime vealers 34s to 445, light 20s to 21s Od, prime wethers 21s sd, prime ewes 18s to 18s lOd, prime heavy ewes tils Hid. prime lambs 17s to 17s SJ, lighter Mi !>d.

! " ADDIXGTOX MARKET. Store sheep.—Best rape lambs 14s to i:>B 3d, fairly good rape lambs 13s to 18a 9(1, medium l-.ipc lambs 12s 3d to 12s Bd, very medium rape lambs Ids lid to lis (id, small and inferior lambs Ss to (Is, will lambs 5a 3d upwards, ewe lambs 14s to lis 6d, 4 and fl-tooth wethers I.ls 3d. (> and S-too'th wethers to 17s Id, '2 and 4-tooth wethers 14s (id to 13s ftd, 2-tooth ewes IBs 8d to 245, 2, 4, and (i-tooth ewes Ids to 20s !M (the latter priee beiug paid for an extra good line), -2, 4. li, and 8tootli ewes 14s to 15s (id, (i and 8-tooth ewes 15k to IDs Sd, full-moutU ewes Us 7d to 14s (ill. full and failing mouth ewes lis to 12s, aged and cull ewes 7s Oil to lis, aged merino ewes 2s !>d to 3s Id. Fat lambs.—Tegs 13s (Id to 22s lid, average weights 17s 4d to 18s, light an] unfinished 14s id to l(in Jd.

Fat shoop.—Prime wo there 21s to 24.-., extra prime wethers 255. medium wethers His !)d to 20s (ill, prime ewrs 17s (id to 235, extra prime ewes 2as (ill, medium owes lis .(id to 17s, light and unfinished ewes Is 7d to I4s.

"Fat cattle.—Stocv-.i (average) £S as lo £ll 10s, steers (extra) to £l4 II).-, [id, heifers (average) £li 2s Oil to £O, heifers (extra) to £ll IDs. eows £5 as to £lO 7s fill. Fat calves ranged from 8s to 455, extra to 80s. Store eattle—Yearlings 35* lo 58s, 13 to 18-month sorts £2 2s to £3, 2-vear heifers £8 8s (ill, 3-year heifers £4 llis to £0 os, cows 31s to £4 as.

Dairy cows.—Average sorts realised £4 to £lO as, and extra £l4.

Fat pigs—Choppers 70s to 83s, he.uy baconers (iOs to Gas, lighter baconers 50s to 57s Gd; price p:'r lb. ad to a'/id. Heavy porkers 44» to 475, lighter porkers 38s ' •> 425; price per lb (id. to (i'/jd. .re pigs—Best stores 3Xs to -12s, '"".Hum stores 27s to 375, small stores • !ta to 2(is. weaners Ss (id to His, sows in pi" 77s lid.