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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 111, 3 October 1914, Page 2

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AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLY. By cable.—Press Association. —Copyright London, October 1. Wheat.—The American visible supply is 84,518,000 bushels. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Perth, October 2. The Government haa fixed the price of wheat at 4s Oil per bushel. Melbourne, October 2. Wheat. —Official pries, is 9d. Fiour, £lO 10s. Oats, 2s lid to 3s l'/ 2 d. Bariey.—English 3s tid to 4s 3d; Capo 3s l>/,d. Maize, 3s lid. Bran, £0 las. Pollard, £7. Potatoes, to £5 sa. Onions, to £ll 10s.

ADDINGTON MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, September 30. At tho Addington live stock market to-day there were small entries of fat stock and of store sheep. The yarding of fat cattle was inferior, both as to numbers and quality, but there was a further advance of 2s 4)d per 100!b. Fat sbeep also sold several shillings per head better than last week and young Btoro sheep also realised improved prices. The market for both beef and mutton is considered to be the dearest ever held in the yards. Pigs showed an. advance for all classes.

Store Sheep.—Fairly good hoggets, 15s 3d to 15s 6d; medium, 13s 3d to 13s 9d; very medium, 10s 8d to 12s 7d; small and inferior, 8s 6d to 9s; good ewe hoggets, 18s 9d; full and failing mouth ewes, with lambs, 12s (all counted); sound-mouth ewes (good), with good lambs, 13s 4d (all counted); fairly good ewes, with lambs, 12s 7d; aged ewes, 9s to 10s 3d; six and eignt-tootb forward wethers, 17s Bd. Fat Lambs.—Best, 18s 3d to 22a 3d; and others, 12s to 16s 9d.

Fat Sheep.—Extra prime wethers, to 435; prime wethers, 27s Od to 355; otherß, 20s 6d to 27s shorn, 19s to 20s; merino wethers, 21s to 24s Od; prime ewes, 25s to 33s 3d; others, 17s to 24s fid, 18s 7d, to 345.

Fat Cattle.—Average steers, £7 10s to £11; extra, to £l7; average heifers, £8 8s to £8 10s; extra, to £l3; average cows, £5 15s to £8; extra, to £l6 2s Bd. Price of beef, per 1001b., 35s to 455. Store Cattle.—Yearlings, 37s 6d; 15 to 16-month sorts, £2 10s to £3 19s; 2-y* steers, £4 5s to £4 15s; 2-yr heifers, £4 6s; 3-yr steers, £7 7s 6d; 3-yr heifers, £4 10s; dry cows. 303 to £7 7s Od; dairy cows, £J 10a to £ll 10s.

Fat Pigs.—Choppers, 70s to 90s; extra heavy baconcrs, to 80s; heavy baconers, 65a to 72a; light baconers, 50s to 645. Price per lb., Od. Heavy porkers, 44s to 475; ordinary, 38s to 425. Price per lb., 6'/ 4 d to 6'/*d. Store Pigs.—Large stores, 40s to 445; medium, 32s to 395; small, 22s to 30s; weaners, 8s for very small to lfis for good sorts; sows in pig, to 90s. BURNSIDE.

Dunedin, September 30. At Burnside to-day 241 fat cattle were yarded. The entry comprised a number of well-finished cattle, and freezing buyers were operating for suitable sorts, whick had a steadying effect on prices. Thi*. stile opened at prices shownga drop of 10s to 15s on last week's rates, but as it progressed values hardened up to almost last week's prices. Extra heavy bullocks, to £23; heavy, £l6 to £l7 10s; medium, £l2 to £l3 6s; light, £lO to £11; extra heifers, to £l9 10a; prime cows and heifers, £l2 to £l4; good, £lO to £ll 10s; light, £0 10s to £B. Fat 6hccp—lß73 penned. This small yarding included a good proportion of only moderate quality. The demand for prime well-finished sheep was keen, and prices for this class showed an advance of Is to Is Cd per head. Medium quality were not competed for quite so keenly and sold at about last week'd rates. 'Prime wethers, 28s to 31s; extra, to 31s 8d; good* 24s to 255; medium, 21s Od to 22s Od; ewes, extra theavy, to 32s Od; prime, 22s to 245; medium, 18s Od to 20s. Fat Lambs.—Eight spring lambs of nice quality were penned, and they realised up to 275. Pigs—63 fat pigs and 160 stores wero penned, and sold at about last week's rates.

WOOL, SKINS AND HIDES. Ij. A. Nolan and Co. report as follows: On Tuesday, September 22, we held our first sale of the above since the war started. We have to record a very full attendance of buyers and extremely keen competition. Prices realised for hides all round were very much higher than anticipated. Some "weights, particularly those wanted for export sold at an advance of %d per lb., over price for similar weights in July. This was exceptional and we only mention it to show the keenness displayed by the buyers. Calfskins realised on an average the highest prices we have ever obtained. The highest price for sound skins being 12'/ 3 d, the lowest liy a d. We had no special" skins catalogued. Light hides held at par to Vti down, medium and heavy y 4 d to %d per lb compared with July pricea. Sheepskins realised quite as much as wa expected. Considering the unsettled state of this market prices must be considered satisfactory. There was little or no inquiry for tallow in casks. Wo sold lone under the hammer, but managed to lear most privately after the sale at 19s 9d a cwt. We quote:— ' I Hides.—Butchers' ox, stout, o%d, [ 6%<l to medium and light 7%d; cow, heavy stout, 7 7 / 3 d, heavy, 7%<1 to 8y x (l, medium 7'/.d to 7%d, light 7%d to 7%d, cut 7%d. Bulls (abattoir dressed) light »y s d, medium 4%d, cut 4%. Farmers' cows, extra light, good condition and light, 7'Ytd to 7%d, medium 7%d, heavy 7'Ad, dry 6%d, dirty 7d to 7%d, cut 7%d, slippy 6y 2 d to 6%d, cut and slippy ,~>%d. Balls, sound heavy 4%d, slippy and damaged 2d. Horses, j Bound, ,1s lid to 10s 6d, out Bs. Year- ! lings, light, 7%d, heavy B%d, cut G%d, dry 01/: Ao l /:A- cut and slippy o'/ 3 d. Calfskins.—Firsts, light, Is O'/.d, ledium ll%d to 12y,d, heavy li%il, seconds, medium, 12% d, heavy ll%d, thirds, medium \]%d, heavy ll%d, cut l 9%, slippy lid, dry Is 6d each, hadly cut 3d. ' Sheepskins —Three-quarter wools fii/,d to Cy,d .coarse OJ and 6%d, fine 6%«, '/.-wools Gy,d, Vt-woole 5%d, hoggets B%d, dead and damaged 3y 2 d to 4y 4 d, damaged 3y,d, to 4y 4 d, pelts, damaged Id, damp 8a Id to 5s 2d, salted %-wools 4s 5d to 6s fid, short wools Is 7d to 3s 9d. Wool.—Crutchings 3'/ 3 d, 3%d, lambs sy s d, fleece (Id, dead 4%d, seedy pieces Id, pieces 3y 4 d to 4y 2 d, dead pieces 3d, pieces and locks iy 3 d. Sundries.—Horsehair la 3d, goat skina to, la 24 to 2s, deerskin la 9d, cowtails Is 5d horsetails 6d. Tallow,—Casks 19s Bd, tins 9s to 17a. I

WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. Poultry.—At tlic mart on Saturday, vre had a largo entry of all classes of poul- i try. Prices were a shade, easier t.iait the previous week, but theru is ah unsatisfied demand for good table poultry. Prices as under:—Hens, young Is lid to 2s 10s, fat 2d 9d to 3s 3d; cockerels, young 28 Id to 2s llil, fat 2a !)d to 3s 8d; pullets, forward and laying, 3s to 4s <Jd; ducks, 2s 2d to 2a7d;drakes, 2a (id; turkey hens, 6s i)d to 7s; gobkUrs, 6s 9d to 7a 6d; duckling's, 8d to la; broody hens, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Tho usual line of auctiun sundries realised satisfactory prices. l<"ruit. —= During the week very little has been offering. Prices arc on a par with the previous week's. The first shipment of American apples arrived on > Tuesday last and met with a ready sale. ■Prices ag under, according to quality of fruit and size of cases:—Bananas, ripe 2'/sd lb.; apples, American King Davids Itis per case, Stunners 10s 6d to lis M; lemons, is to Is 3d per dozen. MATTHEWS, GAMLIX & CO. Matthews, Gamlin 4 Co. report:—o« Wednesday last we held our usual weekly sale in our Inglewood yards and had a good yarding of stock, practically all being disposed of at tho hammer. Store cows and grown cattle were in good demand, whilst the market was much better for all classes of young cattle. We quote: Good springing 'heifers, £-1 10s to £7 ss; small and poor conditioned, £2 10s to £4 ss; dairy cows, £5 2s M to £6 15s; others, £4 10s to £5 2s 8d; forward cows, £5 12s to £6 2s; store cows, £3 7s to £4 19s; fat cows, to £8; ' empty heifers, £2 18s to £3 17s; 3-yr j Stue-rs, £5 9s; yearling utters, £2 6s to £3 2s Od; yearling heifers (small), 23s to 27a; others, 3i)s to 52s fd; young j dairy bulls, £3 9s to £7 7s. LIVK STOCK SALES. j .TOIENSONVILLE. j Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd, r«port on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—A fair entry of prime cattle and sheep came forward. There was a good demand, and everything sold readily at high prices. Prime heavy bullocks made £l4 and £l4 15s to £ls, and £ls sb; lighter, £l3 ss; vealers, 22s to 32's; prime heavy woolly wethers, 30s-fid;, light, 25s 7d; prime shorn wethers, 23s lid to 245; lighter, 233 to 23s 3d; prime heavy shorn ewes, 235; prime lambs, 16s 6d to 16s 3d; others, 13s 6d to 15s.