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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 162, 15 December 1914, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS, 1 By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. I London, December 13. Frozen Meat.—New Zealand Sheep: Canterbury, light and medium 5%d, ' heavy 5y 3 d; Southland and North Island { 5 %d; ewes, Canterbury, light, none offering; beef, fores 5 11-lfld, hinds B!4d. Australian Sheep: 'Light, S'/ 8 d; heavy, ' 5 1-lfld; owes, none offered; lambs, fair, «V B d. 'South American Sheep: 'Light, 3%d; heavy, 5Jd; beef, no business in frozen except for Government requirements; chilled Argentine fores, 5%d; hinds, fl%d; Uruguay fores, 5%d; hinds, C'/od. Other meats unchanged. Rabbits.—Unchanged, pending the arrival of 6000 crates ex transports. The wheat and flour afloat is 3,5(55,000 quarters for the Continent, 1,820,000 quarters, Atlantic shipments 270,000 quarters, Pacific 05,000 quarters. The total to Europe is 1,125,000 quarters, including Argentine 19,000 quarters, India 45,000 quarters. Wool. —Catalogued 37,400 bales; "sold to date, 27,653 bales. Good combing merinos firm at opening prices; faulty rmmSBSHBESSS ios. i:.«nngHnrannn CofH^H^HHHBHin By Telegraph.—Per Press Association. Napier, December 14. The wool catalogued for Wednesday's sale totals 18,994 bales, NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 11th inst., at my Waiwataiho yards, there was a fair yarding, with a good attendance of buyers. Mr. Oldham's dairy cows were a nice lot, and drew buyers from South Taranaki. Good i competition resulted, the herd making an average of £!) 10s, which must be considered very satisfactory, when it is taken into consideration that these cows hare been in milk sinee August. Other prices were.—Choice well-grown IS to 18- ' month heifers, £2 18s fld to £3 ss; good-sized Shorthorns, 15-month heifers, £2 4a to £2 9s, small £1 15s fld; good 15-month steers, £3 lis; small or weedy yearlings, up to £2 8s fid; rough 2-year Jersey steers, £3 14s; 2-year empty heifers, £3 13s and £3 14s; fat cows ' l (all according to size and condition), ■ from £7 10s to £0 4s; forward cows, > large-framed, up to £7 Is; smaller- : framed forward cows, up to £8 fls; good, i fresh-conditioned cows, from £4 17s to £5 10s; smaller-framed cows, from £3 13s to £4 0s; aged and poor cows, £2 6s; B'/j-year steer#, £4 10s; yearling grade Jersey bull, £5; ordinary yearling grade bulls, £2 7s to £4 2s; 2-year pedigree Ayrshire bulls, £4 lis to £'s; young dairy bulls, guaranteed sound, £7 10s; heavy bulls, for freezing, £lO 10s to i £l2 17s fld; light bulls, £5 10s; pedigreo Jersey 2-year bulls, on account of Mr. Oldham, 15 guineas, on account of ..Mr. Harper Lepper 7 to 9 guineas, and 1 7to 8 guineas for yearlings; dairy cows, ob account of Mr,. Oldham, up to £l3; ■ pedigree Jei'sey 20-month heifer, 11% ' guineas; dairy cows, £8 15s to £8 10s; springing heifers, £4 17s fld to £0 12s • Bd; woolly 4-tooth ewes and lamba, £1 • l'ls fld; woolly fat ewes, £1 4s Sd; shorn fat ewes, £1 Os Od; Bhorn f.m. ewes, 16s Id; fat 2-tooths, £1 Is 3d. At Douglas, on Monday, the 7th, there ■ was a full yarding, with a good attendi ance. Bidding throughout was brisk, a i good clearance being made at satisfac--1 tory prices, as follows: —15 to 18-montli , heifers (good lines), £2 10s to £3 6s; • smaller heifers, £2 Is; 15-month steers, ' £3 to £3 His: smaller steers, £2 12s I to £2 17s 8d; 2-year empty heifers, £4; r 2-year steers, rough, £4; springing heifers, £4 17s fld; yearling bulls, £3 2s fld to £4 7s fld; medium-weight bulls, £7 to £9 2a fld; 3-year bullocks, £7 5s to £8; fat heifers, £9 17s; fat cowa, , £7 10s fld to £8 18a; forward cows, - very heavy, up to £7.,7s 8d; smallframed forward cows, £4 15s to £3 7s; good storo cows, up to £3 18s; fat 1 steers, £lO 10s; shorn f.m. ewes, 13s •d; mixed fat shorn sheep, 17s fid. . At Stratford on Tuesday I had a fair yarding, mostly good-quality cattle, and 1 fair bidding for most lines offered. Any " cow, bull, or bullock having any size and condition sells readily. Thcro is a distinct improvement in the 15-month ; heifera, either big heifers ready for the " bull, or the smaller cattle to keep empty. I had several good pens of sheep, and although these were enquired for, I was not able to make many sales at the hammer, although practically .all the sheep yarded were sold during the day by private treaty. Prices were as follow:—Jersey 15-month heifers, £2 10s to £3 2s; good Shorthorn I's to 18-month keifers, from £2 10s to £S 2s; small yearlings, up to £2; yearling steers, £2 10s to £2 18s, smali £1 2s to £2; empty 2-year heifers, £3 8s to £3 17s fid: 2|-year steers, £5 2s fld; fat heifers, £3 14s to £8 lfls2-year heifers, with small calves, £3 12s to £4 la; yearling to 18-montli Jersey bulls, £1 15s to £3 15a; bulla, £7 to £9 7a; dairy cows, £4 to £5 15s; storo cows, £4 Is to £5 IBs; forward cows, £8 to £7 fls; fat cows, from £7 10s to £lO 10s, all according to weights; 3V a -year bullocks, £8 12s Bd; 2-tooth wethers, 15s fid; 4-tooth wethers, 20s Od; shorn rams, 12s 6d; empty f.m. ewes, lis lOd; mixed fat sheep, £1 Is 4)d. In the dairy yards I sold five pedigree Jersey bulls, on account of Mr. W. Vickers, Midhirst, at from 9y 2 to 12 guineas each; also springing heifers, at £5 ss. On Wednesday, the 9th Inst., at my Stcny River yards, there was an exceptionally heavy entry, all yards and races being full, and cattle had to be sold In the adjoining paddock. Bidding was good, a good proportion of the entry being cleared at the following satisfactory prices:—Yearling to 15-month heifers, £2 to £2 15s; smaller cattle, £1 7s (id to £1 17a; 15-month steers, £3 2s to £3 12s; Jerseys, £1 lis to £3 9s; fat heifers, £5 10a to £0 9s; 2-year empty heifers, £3 Os to £3 12s; 2-year steers, £4 10s; stags, £0 7s fld; small 2-year heifers, with calves, £3 2s to £3 lis; pair of very heavy prime fat working bullocks, at £l7 10s each; fat cows, £lO 3s, £lO Is, £9 13s, £9 4s, £# 2s fld, £9, £8 lisa, £8 12s; smaller fat cows, £7 4a to £7 16s; forward cows, £8 to £7 15s; good, fresh-conditioned cows, £5 5s to £6 3s; small storo eows, up to £4 2« fld; sow and litter, £4 Ss; woancr pigs, 14s fld; store pigs, £1 10s; 15-month Shorthorn bull, £5 17a fld; 13month Jersey bulls, £1 19s to £3 150; heavy bull, £l3 ss; medium bulla, £7 5a to £7 12s fld; fat ewes, £1 Oa'fld.

Private Sales for the Week:—lß-month Shorthorn heifers, at from £2 3s to £2 183 (improved enquiry); 13-month Bteerß,

£5 3a; 3 to 3J-year bullocks, £B, £7 10s, £7, £8 12s <ld; dairy cows, £l3, ■fill, £B, £5; springing heifers, £5 12s fld; fat cows, £8 (5s to £8 15gj heavy prime fat bullocks, £lB 10s; Holstcin 15-month empty heifers (wellgrown cattle), £3 ICa; empty 2-year heifers, £3 15s to £4 5b 6d; young bulls, £5 10s; medium-weight bulls, £0 10s; pedigree Shorthorn bulls, 13 to 20 guineas; mixed fat sheep, £1 Is Cd to £1 2s fid; 2-tooth wethers, 12s to 15s fid; 4-tooth wethers, 18s to £1; forward cows, £5 2s 6d to £7 10s.