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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 307, 5 June 1915, Page 2

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WHEAT SUPPLY. London, June 3. Tho risible American wheat supply is 35,315,000 quarters. Chicago July options are 120% to 117% cents; September, 117% to 114'/,. Wheat is depressed, there being a pronounced weakness, American and Canadian -white qualities and La Platiy being from sixpence to a shilling lower. Indian was offered at Is Gd decline. Australian afloat, -Gos to GGs. LONDON MARKETS. London, June 3. Wheat is weak. Sellers are offering to accept Gd less. Australia cargo afloat : Gss. Flour is neglected. Oats are dull. New Zealand 375: Baliia Blanca June-July 29s 3d. Peas and beans are steady and unchanged. I LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report as follows: — On Friday, May 28, we held our usual monthly sale in our Te Wera yards, when wa had a yarding of 94 head of cattle and 420 sheep, of which we sold 05 cattle and all the sheep at the following rates:—Empty Jieifers £2 10s to £2 12s Od, in-calf heifers 97s 6d, mixed weaners 20s, store cows £4 2s (id to £0 ss, bulls £3 18s od,""i3! 5s to £5, lambs 9s lid, mixed age ewes 15s. Our next sale at this point will be -held on Friday, June 25. On Tuesday, Ist inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford •yards. On account of the very cold and rough weather we had only a medium yarding of stock. However, we were able to dispose of most of the lines yarded as follows: —Fat cows, £0 2s 6d, £0 12s Gd, £G 13s, £0 17s-Gd, £7 3s, £7 Bs, £9, £9 7s; good store cows, £5 3s, £5 (is, £5 15s, £5 17s; medium store cowa £4, £4 7s, £4 Ss to £4 10s; poor and old store cows, £2, £2 49, £2 143, £3 lis, £3 13s and £3 15s; in-calf heifers, £2 7s Gd to £2 17s Od; empty heifers, 45a Gd; weaner steers, 32s Od; weaner heifers, l!)s. Our next 'Stratford sale will be held on Tuesday, June 15. On Tuesday, Ist inst., we also held our monthly sale of wool, sheepskins, | -hides, etc., when we offered a catalogue of 372 packages of wool, sheepskins, hides and tallow. There was a full attendance of buyers and bidding for wool and sheepskins was brisk. The following range of prices was obtained:—Wool ,in bales, crossbred fleece, Is Id to Is . 1 1 / i d l crossbred crutchings Is Id, fadge crossbred pieces Gd; bag wool, crossbred fleece Is to Is o%d, crossbred fleece part pieces 9 1 /, d, crossbred crutchings ll'/jd, crossbred fleece, black, lOd, crossbred pieces 6>4d to 8d; sheep- - skins, medium to coarse crossbred, 9'/.d ' to 10% d, dead and damaged Sd to 9d, , lambs BJ/od,8 J /od, pelts 4d, salted 2s 9d each. ' Hides: Cowhides, average 301bs, 7d; 3S- : 4Glbs, 7%d to 7%d, out and fleshy 7%d, 1 dry fid; yearlings, fleshy, average 181bs, ' 5|/ 2 d; l'llbs, 6%d; calfskins, B>/ 3 d; horse- : hide, '4s Bd. Our next wool and skin sale will be held on Tuesday, June 29. Since we last reported we have disposed of .a good deal of stock privately 1 at the following rates:—Store cows £5 10s to £0 12s Gd, dairy cows £5 10s i to £9, 3-year heifers £4 to £5 10s, 18month steers £2 !5s to £3 15s, bul- > locks £0 10a to £7, bulls £6, fat ewes 20s, forward ewes 16a to 17s Bd, woolly 1 lambs 14s 3d, shorn lamba 10s. JOKNSONVILLE. ' A small yarding of bullocks am? sheep canto forward. There was a strong de- [ mand, and values were accordingly higher. Extra prime heavy wethers 30s to 345,, extra ewes 27s to 2S*, prime [ ewes 215s lid, light wethers 22s Gil, prime lambs 17s to 17s 4d, light bullocks £l2 7a 6d to £l2 10s, fat cow 3 £5 7s Od. ADDING TON. Store sheep—Good ewe lambs to lis lOd, wether lambs 8s 2d to (Is 9d, mixed l'os to lis Gd, four and six-tooth wethers 13s Gd to 10s Sd. forward ewes lis Gd, sound-mouth 10s 7d to 14s Bd, aged 3s > lid to 7s. Fat lambs—<Prime 17s to 21s 3d, ' others 13s 3d to lGs fikl. 1 Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 2.1s <sd, prime 17a to 22s 6d, others 14s to I 10s 3d, extra prime ewes to 255, prime 15s to 20s !)d, medium 12s 4fl to 15«, iul ferior 10s Od to 14s 9d. > Fat cattle —Extra steers to £ls, ordinary £7 5s to £lO ss, extra heifers , to £ls, ordinary heifers £5 17s Gd to , £lO 10s, extra cows to £l3 2s Gd, ordinary cows £5 10s to £B. The price of beef per 1001b was 23s to 37s Gd. Extra prime, to 40s. ' 'Store cattle—Yearlings to £1 9s, two- , year steers £5, three-year heifers to £4 15s, dry cows £1 9s to £5 7s Gd. Dairy ! cows made £3 to £lB 15s, vealers Ss to £2 15s, extra good up to £4 Is. Pigs—Choppers 50s to 118s, light bao- ! oners 50s to 55s Od, ordinary baeoners . <H)s to GSs, extra baeoners 72s to 70s; average per lb, «%d. Porkers, 2Ss to 325. heavy porkers ?4s to 40s; average \ 'per lb, (id. Store pigs: Medium stoles, 22s Gd to 2Ss Gd, small stores 14s to 19s, weaners 3s to Bs. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN, AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthews Gainlin and Co. report a small yarding of cattle and sheep at their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. There was good enquiry for all elas.s.-s of cows, but other cattle were dull of sale. We quote: Fat cows £S to £0 12s Gd; forward cows £5 5s to £G ss; store cows £3 3s to £4 13s; mixed weaners 23s to 28s; heifers 18s to 29*: i'.m. ewes 14s. On Monday last we held a sale for Mr. Harry Hall, when there was an excellent attendance, and bidding for all stock was good. In calf heifers (early calvers) £0 15s to £9 2s Gd, others ;C-t Ids to £1); horses (broken to all harness) C2O to £29, unbroken horses £9 drill £2B; other implements and furniture at fair prices.