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Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1915, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS, By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, Sept. 10. Oats: American 2s 9d to 4s; Tasmanian 4s. Maize: Yellow 5s 3d; white 4s lid to oa; Javan ss; South African 5s to 5s 3d. Potatoes: Tasmanian £9 to £lO 10s; Victorian £9; New Zealand £B., Adelaide, Sept. IG. Wheat: Bs. Flour: £lB. Bran, Is ljd to Is 3d. Pollard: Is 6d to Is 7d. Melbourne, Sept. 16. Hides: Good < competition for all classes; prices unchanged. Wheat: 8s Id. Flour: £l7. Oats: Japan 2s 6d; Algerian and Chilian 3s 9d to 4s. Maize: 4s to 4s 6d, Bran: £4. Pollard: £O. Potatoes: £8 to £8 as. Onions: £6 10s to £7. MATTHEWS, GAMLIX & CO.'S REPORT. On Monday last we held our usual monthly sale at Tarata and had a small yarding of stock, which we sold as follows:—Yearling heifers to 32s 6d, cull ewes 7s 4d. At Inglewood on Wednesday last we had a full yarding of stock, most of which was disposed of at the hammer at very satisfactory prices. Wc quotje: Forward cows, £5 5s to £7 ss, store do. £2 13s to £4 17a, dairy oows £o 7fl 0d to £8 12s 6d, springing heifers (good) £6 12s fid to £l3, others £4 to £6 10s, yearling steers £2 17s to £3 13s Bd, yearling heifers £1 5s to £2 ss, empty heifers £3 to £3 6s, bulls £2 10s 6d to £7 7s 6d, hoggets 20s Bd. ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Ewe hoggets l'ss 9d to 20s, wether hoggets 14s 3d to 17s 7d, mixed sex hoggets fis 6d to 8s 7d, two and four-tooth ewes to 235, four-tooth wethers 16s 2d to Ws 4d, forward fourtooth wethers ,21s 2d to 22s 6d, aged ewes and lambs 5s Id to 8s 7d all count. Ed), sound-mouthed ewes and lambs 12a all counted). Fat lambs —There were seven new season's lambi? sent in, and they sold well, making 21s «d to 24s 6d, Fat sheep —Prime wethers 27s to 37s 3d others life lOd to 2fia fid, merino wethers 14s 0d to 2fls 9d, prime ewes 26s to i 32s 3d, medium 19s to 24s sd, light inferior 15s to 18s 6d, hogets 14s 6d to 36s 9d. ' Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £25 15s, ordinary steers £7 2s 6d to £l2, extra prime heifers £l7 10s, ordinary heifers £6 5s to £B, extra prime cows to £l7 10s, ordinary cows £6 to £6 10s. Price of beef per 1001b, 33s to 523, extra to 545. Store cattle—Fifteen- to eighteenmonths sorts made 35s to 455, 2-year steers £3 17s 6d, lyi and 3-year steers and heifers £4 lis, dry cows £2 to £4 10s, dairy cows £3 to £9 10s. (Pigs—Choppers 60s to 120s, extra heavy boconers to 80s, heavy baooners 70s to 763, light baconers 553 to 67s 6d. price per lb, 6Jd to 6Jd. Heavy porkers 44s to 48s, light porkers 3Bs to 425. Price per lb, 6Jd to 6|d. Large stores 30s to 355, medium 27s to 28s, smaller 10s to 18s, weaners 8s 6d to 17a. BURNSIDE. Prime bullocks £l2 10s to £l4, extra prime to £W 2s 6d, medium £lO 5s to £ll )ss, light £7 15s to £9 ss, best cows and heifers £9 to £ll ss, extra prime to £l2 10s, medium £7 2s 6d to £8 7s 6d, light and aged £5 5s to £<S 7s Cd. Fat sheep—Best wethers 36s to 38s 6d, extra prime to 42s 3d, medium 27s to 295, light 21s to 24s 6d, best ewes 28s to! 325, extra prime to 38s 9d, medium 23s I to 2Sa, light 17a 6d to 21s. Fat lambs—Three of this season's lambs were offered and sold at 15s 6d to 20s 9d; hoggets met with a dragging sale, the quality being under that required by export buyers; best brought up to 25s 9d. Pigs—Porkers and baconers met with good competition, the latter class being in most request. Stores and weaners also met good sales at prices fully e-jual to hit,' values, JOHNSONVILLE. Prime heavy bullocks £l7 to £l7 17s 6d, prime bullocks £ls 10s to £l6 ss, lighter £l4 5s to £ls; prime heavy wethers 37s to 38s, prime wethers 35s to 365, prime heavy ewes 34s 6d to 35s Bd, prime ewes 33s 8d to 345, prime spring lami:-: '.:. (id to 17s. AUCKLAND. At Wist field yaids last Thursday best dairy cows sold at from £9 10s to £l2, best dairy heifers £0 15s to £lO, other cows £4 10s to £7, other heifers £4 5s to £G, aged and inferior cows £1 5s to £4, empty cows £4 5s to £6 Bs, yearling steers £2 13s to £4, yearling heifers £1 lis to £2 Bs, calves 15s to 335, At Warkworth on Thursday heavy draughts made £23 to £33, medium £l6 to £25 10s, backs £8 to £l7, light harness horses £6 to £l3, ponies £4 to £B. On Friday at Albert yards heavy draughts sold at from £25 10s to £35, medium £l7 10s to £26, light harness horses £ll to £ls, hacks £7 to £ls 10s, ponies £4 to £9, weeds 16s to £2 10s. At Warkworth on Friday 3'/,-year to 4-year steers sold from £0 15s to £lO 17s Cd, 2 to 3-year steers £6 5s to £8 17s Gd, yearling to 18-.months steers £3 153 to £5 10s, steer calves £2 to £3 12s,empty heifers and cows £4 15s to £6 10s, 2-year heifers £3 15s to £5, yearling heifers £2 10s to £3 ss, calves (mixed sexes) £1 3s to £1 18s, bulls £6 to £lO 10s; beef at fully Westlleld prices; fat cows up to £lO, fat steers to £l3, fat wethers to £1 10s, ewes 19s to £1 4s, best dairy cows and heifers £7 to £9 15a, others £4 10s to £0 15s, aged and inferior cows £1 los to £3 ■los, bulls £5 to £l4. At Silvcrdale on Saturday dairy cows sold at from £5 to £8 10s, emptv cows and heifers £3 8s to £5 lis, bulls £3 10s to £8 10s, yearling steers £2 Ss to £3 14s, yearling heifers £2 1 3 to £2 15s, calves (mixed sexes) £1 5s to £1 16s. At PuUekohe on Monday best dairy cows sold at from £0 to £l4 10s, others £5 to £7 los, best dairy heifers £7 10s to £l2, others £4 10s to £0 los, aged and inferior cows £1 7s 6d to £3 10s. At Pukekohe on Tuesday forward steers, 3V4-year to 4-year, sold at from £lO to £l2 10s, 2 to 3-ycar steers £7 8a to £lO ss, yearlings to 2-year-olds £4 8s to £7 6s, steer calves £2 4s to £3 15s, heifers and cows (in fre3h condition) £5 to £fl 10s, yearling to 2-year heifers £2 10s to £4 15s, maed calves «1 6s'

to '£l 17s, bulls £5 to £lO ss. Beef at fully Westfield prices ; cows up to £l3, steerg to £ls. At Westfield fat stock market yesterday beef was penned in ÜBual numbers and showed no improvement on last week's prices. Prime oxen sold to £2 fe per 1001U9, others £2 to £2 2s, cows and'heifers £1 15s to £2 3s; steers sold at from £l3 5s to £lO 2s Cd, cows £6 2s fid to £l7 7s fid. Calves were penned in extra large numbers and declined in price on last week's rates. Runners sold at from £7 15s to £8 17s fid, heavy suckers £3 15s to £5 14s, medium £2 10s to £3 15s, lighter £1 17s to £2 7s, light £1 Is to £1 13s, small and froshdropped 5s to las. Sheep were penned in average numbers and sold under good competition at late rates. Best wethers £1 14s to £2, shorn wethers 27s to 29s fid, others 28s to 33s fid, extra heavy ewes 34s to 39s 3d, others 24s to 32s Bd, hoggets 20s fid to 28s, spring lambs 20s Gd to 235. Pigs were penned in small numbers and improved in price. Choppers £4 16s to £5 10s, heavy baconers £4 4s to £4 12s, medium £3 7s to £4, light £2 19s to £3 6s, heavy porkers £2 17a to £3 lis, medium porkers £2 8s to £2 16s, light £1 16s to £2 6s, slips £1 6s to £1 13s, weaners 18s to £1 3s.