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Taranaki Daily News, 27 November 1915, Page 2

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HOME MARKETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received Nov. 20, 5.10 p.m. London, Nov. 25. Wheat is quiet, with a slightly easier tendency. Flour is steady and slow of sale. Oats: La Plata October-November 295. Beans and peas are firm and unchanged. Copper: £BO to £B3 15s. electrolytic £OB to £O9. Tin: £lB6 10s to £166. The Bradford wool market is buoyant, and there is good demand for low crossbred 9 and merinos; 04's 40d, supers 39d, common 60's 38d, 36's 34£ d, 50's 31d, 40's 27} d, 40's 24Jd. Butter: Danish 180s to 183s; Argentine, unsalted, 1665. Australian has been cleared at full late rates. Mew Zealand 164s to 1665. A MARGARINE BOOM. Received Nov. 26, 6.5 p.m. London, Nov. 25. The margarine trade is booming, and there arc enormous sales. It is a shilling a pound retail. Cheese is firm and unchanged. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, Nov. 25. Oats.—American 3s to 3s 6d, Tasmanian 3s 6d. Maize.—Oavan 4s 9d to ss, South African 5s Id to 5s fid. Potatoes.—Tasmaniana £l3, New Zealand £ll to £l2. Onions, £5 to £5 10s. Adelaide, Nov. 25, Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 4d. Flour, £l2. Bran, Is l»/ 3 d. Pollard, Is sd. Oats, 2s 4d to 2s fid. Melbourne, Nov. 26.

Wheat, 4s 9d. Flour, £ls. Oats.—Chilian 3s Sd, Japanese 2s 10% d. Maize.—White 5s Id, red 5s sd. Bran, £4 10s. Pollard, £7. Potatoes.—Seed £lO, others £ll 10s to £l2. Onions, £2 to £& 10s. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, Nov. 25. The week's wool sales have closed. There was animated competition and prices were film at the recent high levels. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Friday, the 10th inst., at my Waiwakaiho yards, I had a full yarding of cattle, with a representative attendance of buyers for all classes, springing heifers being the only class that did not meet with keen enquiry. Prices obtained were:—Fifteen-months well-grown Shorthorn heifers (good) £3 7s, 13months very nice quality Jersey heifers £4 (small line), other 15-months heifers £2 2s to £3 3s, Shorthorn 15months steers (tops) £4 '4s, fair cattle £3 18a to £4 2s fid, weedy £2 15s to £3 3s, 2-year steers from £6 13s for good cattle to £8 4s for an exceptionally nice line of Shorthorns on account of Mr. L. Rundle; 3-year steers (rough) £8 4s to £8 12s fid, empty 2-year heifers £4 9s to £4 19s, smaller £3 18s to £4, 15-months mixed cattle £3 15s, bulls for boning £5 5s to £8 2s fid for light bulls and £lO 10s to £lB 10s for heavy weights, the latter price being for a 4-year-old Shorthorn carrying great condition; 15-months Shorthorn bulls £3 15s to £6, young dairy bulls £6 2s fid to £7 10s, heavy forward cows £7 3s to £B, others £6 9s to £6 17s, gooo store cows £6 2s to £6 ss, smaller cows or lower in condition £4 12s Od to £5 14s, dairy cows £5 7s fid to £8 12s fid, best springing heifers £6 15s to £8 12s Gd, others £& to £5 12s fid. At Toko on Monday, the 2nd inst., best springing heifers sold up to £8 17s Bd, others £5 2s Od to £5 17s fid, empty cows £9 4s down to £5 13s.

At Stratford on Tuesday, the 23rd inst., 1 had a full yarding of cattle, with a good attendance of buyers. Bidding throughout was good, and a big proportion of the yarding was cleared at the hammer at the following prices:—Fifteen months steers £3 17s fid to £4 Bs, yearlings £2 10s to £3 10s, 2-year steers from £4 18s Od for rough to £6 15s, 2-year empty heifers £4 3s fid to £4 14s 6d, good 15-months heifers £3 3s to £4, small 38s 6d to £2 3s, bulls £5 10s to £lO, yearlings £3 5s to £4 2s Od, fat cows £8 18s to £lO 14s, forward cows £7 lis to £B, good store cows £5 17s to £0 19s fid, smaller cows £3 10s to £4 18s fid, fat shorn ewes 225, woolly hoggets 35s 7d, ewes and lambs 2Ss 4d, empty ewes 25s to 25s 9d. In the springing heifer yards I had a good entry, the demand, considering the time of the yeai', being very good for the best quality. Four choice heifers on account of Mr. A. Boyd, of Toko, made £ll, other good heifers up to £9 7s 6d, smaller £5 17s 6d to £0 17s 6d, small £4 to £5 ss.

At the Stony 'River yards on Wednesday, the 24th inst., I had a good yarding of mostly first-class cattle, which sold readily at very satisfactory prices as follows: —15-months steers £4 Ids down to £2 17s fid. yearling heifers £2 5s to £2 Bs, 15-months bulls £3 15s to £.i 15s, empty 2-year heifers £4 15s, 2-year steers .til 3s, Jerseys £4 19s, 3-year steers £8 15s, S'/.-ycar bullocks £lO 2s, medium fat cows £9 12s Od to £9 19s, light fat cows £S os to £S los, store cows £0 6s to £7 2s fid (according to frame and condition), heavy Shorthorn bull £lO ss, light £5 10s'to £8 15s, pair working bullocks £32, weaner to store pigs 12s Od to £1 2s,

Private sales for tho week:—Yearling to 15-months steers £3 los to £4 as, yearling to 15-months heifers £2 2s fid to £2 14s, 2-ycav steers (good) £7 10s, 2'/ 3 and 3-vear steers £9, 3>/ s -year bullocks £lo'lOs, fat bullocks £l4 ss, fat fat cows £9 12s Od to £lO 15s, store to forward cows £0 to £8 4s, fat wethers 80s, fat shorn ewes 21s Od, mixed twotooths (in the wool) 20s to 24s fid, twotooth wethers (shorn) 17s fid, ewes and lambs 21 s to 30s, empty ewes (woollv) 24s to 20s od,

LIVE STOCK MARKETS. JOHNSONVILLE. A fair yarding of prime bullocks and sheep sold at the following prices:— Prime bullocks, £l6 10s to £l7 7s Gd; prime lighters, £ls 15s to £lO ss; prime heifers, £lO 2s Gd; prime heavy wethers, 27s Gd; prime wethers, 23s (Id to 255; prime, heavy ewes, 235; prime ewes, 21a 9d to 225; good lambs, 15s Gd to Nia Id; light 14s to 14s Gd. ADDINGTON MARKET. At the Addington stock markets, the quotations were as under: — Prime lambs, 18s to 22s 9d; others, las to 17s !)d. Store sheep: Small two-tooth ewes, 13s. Id.; cull two-tooth ewes, 9sj good two-tooth ewes 16s lid to 18s (passed); two-tooth wethers, 15s; good four and six-tooth wethers, 21s 9d to 22s sd; other four-tooth wethers, 18s 2d to 19s 3d; four and six-tooth ewes, 14s 9d; aged woolly ewes and lambs lis 4d (all counted) ;fair-mouthed ewes and lambs, 12s; woolly ewe hoggets, 19s; woolly wether hoggets, lfla Gd. Fat sheep: Woolly wethers, 28s to 375; extra prime shorn, to 41s; prime shorn, 23s to 38s; others, 17s to 22s 04; woolly merino wethers, 255; woolly owes, 18s; extra prime, to 43s Gd; prime shorn ewes, 22s to 37s Cd; others, lfls 9d to 21s Od; shorn hoggets, 20s to 21s 7d. Fat cattle: Extra prime steers, to £22 2s.Od; ordinary steers, £7 17s 6d to £l2 15s; extra prime heifers, to £ls 12s 0d; ordinary heifers, £6 to £10; extra prime cows, to £lB ss; ordinary cows, £6 10s to £8 15s; beef, per 1001b., 30s to 535; extra, to 69s Gd. Store cattle: Dairy cows, ordinary, £3 to £9 10s; extra, £l3 16s; yearlings, 20s; fifteen to eighteen-months, £2 10s to £3; two-year steers, £3 17s 6d; two-year heifers, £3 7s 0d; two and a half-year steers, £4 10s; two and a half-year heifers, £4; cows, £2 to £7 10s; vealers, to 82s Gd. Pigs: Choppers, 00s to 130s; eatra heavy baconers, to 100s; heavy baconers, 72s to 80s; light baconers, 55s to 67s Gd; price per lb., CJd; heavy porkers, 37b to 445; light porkers, 30s to 355; price per lb., 6d to fijd. Store pigs: Medium, 22s to 265; small, 14s to 20s; extra good woaners, 12s Gd; ordinary suokers and weaners, 3s to )0s; sows with litters, to 80s. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report:— At Westfield sale: Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £8 10s to £l2, others £5 to £6 17s Gd, aged and inferior cows £2 10s to £4 os, empty cows £6 to £7 17s, bulls £5 5s to £lO 10s, yearling to 18-month steers £3 10s to £5 Is, yearling to 18-month heifers £2 10s to £4 3s.

At Albert Yards: Heavy draughts made £24.t0 £35 10s, medium £l7 to £27 10s, light harness horses £lO to £l6 10a, hacks £9 to £lB 10s, ponies £4 10s to £B, weeds £1 10s to £3 10s, quantity harness and produce at late ruling prices. At Papakura: Heavy draughts made £27 to £49, medium £l7 10s to £29, light harness horses £ll to £2O, hackß £lO to £lB 15s, ponies £4 to £», weeds 10s upwards. At Waiuku: Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £9 to £l4 10s, others £5 to £8 ss, aged and inferior cows £1 10s to £4, three to four-year-old steers from £ll Is to £l2 17s 6d, two to three-year steers £7 lis to £9 16s, yearling to 18-month steers £4 8s to £0 10s, empty eows and heifers £6 Is to £8 4s, yearling to 18-month heifers £2 15s to £4 17s, bulls £6 0s to £l3 i3s, quantity beef at fully Westfield prices. Stock sold on account of the Southern Queen realised £4BO 6s, one calf, which was resold 73 times, making £B2 10s for the fund. On Monday, at Henderson, we had a large yarding. Prices, as at all late sales, ruled high. Best dairy cows and heifers sold at £7 10s to £lO sa, others £5 to £6 17s 6d, aged and inferior cows £1 15s to £4, empty cows and heifers £5 5s to £7 4s, bulls £5 to £lO. The advertised working bullocks realised £l3 10s. Yearling to 18-months steers made £4 3s to £5 14s, yearling to 18-months heifers £2 12s to '£4 10s.

On Tuesday, at Tuakau, the dairy cows sold at from £7 to £l3, horses £5 to £27, this year's calves £1 10s, tine harrows £4 15s, cart £2 15s, mower £3 15s, quantity sundries at late rates.

At Westfield fat stock market, on Wednesday, beef was penned in average numbers, and sold at last week's rates. Oxen sold to £2 6s per 1001b; cows and heifers, £1 14a to £2 4s; steers sold at from £l2 7s Gd to £lB 17s Gd; cows and heifers, £7 5s to £l4 ss. Runners sold at from £fi 12s fid to £9 2s (id; heavy suckers, £2 19s to £4 175,, medium £1 17s to £2 14s, light l(ss to £1 14s; small and fresh dropped, 3s to 12s. Pigs were penned in average ; numbers, and sold at slightly improved prices. No choppers were yarded. Heavy baeoners, £4 to £3 ss, medium £3 10s to £3 ISs, light £3 to £3 As; heavy porkers, £3 5s to £3 18s, medium £2 13s to £3 ss, light £2 Is to £2 lis; slips, £1 5s to £1 12st weaners, none yarded', and are wanted. Sheep were yarded in full numbers, and showed no improvement iii price. Best wethers sold at from £1 Ss to £1 lis 3d (shorn), others £1 Is to £1 Gs Gd; ewes, best £1 3s Cd to £1 ss, others 19s fld to £1 2s fid; hoggets 19s to £1 3s. I.ainbs in full supply, sold at lower rates, best selling at from ISs fld to fl Is fld, others 12s 3d to 10 fld.