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Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1915, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS, By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Dec. 9. Oats—American, 3 S to 3s fld; Tasmanian, white 3s Bd. Barley.—Malting, 3s to 4s. Maize.—South African, spot 5s 9d to 5s lid, new £l7 10s: others, £l4 to Onions.—New, £4 to £5 10s. Adelaide, Dec. 9. Wheat,—The official price is 5s .IVsd. Flour, £l2 to £l2 10s. Bran, £ll. Pollard, Is 4d. Oats, 2s. Melbourne, Dec. fl. Hides.—Good supplies and active competition. Catalogues were denied in sellers' favor. Wheat.—Unchanged. Flour, £l3. Oats.—Algerian 2s to 2s 2d. Maize, 4s Bd. Bran, £3 17s to £4 2s. Pollard, £7 10s. Potatoes, £ll 10s to £l2 10s. Onions, £3 15s to £4. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, Dee. 9. The week's wool sales closed strong at the best rates of the season. % WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. A DROP IN PRICES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. At the wool sale about 23,500 bales were offered. The demand for America was comparatively slack, and prices for finer wools were fully a penny to threefarthings down. Bradford wools were a penny better than last November. The position of prices caused some little surprise, A feature of the sale was the large quantity of wool passed in, showing that growers had an opinion of values, which the market did not sustain The wool sold for .patriotic purposes brought £774, and £llß was subscribed in the room for the Mayor's Christmas Dinner to Soldiers' Fund. I NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Friday, the 3rd inßt., at my Waiwakaiho yards, notwithstanding a small advertised entry, I had a full yarding of all classes, with a representative attendance of .buyers. Bidding was brisk throughout, a very successful sale resulting. Prices obtained were: Yearling heifers £2 Is to £2 10s, 15 to 18-month heifers £2 15s to £3 13s and £'* for small lots showing quality, whilst two pens of 15 and 18-months exceptionally well-grown Jersey heifers yarded by Mr J. S .Conunett made the nice price at hammer of £5 per head. These were a particularly fine line of heifers and reflected much credit upon the vendor. Good 15-month steel's from £3 19s Od to £4 13s 6d, fair £3 9s to £3 17s, small yearlings £2 3s to £2 17s, small 2-year empty heifers (rough) £4 0s 8d to £4 ss, 2%-year steers, £8 10s fid and £7, dairy balls (young), up to £8 15s, boners from £7 to £ll, according to condition, fat heifers £7 lis to £8 Bs, fat cows £9 10s to £lO 15s, forward cows £7 2s 8d to £8 12s, good store cows £5 17s to £8 18s 6d, small cows £4 10s to £5 7s, good spririging heifers £7 5s and £7 7s 6d, small £4 to £5 12s, dairy cows £8 5s to £9. At Douglas on Monday the 6th inst., I had a full yarding with a representative attendance of buyers. Brisk competition was maintained right throughout the day, a record sale for the yards being made, 15-montli heifers made from £2 15s to £3 Bs, smaller £2 to £2 9s, 15month steers £3 19s to £4 Bs, smaller £8 to £3 12s 6d, weedy £2 to £2 12s Bd, 2 and 2%-year empty heifers £4 10a to £5 8s 6d; springing heifers exceptionally choice £ll and £ll ss, good £6 10s to £B, 2-year steers £5 to £7 14s, bulls £4 to £0 7s 6d, fat cows £9 to £lO, forward cows £.7 Is to £8 18s, store cows £5 19s to £8 18s, smaller £4 ts to £5 Bs, empty ewes £l.os Id, fat wethers (woolly) £1 Ms. At Stratford on Tuesday the 7th inst., there was a full yarding of cattle with a good attendance of buyers from all parts. Competition was good, the majority being cleared at the hammer at the following prices: 15 and .18-monthg steers £4 2s Od to £4 18s, yearlings £3 3s to £6 16s, good 15-month heifers £3 5s to £3 18s Od, smaller £2 4s to £2 19s, 2-year heifers £4 Is 6d to £4 18s, small store cows £4 7s to £5 4s, fair stores £5 14s to £6, good store cows £8 6s to £7 7s, forward to fat cows £7 15s to £ll 7s, fat heifers £8 9s to £9, springing heifers £5 10s to £7 ss, dairy cows £8 to £lO.

At Stony River, on Wednesday, the Bth inst., I had a good entry which sold readily at the following prices:—Yearling heifers £2 to £2 14s, Shorthorn 15-month heifers £3 19s, good Jersey 15-month heifers £3 18s, 15-month steers £3 l'9s to £4 15s, 2-year heifers £5 Is, 2-year springing heifers (small) £3 15s to £'4i 15s, 2 to 2y 2 -year steers £6 to £7 2s, heavy bulls £l3, medium weight £6 10s to £9, fat cows £9 4s to £lO, forward cows £7 Is to £8 3s <Jd, store cows £5 4s, £5 10s to £fl 15s, small £4 7s to £4 12s fill, ewes and lamb £1 10s rams, £1 2s 6d, hoggets 23s fid, weaner pigs 13s. At those yards on the same day I ! ofl'ercd the goodwill of Mr. J. Clark's farm, and I alßo offered his cows.. There was a spirited competition for the farm of 125 acres, 9% years lease to run with compensation for improvements, and it was eventually knocked down to Mr. Wm. Grant, of Puniho, for £950. The stack of oaten sheaf made £45, and the herd of 24 cows (in milk 3 months) sold at prices ranging from £6 7s 6d to £l6, averaging £8 15s, 2-year Shorthorn bull £ll, 15-month choice Shorthorn heifers £6; ss, weaner bullls £6 2s Od to £7, mixed weaners £1 12s, roller £l4, halfdraught gelding £27 10s, spring cart £l4 10s, gig £lO 10s. Private sales for the week as follows: 15-month, steers £3 17s 6d to £4 14s, 2-year empty heifers £'4 5s to £4 Bs, 2-year steers £5 17s to £7 10s, 2 and 3-year steers £8 Bs, fat cows £9 to £lO, store cows £5 5s to £6 17s 6d, springing heifers £B, 2-toofch wethers 18s to 19s, ewes and lambs 30s to 35s Od, empty shorn ewes IPs. shorn 2-tootha 16s 6d to 18s fid, pedigree Jersey bull 2ngns. JOHNSONYILLE. At Johnsonville on Wednesday there were good entries of prime bullocks and sheep, which sold as follows:—Prime heavy bullocks £l7 to £l9, prima wethers 24s 9d, to 265, ewes 21s 2d to 21b 7d, prime lambs 16s to 19s, lighter lambs 12s to 15s 6d, veal calves 27 s to 38a Od,

, AUCKLAND MARKETS. WEEKLY REPORT. • The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: At Westfield yards last Thursday store and dairy stock were penned in average numbers. Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £8 10s to £ll 17s 6d; others £5 5s to £7 15s; empty cows £5 17s fid to £8 Ifc; aged and inferior cows £2 10s to £4 10s; bulls, £5 to £9; hoggets, £1 Os 3d. On Monday at Papakura, dairy cattle were penned in small numbers and sold at high rates. Best dairy cows and heifers, £8 15s to £l4 10s; others, £5 10s to £7 15a; aged and inferior cows, £2 to £4 ss; bulls, £8 Cs to £l4 14s. On Tuesday, we had a record yarding for the time of the year, 2357 head being penned. The market was a little easier in tone and with few exceptions the yards were cleared by auction or privately afterwards. Grown steers sold at from £ll 5s to £l2 17s 6d, no extra big cattle yarded; 2 to 3-year steers, £7 17s 6d to £lO 17s fid; yearlings to 18months steers, £3 17s 8d to £8; empty cows and heifers, £5 10s to £8 2a 8d; yearling to 18-month heifers, £2 ISs to £5 ss; calves, £1 3s to £2 10s; bulls, £6. to £l4 10s. Beef, in extra large numbers,, sold at Westfield rates. Cows, £0 15s to £l3 10s; steers to £l4 10s. At Westfield yards fat stock sale beef was yarded in extra 'large numbers, and w«s of excellent quality throughout. The demand was good, although the market was inclined to be a little easier. Oxen sold to £2 'Bs per 1001b; cows and heifers, £1 15s to £2 ss; steers sold at from £ll 10s to £2l 15s; cows, £8 53 to £ls. Calves were penned in large numbers, and sold at improved rates. Runners sold at from £6 12s 6d to £8 7s fid; heavy suckers, £4 to £4 17s Bd, medium £2 Is to £3 7s 6d, light £1 m to £1 17s; small and fresh dropped, 4s to 18s Sheep werfe yarded in average numbers, and showed no improvement in prices. Best wethers sold at from £1 0s to £1 Bs, others £1 1b to £1 4s fld. Ewes, 18s fid to £1 3s fid; hoggets, £1 to £1 3s. Lambs, best £1 to £1 2s 3d, others 17s 6d to 19s 3d. Pigs were penned in small numbers and allowed a small improvement in prices. Heavy baconers £4 5s to £5 ss, medium £3 Wp to £4 2s, light £3 3s to £3 12s 8d; heavy porkers £3 7s to £3 16s, medium £2 14s to £3 ss, light £1 18s to .£2 * 10s; weaners, 12s to 18ej slips, £1 2s to £1 13s. ADDINGTON MARKET, Christchurch, December 8. At Addington to-day, there were smaller offerings of fat stock. Sheep and lambs were firmer, but beef w%s easier. Fat lambs recovered several shillings per head in consequence of short supply. Fat sheep showed little change. Store sheep—lnferior 2-tooth wethers 7s lid to 9s 6d, fairly good 2-tooth wethers 5s 9d to lis fld, inferior 2-tooth ewes 8s lOd to 12s Id, good 2-tooth ewes 14s to 17s 4d, good forward 4 and 8tooth wethers 19s 3d to 21s, aged dry ewes 7s, dry 4-tooth eyes 17s fid, failing mouth ewes and lambs 13s 6d (all counted) merino ewes 14s. Fat lambs—Best 20s to 23s 3d, lighter 15s 9d to 19s 6d. Fat slieep—Extra prime wethers to 35s 9d, prime wethers. 20s to 28s 3d, others 14s 6d to lfls fid, extra prime ewes to 30s, prime ewes 20s 8d to 19s BJd, lighter 12s lOd to 18s, merino wethers 10s fld to 13s 9d.

Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £2O, ordinary steers £8 10s to £ll, extra prime heifers to £l7 17s 6d, ordinary heifers £5 15s to £9, extra prime cows to £l3 7s fid, ordinary cows £5 10s to £8; price of beef per 1001b., 30s to 60s, extra to 555.

Store cattle —Yearlings 275, 15 to 18month sorts 34s to £2 7s, 2-year stores £3 10s to £4, 2-year heifers £3 10s to £3 15s 6d, 3-year steers £6 7s 6d to £8 12s fid, 3-year heifers £5 Bs, dry cows 35s to £7.

Dairy cows, £3 to £9 10b. Pigs—Choppers 40s to 80s, extra baconers to 90s, heavy baconers 70s to 80s, light baconers 55s Ho 85s; price per lb, fijd to 6}d. Heavy porkers 37s to 445, light porkers 30s to 355; price per lb, 6d. Medium stores 22s to 295, smaller 14s to 20s, weaners 3s 9d to 9s. BURNSIDE PRICES. Dunedin, December 8. At Burnside to-day prices were about 10s below last week's rates. Best bullocks made £l6 10s to £lB, extra to £2O 2s fid, medium £l3 10s to £ls 10s, others to £l2 10s, best cows and heifers £lO to £ll 15s, extra to £l4, medium to £9, others to £7. Fat sheep—Best shorn wethers 20s' fid to 28s fid, extra to 325, medium 22s to 255, others to 21s, best woolly wethers to 375, extra to 425, best shorn ewes 23s to 255, extra to 33s 3d, medium 18s to 20s, extra woolly ewes to 39s fid. Fat lambs—Best made to 235, extra good to 25s Bd, medium 18s to 19s, others to 16s.