COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 January 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, January 12. At the tallow sales 752 casks wore offered and all were sold. Mutton, line 55s 9d, medium 50s; beef, fine 53s 2d, medium 49b. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS, Sydney, January 14. Oats—Algerian and local 2s lid to 3*, Chilian 2s .'ld. Hurley, .'la to 4s. Maize—South" African Gs to 6s Bd. Potatoes.—Tasmanians, old £lO to £l3, new £lO 10s. Onions —Old £2, new £4 to £5. Adelaide, January 11. Tiran, 10'/,d to lid. Pollard, Is 4d. Oats, 2s Id to 2s 2d. Melbourne, January 14. Bides—Large supplies. Better classes are fully '/id to y t d higher; others are unchanged. Wheat, 5s 3'/,d, Flour, £l2 10s. Oats—Feed 2s 4d. milling: 2s 5d Maize —lied Cs, white 5s lid. Tiran. £4 10s. Pollard, £0 10s. Potatoes, £l2 10s to £l3. Onions, £2 10s to £2 15s.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT, On Friday, 7th inst., at my Waiwakaiho yards, I had a fair entry of cattle, all of which were cleared under keen competition at ttie following prices:— Fat eows up to £lO Bs, forward cows £7 19s to £!) ss, store cows £4 lis to £7 13s, heavy bulls tip to £ll ]ss, small £3 10s to ' £O, 18-month steers £4 15s, Id-month heifers £2 7s (id to £3 2s Od, mixed weaners £1 ss, dairy cows £9, springing heifers £7. At the Urenui yards on Monday, 10th inst., for the first sale in these yards after the holidays, I had a fair entry, lor which there was good enquiry. Prices obtained were as follows: —Fat cows £9 10s to £l2 Is, fat and forward cows £8 to £9 3s, fat heifers £7 2s Od to £8 9?. forward cows £7 17s to £S 12s Gd, small store cows £4 10s to £0 10s, bujls £S 12s Od. 2 and 2'/ 2 -yeai steers (rough) £0 to £0 7s (id. 18-montli steer? £4 ils, yearling steers £3 2s, 15month heifers £2 ISs. fat ewes 20s Id to 20s lid. mixed 2-tooths 20s 7d, dairy cows £9 ss.

At Rahotu on Tuesday buyers were present in good numbers and made good competition for all classes of stock. Weaner steers made 35s fid and 3Gs fid, small weaner heifers 18s, 18-month steers £4 8s to £4 10s, smaller cattle £3 1 (is, 15-months heifers £2 lis, heavy bulls £9 to £l3 ss, light £O, fat and forward cows £8 13s to £9 Bs' forward cows £7 3s fid to £S 10s, cows and calves £7 10s to £lO lis, store cows (light) £4 lis to £0 13s, 2y 3 -year steers £7 3s fid, springing heifers £G 17s fid. Private sales. —Since my last report I have made sales privately at the following prices:—lß-month steers £4 7s to £4 10s fid, 214-year steers £5 10s to £8 4s, 3-year steers £9 to £lO, fat bullocks £l3 13s, 2-year heifers £4 10s to £5, dairy bulls £lB ISs, light boners £7 and £B, 2-year (Polled Angus heifers £7 10s, fat cows £9 to £lO, forward cowg £7 5s to £8 10a, store cows £5 to £8 18s Cd, 2-tooth wethers 19s to 21s 9d, 4-tooth wethers. '23s, store ewes 18s fld, fat lambs 18s fid, fat ewes 225, mixed 2-tooth sheep 19s.

MATTHEWS, GAMLIX & CO.'S REPORT. On Wednesday last we held our usual weekly sale at our Inglewood yards, and liacl a fair entry of stock, which was all sold at very satisfactory prices. We quote: Fat cows £7 14s to £9 lis, forward cows £G 10s to £7 Ills, store lows £3 lOs to £0 lis, springing heifers £7, bulls £4 10s to £fi 10s, yearling heifers £2 8s to £3 4s, ewes and In.mbs 23s Ccl to 20s, forward ewes 17s 9d.

LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltil. (Stratford branch) report as follows: On Tuesday, 11th inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we had a yarding of 434 head of cattle, of which we disposed of 271 at the following rate:—Fat cows £9 2s to £ll, good forward cows £7 to £8 10s, good store cows £.5 10s to £0 10s, poorer store cows ,t"4 15s to £5 Gs, small and thin store cows £2 to £2 os, 3-year heifers £4 17s Gd to £5 2s fid, 2-year heifers £3 13s Gd to £4 0s Od, IS-months heifers £3 8s to £3 10s, yearling lieit'ers £2 Ss to £3, weaner heifers £1 as, 3-year steers £G 10s to £!) 10s, steers £4 18s 0d to £5 10s, 18-montha steers £4 Is to £4 10a, yearling steers £3 5s to £3 Gs, good dairy bulls £8 Lis to £l2,other sorts £4 to £7 7s (id, yearling bulls £3 10s to £3 19s, Our next Stratford sale will be held on January 25.

On Tuesday, 11th inst., we also held our usual monthly sale of wool, skins, hides, tallow, etc., when we had a catalogue of 207 packages of wool and the usual quantity of sheepskins, hides, etc. There was an average attendance of buyers. A good deal of the wool was passed in. 'but was disposed of privately after the sale. Owing to the embargo placed 011 wool to neutral countries by the Government, prices receded from '/.d to %d per lb, otherwise the sale was a great success. Bale wool: Fleece Is' to Is l'/.d per lb. lambs' 12"/, d to 12% d, cnitfhings fl'/.d. locks and piece G%d per lb, locks s>4<l, bellies and pieces 5 3 /|d: fadge wool, dead lleece f)'/ t <), pieces 7'/id. Sack wool: Crossbred lleece, clean 10'/id to 12y 4 d, 12% dto dead wool o'/,d, crossbred erutchings 7'red, part pieces 3V,d, locks and pieces j'/ 4 d. Sheepskins: Pelts l'/od to G'/>d per lb (butchers'), salted pelts 2s each, crossbred dead and torn V/ ; ,d to B%d. crossbred ha'f-woolled 7%d to 10% d, crossbred I'ull-woolled (butchers'). 10% d to lid, crossbred lambs 7'/ ; d, lambs (butchers') lid. Hides: Cowhides, part dry 7%«1. dry 7%d, inferior and slipy sd, medium (average -Wilis) 7%i1, fair (average 2!)!bs) 7d, horsehides 7s. bull hide (slipy) Gd per lb; cowhides, butchers' (average 431bs) S%d. do. (average 32105) B%d, yearlings (171bs) 7 ! /id. calfskins (71bs) {ld, do. (albs)'fl%(l, inferior SV-jd, slipy G'/id. cut 7d, dry calfskins Gd per li) and Is Gd each, tallow (iu tins) 21s to 23s per cwt.. boaes 4s per cwt. Oil'* next wool sale will be held on February 8. Since we last reported, we have disposed of a good deal of stock privately at the following values: 3-,vear heifers 105s, 2-ycar heifers OSs to 80s. 18montlis heifers GOs. yearling heifers -12s to 535, store cows 95s to 180s, bulls £4 4s to £9 ss, 3-year bullocks £7 10s to £8 10s ( 15-months steers 82s to 85s, yearling steers 70s to 70s, ewe 9 and lambs 30s, 2-tooth wethers 15s to 20s, [4-tooth wethers 22s to 245, fat ewes 21s Gd to 23s 6d, lambs 17*.