COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 January 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, Jan. 26. Tallow.—Six hundred and fifty-two casks were offered and 115 sold; unchanged. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, January 27. Oats—Local Algerian 2s Id to 3s, Chilian 2s to 3s. Maize—South African, 6s to 6s Gd. Potatoes—Old £lO to £l3, new £ls to £l6. Onions, £2 to £4. Adelaide, January 27. Bran, l0»/,d. Pollard, lis 3>/ 2 d. Oats, £2 to £4. Melbourne, January 27. Hides are in small supply; heavies are firm, but others are inclined to he easier. Bran, 4s lOd. Pollard, 6s lOd. Oats—Millings 2s to 3s, feed 2s to ?s 2d. Maize, 6s 3d. Potatoes, £l2 to £l3. Onions, £2 to £2 ss. v

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At Urenui on Monday, 24th inst., I had a full yarding of all classes of cattle, which attracted a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the district. The Mokau Coal and Estate Company, Ltd., had a special entry of 200 head of mixed cattle, including a fine line of SO 3y 2 -year bullocks. These cattle were yarded in fine order, the condition of' the whole line reflecting great credit upon the Mokau country and the careful attention that must have been given these cattle hy the manager, Mr. Jas. A. Fraser. 'Bidding for the bullocks was brisk, Mr. Chas. Solo securing the majority at £l2 15s, and Mr. '\V. Gordon Glassford the balance at£l2]3s, and the younger cattle which were passed at the hammer were quitted privately at £lO and £9. (Prices obtained were: Weancr heifer £l, weaner steeds £2 Is, good 18-month heifers £3 14s to £4 4s, 15 and 18-month heifers &2 10s to £3 (Is, 18-month.steers £4 6s fid to £4 lis, 2 and 2'A-vcar steers £5 13s to £7 10s. 3>/.-vear bullocks £l2 13s to £l2 15s, fat'bullocks £l3 15s, bulls £6 to £lO 15s, springing heifers £4 lOfi to £7 ss, forward and fat heifers £6 14s to £8 7,3 fid, fat and forward cows £8 Is to £lO, forward cows £6 18s to £7 18s, store cows Si 10s to £G 12s Cd, slip pigs 15s 6d to 20s. At Raliotu on Tuesday, 25th, there was a good entry, which met with keen competition, selling a3 follows:—Weaner steers 33s Gd to 36s fid, wenner heifers 17s fid to 265, mixed weaners 25s to 34s 6(1, 15-months steers £3 12s to £3 10s, 18-months steers £4 Cs and £4 lis, 3-vear steers £!) 10s, 19-month in-calf heifers £3 10s, heavy bulls £0 to £l4 10s, 2',/j-year Holstein heifers (R.W.8.) £5 6s,"woolly lambs 15s 2d, aged ewes lis 6d, store pigs 31s Cd, weaner pigs 7s fid to 10s 6d, empty sows £2 to £2 7s M, fat cows £0 Ss to £ll «s, forward cows £0 14s to £B, store cows £4 12s to £6 3s. Private sales for the week: 18-month heifers £3 Is to £3 10s, 18-month steers £4 2 3 Gd to £4 10s, 3 and 3'/i-ycar ■bul-' locks £9 and £lO, fat cows £9 10s and £lO, store cows £5 10s to £7, 2'/,-year in-calf heifers £5 7s fid to £r> 10s,'forward ewes 18s Gd to 20s, aged ewes 10s fid, mixed 2-tooths IBs, lambs 12s Cd to !5s fid, small 7s Gd to 10s, 4-tooth wethers 225.

MATTHEWS. OAMUN AND CO'S. . REPORT. Matthews, Gamliu and Company report a fair yarding at Inglewood last Wednesday. Prices as follows: Springing heifers £5 15s to £0 10s, fat cows £7 10s to £9 3s, forward do £5 10s to £7 10s, light do £3 10s to £5 Ss, yearling steers £3ilSs, in calf heifers £5 2s Cd. ADDINGTOX. . At Addington fat cattle were easier. A few lambs and fat sheep sold at about previous rates. In the store sheep pens forward lambs sold' well, but other descriptions found only a fair demand. Store cattle and pigs were dull of sale. ■.Store sheep—Good forward lambs 13s 7d to 14s 3d, medium to good lambs Us 3d to 13s 3d, small and inferior lambs "is 9d to As lid, cull lambs 3s to 4s 3d, half-bred 2-tooth ewes to ISs 9d, fairly forward 4 and (i-tooth wethers Ids 3d to 17s lOd. ordinary halfbrcd 4-tooth wethers 13s'to 14s 2d. . Fat lambs —3539 yarded. Prime lambs 20s to 22s Cd, medium Ms to l!)s lid, lighter lis to 14s «d. 'Fat sheep—Prime wethers 2'2s to 2Gs 2d, others 15s to 21s od, prime ewes 21s lid to 25s 3d, medium ewes lCs lid to 21s, lighter 9s KM to His. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to£lß ss, ordinary steers £S 5s to £ll 12s, extra primo heifers to £ll 17s Cd. ordinary heifers £7 5s to £B, extra prime cows to £l3 2s Cd,' ordinary cows £5 12s 6d to £S 10s; price of beef per 1001b, 2!)3 to 455, extra to SOs. Store cattle—Yearlings 27s Cd, 13 to 18-month sorts £2 10s to £3 17s, 2'year steers £4 5s to £4 Its, 2-year heifers £3 17s Cd, 3-year heifers £5. dry cows £2 to £5 10s. Dairy cows £3 to £lO and £2l. Pigs—Choppers 42s to Ills, extra heavy baconcrs to BSs, heavy baconers 70s to 78s, light baconcrs 55s to 07s; price per lb, Od. Heavy porkers 38s to 445, light porkers 32s to 30s; price per lb, SVUI to 5%d. Medium , stores 19s to 225, small stores 17s to. 18s Cd. wcaners to 15s 3d.

BURNSI.DE. There was a medium yarding of fair quality fat cattle for freezing, and prices were about 10s below last week's rates. Best bullocks fetched £ls 10s to £l7, extra £l7 17s (id, medium £l3 to £l4 10s, others to £l2, best cows and heifers £ll to £l2 10s, extra to £l3 17s Gd, medium £9 to £lO, others £7 to £S; store cattle—cows to £0 17s (id, steers £8 17s fid, bulls £l3 10s, heifers £7 15s, dairy cows to £lO 7s lid, calves to £3. Eat sheep—Best wethers fetched 20s 0d to 2Ste, extra 33s Gd, medium 21s to 22s od, unfinished 18s to 19s, best ewes 23s to 255, extra prime to 31s 3d, medium 18s to 19s fid, others to las. Fat iambs—There was good competition between butchers and export buyers for good quality, and prices were firm at last week's rates. Inferior lambs were not in demand, and hard to place. Best lambs brought 20s to 225, extra to 28s, medium to good 17s to 19s, inferior 14s to 15s. Eat pigs—Baconers went to £4 15s, porkers to 555. slips to 255, suckers to i-2s 60,

AUCKLAND. The Sevp Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ijimited, report as follows: At Ngatea best dairy cows and heifers brought £7 to £lo,'others £4 15s to £6 15s, empty cows £5 4s to £6 19s, bulls £5 115s to £9 10s, yearling to 18months heifers £2 7s to £4 10s, ditto, steers £3 to £5 Is, quastity beef at fully Westfield prices. At Westfield on Thursday, best dairy cows and heifers brought £7 15s to £l4 Ids, others £5 to £7, empty cows £5 (is to £0 19s, bulls £6 10s to £9, the advertised ewes sold at from 17s to £1 0s 9d, the lambs, stores 10s 9d to 15s fid. On Monday, at Takapuna, best dairy cows and heifers made £7 to £lO 10s, others £5 to £6 15s, empty cows £5 to £0 10s, bulls £5 to £!), aged, inferior cows £1 10s to £4 ss, yearling to 18month heifers £2 4s to £3 15s, ditto, steers £3 to £4 12s, calves £1 5s to £2. At the Westfield fat stock market yesterday beef was yarded in full numbers and showed no improvement, prioes receding, from 10s to 15s per head, best oxen selling to £2 3s per 100, others £1 19s to £2 2s, steers sold at from £ll 10s to £l7 10s, cows £G 10s to £l3. Some of the averages were; Eight steers, H. S. Strawbridge, Hairmi £ls 12s M; W. Gray, one truck steers, £ls Is Od; Win. Henry, 16 steers £l4 13s Gd; S. C. Gordon, eight steers, £l4 ss; E. and W. Gollan, 20 steers, £ls; a draft of 20 cows from Mr. Geo. Robinson averaged £lO 17s fid; cows and heifers .sold at from '£l 13s to £2 Is. Calves yarded in average numbers and declined in price. Runners £5 to £S 10s, heavy suckers £3 Is to £3 lis, medium £2 3s to £2 19s, light £1 la to £2, small and fresn-dropped 4s to 17s. Sheep were penned in full numbers and sold at lower rates. Best wethers £1 2s to £1 7s Od, one small pen realising £1 lis 6d, others £1 to £1 Is fld, ewes, heavy £1 2s to £1 4s Cd, others 17s fid to £1 Is, hoggets £1 2s to £1 4s Od, lambs, in full supply, sold at for best from 18s fid to £1 Is 9d, others 13s Od to 17s 9d. Pigs were yarded in large numbers and declined in prices. Baconers, heavy £3 7s to £3 10s, light £2 12s to £3 ss, heavy porkers £2 7s to £2 16s, medium £1 10s to £2 fls, light £1 10s to £1 17s, slips £1 2s to ,£1 7s, weaners 8s to 15s Gd.