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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1916, Page 2

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■ <m LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, February 1". The tallow sales were not held. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association —Copyright Sydney, February 17Oats.—Algerian 2s Sd to .'!s, Tasmanian white 3s Bd. Barley.—Feeding 3s, malting 4s. Maize.—South African 5s 3d to 5s (id. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, old £lO to £l3; new, £lB to £l7. Onions, £7 10s to £S. Adelaide, February 17. Bran, 10y„d to ll>/ s d. Pollard, Is 2d to Is 2y a d, Oats, 2s. Melbourne, February 18. Bran, £4 10s. . Pollard, £B. Barley.—English 3s 10d to 4s Id, choice Chevalier to 4s 3d, Cape 2s lid to 3s Id. Oats.—Milling, Algerians scarce, 2s 2V< ; d to 2s 3d, feed 2s to 2s l'/,d. Maize, Os 2d. Potatoes, £ll to £ls. Onions, £3 10s to £5. BROKEN HILL JUNE. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyrignt Sydney, February IS. The half-yearly profit of the Broken Hill Proprietary' Mine was £242,969. WOOL AND HIDE SAMS. Sydney, February 17. The wool sales closed animated, tl:e general competition being at full rata?. Sydney, February IS. Fresh records have been made for scoured wool, fleece bringing 32y ; .d, pieces 31% d, bellies W/ad. Melbourne, February 27. Hides were in moderate supply. Heavies were unchanged, and lights were passed owing to lack of competition. MATTHEWS, GAMLIN & CO.'S REPORT. On Wednesday last wo held a sheeu fair at our Inglewood yards, and we also had a fair yarding of cattle, the yards being filled with 3400 sheep and about 200 head of cattle. We disposed of most of tliß sheep, also a large number of the cattle a the following prices:— Full-mouth ewes lis Id, 13s 3d,■ 14a Sd, 15s Id, 17s 3d, 19s to 21s Od, 2-tooth ewes 21s fid to 22s Sd, wethers 22s to 22s sd, shorn lambs 10s to 14s Bd, woolly lambs 14s fid to 17s Id, culls 9s to 10s fid, rams 10s 6d to 3'/ 2 gns, 20-month in-calf heifers £4 ss, fat cows £0 14s to £9, store cows £5 Is to £7 15s. mixed weaners 26s to 31s, bulls £4 us to £9. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows: — At Westfield on Thursday last dairy cattle sold at high prices. Best dairy eows and heifers made £S 5s to £l3, others £5 7s fid to £7 15s, bulls £5 15s to .CO 10s, empty eows £4 ]os to £6 ss, yearling to IS-months heifers £2 i.is to £4 2s fid, weaner calves, steers £1 17s fid to £2 13s, heifers £1 8s to £2 -Is, mixed sexes £1 3s to £2.

At Albert ya''ds on Friday horses sold at late rates. Heavy draughts made £24 to'£37, medium £l7 to £2O 10s, hacks £7 to £l6 ]os, light harness horse £9 to £l6 ss, ponies £4 to £9 15s, weeds 10s to £3.

On Friday we held our first sheep fair at Westfield. Ewes, 2-tootlis 24s 3d to 28s »d, 4 and 0-tooth ewes 23s to 27s fid, f.f.m. ewes 20s to 24s 3d,'f.m. ewes 17s fid to 10s Od, wethers 21s to 25s Od, lambs in wool 14s 3d to 15s Od, shorn 10-, 6d to 14s Oil; rams, Romncys. very keen demand, sold at from 4'/ 2 gns to Sgns., Lincoln, strong demand. sgns. to 7 1 /igns„ Shropshire iy.gns to 3>/,gns.

At Westfield fat stock market best oxen sold to £2 -1s per 1001b, others £2 ■to £2 2s, eows and heifers 34s to £2. Steers sold at from £ll 10s to £IS 12s fid, eows and heifers £5 15s to £ls ss. Calves sold at fully last week's prices. Runners £C r>s to £S 2s 6d, heavy suckers £3 15s to £4 Ifis. medium £2 12s to £3 15s, light £1 U to £2 Bs. small and fresh-dropped 3s to £l. Sheep advanced Is (id to 2s per head. Best wethers sold at from £1 Ss 3d to £1 12s fid, best ewes £1 7s to £1 11 N , other wethers £1 2s to £1 7s Od. otnnr ewes 18s fid to £1 5s Od. hoggets £1 2s to £1 (is fid. Lambs sold well. Best quality £1 2s to £1 4s fid .others 19s 3d to 21s 9d. Pigs were yarded in full numbers and sold at last week's rates No choppers yarded. Heavy baeoners £3 lis to £4 4s. medium do. £3 Is to £3 10s, light do. £2 Us to £3, heavy porkers £2 9s to £3 2s, medium do. £2 2s to £2 Bs, light do. £1 10s to £2, slips £1 Is to £1 lOs, weaners 10s to 10s.

ADDINGTON MARKET. At the Addington yards the prices realised were as follow: Store sheep—Forward lambs 14s fid to 17s Sd, ordinary lambs 10s fid to 14s, inferior lambs 7s (id to 10s, halfbred wether lambs 5s lOd to 10s, cull lambs 5s to (is 9d, good two-tooth wethers 15s tn 17s od. ordinary two-tooth wethers 10s to 14s 9d, forward four and sixtootli wethers 17s 3d to 21s, aged forward ewes 10s lid to 12s. four, six and eight-tooth wethers Ills Id to 211s 4d, good two-tooth ewes 10s to 22s lid, ordinary two-tooth ewes 15s Id to'lSs Id, sound-mouthed ewes 10s 3d to 20s. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 25s Id to 28s, others 20s 3d to 255, merino wethers 20s Id, prime ewes 22s to 30s, medium ISs to 21s. lighter 13s to 17s fid. Fat cattle—Exra prime steers to£lS, ordinary steers £7 15s to £l2, extra prime heifers to £l4 lfls, ordinary heifers £0 2s fid to £O, extra prime' cows to £l3 10s, ordinary cows £0 to £0; price of beef per 1001b, 29s 0d; e?;tra to oils. I'"at calves—Seven special calves real ised up to £5 10s'. the average being C 4 2s (id; other prices were 8s to 53s' for ordinary sorts. Store cattle—Dairy eows £3 to £ll, extra good to £l4 ss, yearlings to £1 4s, 15 to 18-months £3 4s, 2-yenr steers £5 2s 8d to £5 10s, 2-year heifers £4 2s fid to £4 10s (id, 3-yeur steers £S 2s fid to £S (is. cows JJ2 to £,i {j s _ Pigs—Choppers 30s to !)os, extra heavy baeoners to 105s, heavy baeoners 80s to 9Ss, light baeoners 60s to 75e; price per lb, O'/.-d to 7d; heavy porkers 40s to -14s; price per lb, ~%d to Sd. Store pigs—Best stores 36s to 455, medium 22s to 355, small 14s to 21s, weaners Ss Od to 12s.