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Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1916, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, Feb. 23. Tallow.—At the sales 443 easkp were offered and 200 sold; mutton, fine 543 9d, medium 495; beef, 'fine s£s (id, medium 47 s. Pig-iron, 85s M. The market is demoralised owing to the Government restricting selling prices. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Feb. 24. Oats. —Algerian feeding 2s 8d to 2s Oil, milling 3s to 3s Id, Tasmanian 3s 2d. Barley.—Feeding 3s, malting 4s. Maize. —Local 6s 3d, South African 4s lOd to 5s 3d. Potatoes, £l4 10s to £ls 10s, New Zealand nominal. Onions, £3 5s to £3 10?. Adelaide, Feb. 24. Bran, '£ll 10s to £l2. Pollard, Is lid to Is 2}d. Oats. —Feeding 2s. k Melbourne, Feb. 25. i . Bran, £4 10s. Pollard, £5 10s. Oats.—Algerian, 2s 2jd to 2s 3d; feed, 2s to 2s Id. Barley.—English, 4s to 4s 34; Cape, 2s to lis 3d. Potatoes, £lO 10s. Onions, £2 10s to £4 14s. AUCKLAND WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Feb. 24. The standard of values for the better class of wools was well maintained at to-day's sale and values were almost equal to those of the first sale. The vange of prices was: Fine halfbred merino. 17d to 18Ad; fine erossbreds, 17d to 18Jcl; medium crossbreda, 14d to 17Jd; coarse crossbred and Lincoln, 12d

MATTHEWS, GAMLIN & 00. Matthews, Gamlin and Co. repor a good yarding at Inglewood last Wednesday. Store, fat and forward cows were easier than at late sales, vendors in most cases having to lower their reserves. Wo sold the majority of stock yarded at the following prices:—Cows in milk, £"> to £5 IDs; store cows, small £2 Jss to £3 lis Gd> others £4 2s Od to £4 ISs, forward do. i's 10s to £7 ss, fat do. £S 12s 6d to £9 10s, 20-months heifers, £2 14s to £3 (is; 20-montha steers, £3 18s to £4 8s; 2-year steers, £4 18s Cd; woolly lambs, lfis lOd; weaner steers, 4os; good mixed 365, others 17s Od to 295; bulls, £5 15s to £9. ADDINGTOX. At Addington there were medium entries of stock, except store sheep, which were offered in large numbers. Fat cattle were rather firmer; store sheep wore in keen demand at last week's rates, the same remark applying to fat lambs; fat sheep were rather firmer; and store cattle and store pigs were in strong demand. Store sheep—Forward lambs 14s Od to 17s 4d. ordinary 10s Gd to 14s, inferior 7s fid to 10s 3d, cull 5s Id to 7s 3d, good ewe lambs 14j fid to 10s lOd, ordinary 12s (3d to 13s 9d, good 2 and 4-tootii wethers los fid to lfls 4d, 0 and 8-tooth wethers 19s to 20s 6d-, halfhred 2-tooth Wethers 13s fid to 10s (id, forward 2-tooth wethers to 18? Dd, fairly good sound-moiitlmd ewes 18s to 20s, ordinary His Gd te 17s 9d, good 2-tooth ewes 22s Sd to 24s Id, moderate 18e fld to 19s fid, 4 and 5-year ewes 15s to ISs (id. failing-mouthed ewes 13s Gd to IBs, inferior ewes 10? fid to 13s.

Fat lambs—Extra prime lambs to -20s, piime 20s to 245, medium 18s to 19s (id, lighter 14s fld to 17s Gd. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 445, prime 2fis to '2Ss, others ISs (Id to 2.js (id. extra prime ewes to 31s fld. prime 25s to .10s, medium 20s 6d to 24s 6(1. others 14s to 20s. Fat cattle —Extra prime steers to '£lß Lis. ordinary £:i 15s to £l2 ss, extra prime heifers to £lO. ordinary £7 to f'il "vs. extra prime cows to £l3 12s (id. ordinary Co l.is to £9 lis; price of beef per 1001b, 30s to 4fls 6d, extra to 51s. ■ Store cattle—Yearlings ISs. hi to ISmonth sorts £2 lis to £3 17s. 2-vear steelx 2-vear heifers £4 2s (id to £4 lis, 2 1 ,4-year heifers £4 17a (Id, •M-vears steers I' 7. 3-vear steers £0 7s fid, 3-veav heifers £5 7s Gd, drv cows C-' 17s (o £0 7s fid. Dairy cows. £3 10s to £IS .is. Pigs—Choppers 50c to 97s (id. extra lieavv bnenners to 105s. heavy baeoners 07s to 0-2*. liirht baeoners (Vis to 755. price per lb. OV-d to (!%d: heavy porkers 42s to ISs. light, porkers -t."s 'to 40s, price per lb. 7d to 7'/.d: best atores 47s to ."i7s. medium 34s to 35'. small 14s to 1>"«. weaners Gs fld to 12s, sows in pig to «ss. BURSIDE. There was a large yarding of fat cattle. Prices were much easier, the quality on the whole being only medium. Best bullocks made £lO to £l7 10s, medium £l2 10s to £l3 10s, inferior £lO 10s to £ll, best cows and heifers £l2 !0s to £l4, medium £lO to £ll, inferior £8 10s to £!). Eat sheep—Best wethers made 20s to 31s, extra 33s Od to 34s !)d, medium 22s io 245, inferior ISs to 19s Od, best ewes 23s to 2,is, medium 19s to 21s, inferior 14s to 10s. ■Fat lambs—Prime sold well, but medium quality was erratic. Best 19s to 21s, medium lis to ISs, inferior 14s to ISs. Fat pigs sold well up to last week's rates. Baeoners SOs to 90s, porkers 60s to lias, stores 20s to 20s, slips 10s to 12s. good suckers 7s to 3s, inferior Ss to 4s Od.

JOHNSONVILLE. A good yarding of cattle and sheep came forward and sold well at late rates. Prices: Prime, bullocks £l6 10s to £lO 17s Od, lighter £lO, cows £7 16s to £9, prime wethers 20s 3d to 20s Od, lighter 255, prime lieavv ewes 23s 3d to 25s lOd, good ewes 22s lOd, lighter 21s to 225; prime shorn lambs 17s, medium woolly 10s od. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan .and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report as follows* At West field on Thursday last we had an average yarding of dairy stock, which sold at late rates. Best dairy cows and heifers £7- 15s to £l2 10s, others £5 10s to £7 Ss, aged and inferior cows £2 to £4 10s, bulls £5 10s to £lO 10s, empty cows £4 15a to £0 12s 6d, weaner steer calves £1 Ss to £'2, store woolly lambs 14s 3d to 14s 9d. At Westfleld fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in larger numbers than usual. Prices were irregular, but last week's rates ruled in a

few cases. Best »\en fold at £2 5» per 1001b, ethers £1 17s 6d to £2 Is, cow and heifers £1 12s B<l to £1 17s fid; steers scld at from £lO list» £l7, cowg and heifers £5 10s to £l3 15s. Calves were penned in less numbers than usual anJ showed no improvement in price. .Runners sold at from £6 to £8 ;>s, heavy suckers £3 10s to £4 lis, medium suckers £2 10s to £3 9s, light suckers £1 3s to £2 ss, small and freshdropped ,'ig to £l. Sheep were yarded in large numbers and sold at lower rates than last week. Best wethers 27s to 30s Oil, others 23s fld to 2fls Gd, ewes, i extra heavy 25s fid to 27s 3d, others 20s jto 24s !)d, hoggets 23s fid to 27s 9d. Lambs, in small numbers sold at t'rpm, I for best 17s Od to 21s, others 15s to 17s 3d. Pigs were yarded in average, numbers and sold at late rates. Heavy baconera £3 10s to £4, medium baconei's £3 10s to £4, medium baeoners £3 ,to £3l As, light baconors £2 9s to £2 19s, heavy porkers £2 8s to £3 Is, medium porkers £2 Is to £2 7s light porkers £1 9s to £1 ISs, slins £1 to £1 Bs, weasers tfl to 15s.