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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1916, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright London, April 7. Copper—Spot, £ll7 to £ll7 10s; three months, £196 Ss. Lead, £33 10s to £33 15s. Spelter, £94 to £B4. Silver, 29% d. Antimony, 10s forward. THE WHEAT MARKET. POOR AMERICAN YIELD. By Cable*—Press Association—Cop'yriglit. Received April 9, 5.5 p.m. ■London, April 8. Wheat is quiet and steady. Chicago May options, 119% cents to 117$; July, 117? to 115f. The Washington Bureau reports that the condition of winter wheat is 78.8 per cent., the worst on record, and this indicates a yield of 14$ bushels to the acre, totalling 595,000,000 bushels. """ OTHER MARKETS. Cotton.—April-May 7.47Jd. Jute.—March-April, £33. 15s. Hemp.—Markets for May, £4B 10s. Copra.—February-April, £35 15s. Rubber.—Para, 3s o%d; plantation, 3s 4Jd; smoked, 3s 4d. Rabbits are in large supply and very firm. Small sizes are practically unsaleable. Meat.—The official quotation is still suspended, and little is marketed. Sheep are nominally 7Jd to 7 7 / B d, and lambs B|d. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE •AGENCY CO., LTD. The New New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report-. At the Westfield stock sale last Thursday, dairy cows were penned in small numbers, and sold at late high rates. Best dairy cows and heifers £8 10s to Hi. lCs. others £4 10s to £7 183. Store cattle were penned in average numbers, and sold at slightly improved prices. Empty cows and heifers, £4 to £0 15s, bulls, £4 to £ll, according to quality; steer calves, £2 5s to .£3; heifer calves, £1 15s to £2 10s. At Albert Yards on Friday heavy draughts made £24 to £37 10a, medium £lO 10s to £25; light harness horses, £lO to £2O; hacks, £9 to £l7 10s; ponies, £4 JOg to £9 10s; weeds, 10s to £l' 1.0s; harness, saddlery, etc., at late prices. On Tuesday, at Papakura, best dairy cows and heifers, £8 10s to £l3 ss, others £4 15s to £7 17s Od; bulls, £4 10s to £l2, according to quality; two to three-year steers, £6 15s to £9 16s; ; yearling to eighteen months ;teers, £4 10s to £C; good steer calves, £2 lis to ' £3 15s; inferior, £1 5s to £2 45: heifer calves, £1 4s to £2 15s; according to quality; heifers, suitable for dairy pur- , poses, £3 15s to £5 15s; empty cows '_ and heifers, £4 5s to £7 10s. A large ' quantity of beef, at fully Westfield ', prices, fat cows selling to £l3 12s 6d, fat steers to £l7 10s. \ At Westfield fat stock market, beef was penned in average numbers, and . mostly of good quality. Bidding was | brisk and fully last week's rates ruled, prime quality oxen selling to £2 4s per ', 1001b, others, £1 18a Od to £2 2s; cows and heifers, £1 15s to £2 Is per 1001b. Steers sold at from £lO 10s to £l9 10s; cows, £5 log to £l2 15s. Sheep were penned in , average numbers, and were firm at last week's rates Best wethers sold at from £1 7s 9<l to £1 9s, 9d, others £1 3s to £1 Cs 9d; ewes, extra heavy £1 4s to £1 7s 3d; others, £1 Is to £1 4s; hoggets, £1 Is 9d to £1 4s. Lambs, in short supply, sold well, best , making u;> to £1 7s, others 17s 6d to £1 5s Od. Calves were penned in average numbers, and sold at improved prices. Runners, £(i to £7 15s; heavy suckers £3 7s to £4 7s; medium suckers, £2 -4s to £3 ss; light suckers,, £1 fls to £2 7s; small and fresh dropped, 3s upwards to £1 ss. Pigs were penned in small numbers, and again sold at Blightly improved prices. Choppers, £3 17s to £4'lDs; heavy baconers, £4 3s to £4 10s; medium baconers, £3 15s to £4 Is; light baconers, £3 5s to £3 14s; heavy porkers, £2 18s to £3 Ss; medium porkers, £2 Ss.to £2 17s; light porkers, £1 IfK to £2 fis; light and unfinished, £1 10 s i.o £1 1.75; slips, £1 2s to £1 9s; wcancrs, iOs to 17s.