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Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1916, Page 2

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LONDON WOOL SALES. I 13y Cable—Prcs* Association—Copyright London, July 20. Merinos are unchanged. There is more spirited bidding for crossbreds, and prices are likey to harden. Prices: Te Whiti, top price 18Jd, average 18Jd; Glendhu, 1-8(1 and 17d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, July 27. Oats.—Algerian feeding 2s 7(1 to 2s Bd, milling 2s 9d to 2s lOd; Tasmanian white 2s lid to 3s I<l, Barley, 3s 3d to 3s Bd. Maize, 3s Gd to 4s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £7 10s to '£9 10s. Onions £3 to £5 10s. Adelaide, July 27. Bran and pollard.—Unchanged. Oats, 2s to 2s 3d Melbourne, July 2S. j . Bran, £4 15s. i Pollard, £5 15s. | Barley.—English 4s (Id to 4s 9d, Cape B 3s 3d to 3s 0(1. | Oats. —Milling 2s 3d to 2s 4d, feed | 2s 2d. B Potatoes, '£o 10s to £7 15s. B Onions, £4 to £4 ss. I

BRISBANE WOOL SALES. Brisbane, July 27. The wool sales have opened. Competition is exceedingly keen for greasy, which advanced sto 7i per cent. The top price was 22} d. Scoured was irregular and declined 5 to per cent. The top price was 43Jd. HIGH-GRADE WOOL SCARCE Now York, July 27. The American Wool Reporter says that staple wool of high grade is scarce and good foreign staples are becoming exhausted. The only source soon will be the United States clips. ' ADDING TON. Christchurch, July 20. Store sheep—Hoggets, mixed sexes 17s to 20s 3d, ewes 24s to 25s 4d, wethers 10s 0d to 20s od, two, four, six and eight-tooth cives 21s 7(i to '4os, somidmouth ewfia 2-7 s fid to 375, aged ewes Ms Oil to 13s 3d, two-tooth wethers 20s M to 23s 3d, four and six-toOth wethers 24s to 275. Fat lambs—Prime 25s to 335, medium 22s Od to 24s fid, lighter 17s 3d to 225. l'at sheep—Extra prime wethers to 50s, prime wethers 28s (id to 3os Cd, lighter 27s to 28s, merino wethers lGs 6(1 to 17s Id, extra prime ewes to 355, prime ewes 27s fid to 335, medium 23s to 275, lighter 17s Od to 22s Od. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to£23 ss, ordinary steers .-C9 10s to £l2 10s, extra prime heifers to £l4' 15.3. ordinary heifers £7 17s fid to £!) 18s, extra prime cows £7 5s to £O. Store cattle—Yearlings 355, fifteen to eighteen-months £3 to £3 18s (id, twoyear steers £0 2s fld, two and a-balf year steers £7 ss, three-year heifers £8 •'is Od, dry cows £3 to £S ss. dairy cows £ls ss. Pigs—Choppers £3 10s to £5, heavy baeoners £3 10s to £4, extra heavy to £5 10s (price per lb, 7d); heavy porkers 52s to sos, light porkers 44.3 to 48s (price per lb, Sd to S'/.d); large stores 42s to 47s od, medium stores 38a' to 425, small stores 18s to 275, weaners 15s to 18s (Id. ;

burnside. Dunedin, July 26. Best bullocks £IS 10s to £22, extra £27 10s, medium £ls to £l7, inferior £l2 10s to £l4, best cows and heifers £l4 10s to £I(S 10s, medium £ll Ids to £l3 10s, inferior £!) to £lO 10s. Fat sheep—The quality, on the whole, was good. Freezing buyers were not operating, prices being a shade over their limits. Values were very erratic, and a little easier than last week. Prime 1 wethers Ms to 3Ss, extra 445, medium 2Ss to 325, light inferior 25s to 275, prime ewes 30s to 3Gs, extra 4'4s Gd, medium 2<>s to 2Ss, light inferior 17s Gd to 21s. Fat lambs: Competition was keen, and late values were well maintained.' Best 24s to 2Ss Dd, medium 21s to 23s Gd, inferior ISs to 20s. There was a small yarding' of fat pigs and stores. Competition was keen, and prices well up to lato values.

ELTHAM. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., "held their fortniglitly sale "at their Eltham yards on Wednesday, and..quote: Fat cows, good £ll 10s to £ll 17s Gd, forward cows £8 10s to £lO, fresh conditioned cows £7 2,s to £7 10s, small empty cows £5 to £G 14s, empty heifers £3 os, weaners (small) 355, yearling steers (medium) £3 lis to £4 3s, yearling bulls £4 13s to £5 2:i Gd, hoggets 22s Gd, pigs (slips) 14s Gil to 15s.