COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney, Oct-ilii-v 12. Wool.—The snles elosea with l;>en ompetition for good quality. Further ecords were made, greasy merino tiling at 20% d. Oats. —Algerian feeding ?s s<l, iri'lng "2a 7d, Tasmanian white 1* Sri to s fld. Barley, 3s fid to 4s Maize, ;ia !)d. Potatoes. —Tasmanians, '£& 10s to £9. Onions, £5 10s to £6. .Adelaide, October 12. Oats, Is 8d to Is lOd. Melbourne, October !2. Hides. —Fair supplies, mediums and leavies %d lower, lights stendv Oats, milling Algerians 2s 2(>, ?ood s lOd to Is lid; potatoes, £5 to £6; mions, £3 10s to £3 la's. THE TALLOW MARKET London, October 11. jiuioiv.—n'U casks were ofi'ered and ?old at from 2s to 3s advance, duo to sellers restricting offerings and buyers' requirements being lftrge, as they reeently purchased lightly. 'ALDINGTON. Store sheep.—Wether hoggets 20= 7d to 245, mixed sex hoggets 23s fld, fourtooth ewes and lambs (all counted! IDs 4d, two-tooth wethers 27s 3d to 2Sj 3d, four ana six-tooth wethers 2Bs Id 7s, six-tooth wethers 32s 1 id. six and eight-tooth wethers, 32s 7d tc 84* Sd. New season's fat lambs: Best lamb; 23s to 30s, lighter Ms to 24s Sd. Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers to 41s Cd, prime-' wether; 31s to 41s, others 2Gs 10,1 to 30s, shorn wethers 20s fld to 2G-; 4d, extra prime merino wethers 29s Id to 37s fid, prime merino wethers 21s 2d to 37s (id, extra prime ewes to 22s prime ewes 31s to 36s Id, others 2Gs to SSs Gd, shorn ewes 19? 6d to 28s, extra prime hoggets 41s Od to 48s, others 32} 6d, shorn hoggets 24s 3d. Fat eat.tle. —Prime steers '£ls to '£2 l ss, ordinary steers £9 5s to £l4 10s, extra prime heifers to £IG 10s, prime heifers £l2 to £l4 10s, ordinary heifers £8 7s Gd to £ll 10s, extra prime cows £lO ss, prime cows £lO to £l4, ordinary cows £7 5s to £!) 10s; store cattle, yearlings £2 l»ss, 15 to 18-months £4 2s fid to £5 10s Gd, 2-ycar steers £5 17s <id to £0 ss, 2>/ 2 -year steers £7 12s (!d, 2-year heifers £G 7s Gd, dry cows 37s to £lO, dairy cows £3 to £ls 10s. Pigs.—Choppers £4 10s to £7 7s Cd, light baconers £3 12s to £4, med'um baconers £4 5s to fi 12s Gd, extra heavy baconers £5 to 5 8s (price per lb,, 7'/i(l to 7y 2 d); light porkers 44s to 4Ss, heavy porkers 50s to 57s (price per lb) BV s d to 8%d); large stores 50s to 535, medium 40s to 495, smaller 27s to 375, weanors 17s to 2Gs. BUKXSIDE. Extra prime bullocks £22 17s fld test £l7 10s to £lO 10s, medium £ls to £1(1 10s, light £l2 10s to £l4, extra prime heifers £lO to £lO 2s 6d, prime £l3 to £l*s, light and unfinished £9 to £9 10s. Fat sheep included several pens of prime heavy ewes and wethers. Prices were equal to last week's levels. E\"ti;a heavy wethers 50s Od, best 35s to 38s, medium to good 30s to 33s Gd, light (unfinished) 27s to 295, extra heavy ewes 38s 9d, best 30s to 335, others 25s to 28s; lam'ba realised up to 30s Od AUCKLAND. Tlip New Zealand Loan and Mercantile! Agency Co., Ltd., report: At Westfiekd store stock sale best dairy cows afl heifers brought £lO 10s to £ls; othciH £7 to £9 15s; bulls, £7 7s to £l4 I4H according to quality; empty cows ail heifers, £G 10s to £8 15s; yearliife] heifers, '£3 15s to £5 Is; yearliife steers, £4 10s to £5 15s. At Clovedon on Saturday best dairy cows and heifers £lO 10s to £l3 10s; others, £G 10s to £lO ss; empty cows, £G to £8 ss; bulls £7 78 to £ll lis; yearling to 18month steers, £4 lGs to £0 10=; ditto heifers. £4 Is to £5 10s; fat cows, £ll to £l3 15s; fat ewes, £1 Bs. At Pukekol'.e, on Monday best dairy cows, £ll 1U to £l7 ss; others, £7 15s to £lO 15s; aged and inferior cows, £4 to £G 15s; best dairy heifers, £ll to £18; othes, £7 to £lO 10s; bulls, most of which wpre Shorthorns, sold at late values, best making to £ls 15s; others, £G Gs upwards At Pukekohe, on Tuesday ?rowm steers in forward condition sold from £l3 5s to £ls gB; 2 to 3vear steers, £9 10s to £l2 ss; yearling to IS-months, £5 18s to £7 19s; ditto heifers, £4 5s to £0 lis; empty cows and heifers, £0 7s Gd to £9 17s Gd; agei' and inferior cows, £4 5s to £G ss. Beef: Fat cows, £lO to £l4 10s; fat steers, £l3 15s to £l7 ss. At Takapuna, on Monday dairy cows sold from £G 15s to £l2 ss; bulls, £5 5s to £8 17s fid; store cows, £G 10s to £!> ss; fresh-conditioned, to £lO 12s fid; yearling to 18-months steers, £4 15s to £7 2s (kl. At Westfield fat stock market cows and heifers sold at from £8 to £lO 10s. Calves were penned in average numbers and sold at last week's rates. Runners made from £7 5s to £lO 7s Gd; heavy vealers, £5 3s to £7 2s; medium, £2 18s to £4 19s; light, £1 15s to £2 IBs; small and fresh-dropped £1 to £1 }3s. ?heep: Best wethers in wool, £1 19s to £2 8s 3d: others, £1 los 3d to £1 18s fid; shorn wethers, £1 7s Gd to £1 lis fld; best ewes in wool, £1 10s to £2 2s; others, £1 12s to £1 15s Od. Lambs, in short supply, sold well. Pigs: Heavy bac<;iHT- from £4 2s to £5 6s; medium, £3 10s to £4 Is; light, £3 2s; to £3 15s; large porkers, £2 10s to £3 Is; smaller, £2 to £2 17 Gd; slips, £1 8s to 375; weaners, 17 s (id to 27s 6#