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Taranaki Daily News, 18 November 1916, Page 2

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jAUSTMIJAN MARKETS, Sydney, Nov, Jft Australian-N.Z, Qable Association. Oats—Algerian feeding, 3/8, milling 2/8 ta Tasmaniftn white, g/S te 2/10, Barley, 3/. to 3/fi, Maize, 3/9 ta 3/10, (nominal, £9, Melbourne, Nov. 1 ft. Hides, moderate catalogs met with better competition, Prie§a were firm at .last week's rates, ! Wool.—At the sales there wa3 the keenest competition, and prices far all descriptions continue to advance, Next week's auctions have been suspended, Oats.—Algerians, milling 2/2 to 2/3, feed 1/11 to 2/2. Potatoes, £8 to £lO. Onions, £8 to £&/10/-, NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Friday, the 10th inst., there was n good entry, all of which was sold at the hammer at the following prices:—Rough yearling steers £0 13s to £6 15s, 15month heifers up to £7 3s for choice Hols lei n small yearlings £4 3s to £5 9s, 2-year empty heifers £7 lis to £8 Id, rough 10-month to 2-year steers £8 4s, fat cowi £l3 12s Gd to £ls, forward cows £lO 3s to £ll 13s, store cows £8 12s to £9 18s, empty forward heifers £8 15s to £9 10s, springing heifers up to £l6 15s, smaller £9 15s to £lO 10s, dairy cows £l2, dairy bulk £l3 17s fid ot £ls 10s. At Urcnui, on Monday, 13th, springing heifers made £8 15s to £ll los dairy cows £9 10s to £ll ss, fat maiden heifers £l2 10s to £l4 Is, faf cows £l3 7s to £l4 2s fid, forward heifers £lO, forward cows £lO to £ll 9s, store cows £S 8s to £9 18s, 2-year empty heifer£S, vealers £3 5s to £5 12s Od, 3-year steers £l2 10s, 2-year steers £lO, hoggets 30s. At, Stony River on Tuesday, 14th inst., lfli-month steers made £G 18s to £8 2s. 15-month heifers £4 15s to £7 Is, yearling bulls £ii Is to £7 10?, empty 2year heifers. £7 lGs to £S 7s, 2-yeat-steers £9 lGs, fat cows up to £ls Is, forward cows £lO 7s 6d to £l2, store cows £9 to £lO Is, bulls £9 12s 8d to £ls 10s, springing heifers £7 to £ll ss.

At Kohuratahi on Wednesday, 15th inst.. for my Spring Cattle Fair both cattle and sheep eame forward in excess of advertised numbers. There was a good attendance of buyers from all parts of Taranaki, the Ohura district being represented by a, strong contingent. Over 200 3 and 4-year bullocks were yarded and met with keen competition, in fact everything yarded with the exception of two small pens of rough yearlings was sold at the hammer, at the following prices:—Yearling steers £G 17f Gd to £7 7s Gd, 15-month Shorthorn heifers £G 10a, 15-month Holstein heifers £G 17s, 15-month Jersey heifers .!'■"> 19s, good grade heifers £5 ISs to £fi 3s, smaller £S 3s Gd to £3 12s fid, 2year empty heifers £7 0s fid to £7 17s fid, store cows, small, £7 Gs fid to £7 lis, good £8 5s to £l2, forward heifers €9 2s Gd, 3 and 4-year bullocks £l3. £l4 17s, £l4 IBs, £l4, 2J-year steers' £lO 14s to £l2 4s, 2-year steers £9 8s fid to £lO Is, cows and calves £lO la, sir all springing heifers £7 17s fid, mixed wethers and empty ewes 40s, ewes and lambs 39s Od to 43s Gd.

ALDINGTON. Store sheep.—Wether hoggets 18s Oil to ISs 9d, ewe lioggets 25s iOd, 2-tooth wethers 23s to 275, ?-tooth wio!!y Mothers 20s 4d, 4-tooth wethers 19s lid to 27s 9d. 4-tooth woolly wethers 33 id, 4 and O-tooth wethers 24s Id to 2Ss, 4 and 8-tooth woolly wethers 24s fid to 34s 3d, 2 and 4-tooth woolly wethers 24s 7d, 4, 0, and S-tooth wethers 2ls, e,vrs and lambs (all counted) las 9d to 25s fid. Km. lambs -Best 26s (id to 3C.s od> lighter 20s to 20s. Fat sheep.—Woolly wethers 36s to 4Bs, prime shorn wethers 29s to 37s Od, lighter shorn wethers 24s lOd to 28s fid. prime shorn merino wethers 32s Od to 34?, shorn hoggets 23s 3d to 345,' woolly ewes 30s to 3ls, prime shorn ewes 27s to 335, others 22s to 26s fid. Fat cattle.—Extra prime steers '£2 l to £23. prime steers £ls to £2O, or dinar;," steera £lO 10s to £l4 10s, extr* prime heifers to £lO prinvbei'ers £lll to £l4, lighter heifers £8 5s to £lO 10s, extra prime cows to £lB 10s, prime cows £l2 to £ls, ordinary cows £9 to £li 10s, vealers 30s to £3 3s, and up to £5 5s for yearlings. Store cattle.—Yearlings £2 15s, 15 to 18-month sorts £3 17s Od to £3 18s Od, 2-year heifers £$ 15s, 2i-year heifer* £0 15s, 3-year steers £lO 7s Od to £.ll ss-, 3-year iieifirs £9 10s to £lO 17s 6d, dry cows £0 15s to £lO 15s. Dairy eows, £4 10s to £ls 12s 6d. Pigs.—Choppers /£4 to £0 Bs, extra heavy baconers £5 10s, heavy baconiTi £4 15s to £5 ss, ordinary baconers £'S 1.5s to £4 10s; price per lb, 7d to 71d. Heavy porkers 5Ss to 03s, light porker* 48s to 545; price per lb. 7-Jd to Od. Large stores 50s to £3 10s 6d, medium 45s to 545, small 32s to 12s, weaners £os to 2Ss, sows in pig £6 12s fid.

EURXSIDE. Best bullocks made £lB to £2O, extra prime £22 12s Oil, good £lO to £l7 10s, others £l4 10s. best cows and heifers £l2 10s to £l3 10s, extra primd £l6 17s (id, medium £ll to £l2. Mioep.—Kxtra prime woolly wethws 50s (id, medium to good 42s to 40s, otheis 34s to 38s, extra prim; shorn wth'TS 33s 3d, medium to good 30s to 33s fid, others 25s (id to 2!)s, good ewes 34s to 375, eutra prime 43s (id, light 25s to ' Lambs.—Best 31«, good 25s to 275, others 20s upwards. Figs.—Fats declined 5s to JOs from tbe exceptionally high rates ruling lately. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— At Westfield fat stock sale on Wed-, nesday, best oxen sold to £2/10/- per }oolb., others £2/6/- to £2/0/-; cow and heifer beef, from £2/2/- to £2/8/per 1001b. Steers sold at from £l3 17/0 to £2l/15/-; epws and heifers, £:9 to £l7/12/0. Runners, £7/10/- to £lO/15/-; heavy vealers, £5/5/- to £7/11/-; medium vealers, £4/0/- to £5/4./-; light vealers, £*2/5/- to £4 1/-; small and fresh-dropped, 13/- to £2/1/-. Sheep.—Best woolly wethers, '£2/2/to £2/7/6, others £l/15/3 to £2/1/3; shorn wethers, £l/7/- to £l/10/-; shorn ewes, £l/5/• to £l/14/6; woolly ewes,_ £l/I'9/ to £2/4/-; woolly hoggets," • £l/15/- to £l/19/-. Spring lamb in large numbers sold at fully last week's prices. Best, £l/5/- to £l./12/9.; others, 18/- to £l/4/-. Pigs.—Heavy baeoners, .£4/7/- to

meiliinn, £3/15/; tq fVtV-; light, £9Jih tq fS/U/-; heavy pork: evs, j£'2/19/: ta £3/8/r: medium, £2 0/ te"£2/16f-i light, £l/19/-. to £-3 8/:; slips, . £ 1/8/: tg £l/12/-.; weaners, }o/- ta 'jEJ'/a/:,