COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS Aiistrsiliiin-X.Z. Cable Association. London, Doc. I!. Noiliing is settled regarding tlie wool sales. In the opinion of everybody it is absolutely imperative that the wool here must be distributed immediately, otherwise machinery will bo at a standstill. Tallow.—There were 1817 casks offered and 1575 sold. Mutton, fine 57s Od, medium 50s; beef, fine 50s 3d, medium 50s. Wheat.—Firm. | AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. J Sydney, Dee. 8. Oats.—Algerian, feeding 2s Od to 2a Jd, milling 2s 8d; Tasmanian, white 2s 9d to 2s lOd. Barley, 3s to 3s Od. Maize, ,1s !)d to 3s lOd. Potatoes.—Tasmanians, old £7, new £lO. Onions, £" to £9. Adokide, Dee. S. Oats, Is lid. Melbourne, Dee 8. Hides.—Moderate supplies and excellent' competition at fully a farthing dearer, especially for heavies. MANAWATU MARKETS. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report I is follows:—At Levin fat'wethers sold at. from 34s to 35s fld. 2-tooth wethers 30? fid. store ewes 26s ]Od, cull ewes 10s, woolly hoggets 30s, aged ewes and lambs 37s Id, fat cows £ll, £l3, £l4 to £ls 3s fld, fat he : f-rs £ll. vealers £■') 2-year heifers £8 18s Bd, forward cows £8 2s to £lO 13s to £ll 7s, 15-month heifers £7 lfls, 18-month steers £7 Is, yearling steers and heifers £4 lGs, bulls £7 12s Od to £lB, cows in milk £ll 15s to £2l 103, springing heifers £lO 15s to £l2 15s, weanor pigs 10s Od to 14s, slips las Od to 21s, porkers 31s to £2 17s, baconers £3. At Palmerstotu North shorn fat wethers brought 30s Id, fat and forward shorn wethers 34s 4d, plain fat cows £l2 10s to £l3, small fat heifers £9 10s, store cows £9 I'h to fill 10s. d«ir. cows '£l3 to £lB, springing heifers £S Is, 15-month heifers £0 6s to £7 10s, 18-month Shorthorn heifers: £S 9s 6d. 3-year steers £l3 Is. stngs £ a •'* W to £lO, 2-year steers £9 Gs, bulls £7 10s to £ll ss, 20-month steers £8 10s, yearling steers £5 15s to £fi 10s. yearling heifers (small) £5 4s, cull yearling steers £5, yearling bulls £4 17s fld to £5 15s. Feilding cattle fair: 4-year bullocks sold at from £ls 18s to £lO, 3-year steers £l4 10s, 2-year steers £9 2s od, 12s to 20-month steers £8 10s, yearling steers £6 13s, fat and forward cows £l3. forward cows £ll, store cows £8 3s fld to £lO 12s fid, cows and calves (poor) £ll, 2-year Polled Angus heifer* £l3 17s (id-, 2-year heifers £8 Bs, 2 and 3-year ditto £9 17s Od, 2-year Shorthorn heifers £9, yearling ditto (small) £7 Is, IS-month heifers £0 17s, yearling heifers ffl lfls. cull ditto £4 18s, store wethers 30s, 2-tooth shorn wethers (small) 2J* lOd, woolly hoggets 37s 3d. ADDINGTOUr Store sheep—Mixed sexes woolly hogRets 2»s 2d, mixed shorn hoggets 20s 3d, 2-tooth ewes 2Ss, 4, 8 and 8-tooth ewes 22s to 255, sound-mouthed ewes and lambs (all counted) 17s to 21s Id, 2-tooth wethers 19s to 29s 9d. 4-tooth wethers 2fls to 295, 4 and fl-tooth wethers 2«s to 30s 3d, 0 and S-tootli wethers 18s Gd to 28s Id, merino wethers 23s sd. Fat lambs —Extra prime lambs to 35s prime 25s to 325, lighter 20s to 24s fld. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 30s fld to 37s 3d, lighter wethers 27s fld to 30s, woolly merino wethers 37s to 425, shorn merino wethers 24s Id, prime ewes 27s fid to 34s 'ld, lighter ewes 20s Gd to 275. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £22 os, prime steers £l4 15s to £lB 10s, ordinary steers £9 to £l4, prime heifers £ll 15s to £l4 2s fld, ordinary heifer* £lO to £ll 10s, extra prime cows to £lB 2s fid, prime cows £l2 5s to £ls 10s, ordinary cows £9 to £l2. Store cattle—Yearlings £4 15s, 15 to 18-month, sorts £5 to £5 7s Cd, 2-ycar steers, £5 lfls, 2. , .-yoar steers £7 2s to £7 12s 6d, 2-ycar heifer* £5 10a, 3-year steers £8 5s to £9 7s fid, 3-year heifers £2 18s to £l2 10s, dry cows £5 to £lO. Dairy cows'£s to £ls 12s fld. Pigs—Choppers £4 to £fi 10s, heavy baconers £4 to £5, lighter £3.Bs to £3 15s, equal to 7d to 7M per lb. Heavy porkers 4Ss to 545, lighter 42s to 40s, equal to SJd to BJd per lb. Large stores to 455, medium 30s to 38s, smaller 18s to 275, wcaners IBs to 245, ••■ BURNSID'E. Best bullocks £lB to '£l9, extra £23; good £1(1 to £l7 10s, medium' £l4 to £ls, best cows and heifers £l2 10s to £l3 15s, extra £l4 10s, medium to good £lO 10s to £l2. Shepe—l27o penned. The quality was hardly equal to that at some recenv sales. At the opening prices were equal to last week's, but they receded towards the finish. Prime shorn'wethers 34s to 30s, extra 40s, medium to good 31s to 335. light 27s to 295, prim- shorn ewes 31 9 to 335, extra 355, medium to good 20s to 295. Lambs—Uo penned. Prices advanced Is to Is (Id. Prime 27s to 295, medium tc. good 24s to 2Cs. x Pigs—3o fat and 35 stores were pennd. The demand for fats was firm at late rates, and the market for stores was very excited, extreme prices ruling AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mcrcantii: Agency Company, Ltd., report:— At Westfield store sale, best dairy cows and heifers brought £lO 10s to £ls 15s, others £7 10s to £lO, empty cows and heifers £7 10s to £lO lis, bulls Sgus to 14gns, yearling to 18months' heifers £5 10s to £7 Ss, ditto steers £0 10s to £S 15s, heifer calves £2 10s to £3 12s: , Papakura.—Three to 4-year steers £l3 10s to £ls 7s Cd, two to 3-year steers £9 10s to £l3 os, yearling to IS-month £5 15s to £9 2s, steer calves £3 15s to £4 10s, heifer calves £2 15s to £3 15s, yearling to 18-month heifers £5 5s to £7 Ss, empty cows and heifers £7 18s to £lo' ss, bulls 7gns. to Iflgns. beef, in large numbers, at fully West field prices. Westfield—Best o.ven sold to £2 10s per 1001b, others £2 5s to £2 9s per 1001b, cow and heifer beef at from £2 2s to £2 7s per 1001b, steers at from £ls to £22 15s for a pen of bullocks. Calves were penned in full numbers and sold at fully last week's prices. Runners sold at from £8 to £l2 2s fid, heavy vealers £5 10s to £7 15s, medium vealcra £4 5s to £5 9s, light vealers £2 to £4 3s, small and fresh-dropped 15s to £1 19s. Sheep were penned in average numbers and sold at improved prices, from la to 2s n»v liuad,: besj, wethers,

shorn; £1 life to '£2 9s Ctl for third prize-takers. Other shorn wethers £1 10s to £1 Jss od, best shorn ewes £1 lis to £2 4s, others £1 7s to £1 10s fid. hog«cts. shorn, £1 7s to £1 10s. Lambs: "Best £1 2s lid to £1 8s (id, others 15s to £1 In !)d. Figs: No choppers yarded. Heavy baconcrs £4 (is to £5 Is. medium baconers £3 10s to £4 Ss. 'ijjht baconers £3 5s to £3 15s, heavy porkers £3 Is to £3 10s. medium porkers £2 lis to £3, light pcrkers £1 IS? to £2 10s, weancrs 15s to £1 ss, slips £1 7s to £l. 13s. At Coromandel on Thursday dairy cows made from .CD 5s to £l3 15s, heifers in calf £7 2s Cd to £ll ]f)S, cows and calves to £1:1 ss, beef at fully Westfield ral"s. Fat bulls £ll to £l3. store cows £7 12s (id to £!) 10s, 18-month steers £7 los to £0 os, two to three-year-old steers £9 to £l2 15s, hoggets 275.