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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1917, Page 2

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•" ♦ LONDON MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. London, February 21. Wool—At the wool sales there was a very miscellaneous catalogue and an animated sale. Prices wen- harder. Tallow—At the sales 77-1- casl-s offered and 732 sold. Mutton, fine 655, medium 565; beef, fine 60s -kl, medium 555. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, February 22. Oats—Algerian feeding, 2s 7d to 2s 8d; seeding, 2s 9d to 2s l>od. Maize, 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Potatoes—Tasmanian, £6 7s to ! ;£lO, Onions, £S Ss to £lO. Adelaide, February 22. Oats, 2 S to 2s Id. BUKNSIDE. Best bullocks, from £lO to £18; extra prime heavy £2O ss, medium £l3 10s to £ls, others £l2 upwards, best heifers and cows £ll to £l3 10s, extra prime heavy £ls 10s, others £8 upwards. Fat sheep: Best wethers 35s to 37s 6d, extra prime 43s 3d, others 31s 6d upwards, best ewes 32s '6d to 3os, extra prime 52s Gd, others 2os upwards. Lambs: Best 28s to 30s, extra prime 31s 6d, medium 24s Gd to 2Gs lid, unfinished sorts IGs 9d upwards. ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Mixed-sex lambs ir.s 0d to 24s fid, ewe lambs 21s to 235, wetlier lambs Ifis 4d to 22s 4d, two-tooth ewes 32s to 38s, four and six-tooth owes 27s Id to 35s Gd, six and eight-tooth ewes 255, four, six and eiyht-tootli ewes 22s 10-' to 28s 3d, sound-mouth ewes 21s to 31s lOd, sound anil failing-mouth ewes 19s 3d to 21s, two-tooth wethers 23s !)d, four and sis-tooth wethers 23s Gd to 29s 6d.

Fat lambs—Extra prime to 25s Bd, prime 2Ss to 325, medium 23s Cd to 27s Cd. lighter 20s to 235. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 50s, prime wethers 3-ls to 41s, wethers 20s to 3.3s Cd, merino wethers 24s fld to 25s Gd, prime ewes 32s 6(1 to 40s, medium ewes 27s to 325, lighter-ewes 23s 3d to 26s Bd.

Fat c-attlc—Extra prime steers to £22 •2s Gd, prime steel's £ls to £2O. ordinary steers £U 5s to £Hi 10./. prime heifers £lO 15s to £l4 ss, ordinary heifers £7 15s to £lO 10s, extra prime cows £l7, prime cows £ls to £l7 10s, ordinary cows £0 to £ll. 'Store cattle—Fi ft een to eighteenmonths £3 15s to £5 ss, two-year steers £0 14s to £0 17s od, two-year heifers £6 14s Od, two and a-lialf-yesu' lieifers £8 10s to £S 12s fid, three.vear steers £lO 17s, three-year heifers £lO ss, dry cows £3 10s, dairy ccws £5 to £l's. Pigs—Choppers £4 to £S, baconers £3 15s to £5 17s (equal to V/ a A. to 8d per lb), porkers 50s to <!Ss (equal to 9%d to 12'/ 2 d per !1>), large stores 57s to 62s fid, medium ,48s to 555, smaller 28s to 3<ss, weaners 20s to 24?.