COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS. Australian-X.Z. Cable Association. London, Sept. 12. At the tallow sales 553 casks were offered and 401 sold. Mutton, lino 70s 9d, medium 07s 6d; beef, fine 71s (id, medium 07s. TALLOW MARKET. » London. Sept. 12. laiiow 503 casks were offered and 4-01 sold. Mutton—Fine 70s 9d, medium 07s 6'd; beet: Fine, 71s Gd, medium 07s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. j Sydney, Last Night, j Oats—Algerian feeding, 2s lOd to 3s. 'Tasmanian 3s Sd to 3s 10d. Maize 4s Od. Potatoes—Victorian £5 to £B. Onions—£ls. Adelaide, Sept. 13. Oats 2s 5d to 2s 5y 2 d. Melbourne, Sept. 14. Barley.—Chevalier malting, 4s 6d to ' 4s 7»/i>d; Cape, 3s 2d to 3s 2y 2 d. Oats—Algerian, milling 2s 6(1 to 2s 7y„d, feed'2s 3d to 2s 4'/od. Potatoes, £3 log to £4 15s. Onions, £l2 10s to £l3 10s. LIVE STOCK SALES. i ADDINGTON.

i Store sheep—South-mouthed ewes 33s to 35s M, 4-tooth ewes to 38s, 2 and 4tooth wethers 37s lOd, 4 and 6-tooth wethers 3Gs *4d, wether hoggets 25s od to 27s Gd, ewe hoggets 34s 4d. i Fat sheep—Prime wethers 45s to 545, , lighter 37s to 44s Od, prime ewes 38s lOd | to 48s fld, hoggets 20s to 34s 9d. i New season's fat lambs 24s 3d to 28s. Fat cattle—'Extra prime steers £23 17s Gd, prime steers £l7 to £2O, ordinary steers £0 to £lO, extra prime cows | £ 23 ss, prime cows £ 13 to £ ID, ordin-) ; ary cows £7 I.os to £l2, extra prime j heifers to £lO, prime heifers £ll to j £l4 103, ordinary heifers £S los to £lO 10s. Store cattle^— Yearlings to 10-montha | £3 to £6 7s, 2-year heifers in calf £7 12s (id to £S ss, ijiixed 2-year-olds £7 I ISs. 2 and 3-years £9 10s, 3-year steers I £ll ss, dry cows £7 15s to" £8 2s od, ■ dairy cows £7 to £l3. Pigs—Choppers £7 to £S 19s, extra j heavy baconers £7 2s, heavy baconers jj£s 12s to £6, lighter baconers £'4 10s ! /t° £5 5s (equal to 9Jd to 9 3 / 4 d per l]i), i heavy porkers 0S 5 to 80s, lighter porkers fiOs to 05s (equal to IOJd to 11 l-4d per lb), large stores 55s to 58s, medium 1 stores 45s to 50s, smaller 35s to 395, i weaners 20a to 325, breeding sows £7 17s Od. BimNSIDE. Extra prime heavy bullocks fetched £23 to £25, heavy £l9 to £2l 10s, medium £27 to £2B 10s, light unfinished .£l4 10s upwards. Best cows £l9, medium £ll 10s to £ls. others £lO and upwards. I'at sheep—Extra prime heavy wethers SOs, heavy 4Ss to 545, medium 41s to ■lis. light unfinished 345. to 40s, best heavy ewes 43s to 51s, medium 34s to 4'ls, light unfinished 27s and upwards. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency C 0.,, Ltd., report: \\ esUield. —Dairy and store cattle were penned in average numbers. Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £l2 to £ls 173 Od; others, £9 to £ll 15s; bulls £7 to £ls 15s; empty cows and heifers £0 5s to £S 15s; caives £2 10s to £5 ss; yearling heifers £5 10s to £0 12s Gd; yearling steers £G 5s to £7 7s Gd. Albert Yards.—Heavy draughts, £22 to £35 10s; medium £l7 10s to £2S; hacks £8 to £l4 15s; light harness sorts £9 to £ls; ponies £4 to £S. Westfield fat stock market.—Best o\en to £2 13s per 1001b; others £2 7s to £2 12s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef £2 7s to £2 12s per 1001b; steers £l3 10s to £22 15s; cows and heifers £9 to £IG 15s; best wethers from £2 Ss; inferiorly fatted £1 13s to £1 18s Gd; best ewes £2 3s to £2 13s; others £l. 13s to £2 2s; runners £6 15s to £9 15s;*

heavy vealers £5 12s Gd to £G 12s Gd; medium vealers £4 8s to £"> lis: light vealers £2 3s to £4 7s 6d; small and fresh-dropped 4s to £2 2s. Pigs: Choppers £5 2s to £7 3s; heavy baconers £4 Us to £5; others £3 17s to £4 Ss; heavy porker 3 £3 5s to £3 16s; medium porkers £2 8s to £3 4s; light porkers 32s 6d to £2 7s; slips, 17s to £1 7s Gd; weaners and suckers ,9s to 10s. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. Wawakaiho—Owing to the very wet weather there was only a small entry. Yearling steers £6 Is 6d to £(i Ss, yearling heifers £3 19s to £4 Ids, mixed small yearlings £3 4'a to £3 18s. empty 2-vear heifers £0 5s 6d, rough 20-month steers £7 13s 6d, choice springing heir- j ers up to £l3, others £S to 010, spring- , ing cows £l*2 10s and £l3 10s, forward cows £3 las to £0 Us. store cows £5 i to £7 ss, liolstein bull £l3 10s. ] Dquglas, Monday, 10th.—Store cows £7 Is to £9, small £5 5s to £6 S«, heifers in-calf, (small) £5 14s,.springing heifers £l2 10s, to .£l4 10s, othete- £9 ■ 5s to £ll, springing cows £l4, smalt;, lot of ewes and lauibso £2, good hog- ' gets 335. ! Stratford, 11th.—Fat cows £l3, for- ; ward and store cows £S 7s to, £9 ISs. store cows £0 17s <sd to £S 2s, small cows £5 2s to £0 10s. empty 2-year heifers £5 1-Ss to £0 ISs ;k!, bulls £lO. yearling heifers £4 'lfis to M 2s, yearling steers £5 10s to £0 17s, others » £4 ISs, aged ewes in lamb Site fld, * , and 6-tooth wethers 3Gh, f.ra. empty i ewes 32s Id. In the dairy pens there : was keen competition, llcsi cows sold i up to £l7 15s, others £lil to £l4 10s. j best heifers lip to £lO, others £8 as to | .-CIO 103. Inglewood, 12th.— Springing heifers j (all small) up to £11) 17s Cd. 1 '"gin;; cows up to £l2 15s. hogget.; ■>: . 23ii, culls 17s 7d. yearling heifer.; 4 s to £5 2s. yearling steuvr, £3 IS:; ;.l ■ M l'2s, empty cows £7 12s to £i.i Clcurirr «i!o, J. jforra, ITnV. .;! 13th.—Ira.:'-- eowii •- h' from £l2 1 f ; £l7, ■Averaging £ls .is, star: s.ts •. 10s to £S. ■■nriimir.!;' heifers £7 10: . £-S, yeariing heifers £! 11-i, ; ;v:s - •sows £4 10s, store pigs sss, mower £-■-