COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 6 October 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS,

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Sydney Oct. 4. Oats.—Algeria,n feeding 3s, 3s 3dj milling, 3s 6d; Tasmanian 3s lOd, 4s. Maize, 4 S 5d to 43 <id. Potatoes, Victorian, £a 10s to '£l lis. Onions, £l9, Adelaide, Oct. 4. Oats, 2s (id, Adelaide, Oct. 4. Oats, 2s 6d. Melbourne, Oct. 5. Barley.—Chevalier malting 4s 64 to 4s 7-d, Cape 3s 2d to 3s 3>/ 3 d. Oats.—Algerian, milling 2a 6d to 2s Sd. feed 2s 4d to 2s sd. Potatoes, £3 to £4 10s! Onions, £l7. a LIVE STOCK, MARKETS. ADDINGTON. Store sheep.—Four and 6-tooth wethers 30s 3d to 42s 9d, mixed sex hoggets 27s id to 31s lOd. New season's fat lambs.—Prime 29s Cd to 335, lighter 21s to 27s 9d. Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers to EOs, prime wethers 45a to 50s, lighter wethers 41s 6d to 44s 6d, prime ewes 4Gs to 50s, lighter ewes 35s 3d to 41s 6d, hoggets 333 4d to 355. Fat cattle. —Extra prime steers to £24, prime steer 9to .-Pis ifla to £2l 10s, ordinary steers £ls 2s 0d to £lB, prime cows £ls to £ls, ordinary cows £lO to £l4 10s, prime heifers £lrt to £lO 12s 6d, ordinary heifers to £lO 10s, to £l3 10s.

Store cattle.—Yearlings £o to £7 7s; 6d v two-year heifers £8 10s, 4-year steers £l4 to £ls 2s, dry cows and heifers £8 5s to £lO 2s (id, dairy cows £8 to £lB 10s. Pigs.—Choppers £5 10s to £8 17s, baconers £4 to £6 l'ls, equal to 9£d to 9%d per lb; porkers 58s to 7Sa, equal to lOd to IOJd per lb, large stores 58s to 635, medium 49s to 60s, smaller 35s to 475, weaners 2Gs to 325. BURNSIDE. Best bullocks £2l 10s to £24, extra £27 12s lid, medium £lB 10s to £l9 10s, light unfinished £J6 to £lB 10s, best cows and heifers £l6 to £lB, medium £l3 10s to £ls, light £ll 10s to £l2 10s. Sheep: Best wethers 48s to 48s, extra, 55s 9d, medium good 40s to 445, light. 38s 6d to 429, prime ewes 44s to 465,j extra 50s 3d, medium 38s to 40s. Lambs realised up to 355. NEWTON KING'S' REPORT. Rahotu, September ■'.'"2 B. Yearling steers £7, yearling heifers £3 18s to £5 10s, empty 2-year heifers £5 18s 6d for very small to £8 16s for good, small 2> year steers £9 7s, fat cows £l2 to £l3 ss, forward cows -up to £ll 15s, store cows £7 16s to £9 18s, grade Jersey 'bulls £l3 ss, best springing Jieifers up to £l6 15st others £« 10s to £ll las, springing cows £l3 10s to £l6 10 s. Kaponga, September 28—Small yearlings £3 3s to £4 10s, fat cows £l3 10s, forward and store cows £7 6s to £lO 2s, springing cows up to £l9 10s springing heifers £9 to £l7 10s. Urenui, October I—Yearling heifers £3 19s to £4 8s (iu, ssii.ll eow3 and calves £8 12s to £lO lis, 2-vear from £9 18s for small rough cattle, to £ll 10a for good, fat cows £l3 15s, empty 2-year heifers £6 to £7 16s, store COWS £8 2s 6d to £9 10s, Holstein dairy bull £ls, springers £7 10s to £ll 10s, 2-year grade Jersey bulls to £lO las. Stony River, October 2.—Yearling Holstein bull £9 2s 6d, yearling steers £7 ss, yearling heifers £3 8s to £5, empty 2-year heiters £7 10s to £7 10s, smaller sorts £6 18s to £7 4s, fat heifers £ll 12s 6d, young bulls up to £l3 ss, forward conditioned cows from £lO 2s to £ll los, good store cows £8 9s to £9 16s, small store cows £6 lis to £B, 2year steers £lO 14s to £ll 5s 6d, registered Shorthorn cows £lB to £l9 springing heifers £l3 10s to £lB, spring' ing cows £l3 to £lB 10s, backward dairy cows £8 10s to £l2, s.f. plou"i £5 10a.

Waiwakaiho Bull Fair, October 4 Pedigree Shorthorn 2-year bulls 30gns to 6Ggns. registered Shorthorn yearling bulls 28 to 50gns, grade yearling Shorthorns 9J to 18gns, grade 2-year Shorthorns 20J to 34gns, pedigree aged llo'steins 50 to Clgns, pedigree 2-year Holsteins 45gns, pedigree yearling 'Holsteins 21gns to 33gns, grade Holsteins 2-year •up to 2ogns, yearling Holsteins to 144, '■gna, 2-year pedigree Ayrshires 7igns, 2-' year pedigree Jerseys 11J to 30gns, year■ling pedigree Jerseys 7 to 22gns, aged ; 'pedigree Jerseys 10J to 22Jgns, grade Jerseys £5 5s to 17gns.