COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 November 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS Australian-N.Z. Cable Association, Sydney, Nov. 10. Oats.—Algerian feeding .'is 3d, milling 3s Od to 3s Sd, Tnsmanian 3s lOd to 4s. Maize.—4s fid to 4s .fid. Potatoes.—Tasmanians £9 10s. Onions —£lo to £2O. Adelaide. Nov. 10. Oats—2s (I'd to '.'s :><\. Melbourne, Nov 10 Barley —Chevalier malting 4s Od to 4s 7jd. Cape 3s 3d to 3s 4d Oats.—Algerian milling 2s 9d to 2s lOid. Potatoes —£4 10s to £3 15a. Onions.— £ls. THE PRICE OP MARGARINE. London, Nov. 15. The Press Bureau reports that the Food Controller has fixed the maximum retail price of margarine at Is, except oleo-niargarine, which is Is 4d. N.ZL AND M.A. REPORT.

The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford, report as follows:

On Friday, November 2, we held our usual sale in our Te Went yards. Bidding was not so regular as recently, but we quitted most line* at satisfactory prices. Store cows, light £5 17s to £6 12s Od, £ll for good, empty heifers £7 5s to £7 10,?, yearling steers £5 5s to £0 10s, yearling heifers £4 14s to £5 2s lid, hulls £7, £lO to £2O. Next sale November 30.

On Thursday, November 8, we held our usual monthly sale in our Kolmratahi yards. Owing to wet Weather all the stock advertised was not yarded. Bidding was dull, but satisfactory prices Were reached for stock quitted. Yearling heifers £5 Is, yearling Mills £0 15s, shorn wethers 30s, dry ewes 32s fid. On Tuesday, November 13, we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards. Dairy cows and springing heifers sold at satisfactory rates, but store cattle, showed a marked easing m values, and some lines failed to reach reserves. Store cows £S 2s, vearling heifers £4 lis fid to £O, bulls £«to £ll 15s. Dairy yards: Springing heifers £l2 5s to £l4, calved heifers £lO to £l4 "s Gd, springing and calved cows £ll 12° (id to £ls as, old cows and 3-tcaters £7 5s to £9 15s. Next sale on November 27. at 1 p.m.

■Since we last reported we have, sold the following lines privately. Demand has not been keen, but the undermentioned linos were sold to- South Taranaki buyers: Store cows £!) to £9 12s Od, yearling steers £7 10s to £9 2s Gd, empty heifers £7 5s to £8 10s, bulls lOgns to 22gns, shorn wethers 305,» shorn fat and forward ewes 27s Od.

BURXSIDK. Duncdin, November 14. At Burnside there were Wore entries of fat cattle. The quality was exceptionally good. The entry exceeded requirements, and prices declined 10s. to las a head. Extra prime bullocks "£2B 10.?, prime £2O to £23 10s, medium £l7 to £l9 ss, light £l3 to £lO, prime cows and heifers £ls 10s to £lO 2s Od, medium £l3 10s to £l4 15s, light £lO 5s to £l2 2s fid. The number of sheep penned was 1771. The quality was very good. Extra heavy wethers were in keen demand at last week's rates, but ewes and medium wethers declined Is a head. Extra prime wethers COs fld, prime 51s to 50s, medium 47s to 40s Od, light 40s to 4fis lid, extra prime ewes 5Ss, prime 45s to 40s, others 355, few shorn wethers 455, others 32s to 475. There were 00 lambs penned. The quality was very fair. The entry was equal to butchers' requirements. Prime 20s to 28s fid, others 23s to 235. There was a large yarding of pigs. •For fats prices were easier. Stores were in short supply, and last week's extr?nic prices were exceeded.

ADDINOTON. Storo sheep.—4 and G-tooth dry ewes 30s Od, sound mouth 25s Id, ewes and l«mbs, all counted 17s to 20s 6d, ewe hoggets 375. Fat lambs.—Prime lambs 27s Od to 30s Oil, lighter 24* fc> 27| Si

Fat, sheep.—Woolly wethers 30s to 533 9d; extra prime shorn wethers to 50s, prime sliorn wethers 33s to 3ft* Od, lighter shorn wethers 2fis fld to 32s (id, woolly owes 29s 3d to 3!)9 Cd, prime shorn ewes 31s to 30s 10d, lighter shorn ewos 25s fid to 30s. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £25 15s, prime steers £ls 10s to £2O 10s, ordinary stms £ls to £l7, extra prime heifers £l7 10s, prime heifers £l3 to £lO, ordinary heifers £lO 12s fid to £l2 10s, extra prime cows £IS 12s fid, prime cows £1,3 to £lO, ordinary cows £lO lis (VI .to £l2 15s. Store cattle.—Yearlings '£7 7s Oil, 2 and 3-year forward steers £l4, 3 and 4year steers £ll 17s Od to £l3 14s, dry cows .£G to £9, dairy cows £7 to £l7. Pigs.—Choppers £7 7s fid, baconers £3 12s to £5 Wis, equal to 7V|d to 8d per "lb, porkers 45s to 545, equal to fid permit), large stores 55s to 05s medium 45s to 50s, smaller 2Ss to 40s, weaners 10s to 245. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— West field: Best dairy cows and heifers, £l3 to £l7 ss, others £0 to £l2 10s; bulls, "gns. to logns; yearling heifers, £5 7s (id to £0 10s; ditto steers £0 5s to £7 17s fid; calves £3 to £5; ein.pty cows and heifers, £7 to £9 ss. Albert Yards: Heavy draughts, £2l to £3O, medium £l7 to £27; light harness horses, £lO to £ls; hacks, £7 to £l4; ponies, £4 to £B. Westfield fat stock market: Best oxen to £2 16s per 1001b; others, £2 0s to £2 15s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef from £2 7s to £2 12s per 1001b; steers from £l4 to £23 7s Od; cows and heifers, £9 to £IC 17s Od. Calves: Runners from £7 to £8 7s fid; heavy vealers, £5 12s fid to £G 15s; medium, £3 17s Od to £5 10s; liaht, £2 10s to £3 ■l4s; fresh-dropped, 18s to £2 2s fid; weak and poor-conditioned. 7s Od to 13s. Sheep: Hcavv woolly wethers, £2 7s to £2 lis fid; "others, £2 Is to £2 Os fid; heavy shorn wethers* 3(is to 38s Od; others, 3U to 355; heavy woolly ewos, £2 to £2 3s Cd; others, £1 10s Od to £1 10s Od; extra heavy shorn ewes to £1 His fid; lieavv shorn ewes, £1 13s to £1 15s Od; others, £1 9s to £1 12s fid; aged and inferior, 22s upwards; woolly hoggets, £1 lis to ,Ci 10s fid; sliorn hoggets, 20s to 325; inferior, 10s to 24r. Lambs: Best. £1 4s fld lo £1 Ss; others ISs to £1 4s fld; inferior, 13s to 17s Od. Pigs: Choppers £5 2s fid to £0 4s: hcavv bjwoncrs, £4 12s Cd to £5; others, ',£3 12s Cd to £4 8s Cd; large porkers, £3 to £3 10s; medium, £2 10s to £2 ISs; small. 3.8s to £2 9s; slips, selling well, 2Sa to 375; weaners, 12s Od to 27s Od.