COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Sydney. Nov. 22. Oats—Algerian feeding 3s 3d, milling s a fid to 3s Bd, Tasmanian 3s 10d to 4s. Maize ; 4s 9d. Potatoes—£3 to ,£ll per ton, Onions—£l6 to £2O per ton. Adelaide, Nov. 22. Oat«, 2s 6d to 2s 7}d. ADDINGTOU. Store sheep.—Four and fi-tooth ewes 32s Id, 2-tooth ewes 25s 9d. f.m. ewes and lambs (woolly) 20s 3d, s.m. ewes and lambs (woolly) 2ls Gd, ewe hoggets (woolly) 34s Gd to 37s 6d, s m. hoggets '23s 4d, s.m. merino ewes and lamhs (woolly.i 18s 3d, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 23s to 33s Id, (woolly) 32s 3d to 42j Id, 2-tooth wethers 18s 3d to 25s 7d, 4-tooth wethers 2fis ftd to 20s, 0-tooth wethers 31s Id.

.Fat lambs. —Extra prime to 30s, prime 25s Od to 28.s Gd, lighter sorts 20s to

Fat sheep—Woolly wethers 40s Od to 48s lOd, extra prime shorn wethers 47s 0d ; .prime wethers 32s oil' to 30s, lighter wethers 29s to 325, woolly merino wethers 33s Id. extra prime ewes 43s (Id, prime ewes 30s to 35s Od, lighter ewes 25s to 29s Od.

Fat cattle. —Extra prime steers £2B ss, primo steers £lB to £2l, ordinary steers £l4 to £l7 10s. prime heifers £l3 to £l7, ordinary heifers £lO to £l2 10s, extra prime cows £lB ss, prime cows £l3 to £lO, ordinarv cows £!1 17s 0d to £l2 10s.

Store cattle —Yearlings to 15-months £5 lis to £7, 2-vear steers £l2 2s fid. forward 2.1-yca.r steers £l3 15s, 3-year steers £lO 4s to £l2 17s Od, forward 4year steers £l6 17s od. 3-vear heifers £8 5s to £lO 15s, dry cows £i 10s to £ll 2s od. dairy cows £8 to £ls. Pigs.—Choppers £7 3s, bnconers £3 15s to £5 15s (equal to 71d to 7%d per pound), porkers Ms to 08s (equal to Od lb), large stores 55s -to 00s. medium 44s to 50s, lighter 28s 0d to 4ls, wcaners Ifls to 255. BURN-SIDE. At Burnside: —Best bullocks £2-2 to £24. extra £27. medium to good £lB to £2O. licht £ls 10s to £lO 10s, best cows and heifer* £lO 10s to £lB, extra show heifer £2S 7s od, medium to good £l4 to £ls 10s, light £l2 to' £l3 10s. Sheep —Rest woolly wethers 4Ss to 535,' extra 60s, good 44s to 4(is, best woollv ewes 40s to 48s. extra 51s, medium to good 42s to 41s, best shorn wethers 36s Od to 395, extra 41s, medium to •rood 33s to 355, best shorn ewes 52s to 30a. medium to good 29s Od to 31s. Lamb?.—Best 30s to 335, extra 35s 3d, good 2Ss to 30s. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At Douglas on Monday there was a fair entry for which the enquiry was good but prices in most cases were above buyers' limits, consequently fewer sales were made than usual, and those only at lower money than recent values. Bulls made from £9 to £lO 10s, 15month heifers £4 9s to £5 fls, yearling to 15-month steers £7 to £7 os. empty 2-year heifers £7 9s, store cows £7 9s to' £8 15s, light fat cows £lO. springing heifers £9 to £9 15s, woolly hoggets 30s, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 35/8. At Stratford, on Tuesday, 20th, yearling and 15-month steers made £0 7a 0d to £7 2s fid. 15-month heifers £4 10s to £5 2s, yearling heifers £3 10s, 2-y.ar Holstein empty heifers £7 8s fid. bulls £7 10s to 13 gns, fat cows £l2, forward cows £9, store cows £7 to £7 10s. shorn ewes with lambs 25s Sd. In dairy liens springing heifers sold from £7 10s to £l4 15s, Mr. J. Henley's pedigrees as previously reported. At Inglewood on Wednesday thers was a fair entry. Good springers ivi-re selling, well. and store cattle <i* reduced prices. Yearling and 15 month heiters C 4 12s to £5 ss. bulls £S 15s to £ls 10s, store cows £0 7s Od to £7 15s, fa f cows £l2 ]2s fid, empty heifers £7 7s, woolly hoggets "Oa Od, fat 3(1? fid l" .'s •• ■ i' heifers li.-st up to £ll 10s. others £8 to £8 3, cows £8 to £l2