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Taranaki Daily News, 8 December 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRAL/TAX MARKETS. Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. Melbourne, Dec. 7. Barley.—-Chevalier malting -is fid to -Is Sd, Cape 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Tints.—Milling 2a 7d to 2s 7id, feeding 2s f»Jd to 2s Od. " Maize, 4$ Gd. < Potatoes, £3 to £5. Onions, £7. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. report; On Thursday at Westfieid store sale we had an average yarding. Prices wore on a par with late sales. Seat <Jairy cows and heifers £l2 to £l6 15s, others £9 to £ll 15s, empty eows and heifers £7 to £9 Hi, bulls 7gns to lSgtls, yearling steers £5 1.5s to £l7 ss, yearling heifers £4 15s to' £6 10s, calves' £2 10s to £4 10s. At Mangere on Monday we held a clearing sale on account of* Mr. C. f.evet. Hie 333 owes .with lainbs realised £2 10s 3d, farm horses to £25, dairy cows to £lB. _ On Tuesday at Papakura dairv cows and heifers £fl to £ 1/ 10s, (bulls Sgns to 20gns, fat steers £ls to £l7 ss, fat eows and heifers £9 10s to £IG 17 s fid, emptv eows and heii'ers £.O Ids to £9 ss,' heifers suitable for dairying 15s to £S ss, yearling heifers £4' 10s to £0 10s. yearling steers £5 7s Gd-to '£7 10s, calves £2 "5s to £4 10s, two (o three-year-steers £0 to £l2 15s. On Wednesday at the WestfleU fat stock market beef was penned in average numbers, amongst them being many show cattle. Best oxen sold to £2 lis par 1001b, others £2 5s to £2 .=IOB per 1001b. Cow and heifer beef sold at from £2 2s Ito. £2per 1001b. Steers sold at from £l2 15s to £35, for the first prize fourvear -bullock at the Auckland Show fattened by Mr. A. W. Hall. Papatoetoe. Cows and heifers sold at from £9 to £lB, for the first prize three-year fat heifer at the Auckland Show, "fattened by Mr. E. Nicoll, Papatoetoe. Calves were penned in full numbers, those of good quality selling up to late values; other came baek in price. Runners made from £5 17s Cd to £9 12s fldheavy vealers £4 to £5 10s, medium £l2 17s Od to £3 15s, light 34s to small and fresh-dropped 12s Od to 375, weak and inferior 3s fld to 10s. Sheep were penned in average numbers, and sold at late rates. Best shorn wethers, extra heavy. £2 to £2 5s 3d prime wethers £1 15 S to £1 ISs 3d! others £1 lis Gd to £1 14g od, best shorn ewes, heavy £1 lfi ß to £2, prime £1 12s to £1 15s 9d, others £1 4s Od to £1 lis 9d, woolly ewes £1 10s to £2 3s 3d. No woolly wethers or woolly hoggets were yarded. Shorn hoggets £1 3s Od to £1 13s 3d. Pig* were yarded in large numbers, and sold well up to late sales. Choppers and heavy haeoners made from £5 17s (id to £7 2s (id. others £4 10s to £5 10s, large porkers £3 14s to £4 7s fid. medium £2 10s to £3 lis, small £- Is to £2 10s, slips 26s to wean* ers 12s Gd to 255. Lambs penned in large numbers sold at late rates. Best sold at from £1 4s fid to £1 8s 3d, prime £1 Is to £1 4s 3d, others 16s to IDs fld. inferior 12s Od to 15s Od. A large number of prize show lanfe realised high prices. BURNSIDE MARKET. Dunedin, Dee. 5 At Burnside 231 fat cattle were penned, mostly good to fair quality. Pries declined 10s to las from last week's rates. Sheep.—Best woolly wethers 57s fid. best, woolly ewes 595. medium weight woolly wethers 46s to 4,«5, others 33 s to 4Gs, best shorn wethers 425, medium 30s to 40s. Lambs (115 penned).—These sold on a par with last week's rates. There was a very large yarding of pigs, and price? showed a decline of about 10s. ADDINGTON MARKET. Christchnrch, Dee, 5. At Aildinglon market to-day there were fairly large Supplies of both fat and store stock. The beef was mostly prime, and included a tine line of bullocks from South AVestland, which topped .the market at £27 ss. Prices were a shade easier. Prime lambs showed no change, but other sorts were rather weaker. The entry of lambs totalled G32, the largest this season. Fat sheep were in moderate supply, but in view of •large yardings of beef and lamib.there were more sheep than were required, and the market cased considerably towards the end. Forward store "sheep sold well, but. the demand for backward sorts was not active. The bulk of the offerings consisted of shorn two-., tooths. The store cattle market was rather dull and young stoek was much easier. Pigs of all chisses sold well. Store sheep.—2-tooth ewes, 22s lOd to 2i)s, 4 and 0-tooth ewes to 20s Bd, sonth-mouth ewes (in wool) and lambs 20s (all counted), 2-tooth wethers 23s fid to .235. 4 and 0-tooth wethers 2Gs Gd to 31s Bd. Pat. lambs.—Extra prime to 31s Gd, prime 27s to 20s fid, lighter 22s to 2(l*. Pat sheep.—Extra prime wethers to 37s Gd, prime wethers 30s to 355, lighter wethers 2(la Gd to 20s Od. extra, prime ewes 39?, prime ewes 30s to 32s -fld, medium ewes, 2(is 0d to 29s fid. lighter'ewes 22s fid to 20s. Fat cattle.—Prime steers to £27 5 S prime steers £lB to £2l, ordinary steers £l3 15s to £l7 15s, extra prime heifers £2l, prime heifers £l3 to £lO !5«, ordinary heifers £lO 10s to £l2. extra prime eows £2l- 15s, prime coV;s £l3 to £lO, ordinary eows £9 12s fid to £l2 10s. Store cattle.—Yearlings £5 17s (Id to £fi 105, IR-months £8 ]os, 2-,vear heifer, £9 18s Gd, 2 and 2i-vear steers £lO 15s. 3-year steers £ll. dry eows £5 to £9 7s (id, dairy eows £S to £lB. l\ss. Choppers £4 to £7, baeoners £3 15s to £0 3s (equal to 7%d per Hi), porker? £2 10s to £3 10s (equal to 9d to Old pel' lb), large stores 55s to f>3s, medium 4"s to 545, smaller 32s to 15s, weaners 1.3s to 30s. LOA\ t AND MERCANTILE REPORT. Tlie N.Z. Lejn and Mercantile Asencv Co.. Ltd. (Stratford), report as follows: On Friday, November 10 we held our usual monthly sale in our Tarnta yards. We had a full yarding, hut in unison with other markets, prices showed to decline, and some lines failed to change hands. Store cows £(i to £9. eows and calves £5 to £9 12s Gd, bulls £7 10s fid to £lO 2s fld, 15-month steers £5 13s fld to £8 J3s, 15-inonth heifers# C 4 lis to £5 0s Gd, empty heifers-i.£fl- -15s i to £7 10s. springing heifers £9 to £lO, fat ewes 345. Next sale Tuesdav, Decernber 14, 1017. - ■ 1 On friday. November 23. we held our 1 usual monthly sale in our Matau yards. 1 Eiddiwr was dull, but fair business re-'

suited at the following prices: Store cows £8 to OS (1?, 15-month steers £0 to £7 l(k 15-month heifers .CI fa to £5 ss, ewes and lambs 335. Kext sale Friday, January 11, 1018. On Tuesday, November 27, we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards. Satisfactory prices were obtained .it ruling value'. Store cows, light, £5 Ms, £7 Is to Gil 12s for good conditioned cows, bulls £7 to £9 7s 6d. yearling steers £5 12s fxf to £S ■•is, yearling 1 heifers £4 15s to £5 10s, rams 30s, ewes and, lambs 3ns. wethers, small 255. In dairy pens: Calved hdlfP!s £6 10s to £U"5s; calved cows £lO to £l4 C-9. On account of Mr. James Beedic, in cenjunetion with Newton King and the Fanners' Co-op. Organisation Society, Ltd., wo have to report a satisfactory pale at the following prices:—Two and , 3-year.-steers £8 7s fld to £0 1,55, empty heifers £S Is, 15-month heifers ,C 5 la, fat cows £ll 12s, yearling steers £."> 15s, cows and calves £0 3s"(id. Next sale December 11, at 11.30 a.m. On Fridav. November 30, we held our usuM montlily sale in our Te Wern yards. A full yarding came forward, most of which, however, failed to reach vendors' (reserves. Theiundermentioned made current rates:, Store cows £5 10s to £B, empty heifers £7 to £B, yearling steer? £7 iis to £S. Next sale,'Fridav, January 4, 1018.. Since we Inst reported we liave sold the following lines privatelv. Although values have been lower we have maintained steady sales. Bullocks £l2. £ls 15s to I'lfi, store cows £8 to £8 10s, empty heifers £7, yearling heifers £4 ,12s to £7 10s. yearling stnors £7 15s to £B. Hereford bulls 28gns to 30gns, woollv hoggets SOs to 355, shorn wethers 20s 3d.