COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 January 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

ALDINGTON MARKET. Store sheep.—-Two-toot'li ewes 28s 3d to 31s 9d, 4 and G-tooth" owes 29s Id to '2!)s 4d, sound-mouth ewes 25s to 28s Sd, two-tooth wethers 27b lOd to 28s Id, 4 and fi-tooth wethers 27s lid to 30s, 0 and S-tooth wethers 29s lfld to 31s 3d. rape iambs <Jls (id to 245, mixed-sex lambs 18s Id to '23s 7d, mixed-sex hoggets 30s 4d. Fat lambs—Prime 2Gs 6d to 29s 2d, lighter lambs 22s 6d to 265. Fat sheep.—Extra prime wethers, -to 40s, prime wethers 32s Gd to 3Gs Gd, lighter wethers 28s 4d to 325, merino wethers 2Gs 3d, extra prime ewes 40s, prime ewes 32s to 34s 3d, medium ewes 28s 6d to 3;s fid, lighter ewes 22s to 28s, merino ewes 22s Gd to 33s fid. Fat cattle.—Extra- prime steers to £23 12s Gd, prime steers £lO 10s to £2O ss, ordinary steers to £lO, prime heifers £ll to £ls, ordinary heifers £9 17s Gd to £lO 10s. extra prime cows £K, prime eows £l2 10s to £lO, ordinary cows £lO to £l2. Store caftle.—Calves £3 Is, 18-month Herefords cross £!1 ss, 2 and 3-year heifers £7 10s to £S, 3-year steers £ls 12s fid to £l6, dry cows to £lO, dairy eows £7 to £l9. Pigs.—Choppers £4 to £6 10s, extra heavy baeoners £G to £G 4s, heavy baconers £4 15s to £5 10s. lighter baconers £4 to £4 10s, equal to 8 l-4d per Hi, porkers £2 15s to £3 4s, equal to 9V»d to B%d per lb, large stores £2 15s to £3, medium stores £-2 8s to £2 12s, smaller stores 30s to 38s, weavers 18s to 255, breeding sows to £6 ss.

BUBNSIDE. At Burnsidri yards there was a large yarding of fat cattle of good quality. Competition was not so keen as of late, and prices, especially towards the close, eased about 20s per head compared with last week's rates. Best bullocks brought £lB 10s to '£2o, extra to £22 2s Gd, medium to good £l4 to £ls 10s, best cows and heifers £l4 to £ls 10s, extra to £lB, medium to good £l2 to £l3, others from £lO up.. There was-a small yarding of fat sheep of good quality. Prices showed a rise of aJiout Is per head on last week's rates, best wet)hers realised 39e to 42s 6d, extra to 44s M, medium to good? 35s Od to 375, best ewes 3Gs to 38s fid,, extra 40s, medium to good 32s to 345, others 28s up. For fat lambs last wek's high were not maintained, prices showing a drop of 2a to 2s 6d per head. Best lambs brought '2Bs to 30s, extra 325, medium to good 24s to 265, others 21s'up.. There was a good yarding of pigs. Prices for fat pigs were well up to late rates. There was a large yarding of stores, which were cleared at good prices.