COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 April 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LO-XUON MARKETS Australian Cable AssociationLondon, April ID. Copper, £llO 10s. Electrolytic, £125. Lead, £29 10s. Spelter, £54 and £l>o. Received April 21, 5.5 p.ni; London, April -20. Rubber: Para, 3s ljd; plantation, 2s 4d; smoked, 2s 3d- ■, Hides: Market firmer- Australian nominally 15% d. ~| Lea-tiler: Basils were cleared at full late rates. ■>: Rabbitslcins advanced 10 .per cc-nt. since last auctions; prime full winter Australian, 9s 2d to 12s Gd. AUCKLAND MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports:— At Albert Yards on Friday wo report good sales. Heavy draughts, £2O to ,C3U; medium draughts £ls Ills to £l7 10s; light harness horses, £9 to £l7 10s; acks £7 10a to £10; ponies £3 to £8 10£; weeds 10s upwards; unbrokens, mediums £7 to £l4, light £4 to £9. On Thursday at Westfield, at Whitford, and at Ngatea, we had average yardings of cattle, with quotations on a par with late sales. Dairy cows and heifers £8 10s to £IG 10s; empty cows and heifers £0 to £8 ss; bulls £7 to £l3; heifers suitable for dairy purposes £6 to £8 15s; weauer calves, good £3 to £4 12s Gd, others £1 15s to £2 17s Gd; yearling to 18 month steers, £5 10s to £8; 2 year to 2J year steers, £8 4s to £9 7s fid. Beef at fully Westfield prices. At Westfield stoc-k market beef was penned in full numbers. Choice ox beef sold to £2 12s per 1001b, others from £2 5s to £2 10s per 1001b; cow and lieifir beef sold at from £2 2s to £2 9s per 1601b. Steers sold at from £l3 to £2O 12s fid; cows and heifers sold at from £S to £IG 2s fid. Calves: Runners £4 15s to £7 15s, heavy vealers £.' l lfis to £4 12s, medium vealers £2 10s to £3 15s, light vealers £1 lis to £2 7s, small and fresh dropped calves 3s to 30s. Sheep: Best prime wethers £1 17s to £2 Is 3d; others £1 lis 3d to £1 lfis {ld, interiorly fatted £1 2s to £1 12s Od; best ewes, extra heavy, £1 15s ful to £2, others £1 7s to £1 14s Gd, inferior 13s to £1 5s Gd. Lambs: Best £1 5s Od to £1 (Is !)d, inferior 10s to 18s Od, others £1 to £1 5s 3d. Pigs: Small baconers £3 10s to £4 10s, large porkers £3 to £3 10s, medium £2 9s to £2 19s, small £1 10s to £2 Bs, slips 15s to £1 6s, weaners and suckers 7s to 12s. N.Z.L. AND M.A. CO-, LTD. Kakaramea, —Heavy fat cows £l2 to £l2 10s, light fat cows £lO 10s to £ll 10s, boners (good) £9 to £l(J'los, forward stores £7 10s to £8 10s, store cows £0 to £7 10s, best weaner steers £4 6s, others £2 10s to £3, weaner heifers £1 10s to £2 7s, weaners heifers (small) £1 to' £1 10s, fat. ewes and wethers £1 8s to £1 10s. Eltham.—Prices were:—Fat cows (light) £lO to £lO 18s, good boners .£8 to £9 10s, good stores £7 10s, stores £5 7s fid to £7, heifers in calf £7 10s to £7 16ia, weaner heifers 19s to £1 15s, weaser steers £3 lis, good store lambs 14s, pigs (small stores) las to 17s 6d. Hawera.—-Fat cows £lO 10a ao £lO 16a, light fat cows £9 7s to £lO, boners £8 to £9 10s, good stores £6 10s to £7 10s, weaner steers $3 to £4 3s, mixed weaners £2 As to £2 14s, weaner heifers £1 3s to £1 10s. Sheep: Cull lambs fi s sdto9s, store lambs 10s 3d. fat ewes £1 10s. Pigs: Small stores 10s to lis GdFARMERS' CO-OP. REPORT. On Saturday, 13th instant, we held our autumn horse sale. Heavy and medium draught horses sold at from £lO to £lO 10s; light- harness horses from £5 to £l2 10s; hacks £2 10s to £8 10s; weeds 20s to 355. \ At Opunake yards last Monday Ave held our autumn cattle fair. There was a very large yarding of cattle of all descriptions. Competition for grown and 20month steers was dull; store cows and weaners sold at ln,te rates. We quote: 2>l-yea'r steers sold at from £lO 10s to £l2; 20-month steers £5 7s Gd to £7; fat and forward cows from £IT to £lO ' 18s Gd; store cows from £7 trt £9 3s; boners £3 15s to £G ss; 20-month empty heifers £3 15s to £4 15s (id: bulls £5 to £l4 ss; springers £9 to £9 10.3; weaners (mixed sexes) 27s Gd to £8 ss; store lambs 18s; fat sheep 28s Gd to 31s; rams £3 3s; and a fair quantity of sundries on account of Mr. Henderson sold at ruling rates. Manaia yards—Fat and forward cows £lO 103 to £ll 10s; store cows £7 to| £8 16s; boners £3 life to £8 10s; bulls £lO to £lO 15s; pedigree yearling Jersey bulls, Gi guineas to 11J guineas, store lambs 18a 2d; weaner pigs 10s Gd to 13s; store pigs 20s to 275. Stratford. —On Tuesday at our usual sale there was a large muster of cattle and a small entry of sheep. Bidding was rather dull, and many lines were passed in. We quote: Fat and forward cows, £lO 10s to £ll 8s; stole cows, £7 2s Gd to £!); lighter sorts £5 to £7; boners £3 to £5 10s; 20 month steers to 2-year steers £5 10s to £S 10s; weaners las to 395. Tnglewood.—On Wednesday there was a large yarding of sheep and a fair entry of cattle. The demand for cattle and sheep showed no improvement in prices on late sales. W T e quote: Fat wethers 31s (id; store wethers 20s; store ewes 12s Id to His; lambs (is 3d to 12s; fat and forward cows £lO to £lO 10s; store cows £G 10s to £8 15s; boners £3 12s Gd to £5; 2} year steers £10; 20-month steers £5 3s to £G 10s; 20-month heifers £3 10s to £4 lis; good weaner steers £3 15s to £4 12s; others 30s to £3 7s Gd; bulls £(i to £9 10s. Auroa.—Weaners were hard to quit. Fat cows £ll to £l2 18s; forward cows £9 to £lO 18s; store cows £G 10s to £8 15s; boners £3 10s to £5 as; bulla £5 to £l2 10s; weaners 20s to £2 5s • cull ewes 10s to 12s; lambs 18s '