COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 May 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

j AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. [ Melbourne, May 10. Received May 10, 5 5 p.m. Barley: English, malting, 5s 9d/to ft; Cape, 4s 3d to 4s fld, , » Oats: Milling Algerians, 4g 3d to 4s 4d; feed, 4s to 4s Id. Potatoes, £3 to £3 10s. ' Onions, £l2—Press Assoc.

AUCKLAND. ■ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— Westfleld.—Best dairy cows and heifers £l2 5s to £lO 10s, others £9 to £ll 15s, aged and inferior £8 to £8 10s; store cows £0 5s to £8 10s; weaner calves £1 10s to £3 15s; yearling to 18-month steers. £5 5s to £7 lis; ditto heifers £4" 15a to £6 12s fid; bulls £7 12s Od to £lB ss, according to weight and quality. Sheep: Fullmouthed ewes, in lamb, 5s to 15s. Albert Yards.—Horses: Good heavy unbroken horses £ls 10s to £lB, light unbroken £3 to £7 10a; good heavy draughts £2l to £32; medium draughts £lfi to £24 10s; light harness sorts and hacks £7 10s to £ls ss; crippled and poorer sorts 10s upwards; harness, etc., at ruling prices. iPapakura.—There was a good entry of dairy cows and heifers, best selling at from £l3 to £ls 10s, others £9 to £l2 10s; good August and September calving heifers were in good demand, and sold at from £8 7s to £9 10s, others £5 10s to £S ss. No grown steers yarded. Two to 21-year steers £S 7s 6d to £lO ss; yearling to 18month steers £5 5s to £7 10s; ditto heifers £4 10s to £G 17s Od; test weaner calves £3 5s to £4 10s, others £2 to £3 3s; weaner heifer calves, best £2 15s to £3 15s, others £1 15s to £2 32s Od; inferior calves as to £1 12s fid; empty cows and heifers, good forward up to £8 ss, others £0 to £7 15s; bulls £S, £l2, £ls 10s, according to weight. Beef cows, heifers, and sters at Westfield prices. Westfleld Yards.—Choice ox sold up to £2 10s per 1001b, others £2 5s to £2 9s; cow and heifer beef sold at from £2 to £2 Bs. Steers sold at from £7 10s to £2O; cows and heifers from £5 15s to £ls ss. Calves were penned in fall numbers, prices being slightly easier, although top-quality vealers and gunners sold well Gunners , £4 15a to

£(! 15s; vealers heavy '£3 10s io £1 12s'; medium £2 Gs to £3 2s Gd, light £1 3s to £2, small and. freshdropped 3b to 10s. Sheep were penned in average numbers, and for sheep of first, quality prices were a little firmer. Wethers, prime £1 17a !)d to £ii Is, others 2(is to £1 17s Gd; ewes, prime £1 !)s !)d to £ I 13s, others £1 Is to £1 Ss !)d, inferior 12s Gd to IDs !)d. Lambs, in iscarcely average numbers, sold under keen competition. Best £1 Ss to £1 12s, medium £1 Is to £1 7s, others 14s to £l.- Pigs were yarded in full numbers, the demand being firm at slightly better prices. Choppers and heavy baconers £4 7s Gd to £G 10s, smaller baconers £3 15s to £4 12s Gd; porkers, large £3 os to £3 I7s, medium £2 10s to £3 3s, small £1 15s to £2 8s; slips 16a to £1 Bs. No weaners I and suckers yarded.

ADDINGTON. , At Addington market to-day the yardings of fat cattle and fat sheep were larger than last week and there were fewer store sheep and fat lambs. , The attendance also muck reduced, as the store slieep market does not now attract so many buyers. The fat cattle yarding was a large one, including several prime station lines, 'but the market was easier and lost the recovery in prices that was made a fortnight ago. Store slieep were mostly of poor quality and met with dull sale, many lots being passed. 'Fat lambs showed no chance in values and fat sheep sold steadily at export values. Store eattle were such mixed lots that it was difficult to form an idea of values. DaJiry cows sold well and pigs sold rather better than last week. S'torer sheep.—Six and eight-tooth ewes "25s to 32s 3d. sound mouth ewes 14s Id to 255, two-tooth wethers 22s 3d to, 26s 3d, two and four-tooth wethers 25s to 2Sg 3d, four and six-tooth wethers 2os to 31s sd, six and eigth-tocth wethers •2-fis to 35's fld, mixed sex lamlbs 16s Cd to 235, wether lamlbs to 19s 9d. fat lamte.—Prime lambs 27b Cd' to 32", medium 24*s to 275, lighter ISs to 23s fid. Fat sheep-—Extra prime wethers to 45s 13, prime wethers 37s fid ,to 4'2s, ■medium wethers 32s to 375. lifilter 2-"s to 31s 6d, merino wether's 2lls fid to 27s 9d, extra prime ewes to 42s W, ■prime ewes 3-"s to 39s 3d. medium ewes 30s to 3'-fls fid', fehter ewes 23s to 29s Gd, merino ewes 14s 3d to 1.7s lOd. "Fat cwt'tle.—Extra prime steers to '£2t prime steers £lfi Ms to £lO 10s. ordinary £l(s to £'!<>. extra nrime heifers PIS Ifls. -prime £ls to £IT 10s. ordinary £R 10s to £l4 10s. extra nrime enws to SI 1 ? 7s (Id. m-ime £l3 to '£l3, ordinary £!U7s fid to £l2 Itfs. Store cattl e.—F,ighteen -months ~£s to dry cows £fi to £!) JOs, dairy rows :2f? to '£!> 10s, swinging r '£HS to £2O, others £lO to "£l4. Pi®.—Ohopiper* £<f to "fiflf. Imcofiers PA to £7 I equal to Rd Tier lb), porkers Wis to £3 12s fid (equal to fld. to, 9V„d ner lb), medium stores 32s to 1 445, smaller 29s to 31s, weaners 15s to 20s.