COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 August 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

_ AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, August 23. Barley: Chevalier malting, Cs 4d to Cs fid: Cape, 4s to 4s 2'/;d. Oats: Algerian, milling, 4s iy 2 d to 43 2d; feed, 3s '3d to 3s lid. J Potatoes, £4 09 to £4 15s. Onions, £23.

EURNSIDE. Dunedin, August 21, A small yarding of fat cattle came forward at Rurnside to-day. !54 being penned. Prices showed tin advance on •late rates. Best bullocks made up to £?."> ss, medium £IS to £2O, light and unfinished ,-ei? to £l7 10s, best cows to £lB 12s «d, heifers .-012 10s to £l6 12s fid. Fat sheep (2010 penned). In most cases prime heavyweights realised late rates, but medium and light were easier. Prime heavy wethers 4fis '9d to 535, prime 42s to 4'3s. medium and unfinished 31s fls to 3:"s fid, prime heavv ewes 43s to 4<>s Pu\ prime 33s to 40s, light and unfinished lfls to ?Ss fid. A small yarding of lambs realised bite rates—24s fid to 26s 6d. A fair yarding of pigs sold under keen competition at lute rates. (P.acoriers were firmer.

AT>OTN'GTO>?. Addington, August 31. 'Air Addington market to-day "there was a fair yarding of stock in almost all department. There was a good demand for dry store sheep, Jwt ewes in lamb were not sought after, in view of the fact th«.t tliope which have been in the snowbound districts may not lamb well. Fat sheep of all classes sold well, graziers tnkincr unfinished wethers and thus helping to keen the market firm. Tat cattle' showed a sharp rise in prices on account of the short supply. There was a fair demand for store cattle, and pig's, as usual, sold well. Sheep-—2 and .4th owes to SSfci '4 and fith ewes 30s, 4 and fif.h wethers 32s to 38s 7tl, ewe hoggets 28s Cd to 32s 3d, mixed sex hosgets 14s to "20s, wether hoggets 17s fid to 20a 3d. Fat sheep.—Extra price wethers to 595, prime wethers 4Bs to 48s lOd; medium wethers 37s 'Cd to 41s, lighter Wethers 33s Md to 375, merino wethers 28s to 35s fid. extra prime ewes 4ISs 3d, prime ewes "4s to 3!)s 3d, lighter ewes 2©s 4d to 33n fid, hoggets 28s 4d to 425. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers to £3O, prime steers £l6 15s to £25, ordinary steers £ls to £ls 17s 6d. ordin-

ary heifers £$ to £l4 Ks, prime cows £lfi to '£lS 17s Cd, ordinary cows £9 las to £ls 10s. Store cattle—Syr steers £lO, 3 and 4yesr steers £l2 to £l4 12s Cd, dry £5 to £9, dairv cows £7 10s to £l<s 10s. Pigs.—Choppers £'s to £9 'l4s, extra heavy baeoners £S to £8 14s, heavy bacorers £G to £7, lighter baconers £C to £5 15s (equal to 9sd per lb), heavy porkers 75s to 00s, light porkers' 5Ss to 70s, (equal to lOd per lb), large stores 53 s to 58s, medium 42s to 48s, smaller 2Ss to Sis, weaners 19 s Od to 2Ss Cd. brood sows £5 to £8 7s fid.