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Taranaki Daily News, 8 March 1919, Page 7

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'I AUCKLAND MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— On Thursday last at Westflold best dairy cows brought £l4 10s to £lB 2s 6d, others £ll to £l3 17s 6d, backward cows and heifers were neglected and hard to quit, best £0 15s to £l3, others £7 15s to £0 10s. Empty cows and heifers £7 to £8 15s, yearling to 18-month heifers £3 to £5 12s Gd, heifers suitable foj dairy purposes £5 5s to £0 lOs, yearling sieers £3 15s to £5 ss, calves, beat £1 17s (id to £2 15a, others 10s upwards. At Clevedon on Friday 2-tooth ewe 3 made £1 <s to £1 lis Gd, 4 and 0-tooth ewes £1 7s to £1 13s, f.f.m. ewes £1 3s to £J. 9s (id, f.m. ewes 16s to £1 2s 9d, aged and inferior ewes 10s to 15s 6d, 2-tooth wethers £1 3s to £1 8s lid, 4 and 6-tooth wethers £1 4s 9d to £1 lis. Woolly lambs': Best 14s to £1 Is, others 8s to 133 3d. .Shorn lambs: Best 13s to 17s Od, others 7s to 12s, fat lambs £1 2s 6d to £1 7s 9d, tat ewes £1 7s to £1 10s, Roiimey rams Vrt to 3gns, English Leicester rams 1% to 3% gns, Border Leicester rams Vfa to 2%gns, Lincoln rains lgn to 2%gus, aged rams 10s upwards. On Tuesday, at Papakura, two and a-half to 3-year-old steeds made £3 15s to £lO 12s (id, 18-Mouth to 2-year sieers £5 lis to £8 10s, yearling steers £4 2s Od to £5 12s Od, steer calves £2 5s to £3 15s, heifer calves £1 17s to £3 ss, Inferior calves 10s upwards, yearling heifers £3 10s to £4 12s Od, 18-mouth to 2year heifers t5 to £6 15s, heifers, same age, suitable for dairy purposes £0 10s to £8 ss, empty cows and heifers £0 15s to £9, bulls £7 to £l6, according to weight and quality, dairy cows ilad heifers, best £l3 to £lO 15s, others £9 to £l2 15s. At Westfleld fat stock market on Wednesday beef was yarded in average numbers and Bold under good competition at late rates. Choice ox sold to £2 lis per 1001b, others £2 8s to £2 10s per 1001b, cow and heifer beef £2 4s to £2 9s per 1001b, steers sold at from £l3 to £2O 10s, cows and heifers sold at from £8 to £l6 ss, lnferiorly fatted steers £lO to £l2 17s 6d. Calves were slightly easier than last week's advanced prices, others at late values with improvement towards the end of the sale. Runners J :ti 2s Od to £S 5s for a !0-tnonth steer, heavy vtulers £3 5s to £5 2s 6d, medium £2 12s io £3 is, Hght £1 10s to £2 Bs, small ami fresh-dropped 5s lo £k6s Gd. Sheep were penned m average nuafbors and sold at late rates. Best wethers £.l 15s to £1 18s Od, medium £1 12s to £1 14s 9d, small £1 Ss 5d to £1 lis 9d, Inferlorly fatted £1 0s 3d to £1 7s Od, best ewes £1 8s to £1 13s, medium £1 3s tu £1 7s 9d. small LBs to £1 2s 9d, inferior and aged 12s upwards. Oigs were yarded in about average numbers and ; improved in prices, more especially heavy baconers, which sold from £4 17s Od to £7 Is, small choppers and light haconers £4 2s Od to £4 15s, large porkers £8 5s to £4 Ib, medium £2 10s to. £3 2s 6d, small £1 15s to £2 7s Gd, weaners 14s Od to,. 18s. Lambs were penned In large numbers. For good quality prices were on a par with late sales. Unfinished lambs were easier. Best £1 5s to £1 9s 9d, medium £1 to £1 4s 9d, small 10s to 19s 9d. unfinished 10s to 15s 9d. ADDINGTON. Christchurch, March 5.

At Addington market to-day there were fairly large entries of stock and a good attendance, especially of those interested in the store sheep sale. Pat sheep were firmer than the week before and store sheep wero lower all round. There wua littlo demand for store cattle. Pigs generally sold well. Store ■sheep—Best 2-tooth ewes 28s 6d to 31s, two-tooth ewes 20s to 28a, medium 2-tooth twes 23s I'd to 25s 6d, good 4-tooth ewe 3 20s to 28s Gd, medium 4-tooth ewes 24s Gd to 25s 6d, good 4, 0 and 8-tooth ewes 293 6d to 31s Id, othere 23s Od to 295, 2-tooth wethers 22s to £3s, 1 and G-tooth wethers 24s to 265, 1, 0 and 8-tooth wethers 20s Id, best rape lambs 22s to 23s 3d, good rape lambs 19s Gd to 21s 9d, medium rape lambs 17s to 19s 3d, lighter rape lambs 15s to 17s, cull lambs 73 8d to 12s Gd, ewo lambs lis to 20s Od.

Pat Sheep—Prime wethers 35s to 425, lighter ne-thers • 27s to 345, Merino wethers 235, prime ewes 34s to 375, medium ewes 30s to 33s 6d, lighter ewes 22 sod to 29s Gd. Fat lambs—Extra prime lambs to 345, prime lambs 2Ss to 323 6d, medium lambs 25s to 27s fid, lighter lambs 21s 2d to 255.

i'at cattle—Extra prime steers £23 12s, prime (leers £lO to £l9, ordinary steers £l3 10s to £ls 15s, extra prime heifers £l3 5s Gd, prime heifers £ll 5s to £l4 15s, ordinary heifers £8 to £lO 15s, prime cows £l2 10s to £l4 ss, erdinary cows £8 17s Gd to £l2 7s Gd. Storo cattle—Yearlings £4 17s Gd, 13-mohth nteers £5 18s, dry cows £4 to £9, heavy bulls £lO to £l4 17s Gd, lighter bulls £5 to £9 10s, dairy cows £2l to £l6 10s. Pigs—Choppers £5 to £9 10s, extra heavy haconers £7 10s to £8 Bs, heavy baconers £6 to £7, lighter haconers £5 to £ls 15s, (equal to 9%d to lOd per lb), large porkers £3 15s to £4 15s, lighter porkers £3 to £3 10s (equal to 10M>d to lid per lb), large stores £3 10s to £3 17s, medium stores £2 15s to £3 ss, smaller stores 34s to 445, we.'itters 10s Od to 225, sows 'a p'g to £ 3 10s.

BUENSIDK MARKET. Dunedin, March 5. At Burnsido to-day 238 fat cattle were penned. The entry exceeded requirements. Prices opened 10s lower, and gradually receded to a declino of quite £l. Medium and unfinished sorts were hard to placo. Extra prime heavy bullocks £23 ss, prime £lB 10s to £2O, medium £IG to £lB others £l4 upwards, best heifers £l4 10s, heavy cows and heifers £l2 lo £l3 10s, others £9 upwards. Sheep—l 977 were penned, including a few pens of extra prime wethers and a big proportion of ewes. Extra prime heavy wethers realised late rates, and all other classes wero inclined to be easier. Extra heavy wethers 53s 9d prime heavy 45s to 48s Gd, prime 40s to 45s medium and light 35s to 38s Gd, extra prime heavy ewes 41s Od, prime 35s to 38s Gd, medium 32s to 355, others 20s upwards. Lambs—s9o wero penned. Exporters were operating keenly at late limits. Extra prime heavy 38s 3d, prime 2lls to 32s 6d, medium 24s to 275, others 15s upwards. Pigs—Fats sold a little bettei than last week and stores realised late values. '

CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET. . , - Christchurch, March 4. Local millers are easing off In their purchases of wheat, having secured stocks to go on with and one of their difficulties is to obtain labor to take the grain into the mills from the trucks tnere having been a rush of deliveries and only a limited time is allowed by tho railway authorities before charging demurrage on the trucks Ihe oats market is in a doubtful position at present. Prices have dropped, and growers, except In a few cases, arc not willing to accept tlie tower rates, and merchants are not prcparod to make further purchases until the market has reached tho limit of decline and become more f.able. B grade Cartons have been purchased as low as 3s lOd per bushel on trucks, but even us price is not now obtainable, and probably it te not all that would be offered for A grade Oatsheaf chaff has eased in sympathy with oats' the cocksfoot market is quiet, and Merchants are not buying any large quantity. PrI CBS feed raUSe fr ° m Sd 1M for 121b t0 "l b

PIHAUTEA DISPERSAL SALE. Mews Levin and Co,"Ltd., and the W.P.C.A , Ltd., Masterlon, report. :-\Ve held a verv successful ciearmi; sale of sheep and cuttle on nr en from all parts of the North Island and from TH? «„ ,d , WeSt F 0 " 3 ' of Sout " Klind r„miw- ? as br o"ght forward in excellent sver seen in New Zealand. A record price o guineas was obtained for a PlStea^sne^ ed T hf "? ln " l 0 ll >c slump experienc■lav alTd'*T 4<V " O t firs, Kwes, - s ,ea r r l ™*,,?™* jreaped : - -■•1 ';■ 1 7* en s- 4-shear, 5; 314, ;j fainta.ll% 6\ %*■%&% 2 & *&**»■• "» lli 11/ ~,,,1 V '-' "'• 5i i '*' 4, 3, VL 1« i J&r e:lilmb3 '^''?^'^.^ ls!T3' S l7 Bn s he " mm ™ "red; studs; 18, 10, io;t , z, J 4 i n r'- 37 ' 25 ' 22 ' 20 '^ : »,.n, IV, 7 S'Tl flock rams;. 20;'3 S ! j„ 15'andTogn S g ' bUI - a aged bulls,'