COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 March 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK aw-cp ADDINGTON MARKET. Ctariitchurch, Hatch 1!. At the Addinston market to-day there ware ral'ttr smaller yardinca of fat and store sheep ind f;u cattle, and Increased entries of fat iamb:-, store and dairy cattle, and pigs. There was a large attendance of those Interested In store sheep. A heavy shower of rain came up from the south, but the weather was too hot to have any effect upon the store sheep market, which is now being seriously affected through rhc lons dry spell of weather and the shortage of feed on the plains. Store sheep of all classes were easier, and t!i» saino mav be said of unfinished lambs. In the fat pens, fat cattle were also down In price. There was no business done for export until towards the end of the sale. Fat sheer sold we'i, i.st) e yarding was a short one. There was little demand for store cattle. Unfinished pigs in fat pens were dull of sale, and there was n>t a very active demand for store pigs. Ktore siir-ep—Best, rape lauibs brought up to 245, good Ids Cd to 20s 5(1, medium 15s 7d to ISs, cull lambs from Ss 9d, ewe lambs to 21s Id, wether lambs 19s, best 2-tooth ewes 28s (id to SOs Gd, good 2.JS to 275, medium 22s to 24s fid, {joorer sorts 16s 5d to 20s. best 0 and 8-tooth ewes 24s to 24s Td, medium 19s lOd to 23s 6d, good '1 and 6-tooth ewes 27s 3d to 295, best 4, 6 and 8-tooth ewes 33s Od, medium 18a to 21s Cd tfood 2-tooth wethers 25s Bd to 27s 7d. Pat iambs—l'rlme lambs 28s to 31s lid, medium 24s 6d to 27s 6d. lighter 21s Sd to 24s Fat sheep—JSitra prime wethers to 555, prime tve'hers 35s (Id to 425, lighter wethers 28s to 355, merino wethers 15a to 20s, prime ewes 34s lid to 38s 6d, medium ewes 30s to 345, lighter ewes 22s to 29s Gd. Pat cattle—Extra prime steers £2l, prime jt»ers £ls 15s to £l9, ordinary steers £l3 to £ls 10s, extra prime heifers £ 17, prime heifers £lO 17s 6d to £l3 17s (Id, ordinary heifers £7 5s to £lO 10s, prime cows £l2 to £l3 15s, ordinary cows £8 2s fid to £ll 15s. Store cattle—Extra good calves £5 lis ig. months £6 12s Cd, dry cows £4 to £3 Ss, bulls £lO to £l9, dairy cows £7 to £lO Pigs.—Choppers £5 to £9, extra heavy l-aconers £B, heavy baconcrs £0 10s to £7 5s lighter baconers £5 to £5 15s, unfinished pigs =.3 5s to £4 (equal to 'l%d per lb), heavy porkers £2 5s to £8 ss, lighter porkers £2 15s to £3 IDs (equal to lOd to 10"/ 2 d per lb), medium stores 38s to 545, soialler stores 2Ss to ;'ss, weansrs 12s to 28s, breeding sows £8 17s

BURNSIDE MAKKET. ~ „ ~ , Dunedin, March 12. At Burnsiue to-day 233 fat cattle were yarded. Jhe quality was fair. Only a few pens of prime heavy bullocks came forward. Extra prime bullocks £22 to £2' i 10s, prime £lB to £22, medium £l6 to £l7 10s, prime heifers £ls l»s, medium £l3 to £l4 103, light £>) upwards. Fat shcc.p—2749 sheep were penned, the quali.y being meduiiii. The competition was fairly food, but prices declined 5.: (Id to 2a for prime hea\ j ivethers. Medium ai'd light sold at late !'■ kf'oe ® ? aTy 465, medium 40s ,1 nif rr? 3 ' » rim ° 395, medium 33s txl, ilgnt aged 2ls upwards Lambs.—loßo were penued, realising to 32s j<i under Jceen competition. -A good yarding of pigs sold at late rjtea under keen competition. AUCKLAND.

Tiie New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd, report:

On Thursday, at Tuakau — l Two-tooth wethers, 1 r. , S , 8d; 4-tooth wethers, upwards, £ 1 Gs 9d to £1 10s; 4-tooth to f.f m. K n £ J "J £ 1 8 " "d; f.f.m. to broken, 12s to £i os 3d; shorn lambs, 8s (3d to 17s 6d; woolly laAbs, 9s to 19s; Romney rsuas, --too ha ~ guineas to 0 guineas, aged ditto ign. to ZMigns.

I Westflelti Thursday.—Best dairy cows and heifers, £l3 to £l7 r,s; others, £8 Itta to £l2 ?' £-'o t0 - £ K ; emi ' ,y cows anJ hel/era, £f) 10s to CS is 6d; calves, £1 10s t 0 £2 l.s; yearling to 18-montha steers, £4 5a to £6 las; ditto heifers, £3 15s to £5 17s Sd Hondeison -Dairy cows and helfus, £8 to " tOs, bulls, £.j to £lO ss; empty cows and Ifcferß, *6 to £8 15s; fat heifers, £ll 2s Cdto £?'■ ve rti to Us; ye;lrlln S steers, £3 to jearling heifers, £2 lis to £4 12s 6d. lukekohe—ii'fc to 3-year-old stoers, £8 l(Js to £H: 1% to 2-year-old steers, £5 17s 6d to £8 7a Sd; yearling steera, £4 f>s to £5 15ssteer calves, best, £2 5s to £3; others £1 7s to £2 2»; heifer calves, best, £2 to £2 12a tidothers, £1 3s to £1 ISs; lnfeftor calvts. 10s upwards; yearling to 18-month lielfera, £3 15s Sk il i!o if r l ' s ' 3Ultable for Mry purpoaes, £5 10s to £8 r.a; empty cows and heifers, £6 to £8 1:js; bulls, heavy weights, £l2 to £IU 10s; others, £4 10s to £ll. At Westfleld fat .stock market beef was yarded m large nuinterns and sold at late rates. Choice .1°- u7nn° 3 PBr 100111 ' otiu ' rs ' 7s to * 1b; cow and hetfer lwef, £2 4s S 9 f r J3 per iooib ; steers sold at from £l2 to ♦ r.' COWf ! 1 and heii'Rrs sold at from £8 10s V. Steers, unfinished, £fl l.is to 2s ixl. Kunners sold from £5 to £8 £5 for an extra well done heifer from Mr. Sam CiarK, Brookby; heavy vealers £3 2s Gd to £4 l&s, medium £2 9s to £3, light £1 Gs to £2 as, small and fre9h-dropped 4s to £ 1 2s. Pi?s • An average yarding, all classes selling under keen competition. Heavy baconers £5 lis 6d to J' s , fld ,:_ s ™* u choppers and light baconcrs. £4 js to £5 Is; heavy porkers, £3 15s to £4 medium js to £3 14s, small £2 5s to £o 4s; weaners, ISs. Sheep were penned in large numbers, and sold under steady compctitlon at late rates. Heavy wethers made from ~ I', 3 ? ~ 1 ISs Ml medium, £1 ]2s to £1 Ms 9d; light, £1 8s Dd to £1 lis 9d; unfinished and small, £1 3s 9d to £1 8s 3dheavy ewes, fil 9s to £1 13s; medium £i 4s 6d to £1 8s 9d; light, £1 is to £l4s 9d small and unfinished, 15a to £1 9s 3d; medium £ 1 2s to £ 1 4s 9d; light* 10s to £ 1 Is • and unfinished 10s upwards.