COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 April 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd, report: ~„„„„, At Westfle.a Hest dairy cows and heifers, £l2 10s to £l7 10s; others, £8 to £ll 15s; aged Inferior cows, £3 to £6 10s; bulls, £5 to £l3; empty cows, £0 to £8 12s (Sd; 2% to 3year steers, £7 10s to £9 ss; calves, best, £1 15s to £2 15s, others 15s to £1 13s. At Pukekohe we held a special hoise sale. Med'uni and heavy sorts were neglected and proved dull of sale. Heavy draughts, £22 to £35, medium £l7 to £26; light harness sorts, £8 10s to £18; hacks £7 to £l6; ponies, £3 10s to £9; worn farm sorts, £9 to £l6; weeds, 10s upwards; unbroken light sorts, £5 to £9, medium £8 to £ls. At Westßeld fat stock market.—Choice ox sold to £2 lbs per 1001b; others, £2 6s to £2 9s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef, £2 2s to £2 7s 6d per 1001b; steers £l3 to £2O 12s Cd; small Inferior fatted steers, £9 to £l2 10s; cows and heifers, £8 to £l4 10s; best wethers £1 15s to £1 16s 6d; medium, £1 lis to £1 14b; Bmall £1 8s to £1 10s 9d; unfinished £1 3s to £1 7s; best ewes,£l 7s 6d to £1 10s 3d; medium £1 3s to £1 Cs 9d; small 19s to £1 2s Cd; unfinished 15s to ISs Cd. Lambs: Best, £1 Is to £1 10s 9d; medium 17s to £1 0s 9d; small and unfinished, 10s to 10s 9d. Calves: Runners, £3 5s to £6 sa; heavy vealers, £2 10s to £4 ss, medium £1 10s to £2 8s; light 183 to £1 9s, small and fresh dropped 7s to 17s. Pigs: Choppers and heavy baconers, £5 5s to £6 2s, light £4 4s to £5 15s; large porkers, £3 9s to £4 3s, medium £2 IBs to £3 Bs, small £2 5s to £2 16s, unfln'shed £1 8s to £2 2s; weaners, extra good, £1 Bs, others 17s to £1 Is. ADDDJGTON. Chrlstchurch, April 16. At Addington market, with the exception of fat lambs, there were fairly large entries in all departments. Store sheep—Two-tooth ewes, 21s 6d to 25s 6d; four and six-tooth ewes, 22s to 29s 9d; sound-mouth ewes, 12s to 20s; two-tooth wethers, 23s 7d to 255; small wethers, 10s 3d to 18s Sd; four and six-tooth wethers, 20s 3d to .tls; ewe lambs, 14s to 20s; wether lambs, lis ;8d to 14s Cd; mixed sex lambs, 5s to 16s Id. Fat lambs, extra prime, 325; prime, 26s to 29s Cd; medium, 22s lid to 25s 6d; smaller, 19s to 225, Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 45s 6d; prime, 32s 6d to 38s 6d; lighter, 25s 6d to 325; merino, 30s 4d to 31s 3d; extra prime ewes, 435; prime, 30s to 36s 6d; medium, 25s Cd to 29s 6d; lighter, 20s 2d to 255; inferior, 14s 9d to 17s 6d. I Fat cattle.—Extra prime steers, to £32; prime, £l3 to £l9 ss; ordinary, £8 15s to £l2 15s; extra prime heifers, to £ls; prime, £8 to £l2; ordinary, £7 2s 6d to £7 15s; extra prime cows, £lB 15s; prime, £8 to £ll 15s, ordinary, £7 17s Cd to £8 10s. Store cattle. —fifteen to' eighteen-month steers and heifers, £2 to £3 2s; eighteen month to 2-year steers, £3 to £0 is; eighteenmonth to 2-yenr heifers, £5 8s to £6; dry cows, £1 to £6; bulls, £5 to £l2; dair'v cows, £7 Is to £l6 10s. Pigs—Choppers, £3 12s to £9 10s; baconers, .£5 to £8 10s (equal to 9y 2 d per lb); porlrors, £2 10s to £4 10s (etiual to 10% d to 10% d per lb) ; best stores, 52s to 60s; medium !2s to D2s; smaller, 25b to 345; weaners, Ss to 16s. BUItNSIDE. At Burnside the prices realised were: Best bullocks, £l7 10s to £lB 17s Cd; others, £l4 Ids to £l6 ss; light and unfinished, £l2 to £l3 15s; prime heavy cows, £l3 10s to £l6others, £9 10s to £l2 12s 6d. Fat sheep —Prime heavy wethers, 40s 9d to 45s 3d; prime, 34s 3d to 3Ss; medium, 27s to 32s Cd; light, 21s upwards; extra prime heavy ewes, 36s 9d to 41s 6d; prime, 28s to 33s 3d' medium, 21s 6d to 25s 3d; light and inferior' from 12s Cd. The lamb market was affected by the same conditions as that for sheep, and a large proportion of the yarding was turned out unsold There was a moderate yarding of pigs. Fats ruled at about last week's rates, but stores sold at a decline.