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Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1919, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. 1 By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, July 9. Tallow.—Twelve hundred and sixty-one casks were offered and 1204 sold. Mutton, fine 106s 6d, medium 100s. Beef, line 115s, medium Ms. LONDON WOOL SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date July 5, 1919: Wool sales have closed. No change, except for faulty (5 per cent, higher) and medium and coarse crossbred (ID per cent, lower than ou May 24). CANTERBURY PRODUCE MARKET. Chrlstchurdi, July 8. There is a generally firmer tone in the market, which is partly due to the limited'railway service. Some of the farmers who have not sold their wheat are placed in a serious position. The recent rains have found their way into the stacks of grain standing in paddocks, and the farmers are anxious to get the grain Into store before any further damage is done. The railways will not, however, carry wheat, except for immediate gristing. The oats market, unlike other branches of the trade, la still in a very dull state. There are none offering, and white oats would not command more than 3s 6d to 4s per bushel at country stations if they were placed on the market. Oataheaf chaff is in fair demand, but in sympathy with oats the price shows no firmer tone, £tj to £6 5a per ton at country stations being the ruling price. The potato market is much firmer, the demand being more active, and there Is riot a large quantity Offering, as most of the crop now in growers' hands is in pit. The price has advanced to £8 12s fid to £0 15s pet ton at country stations. Partridge peas are firmer, and 6s 6d to oa-9d per bushel at country stations is now being paid, while blues are worth 6s fid to 9s. Most of the heavy Peninsula cocksfoot seed is now in merchants' hands, and those growers who are still holders »ro asking up to is per lb., while merchants are disinclined to go over lOd. Red clover is worth up to Is 5d tier lb, and white clover is firmer, and has sold up to Is 3d per lb. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. ' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports: At Westfleld store sale on Thursday we had a large yarding of both dairy and store cattle, i.'om petition was good for anything just calved or close to profit. Store cattle were keenly sought after. Dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, £ll to £2O ss; backward sorts, £8 to £l3 10s; empty cows and heifers, £4 los to £7 7s 6d; aged and Inferior cows, £llss to £3 10s; calves, steers £2 to £3 3s, heifers £1 15* to £2 lis; yearling steers, £3 10s to £4 15s, heifers £3 5a to £4 2s 0(1; hulls. £5 to £9 : los. On Friday at Papakura we held a special dairy sale. Best dairy cows, £ls to £2,} iss, others £9 to £l4 10s; best dairy heifers, £l3 to £lB 10s, others £8 to £l2 10s. The registered pedigree Meslans sold on aceount of Mr. H. A. Mullins, Ardmore, sold at from 15 guineas . to 40 guineas. In this sale without exception' everything was sold. On Tuesday, at Papakura.—Two- to three-year-old steers, £8 Is to £ll 10s; yearling to two-year-old steers, £4 15s to £7 17s 6d; steer calves, £2 2s to £3 ss; heifer calves, £1 15s to £2 15s; yearling to VB-inonth heifers, £3 10s to £5 15s; heifers suitable for dairy , purposes, £5 15s to £8 los; empty cows and heifers, £5 5s to £8 2s 6d, Beef was penned in large numbers, and sold at fully Westfleld prices, steers selling to £l7 5s and cows and heifers to £l4 6s.

At Westfleld fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned In mare than average numbers, being mostly good quality. Competition was not so keen, and prices were easier. Choice ox sold to £2 15s per 1001b; others, £2 10s to £2 14» per 1001b; cow and heifer beef, £2 8s to £2 13s. Steers sold at from £l3 to £23 10s; cows and heifers, £9 to £l6 17s «d. Calves came forward Short of requirements, and Mid at high values, although the quality was £9 2s 6d, for s nice quality six-months heifer above the average. Runners sold from £5 to from Mr. J. S. Fitch, Karaka; heavy vealers, fc4 5s to £4 18s, medium S3 10s to £4 2g' Od; light £2 2s to £3 8s; lighter fat o&lves, 15a to £2; fresh dropped, 7s to 14s. Thirteen extra choice suckers from Mr. Fitch averaged ,£6 10s. Sheep were penned In scarcely average numbers, and sold at late rates. No extra ueavy ewes or wethers were yarded. Heavy wethers, £2 Is 9d to £2 7s Cd; medium, £1 il7s Od to £2 Is 6d; light, £1 12b to £1 16s W; inferior, £1 3s 8d to £1 10s; heavy ewes, 5 J 5. 183 6(1; podium £1 10s 3d to £1 148 9d; light, £1 0s to £l 10s. Lambs were in small numbers and sold at extreme rates. Best, fix 9s to £1 12s od, medium £1 4s 3d to £1 8s 9d, light £1 to £1 4s. Pigs were penned again short of requirements, high j? 8 all sorts. No choppers penned. Medium to heavy baconers, £5 5s to £7 s»' heavy porkers, £4 6s to £5 Is, medium £3 10s to £4 6s; light £2 12s to £3 Bs. N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, Stratford branch, report as follows: * On Friday, July 4, we held our usual monthly sale In our Tarata yards. There was a full ymding of jxiung cattl©, sod enquiry. especially for yearlings, was good. Prices as follows: Mixed yearlings, 57a up to 80s Gd for good cattle; yearling steers, 60s; 2-year in-calf heifers, £9 7s 6d; 3-year empty heifers, £6 ins to £7 3s; 2-year empty heifers, £6 to . s A' mlxeil 2-year to 3-yeat steers, £8 12s to £7 ss; store cows, £0 10s to £6 12s. On Tuesday, Bth instant, we held our usual fortnightly sale In our Stratford yards, We bad a fair yarding of young stock, also dairy Stock. We report a better demand for yearlings, Vrlces: Hoggets, mixed sexes, 20s 6d; store COWS, £7 15s to £8; 2-year empty i' '° £5 153 ■ 3-year heifers, £7 ss, yearling steers, small 43s and 668 up to IZ .f o? ell ;? row " Shor 'horn cattle; yearling dalr 5 r CO H average sorts, I}! & titiL 5 " cowa 10 mUk - £l ° 10a ' Private Sales —During the last week the demand for yearlings and hoggets has jumped prices considerably. Dairy stick aire still keeping to our last report. We quote: Hoggets, mixed sexes 17s 6d, 19s 6d up to 22s Od; smaller sorts, 10s, 14s 6d and 16s; 2-year empty heifers £5 6s, £5 7s 6d and £6 2s 6d; dairy herds, £l4, £lO 10s, £l6 16s; mixed yearlings, 38s up to 60s; yearling steers, 555, 'sffs DOj b53. Clearing Sales—On Thursday, 3rd instant, we held a clearing sale ou account of Mr E. V. Remnant, on the Poto Road, Cardiff The .herd, which was in fair condition, brought great competition. Beat cows, well forward made from £l6 10s to £25; others, backward £12»10s to £l4 15s; empty heifer, £5 7s 6dyearling heifers, smaU, £2 10s; Tangye oil engine, £4l; waggon, £4O; farm horses £l4 £l9; maiden sows, £5 15s. ' ' DAIfiY PRODUCE, ETC. RETAIL PRICES, NEW PLYMOUTH.

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