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Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1920, Page 2

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j AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. | By Telegraph,—Pres3 Assn.—Copyright, Sydney, Jan. 30. j Oas.—TasmnnUm, white 7s; Algerian, feed Bs Cd to 6s 7d, milling Us (Id to lis Bd. Barley.—Cape, Cs Gd. JTaize, 10s to 10s 3d. Potatoes, £lu to £ls. Onions, £l7 to £l7 10s. Adelaide, Jan. 30. ' Oats, Cs 6d to 5s 7d. Melbourne .Tail. 30. Hides.—Market firm at a penny advance all round. Barley.—English 7s to 7s 3d, Cape Cs to Bs 3d. Oats.—Milling 5s lid to Cs, feed 5s 5d to 5s 7d. Potatoes, £7 to £7 10s. Onions, £ll. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. ADDINGTON. Chrlstchurch, Jan. 28. At Aldington market to-day there was a good yarding of fat cattle and lambs, and an average one of fat and store sheep. The market for beef was practically similar to last week's. Sheep wero equally as firm, and lambs wore a shade better, whilst store sheep recovered from the drop of the preceding sale, average prices being from .'ss to 3s 6d better. There was a spirited sale for all classes of store sheep, particularly for forward lines of Lambs and wethers. Recent beneficial rains stimulated the market. Good 2-tooth ewes 25s to 27s 3d, ordinary 2-tooth 20s 9d to 24s Id, Inferior 2-tooth 18s 5d to 19s Cd, good 2, 4, and Q-tooth ewes 23s lid to 265, failing-mouth owes 16s Id to 18s sd, forward 4 and U-footh wethers 80s to 31s 3d, ordinary 23s to 28s fid, good 2-tooth wethers 243 to 29s Id, ordinary 17s Od to 22s 9d, forward lambs 23s to 25s lOd, ordinary lambs 209 to 22s 9d, backward and Inferior 15s 6d to 18s 7d. There was a good yarding of 5000 fat lambs, compared with 4300 last week. Freezing buyers secured the bulk of the entry at values somewhat in excess of the preceding week, prices averaging about 9y 2 d per | lb. Prime iambs 28s Gd to 33s 2d, medium 25s to 28s, lighter 22s 2d to 2-ls lid. There was a. yarding of between eight and nine races of I Fat shee»p, compared with eleven for the precod- I Ing week. At the opening of tlio salo the! Jemand was slightly easier, but It speedily improved and prices were generally fully as good is last week. Prime wethers to 44s Id, medium 37s 3d to 42s 9d. lighter 28s Gd to 3ls Id, prime ewes 34s to 38s 6d, medium 29s to 33s LOd, lighter 23s 6d to 28s. In fat cattle tho rarding was 425, compared with 385 last week, rhe market was firm except for heavy prime, which eased slightly. A good proportion of the entry was secured by freezing buyers. Extra prime steers to £32 10s, prime steers £2O 10s to £26 10s, medium £IG to £l9, lighter £l2 12s Gd to £ls 15s, primo heifers £ls 10s to £l7 ss, lighter £8 12s Cd to £l4 ss, prime cows £l3 to £lO ss, lighter ind inferior £0 7s 6d to £l2 15s (average )rico per lOlilb £2 15s). There was a fairly rood entry of store cattle and good inquiry for 'resli cows suitable for'potting, but young cattle ,vere hard to quit. Dry cows £G 5s to £lO, imply heifers £4 to £7, 3-year steers to £lO 10s, yearling to 18-months' cattlo £3 to £4 ss, bulls £5 to £2O. A good ontTv of dairy jattle met a keen demand. Good cows closo to profit made up to £2O ss, Jersey Frleslan fprlaging heifers made £ll to £ls, vealeTS uid runners to '£B, medium £5 to £4 10s. jood vealers £3 to £4 10s, medium calves £2 ;o £2 15s, small and inferior 6s to 255. Heavy jaconers made up to £8 10s. ordinary to £C LOs (average price per lb., ll%d to is), heavy porkers £4 15s to £5 10s, ordinary £3 15s :o £4 10s (average prico per lb., Is o%d to Is Id), best stores to £4 15s, medium £2 LBs to £3 10s, small £2 to £2 Bs, weaners £1 5s to £2 ss.

BURNSIDE. Dunedin, Jan. 28. There was a medium yarding of all classes of fat stock at Burnside to-day, prices for primo heavy sheep being easier by from Is to Is Od per head, while unfinished sorts declined about 2s on last sale's rates. Lambs, on the other hand, brought about 2s per head above late rates, owing principally to the activities of a freefclng buyer. It is expected that exporters will be operating freely in a couple of peeks' time, and this will steady the market. Fat cattle sold at about the samo as last week's rates. There was a medium yarding of sheep, second-class quality preponderating. A total of 3978 head was offered Competition was fair, and a number of pens were secured for freezing purposes. Prime heavy wethers made up to 44s 9d, medium 355, lighter sorts 30s to 335, unfinished lots 22s Gd to ?5s Primo heavy ewes made up to 43s fid, medium 32s to 3f»s, light and aged 25s to 30s. There was a fair yarding of fat lambs of good quality, a total of 441 head being offered. Competition was keJn, freezing buyers being in the market causing prices to advance. Values ranged from 20s to 32s fid per head A medium yarding of fat cattle of fair quality was offered PTices were firm at last week's rates. Primo bullocks made from £2l to £26, medium £l7 10s to £l9 10s, lighter kinds from £ls upwards. Prime heifers unade from £ls 10s to £l7 10s, medium £l3 10s to £l4 15s, light and aged from £lO 10s upwards. There was a full yarding of store cattle, tho bulk of which I comprised young and inferior sorts. Prices | generally wero on a par with those ruling at j other centres, with a good demand for cattle In forward condition. A large yarding of pigs met with keen competition, in fact, a much larger number could have been disposed of. Values were firm at late rates. LONDON WOOL SALES, Messrs. Dalgety are in receipt of a cable- ; gram from their London Houso under date of the 23rd instant., reading as follows: Wool sales closed firm; 104,000 bales offered on inspection and 42,500 bales aceordiug to description. English buyers are the principal operators, and French buyers aro buying again more freely, but Americana are not buying much. Merino wools aTe 5 per cent higher, fine crossbretis firm but unchanged, medium and coarse crossbreeds 5 per cent, higher, as compared with last salo's closing rates. For medium and coarse crossbreds the Government limit is still often too high. INGLEWOOD SALE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Mr. Newton King's Inglewood sale, on Wednesday, was, for Inglewood, comparatively a small one. The yarding of stock was light and attendance less than usual, accounted for, no doubt, by the urgent need of farmers to attend to harvest matters whenever favorable weather gives a chance, and the strong counter attractiou for tho dealing fraternity offered by Mr. McCutehan's clearing sale at Kohuratahi. In spite of these adverse conditions, the f following prices were obtained: 2-tooth wethers 19s, culled ewes 8s to 12s Gd, a line of goats 12s, forward bullocks £ll 15s, sprinjtfng heifers £9 10s, cow (springing) £l2 15s, good store cows were in demand and sold up to £lO 2s 6d, heifers, rw.b,, realised from £6 Is to £8 15s, and bulls, which wero very varying in age and quality, ranged as far apart as £3 5s and £l7.