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Taranaki Daily News, 25 February 1920, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON METAL MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.-Copyright. Received Feb. 24, 10 p.m. London, Feb. 23. Coniwr—Spot, £l2O 12s 6d; forward, £123 2s (id; electrolytic, Ingots, £128; bars. £l3l Lead-Spot, £52 ss; forward, £"3 2s 6d 'Spelter—Spot. £6l IDs; forward, £63 10<t Tin—Spot, £4lO ss; forward £ll2 13s—a world's record. Sllrer—S2d per ounce. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKETS. The Nc|W Zealand Loan anii Morcatatile Agency Company report:— At the Westfleld sheep fair re report a most successful sale. Store wethers £1 7s fid .to £1 13s, 2-tooth ewes (good) £1 5s to £1 !)s, small 18s to £1 3s 9d, 4-tooth and 6tootli ewes £1 6s 6d to £1 13s, fresh fullmouth ewes £1 2s fid to £1 9s 9d, full-mouth ewis 17b 6d to £1 5s 3d, Inferior ewes 6s upwards, woolly lambs lis to 16s Cd, shorn lambs 10s to 14s 9d. At the Westfleld ram fair English Leicester and Blackface rams were keenly sought after, the supply not being equal to the demand. Romneys and Lincolns were neglected, and proved dull of sale. Two-tooth flock Romnev rr.ms l%gns to 4%gns. older lgn to 2Hg»s, stud G&gns to 19gns, 2-tooth English Leicester rams 15»gns to 4%gns, older lgn to 2%gns, 2-tooth Border Leicester rams to 2gns. 2-tooth Shropshire rams to 6gns, older 2gns to 4gns, 2-tooth Lincoln rams, best 3gns to 7%gns, smaller lgn to 2 %gns, Southdown rams 2-tooth only sold' s%gns to s%gns, No Merino rams were penned. At Pukekohe on Monday we held a special horse sale. Young heavy draughts £33 to £42, young medium draughts £2O to £35, aged medium draughts £lB to £25, light harness sorts £l2 to £l9, hacks £9 to £2O, ponies £5 to £l4 ss, aged and Inferior, sorts £1 to £4 10s. At Westfleld fat stock market beef showed an upward tendency. Choice ox sold to £2 17s par 1001b; primo ox £2 13s to £2 16s per 100 Kb; rough and Inferior ox £2 8s to £2 12s. Cow and heifer beef sold at from £5 6s to £2 12s per 1001b. Steers sold at from for bast £l9 5* to £24 ss, others £l3 to £lB 17s 6d. Cows and heifers sold at from £9 10s to £l6 ss. Calves: Good fat calves improved, others at late rates. Runners sold from £5 to £6 2s 6d, heavy vealers £4 10» to £4 19s, medium £3 to £4 9b, light £2 to £2 18s, lighter fat calves £1 5s to £1 19s, fresh dropped 14s to £l, rough calvos £1 3s to £1 16s. Sheep; Heavy prime wethers '£l 19s to £2 Is, medium prime wethers £1 16s to £1 18s 9d, light prime wethers £1 13s to £1 15s 9d,' small and unfinished wethers £1 9s to £1 12s 9d, heavy prime ewes £1 13s to £1 15s 3d, med'ura £1 9s to £1 12s 9d, light £1 5s to £1 8s 9d, aged and inferior ewes 18s to £1 4s Cd. La«nbs: Heavy prime lambs £1 8s to £1 lis 3d, medium £1 5s to £1 7s 9d, light £1 Is to £1" 4s 9d, small and unfinished woolly lambs 17s to £1 0s 9d, shorn lis 6d to 16s 3d. Pigs: Extra prime baconers £8 5s to £9 Is, medium baconers £7 5s to £8 2s 6d, light haconers £6 to £7 2s Od, heaty porkers £5 Is to £5 19s, medium £4 5s to £4 19s, weaners, Tory small, 12s to 13s, better weaners to £1 15s, one line of prime heavy baconers average the record price of £8 3s. U.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. At Kakaramea on Monday there was a good yarding of all classes- of stock. Prices throughout were In tho favor of vendors. The young cattle market showed a marked improvement on previous sales. We quote: Fat ewes 29s to 31s, mixed sex 2-tooth 25s 9d, lambs 8s to lis, forward cows £l2, store cows £5 to £lO 17s, bulls £l,O 10s, weaner steers £1 4s to £2 12s. weaner heifers £2 to £2 10s, 18-month heifers (r.w.b.) £7 lis to £lO 16s. At Eltliam on Wednesday there was a good yarding, which sold at late rates: Prices were as follows: 4-tooth ewes 24s lOd, 2-tooth 26s lid to 31s, lambs 8s 7d to lis 4d, fat cows £ll 17s to £l4 ss, forward cows £lO 15s to £ll 2s 6d. store cows £5 16s to £9 10s. bulls £9 10s to £ll 2s 6d, empty heifers £5 53, On Friday a.t Hawera we held our annual sheep- fair In addition to our usual fortnightly stock sale. The whole of the advertlsod sheep did not come forward, but. those yarded sold well up to late market values. Prices were: Lamb? (good) las 6d to 19s Bd., fat owes 27s 9d to 355, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 25s 7d. l'.f.m. owes 24s 7d, forward wethers 28», rail ewes 10s, store pigs £2 2s to £4 Is, maiden sow "gns, bulls £8 to £lO, store I cows £6 lo £lO 18s, 2tj-year steers £9 12s, 'lB-month t.b 2-year steers £4 8s to £3 Is. Weaner steers £1 10s to £2 14s, heifers £2 lis On Saturday at Hawera we held our annual ram fair when about 350 rams were penned. I Konmeys made up lo 4%gns, Lincolns to 'igns.. Southdnwns to 3gns„ Lincoln ewes \%\ mis to 2Hgns. On Hie same day at. Optinake we held a clearing sale of furniture and effects on account of Mr. H. Hodgson. There was a large attendance of Ihn public, and a satisfactory sale resulted.