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Taranaki Daily News, 11 June 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

DAIRY PRODUCE,' ETC. RETAIL PRICES, NEW PLYMOUTH. ! s. d. Butter Creamery (pats) 1 1 Registered dairy 1 5 Separator ... ..*.*»»..• 1 5 Eggs .......>»»... 3 6 Lard .«.-.►. 1 « Bams ................. 1 7 Sides Bacon 1 5% Rashers Bacon , .....—« 1 10 Rashers Ham 22 Milk (quart) 7d FRUIT. Apples (Jonathans) „...( .• 4d and 6d Apples (cooking) 5d to Is Lemons Ss to 4i pat doz. Bananas ■ 5d Oranges—Callfornlan Sunklst 4s doz. BUYING PRICES. Bauer— Registered dairy 1 4 Creamery (pate) 1 6 Separator 1 3% Eggs _ 3 3 Fungus 4 Flour—2001b. sack „ 38 6 1001b. bog 20 0 501b. bag 10 8 251b bag ..; 510 LONDON MARKETS. The N.Z. Loan, and Mercantile Agency have received the following cablegram from their London house under date June 2, 1920: Tallow: We quote present spot values for the following descriptions of tallow: Fine mutton S4 6s Cd per cwt; good beef £4 4s 6d per cwt.; mixed £4 per cwt. Small demand. Likely to go lower. FARMERS' CO-OP. REPORT. On Monday, May 31, we had a small yarding of cattle at Okalawa. The stock yarded was sold at late rates. Pony brought £2 10s, cows £3 6s to £7 10s, weaner heifers poor £1 Ss to £1 7s 6d. At Eltham Yards, on Wednesday, we had a good entry, and nearly all was sold at the hammer. Fat ewes made £1 8s 9d to £1 13s Od, ewes In lamb £1 Is, good lambs £1 2s 3d. best cows £lO 12s od, lighter sorts £7, boners at late rates, bull good condition £0 10s, weaner steers good £2 IDs, others £1 14a to £1 15s, Weaner heifers Jersey cross £4 7s Gd, other £3 2s 0d to £3 5s 6d, empty heifers £6 Is, in calf 88. At Hawera yards, on Friday, we bad a good entry of sheep and cattle. Bidding was dull, but a fair amount of stock was sold, quotations: Weaner pigs lis, store pigs £1 5s to £1 7s, lambs good line £1 2s, mixed twotooths small £1 3s 6d, c-tooth ond f.m. wethers £1 3s. empty heifers £4 l's 6d to £5 7s 6d, best cows £0 to £lO 10a, prime ditto £l3 5s to £l4 10s, lighter cows and boners £3 15s to £6, 3-year forward bullocks £l2 5s to £l2 10s, Jersey weaner heifers £0 15s. others £3 6s to £4 6s, weaner steers 18s to £1 15s. At Waverloy, on Friday, we report a good yarding of sheep and cattle. Dairy heifers were yarded and met with fair demand. Wo quote: Sow and litter £lO, store pigs £1 10s. mare and foal £5, gelding £2O, ewes In lamb £1 4s 7d to £1 9s, lambs small 13s 3d. dairy cows £lO 10s to £lB, ditto heifers £9 to £2l 10s, best store cows £lO, fat ditto £l3 10s, empty heifers £6 10s. weaner heifers £2 2s Cd to £5 l's 6d.

Dairy Soles—The severe weather of Inst week has had had a quieting effect upon the demand for dairy cattle. This is no doubt accounted for by the fast going oft of the grass. However, with the bright prospects ahead for next season's butter fat, there Is every reason to believe that the demand of a few weeks backs will yet be maintained. At Manala, on Tuesday, we sold Ihe herd of Mr. Grlgg. Bidding opened dull, but Improved later. Sundries and implements brought value. The top dairy cows showing Jersey brought £2O to £26, the others £l2 to £l9. At Hnwera yards, on Wednesday, we sold Mr. Bartlett's herd. Bidding was Inclined lo drag. Dairy cows Brought £l2 to £3O. Ihe demand for Jersey and Jersey cross Is as keen as before. Sundries sold well. N.Z. L. AND M. REPORT. At Opunake, on Monday, we held our usual fortnightly sale. We quote: Store cows £4 10s to £B, culls £5 to £B. weaner steers £2 to S3 ss, weaner heifers 30s to £3 empty 20-month heifers £4 2s 6d to £7' dairy heifers £lO tn £l4 10s. At Manala, on Tuetlny, we held our usual sale, all stock selling at late rates. AUCKLAND STOCKMARKETB. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— . At Westflcld dairy cattle were keenly competed for and sold to high values: Best, close to profit, £l7 to £25, others £l2 to £l6 15s; backward, best £l3 to £l7 5s others £8 10s to £l2 15s. Store cattle at late quotations: Empty cows and heifers, £4 to £6 15s; calves, £1 to £2 sa; yearling tn 18cnonth steers.; £2 15s to £4 ss; yearling to 18-month heifers, £2 10s to £8 15s. | Wo held a special horse sale at Pnpakura on Thursday and report a good sale, W»

quote: Heavy draughts £2B to £39, medium £22 to £35, aged and worn sorts £lO to £lB 10a; light harness sorts, £l2 to £l7 ss; hecks, £9 to £l-5 10s; pontes, £4 to £11; weeds, 15s upwards; medium unhrokens £l3 to £2O, heavy unbrokens £lB to £25, light £4 to £lO 10s.

At Papakura, on Friday, we held a special dairy sale, there being an average yarding. Best dairy cows £lO to £23, others £lO to Sls 153, aged and inferior cows £3 to £8 10s; best heifers £l4 to £l9, others £8 to £l3 15s.

At Wcstfleld fat stock market beef was penned In average numbers, bidding was er- ] ratio. With few exceptions prices were slightly easier. We quote; Choice oxen to £2 12s per 100 lb, prime oxen £2 7s to £2 10s per 1001b, rough and inferior oxen, £1 ITs to £2 0s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef Bold at from £1 17s to £2 7s per 1001b. Steers sold at from, for best, £lB 10s to £22 15s, others £l2 to £l7 15s; small'and inferior steers, £7 to £ll 10s; cows and heifers sold »t from £6 to £l4 12s 6d. Calve 3 were penned in less than average numbers, and sold at Improved rates on last week's quotations. Runners sold at from £3 17s to £7 2s Cd; heavy vealers, £3 Is to £3 16s; medium vealers, £2 9s to £3; light vealers, £1 12s to £2 7s; smaller calves, £1 2s to El lis; fresh-dropped calves, 12s to 19s. Sheep ;»old under steady competition at late rates. ' Heavy prime wethers, £1 9s to £2 3s; medium prime, £1 16s to £1 18s 9d; light prime, £1 13a 6d to £1 15s 9d; heavy prime ewes, £1 14s 9d to £1 ITs 3d; medium prime, £1 lis to £1 14s 3d; light prime, £1 6s 6d to £1 10s 9d; small and unfinished, 18s upwards. Lambs sold under steady competition at lata rates. Extra lieavy prime lambs, £1 13s to £1 16s 9d, heavy prime, £1 7s 6d to £1 129 Od; medium prime £1 5s to £1 7s 3d, light £1 2s to El 4s 9d, small and unfinished 18s to £1 Is 9d. Pigs: largo baconera and choppers, £0 to £7 ss; medium to heavy baeoners, £5 5s to £5 19s; heavy porkers and light baconers, E 4 9s to £5 4s; light to medium porkers, £3 5s to £4 Bs. No store pigs yarded.