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Taranaki Daily News, 21 August 1920, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By "Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received August 20, 5.5 p.m. Melbourne, August 20. Hides, are firm ; heavy, good-condftloned show %d advaue; other sorts are firm at late rates. Barley.—English 6s, 6s 3d; Cape 6s 9d, 6s IQV&d. Oats.—Algerian 5s 6d, 4s lQd. Potatoes, £l3 to £l3 10b. Onions, £ls to £l6. 1 SALE OF AUSTRALIAN WOOL. Received August 20, 2.15 p.m. London, August 18. A fotal of 8650 bales of Australian wool was auctioned at Hull. There was a good attendance, and fair competition. Prices were about the same average as recent London auctions. Crossbreds were somewhat neglected. A fair number were withdrawn. Carbonising sorts advanced slightly. Greasy merinos were Ave per cent, easier.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

BURNSIDE STOCK SAfiES. Dunedin, August 18. There was a fair yarding of fat stock at #urns?tlo to-day. A much larger number of the latter could have been disposed of at very high rales. Sheep were in fair supply, and met with a- somewhat easier market. The qualify of tfie fat cattle offered showed an improvement on late yardings, and values were about 10s above last week's rates. Fat Cattle: A medium yarding, numbering 185 head. The quality was good, the standard being much higher than late yardings. At the opening of the sales competition was good, and prices showed an advance. Extra prime heavy-weight bullocks realised up to £34 12s Gd, jjrime from £23 10s to £3O, medium £l3 to £22 10s, light and unfinished sorts from £ls 10s upwards. Prime heifers realised from £l7 to £23 10s, medium £l4 10s to .£l6, light and aged from £ll upwards. Store Cattle: A small yarding, which was in poor condition, mauy of the animals being exceptionally so. For this class the demand was very poor, and sales were difficult to effect. There arc buyers. in the market for cattle showing breeding and in forward condition, but very few of this description are coming forward. Sheep: A medium yarding, numbering '2663 head. The quality was below the average, the proportion of really prime sheep being small. Competition for prime sheep was fairly good. For medium and inferior sores competition was decidedly slack at values 2s below last week's rates. There was, however, a firming tendency towards the close of the sale. A few extra prime wethers made 57a to 645, prime wethers realised 49s tid ro 57s 3d, medium 42s 6d to 48s 6d, light and unfinished sorts 34s upwards, extra prune heavy-weight ewes realised up to 595, prime 44s to 50s 9d, Medium 36s to 42s 6d, light and aged 24s upwards. Lambs: A very small yarding, only 101 being offered for sale. The quality was of the medium description. Lambs suitable for butchers realised from 28s to 37s a head.. A few pens of store lambs offered were difficult to sell. Piqs: A. fair yarding, which met with J;een. wmpcsitlori at prices on a par with late riUinjc rates. Rest bnconers realised from is OVid to Is IVid per lb, and best porkers from Is IVjd" lo Is per lb.

AODINGTON STOCK MARKET. Chrlstchureh, August IS, At Add-npton market there were big yardings of all elates of stonk to-dny, parrietilarly of fat sheep and store ?attlo, and valueN in theso shewed an easing compared with recent sales. Store Sheep: A medium entry, Including lines from outside the province. Values wer# easier Uu n of late, and a number of Hue.? wtero passed in. Wether hoggets realised from 22s 3d to 28s 2d, ewe hoggets to 3fts 3d, mixed sox hoggets to 27a Gd, cull hoggets lijs to lids, fairly good two, four, six and eight-tooth ewes in lamb 2"s 2d to 39s Bd, sound and fall-ing-mouth ewes 2Sis Cd to 2:is :)d, six and eighttooth wethers 28s 7d to Gd, 4 and 6-tooth wethers .°.2s J (id to Ms.

Fat Cattle: A slightly Inrger yarding, and u Arm sale throughout for ail prime' sorts. K.ttnt prime .skvr.s realised from .HaT to £4O Ills, prime steers £26 itia to £32 ir»s, medium steers £IS to £•!{!, prime heifers £lB 10s to £25 medium heifers £lL'. to £lB, prime cows £lB 10s to £2l 10s, ordinary cows £l2 to £lO fa, light and unfinished cows £9 7s ttd to £lO 10s.

i : -.t Sheep: An ov or flow yarding, which graziers .iHSistf'l to clear, Values weio down about ."is to 7s per head compared with the last saler,. Ti'ii' close of the sale was lirmer than the opening. Extra prime wethers 53i to DCs, priaiD welhers <l2s (id to -1 its Od, medium wethers 37s Gd to 41s Gd, light and unfinished '22s fid, to 295, prime hoggets 31s lo 4:is, ordftiary hoggets 24s to 2Ss.

Vealers: A keen inquiry. Runners made to £!) 17s (id, jiood vealers to £7 .vs, medium c;:!ves £4 7ft Gd, inferior S.'jji.

Store Cittlr-: A big yarding, but. prices were Arm. Tws-year-old heifers £li 15s to £7 7s (id, two-year-old steers to £B, 18 months old stters and heifers £5 to £5 10s, three and four-year-old steers to £l4, store cows (good) £G to £9.

Dairy Cows; Values dociined oh recent sales, though good springing sorts sold at satisfactory values. Second ealvers £24 5s Cd, second nnd third ealvers £l9, medium con* £lO to £l2.

Pat Pigs: A particularly Iteeu demand. Choppers .BS to £lO ss, light haeoners £8 10s to £7 iis, heavy baconers £V ir,s to £8 10s, extra heavy baconers to £'J (average price pet. lb is o%d to Is Id), porkers £4 10s lo £5 ss, heavy porkers £5 15s to £6 5s (average price per lb Is 2d to Is 3d.). Store rigs: A good entry and » slrong demand. Large stores £3 18s to £5 2s Gd, medium stores £3 4s to £3 10s, small stores £2 12s to £3 2s, weaners 335, to 42s Cd, sows in i>lg £l4 10s.

NEWTON KING, LTD.'S REPORT. At Douglas on the 9th., the market showed little change compared with sales Just previous. Cattle, it anything, wero inclined to be a shade easier. Sheep of good quality selling readtlv. Hoggets 23s 9d to 29s Od, ewes In lambs 21s Gd to 345, 4 and 6-tooth wethers 29s 2d to 34s,.store cows £3 12s Cd to £7 2s Bd, bull £3 15s, mixed yearling heifers £2 9s to £4, yearling steers £2 9s, empty heifers £0 12s to £7, empty Jersey ditto £8 4s, springing heifers £l2 10s to £lB 10s, dairy cows £l2 10s to £2O.

At Stratford, on the 10th., a full yarding of cattle met with a steady demand throughout, all classes with tlio exception of yearlings selling at much Improved rates. Sheep were dull of sale. Mixed sheep 325, store cows £5 Gs to £7 10s, forward cows £8 3s to £8 12s Gd, fat cows £lO 7s 6d to £ll 12s Gd, mixed yearling heifers £3 7s Gd to £5 10s, yearling steers £2 15s to £3 2s Gd, yearling Jersey heifers £9 10s, 2-year steers £8 3s to £G Bs, 2%-year steers £7 2s 6d to £9, maiden heifers £6 15s to £7 10s. In the dairy pehs a full yarding of good quality cattle, heifers especially, sold under very keen competition throughout. Tile market showed a decided improvement. Springing heifers £l2 to £ls, better classes £ls 5s to £22, dairy cows fill to £l9, better classes £2O to £25.

At Stratford yards on the 11th. I conducted a clearing sale on account of Mr. .1. H. McPartland. His small herd of 23 cows averneed £l2 Us. The prices mostly ranging from £ll to £ls. a few of the choicer cows were disposed of at prices ranging from £l6 to £l9. At Inglewood on the 11th.. a patchy market prevailed, prices on the whole being a shade easier hut the bulk of a heavy yarding was eventually cliyired. In the dairy pens, cattle of good quality and close to profit met with a ready sale. Hoggets 18s fld to 28s 6d, purebred Romney hoggets 355, ewes in lamb 15s Gd, store cows £5 12s Gd to £G 17s 6d, mixed yearling heifers £3 to £4 lis, ycarlinr steers £2 Gs to £2 16s, 20-month steers £4 3s to £4 lis, 2-year steers £G Is to £7 3s fid, bulls £3 10s to £9, empty heifers £5 19s to £7 Gs, empty Jersey heifers £1) 17s Gd, in-calf helfors £ll IDs, springing heifers £ll 10s to £l7 l'Os, better classes £lB to £29 10s, dairy cows £lO Ills to £2O, choicer classes £22 10s to £29 10a. At ltahotu on the 13th., store cows brought. £5 9s.fid to £3 10s, fat cows £l# 10s, mired yearling heifers 255, yearling steers £l7, 20month steers £5, 2-year steers £5 lis to £6 15s, empty heifers £4 5s tr> £7, empty Jersey, heifers £SI, in-calf heifers £5 17s fld to £0 7s, springing heifers £l2 to £l4 10s, dniry cows £l3 10s to £lB 10s.