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Taranaki Daily News, 22 November 1920, Page 8

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ANTWERP WOOL SALES. t By Talegraph.—Press Assa—Copyright. Antwerp, Nov. 19. i At tho Australian wool sales 12,025 bales were offered and 345" sold. Good sorts declined 5 per cent., Inferior 10 per cart. WEEKLY REPORT. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co (Hawera) branch report as follows: On Monday, at Opunake, we had a good yarding, and bidding was brisk, especially with dairy cattle. Wo quote: Sloro pigs (Bir.all) 255, store cows to £0 Gs, others to , £1 14s, empty heifers two years, mostly Jersey cross £9 2s Gd, others to £6 15s, Jersey maiden 2-year bulls to 30s gns., 15raontlis steers £.l 12s to £5 Is, springing heifers (medium sorts) £lO to £ls 10s. At Manaia, on Tuesday, we quote: Forward cows to £lO, store cows to £5 10s, bulls to £l4 10s. On Friday, at Palmer Road, we had a good yarding. We quitted ire whole of the store cattle at late rates, but bidding wis not brisk j,n the dairy pens. We quote: Fat and forward cows to £lO 18s, fresh conditioned ditto to £7 18s, others at market value, 2-year steers £5 10s, miaiden heifers to £7 10s, maiden Jersey cross bull £l2, yearling Jersey heifers to £8 16s, others ' £3 15s, springing heifers to £l4, cows to I £ls, store pigs (small) 275. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. ' Christchurch, Nov. 17. There was a big yarding at Addlngton to-day, and a drop in prices both in beef and mutton. , Store Sheep.—A very small yarding, mostlyhoggets ana ewes and lambs, which, the wool outlook notwithstanding, practically maintained recent values. Sound-mouthed ewes and lambs (all counted) made 21s Od to 22s lOd, sound and failing-mouftied ewes and lambs (all counted) 20s 6d to 21s, aged and inferior ewes and lambs (all counted) 14s id to 15s Gd, 4-tooth dfy ewes 20s 3d, 2, 4, 0, and 8-tootr dry ewes 22s 4(1, aged dry ewes 15s Gd. fairly good wether hoggets 26s 5d to 26s 7d, good mixed sex hoggets 27s 6d, Inferior mixed sex hoggets 20s 3d to 21s lOd, cull mixed sex hoggets 17s to ljs ]od, good mixed sex shorn hoggets 255, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 27a lOd, 4 and G-tooth halfbred wethers 33s lOd. Nearly 300 lambs were penned, and they sold strongly. Values ranged from 30s to 44s for a few specially prime sorts. Fat Sheep.—The market opened at satisfactory rates, but half way through tl:e sale the demand eased, and towards the finish I lines were difficult to sell. There was a drop j of 4s per head between the commencement and the end of the market. Extra prime | woolly welfhers sfe, prime wodlly wetters 45s to 525, medium woolly wethers 39s to 44s Gd, light and unfinished 3Cs to 38s Gd, prime shorn wethers 30s 6d to 4Gs 3d. medium 3l:orn wethers 39s Cd to 4Gs 3d, medium shorn wethers 31s to 395, light, and unfinished shorn wethers 28s Gd to 32s 9d, extra j prime woolly ewes to 51s, prime woolly ewes | 39s to 445, medium woolly ewes 34s to 3Ss I Gd, light'and unfinished woolly ewes 28s to j 33s fid, extra prime shorn ewes 435, prime 3horn ewes 34s Gd to 39s 6d, medium shorn ewes 29s to*!4s, light and unfinished shorn ewe 3 22s Gd to 28s Gd. Fat Cattle—A yarding of particularly good I quality, comprising good Otago add Smith I Westlani! drafts. The enrty was above j requirements, and a drop of from 50s to GOs was experienced. Extra prime steers £33 10s to £37 ss, prime steers £25 to £32 12s Cd, imedlum steers £lB to £24 7s Gd, light and unfinished steers £lO to £l7, prime heifers £l4 5s to £2O, lighter heifers £lO to £l7, prime heifers £l4 5s to £2O, lighter heifers'. £lO to £1(1 10s, prime cows £l4'ss to £2O, ordinary cows £ll 17s Gd to £l4 12s Gil, light and unfinished cows £9 to £ll 10s. Store Cattle—An easier demand. Heifers £G 10s to £8 ss, IS-months steers £G 12s Gd, hulls £l3 15s, good store cows £8 10s. Dairy Cattle.—The yarding was difficult to quiet. Oood springing heifers to £2O ss, ordinary heifers £8 to £l4, specially good young dairy cows £lB to £2O ss, older and backward rows £8 to £ls. Vealers.—Runners £9 ss, good vealers £7 17s Gd, medium vealers £4 IGs, Inferior calves £l2 2s Bd. Fat Tigs.—A genera] easing in r.r'ees Was experienced. Choppers £9 to £l3, 1 jf.l)t* baconers £5 15s to £G 10s. heavy baroners £8 to s? 10s (average price per ii- lid in IP/id), lighi porkers £4 10s (o £5. heavy i.oilos £5 5s to £5 l'!s Gd ,overage price per lb Is to 1 2s), fc'toro Pigs.—A much easier demand, except for weaners. Medium siores £3 10s to £4 4f, .'iiqo.ll stores £2 12s to £3 Cs, jor.d ueaners £2 IGs, small weaners £1 12s to £2, sows in pig £7 10s to £lO 10s. BURNSIDE MARKET. L'uredin, No.-. IT. iiiili the exception ol pigs ;h iv iverc ; g'od supplies in each Jt|.-rtmciit of fat stock ii fmrnsidr to-day. I'o,- 'r firs' raniid ,':-'ts showed an advit.o (f lis per hen', while for fat cattle, sheep and spring himbJ [ the ruling mu-s were sn,i ewhat cask-, owicg : to a prospective' rcduc'ion in fat stock. Store , cattle also showed an easing tendency In ! values. There was a yarding' of 295 h?ad of fat cattle of a medium description. Prime cattle sold at about 10s per head below last week's values, but firmed. Prime bullocks from £24 to £2B 2s Gd, medium £l9 to £23, light and unfinished sorts from £ls ' upwards, prime- heifers from £l7 to £l9 10s, medium £l4 10s to £IG ss, light and aged from £lO 10s upwards, inferior £8 10s to £9 10s. A large yarding of store, cattle came forward. Bidding locked spirit, although there were imany good quality animals offered. A further reduction in values tool; place, and in a number of cases prices failed to reach the vendors' reserve. There was a good yarding of. sheep, fair quality numbering 203G head. There was an Increased percentage of shorn sheep forward, and competition relatively was better for these than for those in wool. There was a ; reduction on last week's high prices, but ' values were about Is per head in advance t of those which ruled a fortnight ago. Extra ; prime heavyweight woolly wethers realised ) from Gss to 70s 9d, prime 52s to G2s, medium 4Gs to 51s. light and unfinished sorts ' from 42s upwards. Prime ewes realised 1 from 43s 9d to 47s 9d. medium 38s to 425, ■ light and aged from 32s upwards. Extra ) prime heavyweight shorn wethers sold from I 51s Gd to 59s 3d. prime 45s to 495, medium j 38s to 435. light and unfinished sorts from . 34s upwards. Prime ewes realised from j, 43s to 47s 3d, medium SGs to 40s, light ' and aged 32s upwards. There was n yardJ ing of of 93 spring lambs of medium quality. Owing to the Increased supply late rates were not maintained, prices ranged from 22s Od to 32s 9d per head. A small yarding of pigs met with keen competition. Trices showed an advance from %A to Is per lb. s Prime baeoncre realised from Is o'4d to Is Id per lb., and prime porkers from Is 2d ' to Is 3>/ 3 d per lb. WEEKLY REPORT. i Newton King, Ltd, reports:— , At Stratford yards on the 12th insh, in , conjunction with he N.Z. Loan and Jicrcanile Co. Ltd., we nmduetert a dispersal saic i, of dairy stock (totalling 200 rows and 0 heifers) on account of Mr. It. H. Phillips. ■ : Ruyers attended in strong numbers from all ,_ parts of Taranaki a very keenly contested sale ' being the result, the record average of £2O ' being made for the total number of cattle offered, cows selling up to £SO, and heifers n lo £27. A feature of tie sale was the . very strong demand right throughout. Quo- _ tations as follows: Springing heifers £lO to £l4, choice ditto making up to £25, ' heifers in profit £ll to £27, ,ig«i dairy t cows £lO to £l.'!, medium qttalltv ditto r £l4 to £32 10s, grade Jersey cows £45 to e £sii. iiedigreo ditto 58 gns. to 63 gns. At Stratford, on the lGth inst., a full yardj ing came forward, but the .market had an easLn- tone throughout. Store cows aged ' £.'! to £4 10s, better sorts £G 2s 0(1 to II £7 7s Gd, forward rows £7 ]ss to £!i 15s far. ditto £lO 12s Gd lo £l3 17s Gd, yearling heifers £3 2s Gd to £5 Gs, 15-month ditto £0 to £B, extra choice Jersey ditto £lO 2s Gd, empty heifers £7 5s to £9 7s Gd, other ditto £ll to £ll 17s Gd, yearling steers £3 2s Gd to £4 Is, 5-year ditto £8 15s. I. | At Stratford dairy gal* the yardinj was