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Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1921, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, March 17. Oats.—Algerian, feed 2s lOd to 3s, milling .3s 6d; white, feed 4s, milling 4s 3d. Maize.—Yellow 6s 6d, white 6s 6d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £7 10s to £9. Onioiis.-r Victorian £5 10s. Adelaide, Mardi 18. .Hides. —Large catalogues were offered. Pickled stouts and heavies unchanged. Lower ‘■grades show a farthing decline. Barley.—English 4s to 4s 3d; Cape 3s 2d to Ss 3d. w OatS’.- u *2s' 7d to 2s B%d. Potatoes.—£s 15s to £6. Onions.—£4 io £4 ss. ADDINGTON MARKET. IMPROVEMENT FOR PRIME MUTTON AND BEEF. Christchurch, March 16. At the Addington market to-day there was an average yarding. There was a steadying tendency in store sireep. The market showed a slight improvement for prime wether muttoh, and there was a good kale for prime steer beef. Secondary beef and mutton sold weakly, the lightest quality in both sections realising about half as much as prime quality. Lambs were further down to the extent of about a penny per lb, selling at 5%d to 5%d. Store Sheep.—A sharp recovery in values for good young ewes featured the Store market. Generally there was a healthier tone about the market, although inferior stuff was at bedrock prices. Good forward lambs 10s 6d to 14s, inferior 2s 6d to 5s 6d, forward wethers 12s Gd to 14s lOd, ordinary Ils 6d, good twotooth halfbred ewes 25s to 295, ordinary 13s Gd to 17s 6d, good crossbred ewes 17s 8d to 20s 6d, inferior ewes 8s 6d to 12s 6d, four and five-year ewes 7s 6d to 15s fid, aged ewes Is 6d to 6s Gd. Fat Lambs.—Values were lower, bv.t the tota( yarding was cleared. Prime lambs, 19s 9d to 22s 3d, medium 17s to 19s Gd, light and unfinished 13s 6d to 18s Gd. Fat Sheep.—The market was steadier. Prime wether mutton sold more freely, but ewe mutton was in slack demand. Extra prime wethers 28s Gd, prime 22s 3d to 25s Id, medium 19s 3d to 225, light and unfinished 12s 9d to 18s, prime ewes 19s to 22s 9d, medium 15s to 18s 6d, light 12s Gd to 14s 6d, inferior 6s Gd to Ils. Fat Cattle.—Extra prime steers £2l 10s, prime £l7 5s to £l9, medium £l3 15s to £l7, light and unfinished £6 10s to £l2, extra prime heifers £l3 17s 6d, prime £9 to £ll 7s Gd, ordinary £4 15s to £9 16s, prime cows £7 10s to £ll ss, medium and inferior £5 5s to £7 ss. Vealers.—A weak demand. Runners, £4 10s, good vealers £2 7s 6d to £3 10s, medium £1 7s Gd to £2 2s 6d, small 10s to £1 2s 6d. Store Cattle.—Only good stuff sold with any freedom. Two-year-old Hereford heifers £4 10s, three-year steers £5 10s to £6 7s 6d, eighteen-month steers £3 10s to £5, Inferior cows £1 to 255, medium to good cows £2 to £4 IQ$, bulls £4 10s. Dairy Cattle.—The demand was scarcely so good as last week. Second ‘and third calvers £l2 to £l6, good springing heifers £lO to £l5, cows in profit £6 10s to £l3. Fat Pigs.—The demand was a shade easier. Choppers £3 to £5 10s, baconers £4 5s to £4 15s, heavy baconers £5 to £5 10s (average price per lb 6d to 7d), light porkers, 50s to 57s 6d, heavy £3 to £3 15s (average price per lb 9d to 9%d). Store Pigs.—Prices were, down from 10s to 15s a head, the demand being very weak. Medium stores 40s, small 325, weaners 7s to 15s. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. FALL IN PRICES CHECKED. Dunedin, March 16. Thero were only moderate yardings in all departments at the Burnside stock markets to-day, and this served to check the falling prices of the two prior sales, and prices all over were just about on a par with last sale. Fat Cattle.—A small yarding of fair quality numbering 156 head. Bidding was moderate, but towards the close became much keener and values 'appreciated somewhat. Good unfinished stock in the store pens were keenly competed for. Extra prime ox beef sold at up to 41s per 1001 b, and prime 28s to 40s. Cow beef was in the vicinity of 20s. Following are quotations per head:—Extcif prime heavy bullocks, to £24 10s, prime £l4 to £l6 10s, medium £ll to £l3. light £8 to £lO, extra prime heifers to £l4, prime £lO to £l2, medium £7 to £9 10s, cows, medium to £8 10s, light and aged to £7. Sheep.—A mixed yarding numbering 2339 head of mixed quality. The demand generally was moderate, but as exporters were not operating, butchers were the only buyers. Prices were firm at hist week's rate#, more especially as regards prime ewes. Prime heavy wethers realised up to 3d per pound, and lighter weights a trifle over the old figure. Ewe mutton brought up to 2d and a fraction over was paid for prime ewes of lighter class. Quotations : Prime heavy wethers 24s to 28s, prime 18s to 23s Gd, medium 14s to 17s Gd, prime heavy ewes 20s to 22s 3d, prime 15s to 18s,* medium Ils to 14s, light from 7s upwards. Lambs.—A fair yarding of medium quality. The total number offered was 1309. Competition lacked animation and appearances indicated that freezing buyers have had their purchasing limits reduced. Lower prices had to be accepted to eUect sales ranging from 14s Gd to 25s per head. The prices per pound were in the vicinity of Gd all sunk. Store Cattle.—A small yarding. Only a few good sorts were offered. The demand was almost lifeless and a further reduction in prices took place. Pigs.—A large number camq forward, the yarding consisting mostly of porkers. Competition was good and prices were practically on a par with last week’s rates.