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Taranaki Daily News, 2 July 1921, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, June 29. For the July wool sales 70,090 bales of free wool, 85,00 bales 8.A.W.8.A., and 10,600 bales of Punta Arenas Will be offered. Tallow sales.—l 433 casks offered, 1377 sold; fine mutton 36s per cwt., medium 345; fine beef 435, medium 35; good mixed 355. London, June 30. W’heat.—Australian, f.a.q., 755. At the Antwerp La Plata wool sale 4400 bales were offered and 530 sold. The sale was slow and prices irregular. r; AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 30. Oats.—Algerian feed 3s 4d, white feed 3s 6d. Maize.—Yellow 4s 9d, white 4s 6d. Potatoes.—Tasmanian £5 to £7. Onions.—-Victorian £4 to £6. Adelaide, June 30. Oats.—Algerian feed 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Melbourne, July 1. Barley.—English 4s to 4s 6d; Cape 3s Id to 3s fid. Oats.—2s 3d to 2s 7d. Potatoes* —£4 to £5. Onions.—£l 10s to £2 ss. ADDINGTON MARKET. GOOD YARDING AND BETTER SALE. Christchurch, June 28. At the Addington market there was a good yarding of all classes of stock, and a better sale, particularlj’ for beef and mutton. Fat lambs were easier, whilst store ewes and cattle were a shade batter. Store Sheep.—A smaller entry, consisting mostly of wethers. Good ewes sold well, and fair conditioned lambs showed improvement. Good forward 4 and 6-tooth wethers 15s 9d to 18s sd, good 15s Id to 16s 4d, medium 13s to 14s 2d, 2-tooth wethers 10s 10U to 13s 3d, good forward lambs 10s 3d to 12s Id, medium 9s to 10s, crossbred Ils 4d, good 4 and 6-tooth ewes (in lamb) 18s to 19s lOd, good 2,4, 6, and 8-tooth ewes 18s Id to 19s Id, medium 16s 6d, sound and failing mouth ewes (In lamb) 7s lOd to 14s fid. Fat Lambs.—'3ooo were penned, the bulk being poorly finished and undersized sorts. For these prices declined Is to Is 6d per head, and for good lambs about half those figures. Freezers bought nearly all the medium lambs. Extra prime lambs 255, prime 19s to 21s 9d, medium 15s 3d to 18s 9d, inferior 10s to 14s 9d. Fat Sheep.—An average yarding, and an improved sale to the extent of Is fid per head. Extra prime wethers 28s to 325, prime 22s 6d to 27s 6d, medium 19s 3d to 225, light and inferior 15s 9d to 19s, extra prime ewes 25s to 28s, prime 19s to 23s 6d, medium 14s 6d to 18s 9d, Inferior Ils to 14s.

Fat Cattle.—The market was much better, the drop of the preceding week being reeoyered to a large extent. Extra prime steers £22 10s to £24 10s, prime £l6 5s to £2l, medium £l2 to £l5 15s, inferior £8 to £ll 10s, extra prime heifers £l7 10s f prime £4 to £l3 17s 6d, ordinary £7 5s to £lO, prime cows £9 to £l3 2s fid, ordinary £6 to £8 12s fid. Vealers.—There was a good demand for best sorts. Runners £9, good vealers £4 to £4 7s 6d, medium £2 10s to £3 15s, small calves 20s to £2 7s 6d. Store Cattle.—Better prices ruled. Threeyear steers £8 2s fid, two-year £4 12s fid, yearling steers 35s to 50s, good cows £6 12s 6d, September calvers £7 12s. Dairy cows.—Good competition. Good springers £l9 10s, medium £l4 10s, first calvers £l5, backward springers £ll 10s. Fat Pigs.—A small entry of indifferent quality. Prices for both pork and bacon showing an improvement. Choppers £4 10s to £7, light baconers £5 to £5 10s, heavy £5 15s to £6 10s. Average pi/ce per lb B%d to 9d. Light porkers £2 15s to £3 ss, heavy £3 10s to £4 ss, average price per lb 9%d to 10y 2 d. BURNSIDE MARKET. FAIR PRICES REALISED. Dunedin, June 29. There were large offerings of fat stock at Burnside market to-day. Sheep and lambs, In particular, were well represented, the combined total being over 7 per cent. Considering the large yardings, there was good competition, and fair prices were realised, with the exception of lambs, where there was a drop of 3s to 4s per head. Only two freezing buyers were operating. Fat Cattle.—A large yarding of moderate quality, numbering 211 head. At the opening of the sale bidding was brisk, but towards the close prices were 20s per head below last week’s rates. Extra prime ox beef sold up to 42s per hundred pounds, medium ox being worth 36s to 395, cow 20s to 225. Extra prime bullocks made from £lB to £22 10s, medium £l3 to £l6. light and unfinished £lO to £l2 10s, prime heavy heifers £l3 to £l5, medium £l2 to £l2 10s. Store Cattle.—Under 50 head of moderate quality were yarded, no attractive stock being forward. A pen of Polled forward steers brought £lO, two and a half year old, good colored steers were passed in at £4 10s, and other sorts were scarcely inquired for. Sheep.—A large yarding, numbering 3768 head. The quality on the whole was good, and keen competition was manifested until towards the close of the sale, when a weakening tendency was noticeable. Prime heavyweight wethers were a shade easier, while medium-weights, suitable for freezing purposes, and all secondary quality sheep were sold at prices about equal to last week's rates. Prime wether mutton was worth up to 4d, and ewe 3%d per lb. Extra prime heavyweight wethers realised from 31s to 355, prime 23s to 30s, medium 18s to 225, light and unfinished sorts from 15s upwards, prime ewes realised from 19s to 23s 6d, medium 15s to 18s, light and aged ewes 12s upwards. Lambs.—A large yarding, cf fair quality. The number offered was 3336 head, but competition was only fair. Competition from freezing buyers not being keen, the prices realised were not within 4s of last week’s rates, and values ranged from 15s to 28s per head, prime lamb being worth 6%d. Pigs.—A medium yarding, comprised of both baconers and porkers. Competition was brisk, and last week's rates were realised, being equal to B%d to 9d per lb.

PRICES AT WESTFIELD. BEEF VALUES MAINTAINED. SHARP RISE IN SHEEP. Beef prices at the Westfield fat stock market this week were fully equal to last week's rates, well-finished bullocks being slightly firmer. There was a steady demand on the part of buyers, but the quality of the cattle offered was not quite so good as has been the case at recent sales. Extra choice ox brought £2 per 1001 b, prime £1 14s to £1 19s, plain and ordinary £1 7s to £1 13s. Cow and heifer beef realised from £1 to £1 14s per 1001 b. There was a fairly good yarding of sheep, and prices again showed a sharp rise, the Increase compared with last week’s rates ranging from 2s to 2s 6d a head, though the extreme prices realised last week for an exceptionally good line were not reached. Wethers realised from £1 to £1 7s 9d, ewes 15s to £1 3s, lambs 15s to £1 7s 9d. There was also an improvement in the prl.ee of pigs. Choppers and bacon pigs realised from £5 to £6 lus. The first lamb of the season made its appearance last week on the Frankley Road. At Newton King, Ltd.’s New Plymouth haymarket yesterday, weaner pigs made up to 10s, slips Ils 6d, stores from 14s to 18s 6d.