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Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1921, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, August 26. Hides.—Special and medium unchanged, scoured and sllpes a farthing decline. Barley.—English 5s to 5s 3d; Cape 3s 9d to 3s lOd. Oats.—2s Bd. Potatoes.—£3 10s to £5 10s. Onions.—£2 10s to £3. THE WOOL MARKET. SALES AT TIMARU. IMPROVEMENT IN PRICES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Tlmaru, August 26. There was a representative attendance of buyers at the final wool sale of the season, and the offering of 1697 bales was practically all cleared, prices showing a marked Improvement for finer quality. Crossbreds were on a par with late sales, but merinos sold well to Is for fleece, 9d for first pieces and 7d for bellies. Top prices were: Half-breds, 12%d; three-quarter breds, not a good selection, brought to crossbreds to sd. POULTRY REPORT. L. A. Nolan and Co. report: Hens 3s 2d to Es 3d, pullets 3s 8d to 6s, cockerels 3s 2d to 6s, ducks 3s 6d to ss, ducklings Is 6d,- turkeys 19s. THE PIG MARKET. At Newton King, Ltd.'s New Plymouth haymarket yesterday slips made up to 355, store pigs, indifferent quality, £1 3s to £1 18s 6d, empty sow £3 12s 6d, pedigree Berkshire sows, about twelve months old, £lO 10s each. STRATFORD MART. T. Laniason’s weekly report says:—My usual mart sale was held at my sale room and yard last Saturday, when a fair entry of poultry and farm sundries was offered. Good hens and ducks are in splendid demand, and good harness carts, and milk cans are sought after. Quotations are: Hens 2s 6d to ss, pullets 4s to 8s 6d, roosters 2s Od to 7s 6d, ducks 3s to 5«, geese 3s 6d to 4s 6d, turkey 10s, goblers 12s Od to 15s, barberry 5s to 9s 6d (100), cauliflowers and cabbage (short supply), potatoes 13s sack, chaff 9s to 7s 6d sack, wheat Ils bushel, oats 5s bushel, polt?rd 28s, hay £9, barley meal 255; other lines of produce at, market rates. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. DROP IN STORE SHEEP VALUES. Christchurch, August 24. At the Addington market to-day there was a small yarding of mutton and an average one of beef and store sheep. Store Sheep.—There was a further drop of several shillings per head, values being lower than for a number of years a. t’ng season. About half of the entry was sold. Good 6 and 8-tooth halfbred owes realised 16s, ordinary 10s to 13s 6d, good 4 and 6-tootJi ewes, 15s, ordinary 2,4, 6, and 8-tooth ew'es, Ils 3d to 12s, good sound and failing-ipnouthed ewes 13s fid to 13s 9d, forward 2- ootp wethers 15s, ordinary 4 and 6-tootb wethers 13s Gd to 14s, forward 14s to 15s, irilxed iex hoggets Gs to 10s 4d, cull wether hoggets 4s id. Fat Sheep*.—Consequent on twb local freezing works opening to deal witl| ihe, surplus of fat sheep in Canterbury, the entry showed a marked falling-off, being llttlt more than half those at recent markets. Values as a result appreciated by 4s to 5s per head on last week’s low rates. Extra prlale wethers realised 26s to 355,' prime 20s 9dlto 25s 3d, medium 17s fid to 20s 3d, light and unfinished 15s to J7s 3d, extra prime er,W 23s 9d to 26s Gd, prime 17s 9d to 21s 3d, 15s to 17s Gd, light and unfinished - x lls to 14s 9d, prime hoggets 15s 9d to 17s dud, ordinary 12s 4d to 15s fid. V Fat Cattle.—A yarding of 396, Astly inferior quality. Prime beef sold tet about last week's values, but light Dee ‘wa« weaker. Extra prime steers realised £l9 "p £22, prime £l4 15s to £lB, medium £’ L 5s to £l4 ss, light and unfinished £6 to &9 f:~r. extra prime heifers £l4 7s 6d. priime £9 10s to £l2 10s, ordinary £5 10s to £9 ss, extra prime cows £l4 2s 6d, prime. 1 £9 to £l2, inferior to ordinary £5 to £B.' Vealers.—A fair demand. Runners realised £5 ss, medium vealers £2 17s Gd to £3 15s, small 15s to £2 12s Gd.

Dairy Cattle.—A large entry and a keen demand for good stuff. Good second and third calvers realised £l5 tiOs to £l9 ss, medium second and third calvers to £l3 10s, good springing heifers £l4 10s, old cows £8 10s.

Store Cattle.—A yardinr of poor quality and sales at about last v eek's basis. Fat Pigs.—A medium entry met moderately good competition except for porkers, the demand for which eased slightly. Choppers realised £4 to £7 10s, light baconers £4 15s to £5 10s, heavy £6 to £6 15s, extra heavy £7 10s (average price per lb B%d to B%d), light porkers £3 to £3 10s, heavy £3 15s to £4 10s (average price per lb 9%d to lOd). Store pigs.—A large entry and a weaker demand, prices receding slightly. Medium stores realised £2 10s to £2 18s, small £2 2s to £2 Bs, weaners 19s to £1 12s, sows in pig £7.

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. SHE’EP VALUES EASIER. Dunedin, August 24. There were fair offerings in each department of fat stock at Burnside to-day, although ii larger number of pigs could have been absorbed by the trade had they been sent forward. Values for sheep were easier, whll prune fat cattlb were sold at a price on a par with last week’s rates. Fat Cattle. —A large yarding, a total of 196 head being offered. Several of the pons contained animals of prime quality. There was good competition, and late values were maintained. Prime ox beef averaged about 47s per 1001 b, medium quality 37s to 40s. Prime bullocks realised from £l9 to £32, medium £l5 10s to £lB, light and unfinished sorts from £ll upwards. Prime heifers realised from £l3 to £l5 10s, medium £lO to £l2 10s, light and aged from £7 10s upwards.

Sheep.—A good yarding, numbering 2756 head of medium quality. A fair proportion Of tie yarding consisted of prime wethers. Competition was fairly brisk, and prices were weaker to the extent of from Is to 2s 6d per head. Values were approximately on a par with those which ruled a fortnight ago. Prime wether mutton was worth barely 3%d per pound, and ewe mutton round about 3%d. Prime heavy-weight wethers realised from 28s fid to 35s 9d, prime 23s 6d to 27s 6d, medium 19s to 22s 6d, light and unfinished sorts from 16s fid upwards. Extra prime heavy-weigi’t ewes realised from 25s to 32s 6d, prime 18s to 22s Gd, medium 15s to 17s, light and aged from 11s upwards. Hoggets.—A small yarding, numbering 177 head. The quality, with one or two exceptions, was not a very high standard. Competition was confined to the trade, and a clearance was effected at price on a par with last week’s rates, ranging from Us fid to 29s 9d per head. Prime lamb was nought at a fraction under 6%d per pound.

Store Cattle.—About. 80 head, a very poor assortment was offered. Competition was slack, and a number of pens were passed in unsold. There is not likely to be any improvement in the store cattle market until feed becomes more plentiful. To-day’s sales were on a par with late ruling rates.

Pigs.—A small yarding was offered, which met witk' good competition at increased values. Pig's suitable for killing advanced ’Ad per lb. Best baconers realised from B%d to 9d per lb, and best porkers from B%d to 9d Per lb.