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Taranaki Daily News, 10 November 1921, Page 5

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WESTFIELD STOCK MARKET DECLINE IN TRICES. By Telegraph —Press Association Auckland, Last Night. There was a layge yarding and prices showed a further decline on last week at the Westfield stock market to-day. Extra choice or sold for 27s 6d; prime, 25s to 21s; second quality, £1 12s 6d. Unfinished steers were hard to quit. Extra prime cow and lieifer beef, 20s to 15s; others, 12s fid to 10s. Sheep.—A moderate yarding, with prices hardly as good. Extra prime made 20s: prime, 19a to 16s fid; others, 15s to 13s 6d; ewes, prime 14s Cd to 12s, others 113 to 9s. Calves.—A large yarding. Some very good runners were yarded, but the market was oVer supplied, and prices suffered accordingly. Runners made £3 10s to £2 15s; vealers, £2 10s to 335; fresh dropped, 8s to ss. Pigs.—A medium yarding, with competition keener for good sorts. Baconers made £5 to £4; choppers, £4 10s to £3 10s; porkers, £2 10s to £1 10s. WESTPORT COAL COMPANY. Dunedin, Last. Night. The directors of the Westport Coal Company recommend the payment of a bonus for the half-year of Is Cd per share, making, with the Interim dividend, a total distribution of 2s per share for the year. HIDE PRICES FLUCTUATE. At Messrs. L. A. Nolan and Co.’s monthly sale of tides and skins the buyers were fully representative of tanners and exporters. Calfskins showed a drop of fully 3d per lb. in sympathy with thd drop at last Friday’s sale in Wellington. Heavyweight hides (cow and ox) showing substance, made a distinct advance, there evidently being a marked shortage. Light and medium were somewhat irregular, a downward tendency being apparent in any but the best conditioned stuff. Calfskins (sound) ranged from 13%d to 15 5-8 d per lb. Specially selected extra stout ox hides reached ICd per lb.