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Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1921, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. J By Telegraph.-—Press Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, Nov. 24. Barley.—English 4s to 4s Id; Cape 3s. Oats.—2s and 2s 7d. Potatoes.—£l to £3. Onions.—£2 to £5. NEW PLYMOUTH HAYMARKET. At Messrs. Newton King, Ltd.’s New Plymouth haymarket yesterday weaner pigs realised 10s to 14s, slips to 15s 6d, stores 17s to 265, baconer £2 15s. ' THE POULTRY MARKET. The following prices ruled at L. A. Nolan and Co.’s poultry sale yesterday: Hens 3s to 8s 6d; cockerels 2s lid to 4s 9d; ducks 4s to 4s 9d; ducklings 2a 8d to 3s; chickens 4d to 9d. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. FAT CATTLE AND SHEEP EASIER IN PRICE. Christchurch. Nov. 23. Ti e yardings of stock to-day at "Addington were slightly smaller than last week in the bulk of the sections. Fat cattle and fat sheep were again easier in price, and fat lambs recovered from last week's drop. Store Sheep.— A. big yarding for this time of year. Shorn wether hoggets sold freely, but ewes and lambs, except for best sorts, were neglected. Forward 4 and 6-tooth shorn wethers 12s lOd to 14s, inferior 8s lid to 9s 2d, good sound-mouthed ewes and lambs 9s 2d’ to 10s, failing-mouthed shorn ewes and lambs 6s Id, aged and inferior ewes and lambs 5s Id to 6s 9d, good ewe hoggets 16s 4d, Inferior shorn ewe hoggets 9s, shorn wether hoggets 7s Id to Bs, woolly 9s Id io 12s lid. Fat Lambs.—A spirited sale, values being near to 8d per lb. Extra prime lambs 25s to 295, prime 22s to 24s 9d, medium 19s 9d to 21s 9d, light and inferior 17s 9d to 19s 6d. Fat Sheep.—Between ten and eleven races penned, including some Southland and Chatham Island sheep. There was an Irregular sale, and some passings. Values all round were Is to Is 6d per head easier. Butchers showed a preference for shorn sheep. Extra prime woolly wethers 23s to 25s 3d, extra prime shorn wethers 21s 9d to 26s 3d, prime woolly wethers 19s 6d to 22s 9d, prime shorn wethers 17s 9d to 20s 6d, medium woolly wethers 17s to 19s 3d, medium shorn wethers IGs 9d to 17s 6d, inferior shorn wethers 14s to 15s 9d, prime woolly ewes 16s to 20s, prime shorn ewes 14s 6d to 16s lOd, medium woolly ewes 14s 3d to 15s 9d, medium shorn ewes Ils 6d to 13s Id, inferior, woolly ewes Ils 3d to 14s, inferior shorn ewes 9s to Ils 3d. Fat Cattle.—Values were easier by about 20s per head. Primest beef made to 32s 6d per 1001 b, and good sold at 30s. There was a good clearance of the yarduig, vendors accepting the market. Prime sheep £l2 to £l5 12s 6d, medium £9 to £ll 15s, light and unfinished £6 to £8 7s 6d, prime heifers £7 10s to £9, ordinary £5 to £7 ss, prime cows £6 10s to £lO 2s 6d, ordinary £3 5s to £6 7s 6d.

■Store Cattle.—Young cattle were a. shade better, and big cattle about the same as at the previous sale. Good’ 4-year steers £6 12s 6d, 3-year-olds £5 to £6 7s 6d, 2-year-olds £3 to £3 14s, yearlings 30s, extra good yearling heifers £4 3s, yearling heifers 35s to £2 10s, 2 to 2%-year heifers £3 18s to £4 10s. Vealers.—Runners £5, good vealers £3 to £3 10s, medium £2 to £2 17s 6d, good calves 27s 6d, small calves 6s to 20s. Dairy Cattle.—The demand was fair. Third and fourth cal vers £9 to £l6 10s, springing heifers £6 to £lO 10s, newly-calved cows £5 to £l2 10s, Inferior cows 20s to £5. Fat Pigs.—The largest yarding of the season and the prices were the lowest for months past. Choppers £3 to £4 15s, extra heavy baconers £5, heavy £4 5s to £4 17s, light. £3 7s Gd to. £4 (average price per lb 6d »o 7d), heavj’ porkers £3 to £3 10s, light £2 10s to £2 17s 6d (average price per lb 7d to B%d). Store Pigs.—A. good demand. Large stores £2 10s to £2 17s, medium £2 2s to £2 3s, small £1 2a 6d to> £1 15s, extra good weaners £1 ss, ordinary 14s to £l. BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET. A DROP IN VALUES. Dunedin, Nov. 23. There were excellent supplies in all fat stock departments at Burnside to-day. The quality all round was above the average, but values were below those lately ruling.

Fat Cattle. —An extra large yarding was offered, numbering 327 head of fair quality. The demand was slack throughout and prices were down 20s to 30s per head, and 40s per head in the case of prime heavyweight bullocks. Prime ox beef was worth up to 27s per 1001 b; and heifer beef about 20s. Prime bullocks realised from £l5 to £l7 2s 6d, medium £l2 to £l4, light and unfinished sorts from £8 upwards. Prime heifers realised from £lO to £l2, medium £8 to £9 10s, light and aged from £5 upwards. Sheep.—A large yarding, numbering 2982 head of good quality. Over 1200 of the yarding were shorn. There was a dragging sale, bidding being practically confined to local butchers. As the number offered was somewhat in excess of requirements, values showed a reduction of about Is 6d to 2s 6d per head, as compared with last week’s prices. Prime medium-weight wethers were worth within a fraction of 3%d per lb, heavyweights and ewes 2%d. Extra prime woolly wethers realised up to 26s 6d, prime 21s to 24s 3d. medium 18s to 20s light and unfinished sorts from 15s upwards. Woolly ewes sold at from 12s 6d to 17s per head. Extra prime heavyweight shorn wethers realised up to 24s 9d, prime 19s to 21s 9d, medium 16s 6d to 18s, light and aged from 13s upwards. Shorn ewes sold at 12s to 14s 6d per head. Lambs.—A total of 400 head was offered, which was the largest yarding so far this season. A fair demand was experienced and prices were down 2s per head. Values ranged from 14s 6d to 25s 9d per head for specially good iambs. Prime lamb was worth 7%d per lb. pigs.—A large yarding, all classes being well represented. The big supply was the cause of a weakening in prices, which declined 10s to 15s per head below those which ruled at last week’s sale. Best baconers realised from 7d to 7’/ 2 d per lb, and best porkers from 7%d to Bd. Store Cattle.—A large yarding, the quality of which was secondary and inferior. The demand was very slack and the sale all through lacked animation. The poor prices realised for fat cattle were no doubt partially responsible for the stagnation ruling in the store cattle market.