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Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1922, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

. Australian markets* A : By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Melbourne, June 30. At the hides market good catalogues were submitted and prices Improved slightly. Competition was general, and bidding was very keen for all lots in good condition, particularly heavy-weights, which advanced to fro® par to a farthing; sloppy were unchanged. Barley.—English, 4s; Cape, 3s to 3s Id. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s sd. Potatoes, £3 10s to £4 15s. Onions, £lO io £ll. THE POULTRY’ MARKET. Messrs. Nolan and Co. report: Hens 2s 6d to 3s sd; inferior Is 9d to 2s 3d; cockerels 2s 8d to 4s Id; small. Is 3d to 2s 4d; pullets, small 2s 9d to 4s; ducks, 3s Id to 4s 2d. THE PIG MARKET. At Newton King, Ltd.’s liaymarket sale yesterday weaner pigs made from 12s to 17s 6d; other pigs made from 25s to £1 T2s 6d. ADDINGTON MARKET. Christchurch, June 28. At *-ddington market, to-day, the weather was very cold, and the yarding and attendance were smaller than for a long time. Beef sold at a further improvement, prime mutton was up about Is 6d per head, light being weaker, while store sheep sold at better figures. The few pens of fat lambs in were sold with the fat sheep. Store Sheep.—A small yarding. The market opened irregularly, but firmed as it progressed, hoggets and wethers selling more freely than usually. Good 4, 6 and 8-tooth ewes in lamb, 21s lid to 24s sd; ordinary, lt»s to 20s 9d; good 4-tooth crossbred ewes in •amb, 22s 6d to 25s 6d; 2 and 4-tooth ewes in lamb, 20s 6d; failing-mouthed ewes in lamb, 10s 6d to 16s; aged ewes in lamb, 8s 7d to Ils; aged empty ewes, 7s 7d to 7s 8d; good mixed-sex crossbred hoggets, 12s 2d to 15s; crossbred wether hoggets, 14s Id; halfbred wether hoggets, 14s 6d; crossbred ewe hoggets, 17s.

Fat Sheep.—The smallest yarding of the season, comprising fewer than eight races, the bulk being light sorts. The market was stronger for prime mutton, but weaker for light sorts, and there were some passings near the end of the sale. Extra prime wethers, 30s to 38s, prime 25s to 295, medium 20s 3d to 24s Gd, light 17s to 20s, extra prime ewes 25s to 28s 9d, prime 20s 6d to 24s fid, medium 15s 6d to 20s, light 12s to 14s 9d, aged 9s 6d to Ils 6d; prime hoggets 19s 9d to 225, ordinary *Bs to 19s 6d. Fat Cattle.—2ss yarded, the smallest for some time. An advance of about 25s per head w r as recorded, medium-sized beef selling well. Prime beef made up to 355, per 100 lb. Extra-prime steers £lB, prime £ll 10s to £l4 17s 6d, medium £8 15s to £ll 7s 6d, light and inferior steers £4 12s 6d to £8; prime heifers £7 10s to £8 10s, ordinary £5 17s 6d to £7, light and inferior £3 10s to £5 ss; extra-prime cows £l3 15s, prime £6 15s to £8 7s Gd, ordinary £4 12s 6d to £6 7s 6d. Vealers. —A distinct improvement in quality, and prices were very firm. Runners £4 12s 6d, good vealers £3 15s to £4 15s, medium £2 5s to £3 10s. Store Cattle. —A small entry of nondescript sorts. Three-year steers £3 15s to £4 ss, 2-year £2 10s to £2 17s 6d; yearlings, 18s to £1 16s; 3-year in-calf heifers £4 to £5 12s 6d, 2-year £2 10s to £3 ss, yearling £1 15s to £2 2s; medium cows, £1 5s to £1 15s. Dairy Cattle.—Good springers on the point of calving sold readilj-; other sorts were not in demand. Good second and third calvers on the point of calving, £9 to £l4 10s; good springing heifers, £7 to £l2; cows In milk, £2 5s to £4 10s. Fat Pigs.—A medium entry and a good demand, especially for porkers. Choppers £3 to £5 10s, light baconers £3 15s to £4 ss, heavy £4 10s to £5, extra heavy £5 10s (average price per lb, 6d to 6%d) ; light porkers 47s to 555, heavy 57s ;6d to 70s (average price per lb, B%d to 9d), Store Pigs.—Prices were well below those of the previous week. Medium store 30s to 355, small 22s 6d to 295, weaners 10s to 15s; young pedigree boars 2% to 4*/4 gns., young pedigree sows 4% to 5% gns. 3URNSIDE MARKET . Dunedin, June 2S. Prime quality sheep were in good demand at the Burnside sales to-day, and higher prices were realised. The yarding was a large one, and the quality was much superior to that of late offerings. There was a larger yarding l of lambs, but majiy lacked finish, and were a little difficult to sell; export buyers were in attendance in view of the resumption of work at 'the freezing works, but were not operating to any extent. There was a brisk demand for pigs, and higher prices were realised for prime baconers and porkers. Prices for fat cattle were about on a par witii late rates*; the yarding was a fairly large one and Ineluded some excellent quality bullocks. One or two lines of good dairy cows were included in the store cattle section; the offering was disposed of under brisk competition at prices ranging from £lO 10s to £l6 10s per head. Fat Cattle.—A moderate yarding, a total of 193 head being offered. The sale opened at prices on a par with those ed at last week's sale, and firmed up as the sale advanced, although there was no appreciable change in values. Nice handyweight bullocks were worth 23s 6d per 1001 b., prime heavyweight bullocks about 21s 6d, heifer beef 20s. while cow beef was down to 17s 6d. I’rime bullocks realised up to £l2; medium £7 10s to £8 10s; light and unfinished sorts up to £6 10s; prime heifers realised from £5 to £6; medium £4 10s to £5; and light and aged up to £4. Sheep.—A large yarding, numbering 2613 nead, a good proportion being good quality wethers and ewes. Competition was brisk, and prime wethers and ewes were sold at an advance of Is per heap, while other sorts realised late rates. Extra prime lightweight wethers were worth 4*&d to 4%<i per lb.; good ewes, 3%d to 4.d; medium ewes, 3’/id to 3i/i.d. Extra prime heavyweight wethers realised from 30s to 35s 3d; prime, 26s ro 295; medium. 22s 6d to 25s 6d ; light and unfinished sorts from 17s to 20s; prime ewes realised from 19s to 22s Gd; medium, 15s to 18s; light and aged from Ils to 13s. 1 Lambs.—A fair yarding, x numbering 49S head of medium quality. Exjiort buyers were not very keen to secure supplies, and the yarding was therefore quite sufficient for requirements. Prices were slightly better than last week’s rates, prime lamb selling in the vicinity of 6%d per lb. ; prime lambs realised up to 21s 6d; medium, to 17s; lighter kinds, up to 13s. Store Cattle.—A medium yarding was offered, comprised mostly of young and backward animals. An exceptionally good line of dairy cows realised' satisfactory prices, but there was very little demand for other sorts, and store bullocks were very hard to sell. Pigs.—A large yarding, all classes being well represented. There was keen competition and a clearance was effected at higher values, prime baconers stuping a rise of ss, and prime porkers about 7s 6d per head. Best baconers realised from 6’4d to 7d per lb., and best porkers from B%d to 9d per lb.-