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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1922, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, July 13. At the B.A.W.R.A. Hull sale 22,700 bales of Australian and a few of New Zealand wool were offered. There was a good attendance and competition was fully firm on the Liverpool basis. Ninety-six per cent, of the offering was sold. Best wools were in solid favor. Bradford market is most quiet, values and untested quotations being nominally unchanged. The butter and cheese markets are very quiet. The Australian season has practically finished. Danish 210 s, New Zealand 212 s to 2145. Cheese, New Zealand white 925, colored 90s. CARGOES FIRM. London, July 12. Cargoes are firm and the demand is slow. Parcels are unchanged; Darnholme’s, 52a 6d; a parcel ex Port Denison, 52s 6d net. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, July 13. Oats.—Algerian feed Tasmanian, 4s to 4s Id; white 4s 3d to 4s 4d. Maize.—Yellow, 5s 3d; white, ss. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £B. Onions.—Victorian, £l4 10a to £l5. Adelaide, July 13. Oats, 2s lOd to 3s. CALCUTTA TEA SALES. Delhi, July 12. Calcutta Tea Sales.—‘Good liquoring, tippy qualities, in strong demand and firm; all other sorts quiet; prices lower by anna to 11/*I 1 /* annas; dust sold freely; Fanning’s slow. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, July 13. The final series of wool sales has concluded. Tlie offerings were chiefly of a medium character and a large number of clips were burry and dusty. Competition was keen and merinos’ skirtings closed at firm, level rates, which ruled throughout the series. The next series commences in October. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. London, July 12. The mark has appreciated to 1890. Thia had a strengthening influence on the franc, whirfi rallied to 53.85. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. AN ADVANCE IN PRICES. Dunedin, July 12. Fat cattle were in short supply at Burnside sales to-day, and a. very buoyant sale resulted. The supply was not sufficient for butchers’ requirements, and as a result there was spirited bidding, and prices showed an advance of about £ 1 to 25s per head for all good quality animals.

Fat Cattle.—A medium yarding, numbering 181 head, consisting principally of medium, weight bullocks and heifers. The saie opened with prices slightly in advance of last week's rates, and were considerably enhanced as the sale progressed. Values rose to 20s and 25s above par, which represents a rise of 45s per head in two weeks. Prime ox beef brought from 2.6 s to 28s, medium 23s to 255, cow and heifer 20s, prime bullocks realised from £l2 to £l4 17s 6s, medium £8 10s to £lO 10s, lighter kinds from £6 10s to £7 10s, prime heifers realised up to £7 10s, medium £5 10s td £6 10s, light and aged from £4 10s to £5 10s.

Fat Sheep.—Tlkere were 2408 yarded, comprised principally of medium quality ewes, priiine wethers being very scarce. There was a good demand for all prime quality animals, and wethers were sold at higher values. Competition was keen for all prime quality sheep. Prices for ewes were principally on a par with late rates, while good quality wethers realised higher values, to the extent of about Is to 2s per head. Prime wether mutton sold at 4%d to 4 ! %d per lb, ewe mutton at 3d to per lb. Extra prime heavyweight wethers sold at from 30s to 375, prime 26s 6d to 295, medium 18s to 24s 9d; light and unfinished sorts from 14s to 17s, priin< ewes realised from 21s to 245. medium 14s 6d to 18s, light and aged from 8s to 13s. Lambs.—There were 102 head yarded, and these met with very keen competition from butchers and export buyers. The latter were operating up to certain limits. Prices were equal, and in some instances slightly above last week’s rates. Prime lamb sold from 6%d to 7d per lb. f Prime lambs realised from 23s to 255, and medium from 19s to 21s. Store Cattle.—A small yarding, consisting mostly of young cattle in backward condition. Cows suitable for canning purposes sold fairly well, but there was no improvement in the prices realised for other sorts. Several pens of good dairy cows attracted considerable attention, and the prices realised were not doubt satisfactory to vendors. Pigs.—A medium yarding was offered, all classes being represented. Competition was somewhat slack, and lower prices bad to be accepted in order to effect a clearance. Baconers showed a reduction of about 7s 6d, and porkers 5s per head. Best baconers realised from .7%d to 6d per lb, and best porkers 6% d to 7%d.

ADDINGTON MARKET. LAMBS OF POOR QUAUTY. Christchurch, July 12. At Addington markets there was a big yarding of fat sheep, an average one of fat cattle. and a small one of store sheep. Both beef and mutton were easier than last week. A few good lambs, well forward, sold freely. Store Sheep.—A very small yarding, and only one decent lines of ewes. There were more hoggets than usual, which sold strongly. There was a good clearance of all sections. Forward wether hoggets .made from 16s 3d to 17s 3d, ordinary 13s 6d to 14s lid, halfbred 15s to 15s sd, good mixed-sex halfbred hoggets 18s 3d, good cross ewe hoggets 18s 6d, cull ewe hoggets 15s (Id, forward 4,6, and S-tooth wethers 19s 4d to 20s lOd, 6 and 8-tooth halfbred wethers 18s Bd, 2-tooth wethers 16s to 16s 8(1, aged ewes in lamb 9s 9d tn 12s 6d, failing-mouthed ewes 12s 3d to 14s 6d. Fat Lambs.—A very small yarding, comprising 330 head, and the bulk were of mediocre quality. One export buyer operated. Good lambs sold freely, the per lb price being from 7d to 7%d. Fat Sheep.---A big yarding of 11 races, the proportion of prime mutton being smaller than last week. Values all round, except for priune heavy ewes went back about 2s per head, and there were some "passings.” Extra prime wethers brought from 26s 6d to 32s 9d, prime 22s 9d to 2tts, medium 20s to 22s 6d, light 17s 6d to 19s ‘9d, extra prime ewes 24s to 26s 9d, prime 18s 3d to 23s 6d. medium 14s 6d to 18s, light 12s to 14s, old 10s 3d to Ils 9d. Fat Cattle.—A yarding of 345 head, compared with 412 last week. The quality was not so good, and values were back, especially for mediuim and light beef. Extra prime steers brought £l6 12s 6d, prime £ll 6s to £l3 10s, medium £7 15s to £lO 12s 6d, light £4 10s to £7 10s, extra prime heifers £lO 15s, prime £6 10s to £8 10s, light and ordinary £4 7s 6d to £6, extra prime cows £9 17s 6(1, prime £5 10s to £7 12s 6d. Vealers.—Good stuff sold freely at late rates. Runners brought £5, good vealers £-3 5s to £4 ss, medium £2 5s to £3. Store Cattle.—A decant class of steers sold ■well, but there was little demand for medium stuff. Two to two and a half year steers brought £3 15s, yearlings £2 ss, medium to good cows £2 to £2 Ils. Dairy Cattle.—Prices were down on last week’s values. Extra good third calvers made ■from £l3 to £47, good third calvers £9 to £lO 15s, medium £7 to £8 15s, ordinary spriDjjiag cows £4 to £6 19s, good spriiuriag

heifers £8 10s to £l2 10s? medium heifers £4 to £5 10s. Fat Pips.—Prices for pork and Lacon declined. Choppers made from £4 to £6 15s, light baconers £3 to £3 10s, heavy £3 15s to £4, extra heavy £4 12s (average price per lb fid), light porkers 38s to 425, heavy 48s to 57s fid (average 'price per lb 7d to 7%d). Store Pigs.—ln sympathy with fat pigs prices declined. Medium stores made from 22s to 335, small 18s to 21», weaners 7s to 16s. THE PIG MARKET. At Newton King’ Ltd.’s New Plymouth haymarket, yesterday, store pigs realised 355, slips 15s to 19s.