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Taranaki Daily News, 29 July 1922, Page 2

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LONDON MARKETS. Dairy produce prices By Telegraph.—Press Asgn. —Copyright. London, July 27. The butter market is very dull. New Zealand choicest, salted, 200 s to 2OCs; Australian. more or less nominal, 198 s to 200 s; Danish. 200 s. Considerable quantities are arriving from Canada, the United States, Denmark. and Holland. Tbe cheese market is flat. New Zealand, colored. S4s, white SSs': Australian, 78s to 84s. At the wool sale there was a poor selection. especially of-merinos. There was good competition, especially for Continental sorts, which showed a hardening tendency. Allothers were firm and unchanged. Wheat cargoes are firm, with no pressure (o sell owing to the over-sold condition of the market. Quotations: Afloat 54s 3d, loading 54s f>d; parcels are held for ah increase; spot trade quiet. Australian ex ship 56s 6d. Flour.—-Dull; Australian, ox store, 395. ; Barley.—Steady. Oats. —Quiet and unchanged. Beans.—Slow.' Pens. —Finm. Sugar.—Granulated, 51s 6d. AUSTRALIAN MARKET*. Melbourne, July 28. Hides.—-Market dull and restricted. Befit heavies with substance, par to a farthing decline : other. grades a farthing to a halfpenny : kips a. full halfpenny. Barley.—English, 3s lOd to 4s; Cape, 3s. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 4d. Potatoes, £6 to £7 10s. Onions, £ll to £l2.

INGLEWOOD SALE. At the Inglewood sale on Wednesday by Newton King. Ltd., there was a full yarding and a good attendance. Dairy stock were in good demand. Prices were as follow: -Inlamb ewes, 18s Gd to 20s; hoggets, 15s Gd: yearling heifers. Jersey cross £4 12s to £6 2s, mixed 28s to £3 2s 6d; Jersey bulls, £2 to £G 15s; three-year bullocks. £2 10s; store cows, 20s to 30s; empty heifers, £3 18s Gd to £4 Ids; dairy cows, and good quality, £7 10s to £l3, later calvers £5 10s to £7; springing heifers, £6 to £B. WANGANUI WOOL SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., report as follows .—“The fourth sale of the season was held to-day. when we submitted a small catalogue consisting mainly of crutchings, oddments, and a few lines of fleece wool. There was only a fair attendance of buyers and competition, although keen, lacked spirit. Crutchings were in fairly good demand and sold at prices that were in the majority of eases slightly in buyers' favor as compared with the last MVllington sale. Oddments sold fairly well, hut prices were hardly as firm as recent series. We quote: Aiken crutchings 4%d, DV/T crutchings 3%d, HF/RP crossbred 6>X 2 d, crossbred 5%d, GFB/T hoggets and wethers 4%d.”

THE POULTRY MARKET. Messrs. L. A. Nolan and Co. conducted a clearing sale of purebred poultry on Thursday on account of May's Devon Poultry Farm, New Plymouth. There was a large attendance and bidding was brisk, everything changing hands under the hammer at satisfactory prices. White Leghorn pullets 10s to 13s Gd, hens 4s 9d to 14s, cockerels 8s Gd to 14s. roosters 5s to 16s, White Rock hens 6s to 7s 6d. pullpts* Bs. cockerels 5s Gd to 7s, Silver Wyandotte hens 10s. Incubators, brooder, fittings and sundries sold well. THE PIG MARKET. At Newton King, Lfd.’s New Plymouth haymarket yesterday wcaner pigs made 7s Gd to 10s, slips up to 255, and stores £1 13s 6d. LOCAL MARKET PRICES. The local market prices last week were a» follow (spot cash) : Buying. Selling. Eggs 1 3 1 5 Hants 0 11% Bacon (sdies) Oil Bacon (rolls) 1.1 Butter (creamery) pats ... 2 0 Butter (bulk) . : 1 11 Butter (separator) 1 5 1 7

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. NO APPRECIABLE CHANGE IN PRICES. Dunedin, July 26. There were large offerings in each department of fat stock at Burnside to-day, and there was no appreciable change In prices. The sheep sale was confined to butchers and graziers. The latter were operating for unfinished wethers, and their competition helped to steady the market. The yarding included more flne-woolled wethers than usual. There was good competition for big, heavy wethers. In the lamb sale, competition was mainly confined to export buyers, and they secured the bulk of the yarding at prices practically on a par with last week’s rates. The yarding of fat cattle included a number of pens of 1 prime quality animals. Dairy cows were sent ! forward in fairly large numbers, and very ’satisfactory prices were obtained for this class. Fat- Cattle.—A good yarding, numbering 233 head. The demand was brisk for all prime quality animals, but the bulk of entry was of mixed quality. There were, however, some pens of good quality. Values were easier to the extent of of 10s to 15s per head. Prime ox beef was worth 24s Gd to\26s Cd per 100 lb, medium quality 22s Gd to 245, heifer beef 19s to 21s Gd, cow beef 19s to 20s. Prime bullocks realised up to £l5, medium £9 to £l3, light and unfinished sorts £7 to £8 10s. Prime heifers realised up to £6 15s, medium £4 15s to £5 10s, light and aged from £3 10s upwards. Shefep.—A large yarding, numbering 3010 bead. A large proportion of the yarding comprised medium and. lightweight sheep, with a fair proportion of heavy-weights. Prices for the latter, taken all round, were easier to the extent of 9d per head compared with last week. Other sorts sold at a reduction of about Is per head. Prime wether mutton, light-weights, was worth up to 4%d per lb, medium quality wethers 4d to 4 1 4 d, prime ewes 3%d to 4d. light and inferior 3d to 3%d. One pen of extra prime heavy-weight wethers realised up to 38s 3d, other heavy wethers from 32s 9d to 345, prime 27s (id to 30s, medium 22s 6d to 255, light and unfinished sorts from 15s upwards. Extra prime heavy-weight ewes realised up to 25s 3d, prime 19s to 225, medium 16s to 18s, light and aged from 8s 6d upwards. Lambs.—A large yarding, numbering 4191 head of mixed quality. Competition was not very brisk, very few butchers operating. Graziers' sorts were back about Is per head. Pripie lambs realiserd up to 29s Gd per head, being on tlie basis of 7d to T’Xjd per lb. Store Cattle. —A small yarding, comprised mostly of light cows and heifers. These sold at very cheap rates. Dairy Cows.—Several pens of this class were offered, and, as usual, claimed considerable attention. All were sold under fairly keen competition at prices ranging from £6 to £l5 per head. Pigg. —A large yarding, all classes being represented. Competition was spirited, and a good sale resulted, prices being about on a par with last week's rates. Prime baconers realised up to £4 19s, and prime porkers up to £3. These prices are equal to from 5d to 5%d per lb for best baconers, and from 6d to~7d per lb for best porkers.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. PRICES OF FAT CATTLE AND SHEEP MAINTAINED. Christchurch, July 26. At the Addington saleyards to-day there were larger yardings than last week In practically eUaao* of stock. The market for

"cattle and sheep opened weakly, but improved in the later stages, and on the average there was: little difference from last week Store' Sheep.—A larger entry. “ Prices were somewhat irregular, but values generally were on a par with last week. Halfbred ewe hoggets made 19s to 225, small 17a to 225, crosfibreds 16s 4d to 17s, ordinary 14s 7d to 15s 9d. Mixed-sex hoggets 15s 8d to 15si 9d, good halfbred 4, G, and S-tooth wethers 19s 6d to 20s 9d, crossbred 17s lOd to 18s lid. Fat Lambs. —A small yarding of 330. The bulk went to the freezing companies at recent values. Fat Sheep.—A big yarding of between 10 and 11 races. The market generally was equal to last week, except for lighter ewes. The demand was active at the finish, and there were practically no passings. Extra prime wethers made 28s Gd to 36s 6d, prime 24s 6d to 28s, medium 21s 6d to 245. 3d, light 17s Gd to 21s 3d. Extra prime ewes 26s to 335, prime 19s to 23s 9d, medium 16s to IRs, light 12s 9d to 15s fid. Three-quarterbred 2.4, and 6-tooth ewes in lamb 27s to 28s lOd, fairly good halfbted 2,4, and fi-tooth ewes in lamb. 275, fairly good 4 and 5-year halfbred ewes, in lamb 23s 3d to 24s Gd, good sound and c.m. ewes in lamb 21s fid to 24s 3d, aged ewes in lamb 9s to 128 lOd. Fat Cattle.—A big yarding of 405 head, of which 69 came from the North Island and 49 from the West Coast. The market opened weakly, but firmed up. Values all round were a shade lighter than last week. Extra prime steers made £l5, prime £ll 15s to £l4, medium £8 5s to. £ll 10s, light £4. 7s. 6d to £B. Prime heifers £6 15s to £8 15s, ordinary £4 10s to £6 10s. Extra prime cows £l3 10s, prime £5 15s-to £7, ordinary £4 to £5 10s. Vealers.—A small yarding of indifferent quality. Last week’s prices were maintained. Runners made £4 15s, good vealers £3 15s to £4 10s, medium £2 15s to £3 10s, small veal calves 6s upwards. Store Cattle.—No lines were sent forward, the market comprising odds and ends. The demand was lifeless, and there were few sales. Dairy Cattle.—Prices were down on late rates. Second and third calvers made £4 to £l2 10s, extra good first calvers £ll 10s, first calvers £6 to £lO. Fat Pigs.—Porkers were cheaper, and baconera were about the same as last week. Choppers made £3 to £G. light baconers £3 10s to £4, heavy £4 5s to £4 10s, extra heavy £4 5s (average price per lb Gd). light porkers 40s to 455, heavy 57s fid to 67s 6d (average price per lb 7d to B%d). 'Store Pigs.—The demand was not brisk and . prices were Inclined to be lower. Large ’Stores 25s to ;339, medium 20s to 235, weanert 10s to 17s. .

JOHNSONVILLE FAT STOCK SALE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., in conjunction with Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report on their Johnsonville fat’ stock sale, held this week: —A fair yarding of. sheep came forward, including a few pens of very good wethers and ewes, also some fairly good lambs. Several pens of only medium wethers were yarded. All classes sold freely, competition being keener than last week. The cattle yarded included several pens Of very prime bullocks, cows, and heifers, Which sold freely. Even light, unfinished beef was keenly competed for. Some extra good vealers yarded caused spirited bidding. Altogether the sale was full of life, all prices being in favor of vendors. Quotations: Wethers, best 27s to 28s Hid, fair 24s 3d to 255. light 22s 6d to 23s 6d; ewes 22s to 23s Id; extra heavy sheep 34s io £2 Is; lamb's 21s (id to 21s 9d. CattlO : best ox '£B 125 ; .!6d to £9 17s fid; medium £7 to £7 15s; fair £5 to £G 15s; cows, good. £5 to £5. 10s; vealers £2 18s to £3 15s; porkers £2 to £8 6s Gd.