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Taranaki Daily News, 28 October 1922, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Sydney, Oct. 26. Oats. —Algerian feed 4s 4d to 4s 6d; wmte, local and New Zealand, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Maize.—Yellow 6s; white 5s 9d. Potatoes.—Local £l4 to £l6; Tasmanian £l2. Onions.—Victorian £l3; American £l9, Adelaide, Oct. 26. Oats.—Algerian feed 3s 6d. Melbourne, Oct. 27. At the hides sales reduced offerings were submitted. The values of all well-got-up parcels of heavies and mediums were par to a farthing dearer, whilst lights and kips were a farthing lower. Barley.—English 3s 9d to 3s 10%d; Capo 2s lOd. Oats.—3s 7d to 3s Bd. Potatoes.—£6 to £7. Onions.—£ll 10s to £l2. THE PIG MARKET. At Newton King Ltd.'s New Plymouth haymarket yesterday weaner pigs made Ils to 13s, slips 1.3 s to 225, according to quality, stores 18s 6d to 365. LONDON WOOL SALES. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency has received the following cable from its London house dated October 26: “Sales closed firmly compared last sale closing rates, and prices higher; merino scoured super about 10 per cent.; medium and Inferior merino and fine crossbred scoured about 10 to 15 per cent.; medium crossbred greasy 15 to 20 per cent." FUTURE OF THE B.A.W.R.A. London, Oct. 25. The London directors of the B.A.W.R.A. unanimously agreed that the question of the conversion of the B.A.W.R.A. into a permanent co-operative institution is one for the solo decision of the Australian proprietors. WHEAT CARGOES. London, Oct. 25. Wheat cargoes quiet and steady; prices unehanged, sellers asking 6d advance for parTALLOW MARKET. London, Oct. 25. At the tallow sales 1927 casks were offered and 121.1 sold. Prices were unchanged, except for good mixed, which was 6d dearer.

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. KEEN COMPETITION. DUNEDIN, October 25. Both local and outside butchers were operating keenly for most classes of fat stock at Burnside to-day. The sljeep sale in particular was a very buoyant one, anl although last week’s extreme prices were not ' maintained values taken all round only showed a reduction of about 2s per head. The lamb sale was also very buoyant, although the supply was much larger than usuel. Fat cattle: A medium yarding, numbering 259 head. It was expected that butchers would be operating fairly keenly, and that late rates would be maintained, but this did not prove to be the case, a reduction of 10s to 15s per head taking place. Prime ox »beef> light-weight, was worth 31s fid to 33s fid per 1001 b; heavy-weight/30s fid to 32s fid; medium quality, 29s to 31s. Prime heifer beef -made 26s 6d to 295; medium, to 24s ; cows, 17s fid to 19s fid. Extra prime Heavyweight bullocks realised up to £l7 10s: prime, £l4 to £l5; medium, £ll 10s to £l2 10s; light and unfinished sorts, from £8 10s to £9 10s. Prime cows and heifers realised from £7 10s to £8 10s; medium, £6 to £6 10s; light and aged, from £4 to £4 10s. Sheep.—-A medium yarding, numbering 2609 head.. The entry included several pens of particularly good quality wethers, with a sprinkling of medium and light-weights, and one or two pens of prime heavy ewes. A good proportion of the wethers were shorn. Prime wether mutton, light-weight, was worth 5%d to 5%d per lb; heavy-weight, 5d to 5%d. Prime ewe mutton made 4’Ad to 4%d; medium and inferior ewe mutton to 4d. Extra prime heavy-weight wethers realised from 47s 9d to 535; prime, 40s to 455; medium, 35s to 37s Gd; lighter kinds, 28s to 325. Extra prime ewes realised up to 355; prime, to 27s 6d. Prime heavy shorn wethers soid up to 34s Gd; medium, to 27s 9d; lighter kinds, to 225. Lambs.—A total of 81 were offered. It was the largest entry and cheapest sale this season. The quality on the whole was good, but several of the animals were on the light side. Best lambs realised up to 455; prime, 28s to 32s 6d: medium, 20s to 235; light, to 18s. These prices work out on a basis of slightly over 8d per lb. Store Cattle.—A medium yarding was offered, which included several pens of three and four-year-old bullocks from outside? districts, including Southland. Competition was very slack, and lower prices had to be accepted in order to effect sales. Pigs.—A large yarding, all classes being, represented. The sale opened at prices fully 5s below late rates, but the market firmed as the sale progressed as a result of brisk competition. Best baconers realised from 5d to 5%d per lb, and best porkers from 7d to 7%d.

ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. SLIGHT EASING FOR SHEEP AND CATTLE. CHRISTCHURCH, October 25. At the Addington market to-day there were bigger yardings of both beef and mutton. Beef eased by abopt Is 6d per 1001 b on last week's sales, and sheep by up to Is per head. It was a good sale, in view of the heavy Dennings. Store Sheep.—A small yarding, the quality being inferior. Dry sheep sold well, ew -s ana lambs being weaker. < Ordinary halfbred ewe hoggets made 255; cull halfbred ewe hoggets, 19s fid; shorn crossbred ewe hoggets. 15s; crossbred forward wethers, 17s sd; mixed sexed hoggets, 16s to 16s lid; aged ewes and lambs, 13s lid to 15s 2d; inferior aged ewes and lambs, Ils fid; inferior, sound, and fail-ing-mouthed ewes and lambs, 14s to 14s lOd; four 6 and 8-tooth crossbred wethers, 21s Cd to 23s 3d; four 6 and 8-tooth crossbred wethers, 18s 7d; small two-tooth halfbretl wethers. 17s lid; cull shorn 4 and 6-tootb wethers, 13s lid; four-tooth shorn wethets, 158 fid.

Fat Lambs.—462 were penned, compared with 235 last week, and values dropped bv from 5s to 6s per head. Extra prime lambs made 32s 9d; prime, 27s to 30s; medium, 24s 6d to 26s 6d; light, 19s 6d to 245.

Fat Sheep.—A big yarding. The market opened easier than last week, but firmed up. Taken all round, it was only slightly weaker than last week for woolly sheep, with practically no alteration for shorn. Extra prime wethers made 34s to 37s 4d; prime wethers. 31s to 33s Gd; medium wethers, 27s 6d to 30s 6d: light, 24s to 275; extra prime ewes, 34s to 375; prime, 27s to 30s 6d; medium, 24s to 26s Gd; light, 19s Sd to 23s fid; extra prime, shorn wethers, 34s to 38s 3d; prime, 26s to fid; ordinary, 21s 7d to 255; prime shorn ewes, 24s to 28s; extra, 31s 3d; ordinary, 20s to 23s fid; prime hoggets, 25s to 30s; ordinary, 20s to 245. ’

Fat Cattle. —A big yarding of 445 head, including 75 from the North Island. The market opened 25s per head easier, but recovered. Medium weight beef was worth 31s to 33s fid per 1001 b. big bodies 28s to 30s, inferior 25s to 27s fid. Extra prime steers made £l5, prime £ll 5s to £l4, medium £lO to £ll 2s 6d, light £7 5s to £9 15s, prime heifers £8 15s to £9 15s, prime heifers £8 15s to £lO, ordinary £5 15s to £8 10s; prime cows, £8 5s to £lO 10s. Vealers.—A big entry. Good vealers sold at about late rates. Runners made £4 7s fid; ordinary vealers, £3 7s fid to £4; small calves, 8s upwards. Store Cattle.—A big entry, and the demand was not so firm as last week, especially for younger sorts, but well-grown steers and heifers again made good prices. Good forward

three and four-year-old steers, £8 ss; three- I year steers, £5 15s to £5 16s; eighteenmonth and two-year steers, £2 15s to £4 5s ; good two-year heifers, £4 10s; yearlings, £1 10s to £2; good fresh cows, £1 15a to £2 ss. Dairy Cattle.—A medium yarding. The demand was not too bright. Medium to good second, third, and fourth calvers, springing, made £5 to £9 10s; aged springers, £1 to £4 10s; extra good springing heifers, £11; medium to good, £3 to £6 10s. Fat Pigs.—A medium ejntry and a better demand, baconers especially showing au_ improvement in prices. Choppers made £2 10s to £4 10s; light baconers, £3 to £3 7s; neavy £3 10s to £3 14s; extra heavy, £3 19s 6d (average price per lb 5%d to 6sid) ; hgat porkers £2 to £2 ss, heavy £2 7s to £3 (average price per lb to 7%d). Store Pigs.—A medium entry, and a distinctly better demand. There was a rise. in prices all round, except for sows • in pig. Medium stores made 28s to 85s, .small LBs to 1275, weaners 14a to 225.