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Taranaki Daily News, 4 November 1922, Page 2

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TALLOW SALES. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Nov. 1. At the tallow sales 1759 casks were offered and 1695 sold at an average advance of 2s. Prices were: Mutton, fine 42s 6d, medium 38s; beef, fin© 44s 6d, medium 38s 6d. Stoek 5849 tons, imports 3891 tons, deliveries 5814 tons. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, Nov. 3. Barley.—English, 3s 9d to 3s Cape, 2s IDd to 3s. Oats, 3s 8d to 3s 8 Potatoes, £7 to £6. Onions, £l5 to £l6. THE PIG MARKET. Messrs. Newton King, Ltd., report that at their New Plymouth haymarket yesteruay weaner pigs made 9s 6d; stores 20s to 265, porker £1 10s, boars 265. PRICES FOR POULTRY. Messrs. L. A. Nolan and Co. report that at their weekly sale of poultry yesterday, hens realised Is 9d to 3s Bd, ducks 2s 6d, ducklings Is lOd to 2s Id, cockerels 2s 3d to 3s 3d, chicks 4d to Bd, turkeys 10s fid, geese 3s 6d. JOHNSONVILLE SALE. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., and Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale, held this week. There was a good attendance of butchers. A moderate yarding of both sheep and cattle came forward and met a good sale, prices being in advance of last week’s. We quote:— Sheep.—Heavy wethers, shorn, 29s 3d to 325; wethers, woolly to 29s 8d; priune shorn ewes, 27s 3d to 28s; mixed shorn ditto, 21s 6d to 22s 6d; woolly ewes, 26s Id to 27s 3d; woolly lambs 255, to 31s. Beef.—Best ox £9 2s fid to £lO 10s, heavy cow, £6 7s 6d to £6 10s; medium cow, £6 2s fid to £6 ss; light cow, £5 to £5 15s. DOUBLE YARDING AT ADDINGTON. PRICES GENERALLY WELL MAINTAINED. Christchurch, Last Night. As there will be no sales next week, owing to Carnival Week, there was a double market to-day, with large entries in nearly all departments. Beef, mutton, and lambs were well represented, and the sale was continued until late to-night. Store Sheep.—Dry sheep again met with a good demand, and values were firm for sheep out of the woo). Ewes and lambs were in better demand, and prices improved. Good ewe hoggets fetched 25s to 25s 6d, good mix-ed-sexed hoggets 21s to 22s lOd, sunall 18s, good shorn crossbred wethers and hoggets 17s, small and inferior 15s 7d to 16s 10d, failingmouthed ewes and lambs 14s 2d to 18s 6d, aged Ils Id to 13s 6d, shorn 14s, shorn and aged ewes 9s. 7d, forwards, failing-mouthed shorn ewes 18s, four, six, and eight-tooth half-bred wethers 24s Id, four and six-tooth crossbred wethers 22s 4d.

Fat Lambs.—A large entry of 1250 head, as compared with 445 head last week. During the first half of the sale the demand was good, the per lb value being lOd to Is, but in the final stages it' was easing to 3s per head on opening rates. Extra prime lambs brought 36s 9d, prime 28s 6d to 31s 6d, medium 25s to 28s, light 17s 6d to 24s fid. Fat Sheep.—Butchers bought woolly sheep eagerly, the recent tone of the skin market no doubt accounting for this. The sale commenced at last week’s rates, and soon showed an upward tendency, finishing at about 10s per head imore all round. Extra prime wethers sold for 355, a few special to 40s 6d, prime 31s 6d to 345, medium 28s to 31s, light 24s 6d to 27s 6d. extra prime ewes 37s Bd, prime 28s to 31s 6d, medium 25s to 275, light 20s to 245, extra prime shorn wethers 32s fid to 373, prime 26s 6d to 29s 6d, medium 22s to 25s 6d, light 17s fid to 21s, extra prime shorn ewes 32s 3d, prime 24s 6d to 28s 6d, medium 20s 6d to 245. Fat Cattle.—Compared with late rates, values showed a slight advance on extra prime stuff, but were below par in other classes. Extra prime steers realised £l5 Is, prime £ll to £l3 2s 6d, medium £9 2s fid to £lO 15s, light £6 7s 6d to £8 15s 6d, extra prime heifers £ll 2s 6d, prime £8 to £9 15s, ordinary £5 15s to £7 15s, prime cows £7 to £lO, ordinary £4 12s 6d to £6 153. Vealers.—The supply exceeded the demand and prices showed an easing tendency. Runners went for £4 7s fid, and ordinary vealers £3 5s to £3 17s Gd. Store Cattle.—This division had a large yarding of fair quality. Prices, on the whole, were not so good as those of last week. Forward 3 and 4-year-old steers £6 5s to £6 10s, three-year-old £5 ss, forward two-year-old steers £4 ss, 18-months and two-year £2 to £2 ss, yearlings 15s to 20s. Dairy Cattle.—A medium entry was offered of fair quality, and values were easier. Extra good seepnd, third and fourth calvers (springbig) brought £ll, first-class second, third and fourth calvers (springing) £4 to £7, second class £1 to £3, extra good springing heifers £ll, first-class £4 to £6 10s. Fat Pigs.—Choppers were sold at £3 to £5, light baconers £3 5s to £3 10s, heavy £3 12s fid to £3 15s (average price per lb 4%d to 6%d), light porkers £2 6s to £2 14s, heavy £2 ICs to £3 (average price per lb 7%d to B%d). Store Pigs.—Good weaners 17s 6d to 255, small 12s 6d to 16s, small stores 22s Cd to 28s, unediums 30s to 355, large stores 455, sows in pig £4 ss.

BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. PRONOUNCED DROP IN PRICES. Dunedin, November 1. « There was a large entry of practically all classes of stock at Burnside to-day, and a pronounced drop in prices. This was mainly due to the entries being in excess of requirements, and also to the continued spell of warm weather. Fat Cattle. —A yarding of 288 head, the entry including many pens of excellent quality, but owing to the large entry competition was slack, and prices eased to the extent of 30s per head compared with last week’s rates. Extra prime light-weight bullocks sold at equal to 30s per 100 lb, heavy 27s to 295, medium quality ox to 275, prime heifer beef to 255, good cow beef to 20s, aged and Inferior 16s to 17s 6d. Extra prime bullocks realised to £l5 10s, prime to £l4 10s, medium to £ll 10s, light to £8 15s. Extra prime heifers and cows £7 to £B, prime to £6 15s, light and aged £4 to £5. Sheep.—-A medium yarding, numbering 2495 head. The quality was good. All heavyweight animals in,the wool showed a drop of fully 5s per head, medium sorts from Is fid to 2s, and heavy-weight shorn sheep about 2s fid. Butchers were the only competitors, and their operations were mainly confined to securing supplies of medium and light-weight animals, heavy-weights not being required for the trade during warm weather. Prime lightweight wether mutton was worth up to 5d per lb, and in some cases s ’Ad was touched, medium quality light-weight wethers 4-%d to sd, heavy-weights to prime ewe mutton 4d to 4',4d, handy weights 4%d to 4%d, aged ewes to 4d. Extra prime heavy-weight wethers realised from 26s 6d to 43s 9d, prime 29s to 355, medium 25s to 28s. Prime shorn sheep realised from 23s to 27s 9d. Prime ewes sold up to 40s, and others from 25s Gd to 29s 9d. Lambs.—A total of 88 was offered. Competition was brisk and a satisfactory sale resulted. The animals were much larger and heavier than previous yardlngs, and prices were about equal to last week’s rates. Prime lamb sold at from 9d to lOd per lb, light 8d to 9d. Extra prime lambs realised up to 38s, prime 28s to 31s, medium 24s to 265, unfinished sorts from 17s to 225.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. Christchurch, Last Night. As is usually the ease on the eve of carnival week, business in the produce market is quiet but prices are firm. Seeds are still in demand, especially cowgrass, white clover and ryegrass. Oats are very firm. There is still a good enquiry from Home, but the Australian demand is easier, probably owing to the improvement in the prospects due to recent rains. Business in potatoes is practically fin- , ished.