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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 48, 25 February 1910, Page 7

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(N.Z. SLOAN ANI> MERCANTII/EJ CO.'S K.EPOIIT. Horses were yarded in full numbers at the Durham Yards on Friday, and. sold at late rates. Heavy draughts sold at from £24 tv £33; medium, at £17 to £25; light harnujs horses and hacks, £S to £15; spring cart, £3 IU/i gig, £12. At Waiutu, on Saturday, we had a moderate yarding of stock, which sold at late values. Dairy cows and hellers sold at from £4 10/ to £0 11V; backward ditto, £3 to &-i; empty cows aud heifers, £2 5/ to £8 IV; yearlings, £"2 7/; calves, £1 1/ to £1 10/. ■figs, weanere, 7/6 to 10/. At Tuakuu Yards, on Tuesday, we iheld, our monthly eale. TJiere was a small yarding of cattle, which sold at late rates. One hundred and forty sheep were yarded, which all changed hands at late values. At Wcstuold Yards, on Wednesday, we had an average yarding of tat stock. The beef pens were tilled with cattle of nice qnalit}'. mid prices advanced on last week's quotations, ox beef selling to 21/, cow 17/ to 18/ per 1001b. Steers sold at from £5 to £1O; cows, £3 10/ to £0 5/; calves were yarded in good numbers, and sold at from 5/ to £2 5/. Sheep were yarded in usual numbers. Wethers sold to 17/U; heavy ewes, 12/ to 15/; others, 0/0 to 12/. Lambu were penned In average nnmlwrs, and neold at late rates. Lambs, well ftitti'd, sola at from 12/ to 13/; others, 7/ to 9/. At Westlield on Thursday there was a very email yarding, and, no doubt owing to the wet weather, a. very dull sale. We submitted large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, all lines selling under brisk competition at late rates. Hides.—Market linn. Wo quote: lOxtra stout ox, Sid to Bid; stout do., 7id to 73d; medium do., « 7-8 dto 7Jd; light do., 6 3-Htl to 7d; cows', best lines 6 7-Sd to 7d, good aid to G:ld, scored (id to Old; stags', 4d to 4}d; kips, tid to OJd; calfskins, best to H}d, good 7d to 7id, cut and damaged 2id to r>id. Sheepskins.—Market brisk. Best butchers' skins, large to 8/, good lines 6/ to 0/6, medium 4/ to 4/!>, .small 2/ to 2/!>; country dry skins, large to 5/9, medium 8/0 to iAi, small 1/9 to 2/B; Limbs' and pelts, best to 3/6, good 2/3 to 2/9, email 1/3 to 1/8. Tallow.— firm. Best mixed, to 26/6; good, 24/6 to 25/8; inferior, IS/ to 22/«; .rough, fat, 1 r>-Sd to IJd per lb. Bones, £4 17/6. Oowtails, 1/8 per dozen. Horsehair, 1/ to 1/5. Grain.Wheat: In good demand at 4/5 ex store. Chits: stocks are almost depleted, and market firm at 2/5 ex store. Chafl": Southern Is selling freely at £4 15/ ex store. Maize: In good demand at 3/:! ex store. Barley: Selling freely at'2/S ex store. Bran and pollard: In good demand at £4 and £o ex store.

Potatoes.Slow of sale at £6 to £6 10/ ex store. —First grad-e registered. (M&; second grade, OKI- First grade milling, Sid; second grade, 73d to Bd. Cheese.—Factory, Od lb; farmers', slow of sale at 4d to sd. Bggs.—Find ready sale at 1/3 per dozen. —'Selling freely at 5d per lb. , (MESSES. ALFTRED EUCKLAND AND SONS' 'K.KPOKT. At the 'Haymarket on Friday the usual number of entries were received, and on average amount of business done. Aped draughts sold from £20 ito £31; spring cart and wagon horses, £22 to £2fi; medium and active horses, £14 to £20; unbroken animals of good qiKdl'ty up to 30cwt, £2.'! 5/ to £27 10/; ordinary gig class, £5 to £10 10/; •ponies, £.'! to £8; pony, gig, and harness, £24; -the thoroughbred. First Gun, sSgs. ■Sulkies, £0 10/ and £11. Ait our Wpstfleld fat stock sale on Wednesday a lull yarding of -beef met with a firm sale at improved prices. Ox beef, 10/B to £1 1/; -cow and heifer, 15/ to 18/; steers ranged in price from £."> 12/0 to £10: cows, £4 to £S 7/6 (320 penned). Veal, short of ■requirements, sold well at from ,'!/ to £2; no heavy offered. The sheep pens were moderately lllled with a good el«:« Br-tnut-ton, and competition was stej»flr out. Best wethers brought from 13/" to IS/; others, 12/!) to 15/6; heavy ewes, 'to 14/3; lighter ■weights, S/ 'to 12/ (150!) sold). The advertised store ewes, 8/ io 0/3. Lambs plentiful. There was little or no change In values. Well fatted, ■woolly, 12/ to 13/3; prime shorn, 11/ to 12/3; others, !)/ to 11/; forward sorts, 7/G to 8/0 (1138 sold). Pigs, in full supply, were, dull of sale. Small bat-oners, £1 0/6 to £l 13/6; porkers, Is/ to £1 5/; slips, 10/ to 13/; weaners, 3/6 to S/ (104 sold).. On Thursday at Westfield dairy cows brought from £4 to £8, accord!ug to age and quality; empty cows, £2 5/ to £2 17/. Hides, Skins, etc.—Ox hides, OS-d to Sid; rrrvgey and inferior, 4_ld to 6Jd; cows, (i*d to (MA; calf, 7sd to S}d; horse, 8/ -to 10/U; damaged hides, at usual rates; tallow, 26/; bones. £4 15/. Skins: Butchers' pelts, 2/4 ito 3/2; full-woolleil country skins, 4/S .to 6/7; damaged, to 8/1; -lambs', 2/0 to 3/. —Fine crossbred. SJd to OJd; coarse and clotted, 7d to 7itl; lnnil>s', 6Jd to Did; bellies and piccee, 4id to ojd. SHEEP FAIR. (By Telegraph.— Correspondent.) DATIGAVILUE, this day. The big sheep fair held at Paparoa by the Northern 'Farmers' Union proved a record sale for Otumutea. 4(!50 sheep and iambs were yarded, and practically all were disposed of at (rates running from 1/ to 2/6 more than -was obtained at the last sale. First-class ewes brought about 17/G, and tombs from 4/ to S/.