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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 171, 21 July 1910, Page 2

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. a N.Z. LOAN AND MERCATS'TL-E AGENCY CO.'S, LTD., MARKET REPORT. At West-eld Yards on Thursday last we had a fair yarding of dairy and store cattle. Dairy cows and heifers close to profit sold at from £5 10/ to £10; others, £3 10/ to £6; calves, to £1 10/. The advertised breeding ewes sold at from 7/ to 11/. At Clevedon on Thursday we held a clearing sale of 'Mr Geo. Forbes' live and dead stock. There .was a large attendance, and good prices were realised. Dairy cows and heifers sold, at from £4 10/ to £S; bull, £4 10/; yearling hellers, £2 14/; horses, £5 to £20; gig, £11 5/; dray, £12 10/; sundries at satisfactory prices. Also on account of Mr J. R Walsh, who has sold his farm: Breeding -ewes realised 'from 0/0 to 11/; lambs, 5/6; cows, £5 to £3; horses, £3 to £10. At the Durham Yards on 'Friday horses were yarded in usual numbers. Heavy draught horses sold at from £27 to £39; medium draught, £18 to £22 10/; light harness horses and hack, £7 to £10; ponies, £1 10/ to £5; sulky, £13 10/; wagon. £30. At Pukekohe Yards on Friday we held a special sale of dairy cows, when 3SO cows were yarded. Cows close to profit sold under i keen competition. Dairy cows and heifers to calve in July and August sold at from £6 10/ to £12; others, more backward. £5 to I £6 15/. The advertised cows on account of j Mr F. Cooper sold at from £6 10/ to £12;, on account of Mr W. J. Walters, £b 10/ j to £11 10/; buR, £3 to £5/10. At Waiukn Yards ou Saturday we held I our monthly sale. There was a large yard- | ing of cattle, which sold at late rates, i Dairy cows and heifers close to profit sold I at from £5 to £7 17/6; others, £4 5/ to £5 o/j j IS-months to 2-year-old steers. £2 10/ to £3 10/; yearling to £2 6/: calves. 15/ to 3i/6; pigs, iweaners, 8/ to 10/; sundries at satisfactory prices. At the Westfield Yards on Wednesday tne cattle were yarded iv more than usual num-, bets, and prices were the same as last: ■week. Ox beef, from £1 2/ to 24/ per | lOOlbs; cows and heifers, 18/ to 21/. Steers i sold at from £7 2/G to £16 5/, which was. obtained for a pen of Mr .las. Lord, of -laumraturoto: cows and heifers, £4 to is 2/6. Calves, ia short supply, sold at late rates. A draft of 20 bullocks, from Mr Jas. Lord, of Maungaturoto, averaged £12 3/6: also 20 small, but extra well-fatted, bullocks from Mr Robert Clark, of Waiau P-ah, averaged £10 17/6. Sheep were yarded in less numbers than usual, and showed no improvement on last week's rates. Best wethers, to 25/; others, 16/ to 19/0. Extra heavy ewes sold at from £1 1/ to £1 2/3; others, 16/ to IS/: lambs, in usual numbers; extra well-fatted, 14/ to 17/3: others, 9/3 to 11/9. Pigs were yarded in average numbers, and sold at last week's rates. No baconers yarded. .Porkers, £1 6/ to £1 S/; weaners, 8/ to i "\Ve submitted extra largo catalogues of j hides, skins and tallow on Tuesday. Hides. —Market remains the same for all I good conditioned bides; scored and sloppy, market easier. We quote: Extra stout ox, 7d to 7*d: stout ox. 6-ld to 65d; medium ox, 6d to 6~3-Sd; light ox, sid to 6 1-Sd. Cows, best lines, 6}d to 6 3-8 d: good, .> 7-Sd to 6 IrSd; 6cored and sloppy, 54d to 3 o-8d; sta-s', 4Jd to 5 1-Sd; kips, 5Jd to 6}d. Calfskins, best. 7d to Sd; good, Gid to 63d; damaged bide:-, 23d to 4d. Sheeoskins.—Market brisk. Best butchers' skins, picked, to 6/G: good lines, 5/4 to 5/S; medium. 4/ to 4/6; small, 2/6 to 3/3. Tallow.—.Market firm Best mixed to 28/; ~ood, 24/6 to 266; inferior, 20/6 to 22/6; rough fat, Ud to 2d per lb. Bones, £4 17/6. Horse hair. 1/4 to 1/TiOowtnils. 1/8 dozen. Wheat.—Sales steady at 3/8 ex store Oats.—in fair demand Supplies plentiful 2/7, 2/S. ex store. Barley.—Steady sales at 2/8 ex store _ Chaff Southern in good demand. £.b 0/ for' prime samples of Blenheim, ex store. Bran -Sales' steady at £4 10/ ex store. Pollard In good demand, £6 5/ ex store Potatoes.—Good samples worth £i 10, Butter —In good demand. Choice. 10} d . first grade. CHd to Ofd; second grade, 9d poor quality, Sid to Sid. _____» j v Cheese.— Factory, ia good demand at 5Jd farmers, slow of sale, at 5d and sid: Fungus. —Ready sale at s+d. \ FAT BULLOCKS. i . (By Telegraph.—Own Corresponde_t.) ' DUNEE-IN. this day. Five prime bullocks were sold at Bun » side stock sales yesterday for over £& I The bollocks were from Southland, bei* s the property of Mr. W. Swale. The highe( . price obtained was £16 7/6. Following d i this was one at £16 15/, the lowest pric y being £15 7/6. The prices realised are muc a in advance of late rates. c FROZEN MEAT. f 8 I (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Jj ! NAPIER,this day. t The C. C. and D. Company, London, t< i- day cabled the following report:—"Mutto o and lainh market continues weak, an c \ values have declined. The beef market _t it i improved slightly. To-day's prices ar< •t ! Mutton —Canterbury, 3*d: Napiar. Wellin; _ ton and North Island. 3}d. Lamb—_3_i ,i quality, o l-8d; second, sd. Beef—'Him st j quarters, 3}d; fores, 2*d." c - d I ■