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Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 243, 13 October 1910, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN ANT> ME-R-CAN-TlLli AGEN-CY CO., LTD. .MARKET REPORT. At Westfiejd Yards on Thursday, October 6th, we held our weekly sale of dairy and store cattle. There was an av-erage yarding, and prices were the same as late quotations. Dairy caws and heifers, close ro prolit. sold at from £T> 5/ to £S 2/6; others. £3 10/ to £4 17/6; empty cows, £3 1/ to £4 41; calves. 20/ to ST/6. At the Durham Yards on Friday, horses were yarded iv usual numbers, and sold at late rate.-:. Heavy draught horses sold at from £25 to £36;' medium draughts, £10 to £38; light narness horses and hacks, £5 to £15. The draught stallion South Home realised £73 10/. Spring Carl, £12; gig, £S 10/. At Pukckawa, on Friday, we held a clearing sale of Mr J_. Long's live and dead stock. There was a fair attendance, and good prices were realised. Wethers sold to 20/; hoggets, 14/:',; ewes and lamos, 12/6 to 21/6; plough, £3 7/6; harrows. £4; gig. £10". Other sundries at satisfactory prices. „ At the Pukekohe Yards, on Tuesday, we held our monthly sale. There was an extra large vard-ine of cattle, which sold at late rates." Dairy cow and heifers, close to profit, sold at from £5 li/6 to £1-1-/, others. £4 to £5 15/; empty cows £2 o/ to £4: 21, to 3-year-old steers. £o -V to £6 14/6; IS-months to 2-years, £31 W to ±4 14/; 18-months to i tTO -J' ea ;-° l ', f , / ll f ri fe 7: suitable for dairy purposes, £3 Iff/ to i.-t TV e-ilve« "0/ to £- -V: """? p yarding of null's sold at "from £3 10/ to £10 10/. Beef at fully WcsLfield rates. Sheepskins. -Market brisk. Best butchers _li« large to 8/, *ood lines -V 010 «/5, ut-d?um 4/6 to 5/3. small 3/ to !V»: «£"»»f dry skins, large to 6/3, medium 3/6 to 4/6, small 1/6 to 2/6. r Tallow. -Market firm. Best mixed to 29/ good 26/ to 27/6, inferior 22/6 to 24/6. Rough fat. Ud to 3d per lb. Holies, £4 15/. Cow-tails VS per dozen. Horsehair, 1/5 to 1/7». YVbeat. —Sales easy at 3/6 and 3/ ■ ex store. _ . . -o Oats Steady demand at 2/7 and -.-->. Maize.—Small arrivals, prices rising on last rates 3d per bushel. Potatoes. —Good demao* at late rates. Small supplies on hand. Pollard.—Good demand at .£6 o/. Bran.—Sales steady at £4 10/ ex store. Barley.—Sales s-teady, 2/S ex store-Butter.-First grade reg., lOJd; second grade, reg., lOd: first grade, unreg., lod; second grade, unreg., 9i-d. Eggs.—Market over-supplied; slow sale at Od per dozen. Cheese.— Farmers', slow, sd; factory, in demand. sid. Fungus.—in good demand at 5Jd. At Westfleld Yards on Wednesday f-'i*-cattle were penned in average numbers, .and sold nt fully last week's rates. Ox beef selling from 2-1/ to 27/ per lOOLhS; cows. IS/ to 23/ Steers sold at from £6 5/ to £15 5/- rows, £5 to £S 15/; calves, heavyweights to £2 12/. others 3/ to £1 15/. There was a fair yarding of sheep, aud prices were a shade easier than last week. Host wethers sold at from 24/ to 26/0; others. 18/ to 2-' V, shorn wethers. 16/6 to £1 1/ One pen extra heavy shorn ewes realised 25/: others, 15/3 to 20/. Spring lambs were penned less than usual numbers, and sold at advanced rates. Extra well fatted sold to 24/3: others. 17/6 to 21/. Plgs were yarded in large numbers, and sold at late quotations. Bflconcrs sold to £2 ,V; porkers, £1 5/ to £1 15/; wcaners, 2/ to We submitted and sold extra large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, competition being very keen for all llidee.—Market firm. We quote: "Extra stout ov. 7d to 7}d; stout ox. 6|d to 6 5-Sd; medium ox. 5-Jd to 6 1-Sd: light ox. 51d to ii 7-Sd: cows', best lines 6 1-Sd lo 6Jd. good 5 7-Sd to 6d, scored and sloppy, 5d to 5 5-8 d; (stags'. 4d to 5 1-Sd: calf skins, best Sid to Hid. good 7d lo 7jd. cut and damaged 3d j to 6id: horse hides. 3/ to 0/6. C.V. AND D. CABLE. tßy Telegraph.—Press Association.) NAPIER, this day. The C.C. and I>. To. cable the following report:—Frozen mea-t: Prices for mutton and lamb unchanged. Beef is slightiy lower. To-day's prices tire: Canterbury munon, ■ltd; Napier, Wellington, and North Island, :!Jd.' Lamb, first quality 53d. second quality .liil. Heel', hindquarters .".Jd, forequarters 2iid.