AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 760, 22 December 1908, Page 4

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Auckland, report as follows: — Horses: At the Durham yards on Friday horses were yarded in full numbers and disposed of. Heavy draughts sold at from £22 10s to £31; medium do , £18 10s to £26 ss; hacks and light harness horses, £5 5s to £18 10b; weeds, £2 10s to £6 ss. At Puk«kofa© on Wednesday there was a very large muster of stock of all descriptions, and owing no doubt to the rain prices advanced all round, competition being very keen. Dairy coirs sold at from £4 5s to £10; backward do., £3 5s to £6 10s; springing heifers, £8 17s 6d to £8; empty cows. £2 10s to £4 4s; two to three-year-old steers, £2 10s to £417s 6d; yearlings, £2 to £2 18s; calves, 15s to £1 16s. Beef, of which 120 head were penned", sold well at Newmarket rates. Cattle. —The Newmarket Yards on Tuesday were well filled with cattle of all descriptions. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £7 2s 6d; heifers, £3 10s to £4 15s; empty cows, £2 10s to. £3 15s; calves, £1 to £1 14s. There .was a large yarding of beef, which sold at last week's rates, the market being much firmer, oxen selling to 23b per 1001 b, and cows 19s to' 21s per 1001 b. Steers sold at from £5 10s to £10 17s 6d, and cows £4 5s to £7 10s. The beef cattle were of good quality throughout. Sheep were penned in full numbers at Newmarket on Tuesday and advanced on late rates, wethers selling at from 11s 9d to 18s; ewes, lls 3d to 18s; hoggets, lls 6d to 14s 9d. Lambs were in full supply, and sold at from 7e 93 to 16s. Pigs. —Porkers sold at from 18s 6d to £1 17s; weaners, 8s 6d to lls 6d; baconers, £2 8s to £3 2s. Hides. —Market firm. We quote: —Extra stout ox, 7d to 7Jd; etout do., 6Jd to 6|d; medium do., sgd to 5Jd; light do., 4sd to 6fd; cows', best lines 4Jd, good 4^d to 4|d, scored 4d to 4Jd; stags', 3d to 3*d; calfskins, 4d to 5Jd; kips, 3§d to 4*d. Sheepskins. —Market brisk. Best butchers' skins, large 4s 6d to 5s 2d, medium 8s 9d to 4s, small 2s 6d to 3s 3d; pelts and lambs', Is 2d to Is 9d. Tallow. —Market firm. Best mixed, to 24s 6d; good, 21s 6d to 22s 6d; inferior, 17s 6d to 18s 6d; rough fat, Ud to l|d per lb. LONDON MEAT MARKETS. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Co., report on November 6 as follows: — The full average quantities of meat being pitched at Smithfield have proved in excess of the requirements of the market, while the depression in the general trade of the country has tended to restrict the demand in the provinces. It is not surprising therefore that prices have developed a further tendency in favour of buyers, without giving any stimulus to the output. Mutton and Lambs have suffered considerably from the abundant sup. I>lies of both from Scotland and Holand, for which very reduced prices had to be taken in order to effect a clearance. Dutch sheep and lambs can both be bought at 5Jd per lb. Scotch Hill lambs in fair condition are selling at 6d per lb. New Zealand Mutton.—There has been no arrival during the week. It must again be stated that prices are only being maintained by virtue of stocks being in manageable compass, and there is little life in the demand. Canterburys are somewhat neglected at prices ranging from Sjd to 4}d per lb., and North Islands are unchanged at 3£d to 3gd per lb. . Ewes are in request at 3jd per lb. South American Mutton. —Arrivals have been Zennatt 28,417 carcases, Highland Glen 23,777 carcases, and Amiral Aube 10^940 carcases. Prices in this section are firmj particularly for good light sheep_ which are worth 3|d per lb. in London and slightly more in the provinces. Medium and heavy weights can be bought at 3}d per lb. Australian Mutton. —Receipts, consist of Orotava 4,060 carcases, Drayton Grange 9,237 carcases and Pericles 10;890 carcases. Quotations show nominally no change, hut buyers appear reluctant to pay 3sd per lb. for small sheep., which is their relative value. For medium weights 3jd per lb. is more readily obtained. The quality of the meat is very fair. Frozen Lambs. —There has been no arrival from New Zealand, but 11,---622 carcases from Australia and 141 carcases from South America. In the face of competition from freshkilled lambs, the demand has fallen off considerably and sales last week were very small. New Zealand quotations are fully Id per lb. cheaper, out sales are not pressed as stocks are now limited. Australian lambs are not much in evidence^ and the average quotation of 45dper lb. represents very limited business. Frozen Beef. —Stocks have been increased by 6,933 quarters from Australia and 17 800 quarters from South America. The cheap supplies of South American Chmed Beef hare interfered with the sale of frozen hinds. Prices have drooped, and the heat quarters can be bought at 3|d per lb. Forequarters still meet a fair enquiry and are firm at about 3Jd per lb.