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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 July 1924, Page 3

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AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. Stock Exchange sales: New Zealand Inscribed Stock, 1938 £97 10s: Breweries debentures, 225; National'Timber Company, 245; Bycroft (rights), 3s 6cl; Dominion Pictures, 18s"; Wilson's Cement, 295; Grand Junction, 2s 9d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT ■ SYDNEY, July 24. - „ Tasmanian, Algerians os to os 3d, white 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Maize. Yellow and white 4s. l otatoes.—Tasmanian £7 6s to £7 10s, Victorian £6 10s. Onions. -r-Yictorinn £l7 to £l7 10s. _ , ADELAIDE, Julv 24. Uats.—Algerian feed 3s. ADDINGTON. (by telegraph—press association.) CHRISTCHURCH, July 23. Pat cattle were again in over supply to-da.y, and there was another easing in values. Fat sheep sold slightly better, as did store sheep. A heavy consignment of North ' Island ewes was passed in at 38s. Store sheep were in slack demand in the early stages, but there was a decided priming later on particularly for ewes, hoggets and'"forward wethers. Small six and eight-toothed half-bred ewes brought 38s 9d; sound and failingmouthed crossbred ewes, 40s 4d; fairly good two, four and six-toothed ewes, 40s 6d; failing-mouthed crossbred ewes, 31s 6d; aged crossbred ewes, 20s Od, 27se; aged half-bred ewes' 255, 27s 9d; four and six-toothed lialfbred wethers, 335, 35s 2d; half bred ewe hoggets, 325, 33s Id; half bred ■wether hoggets, 245, 255, good tliree-quarterbred ewe hoggets, 31s lOd, 32s 2d; three-quarter-bred wether hoggets, 23s (id, 25s lid; good crossbred ewe hoggets, 32s 9d; cull crossbred ewe hoggets, 24s 9d. Fat Sheep—There was a small yarding of 81 .races. The market opened well,- but values were irregular on the whole. The market was better than last, week by up to 2s per head' for ewes, with less for wethers.

Extra prime wethers, 535; a few special to (10$ 9d; prime, 425, 48s; medium, 395, 425; light, 345„ 38s 6d; extra,]) rime owes, to 465; special pens to 52s Gd; prime, 355, 38s fid; medium, 31s, 345; light, 275, 30s; old, 245, 2(>s; prime hoggets, 335, 37s 3d; medium, 28s fid, 325. ■ Fat Cattle—There was another very heavy yarding, comprising 540 head, as against 510 last, week. It was a weakening market throughout, and values were down by about 2s per hundred. Sales were hard to make over the final stages.

Extra prime beef, S4s per 1101 b; prime, 30s, 32s 6d; medium, 275, 29s 6d; light, 21s, 265; roughtf rom 12s fid, 20s; extra prime steers. £IC 10s, £lB 15s; show bullocks to £2l; prime, £l2 ss, £ls 10s; medium, £9 ss, £l2; light; £4 15s, £9; extra prime heifers, £l3; prime, £6 10s, £8 15s; medium, £4,# £6 ss; extra prime cows, £l2; prime, £6 ss, £8 ss; medium, £4, £6; aged, £2 10s, £3 15s. Yealers —There was a large entry. All round prices were easier, though on the whole values were good. Runners, £7; good vealers, £4, £5 ss; good calves, £2 ss, £3 15s; small, 15s, 30s. Store cattle totalled 100 head, consisting mainly of cows* which were bought .by potters at prices well up to late rates. There -were no young cattle. Forward good cows brought £3; medium, £1 15s, £2 7s 6d; aged and inferior, £l, £i 10s; good bulls, £3, £4 15s; medium, £2, £2 10s. Dairy Cattle—There was a small entry of 58 head. The sale opened with little competition, but towards the end improved. Gooff second and third cal vers, springing, £B, £10; good, £ll 10s; medium sorts, £5 £7; springing heifers, £4, £7 15s. * Fat Pigs—There was-a small supply. Baeoners met with good demand. There was a large supply of porkers. Prices were a little easier. Choppers. £4, £7 ss; light baeoners, £4, £4 35a; heavy, £5 ss, £6; extra heavy, £(5 os, with average price per lb 82d.tn 9d; light porkers, £2 10s, £2 15s; heavy, £3, £3 15s; average price per lb 9d to Old. Store Pigs—There was a large entry. Values for medium and large stores came down. Weaners sold well at late rates. Weaners, lfis, 20s; small stores, 225; 28s; medium, 30s, 365; laige, 475. WESTFIELD. AUCKLAND, July 23. There was the average yarding of beef, and keen competition for choice sorts. Although quotations wore the same generally, the market showed a better tone. Extra choice ox, 28s per 1001 b; choice and prime, 24s to 275; plain and unfinished, 18s to 235; rough, 12s to 17s; prime young cow and heifer. 21s to 255; other cows, 15s to 20s; extra heavy prime steers, £l4 to £ls 15s; heavy, £ll to £l3 2s fid; medium, £9 to £lO 2s fid: light, £7 to £8 12s fid; unfinished, £4 10s to £6 7s fid; heavy prime cows and heifers, £6 17s fid to £7 10s; medium, £5 to £6 ss; light, £3 2s fid to £4 17s 0d; unfinished, £1 to £3 7s fid. Calves were in less numbers than the average, prices improving. Runners, 70s to 90s; heavy vealers, 65s to 755; medium, 48s to 04s; light, 30s to 425,- smaller, 18s to 28s; small and fresh dropped, 3s to lfis; rough, 15s to 265. : Pigs—Small numbers; prices on a par with last week. Choppers, 90s to 108 s; heavy and medium baeoners, 80s to 975; light baeoners and heavy porkers, 60s to 78s; medium and light porkers, 52s to 58s. Stores sold at late rates. Large, 25s to 375; slips, 25s to 325; weaners, lfis to 235. Sheep—An average yarding. Prices generally were easier. Heavy prime wethers, 41$ fid to 445; medium, 39s to 41. s 3cl; light. 30s to 38s fid; unfinished, 27s 3d to 35s 9d; heavy prime ewes, 32s 9d to 355; medium, 29s to 32s 0d; light, 24s to 28s fid; poor and inferior, 18s to 23s fid; heavy prime hoggets, 26s 6d to 2Ss 6d; medium, 24s 3d to 2fis; light, 22s fid to 245; unfinished, 19s 9d to 225.