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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 November 1927, Page 7

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AUSTRALIAN GRAIN PRICES. IIY CABLE— PH.ESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT MELBOURNE, Nov. 25. Market quotations are as follow : Wheat. —5s Gd; spot for January .and February delivery. Flour, Li2 to £l3 *O. llran, £7. Poulard, £B.. Oats, 4s •’■d to 4s lOd. Barley, English 5® 3d. Potatoes, £3 10s to £4 IQs. Onions, £2 to £4 10®.

CANADIAN WHEAT. OTTAWA, Nov. 24. The annual statement of the Canada wheel pool, a® published, state® that tlm jHKiI handled during the year 179,950.242 buishels, out of a total of 335,•iOO.UOO handled in the Canadian .westI’he grain was shipped to 24 countries, through sixty port®, Britain being the chief importer, with fifty million bushels.

Gross receipts from . grain safes amounted to 295,750.000 dollars, the total cost® deductable being 768.150,000 dollars, leaving 218,935,000 dollars net or distribution among pool members in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. The report states that never ha® there been so much tough damp wheat, thus requiring the development of a new European market for this grade. WANGANUI STOCK SALE. Many buyers were present at Messrs. Freeman R. Jackson and Company’s Wanganui stock sale on Wednesday, and bidding was fairly brisk throughout. There were large vardings of sheep- and pigs, although the offering of cattle was not as large. Satisfactory juice® wore secured on the day’s hi 1ding. Quota tion® are : Hoggets, 28s 6d ; wether hoggets, 22® LOd; fat ewes, 225; fat and forward ewes, 20s; two and four-tooth wethers, 22® Gd; store ewes, 16® Id. Pig®.—Porkers. 28s to 35s ; baconers, £2 2® Gd; stores, 20® to 275; weaners (good offering), 14s, 18s, 19® 6d, 21s Gd, 22 s Gd. Cattle.—Fat cow®, £5 14®, £6 2s 6d, £6 12® 6d, £7 ss; three-year steers, £6 ss; steers, £2 4s; store cows. £3 10s, £3 17® 6d; one Shorthorn bullock £6; one Jersey bull, £5 12® 6d ; dairy cows, £5 ss, £4 15s. £5 12s 6:1; heifers, £3 7.s Gd. ADDINGTON QUOTATIONS. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 23. To-day’s Addington market drew smaller entries in the cattle and sheep sections, and there was a hardening ol prices. Store Sheep.—The entry was small and a spirited sale resulted, there being an all-round advance of from 1® to 1® Gd a head. Fat Lambs.— A small entry and an advaneo in. prices of from Is to Is Gd. The bulk of the lambs sold at from 30s to 335. Fac. Sheep.—For shorn siieep values were better until the concluding stages by 2® a head, but the few woolly sheep forward sold at no more than last week’s rates. The demand eased over the concluding stages. Elxtra prime shorn wethers fetched 38s to- 435, prime wethers 34s to 375. medium Avethers 30s to 335, light Avethers 25s Gd to 29s Gd, extra prime eives to 40s Id, prime; eAves 80s to 345. medium ewes 27® to 345, medium ewes 27® to- 29s Gd, light eiiea 22s to* 26®, prime iioolly Avethers to 49s 7d. medium woolly Avethers 39® to 445, light Avoolly Avethers 34s to 37s Gd, prime iA-oolly cues 37s to 44s lOd, medium AA’bolly ewes 32s to 365, light woolly ewe® 27s to. 31s. Fat Cattle.—Extra prime beef 41® to 46s per 1001 b, prime 40s; to 13s. medium quality and heavy Aveight 35® < ) 395, coav 33s to 365, and rough doivn to 27®. Extra, -heavy steers sold to- £2O 2s Gd, prime heavy steers £l7 5s to £l9 s®, medium iveight steers £l4 10s to £l7, light steers £9 to £l4, extra prime heifers to £ls 17s Gd, prime heifers £l2 10® to £l4 15s, medium heifers £lO 10® to £l2 ss. light heifers £7 10s to £lO, extra prime- and prime coavs £l2 to £ls, medium coav® £lO to £ll 15s, light coavs £6 to £9 10s.

Fat Pigs.—Choppers made £2 10s to

£6. light porkers 42® to 50s, heavy porkers 52s to- 56®; aA~erage price a lb o}d to 7RI. Light baconers made £3 to £3 10s, and heavy baconers £3 15s to £4 2s ; a verage price per lb ssd to 6-1 d. WESTFIELD MARKET. AUCKLAND, Nov. 23. At Westfield there was an average yarding of beef. Competition Avas erratic and, Avhile Rght Aveight ox Avas better in individual instances, as a Avliole values Avere scarcely up to last Aveek’s rates. The coav and heifer beef was also inclined to be easier. Extra choice ox sold at 37® per 1001 b; choice and prime, 29s to 31s; just killable, 27s to 295; prime young coav and heifer beef, 25s to 30s; just killable, 21s to 24®. Sheep.—An average yarding. Competition was steady, with little or no change in A'alues No extra heavy prime wethers were penned. Heavy prime (shorn), 28s 6d to 30s ; medium, 26s to. 28s; light and unfinished, 22s to 255; heavy prime ewes, 23s to 24s °d; lighter, 20s to 22s Gd, other ewes, 10s to 19®. Heavy prime lamb 26s to 295: medium, 23s to 255; light, !9ls to 225. FAT STOCK AT BURNSIDE. DUNEDIN, Nov. 22. (>Aving to the advent of summer shoAV week, the usual Burnside stock sale avus held to-day. The principal feature of the sale was the high prices realised for fat cattle. The market shoAved a. rise of about 15s per head above last week’s high rates. The quality was not equal to that of the last sale, the yarding consisting chiefly of prime and medium bullocks, Avitli a fair proportion of good, cows and heifers. Fat cattle.—Extra prime heavy ljjilloek® made £l7 to £2O 12® 6d, prime heavy £l4 15s to £l7, lighter and unfinished. sorts £l2 to £l4, extra prime heifers to £l4, prime cow® and heifers £9 to £l3. Prime ox beef sold on the basis of 46s per 1001 b, light 42s Gd, coav and heifer 30s to 4Ds. Fat sheep. —Extra prime Avoollv heaA r y AA-ethers made 53s to 58s 3d, prime heavy 44s 6di to 525, medium 375. to 435, light 33s Gd to 365, extra prime Avooly heavy cavcs 44s to 49s 6d, ! prime 3Gs to 435, light 30s to 355, extra prime shorn wetlier® 37s Gd’ to 42s 9d, prime 32s 3d to 36s Gd, prime shorn eyes 27s to 31s 3d. Prime Avethers- in wool sold on a basis of 71 d to 8.1 d per lb, prime shorn Avethers 6d to Gld. Prime lamb sold on a basis of 8d to 1® per lb.