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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9068, 14 April 1906, Page 3

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BUBNSIDE STOCK REPORT

DUNEDDf, April 11

Fat cattio: 150 head yarded. A small proportion of prim© sold at last week's rates, but medium and low conditioned we-re practically unsaleable towards the, close. Best bullocks made £8 to £*9 15s. medium to good £6 10s to £7 10s, light up to £5 10s, best heifers £6 to £7 7s 6d. medium £4 to £5, old cow& £2 10s to £4 10?

Fat sheep: 2700 penned. Prices for prime were maintained but medium wethers were easier. Ewes, except odd pens of prime, were hard to quit., and old inferior were unsaleable towards the close, try included a large proportion 'of unfinished sorts. Competition was keen and' piioes advanced about Is, which is due, in a small measure, to the- cheap freights prevailing. Prime- iambs made J. 6& to 17s Bd, an 3 extra pea 18g Bd, others 13s 6d. Store Sheep. — Prices were: Ewes (2tooth) 16s 3d to 18s Id, 2 to 4 tooth 19s Id, 4 to 8-tooth 15s 7d to 17s 6d, 4 and 5-yeaa--old halfbr&d 10s, sound, mouth lls 6d to 145 lOd ; wethers 17s lid, 2-tooth 14s to 16s 9d; lambs, ewea 12s lOd to 13s 4d. wethers 9s 6d to 12s 9d.

Pigs. — Best baooners made 42s to 51s, equal to 3£ per Ib, seo&ndairy sorts 34s to 40s, equal horn 3s Ix> 3£d per Ib. Porkers were entered in large numbers, and they sold badly. Best 22s to 30s, equal to 4d per lb ; secondary aorta 18s to 225. Suckers and weaners m^t with dull sales.

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS

SYDNEY, April 11

Wheat, chick 3s to 3s 3d ; milling 3s 3£d to 3s 4d ; flour SSI 10s ; oats, Algerian feeding 2s 8d to 3s 9d, seeding 3s ; barley, Cape 3s~6d, English, malting 3s to 3s 4d ; maize, prime 3s ; potatoes J3B 5s to £8 15s ; onions. £7.

MELBOURNE, April 11.

Wheat 3& 3d to 3* 3i<l; flour £7 ss: oats. Algerian, feeding, 2& to 2s Id, seeding 2s sd ; bariey, malting 3s 6d to ss ; maize, 3s 2d to 3s 6d ; potatoes £5 10s to £7 10s ; onions to £6 4s. ADELAIDE, April 11. Wheat 3s 2d to 3s 2£d; flour £7; oats, Algerian 2s 2d, white 2s od to 2s 7d.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE.

* CHRISTCHURCH. April 11.

At the Addijigton live stock market today there was a good yarding of all descriptions of stock, including a very large entiy of sheep.

Fat CattJe.— The entry of fat cattle was large, and comprised 282 head. Nine steers from Mount Palm £10 to £12 ss, 8 heifers £8 to £8 10s, 2 cows £7 ss, other steers £6 10s to £9, heifeis £5 to £7 7s 6d, rows £4 15s to £6 15s, all equal to 15s to 20& p&r lOOlbs. Calves brought from 7s 6d to £2 10s. .i>

Fat Lambs. — -Fat lambs were- yarded in Jarge numbers, tue quality general being an improvement on last week, but the enBest wethers sold at 20s to 235, medium to good 10s to 19s, light and unfinished 12s 6d to 15s, best ewes 14s to 16s 6d, medium 9s to 12s, inferior 4s to 7s.

Fat lambs: 1260 penned Despite the large yarding, lasb week's prices were maintained. Best made 16a, extra up to 18-j 6d, good 12s to 14s, light and un finished 83 to 11s

DL'N'EDIJN GRAIN MARKET. DTJNEDTN April 11. Wheat:. TRer© is excellent dema.nd for crood. Many samples forward can hardly ha called prime, and for medium 'there is only a moderate demand. Prim© milling 3s l^d to 3s 2£d, medium 3s to 3s Id, fowl wheat 2s lid \o 3s, sacks fsxtra. Oats: No new oats hare so far offered from the South. Northern samples have heen rea<iily sold. Prime milling la 10d to Is lid. gcod to best feed 1-s 9d to Is 9^d, -inferior to nraclium 13 8d to Is 9d, sacks extra.