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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10241, 2 September 1909, Page 1

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HOME MA RICETS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Received September 2, at 9.25 a.m. London, September 1. At the first tallow sales 688% casks were offered and 620 sold. Mutton: Fine, 335; medium, 31s. Beef: Fine, 32s Gd; medium, 30s. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Per Press Association.) Received September 1, at 10.30 p.m. Melbourne, September 1. Hides. —There is good competition and the market is firm for all classes. DUNEDIN MARKETS. (Per Press Association.) Dunedin, September 1. Fat Cattle. —278 head were yarded, a fair proportion consisting of prime heifers and bullocks, and the balance of medium and inferior quality. Prices receded about 10s per head, except iui-lieavy-weiglit bullocks. Prime quality bullocks sold at last week's rates. Best bullocks £lO to £ll 10s, extra to £l2 7s 6d, medium £8 to £9, best heifers £7 to £S os. medium £5 to £6 10s. Sheep,—343s were yarded. The entry included 200 hoggets, sold at fallen prices. The quality of the sheep was only medium, and prices, on account of the number penned, showed a decline or from Is to 2s 6d on last week's rates. -Exporters were not operating, and most of the butchers have big supplies on hand. Best wethers 12s to 15s, extra to 16s 9d, medium 12s to 13s, inferior 10s 6d to lis (id. best ewes lis Eo 12s Gd, medium 9s to 10s. Pigs.—l2o were penned, an average yarding ot ! good quality. A fair miniber of suckers were forward, and a number of pens of porkers and baconeis. Suckers 15s to 17s 6d, slips 21s to 2_ss Gd, stares 29s to 3Ss, porkers 39s to 475, light baconeis 49s to 575, heavy baconeis to 60s. "Wheat. —Except for some demand tor seed lots the wheat market is very dull, and little business is passing, lhe onlv inquiry from millers is for prime velvet. Prime milling 4s 6d, medium 4s 3d to 4s sd, whole fowl wheat 3s 9d to 3s lid. Oats. —The stocks of oats in stores are low, and consignments have been light for some time, but tliey are equal to" the demand. Little business is doiii'r except for seed or local trade lots. Seed lots Is lOd to 2s, prime milling Is 7d to Is 7jd.

ADDING TON MARKETS. (Per Phess Association.) Christchurch, September 1. At Addington live stock market today, owing to wet weather the entries of "stock were generally smaller than of late, and the attendance was limited. Fat cattle were dull of sale, and fat sheep, owing to the short supply, showed an improvement at the opening of the sale, but towards the close prices fell below those of last week. Store sheep also sold well, and pigs showed practically no change. Stores and dairv cattle were dull of sale. The entry of store sheep was a small the majority licint; and •.i-iv iov.* pens of ctvvs a.v ijcUer enquiry lor ail ;.:k1 hoggets, which were mobiiv sorts, sold at an advance :<l Od [kt Lend. One lot ox tiirce-.'jur.rtcr-bi'.o cue hoggets made J3.s. lialf/red hoggets (small and of mixr.-i Us 2d to 9s (3d. and cwoo ami lambs (Cs lid) all counted. There were few new season's fat into lambs penned, and they sold at los od to ISs.

The supply of l'at sheep was a short one, and included some good lilies ol vet hers. The market opened at an advance on last week's rates, but when Butchers had filled their requirements prices fell below those of last week, i'rime wethers made 16s to 19s 7d, others 13s 6d to 15s 6d, prime ewes 14s to 16s 3d, others 10s to lis 6d, merino wethers 13s, hoggets 9s 6d to 13s 6di

There were 304 fat cattle entered, the bulk being of good and prime quality. The sale was very dull and dragging, and a number of pens were passed. Prices ruled about equal to Is per 1001b below last week's rates. Steers made £8 6s to £ll ss, heifers £5 5s to £9 ss, and cows £4 10s to £7 17s 6d (equal to 19s 6d to 21s 6d for prime, 17s 6d to 19s for medium, and 15s to 17s for cow and inferior beef per 1001b). A small yarding of store cattle met with a poor demand, yearlings making 28s to 30s, 15 to 18-months £2 5s to £2 3s, 2-year-old steers £4 2s 6d, 3-year-old steers £5 15s to £6, and dairy cows 20s to £3 17s 6d. Dairy cows were also dull of sale at £3 tp £7 15s. There was a medium entry of all classes of pigs, and they sold at about the previous week's prices, except stores, which were a little easier. Choppers sold up to £3 12s 6d, large baconers 55s to 63s (equal to 4jd per lb), large porkers 40s to 445, and lighter 35s to 93s (equal to 5Jd to ujd per lb), large stores 25s to 30s, medium 16s to 20s, and weaners 14s to 225. . • '