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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10542, 25 August 1910, Page 1

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HOME MARKETS. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyiucui'i.] (Peii Press Association.) Received August 24, at- 9.55 p.m. London, August 24. Wheat —Ait Australian cargo sold at 38s. Copper—On spot, £55 10s; three months, £56 Ss 9d. Tin —On spot, £157 10s; three months, £ls? 2s (3d. Lead, £l2 lis 3d. THE CANADIAN HARVEST. Received August 24, at 11.15 p.m. Ottawa, August 24. The Winnipeg Free Press' expert estimates the western crops of wheat at 102.250,000 bushels. oats at 108,000,000 barley at 7,000,000, and flax at 7,750,000 bushels. DUNEDIN MARKETS. (Per Press Association.) Dunedin, August 24. Fat Cattle. —201 were yarded. About half were good to prime and the remainder very inferior. Bidding was fairly brisk, but prices except lor prime quality, were slightly easier. Prime iniHooks £ll i<> 10s. extni t<? ,£i ; s. medium to good £0 to £lO 15s, light £7 ]<is to C 7 15s, best <invs and heifers £8 IDs to £lO 10s, medium CO 5s to £B, light £5 to £5 15s. ' Knt Sheep.—2ooo were penned, consisting chiefly of wethers, with several splendid lines of heavy sheep. .1 lie sale opened with a very slack demand, and prices were Is lower than last week, but the demand greatly improved, and the closing rates were, equal to those ruling at last week's sale. Prime wethers 1.9s Gd to 21s, extra heavy 22s to 24s Od. medium to goo-d 17s to los Od, light 14s to 10s, prime ewes 15s to lis (id, medium 13s to 14s Cel. Fat Lambs. —315 were penned. With the exception of two or three pens the quality was only middling. Best !•)■- to His, medium to good 18s to 14s Od. small find unfinished lis to 12s fid. Pigs.—llo were yarded. Porkei'S and Tiaconers were in rather short simply. and met with a brisk sale at 4.\d to 5d per lb. 't oung pigs also \\ere well - competed for at a shaoe above last week's rates. Suckers 0s to los, slips 15s to 20s, stores 21s to 2os. porkers 28s to 335, light baeoners „bs to 435. heavy 45s to 50s. Oats. —The market shows no change and there is little doing from shippers. Almost the only business passing is in moderate sized lines ior local eonsnmntion. Prime milling Is 10id tu Is IUL good to best feed Is 9d to Is 10 a «, inferior to medium Is 7d to Is 9d. The demand for wheat slackened to some extent a week ago, hut since tl.eu a better demand lias b-.'en experience:! and a crnsideraWe quantity of prime Tuscan and velvet ear has change) hands at ouotations. Good whole lowl wheat is not over plentiful, and has ji fair'inquiry. Prime milling velvet os 11(1 to 4s. Tuscan, velvet ear. etc.. Os 7d to 3s Sd, medium to good 3s od to 3s 6d, best whole wheat os Id to 3s 4d.

ADDiXGTOX MARKETS. (Per Press Association.) Christc-Imroli. August 24. At Addington tliw were larger entries of stock 1 ban last week, and a good attendance. Fat cattle sold at advanced rat-'-s. fat sheep Avere cst- C; - there not bcism much demand for export, though the Freozin;* works close down for the sphsoii on Saturday. Store sheep showed little chnn-i'V except tor weather hocciicis and nii-ied poxo.s, v> lih'H Iv „,-a easier. A few now fci'.'im's fat lambs sold well. Pigs sold at about last week's rates. 1 here wa.s not nuteji demand lev store cattle, hut dairy cows met -with an active sale. The yarding of store slice-.; was somewhat larger than last week, and was made up chiefly of hoggets of medium class. There was a weaker demand tor wether lionets and mixed lines, and s-lcs of the; e showed a decline of (id to 9d per head and in some cases more as compared with last week's rates. 1 here were a few pens of good ewes, soundmouthed making 18s 0(1. 4 and (j-tooth to 10s (3d. Border Lcicesters to 20*. and old ewes Gs 0d to li)-;. Wether brought lis to 13s. the latter figure being pa:id. for a good line ot well-grown and woll-woolled hoggets. ■ mixed sexes IDs to 10s Od, good ewe hoggets _l4s 7d to I,ls !)d, inferior I.os 9d. "Wethers sold at Us f}() io I.os for good sorts and 13s to 13s 'Jd for lower-conditioned lines. There were a few new .season slat lambs penned, ;md tliey sold well, making 19s to '2ls. There was a large yarding of fat sheep, including some lines ol i\'ei:iiers and .several lots o! merino.s. There was not much demand for export. and as the supply was beyond butchers' requirements the market was easier, especially ior anything that was not prime, the decline being fully Is Gd per head. The range of prices was: Extra prime wethers to 32s 6d, prime 19s to 24s 9d, lighter las 9d_to 18s 6d. extra prime ewes to 23s 7d, prime 16s to 10s, others 13s 4d to 15s lid, lioggcts 16s ICd to 17s lOd, prime merino wethers los 6d to 20s 6d, others lis od to I Is.

Tlie yarding of f.-il: entile totalled 225 head, the bulk being of good to prime finality, and. included several North Island lines. There was a very keen demand right through the .sale in consequence of the yarding being below tiie average, and prices advanced fully 2s per KiPlb, the range being 22s to 23s per lOOlb. Steers made £i Jos to £lO 15s. extra to £l3. heifers to Ids to £7 17s fid, extra to £9 2s 6(1, cows ■£') 15s to £7 10s, extra to £ll. There was a .small yarding of store cattle, the only line of any consequence beyond dry cows being of three and four-year-old steers. _ There was not mucii demand, especially for inferior sorts. Three-year-old heifers made £4 to £4 355, 4-year steers £7 15s, 3.J-yoar steers £7, 3-year steer.s £0 15s, and dry cows £2 15s to £4: 15s. A good entry of dairy cows met with a ready sale, and prices ranged from £3 10s to £lO. according to age and quality. There, was" a good demand for fat pigs, of which there was a fairly large yarding,.and prices were firmer. Heavy baconers made 50s to 5Ss, and lighter 42s to 48s (equal to 4-id per lb), large porkers 32s to 38s, smaller 20s to 30s (equal to 4ld to 4Jd and in some cases od per lb). Stores were slow of s.-iJe, large sorts making 22s to 255. medium 14s to 20s, .smaller 8s to 12s, and weaners 5s to 10s.