THE MARKETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 10737, 30 August 1913, Page 2

THE MARKETS.

s£. AUSTRALIAN QUOTATIONS. /United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Oopyright. >' : "~ Keoeived August 29, Ipm Melbourne, August 29 Wheat 3s floor £8 15s, bran and pollard £4 log, barley, English, * £3 9s to £4, Cape £2 9s to £3, oats, f Algerian £2 2s to-£3, maize £3 3s to V. £3 4s, potatoes £1 1.6 sto £3 ss, onions £5 15s to £6. WESTFIELD REPORT. Messrs Alfred Buckland & Sous report:—On Wednesday, August 27th, at our weekly Westfleld fat stock market, three was a steady demand throughout, all \alues on a par with last report Choice ox """ gold to £1 13s, prime £1 9s to £1 lis, oowe and heifers" £1 6s to £1 9j, steers ranged in price from £8 to £ls 17s 6d, cows and heifers £5 to . £ll ss. A draft of 30' prime bullocks averaged £l4 2s 9d, and many other consignments averaged over £l3 There was again a heavy supply of fat- and young calves, which sold readily at ruling figures. ' Runners £4 16s to £5 14s, heavy suckers £3 12s to £4 13s, choice medium £2 8s to £3 6s, light £1 5s to £2 2s, small and fresh dropped 3s to 19s, 111 sold. In fat cbmpetiton was steady. Extra heavy prime wethers £1 12s 9d to £1 15s, a small pen brought £1 16s 3d, heavy prime £1 Bs' 6d to £1 lis 6d, medium to ' heavy £1 4s 6d to £1 Bs, light and unfinished 18s 6d to £1 3s ,6d, extra heavy prime ewes £1 8a to £1 10s 6d, good £1 3s,to £1 7s 6d, others 153 to £1 2s, hoggets, best £1 3s to £1 5s 9d, good 19s to £1 Is 6d, others 153 to 18s. For pigs there was only a fair demand and values suffered a • further drop. Heavy baconers £3 3s to £3 17s, lighter £2 13s to £3, large porkers £2 5s to £2 12s, smaller £1 12s to £2 2sj small £1 5s to £1 10s, slips and email stores i7s to £1 3s, weahers 13s to" 16s. STOCK REPORT. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co report:—At Rongotea on Wednesday we had a good yarding of cattle and have to report a very satisfactory olearanoe at full rates We quote : Yearling heifers small £2 7s 6d, 18months heifers £3 8s to £3 lis, 2year empty heifers £3 19s, springing heifers £5 2s «d to £6,. springing cows £4 5s to £6, and up to £ll ; store cows £3 2s to. £3 16s,- forward cows £3 19s 6d to £4 6s, fat cows £6 to £B, 18-months steers £3 10s, old 'cows 28s, low oondition cows ■ £2 6s - to £2 13s 6d, small yearlings 24s 6d to 31s At Palmerston on Thursday we had a small entry of seeep and a " good yarding of cattle Late.rates were well maintained and very few lines failed to find a purchaser Quotations:— Sheep: Medium hoggets 12s 4d to 13s 6d Cattle: Yearling heifers good £3 ss, yearling steers £3, store cows £2 10s to £3 4s 6d, better condition cows £3 10s to £4 3s, cows in calf £3 10s, heifers £6, bull £3 10s Dalgety and Oo report having a very fair" yarding of cattle at their Palmerston North sale on Thursday last, which sold as below: Bad coloured weaner steers 38s 6d, ' coloured dairy heifers to £3 13s, backward dairy heifers m calf £4l2s 6d, springing heifers to £6 ss, light fat bullooks £lO 2s Messrs Abraham and Williams report: —At Palmerston North on • Thursday last we had a good yarding •" of sheep and a fair entry of cattle. ? - There was a fair demand for all classes of stock and we managed to quit the bulk of our entry. We quote:—Ewes in lamb to Romney rams 183, fat ewes 18s, empty ewes 18s 6d, extra heavy fat wethers 31s to 325, small woolly hoggets 13a 3d shorn hoggets 12s 6d to 14s, eull do. 7s 9d, store bullooks £6 4s, yearling heifers £2 7s 6d to £3 Bs, springing heifers £5, springing cows £5 to £7 103, -cows in milk £4 10s, to £7 55..