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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 70, 18 March 1912, Page 8

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALES. Newton King’s Report. On Tuesday, 12th instant, I held my usual four weekly sale of above •produce, the catalogue comprising 8< hales and 847 sacks wool, 3172 sheepskins, 20 casks and G2 tins tallow, 989 hides, 904 calfskins, and the usualassortment of hair, tails, etc. Wool. —Mostly straggler and late shorn lots coming forward, the wool generally being dingy and very coarse. Prices in sympathy with those ruling in other centres were Id lower with late values. Sheepskins.—ln sympathy with wool declined id under excellent coo petition. Tallow. —Advanced £1 os per ton. Hides.—These met with very keen and spirited competition, prices showing a substantial rise all round. Heavy and medium ox advanced ltd, lights being at par. Heavy cow were Id, medium fd, and lights Id higher. One line of cow realised BJd per lb, a ioenrd for the Dominion. Calfskins.—Small offering with prices at par. I quote:— Wool.—Fine crossbred 8d to 8-jd, medium crossbred 6.-{d to /id, coarse crossbred Gid to 6f[-d, cotted and stained Gd to 6<l, seedy Id, 4ld, sd, s’d to old; black fleece Gd ; lambs Gd, GRk GUI, GJd, 7d to 7pi; seedy lambs 33d, 4d, 4ld, 43d to SRI; black lambs bid; first dead Gid to 7d; second dead olid. to Gid; inferior dead 4J|d to sd, crutchings 4-yd to 4id; first pieces 4o to 41-d ; second pieces 3id to 33d ; locks lid to 3d; skin pieces 2d. Sheepskins.—Alodium crossbred ,63d to 7d; coarse crossbred Gd to G|d; inferior SJ-d to o:Jd; lambs sd, old, Gd to Gid ; dead 13d to 5d ; pelts 2ld, 3d to 4d; i-wool 33d, 4d, 4Jd, 43d to bid ; damaged Ifd, 2ld, Id to 43-d j damaged pelts id to Id; hoggets Gid tc Gid. Damp lines: Heavy wool 7s 7d 8s to 9s; full wool ss, 5s Bd, 6s to 6s Gd; lambs Is lOd, 2s, 2s 7cl, 2s lOd to 3s; lambs pelts Gd to 8d; I-wocl. 2s, 2s 2d, 2s Gd to 2s lOd; dead 3s to 3s 10d; damaged 2s 7d, 2s lOd, 3s tc 3s 3d; pelts Id, 2d, 3d, 4d, Gd, Bd, 9d. Ild to Is Id; damaged pelts Id to 2d. Salted lines: Full wool 5s 5d tc 6s Gd; lambs 2s, 2s 2d, 2s 3d, 2s Gd, 2f 8d to 2s I Od; inferior lambs Is 2d tc Is 9d ; pelts 3d, Gd, Bd, Is, Is Id, 1; 4d, I'S Gd, Is 7d, Is 8d to Is lOd; i-wool 2s, 2s 3d, 2s 4d, 2s 7d, 2s 10d to 3s; hoggets 3s to 3s Gd; damaged pelts Gd to Is 4d; damaged lambs Is 2d to 2s.

Hides.—Ox extra stout 9|d; stoul Sjd to 8;jd; heavy, 7fd to 8Rl; heavy (poor substance) 6d to 7d; median’ 7kl to 'BJd;' light' 6.)d to i7d ; cut ox Gel to 7d ; cow superior heavy SRI, iSfgl. Bfd, 83d to 8-Jd; ordinary heavy 7d, 7’,d, 7-id, 7-|d, 73d to 8d; superior medium 7d to 7-]d; ordinary Gijd, 7c to 7RI; superior light 7'd, 7|d to 7-Jd ; ordinary Gfd, G-d, 7d, 7-Jd to 7j|d: out cow 5d to G;'d. Farmers’ linos, 4id. od, s.}d, s|d, Gel, 6 J ,d to GUI; slippy 4d, 4.pi, 4.U1 to s’,d; .badly slippy idid, 2d, 2kl, 3d to 3J-d; stags 4-1. to (3d; yearlings 6d to 7d; slippy yearlings 3d to 3Jd; cut yearlings 4d to did. Horse Hides.—Heavy 9s, medium 7s 9d, cut 2s to 6s Gel, foal (slippy) 6d. Calfskins.—Best lines 9Jd, lOd, IOJd to 10|d; seconds, 8-}d, Bfd, B|d, 9d to Did; dirty 7J cl to 8cl; meaty 7id to Sid; cut 6d, 6-id, GUI, 6|d, 7d to 7id : slippy 2d, 3d, 31d, od, 6d, 6.3 d to 7d; dry calf 3d each. Tallow.—Best mixed (in casks) 2(h 9cl to 275, good 2Gs 3d to 2Gs 6d, medium 25s 9d to 265, inferior 12s; in tins, best linos 25s 3d, medium 21s 9d to 21s. Horse Hair.—ls'Gd per lb. Cowtails.—ls Gd per dozen. Owing to my next sale clashing with Easter holidays, the buyers thereby being unable to attend, and also to the fact that the Railway Department will not carry goods on the Friday and Monday at Easter, I have decided to delete my April 9th sale. My next sale will he hold on May 7th. Clients are kindly requested not to hold back consignments they may have but to forward them on at any time when they will receive every attention and caro. Congestion at the time of sale will thus, to a certain extent, he avoided. Newton King’s Weekly Report. At my Urenui supplementary sheep fair on Friday, Bth, every yard was lull, quite 10,000 being penned. Bidding at the start was very dull, there being practically no demand for 2tooth ewes or old sheep. As the sale progressed things (brightened up considerably, and good ewes, wethers, and lambs sold freely, most linos being quitted either at the hammer or privately. Prices realised were: Lambs (best) 5s Bd, 5s 9d/ Gs 2d, 7s 4d, 7s 10d; others 3s to 5s 2d; 2-tooth ewes (Romneys) 15s; poor 10s Gd; 2,4, and G-tooth ewes 9s 4d; poor 7r, 7d; 2tooth to f.f.m. ewes 11s lOd, 10s 9d, Ss rd, 8s sd, 8s 3d, Gs; 4 and G-tooth owes 12s; 4-tooth owes Ms, il ls Gd; G-tooth ewes 11s Gd; Lincoln ewes 17s; sound month ewes 7s, 5s lid, 5s Id ; fat ewos 11s lOd, 12s 2d ; culled ewes 2s to 4s 3d; 2-tootli wethers 13s Id, 12s Gd, 12s 2d, 12s 9d. 12s, 10s lid; poor Gs to Ss 4d ; 2 and 4-tooth wethers 12s 7d; 4-tooth wethers 12s 9d; f.ra. wethers 11s 2d; fat wethers Pis 2d to 14s; rams 2 to 4gns ; others 10s Gd to £1 11s. At Waiwakaiho 'supplementary sheep fair I had the advertised number penned. Bidding throughout was very slack, hut sales wore made during the day at the following rates: AVoollv lamhs Is Id to Gs sd, fat wethers 12s Bd, 2-tooth ewes 11s to 13s 9d, 2-tooth to f.f.m. ewes 5s to 9s, sound mouth owes 9s Id, 2-tooth wethers 11s Gd to 12s 7d, rams 11 to 2 gus., olbcr-' Gs Gs to €1 3s.

At Raliotu on Tuesday I laid ;i good yarding of cattle and a good attendance. I 1 1 acl a good number of weanors penned but there was little demand and most lines went home. Prices realised were: Jersey heifer weanors £1 os to 1 10s, mixed wcaners 18s to £ 13s, 10-month steers £2 1-1 s, 18-month ‘heifers £3 os, bulls £2 os to it !, store cows £2 -Is to £3 <s, forward cows £3 11s to £l, fat coins (good) £o Os, 2-year Holstein heifer £4 17 s. During the week I have disposed of several large lines of stock at the following rates: Heifers in calf £4 7s Gd to £5, 2i-year steers £4 12s 6d, yearling heifers *£l Its to £2 10s, fat cows £5, forward bullocks £G os, mixed wcaners IDs to £1 Os 6d, wcancr heifers, Jersey strain, £2 os, 10-month steers £3, forward wethers 12s Gd to 13s Gd, lambs (good) Gs to 9s, rams IJ-gns to 2gns.