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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 27 July 1907, Page 6

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VIUKERS AM) STEVENS* REPORT. Viekers and Stevens report that there huh a good eutry of cuttle in their Inglewood yards oil Wednesday. Calves made 16s to 18s, yearling steers £1 »s to XI Us, empty heifers £1 5» to £1 1 oi, store cons £1 to £2 12s (id, springers £2 15s to iti, f.jn. ewes Us (id. At Mr C'antelPa sale on Friday there was a fair attendance. Ilie cows made from £3 5s to £7, grey mare £ls 15s, gig £l3, and sundries sold at lair prices.

At Mr t!. Rovett's clearing sale on Monday there was a large attendance, and everything sold well. The cows made for store and backward culvers .CI i>9 to £3 10s, springers £4 10s to Jl7 17s (kl, heifers in ealf £1 8s to £2 12a, calves 12s to £1 5s fid, ewes in lamb 15s 7d, bay mare £3O ss, buggy, horse and harness £53. Sundries made good prices. At Mr Hcmstou's sale on Tuesday there was a very large attendance, and good prices were realised. The cows made from £2 5s to £6 12s 6d, springing ln;i(Vr» £.') to £4 12s, bay mare £l.l 13s, grey gelding £li(; sundries at good prices. At Mr A. Nlirader's sale on Thursday there was a good attendance. Cows made from £2 5s to £lO 10s, p.b. Ayrshire bull ClO, p.b. Ayrshire heifers £lO I(K bay gelding £24 ss, 3-year-old filly £2l. grey gelding £lO ss; and sundries aiui implements at good prices. They also report the sale of Mr 1). McKenzie's farm of 100 acres on the Rugby road to Mr A. B. Gamlin, and Mr A. E. Atkinson's farm of 318 acres on the Kaipi road to Mr O'Shannessey, both at satisfactory figures.

ADDIXGTOS STOCK MARKET. Christchurch, July '24. At the Addingtott stock market there were moderate entries of stock in nearly all departments, and a good attendance. Fat cattle wcje irregular, but without material change iu values. Fat lambs were firmer, as were also store and fat sheep. Pigs of all classes met with a keen demand. There was a poor sale of store and dairy cattle.

A small entry of fat sheep was made up chiefly of hoggets and a few small lots of wethers. There was an improved demand, hoggets selling at an advance of fully In per head. There was a good enquiry for young breeding ewe 9, but there were only aged sorts on offer. There was a small yarding of fat lambs and keen competition was sliown for all lots fit for freezing, prices being very firm. Tegs sold at 19s to 22s 6d, ordinary weights 15s to 18s 6d, unfinished lotn 12s to Us.

The entry of fat sheep was about equal in numbers to that of last week, and included some very prime lines of wethers. Ewes were in shorter supply, and in consequence of keener competition on the part of butchers, prices for both wethers and ewes were firmer, the sale being a brisk one throughout. The range of prices was—Extra prime wethers 28s 3d to 41s, prime 22s Gd to 275, lighter 18s to 225, unfinished 15s 3d to 17s 3d, prime ewes 20s to 245, medium Itis to lite fld, aged 13s to 15s Cd, prime merino Wethers 19s 9il, others 9s 4d to lis 9d.

The supply of beef comprised 282 bead of mixed quality, and late Yates were maintained. Steers brought £5 12s Oil to Ell 7s Od, heifers AM 17s 6d to £8 12s (kl, cows £4 2s Cd to .£8 ss—equal to 22s (Id to 25s for prime, and 20s to 22s for medium, per 1001b Veal calves sold at Ts Od to £3 7s 6d. There were only a few odd lots of store cattle offered, the sale of which did not afford quotations. Dairy cows were ralher dull of sale at £3 10s 8d to £7 J7s (id.

A moderate entry of pigs was in keen demand, stores selling especially well. Baconers made 05s to 75s for heavyweights, and 48s to 55s for lighter (equal to 5V4d to 6d per lb), porkers 38s to 48s (equal to s'/ 2 d to fid per lb), large stores 25s to 355, medium 18s to 235, wenners 8s to 14s.

BURN'SIDE STOCK MARKET. j Dunodin. July 24. At Burnside 3040 sheep were penned. The entry proved more than sufficient for the requirements of the trade, and as freezing operations were not buying so readily as last week, values ruled from Is to 2s a head lower. Rest wethers from 23s to 255, extra heavy 20s to 27s 9d, medium to good 20s to 225, light l#s to 19s, best ewes up to 21s, light 12s to 14s. Ijauilffl—s3o penned. The bulk were suitable for export purposes, and fur all such there was good competition, late prices being fully maintained. Best lambs lGs to 18s (id, extra heavy to 20s, medium to good 14s to las 6d. Pigs—lGo yarded, including a full entry of porkers and baconers, which were slightly easier than last week. Suckers and slips were not in good supply, and sold at exceptionally high prices. Suckers 13s to 15s, slips 17s 6d to 20s, stores 25s to 30s, porkers 38s to 435, light baconers 45s to 535, heavy 55s to 635. Cattle—l3B yarded, mostly of good quality. Best sold at from 15s to 20s per head higher than last week. Best bullocks to .£ll ss, medium to good £lO to .£lO 10s, ordinary £8 10s to £9, best heifers and cows £6 10s to £7 10s.

WAIRARAPA STOCK MARKET. Hasterton, July 24. Abrahams and Williams, Ltd., report: —Stock came forward fully up to advertised numbers. The bulk of the entry in sheep consisted of ewes in lamb. Owners' reserves were on the high side, and the bulk of the business had to be done privately. A few cattle were offered, but not much business was done. Best fat ewes 19s 7d, others 15s 4d to 20s, down to I3s 9d, woolly hoggets 12s to 14s Bd, shorn lis to 12s, cull hoggets 5s to 8s Od; cattle, springing heifers £3 17s 6d, wcauers 235. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. Auckland, July 24. Horses—Heavy draughts £3O to £44, medium do. £l7 to £3l 10s, worn do. £l3 to £22, hacks and harness horses £9 5s to £2O, ponies £4 10s to £9 10s. On Friday we held a clearing sale of ] dairy stock on account of Mr John Hood. Otau, Waiuku. There was a good attendance and satisfactory prices ruled. Dairy cows sold at from' £4 to £7 17s 6d, dairy heifers £3 15s to £5 7s fid. bull £4 10s, milk cans Gs; to 255. At Waiuku on Saturday dairy cows sold at from £4 5s to £B, empty do. £1 |ss to £2 18s, two to three-year-old steers £2 10s to £4 17s Gd, caives 13s to £1 65.

Cattle—At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday dairy cows old at from £4 5s to £B. empty cows £1 las to £2 17s fid, calves 15s to £1 Bs. Fat cattle were yarded in average numbers, competition Iwing firmer than on the previous week. Oxen sold to 23s per 1001b. cows 17s to 20s per 1001b; steers £G 15s to £lO 17s (id, eows £4 5s to £B. Most of the fat cattle were lightweights, and the quality was not so good as usual. Sheep—Wethers sold at from £ I Is 9d to £1 10s, ewes 17s 9d to £1 3 S 9d, hoggets 10s Gd to £1 3s.

Pigs I'orkers sold at from 17s Gd to 19s 9d. baconers £1 7s to £2 10s, weaners 7s to lis 9d.

Hides Market unchanged. We quote: Prime ox to B%d, extra stout ox 7d to stout do. (Id to o%d, medium do. ••'/Ju to ,">%d, light do. 4%d to 5'/ s d eows'. best lines 5d to o'/ B d. good 4%d to 4%d. wet 4%il to .(>/,,d, kips oil to ■m, stags' 3</jd to 3%d, calfskins fid to fi%d. ,9^*

Shecpskin«-Markel firm. Rest butchers". large ~p to 7s, good lines 5s 3d to 5s Gd, medium 43 6d to 4s 9d small 3s 9d to 4s 3d.

Tallow—Market firm. Best mixorl. »p to 28s, S nod 24s fid to 25b fld, inferior 22s In 23s (id. might fat l-%d per 11,.

TARAXAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES.NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, 23rd inal, 1 held my usual four-weeklv sale. A full complement of buyers attended, and bidding was keen, but prices in all departments suffered a decline. It is improbable that the extreme values which have been ruling during the past twelve months will bo obtainable again for some time, but although this decrease of value has taken place prices for all classes arc still satisfactory. The catalogue was not so large as usual. It comprised 588 hides, 000 sheepskins, 78 bags and 9 bales of wool, 13 casks and 20 tins tallow, 40 calfskins, and the usual assortment of dry bones, horsehair, horns, etc. Sheepskins.—Dry butchers' 7d to 7%d, inferior 5d to tod per lb, butchers' part damp, best lis to 7s sd, second quality aud small 3s to 5s »d, fanners' do. 3s to 4s o'd, butchers' salted, best fis to 7s, average do. 5s 2d to 5s lid. damaged 3s to 4s (id.

Hides.—Hoteliers' clean and good quality 4%d to s'/;(l. second 4'/nd to 4%d, slippy and cut 3%d to 4d. readings 3%d to 4-% d, call li to (i'/ s d for sound, slippy and cut 2d to 4%d.

Wool.—Criitcliiugs 4%il to s>/,d, locks 2'/ad to 4tl, lambs' (i%d to 7d, lleece ll'/jd to 7'/,il. dead 4'/ s d to (id. Tallow.—ln casks 23s !ld to 25s 3d. in tins 20s to 20s lid.

Horsehair.—ls per lb; horns 2s fid per 100; bones £4 2s (id per ton. My next sale will be held on August 20th, when 1 expect to offer an increased catalogue.

NEW I'LYMOrTH WOOL, HIDE, KKLY AND TALLOW SALES. WILSON AND NOLAX'S REPORT. We offered a lrwrgc catalogue on Wednesday last, and wit h sonic few exceptions, nil lines were cleared. Wool—Market easier; few lines offering. Hides—ln sympathy with outside markets, prices declined, and we may quote »n average decline of about i/,'d per Hi on last month's rates. Really prime stuff hardly showed a decline at all. Sheepskins—Market firm at last month s rates, while damaged lots were neglected. Tallow—Market firm; no change. Bones—As the season for using liouc manure approaches, the price hardens, and we can find a market for all the bones sent for sale. We quote: Wool— Pieces 3%d to sd, crutchings 4'/,d to sd, dags 2d. . Hides—Butchers', ox, light 4%d to s'/ 4 d, medium s'/,d to 554 a, stout (id to «%d, cow, light 4d to 4%d, medium 4'/ 4 d to 4%d, stout 4%d to 4%d, kips 4%d (o 5(1, calf, sound, 5%d to fii/,d; cut and damaged, 3'/„d to 4d. Settlers hides, "2'/ } d to 4Vad, according to condition. Sheepskins: Butchers' dry, 4s fid to Os !>d: part damp, 4s 5d to 5s fld; salted, 4s to 5s Id; settlers' fid to 4s Cd. Tallow: Tn casks, medium, 24s 6d to 2as 3d; inferior, 23s fid; in tins, lfis 0.5 to 18s fid. Tails: Is per dozen. Bones: £4 7s fid per ton. Horns: 5s per hundred. Our next sale is 011 August 21. YOrXO,, IIOBBS & CO.'S SKT.Y AND HIDE SALE REPORT.

On Tuesday we held our monthly sale of above produce and were favored with an increased catalogue, in comparison to our previous sales. As usual the hides were shown off by 11s in excellent condition, which were again favorably commented upon by the buyers. Some settlers' iiucs of hides again showed a want of cave, such a neglect causing a loss to consignors of 10 to 30 per cent. This heavy loss to producers would be saved if careful attention were paid to the method laid down in (he pamphlet on "The Defective Flaying of Hides," issued by us some littie time ago. We shall be pleased to forward these useful hint# to farmers, free of cost, upon application.

Hide* showed a further full of %d per Hi from our last sale, in unison with Australasian and European markets. \\ 001. sheepskins. bones and tallow were well competed for at full reeent rates. Hutelievs' cow made to sd, freezers' (10. 4Vjtl to 4%d, butchers' cut 'ld to 4%d. settlers' cow -Id to 4'/ 2 (l. cut and slippery 2%d to 3 : '/,d. Wool mitehiiifp 3d to .I'/.d, sheepskins, woolly 5s 2d to (is medium .Is 5d to 4s Hkl, short-woolled l>ells 2s lOd to -Is ."id, damaged pelts Is to Is 2d. Tallow in casks 25s 3d, tins lfls 3d to 21s. bones, drv £4 2s fid, wet £3 10s.

LAND SALES. XKWTON KING'S REPORT. I have to report a continued brisk enquiry for all classes of rural properties. Good properties arc in demand, and meet with a ready sale. During tlie past three weeks I have arranged the following sales:—Two farms on Warwick road of a total area of 125 acres, to Mr J. Wilcock, late of Opunake; the sale by auction of 1 1 acres in Stratford borough from Mr C. Reade, of Danuevirke, to Messrs Brocklebank Bros., of Gisborne; section 73, block 10, Pouatu, to Mr Thomas, of Whangninomona, and the lease of Education Reserve of Air P. Schwartfeger's, on Warwick road, to Mr T. Webb, of Bird road. By private treaty, 637 acres in Pukengahu from Mr J. Godkin to Mr Sanson; 198 acres from Mr E. F. Browning to the same buyer; 040 acres, Kupara'road, from Mr ,T. Beedie to Mr S. Death, of Ngaire; 100 acres dairy farm near Hawera to Mr G. Roots, of Kaponga; 200 acres at Toko, Crown Dairy Co., to Mr May; 480 acres improved dairy farm, Palmer road and Manaia road, to Messrs A. and B. Buhner on account of Mr F. M. Mills; 33 acres and homestead at Omata on account of Mr R M. Mills to Mr .T. Crockett; 4700 acres grazing run at Awakino, on account of Messrs George and King, to Mr Bignell, of Wanganui. On Monday, 2flth July, I will sell by auction at Okalo two niee farms on account of Messrs Englefield, and on Friday. August 2nd, at Carrington road, f will sell an Improved farm of about 220 acres on account of Messrs Findlay Bros.