SOUTHERN MARKETS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 28 October 1911, Page 3

SOUTHERN MARKETS.

ADDIN'GTOX. i . Store sheep—Best ewe hoggets 1 fis to J 17s Id, medium to 14s !)d, good wether hoggets and mixed sexes 13s 3d to 14; lid, medium 12s 3d to 12s 9d, small 10s to lis, good 4 aiul 6-tooth ewes with lambs to 13s, medium !)s 3d to I.os 3d, mixed ages to lis, sound-mouth ewes 10s to 10s !)d, aged 8s 3d to 10s 9d (all counted), half-bred wethers in the wool 14s !)d to lGs, shorn 4 and 6-tooth wethers 14s to 15s, shorn aged ewes 8s i)d. Pat lambs —Best heavy lambs made 14s !)d to l'Gs, others lis to 14s Cd. Fat sheep —Extra prime woolly wethers to 30s 9d, prime 23s to 27s 9d, others 10s lid to 22a Cd, shorn wethers 14s i)d to 19s fkl, extra prime woolly ewes to 20s 4d, prime 20s to 24s (id, others 14s lOd to IBs Od, shorn ewes 18s 3d to 20s, woolly hoggets 15s 3d to 18s, woolly merino wethers 17s to 19s 2d.

Fat cattle —Steers £7 to £l2 (is, extra to £l.) 6s, heifers £5 17s Gd to £8 7s (id. cows .Co 5s to £lO 7s Od (equal to 27s Od to 33s (id for prime, 38s for extra. 25s Gd to 27s for medium, and 24s to 25s for cow and inferior pel 1001b). Veal, calves made 4s Cd to 58s, according to size and quality. Store cattle—Yearlings made 33s Od, 15 to 18-months 40s to 535, 2-year steers £3 2s Od to £3 14s, 2-year heifers £3 !)s (id,' 3-venr steers £(i Is, dry cows 30s to £4 4s. Dairy cows made £3 10s to £9.

Fat pigs—Choppers sold at £2 10s to £4. large baconers 57s fid to 79$ Od, lighter 47s Gd to 54s (equal to 5%d to (id per lb), large porkers 37s Cd to 435, smaller 30s to 35s (equal to Oy 2 d per lb). A good entry of store pigs sold well, large sorts making 30s to 3.>s and lighter 18s to 28s. "Weaners were easier/ prices ranging from Os Cd to 12s Gd.

BURNSIDE. At Burnside 112 fat cattle were yarded. At the commencement of the sale prices were about £1 per head firmer than those ruling last week, but they receded considerably towards the finish. Prime bullocks £l2 to £l'4, extra to £l3 10s, medium £lO 10s to £ll 10s, good heifers £lO 10s to £l2, extra to £l4, medium £8 10s to £lO.

Fat sli<^ep—4040 penned, consisting mostly of fair quality wethers. Prices were about the same as those ruling last week. Prime wethers 22s to 245, extra to 27s 6d, medium fls Od to 21s {id, light and inferior 17s Od to lfls, prime ewes 21s to 245, extra to 26s lid, medium ISs to 20s, light and inferior 10s to 17s Od. Fat lambs—Bo penned. The best sold up to 21s.

-JOHXSOXVILLI-

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., [ report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—We offered a heavy yarding of bullocks and sheep. Bullocks sold at late rates, and sheep were easier in price. Prime heavy bullocks £ll 2s 6d to £ll 10s, prime bullocks £lO 7s Od to £lO 15s, lighter £0 los to £lO 2s 6d, vealers 355, prime wethers 22s 6d to 23s Od. prime eives 21s Bd, medium ewes l!)s Od to 20s od, prime shorn wethers 16s Od to 17s 2d, shorn ewes 14s 3d to 15s 3d, stags 20s 4d. prime lambs 14s to los 4d, medium lambs lis to 12s !)d, light 10s to lis 3d. MASTERTOX. . Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Masterton stock sale as follows: —Sheep came forward in excess of advertised numbers, bub the attendance was small, and bidding at auction slack. However, we effected a complete clearance at the following rates, no cattle being yarded: Fat ewes (best) l!)s, others 16s to 17s Od, fat and forvwd, ewes 15s. forward eniptv ewes 13s 3d to 14s.