COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 209, 5 April 1913, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.'

By Cable—Press Association-^-Cobyright.

London, April 3. Silver,223/ iG 3 /i per ounce. Share quotation.—Talisman 353 to 40s. j — man AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. ■ ■ ! : -*- ! Melbourne. April 4. Wheat, 3s 3d to 3s' S^d.' 1 '' 1 m " Flaw, £8 15s. „ , Oats.—Algerian feeding 2s''2d : to' 2s 4d, filling 2s sy a d. ■'! Barley.—English 3s 9d' ■td'te':3dr:''_:;; Maize, 4s 2d. ■ '■ "'•■ "- ' Bran, £5 15s. • >' q :• ;• Pollard, £5 10s. '■■■'"■ ('(Potatoes, £4 10s to £6. m '.■■.. Onions, £6 to £7 ss. ■'!; !:••;:.- -<'■>•

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. : i ; r *\- •■.;■ On Friday, 28th ult.,. at WaifyafoiihV Yards, I had a full yarding of sheep' and cattle, and a good attendance * Of' th« public. Competition was dull for sheep, but a fair proportion of thei entry cleared at the hammer or privately. Bidding un cattle was better, most lines being cleared as follows:—Grade Jersey weaner heifers £2 Is Od to, £2 J2¥.<«d,. mixed weaners £1 Os to £l' 18s,'empty 18-months heifers £2 18s Gd to £3 7s 6d, dairv cows £O, store cows £3.5,s to £4 4s, fat cows £5 10s to £G 75.. bulls £3 4s to £B, goats 10s to 15s, lambs 7s Id to 8s Gd, f.m. ewes 7s lid to.9s Bd, 'f.f.m ewes lis, 4tooth ewes lGs, Lincoln rams % to 1 guinea, Romney rams 2 guineas. On the same day at Whangamomona for my supplementary Sheep Fair arid cattle 'sale, I had a good entry,, and attendance with an improved . demand throughout for most classes. ' I cleared the majority of the yarding as follows: Weaner heifers £1 lis Gd, weaner '" 20 months to 2-year steers £3 0s Gd : i £4, 2 to 3-year 'steers £4 10s "to' £4 !•<< Cd. store and forward cows £3 5s

' £5, Lambs 7s 7d to 8s lOd. f.f.m, ewes I'-. f.m. ewes from 4s to 7s Bd, best rams iy 2 to 2 guineas, others lis Gd to ISs.

At Douglas on Monday 31st ulto., there was an improved yarding of sheep with a fair entry of cattle which sold as follows:—Mixed weanors £1 8s Gd to £1 15s. small IGs to £1 Is. store.cows £2 Gs to £3 7s Gd, forward and fat cows £4 Gs to £5 Is, 20-months steers £3 8s fid to £3 lis fid. bulls £2 lis to £4 3s, in calf 20 months heifers £3 18s Gd to £4 ss, lambs, best, Ss 3d to 9s Od, small 4s 7d to Gs, f.m. ewes 8s Gd to 9s Id. culls 2s 3d to 4s lOd, 4-tooth ewes 15s, 2-tooth ewes 12s (id.

On Tuesday, Ist April, at Stratford, for mv fortnightly cattle sale I had an entry "of Soo'"head of cattle and 2.300 sheep. Some very nice pens of forward and fat cows and" weaners were yarded. Buyers were present from all parts of the district and from the. King, eo,untry. Competition from the outset was good and improved further during the sale, keen bidding being obtained for most linos, a verv satisfactory clearance resulting. Prices obtained as follows: Weaner Jersey heifers from £2 5s to £2 IGs. well grown grade weaner heifers £2 to £2 4s, good grades £1 13s to £1 17s. smaller £1 8s fid to £1 lis, best weaner steers £1 18s Gd to £2, others £l. 10s to £1 13s. mixed weauers. best lines £1 Ms to £1 ISs fid. small (or lines containing bad coloured steers) £1 2s fid to £1 9s Od, Jersey weaner steers 5s to 12s fid, venrling steers £2 15s. 20 months' steers £3 l's.' 2 1 /.-ye:ir steers (with some colour) £4 13s (id. bulls £2 13s to £5 2s (id. old cows 17s to £1 17s fid, small store cows £2 5s to £2 17s. cood store cows £3 -Is fid to £3 15s fid. forward eows £4 Is to £4 15s fid. fat cows choice £fi 12s fid to £7. others £.l 4s to £5 '.ls. line .of fat maiden heifers £5 2s (id. in calf 20 months' heifers £3 12s (id to £1 12s fid. 2-tooth ewes 12s. 2-looth wethers lis 4d (both lines small), lambs 7s Kid to 9s fid. rams from 1 to 2 1 /. ::nineas.

At Stony Kiver o;i AYednesdav 2ii'l inst... T liiul a fair entry of cattle and aliont 510 lamlis. The latter were in demand, a small lien of 40 shorn lamhs in forward eomlilion realism;;' 10s Mil. and

a line of 470 were quitted at f)s 3d. a choice line of Jersey weaner heifers realised £ls liis, and a very keen compel ition was obtained for a fine pen of 20 Shorthorn weaner steers on account of Air. P. O-Siillivan. these bein»' sold at, f> Is. other nriees were:-—.Terser weaner heifers £X <rVit.li- weaner heifers £1 Irts. !n E2. small -CI :!-. weaner steers £1 12s ii.l to £1 I.H (id. I.adeolouved £1 4s. mixed verniers £1 !:!■ (id to £2 2s fid. r-jtriiiiiinj; heifers £5. in calf lieifeis 20m £!

15s to £4 7s 6d, aged c6ws. i |2.'ls,'.ajtpre cows £3 Cs to £3 18s,. fat .cows good conditioned bulls £s'ls to'£BJ.,sirial( ; £3 15s to £3 19s 6d, sl{p r .'_','...'"'^. MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO/S REPORT. Matthews, Bennett and Co. report that there was a good entry of stock in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Bidding was good and nearly everything sold as follows:—€alves £1 to £2 Is Gd, empty heifers £3 to £3 18s 6d, colored do. £4, store cows £1 16s to £3 18s, fat do. £5 4s to £5 12s Od, bulls £2 5s to £.5 2s 6d, cull ewes 5s to 5s 2d, mixed age ewes 10s 6d. ADDINGTONV Christchurch, April 2. Store sheep quotations: Ewes twotooth, fair lines 17s to 195., others 15s Od. to Kis (id, four-tooth 10s (id to.'l7s 2d, six-tooth Kis to .10s 9d, two and four-tooth 10s to 17s 4d, two, four, six, and eight-tooth ]4s to 15s, four,,six, and cightj-tooth 14s Gd to 18s„ six and eighttootli 13s 0d to 18s si\, good,,four-year ewes 14s Od to 15s od, fresh' sounil-rnoutii. | sliec]) Lis to 15s lid. medium .sorts 14s to 14s Od, inferior lis Cd'.'to'. l!js fid,, full #nd failing-mouth sorts ' 9s. (hI to 12s, aged and inferior sheep fis'ip' 75.'." Lambs: Forward rape lines 13s Od to 14s Od, exceptional to,'lSs id, rnediiim rape' sorts 12s to 13s, good average stores lis to lis Cd, medium 10s ! 9d, others 9s 3d to 10s 4d; medium ewes l'3s 2d to 13s 7d,. wethers, 1 four-and' six-'' tooth, forward 16s to 17s sd, medium15s to 15s 6d, two -and-ieui-tooth 14s to 17k 4d, two-tooth 12s (small) to 14s. Fafi lambs: Export,tyiyefi ftWeyOjiftrating] freely, but at prices J aDouVO'd*per head: below the rate ruling last week, the bulk of the purchaseVoeing ma7fe'"on a basis of 5d to 5Vd pe£, ; lb. ; plight* lambs sold rather better in' proportion"' thanjmedium or heavier weights. Tegs, sold ht 17s to 30s, and a feV'extra td 2ls, ordinary freezing' Weights--' 15 sM to 17s. itnd lighter 13s' to!|l4s 9d. , Th£ range of prices' ior'fat' sheep was:l Prime wethers. Iflls '/to ..22s 9d, lightijr 15s to 18s Od', .merino..wethars-f 10s to 15s 4d, prime, ewe?,„l6s |,,to 2M« medhjim 13s to 15s -Hi- aged.,.awj^ight, ,10s tb 12s 6d. • :.. .., ~.;!,t , i,m , u \ ;■>* . For fat cattle prices were unchanged, beef realising 22s Od to'3os perlOOlb. according to qualitv. Steers..made, ,£L 10s to £ll. extra to £l4' 2s- , fiH,"'nefferrf £0 to £9, extra to £ll 7s 6d, and cows £5 15s to £lO 2s Od.

Store cattle: Fifteen tp ...cightepn month sorts made £3', twb-yea'r' steer's £5 12s Od. two and a half ; year ..steers £5 17s Od. two-year heifers- £4 ''lOs 16 £4 17s 6d. three-year' steers £0 9s Od passed, three-year' heifers 10s, and cows'£l 10s Od to' £4. "A lino of 157 four to six-year shorthorn and' Hereford bullocks from Gisboi'i*- real-: ised £7 7s' Od to £8 15s, the, majoritybeing taken by Peninsular ■.-, , r! For dairv cows prices- ranged,from £4 to £lO l?.s'od. -. '■■ ~ ,'. •■•

Fat pigs: The boom .prices ,:ofi_ the J previous week were not, -maintained. • values dropping considerably. ..'Clmppe.rs. realised £3 to £5 10s, liea-vv bae.oners '#!. j os to £3 13s. and lighter sorts'£2.l2s fid to £3, equal to 5d to ..a'giifys.t fld per lb the previous week.' ITe'avv,porkers made £2 4s to £2 fls."a'rid 'Hgh't'er sorts £1 18s to £2 3s,ecjuivalent''to>T>y,dto Od per lb, compared witlPftMi'd at the sale held on March 20. 'Medium' sorts realised 32s to 40s" artJ : Ssittaller' pigs 22s to 30s, whilst weahers made" 12s to 18s.

BURNSTDE. Dunedi,n,i.A ; ■■■ At Burnside there was a K full' yarding of 215 fat cattle, principally good quality bullocks. The entry was in excess of requirements, and prices',sho\ved . a,, drop of fiillv 10s per head. Best bullocks made £ll 10s. best .cows ,and ,ln?if : , ers £8 10s to £0 Lis. extra' to'£Tl'2s od. medium to good £Pi 15s to .£7 15s, light £4 10s to £5 10s. There was a. yarding of 40Sfi fat sheep, all prime. These showed a drop of-'ls., a head, while ewes and medium weight wethers declined Is 0d a head.: Primewethers 20s to 235. extra) 'to ,'2Bs :«d,-, medium to good 18s to 19s Oil.-light 4fis> Od to 17s fid. best ewes 17s : 0d ■toi'SOs,; "evtva wood to 2fis, medium 12s' Cd tO'Lis fid. c ~,:..- ..■ -;, ,'■> I Fat Lambs: 1530 penned, mostjly.g.Qod quality. Exporters were operating.freely, and prices were fully. r iip, .to last week's rates. Best lambs .18s to ,10s. fid,, extra good to 23s Od. medium to good 15s (id to 17s fid. light 13s fid to 14s fid,

■TOHNSONVILLE, Abraham and Williams. Ltd" report: At. Jolmsonville on 'Wednesday, a good entry of both sheep and 'cattle "canre forward and sold well at byte .rates. Prime heavy bullocks made £lO 10s to £ll. prime bullocks £0 15s to £lO 7s (id. good wethers Bis !ld to 17s Sd. prime, ewes los Sd. medium ewes 14s to 14s fid, plain ewes 13s 3d 'to 13s (id. prime lambs 14s Id to 14s lid, good lambs 13s to 13s lid, medium lambs 12s to I2s Cd.