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Taranaki Daily News, 11 March 1916, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, March 9. Oats—Local and Algerian 2s 7d to 2s Bd, Tasroanian 2s 9d to 3s Id, white 2s lid to 3s. Barley—Feeding 3s, malting 4s. Maize—Local 5s 4d, South African ob to 5s 3d. Potatoes—Tasmanian £l2 to £l2 10s, Onions, £6. Adelaide, March 6. Bran, Is 3d. Pollard, Is l'/ a d to Is 4d. Oats, Is 7d to Is 9d, Melbourne, Marcu Hides—Supplies were small; heavies and stouts were firm and lights favored buyers. Bran, £4 10s, Pollard, £5. Barley—English 4s to 4s 3d, Cape 4s to 4s 3d. Oats—Algerian 2s 2 ! / 2 d to 2s 3'/>d, feed 2s to 2s 2d. Potatoes, £9 10s to £lO. Onions, £4 to £4 ss. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, March 9. At the wool sales crossbreds closed weaker, but prices-were regular; scoured were somewhat irregular, and good merinos active and firm, MATTHEWS, GAMLIN & CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, Gamlin and Co. report a full yarding at their supplementary sheep and cattle fair last Wednesday, when bidding for all classes, with the exception of old ewes, was good, and the majority of stock yarded changed hands at the following prices:—P.M. ewes 10s to 20s sd, good 4 and 5-year ewes 21s, 2-tooth ewes 22s 9d. 2, 4 and 6-tooth ewes 22s 3d, good 4 and 5-year ewes 22s 3d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 23s Id, woolly lambs 13s lid (small), shorn lambs 10s 3d to 14s lOd, Romney rams IV4 to 3gns,, Lincoln rams 2 to 4y s gns., Shropshire rams 3gns,; good weaners £2 to £2 lis, others 30s t# 355, forward cows £6 7s «d to £7 15s, fat do. £9 to £lO 10s, store do. £3 to £4 12s Sd, 2-year heifers (r.w.b.) £3 10s to ££4 lis, empty do. £3 3s to £3 6s, stags (fat) £l2. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report as follows: At Westfield yards dairy cattle sold at late rates. Best dairy cows and heifers £8 to £l2 103, others £5 to £7 ss, empty cows £4 10s to £6 7s 6d, bulls £6 to £lO lOs. calves £1 5s to £2 4«, At Albert yards horses sold at late rates. Heavy draught horses £25 to £3O, medium £1 7to £29, light harness horses i£lo to £l6 15s, backs £9 to £lB 10s, ponies £4 to £7 iOs, weeds 10s upwards. , At Westfield fat stock market beef sold at last week's rates. Best oxen sold to £2 3s per 1001b, others £l 17s 6d to £2 2s, cows and heifers £1 14s 6d to £2 per 1001b; steers sold at from £9 10s to £l7 10s, cows £5 5s to £l2 10s. Calves sold at improved prices. Runners £6 to £8 7s 6d, heavy suckers £3 17s to £6 15s, medium suckers £2 15s to £3 14s, light £1 13s to £2 lis, email and fresh-dropped 3s to> £1 10s. Sheep—Best wethers from £1 6s 3d to £1 9s, others £1 In to £1 5s 9d, be9t ewes £1 4s to £1 8s 9d, others 19s to £1 3s, hoggets 18s fld to £1 3s. Lambs—Best from ISs 3d to 225, others 13s to Ids 9d. Pigs—Heavy baeoners £3 15s to £4 Ss', medium £ 33s to £3 13s, light £2 14s to £3 2s, heavy porkers £2 l'4s to £3 ss, medium £2 5s to £2 13s, light £1 15s to £2 3s, slips £1 2s to £1 lis, weaners 10s to ISs.

ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Forward lambs 14s fid to 10s Od, ordinary lambs 10s 3d to 14s, inferior lambs 7s Od to 83 lOd, cull lambs 5s to 7s, good 4 and 6-tooth ewes 20s to 23s fid, ordinary 4, 6 and 8-tooth ewes 10s (id to 19s, sound-mouthed ewes 18s to 22s 9(1, sound-mouthed ewes (low condition) 14s Cd to 17s, failing-mouth-ed ewes 12s 6d to 15a, aged ewes 2s 9d to 9s, good 2-tooth wetliers 16s to 17s 3d, 4 and 6-tooth wethers l(is 6d to 225. Fat lambs—Prime lambs 20s 6d to 23s Id, medium 18s tid to 20s, lighter 15s to 18s. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 33s 3d, prime wethers 25s to 29s 9d, others 20s to 24s Od, merino wethers 13s lOd to 18s Id, extra prime ewes to 31s. prime ewes 24s to 29s 6d, medium ewes 19s to 23s 6d. lighter l.'te 7d to 18s Cd, merino ewes 10s fid. Fat cattle —Extra prime steers to£l9 15s. ordinary steers £9 to £l3, extra prime heifers to £l3 10s, ordinary heifers £7 17s 6d to £lO, extra prime cows to £l6 ss, ordinary eows £6 12s 8d to £10; price of beef per 1001b, 32s to 50s, extra to 555. Store cattle—Small yearlings 15s, 15 to IS-month sorts £3 5s to £3 lis, 2-year steers £~> 15s, -i'/i-year steers £6 10s to £7, 2-year heifers £4 2s 6d to £4 15s, 3-year heifers £5 2s 6d. '4-yoar steers trout the Chathams £lO 2s 6<l to £lO 10s, dry cows £2 to £6 12s 6d. Dairy eows, £4 to £ls 15s. Pigs—Choppers to 1355, extra heavy baeoners 100s tn 108s, heavy baeoners 77s 8d to 92s (id, light baeoners 60s to 7as; price per lb, Oy 2 d to 6%d. Heavy porkers 48s to 555. light porkers 42s to 4Gs; price per lb, 7y 2 d to 7%d. Large stores 48s to 525, medium 34s to 45s small 10s to 30s, weaners 7s to 12s. BURXSIDE. At Burnside 117 fat cattle were yarded, chiefly medium quality bullocks and heifers, with an odd pen of good cattle. Owing to the small entry prices showed an improvement. Prime bullocks £l7 10s to £lB 10s, extra £l9 12s Gd, medium to good £ls 10s to £l7, light and unfinished £lO 10s to £l2, prime cows and heifers £9 10s to £l2, extra prime £l6 17s (3d, medium to jood £7 10s to £9. Fat sheep—Prime wethers 27s to 30s, extra to 32s fld, medium to good 22a to 255, light and unfinished 17s to 20s, prime ewes 22s to 265, extra to 30s 6d| medium to good 17s to 21s, light and inferior 8s to 12*. Fat lambs—Prime 21s Od to 2-ls. medium to good 17s to 20s, unfinished 10s to 15s. A small yarding of fat pigs realised prices well up to late values. | JOHNSONVILLE. 1 LAt Johnsonvllle prime bullocks made , £l6 10s to £l7, lighter £ls 10s to £l6, prime heavy wethers 27s 6d to 27s lid, light wethers 24s 2d. prime heavy ewes 24s 7d, prime ewes 235, lighter -22s sd, piime lambs 20s to 20s 2d, medium lambs 16s 6d to 17a 4(1. liebter 10s 6d iol"