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Taranaki Daily News, 3 June 1916, Page 2

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WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Yesterday. The wool sales to-day opened with a catalogue of over 19.000 bales. At the outset there was not much animation. So far as the sale has gone, inferior and crossbred are down Id to ljd on the list Wellington sales ir. February. Seedy are neglected; super and line crossbred) sre about equal to the February sale rates. There is an excellent demand for erutchings. Sfeiy lambs are not wanted, but oilier laii'bs are in good demand. LONDON MARKETS By Cable —Press Association—Copyright. London, June 1. Wool.—There was gcod competition for all merinos; fine crossbreds were fully firm, but rates were low; medium crossbreds were uncharged. The following prices were realised for the fleece portions of the New Zealand clips iiamed: Homewood. top 19d, average Westho, top i ßid, average 17% d; 1 Kaput'.-ne, ton 34Jd average 33d. Tallow.—Stock, G77G casks; imports, 2460 casks; deliveries '-2,30 casks. Copper.—Supplies™ 37,837 tons; de--1 liveries, 40,096 tons; stocks, 6562 tons; afloat. 4100 tons; visible. 13,662 tons. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Sydney, June 1. Oat". —Algerian 2s 7d to 3s, Tasmania!! white 3s 2d to 3s "d. Barley.—Feeding 3s Ed to 3s 6d, millL ing 3s 7d to 33 Bd. Maize, 4s lOd. Potatoes.—Tasmanian '£6 10s to "£8 i 09. Onions, £4 to '£4 15s. Adelaide, June 1. Bran, Is to Is OJd. '• i'ollard, Is l£d to lr S'/jd. Oats, 2s to 2s 2d. , Melbourne, June 1. Hides are in moderate supplies with good competition. Prkes are unchanged. Bran, £5 ss. Pollard, £6 os. ; Barley.—English is 7(1 to 4s 10d, Cape ■ 3s 5d to 3s fid. 1 Oats. —Algerian milling 2s 4d to 2s od, ! feed 2s to 2s 2d. Potatoes, £5 10s to £6 10s. Onions, £3 5s to £3 10s. BRISBANE WOOL .AT SYDNEY. Sydney, June 1. 1 It has been decided to otfer Brisbane wpol at Sydney next weijk on sample. AMERICAN WHEAT. | Lcndon,. June 1. Wheat.—The American visible supply is 144,909,000 bushels- Chicago-May options 1041 cents, July IQ7J cents. 1 AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. report:— At Westfleld yards on Thursday best dairy cows and heifers £9 to £l4 15s, t others £0 to £8 10*, aged and inferior cows £3 10s to £5 ss. bulls £5 to £9 10s, empty cows £4 10s to £7 7s Gd, heifer calves £1 6s to £2 ss, steer \ calves £2 to £3 ss. At Clevedon: Best, dairy cows and heif- ' ers £8 10s to £l2, others £5 10s to £7 empty cows £5 to £7, bulls ' £5 to £8 10s, steer calves £2 5s to £3 16s, heifer ditto £l. 10s to £2 lfis. Sheep: fat wet.lers £1 8s to £1 14s, 1 fat ewes £1 6s to £1 Us, lambs 12s to 19s 6d, ewes in lamb 17s (id to £1 ss. Beef 1 sold at fully Wcstfield Drices. ' At Westfleld fat stock market on Wednesday best oven sold to £2 7s per 1001b, others £2 2s to £■? 5s 6d, cows and heifers £2 Is to £2 5s per 1001b, steers , sold at from £lO to £2l, cows and 1 heifers sold at from £6 to £ls. Calves ' were yarded in average numbers and ; mproved in prices. Runners sold at • from £5 17s fid to £6 17s Cd, heavy ' suckers £4 7s 6d to £5 10s, medium ■ suckers £2 15s to £3 l 7 s 6d, light suck- • ers £1 18s to £2 10s, small and freshL dropped 3s to IPs. Sheep were penned in average numbers and under keen competition imprned in prices 2s to 3s per head. Best wethers sold at from £1 las (id to £1 ! Si, others £1 7 s 6d to £1 14s 9d, best ewes £1 10s to £1 14s, others £1 3s to £1 !)s fid, hoggets £1 2s (id to £1 Ss 9d. Lambs in average numbers. Best 19s Od to 24s 6d, others l(j's 0d to 18s !;d. Pigs in full numbers solcl nt fully last week's prices. Heavy banners £4 la to £4 17s, medium £3 • 10s to £3 19s, light £3 Is to £3 9s, I heavv porkers £2 (is to £2 17s, medium £1 17s to £a ss, light £1 6s to £1 Ids, slips ISs to £1 ss, weaners 10s to I ADDIXGTON Store sheep—Lambs made 18s 7d, wether lambs 16s to 18s lid, ewe lambs IBs 4d to 17s 2d, 2, 4, 6 and S-tooth ewes 1 lfls to 265, 2, A and G-tooth wethers 18s lid to 25s Ul. Fat lambs—Extra prime made 28s, prime 22s to 255, medium 19s to 21« Id, lighter 10s to 17s Gd. Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers made up to prime 27s (id to 30s 9d', others 22s 9d to 275, extra prime ewes 41s Gd, | prime 27s to 325, medium 23s to 265, others 16s to 225. Fat cattle—Extra prime steers made £24, ordinary £9 7s 6d to £l3, extra prime heifers £l4 12s, (Id, ordinary £S ids to £lO. extra prime cows £l4, ordinary £fi 2s Gd to £9 10s. Fat calves made up to 50s, extra making to 955. Store cattle —15 to IH-month sorts £3 14s Gd, 2-year steers £5 4s to £5 7s (id. 2-year heifers £4 5s to £4 10s, 3-year steers £0 17s Gd. 3-year heifers £5 ss,.cows 29s to £6 15s. Dairy cows made from £3 10s to £B, extra to £l4 15s. Fat pigs—Choppers 70s to lo6s, extra heavy backers to 110s, heavy 70s to SOs, light 57s to GSs, heavy porkers 46s to SOs, light 38s to 445.' Medium stores 24s to 30s, small 16s to 235, weaners 6s Sd to Ss 6d. JOHNSONVILLE. Cattle and sheep came forward and sold at last sale's rates. Prime cows made £l2 2s to £l2 ISs Gd, light cows £5 10s to £S sa, prime heavy ewes 31s fid, lighter 2'ss lid to 2Gs Gd, prime wethers 33s 6d, lighter 203 Gd to 27s !)d. lambs ISs Od to 263. burnsimT Best bullocks made £l6 to £IS, extra to £22, medium £M to £ls, inferior £ll to £l2, best cows and heifers £l2 to £l4, extra £lO 17s Od, medium £lO to £ll, inferior £S to £9. Fat sheep—Best wethers 32s to 365, extra 665, medium 27s to 295, inferior 23s to 245, best ewes 29s to 325, extra 38s 9d, medium 24s to 265, inferior 19s to 21s. Lambs—Prices advanced 2s. Best 24s to 28s, eztra 345, medium 21s to 225. in-' ferior tfs to 18s,

A small yarding of pigs met with good competition. Best baconers 108s, medfum to good 90s, best porkers 70s; medium 60s. A medium yarding of stores made late values. Slips 28s 6d, weavers 12s to ISs. LOAN & MERCANTILE 00.'S RETORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch), report as follows: We held our usual monthly auction sale at our Kohuratahi yards on Thursday. May 25. "Tiere was a large attendance of local farmers, as well as several. ■Oiiiira, Eltliam and Stratford buyers. There /i-a.s a fair yarding of both cattle and sheep, most of which were sold at the hammer at full market rates. Trices were: Weaner steers 56 s, 20months empty heifers 96s to 995, 20-1 months good colored steers 138s 6d; 24months steers 120s to 148 6d, weaner heifers 44s Gd, store cows (small) SOs to 110s, forward cows 150s to 160s, 2-tooth wethers up to 255, lambs (medium quality) 14s Gd, 2-tooth ewes (small) 24s 3d. Our next Kohuratahi sale will be held on June 22. We held our usual monthly sale at our Te Wera yards 011 Friday, May 26. There was a fair yarding of cattle, but no sheep; several entries not coming forward, jio doubt owing to the wet and rough weather. The attendance was good and competition fair, all lines bei»g cleared at the following prices: Weaners (small) '23s to 30s Gd, fair quality 33s to 36s fid, weaner steers 565, store cows 110s to 113s. Our next sale at the Te Wera yards will be held on June 23. On Monday, May 29 we held our usual monthly sale at the Tarata yards. The weather was exceptionally wet and rough, but notwithstanding this there was. a good yarding and a big attend ance from all parts of the district, and almost a total clearance was effected! Prices: In-calf heifers 75s for small to 130s for medium, fair 135s to 150s, dairy caws 150s to 170s for fair quality to 185s and 215s for good lines, fat and forward cows (small) 141s to 1555, good 160s to 181s, small store cows 88s to 90s, weaners 26s to 43 6d. At the same time we sold, on account of Mrs. F. M. Brightwell, the whole of her stock without reserve, most of which showed quality and was keenly competed for, more particularly the sheep, at the following prices: Mixed aged ewes 23s 9d, cull ewes'Bs 6d, woolly lambs 17s lid, 15months heifers 555, yearling heifers 3Ss, yearling steers 51s to 68s. The dairy cows were small, compact, and mostly young animals, showing fair quality, and ranged from 150s to 2255, making an average of £9. We also sold several horses, milk carts and implements on account of clients, which were sold at full values. Our next sale at the Tarata yards will be held 011 June 30. On Tuesday, May 30, we held our usual fortnightly sale at our Stratford yards. The yarding was moderate, but all lines, both sheep and cattle, were keenly competed for. Dairy lines were dull of sale. Lambs, small, poor condition, 14s 3d, weedy lambs lis, mixed weaners 31s, in-calf heifers IGOs, 2% to 3-year steers 141s to 157s 6d, mediumsized animals 160s to 1755, fat cows 183s 'o 2045. Our next sale at these yards will be held on June 13. Since wo last reported we have placed a large quantity of stock in the paddock at the following prices: Dairy cows £8 5s to £lO, in-calf heifers £0 to £lO 10s, IS-months 'heifers £3 10s to £3 15s, forward ewes 235, ewes in lamb 22s Gd to 25s 6d, lambs lis 6d to 17s fid, wethers 24s to 2os.