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Taranaki Daily News, 2 December 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

. /OOL SALES. The. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 20th inst.—"Wool sales postponed for a week." (This refers to the eighth series of sales previously Qxed for"sth December.) ELTHAM SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. held their usual fortnigntly sale in the Eltham yards on Wednesday. Fat cows were in demand and ran from £ll 10s to £l3 17s Od. Store cows ranged from £8 as to £9 Bs.. Yearling bulls £8 12 Cd. Yearling to 15-month heifers £0 Ss Gd to £6 I7s. Yearling steers, ordinary £7 8d; springing heifers £8 15s to £l6. Dairy calved cows £ls. A good line of 16-month steers 'was passed in at £8 19s. Pigs: Good slips brought up to 13s Cd. " BURNSIDB. Dunedin, Novc-mbir At Burnside to-day 150 fat cattle were penned. The finality was very good, andcompetition was fairly keen, prices being much on a par with last week's rates. Extra prime bullocks £24, prime £l7, £l9 10s, medium £ls 15s, £l6 15s, light, £l4; piime cows and heifers £l4, £l6, medium £lO 12s 6d, £ll 17s 6d, light inferior £lO. Fat sheep (1057 penned): The quality was good, and the entry equal to requirements. Prices were hardly equal to last week's. Extra prime shorn wethers 38s, prime 31s 6d, j34s, medium 28s, 30s Od, others 26s 6d; I prime shorn ewes 295, 31s Cd, medium 255, 27s 6d; fat woolly wethers 38s fid, 425; fat woolly ewes 323, 42s Ork Lambs (82 penned): Competition was keen and prices wore fully equal to last week's. Prims 2<s, 27s !)'d, medium 225, 23s 6d, others 19s, 21s. There vat a small yarding of pigs. Baconers were not plentiful and met with a fail sale at last week's rates. Porkers \7ere not quite so well competed fcr. Stores and weancrs were in strong demand, a small yarding realising very satisfactory pricega ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Mixed sch woolly hoggets 24s 3d, 2-tooth wethers 20s 9d to 255, 2-tooth vooily wethers 255, 4 and G-tootli woolly wethers 295, 4 and fi-tootn wethers 28s (id to 31s sd, 0 and 8-tooth wethers 21s lOd to 28s sd, 8-tooth merino wethers 16s 3d to -17s lid, 2 and 4-tooth woolly ewes 22s fid, ewes and lambs (all counted) 18s 6d. Fat lambs-best lambs 29s to 34s Cd lighter 20s 3d to- 28s 6d. Fat sheep—Woolly merino wethers 22s Od to 205," prime shorn wethers 31s to 39s Od, lighter 22s Od to 29s 7d, prime shorn ewes 29s Cd to 37s 3d, lighter 233 to 28s 6d, shorn hoggets 26s 9d to 31s 3d. Fat' cattle—Extra prime steers to £2O 10s, prime steers £ls to £lB 15s, ordinary steers £lO 5s to £l4 10s, prime heifers £l2 to £l4 10s, ordinary heifer? £9 to £l2, prime cows £l2 10s to £lO 2s od, ordinary cows £9 to £l2. Store cattle--15 to 18-month sorts £-1 10s to £4 17s (Id, 2-year steers £0 IS B , 2-year heifers £5 17s 6d, 2J-year steers £8 2s fid, 3-year steers £9 _ 10s to £lO, S-year heifers £8 to £9 7s 6d, dry cows £4 to £ll ss. There were some extra good quality vea tors penned, and sales were made at from 15s up to 77s 6d. The yarding of dairy cattle was small and mixed. Inferiqr cows sold at £5, and better sorts up to £ls ss. Fat' pigs—Choppers £4 to £6, extra heavy baconers £5, heavy baconrs £4 to £4 10s, ordinary baconrs £3 5s to £3 15s; price per lb, 7d. Heavy porkers 53s (o 575, lighter 45s to 50s; price per lb, BJd to 3d. Best stores 55s to 05s, medium 46s to 525, small 28s to 345, weancrs 18s to 245, extra good weancrs 2Cs. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports: At Albert yards on Friday horses were yarded in average numbers. Heavv draughts, £2l 10s to £35; medium draughts, £l7 to £29; light harness horses, £8 to £l4; hacks, £7 ICs to £l6; weeds, 15s upwards. At Westfield, best oxen sold to £2 9s per 1001b.; others, £2 5? to £2 Rs; cow and heifer beef, £2 2s to £2 7s; steers, £l6 to £23 15s; cows and heifers, £8 12s Od to £l7 l">s. Calves advanced in price. Runners, from £0 5s to £9 17s fid; heavy vealcrs, £5 10s to £7 15s; medium vealcrs, £i 5? to £5 9s; light vealers, £2 10s to £i 2s Oil; small and fresh-dropped, 10s to £2 -10. Best wethers, in wool, made from £2 :!•? Od to £2 10s 3d: shorn ditto, £1 14s to £1 ISs Od; others, £1 10s to £1 I,'ls fid; shorn ewes. £1 3s to i'l 14s; woolly ewes, £1 Ills to £2 5 5 fid; hoggets, shorn, £1 its to £1 lis 3d. Spring lamb was penned in average' numbers, and sold at fully last week's prices. Best, £1 Gs to £1 10s 3d; others, £1 to £1 as fid. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £4 (is to £5 U; medium baconers, £3 10s to £4 ss; light baconers, £3 fix to £8 l'.'js; heavy porkers, £3 Is to £3 10s; medium porkers, £2 Ms to £3; light porkers, £1 ISs to £2 Ifls; slips, £1 5s to £1 lis; weancrs. lis to £1 Is. N.P. WOOL HIDE, SHEEPSKIN AND TALLOW SALES. L. A. NOLAN AND CO.'S REPORT. On Tuesday last, November 28, we held a sale of the above. in consequence of this sale having been put on two weeks, we offered six week's stuff, and had a full catalogue, our store being taxed to its fullest capacity. Buyers were keen after all the lines offered, and the prices realised for hides and skins were excellent. It was our last sale for the year and it would seem that it was intended to be a record. We. offered no wool on account of the '.iovernment action in requisitioning all supplies, t'o-.v hides sold up to 12.Jd pc lb, which is, we believe, a record for New Zealand, 25 being sold at this prite and a total of 311 realising Is and over per lb. Ox wire not strongly represented but sold up I-' '•■ IJd per lb. Sheepskins realised ',;;' '" '".ld. 7,"0 realisms this figure, f -"'■'•■ «Id at about late rales. Tallow, , i , ; t ( ,f shortage of i-hipping, wa; ..■, v '; • hard to quit. We quote:-li'rfr.i ' U:\ heavy 13.Jd. heavy Is 1d..,„ e , N ''" J, light l's to 123 d, cut 1 yd. fov, '""ivy 12d to 12Jd, medium y-* ■ ):t ll;d, l2Jd, inferior lieav ' n ll'.l 1.1 jd, light Kijd, •' 1. ll)i|d, settlers'' IOJd to Kl\A -, '. slippv BJd, 9}d, Old, part rt.. '; , -Vl Horses, light' lis, nn., cut 12s Od! fea! 2s, y, medium IOJd. Caikskins, • ', "•edium 12d, 12; d, litavy n '-.

MM, slippy 83d, dry 2s 7d cadi, slinks Is 2d each. Sheepskins: Butchers', full wools, 131il, ISJd, lambs BJd, lOd, pelts Bijd, inferior 'id; settlers', woolly 12d, hoggets, inferior 11 id, dead lOijd, damaged 94d, dry salted 12s; bi'tehers', salted, woolly, 10s (id, 12s, 13s, 1.55, pelts 4s Id, 4s 3d, 4s 4d, 4s Sd, 5s 3d damaged woolly 7a, 7b 2d; settlers', dead (is (id, woolly 12s 3d, small 8s (id, pelts 2s, 2s lOd, goatskin 2s (id. Tallow: Casks, inferior, 225, balance passed at from 27s to 28s fid per cwt, I Tins 23a 3d, 24s (id. Sundries: Cowtails Is Id, cov/hair, Bd. Our next sale will be held on January 9, 1017.