COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 December 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. Melbourne, Nov. 30. Barley,—Chevalier malting 4S fld to 4s Sd, Cape 3s to 3s 4d. Oats.—Milling 2s fld, feed 2s 7d to 2s 7%d, Potatoes, £3 to £4 10s. Onions, £l2 to £l3. . LIVE STOCK SALES. ADDINGTON. At the Addington market there were good entries in store sheep. The yarding -was of moderate dimensions. ' Tho bulk was composed of wethers and the general demand was good. Two and four-tooth ewes fetched to 28s 2d, smaller woolly ewes and lambs 20s Od all counted, 2-tooth wethers 20s 7d to 2fls 2d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 24s 2d to 20s 7d, woolly to 29s 9d, small woolly merino wethers 20s Id to 25s lOd. The yarding of fat lambs was much smaller and a very good sale eventuated, prices hardening Is to Is 6d over lat» rates. Extra prime to 31s Id, prime 20s Od to-20a. lighter 21s Od to. 25s 9d. There was a rather larger yarding of fat sheep. The demand was poor and there was an approrjimate drop of Is fld to 2s per head. Woolly wethers 40s to 435, extra prime to 37s 3d, prime 31s tii 35s Bd, lighter 28s 4d to 29s Id, extra' prime ewes 37s to 39s Od prime 2fls lOd to 35s 3d, lighter 24s Id to 28s 4d. There was a large entry of fat cattle. The demand for steer and heifer beef was good; for other classes the market was slacker. Extra prime steers fetched to £25 17s 6d, prime £lB to £2l, ordinary to £lB, extra prime heifers to £lB, prime £l3 to £l7, ordinary £lO to £l2 10s, extra prime cows to £l9 10s, prime £l3 to £lO, ordinary £lO to £l2, There was a fair demand for venlers and best sorts made £0 lfls to £7 7s Od, smaller' £2 to £(!■.. There was a laTge entry of store cattle of very mixed quality and the demand was distinctly easier, passings being numerous. Yearling heifers fetched to £O, yearling steers £7 lis, two-year-old steer* £•• 15s, three and four-year steers £l4 to £lO, dry cows £8 10s to £l2.

There was a good inquiry for good quality dairy cows, which made up to £ls, medium sorts £lO 14s, and old cows from £B.

Pigs—Choppers £5 to £6, extra heavy baconers £5 16s, heavy baconers £4 10s to £5. lighter baconers £2 15s to £4 os, price per lb. 7>/ 2 d to 7Jd, heavy porkers 57s to 05s, lighter porkers 50s to 555. price per lb Od to 9'/ 2 d. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— Westfield.—Best dairy cows and heifers £l2 to £lO 15s, others £0 to £ll 15s, bulls 7gns to 14</ a gns. empty cows and heifers £7 to £9 7s od, calves £3 to £4 10s, yearling steers £0 to £7 7s 6d, yearling heifers £5 3s to £0 Bs. On Monday at Whitford dairy cows and heifers made from £lO to £l4 2s Gd, empty cows £7 5« to £9 os, calves £2 15s to £5. yearling steers £5 12b Od to £7 ss, three-year-old steers £1 15s to £l3, yearling heifers £5 7s 6d to £7 4s, pigs, slips 31s to 335, weanera lis to 255.

At Manurewa on Tuesday we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. Matthew Wallace. Dairy cows sold at from £l3 10s to £22 15s, bull 13gns. empty cows £lO to £l2.

On.Wednesday at Wcstfleld fat stock market beef was penned in large numbers and showed no improvement, best oxen selling at £2 12s per 1001b, others £2 7s to £2 Is, cow and heifer beef £2 5s to £2 10s. Steers sold at from £l3 to £2O 12s fid. Cows and heifers sold at from £0 to £lO 15s. Calves were penned in good average numbers. Best quality sold up to' late rates, inferior quali'tv easier. .No runners wer» yarded. Heavy vealers £4 2s Gd to £5 17s 6d. medium £3 to £4 Is, light £2 2s Bd to £2 18s. small and fresh drop-' I ped Shorthorn 16& Od to 355, weak and inferior, or Jersey strain, 7s 6d to 15s. Sheep were penned in large numbers and sold at fully last week's rates.' Best shorn wethers sold at £1 17s to £2, others £1 10s to $1 lfls fid. inferiorly fatted and small £1 Is 3d" to £1 0s Od, best shorn ewes £1 10s to £1 10s 3s, others £1 Is to £1 0s Od, woolly wethers £2 to £2 4s, woolly hoggets £1 17s flcl to £2 0s 3d, shorn hoggets £1 3» to £1 12s. Lamhs. in very large numbers, sold at reduced prices, Best £1 3s to £1 75,. others, 18s to £1 2s, inferior 70sto 17 Gs. Pigs in largo numbers sold at fully last week's high prices. Choppers £5 10s to £7 (Is, large baconers £4 15s to £5 os, small £3 17s to £4 14s. heavy porkers £.l 13s to £4 10s, medium £3 to £3 12s, light £2 (Is to £2 lfls.