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Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1924, Page 2

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Sydney, 'Sept. 18. Oats.—Tasmanian Algerian 4s 4d to 4s 6d, white giants 4s 6d to 4s 9d. Maize.—Yellow 5s lOd to 3s lid. v.l ’ 4s 3d. Potatoes.—Owing to heavy supplies there was a further decline to £4 to £6. Onions.—Scarce, rose to £22. Adelaide, Sept. 18. Oats, 3s 2d to 3s 3d. Melbourne, Sept. 19. Oats.—2s 8d to 3s 2d. Barley.—English, 4s 3d to 4s 6d; Cape, 3s 8d to 3s lOd. Potatoes.—£l 5s to £2. Onions.—'£lB 10s to £2O. Hides.—Firm at late rates. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. Sydney, Sept. 18. The week's wool sales closed with keen and strong general demand and an upward tendency. All the better classes were at the best prices touched during the sales. Greasy merino sold at 42d, a new season record. ADDINGTON STOCK MARKET. Christchurch, Sept. 17. The beef yarding at Addington to-day wiv slightly smaller, and the mutton entry a few pens more than last week. Bedf showed a slight easing, representing for the past three weeks an average decline <vf 6s to 7s per 1901 b. Mutton again advanced. Store Sheep.—A small entry, consisting mostly of hoggets, with a few lines of wethers - ’ and ewes and lambs. On account of the continued dry weather and the uncertain feed prospects, the sale lacked the brightness of previous markets. Four, six, and eight-tooth-ed halfbred wethers made ’SSs to 37s 7d; fail-ing-mouthed halfbred ewes in lamb, 355: aged halfbred ewes with lambs, 21s lid- to 24s (all counted) ; aged three-quarterbred ewes with lambs, 20s 7d (all counted). Halfbred ewe hoggets, 34s lOd to 37s 6d; crossbred ewe hoggets, 28s 3d; crossbred wether hoggets, 24s 9d to 28s 7d; good halfbred wether hoggets , 26s to 31s Id; inferior wether hoggets, 23s to 25s 9d; good Romney cross ewe hoggets, to 4ls Id; three-quarter-bred ewe hoggets, 35s Id. Spring Lamb®.—39 came forward. The demand was good, and prices ranged from 26s to 43s 6d. Fat Sheep.—A flarmer sale to the extent of about 2s per head. Marlborough entries totalled over 700, and one draft made up to 60s. Priees were In advance of what graziers were prepared to pay for wethers to carry over for shearing. A few specially good ewes made 68s Id. Extra prime wethers, 57s to 60s • 3d; prime, 50s to 545; medium, 46s to 495; light, 39s to 455. Show ewes to 68s Id; extra prime ewes, 52s to 575; prime, 44s to 48s; medium, 40s to 43s Gd; light, 35s to 395; aged, 30s to 345. Prime hoggets, to 495; medium, 33s to 41s.

Fat Cattle.—B9s were yarded, a reduction jof 60 on last week. Just on 100 came from ’ the North Island, with a sma-ll consignment jor two from Otago and Southland. The market opened weaker than last week, but firmed later. Values, however, were all round la shade easier. Best beef made 38s to 42s .per 1001 b; special to 445; medium, 34s Id to 1375; and light, 31s to 335. Values were: (Extra prime steers, £lB to £2O 15s; prime, '£*ls 5s to £l7 10s; medium, £l2 10s to i £l5; light, £9 to £l2; rough, £7 to £8 !15s. Extra prime heifers. Io £l4 12s 6d; 'prime, £9 15g 6d to £l2 9s; ordinary, £7 •‘to £9 10s; light, £4 to £6. Extra prime Icows, to £l3 12s 6d; prime, £8 10s to £lO ,115 s medium, £8 to £<B ss; aged, £3 15s Ito £5 10s.

i Vealers.—A fairly large entry. The quality generally was poor, and anything good sold | well. Runners made to £6; good vealers, £4 |to £5 ss; good calves, £2 15s to £3 15s; i small, 12s 6d to 355; poor quality, 3s to 10s. I Store Cattle.— A large entry, mostly cows and heifers. Steers ware not. in demand, and none ware sold. Potting prfcas were a shade [lower than last week. Best cows made to •£3 ss: medium, £1 10s to £2 16s; inferior. 110 s to 20s; bulls, to £3.

Dairy Cattle.—The total entry was 133, mostly in poor condition. Anything good sold well. Best second, third, and fourth caJvers, springing, £l'2 10s to £l4 10s; medium, £3 to £6 10s; Inferior, £1 10s to £2 15s. Medium heifers, £3 to £5 15s; inferior, £1 lbs to £2 15s. Old cows, 17s 6d te 255. Fat Pigs.—A «nall yarding, and the demand was not quite so keen as last week, but nevertheless prices were satisfactory. Choppers, £3 lbs to £5 10s; light bwconer.% £4 8s to £5; heavy, £5 10s to £6 2s (avenge price par lb, 8d to 9d) ; light porkers, £2 15s to £3 ss; heavy, £3 lbs to £3 17s (average price per 10, to 10%d par Lb). Store Pigs.—Considering the large entry, priees ruled fairly firm. Weaners, 18s to 245: small stores, 25s to 30s; medium, 33s to 40s; large, 42s to 50s. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE* Dunedin, Sept. 17. There was n good sale at Burnside to-day. fat sheep and fat cattle selling well. Fat pigs were a trifle easier.

Fat Cattle.—A yarding of 272 head, compared with 248 head last week. They were a fair average lot, including some very prime heifers and cows, with 41 good sprinkling of Vrime bullocks. The proportion of unfinished animals was not. however, small. The demand was very fair for finished cattle, and prices firmed by about 7s Gd per head. Prime handy-weight bullocks sold at from 40s to 42s per 1001 b, second quality was worth up to 4fts, prime heavy-weights from 37s Gd to 39a 6d, medium quality 365, prime heifers from 33s to 355. cows and light heifers 25s Gd to 30s. Heavy prime bullocks sold at up to ;£l9 2s fid. fair quality'bullocks, £ll to £l4. Extra prime heifers brought £lO ss, and prime heifers from £7 10s to £lO. Best cows brought to £ 10 10s, and light prime aaritnals from £6 10s to £7 17b 6d. Fat Slieep.—There was an entry of 1740, compared with 1457 last week, a good selection, aii In the wool. Buying was free and med him-weights were very’ firm indeed, a clearance being effected. The demand was from country butchers, exporters, and town buyers at last week’s higher rates. The Bale generally was good, and rates were fully up to the best prices of the previous market. Freezing operators were paying practically per lb. Prime handy-weight butchers’ wethers sold at from 7%d to 7%d, prime heavy-weight wethers up to 7%d, medium quality and light-weights 6Mid to 7%d, extra heavy ewes (very prime quality) 6d to prime ewes Gd, light and aged ewes, 4%d to 5%d. Extra prime heavy-weight wethers brought up to 635, prime heavy, 59s fid to 545, good 44s Gd to 46s 3d, light from 49s 9d to 42s 3d. Extra prime heavy-weight' ewes were turned over at prices up to 465, prime heavy 38s to 40s, lighter sorts from 30s. j Fat Lambs.—Seven spring lambs of good 'quality were sold on a good demand at last week's rates. Extra prime sold at 53s to 57s 6d, and others from 37s to 44®. This means a shop price of from Is 4d to Is Gd per lb. Store Cattle. —About 300 of all classes were yarded, including about 100 station Herdfords, with the balance consisting of good young sorts and inferior cow®. The sale waa slow and there were a number of passes. A pen of empty three-year-old Hereford cows sold at £3 Ils.

Pigs—The entry of 110 fat pigs and 56 stores was rather larger than that of last

week. Porkers and baconers sold at prices about 5s cheaper than those of the previous sale. Baconers sold at up to 8d per lb, and porkers to 9d.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. “Paper” potatoes have jumped in value to an amazing extent during the past few days. On Tuesday the f.o.b. sacks in price was £6 10s to £6 15s, yesterday it was £7 to £7 5s and to-dav it is £B. ‘Taper” potatoes at £lB should be worth £6 15s on trucks, but inste%l actual potatoes worth £7 10s. The Wingate! is due to leave on Monday with a very small cnaignment. The Navua is to sail on the 24th, and if all remember that deliveries have to be taken by tills vessel there will not be much room for anything else. Imported oats are filling local orders. B Gartons are a little easier In consequence. There is a brisk Home inquiry for best classes of white clover and cowgrass. The wet season at Home has spoiled many seed crops for white clover. Best samples, with no darkness in them, are worth up to Is Gd bo farmers and the best cowgrass to 9%d. Little of the best, however, is offering. Partridge peas have been meeting with a little Inquiry for export. Substantial quantities are still >■ -id In store. A. Home demand has set in for dogstail and for good quality 9%d f o.b. sacks in is quoted. The Irish lias been spoiled by the weather. Though whole sale market in seeds is very slow - ’« fair retail business with farmers ■ ' good rain would vastly increase it. s Jhaff is firm, consequent on sales to Auckland. Up to £7 5s is being quoted to farmers. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the followng cablegram from their London house under date September 17 : Tallow.—We quote present spot values for the following descriptions: Fine mutton, 48s per cwt.; good beef, 46s 9d; mixed, 42s 3d. Market active. Butter.—New Zealand, choicest salted, prices unchanged. Quietly steady. Last quotations September 5: 206 s to 210 s per cwt. Cheese.—No chance in market. Slow demand. Last quotations September 12: 90s to 94s per cwt. FARMERS CO-OP MARKET REPORT. We report a heavy yarding at Hawera on Thursday, September 18, which was practically all cleared under the hammer at prices satisfactory to the vendors. A heavy yarding for this season of the year of from 55 to 60 head of fat cattle met a ready market. Two pens of prime P.A. cows from down the coast made £8 Is and £7 18s 6d; 3-year prime Hereford heifers on behalf of the Tonks Estate, £6 193 and £6 7s; also on behalf of the same vendors we sold a pen of prime shorn wethers which made 355. In the dairy pens quality and condition was again sought after, best heifers tasking up to £l7. Buyers for yearling heifers were present and this class of cattle showed a slight Improvement and found ready buyers up to £3 18®. All the sheep, fat and store cattle were sold under the hammer. We qvote prime shorn wethers, Sos; M.S. hoggets, 28s 3d; prime P.A. cows, £8 Is and £7 18s 6d; prime Hereford heifers, £6 10s and £6 7s; fat cows, £5 10s, £6, £6 Is, £6 6s, £6 7s to £6 10s; forward condition cows, £3 16s. £4 Ils. £4 12s 6d to £4 16s; boners at late rates; 2-year empty heifers, £4; good yearling heifers, £2, £2 13s, £2 15s, £2 16s to £3; small and low conditioned, 23s to 37s Pigs: Porkers, £2 17s and £2 Is; stores, £tl' 14s to £1 15s; weaners, 18s to £1 2s: Dairy heifers: Good quality and condition £l7 and £l6 10s, £‘l4, £ll, £10; good heifers, £7, £7 ss, £7 153, £8 up to £9 10s; backward and low conditioned, £4, £4 10s to £6. AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET. Auckland, Last Night. Stock Exchange saJes.—Commercial Bank of Australia, 30s; New Zealand Insurance, 29s 6d; WaJpa Coal, 19s 9d; Kauri Timber, 31s; Waihi, 28s; Grand Junction, 2s 3d