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Taranaki Daily News, 20 August 1926, Page 3

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LOCAL MARKETS. PRICES AND TENDENCIES. Local ninrlfct prices this week were as fol lows (spot cash)

There has not been much change in the local market for fruit during the week. Supplies of dessert and cooking apples have come forward in Quantities sufficient to meet the demand. Rather too great a proportion has, however, been of an inferior type. Good grades for both cooking and eating are keenly sought after. Lemons are plentiful and prices easier. Sydney fruit has been short owing to the steamer' missing a trip. A big consignment of oranges;, arrived during the week, including a direct shipment of 350 cases. The quality Is ex-i eeptlonally good and they have every appear-' ance of being [ . d keepers. The expected shipment of-onions from Japan did not arrive on the date announced recently. The first consignment from this source is due to-day and it will be very welcome, for the onion market has been bare for the last; fortnight. Table potatoes are In good supply and are of a very fine quality. There has been a slight easing in price, stated an auctioneer* yesterday. ' Poultry is very short in supply and there Is a keen demand for anything of weight. The range of prices at Auction last Fridaywas: Hens, 2s 6d to 5s 3d; pullets, 3s to s 8s 3d; cockerels, 3s Id to ss; ducks, 2s 8d to 3s lOd; bantams, Is 7d to is Bd. Eggs have eased in price again and the latest buying and selling rates , are Is 6d and Is 9d, against Is 7d and Is. IM last week. Supplies last week were, not heavy compared with recent times. / The demand for pigs - is still . very fair, although, owing to the clearing sales being practically over, not so mliny were offering during the week. At. the New Plymouth Haymarket last Friday, however, there was a complete clearance at slightly Improved rates compared with those ruling at the previous Hay- ’ market sale. The range of prices was: Wean-; ers, 21s to 24s 6d; slips, 25s to 29s Gd; stores, 30s to 395; large stores, to 425. DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES. -Mr. S. Turner is in receipt, of a cable from j| Messrs Lonsdale 'and Co., Ltd., advising their .; weekly market report for the week ended August 16 as fellows: — “Butter: Steady, 172 s to 1745. “Cheese: Easier, 86s to 87s for wtylte and • 83s to 84s for coloured." ’ TARANAKI STOCK MARKET. Messrs Newton King, Ltd., Stratford, report: On Saturday wo commenced the series of : special Saturday dairy sales. A good entry ■ came forward comprising mostly back-coun- ■ try cows and we report practically a full clearance n.t satisfactory, prices. Good conditioned ; guaranteed cows made from £lO to £TJ 10s; cows, light in condition, £5 to £8; late calvers. £3 15s up; in-calf heifers, £7 to ) £S lO.s. . ’ 1 At the Stratford sale on Tuesday, wo report { a good yarding of store stock which was : eagerly competed for under the hammer. Quotations are: Forward cows, £ 3 13s to 425; good store cows, £2 7s Gd to £3 Is; ypor conditioned cows, £1 15s to £2; good, yearling heifers, £3 2s to £3 16s; mixed coloured line, £2. . In the dairy pens we report a heavy yarding and a good clearance. Prices were in- | dined to be a little easier than the previous j sale-, owing nc doubt, to the quality of the yarding not being up to previous standard. Quotations are: Calved heifers, £4-15s, £5 10s to £ 13; springing heifers, £'s 5s to £8; two heifers, on behalf of Mr. G. Kehcly made £l2 10s and £l5; guaranteed sound dairy cow's made £7 10s to £lO l n

ADDINGTON MARK Christchurch, Aug. 18. The sale at Addington to-day was the first since August 4, and there was a very heavy entry of fat stock, particularly of sheep. Store Sheep—A fairly heavy entry for this time of the year, the yarding being swelled by carried over lines of . North' 'lsland ewes. The quality generally was unattractive, 'and excepting for a few good lines ’ bidding was lifeless, values being lower than a fortnight ago. Several pens of ewes aiul lambs sold well. HAlfbred wether hoggets made 20s Gd io 225; inferior wether lioggcts, 19s to 20s; crossbred ewe hoggets, 22s to 24s Gd; four, six and eight-toothed . halfbred wethers, 24s ■to 25s Gd; inferior wethers, 22s to 23s Gd; good, sound-mouthed three-quarterbred ewes, 37s Gd to 38s sd; failing-mouthed halfbred ewes, 36s 3d; aged crossbred ewes, 22s to 245. Fat Sheep.— A very heavy yarding of 15 races. The quality was exceptionally good. In the early part of the sale values were down by up to 2s per head, but there was a 50 per cent, recovery later. However, the sale was very sluggish throughout. Extra prime wethers made 36s 6d to 40s lOd; prime wethers, 32s 6d to 365; medium wethers, 28s to 31s 6d; light wethers,’ 25s 6d to 27s 6d; extra prime ewes, 30s to 345; prime ewes, 25s 8d to 295; medium ewes, 22s to 245-6 d; light ewes, 17s to 21s 6d; prime hoggets, 80s to Sas 3d; medium hoggets, 2Gs 6d to 29s 6d. Fat Cattle.—69s head were yarded, 85 more than at the double market. Entries came from South Otago, South Canterbury and the Chathams,’ besides North Island carried over draughts and heavy consignment from North Canterbury stations. The Quality was generally good. The entry was en over-supply and there was an easing of 25s to 30s per head for steers and up to 20s for. cows and heifers. A few pens of special beef made to 40s per 1001 b; best medium-weight, 34b to 37s Gd; heavy, 32s to 355; medium quality, 30s to 33s Gd;-inferior, 24« to 295; and.rougn down to 21s. Extra heavy steers realised £lB to £2l 12s 6d; heavy prime steers, £l4 to £l7; prime medium-weight steers, £l2 103 to £l5; medium quality steers, £9 10s fco £l2 ss; light 'steers, £7 5s to £9 os, extra prime heifers, to £l5 12s 6d; prlme heifers, £9 to £11; ordinary heifers, £6 to

£8 15s;, light heifers, £1 5s to £5 ss; extra prime cows, to £4; prlmfe cows, £8 to £lO 10s; medium cows, £5 5s to £7 10s; light and poor cows, £4 to £5. Vealers.—-A email entry and a further advance. Runners made £G.l5s to £8 17s Gd; best calves, £5 to £6 ss; others, 25s bo £4 Us. Dairy Cattle. —Good animals sold well at late, rates, but Inferior sorts were hard to sell. Best second to fourth calvers made £8 5s to £ll 10s; medium, £5 10s to £7 ss; inferior, £3 to £4 10s; heifers, £2 10s to £4 10s; old cows, 25s to 50s. Fat Pigs.— A small entfy, and a keen demand, rates being higher than at the double market. Choppers made £4 to £lO 18s 6d; light baconers, £4 10s to £5 10s; others, £5 15s to £7 10s (average price per lb, 9%d to 10d); porkers, 51s to 81s’ (average price per lb, 10%d to IP/ 2 d); Store Pigs.—A large entry and a good sale. Weaners made 22s to 28s; slips, 30s to 345; small stores, 35s to 41s; medium stores, '43s to 48s; large stores, 50s to 495; extra largo stores, to .£3 (H. BURNSIDE STOCK SALE. Dunedin, Aug. 18. At Burnside to-day prices changed cortskl erably. Fat cattle cheapened by pounds sterling and sheep by two or three shillings, rates for the other classes being at par or Improved. -Sheep.—A very large yarding of 2574 good quality animals The number was much |n excess of requirements, and the market was erratic. Several pens sold at, more than 3s below last week’s rates, and the general depreciation was from 2s Gd to 3s. Prices: Extra prime wethers, to 40s 3d'; prime --heavyweights, 32s to 345; medium; 28s to 30s; light and unfinished, from 24s 6d; extra prime owes, lo 34s 3d; prime heavy, 28s to 30s; medium, 22s to 245; light and; unfinished, Ur, to 21s; extra heavy wethers, made 5d per lb; Hgiit, 5%d; hrlme heavy ewes, 4’/ 2 d; light and old, 4d; lambs, 9d. Fat Hoggets—A penning of 190. Exporters were .not operating, and butchers were buying only small quantities.. A few graziers' took the bulk of the yarding, which was of medium quality. Prices were unchanged. Best hoggets realised from 25s to 2Gs; good, from 23s to 245; and medium and light, 20s. Fat Cattle.—A big yarding of 300. The quality was goodr but tiie market was very dull, and prices eased from £2 to £2 Ips for. - all classes. ' Prices: Extra prime bullocks, to -£l9; prime heavy, £l5 10s to £IG 10s; medium-weight, £l2 to £l3; lighter sorts, from £9 10s; extra prime cows and heifers’to £11; prime l heavy, £B. to £9 10s; medium, £5 10s to £6; light and unfinished, from £4; extra heavy ox beef made 35s per 1001 b; light, 37s Gdl; prime heifer, 38s; cow and light heifers,‘22s 6d to 255. i ' ’ MARKET. •. i • r ...ckjand, Aug. I£. At tho Westfield stock sale -to-day there was an' average yarding of ox beef, and a small entry of cows pnd heifers. Values for -prime beet were uneb ..d, out "just klHable" were slightly easier. Cow and heifer beef sold under -keen competition, last week’s values being easily and In odd cases exceeded. Otte consignment from the iWaikato averaged £lO 10s 6d.< Extra choice ox sold . tn ’ 38s per 1001 b; choice and prime, 34s to 375; just killable, 28s to 30s; prime yoqn'4 cow nntl heifer beef,.’3os to 325; just killable, 25s to 295. ' Sheep—There was an average yarding. Bidding was keen and values were very linn at last week’s rates. A good lino of prime, uetlrers from Whakatane sold up to 355. 'N? extra heavy prime wethers were yarded. Heavy prime made £1 13s 6d to £1 15s; medium £1 10s 6d to. £1 12s 9d; shorn, 25s ,9J; i light and unfinished, 23s to 275; heavy prime I ewes, 21s to 25s 6d; lighter, -22 s to -23 s ; [ hoggets', £1 Is 6d to £ 1 4s. 1 Calves.—A good yarding which sold readily, last week’s prices being fully maintained. Runners made £3 12s to £4 12s; heavy yealers, £3 9s to £3 18s; medium, £2 15s to .£3 ss; light, £1 15s ; to £2 8s; rough, 18s to 295; small, 25s to 325; fresh dropped, 3-s to 15s. Pigs.—There was a sEgljMy larger yarding,, which sold under keciy compctltiop, especially for porkers. Choppers made £3 18s to £5 10s; heavy baconers, to £5 3s; medium; £4 14s to £4 18s; light baconers, £4 9s to £4 12s; heavy porkers, £4 to £4 6s; medium porkers, £3 10s to £3 18s; light p •’ ers, £2 15s to £3 §s. DOP4IMION -SHARZMARKET.S. : Adlkltjnfl, Aug. 19. StSck Exchange Sales. —War Loan, 4% per nt. (1930), £97 12s Gd; New Zealand In-, surance, 40s; New Zealand Farmers* Fertiliser, £4 12s Gd; Bank of: New Zealand, Gls 9d; Grand Junction, 3s 2d; Oil, Ils; Kawarau (ex rights), Gs 3d, 6s 4d; Walhl, 19s 9d. , Wellington, Aug. 19. Reported Sales.—New Zealand Breweries' Debentures Bonds, 25s 6d. Ohristchurch, Aug. 19. Sales on Exchange.—Bank of Australasia, £l4 5s Gd; Union Bank of Australia, £l5 (2) ; British Tobacco Co., 51s 9d. CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATIONS. Received Aug. 19, 5.5 p.m. New York, Aug. 18. Chicago wheat quotations are: —Septembetv 135 1-4 cents; December, 139 3-8 cents; May, 144% cents '•

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