LATEST MABKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 11825, 23 November 1901, Page 1

LATEST MARKETS.

AUCKLAND.— November 21. ... (Telegraphed by Special; ;Gor&Bpond? ■ ents to the Taranaki' Herald). - Business is- more, .active.' -Maiz* is short of . requirements, Potatoes are very scarce, Vthe\nsw ; , crop being slow in coming iqrwardxUt^acpn Was been in shttrt supply.. jßggs and butter, unchanged. - ' * Quotations are as follows -.—Fresh butter, - factory ,~ lid ; -farmers',- Bd^; . seconds, 7d ; prime salt 8d ;: seconds, 6d ; cheese, local; '^4d .to 5d per 1b ; factory, "4fd tb* .'si'dT eggs, 7d doz.;- hams (in cloth), 7^d to B;id ; Hacoh (in cloth), 6d to 6d ; roller flour.- £7 15s ; /maize, 2s 2d to^ 2s 4d (ex wharf) ; oats, feed, 2s 114 (ex wharf). ; wheat, 2s, 8d to 2s lOd ; fowl ..wheat,. 2s lOd ; oatmeal (2S's), £12 15s ; potatoes, 3s 3d to 3s 6d (ex wharf); new potatoes, from Id to lid per It). Grain, Fodder, &c— Messrs' Buckland & Sons report : — Maize, ex wharf, shipments light and 'in better; demand at 2s Id to 2s 2d per bushel;* ex store 2s 3d to 2s 6d ; oats 8s ; wheat 3s 2d ; chaff £2 5s to £3 ss, ex store ; barley straw £2 10s to £3 ; hay £3 5s to £4. Horse Stock, &c.-r-Messrs Buckland & Sons ? r«port .-—Horses : On Friday, there was no auction sale; » but privately ? .Wei-sold half draughts, from £25 tO.£so 10s, lig^tw-mS to £24 each. » Wool, "Hided, Skins, — Messrs G. W. Binney & Sons report that they cleared . a large catalogue of hides, etc. Hides, prime ox 7f d to 7id, extra stout 6d to 6Jd, stout, "5Jd--io sfd per lb, medium 4sd to sd. light, 4id to 4M J «^v, best lines 4id to 4idv seconds tt|d to 3 fd, calf:4id, t9i <Jd Jqt b^t. stags 2d to 3d pew- Id. Sheepskins, extra large 3s 6d, large 3s to 35. 3d, small 2s 4d to 2i 9d, lambs 9d tq Is, pelts *8d to lOd each. Tallow* good mixed in shipment cask? 2sJs 6d .to 235, broken packages Xs% 6d to 21s per cwt ; |at %i$ te I**l per lb.— Messrs Buckland *; report :— Ox hid.es 70 to 7 id. tQC bost s^.out, cow 4d to 4id for best and 84d for lighter, stags Bfd, kip 3*d to 4d, calf 4d to Od lb ; horse hair Is 5d lb ; ordinary tallow 18s to 21s> cwt; fat lid to lid lb ; skin3_Bs to 8s 5d lor heavy green or salted (Is 8d to 2s 6d for greater number, pelts 6d to 9d, lambs' 7d to 10d fjaoh ; wool, crossbred in bog* 3d, long wool 2d to 2fdi Jocks »nd pieces id to lfd lb, - ' . Cattle, Sheep, &b. — Messrs A: Buckland &> Sons report, that at Remueva on Thursday strong calves sold from 18s to £1, 10s each, , fat and young calves sold,' freely, fresh dropped from 7s to , 12s. medium 13s 1 to 16s, heavy up to £2 8s ; the beef pens were welt filled ; at the commencement prices better than last week, bait fell' to. l9s' and 21s per 1001 bs as the sta.lt proceeded ; steers ranged in, price from £6 15s to £7, cows £4 to £6' 15s ; Mr Kelland's second prize show ■ ojc brought £16, Mr John Fisher's first prize 3r3 r ear ste.erg 4JXI_2J> 6d each ; Mr W. Taylor's two steers .£ls and £14 15s respectively. \Sheep: Fat sheep were required ; - heavy - shorn wethers from. 14a to. l!8> 6d, lighter 8s 9d to 15s, ewes 8a to 14s 6d j each ; fat lamb* sold fairly ; good sorts from 10s to 15s 6d, others -8s to Bs. Pigs sold at late values ,' pecker* f?? m 5» to £1 12 a Sd,

baooners £1 15s to £2 ss.r-The *few, Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report :— Cattle : At Newmarket on Tuesday dairy cows made from £4 15s to £9 ss, empty do £2 15s to £4 59, grown steers £3 • 15s to £6 123 6d. An average muster of cattle sold at last week's quotations ; steers 19s to 21s per. 1001 b, cows 16s to 19s ; steers made £6 5s to £15 10s each, cows £4 9s 6d to £7 5s ; a first prize fat ox sold by Thos. Wakelin, Whangarei, at £25 10s ; first prize 3-year-old bullock sold by Williamson Bros"., of Waikato, for £22 10s ; 2-year-old Bobby, same sellers, £10 5s ; first prize 'pen of 2 to 3-year-old bullocks by R. Hall, jun., of Waikato, £13 1 5s to £12 17s ; grade 2-year-old shorthorn heifers from same sellers £6 2s 6d. Sheep : Wethers from 10s 6d to £1 3s, ewes 8s 6d to 14» i 6d, fat lambs from 7s to 16s, small do 5s 6d to 6s 6d.