LATEST MARKETS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13485, 27 July 1907, Page 8

LATEST MARKETS.

ADDINGTON STOCK SALE. Per Press Association. CHBISTCHURCH, July 24. Fat Lambs— Tegs 19s to 22s 6d, ordinary weights 13s to 18s 6d, unfinished lots 12s to 14 s. Fat Sheep — Extra prime wethers 28s 3d to 41s, prime 22s 6d to 275, lighter 18s to 225, unfinished 13s 3d to 17s 3d, prime ewes 2()s to 245, medium 16s to 19s 6d, aged 13s to 13s 6<l, prime merino wethers 19s 9d, others 9s 4d to 11s 9d. Fat Catties-Steers £5 12s Cd to £11 7s 6d, heifers £4 17s Gd to £8 12s 6tl, cows £4 2s 6d to £8 3s— equal to 22s 6d to 25s for prime, and 20s to 22s tor medium, per 1001 b. Veal calves 7s (3d to £3 7s 6d. Dairy cows were rather dull of sale at £3 10s 8d to £7 17s 6d. Pigs— Baeoners 60s to 75s for heavyweights, and 48s to 55s for lighter (equal to 5d per lb), porkers 38s to 46s (equal to ssd to Cnl per lb.), large stores 25s to 355, medium 18s to 235, weaners 8s to 14s. BPRNSIPE STOCK SALES. DUNEDIN, July 24. Fat Sheep — Best wethers from 23s to 255, extra heavy 26s to 27s 9d, medium to good 20s to 225, light 16s to 19s, best ewes up to 21s, light 12s to 14s. Lambs— Best 16s to 18s 6d, extra heavy to 20s, medium to good 14s to 15s 6d. Pigs— Suckers 13s to 15s, slips 37s 6d to 20s, stores 25s to 30s, porkers 38s to 435, light baconers 45s to 535, heavy 55s to 635. Cattle — Best bullocks to £11 ss, medium to good £10 to £10 10s, ordinary £8 10s to £9, best heifers and cows £6 10s to £7 10s. MESSRS. Bt'CKLAND * SONS' RKPOHT. (Special to Herald.) AUCKLAND, July 26. Messrs Buckland & Sons report : — FJorses — At the Haymarket on Friday last we had an average entry and good competition for sound, young, and useful sorts. Spring cart and wagon class realised from £28 5s to £33; a god medium draughts £24 5s to £31, bug.;r horses and good hacks £14 to £23. light harness and ordinary hacks £•"> 15s to £12. Cattle — At Ilemuera on Thursday dairy cattle sold for from £3 10s to £8, dry £2 to £3 os. No grown stoiv.s were yarded. Fat and young calves were short of requirements and brought extreme values, selling from 3s to 66s (G2 sold). There was an average yarding of fat cattle of good quality, which sold steadily throughout at recent quotations. Sioers from £G 10s to fll 7s 6d, cows £5 tb'£3 (323 sold). Sheep — Tho sheep penned were short or requirements and mot with a ready sale throughout. Last week's prices were maintained, best wethers selling to 31s 3d, lighter weights to 255, heavy ewes' 24s 9d, others to 20s, hoggets 15-s to 20s (1420 sold). Pigs — All classes were in keen lemand. Porkers sold up to 38s, baco tiers to £3 2s 6d, small 7s to 15s (116 sold). Poultry — Poultry sold at 2s 7d to ?>*. Hides, skins, tallow, etc. — Hides: Ox 4|d to 7£d, cow 4d to od, calf 6d to 6Jd, kip 4d to S^d;* horse 6s-, damaged hides 3d to 4|d. HorseHair Is 2d to Is 9]d. Tallow 25s to 265. Skins— Best butchers' 5s to 6s 3d, mod him 4 s to 4s lid, small and damaged Is to 3s Bd. THE LOAN AND MERCANTILE WEEKLY REPORT. Horses — Heavy draughts, from £30 to £44; medium draughts, £17 to £31 10s; worn draughts, £13 to £22 ; hacks and harness horses, £9 5s to £20; ponies, £4 10s to £9 10s. Cattle — Dairy cows, from £4 5s to £8 ; empty cows, £1 15s to £2 17s 6d ; calves, 15s to £1 Bs. Fat cattle— Oxen 23s per 1001 b; cows, 17s to 20s per 1001 b. Steers, from £6 15s to £10 17s 6d ; cows, £4 5s to £8. Sheep— Wethers from £1 Is 9d to £1 10s ; ewes, 17s 9d to £1 3s 9d ; hoggets, 10s 6d to £1 3s. Pigs — Porkers, from 17s 6d to 19s 9d ; baeoners, £1 7s to £2 10s; weaners, 7s to 11s 9d. ' Oats are .firm at 3s 5d ex store. Fowl wheat is selling slowly at 4s 6V.1 ex store. AVOOL, HIDE, SKIN, AND TALLOV.' SALES. MESSRS WILSON A NOLAN'S REPORT. [Messrs Wilson ard Nolan report : — We offered a large catalogue on Wednesday last, and with some few exceptions all lines were cleared. Wool — The market is easier; few lines offering. Hides — In sympathy with outsU-j markets, prices declined, and wo may quote an average decline of about £d per lb on last month's rates. Really prime stuff hardly showed the decline at all. Sheepskins — The market is firm at last month's rates ; damaged lots were neglected k Tallow — The market is firm; no change. Bones — As the season for using bone manure approaches, the price hardens, and wo can find a market for all tho bones sent for sale. We quote : — Wool — Pieces 3sd to sd, crutchings > 4}d to sd, dags 2d. Hides-Butchers' : Ox 4Jd to sid, medium 5 J ,d to 53d, stout 6d to 62d ; cow. light 'id to 4*d, medium 4]d to 4i}d, stout 4{jd to 4}c\, kips 4^d to 3d; calf, sound sgd to G£d, cut and damaged 3£d to 4d. Settlers' hides 2^d to 4.Jd, according to condition. •Sheepskins— Butchers', dry 4s 6d to 6s 9d, part damp 4s 3d to 5s 9d, salted 4s to 5s Id, settlers' Gd to 4s 6d. Tallow — In casks, medium 24s 6d to 25s 3d, inferior 23s Gd ; in tins, lGs Gd to 18s 6d.

Tails — Is per dozen. Bones — £4 7s 6d per ton. Ilorns — os per hundred. Our next sale will be on August 21st. MESSRS. YOUNG, HOBBS & CO. S STOCK REPORT. Messrs Young, Hobbs & Co. report. —At Stratford, on Wednesday, we ha.l n full yarding, the advertised numbers coining forward in both cattle ani sheep. The bullocks and sheep attract-, o'l outside buyers, with the result thai competition was keen throughout tho ■ sale. A client from south of Hawera took 200 store bullocks. Young cattle in some cases showed the effects of winter. All the ewes and lambs were quitted at satisfactory prices. We quote. ;U-year rough steers £4 10s, 2£ to '\- year steers £4 ss, 20-month steers £2 12s 6d to £2 17s, fat cows £4 2s, fresh and forward do. £2 2s to £2 10s, store do. £1 14s to £1 17s 6d, lj-year empty heifers 30^, weaners 10s to 15s, weedy do. *3, springing £3 5s to £3 15s, ?xtra choice £0 ss.

For I*l r J. Jndson's dairy cows there was keen competition for likely looking early calvers. August and September calvers made €4 5s to £0 15s, backward and empty £2 to £4.