NEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, HIDE, SHEEPSKIN, AND TALLOW SALE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LII, Issue 187, 11 September 1909, Page 4

NEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, HIDE, SHEEPSKIN, AND TALLOW SALE.

L. A. NOLAN ft OCS REPORT. On the Ist instant we held our month' Iy sale of the sftove^ and submitted a good catalogue to a full complement of buyers. Price* for hide* ruled at about late rates, heavy cows' in good condition being particularly eagerly sought for, and -were inclined to show a slight adranee. Ox sold at about last month'! rates for heavies and mediums, while lights were inclined to ease a little. Skins were slightly better, wad showed an adTance of about 5 per cent. Tallow and sundries sold at about late rates. We quote: — Ox freeaera, lignt 6%d to 6%d, medium 6%d to B%d, no heavy offering; butchen* light 5%d to 6%d, medium 6%d to «%d, heavy 7%d, no atout offering; cow, freenr light «%4> medium: 5%d io 6%d; tatcnen' light 5%d to 6^d : medium 5%d to <%d, heavy **& tc ,Btfd, cat 5%iL to 6%d, yearlings 5%d to «%«"* horses' 4s to 10a 6d; settlers 1 ox M to 6%d> according to get up,,co* fid to 5%d cut 4d to^fadT slippy 3d to Calfskins, good B%d to 9d, bear] &%d, seconds B%d, inferior 7%d, eul SheepSißS.— Butchers' salted/ best 5t to 5s Bd, seconds 8s 9d to 4s 9d, drj 6s 3d to 6s 3d, flecomfe 4s «d to 4s lid salted damaged to «d to 4*, dry Is tc 9s 7d. Wool.— Dead fleece to 4%d, mattet 4%d, pieces 2%d to 3%d. TaUow.— Medium casks 23s 6d, tins 20i to 21s, M. Siindries.-M3owtails Is Bd, horsehab M, bones £4. Our next sale will be held on 29tl September, 1909. VICKBB6-*- STEVENS' RJJPpE'J. Owing to the rough weather on Wed nesdayuwt there was* only a small yard ing of cattle. Springers made "from £S 16* to £6, store cows £2 10s to £3. At the mart on Saturday there was t good entry of pigs. Weanexs made from lls to 13s, two to three months-old pigs W» to l«s, stores £-1 8s 6d to £1 5*7 sows is pig £2 2s 6d to £4 6s. AUCKLASTD. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantil Agency. Company, Ltd., report: — Hones: On IWday at the Durhsn yards beary draughts sold at from £21 6ft to £34, medium do. £18 to £31 hacks and light harness horses £5. S to £20. At Paoakura on Wednesday dair; cows sold at from £6 15s to £9 12s M heifers £t.?e M to £1 12s Bd, othe sorts £2 15s to £5 15s, empty cowi £2 to £8 Us, grown, steers £6 10s f £6 ss, two to three-year-old do., £3 8 to £5 ss, yearlings £1 lla to £2 1U calres 18s to £1 lls, beef at Newmarke rates. On Thursday we held, a sale of li* and dead stock on account of Mr. J Jolly, Patnmahoe. Dairy cow» told a' from £5 10s to £10, heifers £4 15s t£7 15s, iorees £26 to £35. Cattle: At the Newnprkef yards »i Tuesday dairy sows sold at from £ 10s to £7 16t, empty cows £2 2s t( £3 Is, calves 18s to £2 7s. Beef wai penned in average quantities and sol< at last week's rates. Oxen, sold up t< 21s per lOOfb, and cow* 17s to 19a Steers ao}d $Jk Irom £4 Us to £10 12i 6d, cows £3 10s to £7 6s. Sheep: The, Newmarketyards iweri •well >filled on Tuesday. Wethers 'eV^U at from 13s to 19i. ewes 10s W to IS 6d, hoggets 10s 6d to 14s, spring lambi 12» 6d to 17s. Pigs: Porkers sold at from £1 Is t< £2 4s, weaners 10s 6d to 14s 9d baooners £2 12s to £9 Is. On Monday we held a special dairj sale at Pukekohe, aad yarded 280 cowi and heifers. Cows close to profit sole at from £0 5s to £10 ss, backward springer* £4 to £6, heifers dose tc proflt £5 10s to £10 17s 6d, others £S 10s to £5 10s, frails £3 to £5 10b. Hides: Market firm. We quoteExtra ©tout ox 7d to 7%d, stout do, 6%d to 6%d, medium do. 6\i to «y,d light do. &%d to 5%d; cows', best linei 5%d to 5%d, goof S%a to t%d, scored 4V,d to 4% d . ldp 9 (faffe B r^i t oajfaktni 5%d to 7d, stags' 4d to 4^cT damaged hides 3d to 3%d. Sheepskins: Market fcrisk. Best butchers', large to 6s- «d, good lines 5a 3d to 8s 7d, medium 4s to 4s 6d, smsA Ss to 3s M» country dry skins, large to ss, medium 3s 9d to 4s 3d, small Is 6d to Ss. Tallow: Market ton. Best, mixed to 24s 6d, good 22s 6d to 23s 34. iaffrior 19s- to els 6d, rough fat lHd to l%d per Vb. CowUils Is 8a per doxen, Sones £4 17s «d> honeoaJr Is to U M, IDDINOTON. r At the (Addington live stock market on Wednesday there was a short market of nearly all classes of stock, and a small attendance. The range of prices was: — Prime wethers 17s to 20s> lighter 14s to 16s tid, ewes 16s to 17s M, merino wethers 13s lid to 17s, hoggets 9s to 12s. There were 210 head of fat cattle offered, mostly of good and prime quality sorts. Steers made £6 5s to £12 15s, heifers £4 12s «d to £9 10s, cows £4 5s to £8 7» 6d. The prices were equal to 20s 6d to 22s 6d far primo 18s 6d to 20s for medium, and 16s 6d to 18s far cow and iaferior beef per 1001 b. A mixed yarding of veal calves sold at 4s 6d to 555, and four large suckers to £4. Yearlings made 33s to 355, fifteen and eighteen months £2 2s to £2 15s, two-year steers £3 12s to £3 15s, two-year heifers £3 to £3 18s, ftwo aad a-hslf year steers £4 ss, three, year heifers £4 ss, three and four year steers £5 15s to £5 174, and dry cows 20s to £3 17« 6d. Dairy c\>ws sold well, prices ranging from £3 10s to £8 15s. There was a medium entry of pigs of all classes, and there was good demand, especially for weoners and stores. Choppers told up to £5 14s, the top price being obtained for a very large Tainworth. Heavy baoonen made 54s to 645, lighter 46s to 53s— equal to 4%d per 1b; large porkers 4Oa to 445, lighter ' 34s 6d to 30s— equal to 5%d to 5%d per 1b; large stores 34s to 375, smaller. 28s to 335, weaners 12s 6d 21s. J <