COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 September 1910, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET.

At the Westficld yards fat cattle sold at almost last week's rates, ox beef soiling to 29s per 1001b, and cows to 255. Steers sold at from .10 10s to £13 2s Gd, cows and iheifore AM 10s to £9 17s (kl. Oalves sold at late irates, from 3s to £2 Us. Sheep were penned in averago nuiwbors, and sold at fully last week's quotations. Best wethens sold to 3().5, others 22s P-d to 295 , others 17s to 235; hoggets 13s 9d to CI 2s 9d ! . La inks were yarded in good numbers, and sokl 'a.t prices ranging from Ms to 19s. .Pigs were yarded in less numbers than usual, and sold at late rates.

TAR ANA KI SALES. Mr Newton King's weekly stock report is as follows: At "Waiwakaiho, on Friday, September 7, there was a good yarding of cattle, with a fair attendance o,f buyers. Bidding was brisk, and good prices were realised, especially for springing cattle. Calves made 12s, yearling heifers £2 3s. yearling steers £2 5s (id to £2 12s fid, 18-months to 2-yea;r heifers £2 lls Gd to £3 17s Gd" incalf heifers £1 to £4 17s Gd, springing heifers £5 to £8 2s Gd, store cows £1 17s Gd to £3 Is, forward cows £3 17s to £4 15s, sprino-inp-raws £0 5s to £9, do. Jersey £3 5s to £9, do. Holstein, £7 15s" to £12 ss, fat bullocks .£(> 12s Gd to £8 6s • hoggets 9s to 12s Id, four-tooth wethers 15s Id to 17s 3d, two-tooth ewes in lamb 13s Gd. At the Haymarket a fair number of pigs wore penned. Weaner-s made. Gs fid to 9s, small stores 10s to 12s Gd, good stores Ms to 18s, porkers, 20s to 355, calf made 7s Gd. pony. <>uo- and harness £5 10s. " ' ' "

On Monday at Uremia, mixed yearling heifers 37s to £2 10s, yearlinosteers 38s to £2 10s, 18-monfhs steers £3 Is to £3 l(>s, sprino-j,,,r heifers £4 12s Gd to £5 10s, empty no lf f!' s £:i 18s to C - -fonvai-cl tWs IM 13s to .04 2s, springing cows £5 to £9 15s, .fnt cows Co to £5 17s, hulls £1 7s to £2 19s, store pigs 13s fid ho 15s, fat wethers 22s 3d." On Tuesday, at Stratford, there was a fair yarding, with a good attendance r>f buyers. Mixed yearlings made 375, 12 to 18-month heifers £2 lls Gd to £3 Is, yearlin" steers £2 lls Gd, 18-months to 2year steers £3 to £4 17s 6d, empty ■heifers £3 10s to £4 ss. store cows C 2 os to £3, forward eo,ws £3 10 bo £3 19s, bulls £2 as to £3, fat bullocks £6. On the same day the springing heifer yards were' full. Competition was keen, and good prices were realised. Sprinoinp heifers made £5 10s to £7 ss, in" calf heifers £3 15s to £4 15s, springing cows close up £0 to £11, backward do. £4 to £5 15s.

At Stonoy River, on Wednesday, mixed yearlings inado 31s Gel to 37k fid, yearling steers £2 5s to £2 7s Od, 18-niontlis to 2-year steers Co 7s lid. empty heifers £3 8s to £3 18s, in-calf heifers £3 IGs, 37s fid t'r> C 2 10s, forward cows £3 to £4 10s, fat cows £4 10s to £6 4s.