COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 380, 22 July 1911, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

j The New Zealand Loan and Ivlerc-.m-I tile Agencv Co , Ltd., report: i | We held a dairy cow s-ile at Onaopo j on Friday, 14tn inst, when we offered , 547 rows and heifivs. There >vas a i good attendance of buyer? and all s<"dd ! I except a few lines of heifers, which ] | were not forward enough in e-.iU'. or ; ! poor and undersized. Prices \v-;u : j Dairy young and goo.! con !fi 01 : £7 to £S 15?, others more a:-d i'.", ; 2 < u'd to £6 10s, cows in l.r.v co lduion £4 i to £5 ss, cull cows £3 to £3 7s lid, c \ year old heifers with size and condi- i li.:n £6 2s (id to £7 "is. others with ] less condition £5 2s 6d to £5 ]()?, I smaller heifers £4 10s to £4 17s 6J. \ At Te Awamutu, on 15th. we had i a medium entry of cattle, also sheep and horses. There was keen competition throughout, and most satisfactory prices were realised for everything at auction. Small fat steers made £7 ! 16s, fat cows £5 19s to £6 ss, f»t ! heifers light £4 17s to £5, steer calves j ar.d yearlings £2 Is to £2 10s, calves | mixed sexes £1 to £2 Is, heifers j £1 17s to £2 2s, empty 2 year h-ifers \ £3 15s to £3 19s, empty cows in fresh condition. £3 17s to £4, dairy cows close to profit young and sound £9 1' a to £ll ss, others more aged £6 5s to £6 15s, cull cows £3 2s (id to £3 15s, springing heifers £4 15s to £7, woolly hoggets 9s 2d to 10s 2d, f.m. ewes in j lamb, 12s, weaner pigs 12s Gd. j

Newton King reports:— S On Wednesday, 12th inst., I held a j clearing sale at Normanby in conjunc- I tion with Messrs Gillies and Nalder, i on account of Mr F A. Higgs, when j there was a good attendance, and the cattle, especially those showing good Holstein strain sold well. Good grade Holstein early calvers made ,£H! to £2l ss, later £9 to £ll ss, pedigree Jersey cow, "Una" 2lig3, "Lady French" 43*gs, pedigree Jersey bull "K See Y" 16gs, pedigree yearling ' Jersey bull 9gs, ordinary early calvers £7 10s to £l4, later £4 5s to £7, ; yearling heifers £2 Is to £2 Ss, 2 year heifers £3 Is. At Stony River on the same day : there was only a small yarding, and i bidding was very quiet. Mixed : weaners made 21s, yearling steers 30s ton £2 0s 6d, yearling heifers 34s to 36s fid, empty heifers £3 10s 6d, springing heifers £4 2a, store cows 30s to £3, fat cows £4 14s to £5 ss, dairy cows, £5 5s to £7 19s. On account oy the estate of B. Gray j deceaed, springing heifers made £4 ! 2s, dairy cows £6 to £lO ss, grade Jerseys up to £l4 15s, pedigree Jersey cows "Cream Waver" 19gs, "Kewa Countess" 151 gs, bull £ll ss. On Thursday. 13th, ( held a clearing sale at my Stony River yards on ac- ; count of Mr A. Alexander, there ■ was a very large attendance from both j north and South Taranaki and frjm [ Auckland. Working bullocks made | £l6 ssto£2S 10s per pair, fat bu!- | locks up to £7 14s, forward bullocks j £4 16s to £5 13s 6d, 2 year steers £3 j 3s 6d to £4 2s, weaners 225, heifers j in calf £3 73 to £4 Is, springers £5 ! 12s 6d,forward cows £3 4s to £3 12s, ! breeding ewes 12s 2d,2 tooth ewes lis j 6d, 4 and 6 tooth and f.m. ewes 5s lOd I to 7s 2d, wethers lis Id. lambs Us, i Romnev rains £1 13s. i