COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 519, 20 November 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd , report:— On Thursday. 14th inst., we held a clearing sale at Matahura on account of Mr James Smith, when all stock sold under good competition. Prices: —Four and six tooth ewes and lambs •23s 4d, dairy cows in milk £7 2s 6d to £8 Is 6d, hoggets 13s, calves 20s, medium gelding £2B, two year colts £l2 fas, light yearling fillies £6, two year emnty heifers £4 159, fifteen months cattle £3 10s, implements, etc., at usual rate 3. At Ngaruawahia on 15th inst., we yarded 857 cattle for which there was a fair demand. Prices:—Two and a half year steers £5 4s to £5 12s 6d, 38 eighteen months to two year steers £4 6s to £4 15s, twelve to fifteen months steers £3 6s to £3 18s, heifers £3 5s to £3 15s, two year heifers £4 lis to £5, weaner calves 30s to 403, fat cows £6 10s to £7 17s 6d, killable cows £5 5s to £5 12s 6d, cows in fresh condition £4 9s to £4 17s, yearling Shorthorn bulls 4£gns to'6gns, mixed yearlings £2 16s j to" £3 ss.

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report:— We held our monthly sale in the Tw Awamutu yards on Saturday, 16th inst., when we had a yarding of 548 cattle, all of which changed bands at satisfactory prices. the lines offered were 253 choice empty heifers, for which there was keen competition. We quota: —Fat bullocks £8 12s to £9 ss, fat nowa £5 2s 6d to £6 16s, three to four year steers £6 15s to £8 2s 6d, eighteen month to two year steers £4 7s, empty cows £3 15s to £4 6s, yearling to fifteen months steers £3 10s to £3 12s 6d, yearling steers £3 3s to £3 6s, two year empty heifers, Jersey-Holstein £5 7s 6d, two year empty heifers, Shorthorn £4 15s to £4 17s 6d, yearling to eighteen month Jersey-Holstein heifers £4 4s to £5 2s 6d, yearling to eighteen month Shorthorn heifers £3 18s to £4 4s, yearling heifers, £3 5s to £3 17s, heifers close to profit £5 10s to £6 15s, heifers, backward £4 5s to £5, cows, close to profit £6 to £l3 10s, Holstein bulls 7gns to lOgns, Jersey bulls sgns, Shorthorn bulls 4gns to 7gns, small Jersey bulls, ljgns to 3£gns, porkers 30s to 31s, slips 12s to 18s 6d, sulky £7 15s.

Newton King reports: — At Stratford on Tuesday, 12th inst , I had a very heavy entry of all classes, about 1500, and a good attendance of the public. Five very good pens of two an.l four year bullocks, in forward condition, were yarded, and attracted considerable attention. These were all cleared during the day at £7 ss, yearling heifers and steers were penned in very big numbers, but were not inquired for, very few being cleared. Competition for empty heifers and good cows was very keen. A big number of bulls were yarded, those available for dairy purposes realised from £4 2s 6d to £6 ss, the balance being bought for the works at prices ranging according to weight from £2l 5s to £5 17s 6d. Several lines of two and a half and three year steers were disposed of at from £5 14s to £5 17s 6d, two year steers t £4 14s, other prices realised were:—Jersey fifteen months heifers £4 Is to £4 12s, grades £2 19s to £3 Ib, small £2 lis to £2 14s, fifteen months steers from £3 Is to £3 13s for a few big Shorthorns, small fat cows £6. empty two year Jersey-Holstein heifers £5 4s to £5 9s 6d, and for mixed grades from £4 2s 6d to £4 15s, forward cows £4 12s to £5 6s, good stores £3 9s to £4 ss, aged or small £1 17s to £2 15s. At Stony River on the 12th inst. I had a fair entry of cattle ana a good number of buyers who bought practically everything in the yards at the following rates: —fifteen month Jersey Holstein heifers from £4 2s 6d to £4 15s, smaller £3 lids 6d to £3 19s, grades £2 Is to £3 7s 6d, fifteen months steers £2 19s 6d to £3 2s, dairy bulls £5 Ss 6d to £7 2s 6d, others from 22s 6d to £4 7s, two year steers £4 8s 6d to £4 _ 9s, empty two year Ho'atein heifers £6, grades £4 4s 6d to £4 10s, fat cows £6 Is, aged store cows £2 2s fid to £z 10s, good stores £3 17s to £4 15s, empty Holstein cows £5 6s, springing heifers, best up to £6 Is, small £4 to £5, slip pigs for breeding 27s to 375, others 14s to 21s.

HIGH COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. Wellington, Monday. The High Commissioner's report, dated London, November 16th, is as follows, quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot: — Mutton. —The market is steady, and prices well maintained, with good demand for all descriptions. New Zealand mutton, Canterbury 4§d, North Island 4£d. Lamb. —The market is firm, with a better tone this week. Canterbury s|d, other than Canterbury s|d. Beef. —The market is quiet, but rather steadier. New Zealand hindquarters .Sid, fores 2fd. Butter.—The market is quiet, with a tendency in favour of buyers. Buyers are holding back, expecting prices to go lower. The Turakina's shipment arrived in good condition, and is realising 116s to 120s per cwt.; Australian 113s, Argentine 113s, Danish 128s, Siberian 109s. Cheese. —The market is quiet, but steady. The Turakina's shipment arrived in good condition, and is realising 61s and 635. Hemp. —The market is quieter, buyers being cautious on account of high prices. Spot—New Zealand fair good grade £34, fair £-32 10s, fair current Manila £35; forward shipment of New Zealand good fair £34 ss, fair £33, fair current Manila £35. The output from Manila for the week was 20,000 bales. Wool.—The market is firm, and more inquiry. Current quotations for Bradford tops are:—36's low crossbreds 14£ d, 40's low crossbreds 15d, 44's medium crosbsreds 16d, 50's halfbreds 19id, 56' a quarterbreds 22d, 60's merinos 27d.