COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 708, 30 September 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Newton King reports:— At Rahotu on 22nd inst., I had a small entry, ail of which was cleared at the following prices:—Yearling heifers 495, small 22s 6d to 30b, rough yearling Bteers 345, empty 20 month heifers £3 3s 6d to £3 7s, cows and calve 3 £4 6s, forward cows £5 5s to £6, store cows £3 16a to £4 18s, bulla £5 ss, choice springing heifers £7 17s 6d to £8 ss, good £5 12s 6d to £7, two year heifers £3 10s to £5 7s 6d, hoggets 14s 6d. At Stratford on 22nd inst., for my weekly springing heifers sale, I had a good entry of springers and a representative attendance of buyers. A choice springing heifer made £ll, o.thers, best £6 to £7 10s, good heifers £5 10s and £5 15s, smaller sorts £3 10s to £5. The SI heifers sold averaged £5 15s 9d. Dairy cows made £9 ss. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd., report:— At Hamilton on September 17th, we bad a full yarding of sheep, pigs and cattle, and report a good sale for all classes. Prices—Fat wethers 27s 6d, store wethers 21s io 235, fat hoggets 18s 6d, to 20s 9d, well-grown woolly hoggets 15s lid tu 16s 3d, small hoggets 12s 4d, prime fat steers £ll 19a to £l2 12s, lighter £9 lis, to £lO 15s, heavy fat cows £7 7s to £9 7b 6d lighter £5 15s to £6 18s, fat heifers £7 5a to £7 17s, fresh-eondi-tione three and four year steers £7 8s to £7 19s, three year steers £6 15s to £7 ss, fleshy empty cows £4 15s to £5 ss, two year empty heifers £4, yearling heifers £2 12s to £2 18s, yearling heifers £2 12s to £2 18s, yearling steers £2 17s 6d to £3 6s, bulls sgns to B|gns, choice springing heifers £7 2a 6d to £8 2s 6d, others £5 10a to £6 15s. choice dairy cows £8 to £ll, weaner pigs 10s to 15s, slips 20s to 335, porkers 35b to 40s„. baconers £2 19s to £3 13s. MARKET REPORT. Mr Graham reports on local markets: Fowls, all sorts, exceptionally good demand and bringing irom 2a to 3s 6d, ducks from 2s 6d, turkeys 8s 6d, weaner pigs 8s to 15b, stores and slips according to quality. Furniture, if in good order ia meeting with steady demand. Produce after the first war scare is inclined to ease in price.