COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 47, 20 February 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

Mr. Newton King’s Revert.

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW RETORT.

On Tuesday the 13th instant 1 -held rny usual four-weekly sale oi above produce. There was a good attendance of buyers and competition throughout .wa,s very (keen ; tor all lines. The catalogue' comprised 173 bales and 339 sacks wool, 30(3 sheepskins, 29 casks, 3 kegs and 89 tins tallow, 733 hides and 103-1 calfskins, besides .the usual Quantity of hair, tails, bones, etc. • Wool.—Fleece that came forward mostly consisted of coarser and rougher sorts than offered at my previous sale. Prices, however, were well maintained and rwero at par with those ruling ,at previous offering. Lamb wool was in keen demand at an advance of kl per lb. Skins.—Very, few ’full .wools now offering and.,as a consequence they were kl higher. All other lines including pelts Land lambs sold exceedingly well at. prices according to amount of wool on the .skins. Hides.—No particularly good stout ox offering,'other lines were lower up Ho pi per lb. Oow hides met with excellent superior lines being Id'and ordinary -Jd per lb higher. One line of cow realised T-Jd per lb, equal,',to .£2 2s Sd per hide. Tallow:n—A large offering, prices declining os per ton. .Calfskins. —Small offering, all lines selling.'exceedingly well. Special Luos sold' up,' tio Is Ofd per lb. I quote:—

Wpol.—Fine crossbred to .SJcl. medium crossbred 7 ’ cl to Sd, coarse crossbred 7d to 7.4 d, cottod and stained ,6'd to 7d, seedy 6d tin G4d, black llopce sid, fine lambs, Bd, Sfd, to 8.4 d, medium 74d (to 73d, coarse Jambs 6.4 d to 7d, seedy lambs f>id to 6;',d, blade lambs did, first dead 7d to 7d, second dead Gpl to GJ-d, inferior dead 54d to 6d, crutchings ltd to 43d, pieces 3d to 4td, bellies 4f]d to sd, Jocks 2.4 d to 33d, dirty locks ill to 2d, skin pieces 3d. Sheepskins.—Medium crossbred 7d to 7.'d, coarse crossbred Gfd to 6Jcl, inferior 53 d to Gd, dead 44d to ofd, lambs Cd to 6id, second lambs s’,d to ofd, inferior 4d fc-o ltd, damaged 3f[d, 4Jd, 4 .Jd to 5-id, 3-wool 4fd to 5.',d pelts 4 id to 4Jd, second pelts 3d to 3£d, inferior id to Id, damaged pelts id. Damp lines: Pelts Del, lOd, is, is Id, is 4d to is 9d, .inferior id, 2d, 3d to 6d, J-woo) Is Gd, is Md, 2s to 2s Gd, lambs is lOd, 2c, 2s sd, 2s lOd to 3s 9d, full wool 6s 6d,,7s to 7s 7d, hoggets 4s, 4s 4d to 5s 3d. Sallied lines: Lambs is lid, 2s, 2s 2d, 2s Gd to ,2s lid, second lamb's is 3d, Is 5;! to Is Bd, pelts ‘(best lines) 2s, 2s ; 2ci, i2s :5d to 2s lod,,- second .pelts is'3d, Is, Gd; is Bd, Is- 9d to-Is I'ld, inferior ■ ‘ld/.'Sd, 3d to Gd,’damaged pelts id to Is, full wool 5s 7d to Gs. Hides.—Hatchers’ ox 1 stoiilfc 7kl to 7 H, heavy 7-Jd to 7;J, medium 6Jd to 7d, light 63d to 7d, superior- oov/; heavy 7-2 d, 7kl, 7;'d to 7£d> medium • 7j,d to 7fd, liglit 7d to 7:;d, superior out G.'pl, 6id to GJd, ordinary cow heavy G;]d to 7d, medium 6id to 7d, light 63d fto 7d, cut cow 5’,-d to s:’d, Farmers’ cow SJrl, 5 id, 53d, Gd to 6.}cl, slippy Id, 2d, 3d, Id, 4.1 d to ojcl, dry h’ides 54c1, Gd, G.',d to 7Jd, stags s;ld’ to o.J-d, yearlings GJd, 7d, 7Jd, 7id, 7 gel to Scl, slippy Id, -Icl to 4§d, cut yearlings 5d to sd, dry 2d to 2-Jd. Horse Hides.—Heavy 10s 9cl, medi'irm 7s to Ss. Tallow.-—Best mixed (in casks) 25 s Gd to 25s 9d, medium 2ls Gd to 255, inferior 23s 9d lio 245; in tins: best linos 25s to 25s 3d, medium 24s 9d, inferior 21s to 22s Gd. Calfskins.—Special lines, lid, 113 d to 12-id, firsts 93d, 9.3 d, 10j-d to 102 cl seconds B;]d to 9|, dirty 7-4 d to Ski, first cut 8d to 83d, second cut G.',d to 7id, slippy sd, Gd, Gkl, 03, 7d, 7-id to Bd, dry Id to 2d each. Horse Hair.—9cl (to Is 9d per lb. Gowtails.—is 5d per do x. My next sale will be held on March 14th. W.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Cc's, Weekly Report. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report : On Monday, sth instant, we held a sheep fair in our Stratford yards, when there were 3000 sheep yarded, a. 'fair proportion of which sold at the following prices; 2-tooith wethers 10s to 12s lid, sound mouth ewc-s Gs 2d to Ss lid, mixed 2-tooth 10s to 12s Gd, lambs 3s 3d to 7d. On Friday, 9th instant, we hold a ram fair in our Stratford yards. There was a good yarding of rams but the season was rather early for the sale of rams and very few wore sold. Prices realised were as follows: 2-tooth llomnoy rams 34 gns, Lincoln nuns ligns to 33gns. On Tuesday, 13th instant, we hold our fortnightly combined sale in our Stratford yards, when there was a large yarding of cattlo—lß9o head. Tho demand for young cattle was good, and as the ’hulk of 'the cattle yarded was of this class tho largo proportion was sold at tho following prices: Small weanevs 15s to 2ls, good weaners 29s to 31s, 15-18 month steers ■Gs Gd to Gls, 18-iiiontli heifers 57 Gd to G3s, empty forward heifers 89s to 955, 2-year old steers 73s Gd 4-o 82s Gd, forward cows 82s to 90s, -store cows 63s to 755, fat cows 90s to 102 s. hulls 40s to G7s Gd. On Friday, 19th instant, we lipid our monthly sale in our Kohuraiabi yards when we had a full yarduig ol cattle and sheep, practically ‘all of which were sold. Prices were as I allows: Jersey wcaner heifoys 4-7 s Gd, 15-month heifers 53s 'to GOs, 20-iuontli atcers 57s Gd to Gls Gd, 24-year steers 97s Gd, 3-year 117 s to 1255, empty’ cows 70s, tat. heifers 92s Gd, ip-ealf heifers 87s, store cows COs to 755, fat cows 97s to

100 s, bulls uSs to Sis, T.m. ewes -Is lid to Ss, 2-tooth wethers Jls Gd to 12s 9d, -l-tooth ewes 13s tod,,.,f.Tt ewes 10s Id, woolly lamhs Ss Gel, 2tooth ewes 11s Id to 13s KJd, Lincoln rams l;,'gns to 21gns.