COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 12, 11 May 1912, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING’S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Thursday, 2nd inst., I had a. large attendance at Mr Walter Chatterton’s clearing sale, on the Kent Road. Bidding for all dairy cattle was very keen, prices obtained being very satisfactory as follows :—Early culvers from £5 15s to £8 15s; old and late culvers, £1 to £1 7s (id ; empty, £2 10s; Jersey, 18-month hull, £2 7s 6d; 20-month, in calf, heifers, £3 17s 6d; weaner heifer calves, £1 18s; mare, £l3. On account of other vendors, 20-month Holstein heifers £4 Is to £4 2s 6d ; forward cows, £4 2s. On Saturday, 4th inst., I held my monthly horse fair at Stratford, submitting just on 90 horses. Competition for unbroken horses was keen, every one being sold at the hammer. Good hacks and harness horses also met good competition, and sold, well. Inferior sorts were dull of sale, no enquiry. I quote:—Unbroken halfdraft, £l2 5s to £ls 17s fkl; lighter sorts, £4 15s to £9; broken drafts, £25 to £3O; half-draughts, £2O to £26 10s; upstanding hacks, £l2 10s to £l7 10s; harness horses, £lO to £ls 10s; hacks, £4 to £8 10s; weeds, 20s to 60s.

My Rahotu yards, on Tuesday,' were well filled with cattle, the majority jhcing weanors and cows. The former, of which about 200 were yarded, were a poor lot. Bidding at the start was slack, but improved during the sale, practically everything being cleared during the day. A nice lino of 20months, well done Jcrsey-Holstein in calf heifers, realised, after- spirited competition, £6. Other prices were: Mixed weanors to yearlings, best, £1 7s 6d to £1 14s; poor, 14s to 1 £1 3s Gd; heifers, coloured, £1 IGs, £2 12s; others, £1 to £1 9s; steers, best, £1 6s to £1 lls (id; poor, 0s Gd to 15s; 18-months steers, £2 15s to £3 Is; 18-months in calf heifers, small, £2 15s to £3 Is; empty 20-month heifers, £3 Os Gd to £3 ss; springing heifers, small £4 2s Gd to £4 10s; store cows, £2 3s to £3 7s 6d; forward cows, £4 to £4 7s; fat cows, £4 16s; old, £1 to £1 15s; baconor pigs, £2 12s Gd. During the week I have sold privately at the following rates: —ln calf, 20-months heifers, £3 10s to £4 10s; coloured weanors to yearling heifers, £2 16s; 20-month steers, small, £3; 2.1-year steers, £4 12s Gd; bulls, £4; lambs, 7s, 6s Gd, Gs 3d, Gs, ss; dairy cows, £8 10s; fat bullocks, £9; store 3-year bullocks, £5 10s; 2-tooth wethers, 12s 3d to 12s Gd; 4-tootiln wethers, 13s Gd ; fat cows, £5 to £5 12s Gd ; forward cows, £3 17s Gd to £4 2s Gd ; store cows, £2 15s to £3 ss; fat wethers, 15s Gd. At the Haymarkct on Saturday I bad a fair entry, realising pigs, weanors, good, Gs Gd to 9s; others, 4s to ss; slips, 10s to 13s; stores, 19s to £1 Ms Gd; 1 rubber tyred gig, £26; express horses, £2O. W. 11. 11. YOUNG AND CO.’S STOCK REPORT. On Tuesday, 7th inst., we had a full yarding, principally store and freshconditioned cows, young heifers and 'steers. Nearly everything was sold, although store cows have receded from recent ruling prices, no doubt owing to the winter season coming on. We quote:—Forward and fat cows, £4 5s to £5; store to fresh cows, £3 to £4; dairy heifers (springing), £5 to £7 10s; backward, small heifers, £3 3s Gd to £4 Is; 18-month empty heifers, £2 17s-to £3 ss; forward bullocks, £G ss; 18-month steers, £3 to £3 ss; lies! culvers, 30s to £2; weanors, 20s to 255; lambs, 5s to Gs Id; cull ewes, 4s 9d.