COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 October 1913, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

Newton King's Weekly Report. Oil Kridfy. - ,. loth in.st., ah my Waiwakaiho yards, I had a heavy entry of all clashes, with a good attendance of the public. Competition for store ciyttlo-.aviUi. slack, but improved on good springers, the best of these sibling readily. 1 supply prices | Sigg.ll . yearling heifers, with some I color, £1 18s to £2, Os 6d, yearling i lieifers £2 4s to £2 15s, colored yearl'ing lieifers £3 8s to £4 2s> yearling j steers £2 Ss to £3, 2-year steers with j some color, £3 Ids to £4, mixed yearI lings £2 10s, empty 2-year heifers j£3 15s-£9 0 3s, small..store cows or | aged £2 to £3 Bs, good .store cows | £3 12s yearling bulls £1 !2s 6d to £2 16s, good dairy bulls £4 110 sto £6 15s, best springing heifers I £7 to £8 7s 6d, good heifers £5 5s to i-£6: 7s .Cd, poor sorts £3 to £4 7s 6d, best dairy cows £6 10,s to £9, others £4 2s 6d to £5 15s.

I At Kaponga on the same day, there was a. fair entry and a good attendance. r. Yearling heifers realised from £2 os Gd to £3 7s 6d, small store cows or aged £2 19s to £3 ss, good store ■ cows £3 12s to £4 12s, fat cows £6 115 sto £7, bulls-from £2 to £6, springling heifers £4 10s to £8 ss, dairy ! cows £5.

j On ■ Monday at Douglas, I had ' a full yarding of cattle, with several pens of sheep. Bidding opened rather | quiet but improved during the sale, land I was able to-clear practically the .full yarding at satisfactory prices. ! Yearling heifers made’ £2 iw, £2 19s | Gd, £2 15s 6d, £2 15s, £2 12s, £2 10s, £2 ss, yearling steers £2 16s 6d and £2 j-Jgs,ywixec| yearlings. £2 .fs. 6d,. 21year -steers £4 -19 s 6d, empty 2-year i heifers £3 10s to £4, aged store cows £2 10s to £3 6s, store cows .£3 18s to £4 ,11s, forward cows £5 11s, fat cows £B, fat heifers £5 7s, 34-year bullocks | £6 13s, fat bullocks £8 :5s and £8 10s. bulls £4 to £6, springing heifers £4 j 5s to £6 ss, dairy cows £5 7s 6d to £7, | hoggets 13s 9d, 11s, 10s sd, culls 5s 6:1 ! and 5s 9d. -

| .Oil the same clay at Oakum, I con- ; ducted a clearing sale on account of ' Messrs. Williams Bros. The herd of cows was a very mixed line mostly old ■ and all low in condition. A few of 1 the younger cows sold at from £7 to £8 116 s, others £2 1,7 s6dto £5 ss, empty ' cows £3, bulls £2 12s i6d to £6, aged | bay mare £7 15s, aged gelding £5 15s, tip dray £9 10s, s,f, plough £5 15s, and 3 sows with litters of from 7 to 9 young pigshsokl at .£lO 15s; £lO, and £7 15s. , On Tuesday at' Stratford I had only a fair entry with very little enquiry pices being as* follows-Yearling lMffe^ l ’M2 7s t’<S‘ steels small M to “£2 8s 6d^2ybai -11 emtytv hihfbrs" (rough' lilies) £3 6s ( td‘ r '£.V 9s 6d; Imlls £'l T2s'6d ,£! 12s"M, 1 ‘store 'coWs £3 10s to £4 2s, and from £1 12s 6d to £2 15s for small or aged cows, forward cows £4 iVeifefs, c'clWh'd but sifialt'£3 3s,'ln'the dairy pens I had good entry, springing 12s to £5 9s, fat cows £7 ss, yearling heifers realising £ll 10s, £8 15s, £3 10s, £8 ss,' £/ los, £7 10s, £7 ss, £7 2s 6d £7, £6dss, £6.;os„£(l £6, £5-T2s-'6d, £%W,''£k 17s 6cV, £4 12s 6d, £4 ss, dairy"cows £9, £8 17s ; 6d. At Stony River yards on Wodilqsday, lsfk inst'.|’ jiiere was a fair entry, mostly good 'saleable cattle which sold as follows:—Yearling heifers from £2 to £3 3g. foy, grades, 2 small; lines of choice Jersey yearling heifers were yarded, these selling under keen cornpeition at from £5 5s to £5 9s 6d. yearling steers. £2 10s to £2 17s, small £1 0s 6d to £1 13s, mixed yearlings £2 ss, yearling bulls £1 12s 6d to £3 7s 6d, store cows small or aged £2 Is to £2 13s, good £3 12s to £4 13s forward cows £4 19s to £5 12s, Hoi • stein hull well bred £ls 10s, gradebulls £4 10s to £9'los, springing heifers (in demand) £6 2s 6d to £8 15s, small £4 7s Od. to £4 15s, dairy cows £6 2s 6d, .meaner pigs 16s 6d, store pigs £1 7s to £1 14s 6d. On Thursday at Stony River for my spring horse fail - , horses were yarded in full numbers, and there was a very representative attendance of buyers. Good heavy horses sold readily and any useful spring carters elicited keen bidding, the majority of these staying on the coast. Light horses were very hard to quit. Private sales for the week as fol-lows:—Jersey-Holstein yearling heifers £3 10s to £4 8s 6d, very choice line of 15 months Jersey heifers at £6 6s, yearling steers in. good lines £3 ss, £3 Is, £3, £2 17s 6d, small £1 \lss, pedigree Jersey bull logns., grade bulls £ls 7s 6d, £lO, £7 10s, £5, springing heifers £5 to £6 10s, dairy cows £lO, store cows (strong demand) £!• ss, £4, £3 16s 6d, £3 10s, forward cows £5, nice line of cows and calves £4 15s, 2-year,ste ers £4 ss, 2)-year steers £6, 3 and 3|-year bullocks £6 10s, £6 17s 6d, £7, working bullocks £l3 and £2O per pair, hoggets 14s to ICs, fat ewes 23s to 21s, forward ewes 17s and 18s,. store wethers 18s, ewes ■ and lambs 22s 3d, rams 15s.