COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 78, 23 March 1914, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

Newton King’s Weekly Report. On Friday, 13th inst., at my Waiwakaiho Yards, for my Supplementary Sheep Fair and Cattle Sale, I had a good yarding of both classes, and a fine attendance of the public. 'Bidding at the hammer was spirited on most linos of sheep, a good clearance of these being made. In the cattle pens there was good bidding, especially for weaners, the quality of these being a big improvement on previous yarding*. Sales were made at the folbv'ing;, prices : —Fat ewes 14s sd, forward ewes 12s 8d to .13a Id, f.m. owes 7s to 10s, 6-tooth and f.f.m. ewes 12s to 14s 3d, 2-tooth ewes (rather small) 14s lOd and 14s lid, 2-tooth wethers, fair line 14s lid, 6-tooth ewes (good ■pen) 16s, lambs Os od to 10s 8d for good', jvoqllevs, good shorn lambs 8s lid, 8s 7d, os 6cl, 8s od, 8s Id, and 5s 2d to 6s Id for small, weaner steers •SI 11s, 'poor 9s 6d, colored weaner heifers £1 18s 6d, good well-grown Shorthorn lines £1 12s and £1 13s, mixed ‘weaners £1 5s to £1 9s 6d, heavy bulls £7 to £7 12s 6d, others £1 10s to £4 12s, fat cows £6 13s fid, 1 small £5 to £5 10s, forward cows £4 Ss to £4 12s, store ' cows £3 3s to ■24, aged cows £1 to £2 ss, springing heifers £6 15s to £7 for nice Jerseys, and £4 7s 6d to £4 17s 6d. fpr smaller

grades, 15-month empty, heifers £2 11s, 15 and 18-month steers £3 6s 6d and t £3 ‘7s fid, cows and calves £4 ss.' At Toko, on Monday, 16th inst.,' ■olored weaner heifers made from £1 15s to ■£], 17s, weaner steers £1 5s ;-o- £l 15s, mixed'weaners £1 Is 6d "o £1 Us fid, bulls £4 10s to £5 10s,' forward cows £4 15s to £5 3s. store 1 cows £2 18s to £4 3s, aged cows,£1 1 ■Os i-to -‘£2‘ 3s, small cows up to £2 10s, lambs 6s to 7s 9d, f.m. ewes' 8s '.ml Bs\3d. . b’P'Vd: I

bn Tuesday, 17th inst,, for my Stratford sale, there was a good yarding of cattle and sheep with a failattendance of the public. A good number of weaners were offered, and ;n this lino I was able to do good msiness. The quality and condition »f the calves was in most cases very good. ' Prices for store cows md bulls were well maintained, 2

ines of Shorthorn; in ‘ calf 20-month heifers, these being wdll-dpne stuff, licited" keen competition.,.'' realising :S 3$ .fid and £3 95., .Qthpr .prices ohgained were :' 'Weaner-asteers: £l 14s, md for a Shorthorn line of nice cat--le, which were passed lit Jibe hammer f was able, .to, obtain3/s', for privately ‘ weaner Gd, £1 Is, £1 4s ji(l, £1 3s,a£t,al2.s, mixed weaners £1 Iss? £1 £l, 18-montly, empty_ Jiejferg. ,£2 12s -o £2 15s, steers'£3 12s, £3 Ss Gel, £2 .16s, springing ’ heifers £4 -■2s 6d, Igopcl,,quality dairy cows £7 15s, fat cows £6. 7s, £6 ss, £5 18s, £5 14s, forward cows £5 3s, good store cows £4 9s, £4 6s 6d, £4 6s 6cl J _£4 4s 6cl, &\ f , £3 15s, £3 13s. £3 l0s,"£3;; £2 -5s,■ £2 : Ife',' "£rT4s;' f! £l, bulls from.£4 16s* to ■£?'■¥■s} and from £2 18s, to- £3 .|6s fid for young bulls, iambs 5s 9d to 7s 9d.

At Stqpy plnjer- yards, 'bfi’ Wednesday, 18th, X ; hack a good eiiti-y of both sheep and , qattle, but 'tifrough ; che visit ,of the Governor tp Pariliakii occurring 6n tile same day 1 ; tliere was only a small > attendance. Good business was ,; done, howhver, af'tfie hammer, .as follows: —Weanei-' lieifers 19s to £1 ; ,.65, weaner steers £l.’7s 6d, bulls £3 17s Gd to £7, cbldred 15month ..heifers £3 4s, yealers £2, rough 15-month, steers : £2 11s, 2year steers (Jerseys), but in forward condition £6 11s, small line of bullocks ! ;(very fine quality cattle) in forward condition at £8 lift, fat cows £6 7s, £6, fat heifers £5 Is, store and forward cows £4 19s, £4 Bs, £4, £3 16s, £3 7s, £3 ss, £2 Is, £1 18 i , fid, mixed aged ewes 11s, f.m. ewes 8s 9d;,forward ewes 12s 9d to 13s 9d, fat ewes and wethers 15s 6d to 18s 4d, lambs 8s 9d, Bs, 6s, 5s 4d,’4s 9n. Private Sales for the week as follows Nice well-grown line of early weaners (all colored Jerseys) at £2 10s, Shorthorn in calf heifers £4 15s, good line of Jersey 2 and 21 -year in calf heifers (all nice colored stuff) £6, empty heifers £4, weaner steers (good) £2,- vealers £1 15s, 15 and 18-month steers (good demand) £3 17s fid, £3 12s, to £3; fat cows £7 3s Od to £6, rams 1 to 21gns, fat ewes fat sheep 18s to 15s .fid, good lambs 10s 3d to 9s, 4-tooth wethers 17s Gd, well-grown .(2-tooth wethers 16s, good lines 14s 9d and 15s in demand, 4tooth ewes 15s 7d to 17s 3d, 6-tootli and f.f.m. ewes 11s to 12s, f.m. ewes 10s fid, 10s. Bs, '7s fid.