COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 93, 11 April 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING’S WEEKLY REPORT. On Monday, Gtli iust., at my Urenui yards, there was a fair entry of cattle with several lines of sheep. Competition was . good, practically everything being cleared at the following prices: Weaner heifers £i 2s to £1 15s, weaner steers £1 to £1 12s (id, rough 18 months steers £2.Bs Cd to £3 Bs, mixed weaners (weedy) 5s to 17s (id, hulls £1 17s (id to £5 10s, store cows £2 Gs to £3 Ms, forward cows £4 9s to £5 Is, fat cows £6 13s, fat and forward woolly lambs 12s Id, cull lambs, Is Gd to 7s (id, mixed sheep 8s 9d to 9s 3d, f.m. ewes 10s 2d to lls Bd, fat wethers 18s 9d, 4, (5 and f.m. wethers 15s 2d, I and 0 tooth ewes, an even line, but rather small, 16s, good line of f.f.iu. ewes 15s 9d. At liahotu on Tuesday, 7th inst., for my autumn cattle fair, I had a full yarding of good conditioned cattle the majority being weaner steers with a good number of 18 month?; steers. There was an excellent attendance of buyers from all parts of the district, bidding being very ' spirited 'till half way through the,sale, when rain came dawn in torrents, and drove many buyers to shelter. .Bidding, as a consequence, ..quioteuyd' down. All the 18 months* steers entered were ' Sold at the hammer. Some good pens of weaner steers ‘were offered, the pick of these,ia well grown line, realising £2 os, The Holstein heifers entered on account of 11. Morrow’s estate attracted much attention. One pen of 15 well marked weaner heifers, all by pedigree Holstein bulls and out of cows” (which although not being eligible for the Herd Boole, were practically pedigree cattle), were placed to a northern fancier JGG' .(ter head. Weaner steers £2 ss, £2 Is, £1 IBs, £1 13s, £1 12s (id, £1 12s, £1 9s, smaller sorts from 17s 6d to £1 ss, Morrow's weaner heifers £G, and £2, for other Holstein small cattle not showing such dairy quality,others 25s to £1 17s, mixed weaners £1 13s. £1 19s Gd, £1 7s, £1 3s,- £1 2s, £l, 17s Gd, nice pen of 20 months in calf Holstein heifers £ 1 6s, Jersey incalf heifers (all showing) £5, 18 month grade in calf heifers £2 17s Gd to £3 10s, 18 months grade empty heifers (small) £2 9s, hulls 30s to £6, 18 and 20 months steers £3 19s, £3 16s, £3 15s Gd, £3 15s, £3 Ms Gd, £3 Ms, £3 11s Gd, £3 Us, £3 10s, £3 7s .Gd, £3 7s, £3* 3s, fat cows’£6 listo £6 17s, small fat cows £5 IGs and £5 17s, forward cows £5 ss, £5 Is, £5, £4 18s, £4 17s Gd, £4 17s, £4 Ms, good store cows from £3 12s to £4 7s Gd, smaller framed store cows £3 to £3 10s, aged cows £1 to £2 15s. At Waiwakaiho on Wednesday, Bth iust., I had a fair entry, of which I cleared every head at the following prices:—Weaner steers £1 Ms Gd, £1 10s Gd, £1 1 os, £1 9s, £ Bs, IGs Gd, 13s, Jersey weaner heifers (improved inquiry) ■£! 15s Gd, £1 Ms, £1 13s, £1 12s,* £1 Hs, £1 10s, grade weaner heifers £1 4s Gd to £1 9s, mixed woauers £1 10s, weedy 5s to 12s, bulls £5 ss, 20 months and 2 year heifers r.w.b. £3 17s Gd, dair ycows £4 15s to* £ol7s Gd, fat cows £5 I ts to £G Bs, store cows £2 18s to £4 3s, 2) and 3 year forward bullocks £7 ss, good conditioned 24 year steers £5 Us and Go 12s. other 2.J year steers £4 IGs, Jerseys £3, f.m. ewes 9s 4cl. Private sales for the week as -follows : —Weaner steers £1 7s, £1 Us, weaner heifers 225, fat cows £5 15s to £7, 21 year steers £5 7s Gd to £5 2s Gd, £5, and small at £4 os, 18 month to 2 year steers £4. £■> IGs, G 3 15s, £3 1 Is, £3 12s Gd. £3 10s, £3 ss, £3*, fat ewes IGs, fat lambs 13s, lambs 7s 9d to 9s, 2-tooth wethers 15s, 2-tootb ewes 15s to IGs Gd, Gtooth and f.m. ewes 13s to Ms 3d, rams 12s Gd to llgns.

MATTHEWS, CANSLIN AND COY’S REPORT. Milt tli mvs, Cam lin ami Co. import that owing to the rough weather, there was a very small yarding at their Inglewood yards last Wednesday. Prices ruled as follows: 13mnnths steel's £2 17s Gd, store cows £3 3s to £3 15s, Forward do. £I, cull ewes 6s 2d, wearier steers 30s 3d to £2 2s Gd, wenner heifers 275.