COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 27 July 1914, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT.

On Friday, 17th inst., at my Waiwakaiho yards. I had a full yarding •of all classes of cattle with a good attendance. Bidding throughout was keen. The demand for young cattle at the finish of the sale was quite unsatisfied. Three small dairy herds wej-e offered, and a big list of springing heifers and cows, these meeting with excellent competition, 153 head of these being cleared at the hammer before the store cattle sale commenced. Mr Allan Soffe's cows sold at from £6 5s to £9 os, empty cows £4 15s, small 2 year in calf heifers £3 17s 6d to £-J 9s. Mr C. Southcomb's cows were noi a good line, the best selling at from £7 to £9. Others with every appearance of being empty, from £3 3s to £5. The cows sold in A. Klonner's estate were all second calvers, nice Colored Jerseys, but unfortunately were low in condition and without- any definite information about calving dates, selling at from £5 to £9 ss, empty looking

small cows £2 12s Gd to £3 ss. Other prices obtained were: Choice springing heifers £7 10s to £8 ss, good £5 10h to £6 10s, smaller £4 5s to £5 ss, choice dairy cows £9 5s to £ll, good sorts £6 10s to £7 15s, guaranteed cows £4 to £5 15s, in calf 18 month to 2 year heifers (very small or backward) £3 3s to £3 15s, yearling steer:, £2 8s to £2 15s, weaner to yearling steers (quality not too good) £1 12s to £2 3s, choice lines of yearling Jersey heifers £3 10s 6d to £3 25,. good -well grown lines £2 165,6 dto £2 Bs, Short horn yearling heifers £1 15s 6d to £y 5s 6d, empty 20 month heifers £3 -Is 6d to £3 15s, 2 year bulls £4 2s 6d,

yearling Jersey and Shorthorn bulls £2 Los to £3 ss, 20 month steers £4 2b Gd, store cows £3 8s to £4 Is, forward cows £5 14s, aged cows £2 Is to £3 4s. At Douglas on Monday, I had a good

ntry of cattle and several pens oi

sheep. Bidding was good, and although vendors' reserves were rathe: high on several lines, in most cases sales were' made at the hammer, and practically all that was left was clear-

•■(I after the sale at the following prices-; —Yearling heifers £2 5s to £1 His 6d, yearling steers £3 2s 6cl to £2 Is 6d, empty 20 month boilers £3 os fid to £3 7s for Shorthorns and £3 I6s for a colored line, young bulls £3 ss. store cows £3 8s 6d to £1 Bs, forward cows £5 ss, fat maiden heifers £6 14s, 20 month steers £4 2s, efs £6 to £6 os, in calf Jersey heifers £5 5s to £5 10s, small heifers £4 and £4 Is, dairy cows £5 10s to £7 15s, pedigree Jersey bull lOgns,, f.m. ewes 14s to 15s 10d, fat 2-tooth ewes and wethers (small line) £1 4s. The dairy herd offered on account of Mr A. Middlemiss, Matau, ■ was, with a lew exceptions, looking very backward, and sold at from £7 15s to £9 5s for any forward sorts, and from £3 15s to £6 5s for the backward or empties. On the same day at Ngaere, for Mr J. S, Phillips' clearing sale, there was a good attendance.and bidding for all lines offered. The dairy herd was a very line line, but contained a good number, of late calvers and aged cows, and talcing this fact into consideration the average obtained, £B, must be considered very satisfactory. Young cows, early calvers,- sold at from £9 to £l3 10s, others, a bit late, £G to £7 10s, October calvers £4 5s to £5 10s, % cows £7 10s, yearling heifers £2 2s Od, bull £7 10s, llidd milking machine plant £l2l, breeding sows £5 5s t° £7 10s, farm horses £l6 10s to £IS.

At Stratford yards on Tuesday, 121st inst., for my fortnightly cattle sale, I had a good entry of cattle. Best competition obtained for well grown yearling heifers, of which class I had a good entry, mostly farmer's lines off turnips and looking in great fettle, and these good cattle were eagerly sought after. Store cows met with a ready sale. Prices obtained were :—- Weaner to yearling steers £2 Is 6d to £■'3 4s, yearling heifers £1 18s 6d to £2 18s, smaller stuff £1 9s to £1 17s 6d, empty 20 month heifers £3 9s, aged cows £2 5s and £2 10s, small store cows £3 2s to £3 9s, good stores £3 18s to £4 Bs, forward cows £4 17s 6cl to £5 Bs, f.m. ewes in lamb £1 0s 6d. The dairy cows advertised on account of Mrs James Sharrock were a very mixed line and sold at from £5 15s to £8 10s,*ompties £3 10s to £l. 17s lid. On account of other vendors dairy cows made from £5 5s to £lO, springing heifers £5 to £0 15s.

On the same day at Itowan, for Mr A. J. Dempsey's sale, I had a good attendance. The dairy herd was a very 'fair average line, all soiling at from £G Jss to £lO 10s, and averaging just on £8 for the line. Oil Wednesday, 22nd inst., at Toko, for Mr J. S. McDonald's clearing sale, there was a very fair attendance. The dairy cows were a very good line, with a few very backward, but made a nice average of £9 9s. Best cows sold up to £ls, good sorts up to £8 10s, backward stuff up to £5 2s (id, heifers £5 to £7 ss, yearling heifers £2 16s, pedigree Jersey bull 13gns, bay mare £2l 10s, store pigs £1 14s, breeding sows £4 to £7.

On the same day at my Stony River yards I had a good entry and attendance, practically everything being cleared at the hammer. Good springers were in much better demand than at recent sales, and in this class I would ask vendors, for the rest of the* dairy season, to refrain from bringing their heifers to the saleyards until tho.v are showing close up to calving. No

.'< yoar heifers were offered, lint some very n'wti quality 2 year, olds were disposed of, the best realising from £<i 'l2s (m! to £7 lo.s, others from £5 10a i to CO ss, smaller heifers £4 to £1 15s, yearling heifers from £1 19s to £2 7s, i smaller £1 9s 6d to £1 12s, weaner to 'yearling steers £1 19s 6d to £2 17s, empty 20 months heifers £3 s<j o<l to £■'! 13s, yearling Shorthorn bulls £2 12s fid to £1 ss, stove cows £2 15s to i'A 9s, good conditioned cows £o 5s to £0 7s, hoggets 14s 6eL daily sow's £b*

5s to £8 10s, guaranteed cows, aged, £3 17s 6d to £5 ss.

On Thursday, at Uronui yards, I conducted Mr W. J. Bowman's clearing sale. There was a very good attendance of buyers from all over the district, but the cows were disappointing, there being an exceptionally big number of very old cows. Any young cows well forward sold very well, making from £lO to £lB 10s, others, not too much age, from £6 to £9 ss, old cows £2 12s to £4 10s. Private sales for the week as follows:—Mixed yearlings £2 17s, yearling steers £2 15s 6d.to £2 18s, store cows £4, fat cows £6 10s and £6 12s 6d, heifers springing and in calf £8 to £4, dairy cows £ls 15s for a line of grade Jersey cows on account of u

fanieer of the breed. Dairy herds £lO to £5 10s, fat wethers 245, hoggets 13s to 15s, fat ewes 22s and 235, mixed aged ewes in lamb 21s and 21s 6d.