COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 82, 10 April 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING S REPORT, At Bahotu on Tuesday, lith hist., (or my first sale after the holidays, i had a small entry for which I ic'd keen demand, all being sold at Mm following prices:- (lood weaner stems £2 Is (id. small £1 ds to Cl Pis. weaner heifers tl is, mixed weaners, small ej 3s, store to forward cows

jj.l 2.s to to 17s, small cows £3, ageu cow,-, £2 Pis, fat heifers in 3s, small springing heifers £•!. At Crenui on Wednesday for an oil day, I had a fair entry of both sheep and cattle, small weaners made tl 1 (}.s, Holstein 2-yea r-in-calt heifers tt 7s (id to to, 10-tnontli steers t'2 17s to £3 id-. Jersey 10-niontli steers tl Pis (id to £i is, empty heifers t! i7s (tl (o C 3 Ss, store cows £3 to tl 3s, forward cows tl Ms to £0 3s. fat cows £S 3s to £!) 3s, fat hijlloeks til PM (id to £ii J2s Gd, hulls £5 to £7 17s (id.

At Kohuratahi on Wednesday, 7th inst., I had a good yarding ol both sheep and cattle. Sheep met with very keen competition, all lots being sold at prices very satisfactory to the vendors. Cattle were a little quiet, prices being: (food weaner steers tl Jits to £i Is, small weaners tl Is to tl Is, rough 2to 21-year .tl I.<s to to 7s. 24-year steers £o IBs, good conditioned cows £o 1.2 s (id to to 1 1 s, forward Imlioeks .£ll, 2-tooth wethers ISs (id to 13 Sd. 2 and 1-tooth wethers Ids, 1-tooth wethers £1 Is Gd, I and o-vear ewes Kis Gd and JGs Bd, fresh conditioned c,e..foro oh,hi'Udh fresh full-inoutlied ewes 17s hi, mixed age owes IG.s id, lambs 12s tu 0., lid.

MATTHEWS, GAfvIUN AND CO.’S REPORT. Messrs Matthews, Hamlin and Co. report a good yarding of stock in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Forward and fat stock .sold freely, hut poorer cows were dull and yearling heifers were practically unsaleable. We quote: Fat cows £G lUs to £7 2s, forward do. £1 17s (id to '£s os, store do. £3 3s to £3 lbs, woaner steers 30s to 37s (id, old ewes 9s 9d to 9s lid, lambs 11s Gd.