COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 8, 10 May 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

MR NEWTON KING’S REPORT. On Monday, did iust., at my I renni \ards, I had « good yarding, of winch ,1 was able to clear a good propoiv.m, tat the Allowing prices; Springing I heifers £5 os to £G 12s Gd, Jersey 181 month steers £2 <s and £2 Bs, weauei (heifers Jos to £l Is Gd, store cows £8 1 IQs to £l Is, forward cows £-1 As to l£G 2s, cows and calves £4 10s, fab hind forward ewes 18s 4d, 4-tooth jwethers £1 8s 3d, lambs 9s Gd to 12s I At Kohurafcahi on Wednesday, otli tinst., 1 had a good entry of sheep with la fair .yarding of cattle. Sheep met I a ready" sale, oat the cuttle were mostly- young, and were not enquired for jh’ut lamps brought 15s 2d, good lambs f !9s 9d to 14s 9d, small Gs Id to Ss *4d, 4-tooth ewes in lamb £1 2s Hid, and G-tooth good conditioned ewes 1 18 s and 19s, G-tooth and 4-year ewes 17s 4d, 2-tooth wethers £1 Gs Id, torward cows £G, 18-months steers £8 ll,s, woaner heifers £1 ‘s, small 12s, weaner steers £1 17s, cows and calves £4 10s. . On Tlmrsday, oth, at Rahotn,. I had a fair entry, which sold as follows:W eedy weaners los to £1 Bs, empty IS-inonth heifers £2 Gs (%|, in-call 2v,vear heifers (.nice line) £G os, in-calf 20-month heifers (small) £2 IGs and £8 hulls £G os to £7 10s, yearling hulls £2 Gs to £2 17s, 20-months steers £8 18s, store cows £8 8s to £4 7s, slip pigs 15s Gd. Private Sales.—Light tat cows £G l()s, fat heifers £7, 2-J-year steers £G and £G 10s, 8)-wear bullocks £9 los. weaner *4>rthorn heifers £1 Gs, woaner steers 'only fair) £1 los, empty heifers £2 10s, in-calf 2i to 3-year heifers (good) £G and £6 os, soil ndmouthed ewes in lamb 15s to 17s, t in. ewes J2s Id, fat ewes £1 Is. 19s 9d, 19s 18s Gd, IBs, forward ewes 17s, good lambs 14s, 13s 9d, 13s 3d, 13s, small Gs to 10s, 2-tooth wethers £1 0s 9d to £1 Is, 4-tooth wethers £1 3s. TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES.

MR NEWTON KING’S REPORT

On Tuesday, the 4th May, I held my sale of above produce, to an average attendance of buyers. Owing to it* being only three weeks since my previous sale, the offerings were consequently smaller. The catalogues comprised 14 bales and 69 sacks ot wool, 1669 sheepskins, 7 casks and 64 bins of tallow, 127 hides, 67 calfskins, and 5 sacks of horsehair. The difficulties attending the shipment of produce and the rise in freights are adversely affecting prices on some lines. As anticipated hides declined Id to jd .per lb, tallow also declined Is per cwt., sheepskins met a very strong market and advanced id to fd per lb., the lines benefiting most being good pelted i to jj-wools, which sold as high a.s lOd and 10fd per lb. Salted sheep were easier. The wool offering was composed mostly of oddments and inferior parcels of lambs. 1 quote: Wool—Crossbred fleece Hfd to 12fa, seedv 6fd to 10fd, lambs lOfd to 12fcl, seedy 9Jd, badly seedy 6d. In sacks, fleece lid to Is, seedy and inferior 6d to Bd, lambs Hid, seedy 7Jd to 9fd, dead 7fd to lOfd, pieces 7fd, locks 4d to 6fd, crntchings (inferior) Sfd, black Gfd to 9fd. Sheepskins—Full-wool 10fd to 10|d, lambs 9id to lid, f-wools lOfd, wools lOd, inferior 9d, damaged 7fd to 7i-d, f-wools Gijd to Bfd. dead 6fd to Bfd, dead, damaged and inferior 3d to Bd, pelts 4fd to 7d, pelts, damaged Id to 3d, skin pieces 6fd. Damp lines —Heavy 8s to 8s 7d, medium 5s 9d to Gs l()d,'light 2s 2d to 4s 3d. damaged 2s 7d to 5s 6d, lambs 5s 3d, lamb pelts 2s 6d to 3 S 6d Salted lines— Dost 6s Id to 9s. light 4s Id to 5s 6d, inferior 2s to 3s 6d. damaged 2s 2d, lambs 2s IcT to 4s lid, pelts Is 6d to 2s Gd.

Tallow—Best mixed 275, medium 24s to 255. inferior 20s, in tins 10s 6d to 24s fid. Hides—Ox. small offerings, medium Rfd, cow stout d, heavy 7;|d to 9!Jd, medium BJd to 83d, light Bld to B;|d. freezer cow Sfd to 9d, out 7d to Bd. horse light 2s (id to 7s-6d, cut os (id to 6s, farmers’ cow 7d to 7id, cut, 'slippy and inferior s|<l to stags ojd yearlings 6»d to Bd, cut and inferior s id to Gfd, dry Gfd_ Calfskins- Best SJd to 9id, cut 7) d. dinks Id, dry (id each. Horsehair—ls Id to Is 8d per Ih, Cowtails—ls. (id per dozen. Bones—£o per ton, ■Pigskins—ls each. Goatskins—ls Id each. Mv next sale will ho held on June Ist.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO’S. REPORT.

The X.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report as follows: On Thursday, 29th April, we held our usual monthly sale in our Kohuratahi yards. There was a large attendance of the public and a fair yarding of stock, 325 head of cattle and 1676 sheep being yarded, notwithstanding the previous rough weather. Nearly every pen of sheep was sold under fair competition but at somewhat lower values than formerly. Cattle, however. were slow of sale. 2i year old steers (small) £5 5s to £5 10s. 20 months steers (small) £3 5s 6d to £3 7s Gd, medium grown stuff £3 15s to £4, 18 month heifers (small) £2 2s 6d, medium £2 12s 6d, fair quality stuff £3. fat and forward heifers up to £5 ss. empty 2J year heifers £3 15s to £1 2s (id, 4 and G-tooth and f.m. ewes (medium quality) 14s Id, fair quality up to IBs 2d. small and weedy 10s sd, a good line of 4 year old ewes realised 17s, 2-tooth wethers 19s 3d to 19s Bd, lambs (culls) 5s lOd, medium 11s 4d to 11s Bd, good lambs 11s lOd to 12s. Our next sale will be held on May 20th. | On Friday, 30th April, we held outusual monthly sale in our Te Wera 'yards, when there was a very representative gathering and a good yarding of 378 head cattle and 1140 sheep. Competition was fair and a fair qualify of stock changed hands. Empty 15 months heifers up to 50s. store cows (small and poor) 41s, medium GOs to 1625, good cows £4 9s Gd. 2) year heifers £5. 15 months steers (small and bad colors) 50s. weaner steers 355, weaner heifers 17s Gd to IBs, bulls-, yearlings £2 17s Gd, 2 year olds £4 7s (id, fat and forward 2 tooth wethers IDs to 20s lid, f.m. owes 12s Gd to 13s. G-tooth ewes IBs Gd, rams 10s. lambs (small) Gs Id. medium 8s Id. fair 10s sd. Our next To Wera sale will bo held on Friday. May 28tb. ( On Tuesday. Itb May, we held our

usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we had a small yarding of 372 head cattle and 1585 sheep. All values for stock were lower except lor fat and forward cows, which were keenly competed for at full market values. Store cows (small and low conditioned) 37s Od to 495, young store cows (small) 53s to 555, fair 72s (id to 755, forward cows (small) £4 to £4 Bs, medium £4 Us to £4 18s, tat cows (small) £0 to £0 ss, medium £6 16s (id to £7 11s, good £8 Gs to £8 17s, (hulls up to £5 10s, weaner heifers (small) 12s, medium 14s, fair 17s to 18s IS month steers (small) £3 3s, weaner steers 30s 6d to 32s Gd, mixed weatiers (fair quality) 22s 6d, 18 mouth in calf heifers 60s, springing heifers £5 17s Cd to £6 ss. Sheep were much harder'to quit and prices slightly easier. Small lambs made 7s 9d to Bs. i*2 tooth wethers 18s Gd. f.m. ewes Us to 13s. Our next Stratford sale will he held on 1 uesday, May 18th. On Tuesday, Ith May, we held our mouthlv sale of wool, sheepskins, hides and tallow. We offered a small catalogue to a Fair attendance of buyers. Prices obtained for theyyool were lower bv i*d to 1 id per lb. in sympathy with the decline in London and an advance in freight from the Dominion. Prices obtained were as follows: Wool in bales, crossbred fleece, logstained and wasty lOjfcl; heavy, malted and coarse lid; medium coarse, 11 3 d; crutchings, little seed, 9d ; bag wool, dead, Bid; clean 10.}d to I0;{d ; nieces, clean 8Ul; locks and pieces, ■(i to si}cl; crutchings, Bid; lambs, lod. Sheepskins, all farmers’ lines: Pelts Kid to Is Id; damaged and torn, 4d to 7*d ; short woolled. 5Jd; salted, at each,'2s Id ami 3s 3d ;?,to 3 woolled 7 J ,d to Del ; full woolled 9)d to lOcl. Hides, all Farmers’ lines: Horsehide, cut, 3s Gd : cowhides.'3s to 431h5., 7’ tl; yearlings 7d. cut G.)d; calfskins, medium Bd, cut 7d. Our next wool and skin sale will be held on Ist June. Since we last reported we have placed a fair quantity of stock at the following prices:—Fat and forward ewes 17s 3d to 18s, f.m. ewes in lamb from Us Bcl to IGs sd, 2 tooth owes 19s to 2ls. lambs (culls) 5s lid to 6s, medium 8s 9d to 10s Gd, fair from 10s lid to 12s. 2 tooth rams £2 2s, weaner heifers 14s to 18s, weaner steers 32s Gd to 355, empty IS months heifers 47s Gd to 50s, one nice line of Shorthorn stuff made 555. 2J- year old heifers in calf £5 10s to £5 15s, store cows (small) £2 15s to £3 15s, forward cows (small) £4 10s to £5 10s.