COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 88, 14 August 1915, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING’S REPORT/

On Monday. 9th iust., at my Ilren.ni yards, I had a fine yarding of all classes of cattle with a ; good attendance. Bidding throughout was brisk, competition being well maintained to the end of tlie. sale, prices obtained being right, ahead of late values., Empty heifers,- store cows, and steers ot any

age were in keen demand. Mr R. Kent’s dairy cows sold at from £5 Ids to £l4 ss, averaging £8 10s 3d for the, line;. Mr J. Jones’ herd sold at from £5/15s to £ll. averaging £ll 3s.

Dairy caws on account of other vendors made from £5 15s to £lO ss.

Springing heifers £4 5s to £lO ss, yearling heifers £1 13s to £1 IBs, good Jersey yearling heifers £2 ,11s, year-

Ijng steers £2 14s, to £3 11s, 2 year in call heifers £4, well grown 2 year

empty heifers £3 14s to £3 19s. fair £3 3s to £3 IQs, small 13,month £2 ,10sto £2 16s. 2 year steers £4 13s to £5 17s 6d, Jerseys,. £3 14s to £4, store cows (very light ft-arped) £3 14s Ip £4 Is; lair stores £4 10,s to. £4 15% good stores £3 10s to £6. in -calf. .cows. £s'Bs-;' forward cows £7 2s to £7 .11s,■. fat cows £B'7s to £9 Is,: hoggets .(si-hall) 17s Id. fat, we thorp. t £,l 11s,-2 , todth wethers £1 4s:, f.m. pwes-(empty) ; 13,4 toMcS.'-! ••> /(i >- V| • f At Stratford on , Tuesday,.-fpityppy \ieekly springing; heifer salp,jT had,# fair enrry, with good oompetitipjy ;! fpii good battley,backward heifers, and ,ppj|.s not 1 beingjippnired for.;- Heifers .made from £6 to £lO 10s, and cows'from £5 to £l2 10s. the 25 dairy cattle sold averaging £9 Is. On the same day at Hahotu, I had, a good entry, which sold under, good, competition at the following , pi;ioes Ydarliiig'heifers ■.£!< 12s to i£2 B,s 6yt? yearling steers n(good) £3,Bs fid,, snpyllr' (if £2 6k-6d to:£2 T l4s:. mixed yparjingp! £2 9k,, fat. : cpws '£B.los , f.to £9 [9s, : ; ( £l3 10s for'a very .prime,Shorthprit' ‘doty 1 fattened by. Mr A. Gilhooly, of , ‘Pirngarehu. Forward.-cow*. £6 ;7s' 6(1 to'£7’2s'6(l,; Store cows £4.16s to £5 ■IBs; light framed { cows £3 18s, 6d to :£4 (6s, .'dairy bulls £7:l7s (lei to £9 2s ,6d, empty 2 year heifers £3.13s and £3 list 6d, springing heifers £6 5s to £8 10s, dairy cows-£6. IQs ; to £lO ss.j , Op Thursday, at Kentiload, for Mr, ,N;\T. Rtindlo’s clearing sale, there was a. good attendance. The dairy j cows . were, mixed, but met with good competition, selling up to £9 15s, averaging £8 5s for the line. Empty cows .brought £4 12s ,6d and, £s‘los, yearling heifers. Is, yearling bull £2 12s 6d, 3 year Jersey bull £B, 4 year mar© £3O/ breeding sows £SI 16s to £6 15s.

Private Sales.—Yearling lieifers 3o» to, £2,25, yearling; steers £2 10s to £8 ss. empty 2 yeaY' heifers £3 10s jto £3 17s, choice springing heifers £B toi£lo, springing heifers k£6 10s to . £7 12|s 6(1, fat cows £9-9s, fat steers £l3:to £l3 10s, dairy hulls £7 15s to ii’£l4, dairy herds £9 to £l2, forward! hul- ! locks £lO to £ll, 2J and ,3 year steers £8 to £lO for forward cattle, ewes in, 'lamb 20s 6d. to 28s. hoggets; 11s fid to 17s for small, and 18s 9dt(| ; 20s for good, f.m. empty ewes 14g fid to 17s fid, forward wethers (2 tooth) 25s to 275.