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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 23, 25 September 1915, Page 7

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, i AND TALLOW SALES. NEWTON KING’S REPORT. On Tuesday, September 21st, at m.v four-weekly sale, L submitted an extra, largo catalogue of above produce, comprising id bales and 107 sacks ol wool, 2270 sheepskins, IS casks and -18 tins tallow, Slid hides, 0693 calfskins, and the usual sundries. Tiie attendance of buyers was good, and competition keen, but at a lower range of prices lor wool and sheepskins, these being a half-penny lower. Tallow advanced Ids per ton. Ox hides were in keen demand at late high rates. Cowhides sold at late rates. Calfskins, as see nabove, came forward in large numbers, best lines advancing in price, but neglected and inferior skins were easier. 1 (junto Wool. —Cm tellings- 8d to S£d, seedy Gd to Bd, fleece Hid to Is, dead 8d to 9’d, logics and pieces 3;Jd to did, lambs B.id to Did. Sheepskins.—Crossbred, medium to coarse B;Jd to Old. sho-t to i-woob to 84. d, hoggets K'd. lambs 7id to 91, dead 7d to 7;}d, lead and damaged 5d to 51(1, skin pieces 3d, dead and damaged’ lambs 5d to 73d. Damp lines (heavy) 9s to 10s 2d, medium os 9d to 8s Gd, light 4s Gd to 6s Gd, *a mbs 3« Gd to os Id, damaged 4s Id, dead 4s 3d to os Gd, dead and damaged Is 3d to 3s Bd. Salted lines (heavy) 7s Gd to 9s, light 3s 7d to Gs 7d. Tallow. —In casks ,23s to 2is Gd, m tins 17s to 20s Gd. Hides. —Ox heavy 10-gd to 101 d, medium 9|d to 10id, light 8-id to 9Jd, cow (heavy) *>d to B|d, medium B,d to 83(1, light Sgd to'Sid,- cut 7id to 73d, farmers’ ox 8,1 to 9-’d, now (best) 73d, seconds 7ld, rough 7d to 7Jd, cut d, slippy 41 d to C|d, cut and slippy od, stags fiid to 53d, cut lid, horse 6s Gd to 9s, cut or slippy 4s 6d to 6& Gd, yearlings 7,\d to S’d, muddy, cut, or slippy 3Jd to bid. Calfskins.— Specials iOd to 103 d, second specials 9Jd to lOd, firsts B*d to O.Vd seconds 73d to 83d, meaty to | B|d! cut 7d to Bd, slippy 53d, dry call and’ slinks 9d to Is each.

Bones.— £s per ton. Horsehair—ls 3*d per lb. Cow tails.—ls 4id per dozen. . Horsetails—6d each. Goats.—ls, damaged and neglected Id to Gd each. , My next sale will he held on October 19 For these large sales consignments must arrive in store not later than Saturday previous to be included catalogue. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. On Tuesday, 14th hist., we U'dd our usual weekly springing neder sale uour Stratford yards, when we had a fair yarding of 45 bend, a good many of which were small and backward, for, which the demand was slack, but wo have an unsatisfied demand for good quality, well-grown stulf. Three-year-olds showing quality, ity, good, made frein £lO 15s to £ll 2s 6d; medium £0 17s Gd; poorer sorts £7 5s to £8 10s; smaller and lowconditioned stock made £6 to £6 7s Gd; good two-year-olds made from £5 10s to £5 15s; medium £5 2s Gd; poor quality £4 os; calved heifers £4 5s to £6; dairy cows, nothing very good yarded, £0 17s 6d to £8 12s Gel. Our next springing heifer sale will be held on 28th Inst. On Friday, 17th inst., we held our usual monthly sale in our Te Wera yards, when we had a fair yarding of 27G head of cattle and one horse, no sheep were yarded owing to the rough weather -preceding the sale, iho attendance was largo and the demand good, most lines being cleared at the hammer or afterwards at the following rates Store cows, small and lowconditioned, 72s to 935; better sorts, 98 s to 101 s; yearling steers, small £2 7s Gd to £2 12s Gd; better quality £3 3s to £3 5s Gd; empty heifers, medium quality, 72s to 78s; good lines 92s Gd ; IS-months heifers 60s; yearling heifers 32s Gd to 455; springing heifers, £6 to £7 10s; heifers calved, £5; dairy cows from £8 to '£9 10s; hulls, £3 to £6. Our next Te Wera sale will be held on Friday, October 15th. On Tuesday, 21st inst., wo held our fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we had a fair yarding ol 445 head of cattle, 60 sheep and 24 pigs. The attendance was large, anal a goo:l clearance was effected, ali though prices were hardly as good as * a few weeks ago. Fat cows £8 to £8 10s, medium quality £7 8g to £7 ISs, smaller sorts £7 Is to £7 2s, good forward cows made £6 6s to £6 14s, small store cows from £5 15s to £5 19s, smaller sorts £5 to £5 7s 6d, store cows, low conditioned, made £4 to £4 16s, aged cows, neglected, 65s to 77s Gd, very poor stuff 30s to 365, empty heifers 61s to 70s, 18-months heifers 50s to 51s, yearling heifers 43s i to 455, smaller sorts 35s to 38s, yearj ling steers small 50a to 51s, 18 to { 20-months steers 725.

Tn our pig yards we had a. fair en try and a good attendance of buyers. We report a good sale, and the farmers appear to appreciate our holding these sales oh Tuesdays, as it suits them hotter than having to cart their pigs on Saturdays. "Breeding sows, small and backward from ROs to 70s.

made, small iis Bd, medium : _ 0; ia ir kos (id to k'os, porkers, medium uu»i.iv 2<s Ba to 3ds, good 455. uuf utxi pig sale will be Held ou j utaUW, 28 til IUSt. iii our springing heifer yards ou r uesdav, 2ist mst., we had a tairly large entry of (11 head, though the quality was not up to the usual standard but anything good mad© good prices, poorer sorts being neglected. year-olds made £« to £lO. smaller from £5 % to £6 2s bd, small and poor £4 10s to £6 7 S 6d, heifers with calf at foot £6 2b 6d to £7 LOs, small grown £5 to £5 7s oa. Our next Stratford sale will be held on Tuesday, October sth. On Tuesday, 21st inst., we hel dour usual monthly sale of wool, sheepskins, hides and tallow, when we had a lair catalogue of 47 packages of wool, 351 sheepskins, 975 hides and calfskins and 5 packages of tallow, all farmers’ lines. Wool-in sympathy with the Horn© markets had receded from 1 id to 2d per 11), and the demand i. s not so keen, especially for seedy and inferior wool, the best line of fleece, scoured mad© Is Ud per lb, Reece wool heavy 10d, crutchings seedy sd, medium quality Bd, fair quality 9d; dead wool up to 9*d, pieces heavy and wasty from lid to 4d, horse hair up to Is 2d per lb. Sheepskins were also down in sympathy with outside markets from Jd to fcl per lb. We appear to have secured the highest price at the hammer. i.e., 9id per lb for a nice line of farmers’ skins from Pohokura. Fair hoggets skins 8d to 9d per lb, crossbred dead and wasty Sjd to 6Jd per Hi, crossbred medium B;\d to SJd, good t)Jcl, fair wool, damaged pelts, up to GUT salted skins 2s 6d to 4s, according

to quality. The demand for hides and calfskins is somewhat bettor, light cowhides 7id, slipy hides did, cut and damaged U*d, ox hides light 7d to 8d per lb, yearlings 7d, calfskins light weights 9id, fleshy 7ijd to Bsd, cut 7id, shpy small and inferior sd, tallow in tins, medium quality 20s lid per cwt. Clients will kindly note when comparing prices that we shall be glad if they will bear in mind that ell produce offered in our catalogues consists of farmers’ lines, there being no abattoir killed hides and calfskins included . Since we last reported, wo have sold a good deal of stock privately to a good demand for all grown lines. Hoggets, small and cully 16s, yearling steers (small) 50s to 60s, better quality 70s, 18-months steers £3 19s, 2year steers 90s, yearling bulls 355, 2-year-old heifers 71s 3d, yearling hei(small) 44s to 50s, better quality 655, small yearlings 3os to £2, dairy, bailers £7, £8 5s to £9, calved hoi-, fi'i’s £9, dairy cows (medium) £7 to <JB, good lines £lO 10s to £l2 10ft. We sold a nice Hn e of 40 daily cows on account of a Cardiff client at £lO, store cows (small) £3, medium 90s, good £6 3s 6d.