COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 65, 16 November 1915, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KINGS REPORT. At Waiwakaiho yards on Friday, sth November, 1 had a i'«U yarding with 'a representative attendance of buyers, who kept things moving rigut 'through, prices obtained being right 'up to outside markets, as follows: I Choice 15-month heifers £3 3s to '.£3 lis, good £2 17s and £2- 19s, fair £2 os (id to £2 10s. 15-month .steers £-1 Us 6d to £1 os, yearling steers £3 10s to £3 los, weedy £1 15s to £2 16s, 15-month to 2-year heifers (empty) £3 10s, empty 2 to 2i-year heifers £1 os to £-1 12s Ud, 2i-year steers £5 15s to £7 3s, small cows with calves at loot (calves inoculated) £5 17s, Jersey dairy bulls £5 10s to £O, Holstein bulls £7 10s to £S 15s, Shorthorn bulls £0 to £ll 15s, 15month bulls £2 17s 6d to £4 15s, heavy bulls lor boning £ll to £l2, smaller £7 ss, springing cow s £0 15s to £9 ss, good spring heifers £7 10s to £9, fair £5 10s to £6 ss, hoggets £l, fat wethers 355, fat cows £9 0s to £9 10s 3 forward cows £7 to £8 10s, good store cows £5 19s to £6 15s, medium stores £1 15s to £5 13s 6d, very small storo cows £3 12s Gd to £1 Is. i At Douglas, on Monday -Bth, 1 had a full yarding with keen competition throughout, practically everything yarded being cleared at the following prices:—Good 15-month steers £4 Is to £4 ss, fair size but. rough £3 Os 6d to £3 12s 6d, small £2 18s to £3, good 15-month heifers well-grown £3 to £3 lis, others £2 to £2 los, 2£year empty heifers £4 10s to £5 ss, 2J to 3-year steers £8 Is, fat and forward cows'£B to £9 Is, forward cows £7 5s to £7 13s, store cows £5 to £5 15s, spring heifers £0 5s to £7 7s 6d, light bulls £0 15s, ewes and lambs 30s.

At Stratford, ou Tuesday, 9th mat.,. notwithstanding tho boisterous wea-j ther, I had a good yarding of all classes, for which, in reasonable weather, I would have had spirited competition,"* but the hailstorms dining the day kept a good number of buyers under cover. However, V' rey P ect ' v 0 j of this, I had a very fair sale, a good, proportion of the yarding being clear-j ed at the following prices:—Choice--15-month heifers (farmers' lines) £3.; 13s Od to £3 17s, good £3 to £3 7» 6d, fair £2 10s to £2 15s, small £1 18s to £2 6s <Jd, yearling steers, all rough, £2 19s to £3 lis, thin store cows £4 Is, good store cows £5 5s to £6 lis, forward cows £6 12s to £7 19s, fat cows £8 los to £ll 10s, empty 2-year heifer* £3 19s to £4 Bs, bulls £6 5s to £9 10s, empty ewes 23 s 3d to 25s Gd, aged ewes and lambs (small line) 26s 2d, good hoggets 22s 3d, culls 17s 9d. At the Springing Heifer yards on the same day, 1 had a smaller entry of dairy cattle than usual, the size and quality of which was second grade. Bidding was fairly good, best heiferg selling up to £8 10s, the 25 head sold averaging £5 los. At Stony River on Wednesday 10th, I had a fair entry, for which there was good enquiry, all lines being &oIJ at the hammer as follows:—Holstein 15-month heifers (good) £4 2s, goon grades £3 2s to £3 7s, smaller £2 to £2 7s, 15-month steers from £3 10s to £3 16s for fair cattle, small £2 7i 6d to £2 15s, empty 2-year heifers £4 2s 6d, 3-year bullocks £8 14s, fat c»ws £8 lis to £lO 6s, forward cows £6 2s to £7 4s, store cows £4 10s to £5 17*. small and thin £3 2s to £3 18s, yearling Shorthorn bull £4 15s, yearling Holstein bull £4 10s, pedigree Jersey yearling bull 7 guineas, dairy bulls £6 7s 6d to £lO 10s, bulls for boning £7 7s 6d to £lO 7s 6d, dairy cows £6 to £lO 10s, springing heifers (all small) £3 los to £6 10s, weaner pig s 15s to 19s. Private sales for the week.—ls- - steers £3 15s 6d to £4, small £3 8s and £3 8s 6d, 15-month to 2year steers £5, fat bullocks £l4 1 Is. Shorthorn dairy bulls £l6, boners tl, forward cows £7 ss, light fat cows £9 2s 6d to £9 15s, empty ewes 245, ewes and lambs 25s to 32s 6d, hoggets 19s to 20s 6d, fat wethers 25s lOd.