COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 80, 10 March 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At my Haymarket on Saturday last pigs were penned in larger numbers jthan of late, chiefly stores. There was a fair attendance of buyers. Prices ruling for stores were par with last sale, while weaners were dull of sale. jl quote:—Slips and weaners 7s to 10s, small stores 18s to £1 3s (3d, medium 'do. £ 110 s to £1 Jos, good' do. £2 5s to £3, sows £2 3s to £3 10s, boars ! £1 10s to £2 2s.

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, March 7th, I held my four-weekly sale of the above produce to a good attendance of buyers. The catalogue comprised: 127 bales and 345 sacks of wool, 1850 sheepskins, 13 casks and 51 tins tallow, 450 hides and 383 calfskins. Competition was keen, hut at prices in sympathy with the drop recorded at Home markets. The bulk' of the oiforing of wool showed seed, and this class of wool does not meet with a ready sale, and growers must he prepared to reduce their reserves. Bright and clean sorts sold well at a id drop, and pieces advanced 2d per lb. Woolly skins declined kl, pelts mid short woolled at recent rates. Tallow declined Is 6d per cwt. Hides were barely up to last sale prices.

I J quote : Wool.—Fleece 13d to 14id, dingy 12}d to 13d, seedy lOd to 13d, lambs Ijest 13d to 13id, short or stained 12d to 13d, seedy lOd to 12d, badly seedy 3}d to 9d, pieces 7d to 9d, locks sfd i,o 6Jd, erutchings 8d to 9d. In sacks: Fleece T2d to 132-d, seedy BJd to 10-Jd, lambs 12. kl to 13}d, seedy s|d to 7d, all seed Id up, erutchings BJd, black lOkl, scoured 16d, locks and pieces lkl to BJd,> dead Bjd to llkl. Sheepskins.—Full woolled 10kl to llkl, hoggets lOd to 10id, butchers' lamb's 10id to 12d, pelte 7£d, lambs' pelts 6Jd- farmers' pelts 4d to 7d, damaged Id to 53, lambs' 9kl, dead 9d to JH-d, dead and damaged 6f'd to 7fd, damaged woolly 9fd, skin pieces 6d. Damp" lines.—Best pelts 3s Sd'to fs, light Is 4d io 3s 4d, lambs! 7s (id. Salted pelts,—Best is "to-4s 93, light Is 7d to 3s Od, damaged Is 9d to 2s, lambs' pelts 2s to 3s. Tallow.—ln casks 24s 3d to 255; in tins 18s 6d to"2ls 6d. Hides.—Cow heavy Bkl to 9d, medv- „„, Bkl to 9d. light Bkl to Bjjd, cut 7kl to 73d, farmers' 7fl fcb.Jf'd, cut or slippy 4kl to sd, bulls si'd to 6-1(1, horse 4s to Bs, yearlings 6|d to Bd, cut or slippy 3id to 6d, dry 5Jd to SidCalfskins.—Best 9id, seconds 7kl to 9d, cut 7d to 7-id, slippy 3d to sid, dry 6d each. Bones £5 per ton, horsehair 9d to Is 43d per lb, cowtails Is Id per dozen. My next sale will be held on April 4th. '' •