COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 82, 13 March 1916, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. LOAN AND M.A. CO'S. j REPORT. The N T .Z. Loan and Mercantile Ag- § ency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, re-j port as follows: I On Friday, 2th February, we held pur Ptiniwhakau sale in Mr H. B.', Worthington's yards (by bis kind permission), when we had a yarding of 40 cattle and 2100 sheep.. We sold all* the cattle and practically all tbe sheep witb the exception of a small line of lambs. There was a large attendance of outside buyers. Prices throughout were very good. Mixed weaners 375, 4 year old ewes 21s Id to 22s Bd, I and 0 tooth wethers 23s 6d to 255, 2 tooth wethers 21s ij(\ to 235, 2 tooth ewes (small) 21s lOd, lambs 9s 8d to 145,, pull ewes 12s Id to 14s, 4 and 6 tothi ewes 255. I On Thursday, March 2nd, we held ( our supplementary sheep fair in our, Kohuratahi yards, when we yarded, 1900 sheep, all of which were sold ex-. ce.pt one line of 4-tooth wethers. Prices were good, but several lines were, passed at the hammer and sold after-j wards. 3 and 4 year ewes 20s to 24s 6d for early shorn, 2, 4 and 6 tooth ewes 23s 7d, 4 and 5 year ewes 12s lid to 19s 9d, 4 tooth wethers 23s 0d to' 24s Od. 2'tooth wethers 22V 2d'to 22s'' 4d, 2 tootli ewes 24s lOd, 6 tooth Pom-} ney vauis 4 : \gns;,/f.m. Rbmney rams ligns; 1 - a - I '. ; ! Our next Kohurataki sale will be held Thursday, ;'3oth March. »

' On. Friday, 3rd March, Twe dield our monthly sale in our Te Wera yards, when we had a yarding of 65 head of aatile and 1950 sheep, most of which were disposed of. Lambs 13s to 15s lOd, f.m. ewes 13s to 19s 4d, 4 tooth wethers 23s Gd, mixed aged ewes 25s Id, 3 year bullocks £lO 15s, store cows £3 7s 6d to £5 for small, and £5 10s to £7, bulls £5 10s to £lO, 2 year empty heifers £4 15s, weaner steers, 40s, weaner heifers 26s to 30s. Our next Te Wera sale will be'held on Friday. 31st March. 611 Monday, 6th March, we held our supplementary sheep fair in our Stratford yards, when we yarded over 4000 sheep.. Prices, j throughout, were quiet and We only disposed of about half of the yar*ch"ng. ! 2 r tooth ewes>22s, woolly, lambs 14s to los,Bd, }stq,re. .lambs 13s 6d to 14s. 2 and 4 tooth' wethers (small) 21s Gd to 235, f.m. ewes 12s Gd ,to 17s, 4 ,year old sheep 18s lid to 21s, 2 tooth wethers 225, 2 tooth Lincoln rams IJgns., 2 tooth Pomney rams 2 to 3gns. On Tuesday, 7th March, we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when we yarded 450 head of sheep, all of which wore and 358 .head of cattle, which were mostly cleared at better prices than those ruling of late. Cull ewes 9s to lis 9d. good lambs lis 6d to 14s 9d, bulls £5 to £7 for medium, £8 to £lO 10s for heavy, and up to £l2, fat cows £8 7s 6d to £lO .'ls 6(1, forward cows £6 15s to £B, store cows £4 10s to £6. 3 year bullocks £l2 Is, weaner steers 36s to 45s and 525, up to 56s 6d for best, weaner heifers 21s 6d tp 355, and up to 46s for choice Holstein heifers. 18 months in calf heifers £4 2.; Gd to £5. Our next sale will be held on Tuesday. 21st inst. On Tuesday, 7th inst.. we also held our monthly sale of wool, sheepskins, hides, etc., when we offered a cata-

logue of 192 packages of wool with vgood supporting quantities of sheepskins, hides, etc. There was a good attendance of buyers. Sheepskins showed a drop of Id per lb., and fleece wool, bale and bag a drop of jfd per lb, and lambs' wool a drop of Jd, no doubt , in sympathy with latest London cable ' advices. Bale wool.—Cross-bred pieces 6kl crossbred fleece is Id to Is 2d,

crossbred lambs, little fleece., lid to ' Is, crosshred lambs Is lid, crossbred lambs (seedy) lid. Sack wool.—Crossbred fleece 7d. crossbred fleece (dead) "Sid-to 10,ld. crossbred erutehings BJd, crossbred fleece (part black) 9d to 9jjd, (•rossbred lambs (part • fleece) 10U1, crossbred fleece Hid to Is ojd, crossbred lambs lOd to Is. Sheepskins,.— Pelts, Fair 4Jd ; good 6|d, crossbred dead and torn 7d, crossbred half woolled 6f|d. crossbred full woolled 9Jd to ~103 d, crosshred hoggets lid. crossbred ( lambs lOd. crossbred lambs (torn) Old, (crossbred salted pelts Is Od to 4s 3d i each. Hides.—Cowbi(ks (settlers') 7Jd, , butchers' 401bs B|d. butchers' 331hs , Bd, butchers' heavy BUI. calfskins 6jtl ,to 84<1, Bones 4s per cwt. Tallow in ! tins 21s 6d to 23s per cwt. Our next wool, skin and hide sale will be held on 4th April. j On Thursday, 9r,h inst., we held our second sale in our Tarata yards, when we had an extra heavy yarding ot sheep and cattle, having to hold several lines of cattle in the road.. : Py ! next sale we hope to have four, yards I complete. "The yarding consisted' of 2500 sheep and 340 head of cattle, of which we sold' practically' alb the sheep and a large proportion of the cattle. Prices throughout were good, and a line of shorn lambs on account• of Mr* Jv'Smith topped the markekat 17s 7d

~a record price, we believe,, so far this I season. A nice linejlfpS too'injfiMvcs ' on account of Mr FijMl'.Stap/h^ik^) 'made the record prWljfiiftH'-TO j 4 ' 'tooth'wethers 24s tsWS*9d?*"wMl 5 year ewes 17s to 19s. lambs (small) 8s to lis 6d. good lambs 12s 6d to 1 Is 9d, and 15s 7d A choice line on account ■ of J.uSmith brought k.een cpjnpeti.tion, and' fell to an Jnglewood buyer at 17s -7,d>j Woolly lambs 14s Bd, 2 tooth |.ew<*j 21s lOd to 235, and up to 27s 3d ; for a choice line on account of Mr F. Ml Staildish. ,6-tooth ewes up to 21s. 6'tooth and fan. ewes 20s to 225, cull "ejyes 9s to 13s, 2 i;ooth. Lineojh rams: 4i}gns., f.m. Pomney rams 1, to 2gns., f"m- Lincoln rams U to 2gns., f.m. Southdown rams 30s. fat cows £7 15s to £8 9s K bulls £fi ; to. £B, store cows' £A 10s to to" £5 15s, 2 year empty heifers £5 to £5 2s. 18 month steers £4 3s to £4.9s Gd, to £1 16s .6d, springing heifers £6 15s. Our next Tarata sale will be held on Friday. 7th April. Since we last reported we have disposed of several lines of stock privately and quote as follows:—3| year bullocks £l2 2s 6d. 18 month steers £4 10s to £4 15s, 18 month empty heifers £3 lis to £3 12s 6d, weaner- steers 45s to 50s, weaner heifers 21s to 30s. bulls'\£?'ss to £9. cows (small) £4 10s to £5 2s 6d. 4 tooth wethers 23s 6d to i 24s 3d. 2 tooth wethers 21s 9d to 22s jlOd, 2 tooth to f.m. ewes 20s 6d, f.m. ewe's 13s to 20s, 2 tooth ewes 23s to 25s 6d. 2 tooth Pomney rams 3 to ilgns.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received tbe following cablegram from their London bouse under date 9th March, 1010:—Wool sales are weaker, irregular and lower than February sth. Superior merino scoured medium 5 to 7 per cent; inferior, 10 per cent; greasy, medium, inferior, 10 to 15 per cent: fine crossbred 5 to 7$ per cent; medium, coarse and slipe, 7j| to 10 per cent (all lower).

LONDON WOOL SALES. Unttrd Pkkbs Association. (Received 8.35 a.m.) London, March 12. Wool.—A better tone continues, and prices are in sellers' favor. To date 62,481 bales were catalogued, and 51,774 sold. The following prices were realised for the fleece portions of New Zealand clips: "Ngatapa" top 19d, average 18d. "Moriutaria," 23 Jd and 22£d.. "Pushy Hill." 18d and 17id. "Annedale," 20d and 18gd. "Tnutana'' 20d and 19 l d.