COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 95, 28 March 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

THE LONDON MARKET, UNITED I'IiKKH ASSOCIATION. London, March 26. Butter—The njarkcf i> slow at 162 s to 1635; unsalted, 162 s to Ltiis. Che'ese- -The market is quieter, pricey lacing fr.Ut is to 2» easier. N.3C. LOAN AMD M.A. CO’S. FtEFORT, The X.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report ns follows: On Tncsiirfy, 21s £ March, we held our Stratford Slide, when no llfn'j n good yarding of rattle and a few pen a of sheep. Business in most linos, aas {letter than at. previous sales. Brices: Store rows hrohglit £i to To; fat cows AS to £9 Ids, forward edits M 10s to £7 15s. 21.-year heifers in calf .£! 11s. £3 3s. CO 2s Gd, weaner I steers Ids to £3. fi-panep heifers 2ls Gd to 325, and 4Gs for a nice IfM of Holstein heifers, springing heifers £7 to C 8 10s, 18-months .steers £5 3s Gd, 18-months heifers 55s to £3 os, bulls £0 to £7 15s, lambs 12s 3d to IBs. Our next Stratford sale will bo hold 071 Tuesday, April 4th. On Thursday, March 16th, wo held our Matau sale, when we yarded 189 Cattle, 3000 sheep, and sold practically everything. Both sheep and cattle were in good demand, the bidding being brisk, and a real good sale resulted. Bulls £5 7s to £o 13s, 2-year steers £6 6s Gd to £6 6s, 20-months steers £4 13s Gd to £4 IGs, in-calf heifers (2,V-year) £4 19s, springing heifers £6 to £6 16s, 18-months empty heifers £3 Is Gd, £3 Bs, £3 Us, £3 12s 6d, 18-months in-calf heifers £3 18s, light store cows £5 to £6 lls Gd, 2.*-yoar empty heifers £6 2s to £5 10s, f.m. ewes 11s, 12s Gd, La Bd, IDs, f.f.m. ewes 17s 3d, 17s lid, 19s Id, 2 and 4tooth wethers 19s Gd, 22s lOd, 23s 4d, 23s sd, 2-tooth Gives 19s Bd, 24s 6d, 25s Id, cull lambs Bs, 9s sd, 9s 7d, 10s Id. lambs 10s lid, 12s 9d, I ts, 4-tooth wethers 23s 10d to 255, f.m. Romney rams 30s, 35s to £3. f.m. Lincoln rams 40s to £3 ,6s. Our next Mat au sale will be held on Friday, 14th April. On Saturday, 18th March, we held our Stratford Horse B air, when wo yarded 80 horses. Business was quiet. Hacks and harness horses £8 to £l6, aged hacks £4 10s to £6. ponies £2 to £5, half-draughts £l6 10s. Since our last report we have disposed of several lines of stock pi ivately. All steers are in better demand. Weaner steers 45s to £2 Ids, light £5 2s od, £5 10s to £6, ' tm. ewes 18s, 20s to 20s 3d, 22s fid lor good line, weaner heifers 255, 24-year in-calf heifers £3, £6 15s to £7 ss, 4tooth wethers 21s to 245. vealers 52s Gd, 2-tooth ewes 23s 6d, 2os to 25s 9d 4-tooth ewes 24 s Gd, 2-tooth wethers 22 S 6d, 23s to 23s 6d, 18-raonths steers £4 16s, lambs 13s 6d to 14s 3d, 2-tooth and 4-tooth ewes 25s 6d.