COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 87, 15 July 1916, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING’S REPORT.

On Friday, 30th June, at my Wai

waikaiho yards there was a full yard

in<r of eactle For which the demand was keen, ivo-yliing yarded’ beinj> cleared at the hammer:—Mixed year-

ings made £3 os, yearling steers £3 8s del to £t 2s 6d, yearling heifers £2

15s to £3 Is, empty 20-month heifers

£1 9s 6d, small in calf heifers £5 7s 6d, rough 20-mouth s.eers £4 10s to £5 10s Od, dairy cows £7 5s to £l2, springing heifers £9, forward cows up to £9 .Bs, store cows £6 2s to £7 14s, small store cows £5 ss, bulls £B. On the same day at Toko toi Messrs jE'vans and Hutchin’s clearing sale there was a, good attendance. The herd of cows was in full condition, arid sold at very consistent prices from £lO to £lO ss, averaging £ll 17s 6d for the line of 47. Yearling heifers made £3 2s, springing heifers £5 15s to £9 15s, bulls £9 15s, farm horses £23 to £2B.

At Douglas on Monday, 3rd inst., there was a fair entry all ol which was cleared as follows: —Meaner steers £3 1 Is. store cows £4 3s to £7 8s 6d, forward cows £8 12s to £9 7s, bulls £7, springing heifers £7 to £8 15s, dairy cows £8 10s to £ll 17s Od, 4 tooth wethers 30s 2d, fat and forward ewes 275, lambs 19s lid, f.m. ewes in lamb (culls) 21s od. On the same day at Warea for Mr L. Meier’s clearing sale there was a good attendance. The cows were in great condition selling up to £ls ssand making a good average of £ll 4s, 5 year Shorthorn bull made £ls 15s, 2 year Shorthorn in calf heifers £lO os'to £lO 15s, smaller sorts £7 15s to £8 10s, weaner heifers £2 10s, farm horses £3O 10s to £37, heed’s basic slag £8 per ton, milk express t;?S. spring cart £2l, disc harrows £l.B S.F. though £B. chain harrows

»wor £l3.

(in (iie same day at Huirangi for Mr R. F. 'hangman's clearing sale there was a good attendance. The cows were in fair condition, and were very keenly competed for, the herd selling at from £6 15s to £lB 10s. averaging £ll 5s for the line, yearling heifers made £3 7s, in calf heifers £6 to £6 15s, farm horses £2O 10s to £29.

On Tuesday at Stratford there was a fair yarding of sheep with a fair entry of cattle. The wet, cold day did not improve ihe appearance of the sheep arid’ buyers did not operate freely, vendors’ reserves appearing to put a damper upon them. Cattle were in keen demand selling very readily. Yearling steers made £4 4s (kl to £1 7s, small £3 3s, yarhng heifers £2 15s to £3 0s Cd, 20 month steers £5 15s to £6 16s, rough 2 V year steers £8 10s. yearling Shorthorn hull £5 16s. empty 20 month heifers £4 10s, store cows £6 4s to £7 16s, forward and fat eows £8 16s to £ll 12s 6d, hulls £7 to £9, small lambs 18s 4d, 4 and 5 year owes in lamb 32s 6d, 2, 4 and 6 tootb and f.m. ewes made 34s sd, sound mouthed owes in lamb 30s 3d.

In the dairy pens there was a good enlrv including several advertised lines. Mr P. Walsh’s dairy cows were mostly backward and were not competed for so readily as for sonic of the other dairy cattle offered. Mr Walsh’s cows sold at from £7 to £ll 15s, averaging £9 9s. eight cows ottered on account of Mr Clem Colcwell realised from £lO to £lB 15s, averaging £l2 9s 6d, dairy cows on account of”other vendors made from £9 5s to £l3, springing heifers £7 10s to £9 10s.’ On Wednesday, the sth, at Ivoru ioi Mr E. J. Howell’s sale Ihe attendance was satisfactory. 'lhe dairy cows were costly very small and backward and the heifers undergrown. The biggest cows made £8 10s Gd to £9 10s. small £3 10s to £7 ss. small heifers £5 to £7 15s, heifers £5 17s Gd to £4 10s, bull £7 ss. On the same day at Cardiff for Mi H. Lacy’s clearing sale there was a good attendance of buyers, the cons were mostly an aged line but had shown very good returns and made very satisfactory prices as follows: Dairy cows best £l3 to £ls, others £lO. aged £5 to £8 ss, the herd averaging £ll 2s. springing heifers £8 to £l2, yearling heifers £2 3s to £3 7s, bulls'£4 15s to £8 ss, breeding sows up to £8 15s. aged faun spring cart horses £23 10s and £24. ,do £29, cl rav £ls 10s. ".On the same day at Inglewood for my weekly sale there was a fiood attendance, a full yarding of cattle ol

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which the majority of lines were

cleared at satisfactory prices. The sheep yarded wore a little hard of sale, vendors’ reserves being considered on the high side. Prices obtained were: Choice springing heifers £9 5s to £l2 7s (jd, yearling heifers £2 17s to £2 19s, yearling steers £3 14s, good springing heifers £5 10s to £8 15s, in calf 2 and 3 year heifers £6 7s 6d, store cows £4 19s to £7 ss, forward cows up lo £8 16s, small hulls £6 7s 6d, f.m. owes in lamb 26s to 335, cull lambs Us Id to 14s Del.

On Thursday, the 6th, at Pukengahu for Mr E. T. Kneebone’s clearing sale there was a fair attendance ol the public who made good compe.ition for the dairy herd which sold ai from £9 to £l6, averaging £l3 Is for the line of 40. Breeding sows made £4 15s to £6, yearling heifers £2 16s to £3 11s, lambs 21s, ewes in lamb 28s 6d.

On the same day at Hahotu for Messrs Green and Tyrell’s clearing sale buyers were present in good numbers. The dairy cows were a good lot in very fair condition, hut a good number of them were aged and showing backward in condition. The best cows sold at from £l3 to £l9, good sor.s \ip to £l2 10s, backward cows £7 15s to £9 10s, empty cows £6 10s to £8 2s 6d. The herd of 87 dairy cows averaging £lO 9s 6d, yearling heifers made £3 12s 6d to £4 10s, in calf heifers £7 to £9, pedigree Holstein Gull 22.)gn5., grade bulls £5 5s to £lO 10s.

At Kaponga yards on Friday, 7th ins-,, there was a good yarding which st;]il as follows;—Empty 20 month heifers £1 17s, store cows £4 18s to C 7 15s, forward cows £8 5s to £9 16s, bulls £3 15s to £9 os, dairy cows up to £l7 ]Os, springing heifers up to £9.

At Eahotu on the same day there was a full yarding with brisk competition for all lines offered. Springers were in good condition and sold very readily at record prices for these yards. Prices obtained were:—Yearling steers up to £4 14s, weaners £2 to £2 Bs, yearling Holstein heifers £4 Is to £4 Bs, grade yearling heifers £2 18s to £3 4s Gtl, mixed yearlings £3 Ids, rough 20 month steers £6, empty 2 year heifers £4 12s to £4 19s, bulls £5 5s to £Ss, store cows £6 8s to £7 16s, forward cows £8 11s to £8 19s, fat cows £ll. dairy cows (guaranteed sound) £8 15s to £9, choice Shorthorn 2 year springing heifers, nice line of 5 at £ll, good well-grown 3 year Shorthorn heifers £9 10s to £ll, o. hers £7 12s 6d to £9, Jersey 2 year heifers (small) £6 15s to £7 17s 6d.