COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 31, 4 September 1916, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KINC'S REPORT. On Wednesday, 23rd. August at ' Inglewood, I had n good entry of cattle. Buyers were present in good numbers, a most satisfactory sale be- . ing held, prices throughout showing a sharp advance. Yearling heifers made (Jo ]ss to C-l Is, yearling steers £5 4s small G 3 2s, empty 2-year heifers £5 Ms and £5 15s, shorthorn yearling bull £?• 1.2 s 6d, small store cows £5 1 ; to £5 15s, goo J store row.-.. £7 os to £8 lis, i'oi'v,.ml cows £9 16s to £lO 15s, .printing heifers £6 to £9 7s Gd, Hairy cows €l2 15s, hoggets 23s 7d to 245, forward wethers 375, ewes in lamb 30s 6d. On Thursday, 24th. at Bell Block, tor Mr. Chas. Hoskins' clearing sale, there was a [food attendance. The purebred Englisli Liecester ewes made i 2ijgr..s., owe hoggets ljfgns., rams| lifgns to 3Jgns., mixed hoggets 22s 9d I to' 23s 9d. i On Friday. 25th. at Waiwakaiho, there was a full yarding which sold readily, one four-year maiden holstein fr.t boiler made £2'l !.os, maiden jer-1 ■ey fat. be : fers £ll 17s 6d, small pen of ewes with 200 per cent lambs at foot 30s, fat ewes o7 ;s (>d. Other prices [wore: Springing heifers up to £lO 15s, springing cows £7 5s to £lO, yearling heifers £3 Us to £3 14.. yearling steers ur. to £5 2s, small store cow s '£s 2s 6d 'to £6 7s 6d, good stores £7 2s 0u to ,£8 19s.

i On tlie same day at Toko there was an improved yarding. Springing ecrvs made £H) ss, springing heifers £7 L r s (id to £8 10s, yearling steers L'l 2s to £4 lis (small) yearling heifers £3 15s to .fit Is, empty cows ''(i to £7 15s, fat cows £lO to £ll 7s, fat hoggets 275. At Do gla< mi M > ■.'.,■!v i-i'lii. irst. empty heifers made from £1 Cs to £5 12s. siii'dl yearling steers £4 3s 6cl to £t 7s, empty cow s £5 12s 6d to £7 10s, fat cows £lO 10s, springing heifers: £6 15s to £B, springing cows £8 to £lO 10s, 3-year steers £9 Is, hoggets 265, 23s Id, 225, 21s, cully 18s 6d to 19s. On the same day at Franklcy Road for Mrc Crossicr'g clearing sale, there was a good attendance, and bidding throughout was brisk. The best cows sold up to £l6 10s, others £9 to £l2 15s, small cows (in milk all the winter) £■! os to £7 10s, calves lis 6d, fat sheep 295, store pigs 26s 6d, farm horses £lB to £26 10s, pedigree 3-year Jersey bull 14ign:s., small yearling helpers L'.H 1.<5, springing heifers £5 10s to £!). At Stratford on Tuesday, 29th inst., there was a fair entry of mostly good cattle, which found a ready market. Best fat cow,; sold up to £l2 15s, for.vard cows £8 lis to £lO Bs, store cow.-- £7 5s to £B, small .store cows £4 IS, G! to £6, Jersey yearling heifers (choice.) £4 10s, others £3 13s to £-4 2s, smaller cattle £2 12s Gd, yearling steers up to £5 ss, rough 2-year steers ti cows and calves £7 to £B, empty 2-yea'r heifers (mostly rough) £5 2s to £5 8 S Gd, bulls £5 10s to £8 10s. !;• the dairy pens, 1 had a good enquiry, best cows sold up to £ll, others £9 10s to £ll, backward sorts £6 15s to £B, springing heifers (best) £lO to £l2 10s, others £G 5s to £9. On Wednesday, 30th inst, at Inglewood, there was a good yarding of cattle;, the condition of winch, however, was not so good a s at previous sales. Business during the day was good, the bigger proportion of the yarding being cleared at the prices below, which must be satisfactory to vendors: Springing heifers made from £7 5s to £ll 15s, dairy cows £6 10s to £9 15s, bull.: £6 to £9 10s, empty 2-year heifers £5 4s to £5 12s. 2-year steers "rough) £o 18s, yearling steers £5 2s fid, small £3 2s Gd to £4 Bs, yearling heifers £3 4s to £•! Is, small store cows £5 7s Gd to £5 19s, good stores. £. 2,s Gd to £8 10s, mixed aged ewes in lamb 31s.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE COY'S REPORT. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report as follows: We hold our usual daily sale at Stratford on Tuesday, 15th August, wliei. we had a fair yarding. Springing cow mad.' from £8 to £lO 15s, heifers/ close to profit, £7 to £9, backward heifers from £5 5s to £5 17 s 6d. On the 18th August, we held our usual monthly sale at To Wera. There nas a medium yarding, with good demand. Store cows made from £7 5s to £8 17s, dairy cows £9 10s to £ll, 2J to 3-year-old steers £9 lis, springing heifers £7 to £lO, yearling heifers up to £3 Gs (id. Our next sale at Te Wera will be hel-.i o.: 15th September, 1916. On the 22nd August, we bold our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when there was a small yarding, owing to the rough weather, bub most lines wove cleared at full values. Store cows (small, low condition) from £4 10s to !:■',, better quality from £5 12s Gd to £7, yearling steers £-1 7 S 6d to to Bs, yearling heifers £3 8s to £3 10s, mixed yearlings (small) £2 ss. In tlie dairy yards, we had a lair entry, with a good demand. Cows made £lO 2; 111 to CI I Ids, backward from £7 to £8 10s, heifers of fair quality from | £7 5s to L'9. Our next Stratford sale will be held on Tuesday, September 5 1916. Wc held our usual sale at Tarata on I the 25th August, when we had a medium yarding, and good prices. Store cows made from £4 19s to £7 lis, according to quality, dairy cow s £8 to £ll 7s Gd, empty heifers £5, yearling steers to. yearling heifers £3 to £3 ](),; 01. I On Saturday, 26th August, we held our horse fair at the Stratford yards, when there was a fair entry, but not, : very many useful horses. Those suitable for fa rni work and milk carts met

with ■' foil" sale at full value*. Mod-, iuni draughts made from £lB to £2o, harness horses £8 5s to £l7 ss, hacks £4 to £5, unbroken horses, yearlings £5 to £7 10s, 2-year-olds up to £ls, Shetland pony £9 10s. Horse donated by M. G. A. Treweek was sold and re-sold as follows: R. Knld, Geo. Bell, A. J. Cranton si. Gall, tt. Wickham, J. Fawkner Loan and Mercantile, and Moller, all 5s each: J. D. Healy and W. McAloon, 2s 6d each. On the 22nd August, we held our usual wool, skin and hide sale. We had a fair catalogue, containing 100 packages wool, 003 sheepskins, and over 40!) hides. Wool.- Crutchings showed a decline, in sympathy with other markets oi about 2d per V\ consequently we passed in several lines, as owners' reserves were not obtainable. Apparently the recent high prices will not he maintained in the near future. Sheepskins in good condition showed a slight advance, and were keenly competed for. Hides and calfskins were in good demand, and sold at full market values. The following prices were obtained : Wool.—Mixed fleece, pt. dead, 9.|d to ordinary lines lid; crutchings, Bi{d to lOd, according to quality and cleanliness. Sheepskins.—-Felly and short-wool-ldd, 3d to b'. ; ,'d per lb; heavier skins, with fair wool, sijd to BJd; good pelts, in full wool, 10d to lid; fair butchers' skins, but slightly damp, made \ip to IOJd per lb; salted pelts 5s 3d to 7s Gd each. Hides.—Settlers: light cow hides, 7|d to B.UI, slippy Old; yearlings, 8d per lb; calfskins, fleshy, 9',d per lb; medium quality 10k!; well wooded good skins, up to Is per lb; butchers' hides, light, 9ijd to lOd per lb. Tailow.—ln tins, 22s 3d to 23s 6d. Our next wool, skin and hide sale will be held on the 19th September, 191. G. Sines our last report, we have disposed of a considerable amount of stock privately at the following prices: Dairy herds £1 ! lis, steers .£8 17s 6d, yearling steers £5 7s 3d, store cows .£(! 12s 6d to £7 10s. empty heifers £'(>, hoggets 20s Gd to 21s 3d, wethers up to 29s Id.