COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 57, 4 October 1916, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING’S REPORT. On Thursday, 21st September at Waiwakaiho yards for my spring horse fair there was a good catalogue The horses were very mixed, tie re being very few good sorts. Decent unbroken J draughts made from £lO 5s to £25 15s, broken 4 draughts £ls 5s to £3O, others £3 to £ll. On Friday, 22nd inst., for my fortnightly cattle sale there was'a good entry all of which was cleared at tbe following prices. Dairy cows £lO to £lO 15s, best dairy heifers .£ i 0 ! ; 's t«> £ll 2s Gd, others £5 is Gd 2s Gd, hoggets 2Gs, small ' oggels ios i,o 20s 9d, yearling steers £5 1 Is. rough £3 15s Gd, yearling

i Ji-iio; ■ £3 Jtis to £-1 Us 6d, smaller £3 5s to £3 11s, choice 2 yeai Jersey empty heifers £6 Is, others £5 3s to £5 12s Gd, forward cows up to £9 18-. store cows £6 9s to £7 18s, small stores or poor £5 to £5 12s, small heifer and calves £5 18s. On the same day at Toko, yearling steers made £4 19s, empty heifers £5 6s, heifers and calves £6 Is, empty cows £6 10s to £7 15s. On the same day at Kohnratahi there was a good yarding for my opening spring sale. The advertised bullocks on account of Mr W. A. McCutchan were on the small side, the line of 170 realising £l2 15s, other prices were: 2 year steers £7 10s to £9 2s Gd, empty 2 year heifers £5 3s to £6, store cows £0 17s Gd to £? 2s Gd, forward cows £9, spring - ng heifers £7, yearling heifers £4, hoggets 2Gs Gd.

Ou Saturday, 23rd insti, at my Stratford dairy yards 1 hold a special sale on account of Mr R. H. Phillips. There was a good attendance and bidding was very brisk, the 103 dairy cows and heifers sold, averaging just over £l2. Best cows sold uj to £l9, others £9 10s to £l3 10s, best springing heifers up to £ls, others £7 10s to £ll 10s.

On Monday, the 25th, at Douglas empty heifers made from £4 10s to £6 13s, yearling heifers £3 14s, maiden forward heifers £9 2s, good yearling steers £6, store cows £C 13s to £8 Is, small £5 5s to £6, springing heifers best £l2 to £l3 ss, smaller £6 5s to £9 ss, springing cows old £7 7s 6d.

Afc Stratford on Tuesday, the 26th, there was a smaller entry than usual but competition was exceptionally keen. Prices were: Fat, cows to £ll 10s; forward cows .£8 15s to £9 19s; store cows to £8 ss, small store cows to £8 ss, small store cows £5 5s to £6, yearling steers £5 5s to £5 9s, yearling heifers tops £4 12s to £4 18s, smaller £3 13s to £4 4s 6d, empty 2 year heifers £5 16s, mixed fat sheep 45s 9d, hoggets 25s 7d. In the dairy pens there was a big entry of which practically everything was cleared, a choice line ol 2 year Holstein heifers were entered, the pick of these selling at from £l3 10s to £2O 10s, the 9 sold averaging 4 16 7s - on ’ account of other vendors} dairy cows made from £l4 10s to* £47 15s fon good and from £8 10s to /£lss for others, springing heifers £ll to, £l4, smaller £6 10s to £9 15s. At Inglewood on Wednesday, the 27th, there was a good yarding and attendance. Competition throughout was good, he majority of the cattle being cleared. The the Eiheep vafded were sold at the hammer. pricey were: Yearling heifers £3 10s 6d to. U 8s 6d, smaller £3 Us 6d h 23 16s, 15-20 month empty heifers £5 to £5 12s 6d, IB month bulls £7 ss, lq month steers £5 15s, yearling steers £4 13s to £5, sma.l yearlings £3 14s to £4 6s 6d. cows and calves £8 2s 6d to £9 10s, foiward cows £9 2s to £9 16s, store cows £7 6s to £8 7s, small store cows £5 10s 6d to £6 19s, best dairy cows £l4 10s, others £8 12s 6d to £9 ss. The springing heifers were all small, the best making £9 to £9 12s 6d, others £6 2s 6d to £8 2s 6d. aged ewes and lambs 365, hoggets 22s 6d to 23s lOd, fat wethers 38s, empty

ewes 275. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT The High Commissioner’s market report, dated London, September 30th, is as follows: Blitter —Market continues firm offi„p to continued small supplies; demand likely to decrease, .-tucks m cold store very light and declining rapidly for buyers until arrival of new season’s make of colonial butters: Danish, salted, 204 s to 210 s; Irish creamery, salted, 194 s to 1965, unsalted 196 sto 198 s. exceptional 200 s; New Zealand salted 190 s, unsalted l*i2s: Argentine, unsalted, 1945; American creamery, salted, 184 s to 186...

Cheese—Market firmer; prices have haiuening tendency; there is a fair demand; Canadian, white 107 sto 108 s, colored 107 sto 108 s; New Zealand, white 100 s to 108 s, colored 106 s to 108 s; English eheddar, llßs to 1225.