COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 96, 20 November 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. ! Ou Friday, the lOlli insfc., there was a good entry, all of which was sold at the hammer at the following | prices:—Rough yearling steers £G I 18s and £6 15s, 15-month heifers up |to £7 3s for choice Holstein small yearlings £4 .'is to £5 9s, 2-year empj'ty heifers £7 lis to £8 Is, rough 15month to 2-year steers £8 4s, fat cows £l3 12s 6d to £ls, forward cows £lO 3s to £ll 13s, store cows £8 12s to £9 18s, empty forward heifers £8 15s to £9 10s, springing heifers lip to £l6 15s, smaller £9 15s to £lO 10s, dairy cows £l2, dairy bulls £l3 17s | Gd to £1.5 10s. At Urenui on Monday 13th, springing heifers made £8 15s to £ll 15s, dairy cows £9 10s to £ll ss, fat maiden heifers £l2 I.os to £l4 Is, fat cows £l3 7s to £l4 2s Gd, forward heifers £lO, forward cows £lO to £ll 9s, store cows £8 8s to £9 18s, 2year empty heifers £B, vealers £3 5s to £5 12s Gd, 3-year steers £l2 10s, 2-year steers £lO, hoggets 30s. At Stony River on Tuesday, 14th inst., 15-month steers made £6 18s to £8 2s, 15-month heifers £4 lis to £7 Is, yearling hulls £G Is to £7 10s, empty 2-year heifers £7 16y to £8 7s. 2-year steers £9 16s, fat cows up to £ls Is, forward cows £lO 7s Gd to £l2. score cows £9 to £lO Is, hulls £9 12s Gd to £ls 10s, springing heifers £7 to £l4 ss. At Kohuratahi on Wednesday, 15th inst., for my spring cattle fair both cattle and sheep came forward in oxcess of advertised numbers. There was a good attendance of buyers from all parts of Taranaki, the Ohnra district being represented by a very strong contingent. Over 200 3 and 1-year bullocks were yarded and met with keen competition, in fact everything yarded with the exception of two small pens of rough yearlings was sold at the hammer, at the following rices:— Yearling steers £6 17s Gd to £7 7s Gd, 15-month Shorthorn heifers £6 10s, 15-month Holstein heifers £6 17s, 15-month Jersey heifers £5 19s, good grade heifers £5 15s to £6 3s, smaller £5 3s 6d to £5 12s (id, 2-year empty heifers £7 6s Gd to £7 17s Gd, store cows small £7 Gs Gd to £7 lis, good £8 15s to £l2, forward heifers £9 2s Gd, 3 and 4-year bullocks £ls, £l4 l7s, £l4 16s, £l4, 2.',-year steers £lO 14s to £l2 4s, 2year steers I '£9 B's Gd-to £lO Is, cows and calves £lO Is, small sprinting heifers £7 mixed wethers and. empty ewes 40s, ewes and lambs j 39s 9d to 43s 6cH ni?