Commercial.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43083, 18 April 1907, Page 3

Commercial.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency ’nnipany, Ltd., report. —Hor.ses : On Friday at the Durham Yards, horses were yarded in very large numbers, and for anything of a decent stamp competition was keen. Wo [note —Heavy draughts, at from £34 to £4l; medium do., £24 to £3O 10s ; unbroken do., (.'3l to =£3B ; hacks and light harness horses, Cl 4 ;is to £IG 17s Od ; spring cart £l3 10s ; Cortland waggon, £3l. At Pukekohe on Wednesday, we had a 'urge yarding of stock of all descriptions, which sold well at late ruling rates. Dairy cows sold at from £4 10s to £7 ; do., heifers,

S 3 15s to £G 12s Gd ; empty cows, £1 18s to S 3 19s; grown steers, £4 los to £6 10s; two to three-year-olds, £2 10s to £4 16s ; yearlings, £1 15s to £2 12s; calves 15s to 265. Beef which was yarded in full numbers sold at fully Newmarket rates. On Friday we held our openiug sale at Coromandel, when there was a very large atendance and a good muster of stock, the cattle being a credit to the district, showing both quality and breeding. Bidding was brisk, and with yery few exceptions, everyihing changed hands. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £5 2s Gd ; do., heifers, £3 !0s to £4 5s ; empty cows, £1 15s to £2 12s (id; grown steers, £4 5s to £5 10s; calves, Cl Is to £1 19s ; yearlings, £1 10s to £2 6s : fat cows, £4 10s to £5 5s ; do., steers, £6 ios to £8; horses, light harness £ls, hacks and weeds £1 10s to £7 15s. On Saturday we hold a clearing sale of live and dead stock on account of Mr F. Ilattaway, Pakuranga. There was a large attendance and satisfactory prices ruled. Cows in milk, sold at from £4 5s to £8 10s ; backward springers, £4 5s to £8; springcart, £9 ; pigs, £1 2s to £2 2s ; oaten straw, £2O; 20 bags Algerian oats, 3s 4d per bushel. Cattle: At the Newmarket yards on Tuesday there was a large muster of stock of all descriptions. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10s to £6 15s ; empty cows sold at from £3 • 10s to £6 15s; empty cows, £1 17s to £3 8s; calves, 15s to £1 8s; grown steers, £4 10s to £5 15s. The beef pens were again well filled, ■ most of the fat stock being of excellent , quality. Competition was steady at last week’s rates, oxen selling to 21s per 1001 b, i cow, 17s to 19s. Steers sold at from £6 5s to £ll ; cows, £3 15s to £7. | Sheep : The Newmarket yards were well filled with sheep of all descriptions on Tuesday and sold at late rates, wethers selling at from 17s6d to £1 2s 3d, owes, 13s 9d to £l. J Lambs in full supply, sold at from 10s Od to 14s Gd. The 1,250 advertised store ewes from Gisborne sold at from 10s 3d to 12s Gd.

Pigs : Porkers sold at from 18s 9d to £1 8s 6d ; weaners, 10s 6d to 15s; baconers, £1 18s to £3 2s. We submitted an extra large catalogue of hides, skins and tallow, all lines being sold under fair competition at late fates. Hides: Market firm. We quote —Extra stout ox, 7Jd to 8d ; stout ditto, 6f-d to 7:}d ; medium ditto, 6id to 6|d ; light ditto, 6d to 6|d ; cow, best lines 6gd to 6]d, good, s£d to 6d ; stags’ 4d to 4sd ; kips, s|d to Gd ; calfskins, 6|d to 7d; damaged hides, 4j-d to Gfd. Sheepskins : Market firm. Best butchers’ skins, large up to Bs, medium 5s to 6s 6d, small 3s Gd to 4s 3d ; lambs’ and pelts, 3s to 4s 4d. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed up to 2Gs 6d; good, 24s to 25s 3d ; inferior, 18s to 22s gd ; rough fat l:]d per lb. Horns: Large, lGs to 23s per 100; medium, 10s to 14s per 100 ; small, 2s Dd to Gs per 100. Maize is weak at 3s 2d on the wharf. Oats : Selling slowly at 3s Id ex store. Wheat is in good demand at 3s 9d. Chaff: Local, £4 to £4 5s at rail; Australian, £5 to £5 os ex store. Butter: Milling quality, 7jd; prime separator, up to 9d. Cheese: Selling slowly at Gld. Fungus is worth sd. ' Gum: Good grades are still selling freely, but medium weights are a bit easier. ts r os. 1, 2, and 3,130 s, 70s, and 455.