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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81859, 6 October 1906, Page 2

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AUCKLAND AND .SONS' REPORT PER TRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, October 5. Horses; There was a full yard and good competition. Draughts made /,'iS to £3O, unbroken medium .£27, "filit l<) 10/ and £u) 5 /, good hacks and harness £, s , 5 / ,„ , 5/; ordin . ■")'A7 10/ pomes £2 15/ to .£6 i/.'O. At Komucra beef was again easier, she, selling to 22/ per ioulb, tows to 19/. Sheep sold freely, wethers to 30/, ewes to 25/, hoggets to 21/, lambs to 22/. I'igs sold at extreme prices, porkers 38/, baconers uS/. MR NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY AUCTION REPORT, Cattle.—At Stratford on Tuesday there was a very full yarding of both store and dairy came. The- dairy pens were crowded witli springing heifers, but bidding was dull for ad except choice quality, which sold we|i, medium and inferior sorts being quite neglected. In the store pens there was good competition for all steers and good yearlings, but in-calf heifers and bad colored young cattle were only saleable at low rates. Calves made n/0 to 15/, yearlings ,£1 to 25'. tS mos. to 2 year empty heifers 25/ (o 40/, 2-to 2.1 year steers £2 9/ to £2 K,/, 3 to 31 do. /;.t 6/, store cows 25/ (o i s; ' ; ? pringing hufeis, good ,£5 (0 /Jo ,„/, small'and medium quality £ 3 to £ 4 . On Wednesdav at Bell ]jl„rk [ held a clearing sale on account of Mrs Jas. Uamblyn. There was a fair attendance, but the cows being in low condition they did not realise good prices Cows m milk made .£2 10' to £5 '6, spnngers £ 4 to £ S 5/. HoFte-in b'u'l /.•( 17,6, yearlings 20/(1, 3 vr draught coll .£l4, 2 yr filly £l2, store pigs 27; breeding- sows £5 to _£ 3 76. boar 15!.

YICKKKS AND STKVKXS' REPORT. Yickrrs and Stevens rO])ort that 1 here whs a fair yarding of C ai.'•? at their Ing'ewood yards on Wednesday Spiingers were in execs of the demand, and anything backwaid or small were hard lo quit, but f'ici-> was a far demand lor K oocl, v.ell grown heifers close ( „ calving, 'Yearlings made from 15' to £, H /, empty heifers £' 7:<> to £\ i.;/0, old stites £1 to £■> 15.'. good stores £ 2 10 £2 12 .backward and small springers £2 10/ to 1/ 15/, good do. £4 tj, #,, nil cows X.4 10;. ' •'

JKNKINS. MATTHEWS AND I'ICOTTS Klil'OKT.

At our dentil yanls <„, Monday Springing In ifcr- were'in greater demand than ha-'. bem the case laielv, and v.cie keen'v competed for. Two yen- s'.-.-its wore much sought after, and sod freely a ; the hammor. We qu I:—Ycailings IS/6 to 22/f), |S-mi-nths- a 5/ tll 2 \ 2-vear steers' ,|(V 10

- , springing heife,s.| s -,» ' gu' h , n s. tat heihers f..\ iS', forward cows 57,'G to £4 11. fat cows £4 ;/. We In'd a fair muster at our U'ailara raids on Tuesday, but evervl.h;ng was very dull of sale. Calves made from 7/ to 12/, vearlings 17/ to 21/. 2-;. ear steers so' to 52,'. store c ows 2.1! 10 >(,<, fat he'fers ,£4 2/6, fat cows /.■';;»• sp'-'nghi;;' £3. 5 to £4 , 0 /, bulls 45/ to 57/, ok! cows jo/,