COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 252, 17 October 1908, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

|,., IjONDOa WOOL SALES. I I Jxmdoii, October 15. * At the wool Miles the following av.i'-la age pi ices were mili-cd for the llccce I f port ou« of the clips named: s,y,il. Hen-ward Ki',,'l. ' Keen competition continues, audi < there is capital sale at full recent I

[trices. I NEWTON KIMi'S REPORT. ) At the Haymarket on Saturday tlieie was a good entry of pigs, slips making I Ms (id to Ills, small stores 1/s to ills, medium do. 30s to 34s (id. Horse, trap, and harness nude £25; trap horse, £ls. At the mart there was a fair entry of poultry, hens making Is 7ii to 2s (Id, ' cockerels'ls lOd to 2s 4d, hen and chicki ens 7s Gd. Sundries sold at low rates. At Rnhotu on Tuesday there was a ' good yarding and bidding was brisk for all classes. Mixed calves made 20s to ■ 275, yearling steers 37s to 41s (id, heifer do. 35s (Id, 2-year do. £2 IDs, springing ') heifers £3 14*3 fid to £O, 2- to 2'/ 2 -ye.ir ' bullocks £3 (is fid, fat cows £4 12s to i-' £5 Bs, store do. £2 4s (id to £2 10s 6d. At Stony River on Wednesday all cattle were well competed for, and near-

ly everything was cleared at the hammer at full market values. Mixed calves to yearlings made 24s to 27s lid, steer yearlings Tills to 445. heifer do. 25s <o 2Gs (id, 2-year do. £2 5s to £2 lis, store cows £2* los to £2 15s, forward do £3] to £3 2s. fat heifers £4 Is, springiig'i heifers £3 to £4 7s (id. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a good yarding and attendance, with plenty of buyers, nearly all lines being sold either at the hammer or urivatelv. Mixed yearlings made 28s fid, heifers 27s to 325, steers 37s Gd to 425, store cows £2 10s to £2 las, springing heifers £3 15s to £4 12s Gd, Jersey do. £G 10s, u-year bullocks £4 Bs, i'at and forward cows £4 10s.

WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. On Saturday we had a good entry of poiiltrv of all Kind-, which sold at high price-.'as under:--Roosters Is lid to 3s, liens 2- 2,1 to 3s 3d. ducks 2s 3d to 2s 7d, p.b. Indian runners 4s, turkey gobblers 7s (id. hens 5s 3d: s tore pigs £2 Is. We can recommend consignments of poultry from now on till Christmas. Fruit—The first tomatoes of the season came to band during the week from Auckland, and found a ready sale at from lid to Is Id per lb. Clearing sales.—At the Mission Hill on Thursday we held a clearing sale of dairy cows on account of Mr. S. W. Jurv. There was a good attendance, and bidding was brisk throughout. llooil laving pullets 2s 2d to 2s 3d, pigs 275, yearling heifers 2Gs 6d, calves 2s, 2-year, steers 35s Gd, Jersey bull £0 12s fid, Jersey springing heifers £7 7s Gd. Dairy cows ranged from £0 7s Gd to £!) 10s." Miscellaneous sundries sold at satisfactory prices. Omata—On. Friday we held our usual fortnightly sale at "our yards, when we were unable to accommodate the large milrv wnirh came forward. Bidding was' keen .-.u.l mos t lots -old at the inniMer and -evnal privately, as under'. ! Yearling heifers 2Us Od to '2os (id. Jo. i steers 37s lid to £2 2 6 lid. 2-year d">. ! £2 12s Gd to t2 His, mixed yearlings : 28s Gd to 30s (id, empty heifers CI llito 1.2 7s. heifer,* in calf t'2 7s lid.

springing heifers £3 .is in £•", do. cow. £3 10s to £7. 'mils 35s lo £2 18s, Jer-eV Lull CS T.i-. store cows 3Hs lid l«i C2 Hi-. Oil, old (ow. His to 22s lid, 3-vear steers £4 i Od, forward cows £2 18s to £3 4s, fat do. £i 7s Od to £4 lis Od. Xext aale Friday, October 30. -'

JENKINS, MATTHEWS &. PIOOTT'S REPORT. Jenkins, Matthews and Pigott report: We had our usual full yarding of all clases of cattle at our t'renui yards on Momlav and the following prices were obtained:—Pigs (slips) His lid, mixed yearlings 20s to 29s (id, yearling steers! up to 48s. ]S-moiith heifers 35s to 40s/ do. steers 52 rt Od to 55s (id, 2"/ 3 -ye-ir| steers U'Js to 70s, 3%-year steers 80s, store cows JssTTd to 595. forward coivs| (ils lid to (i7s, 3-year empty heifers 555, i springing heifers's4s to £5, do. cows 80s to £«. fat cow* £5 to .£«, bulls 80s to 02s Od. pony, saddle ami bridle £7 10s. . | YK'KKRS & STEVENS' REPORT. Messrs. Vickers & Stevens report that there was. a fair muster of cattle in their Ingiewood yards on Wednesday. There was an unsatisfied demand for young stock and good stores. Mixed yearlings made from £1 to £1 15s (id: yearling steers. £2 0s fld to £2 13s; 'empty heifers. £1 10s to £2 is Od; springers, £3 to £0 15s; store eows, £1 His to £2 His. At. Tarata on Monday there was :i fair number oi springers, which made from C 3 to £5 17s lid': yearling stccis £2 ss. JOHNSONVILLE STUCK SALE. Messrs. Abraham. & Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—There was a full entry of bullocks of prime quality and heavy weight. Heavy prime bullocks brought £lO to £l»'l7s lid: others, £9 to' £9 17s fit anil £S 17s lid. A fair yarding of sheep but nothing of extra quality. Most of the ewes were light. Best wethers. 18s Kid; others, light, IBs 10d; lialf-lireds, 15s M; ewes, 15s lid; others, 15s od. 14s 3d; lights, 12s fid to 13s 3d. PALMER3TON CATTLE FAIR. The New Zealand Uan and Mercantile Company, and Dalgety & Co., Ltd., in conjunction, report having held thenannual spring cattle fair at Palmerston ■North on Wednesday, when they oll'crwl '2OOH head of cattle on account of Mr. A. McKeuzie. Prices were as follows: 425 polled Angus yearling steer.-, C2 15Gd to £2 His," small ditto 3!)s; 91 yearling Shorthorn steers _C2 sis (id; 151 yearling polled Angus heifers. 275: 74 yearling Shorthorn heifers, 25s Od to 27s lid; fi7 forward polled Angus eows, £3 2s; 45 Shorthorn cows. C 3; 40 store cows, V.-2 ]ss lid: fat and forward cows. £4 3s. £4 12s. and £4 His; f a t eow:-, £.5 (is, £5 15s. ami -ijj i;„ : prime fat heifers, -tii Mis: prime fat bullocks. £9 12s: (13 two-vear Shorthorn steers £3 11- ii.-l; Jl3 iVi-year steers, £4 Is fid: culled three-year steers. C 3 3s: bad coloured four-year-old bullocks. £4 (Is lo £4 15s: polled An«iis bullocks. Ci 13s (id; forward Hol-tein cross bullocks '£s ISs lid: 100 four-year-old bullocks. £5 His; 237 five-year-old bullocks, £0 7s (id. CIIRISTCHCRCH STOCK MARKET. At Addington live stock market on Wednesday there were fair entries of stock and a moderate attendance.

M]i<><!]i.—-Kivc hogu'cts brought up !o Us liil; good wether hoggets, 12s lid t>i' l;!s lid: good lines nf mixed sexes, 12s Gil to 1:>, 2d; and inferior ti: iiifiliuni lines, ins lid to 12-. Wethers, of which there was a small yardiii". made up to 1.1-i ltd. Km. Lambs.--iV-t soils made 17s i.i 211,. and lighter l:)s to His lid. l'at Sheep.—The valine ..I prices was: Emi-a prime wethers to 2Ss (id: prim-. 211, to 24. '.ld; limner, llis (id to Ills (id: shorn wethers, 17s to Ills !)d; prime ewes, His (id to 2:is 4d: medium, lis to Ills: others, 1.",s to llis lid: prime merino withers. 1.3s lid to ISs ;jd: others. 12s (id to 14, 7d; hotels. l;js :id to llis *hurn liis :id to 14s Kid. ! Cattle.—The entry in the fat cattle pens was a small one. consisting of lilt head. The quality compared with some recent sales was good, and prices s howed an improvement. Bet steer heef ma le I from 24s to 28s, medium 21s lid to 2,!s (id: and cow beef. ISs (o 21., .per limlii. I Steers realised til 17, fid to til. extra | to tl'i: heifers. .V.5 5s to to la,, cxir.i to CHI -"is. A medium entry of fat calves met with the customary demand, price- ranging from 4s lid for very sniii'l animals to tl2 ISs fur wcll'-arovvn calve-. The yarding of ,toro catlie was only ii medium one. and nio-tly in poor eondition, and as lias been the ea-e for some time the demand was weak. Yearling, made 2S, to .in,. 2-vear heifer,. t2 Ills to C2 15s: 3-year steers. CI IK:| il-vear heifer*. t:i fis; and drv cows.' tl 2s fill to I'S. A ,niiill yarding of! dairy cows again met with a poor demand, and sales were difficult to mak?.

Tin- hulk iif t!io yarding were old cows in very low ciiiiiiilxin, and no one appealed anxious u> purchase, ltepresentalive prices ranged liiim .-CD to £(> 2s (id.

I'igs.- o,,|y small entries came forward in Die fat and store pig pens, and all descriptions were, keenly competed lor, selling at priees ill advance of those ruling at "recent sales. Choppers, which elieited less competition than other classes, realised up to X.') IDs. Large baconcrs made 7Us lo tills, and medium .Ws to WSs, equal lo fully lid per l!j. barge porkers luoiiglit l.Vs to Ms, and Miuiller ."."is to I Is, vipial to from liftd to 7d per lb. Large stores, lids to :18s ti«l; siniiller, 2'2s to -Ss; and weaners, 2t)s to 235. I AUCKLAND STOCK. MAUKKT.

The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report: -

Horses.—At tlu- Durham' Varils u Friday horses were yarded in bare! average numbers, anything of a- goo stamp being in demand. Heavy draught sold at from £24 Ills tu £35: mediun do., .till 10s to .LHI); hacks and lig'i ■harness horses, £7 IDs to £lB 15s. We held our first eattle fair of th season at tile iPapakura Yards on Wed nosday, when we yarded and sold ovc •2000 head of eattle. The yarding eon sisted mostly of two and a-half to thic ami n-hali year old steers, which showoi both breeding and quality, although they were somewhat backward in cond lion, l'.uve'fs were represented from th dili'ercnt.'parts of the Waikato and tli surrounding districts. The sale \va s ; most successful one, and. with the (■:- eeptHin of two pens of steel's, everythin ehanged hands under the hanine-i drown steers realised £5 15s to £7 10s two tn three and a-half year old da £5 2s (id to £0 17s (id; yearlings t two-year-old do., £2 5s to £3 18s calves, £lßs to £1 17s; empty cows £2 10s to £4 lis; empty heifers, £ 5 S to £3 17s Od. Beef sold at' New market rates. Cattle—At the Xewmarket Yards o luesday eattle of all descriptions \v-r yarded in full number?, selling umie stcadv competition. Dairy cows sold a from" £3 10s to £8 10s; empty cow. £2 Ills to £4 is: calves, Cl Is to £ IDs: steers. 14 15s to t's 17s lid. Th icef pens were well filled, the i|iialit; K'ing good throughout. liidding w.i irisk and prices firmer. Oxen sold t' »5s per 1001b and cows from 22s to 24 ier "jOOili. Steers sold at from £(i 10 :n £l2 17s Od; cows, £4 5s to £8 5i. draft oi 30 steers from Messrs. Kci. jiothers, of averaged £1 tis. Sheep were yarded in full numbers a \cwinarkct on" Tuesday, and. sold at lafi ates. Wethers realised from 14s fii o £1 2s 3d; ewes. 13s Oil to IDs; shorn [o„ 12s <iil to llis (id; shorn, ewes, 13s (id o llis 9d; lambs, 13s to 17s Oil; hoggets, Os fid to 15s.

Pigs were yarded in large nmnb-:'s ami sold well.' Porkers realised, from CI Is Id £2 2s; weaners, 10a to 16a (id; baconers, £2 10s to £3 2s. Hides.—Market firm. We quote: - I Extra stout ox, 7d il» 7 1 /U; si out do. 6'/111 to o%d; medium do.. 5%d lo 5%d; light do., .id to 5%d; cows', lines 4'/,d to 4%d, good 4'/,d to 4%d, scored 3%d to 4d: stags'. 2%d to 3%d; kips. 3'/>d to 4%d: calfskins. 3'/ 2 u lo .id; damaged hi.!.->. 2d lo 3d. Sheepskins.—"Market iirm. Best buiehers' 'skins. 4s io Is sd; good lines. :U lid lo 3s Hid; medium. 2s «d to 3s 3d: small, 2s to 2s 4d. Tallow—Market linn: Best mixed, le 24s fld; good, 21s lid lo 22- 111; inferior. His Od to 18s lidj rough fat, ,l'/ s d per