COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 193, 18 September 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS. | NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At the Havmnrltct on Saturday last there was a good entry of pigs. Small weaners made 10s lid to 12s, small stores 15s to 18s, good do. 21s to 31s. Several horses sold at prices ranging from £1 5s to £4 10s. At Urcnui on Monday weancrs made 22s to 29s Od, mixed yearlings 33s to 37s fid, 12 to IS-montlis steers ,C2 4s to £2 8s Od, empty heifers £2 15s (id to £2 18s. springing heifers £3 10s to tj(i ss. store cows £2 4s to £3 18s, forward do. £3 to £3 Ss, fat do. £4 4s to £4 15s, springing cows £3 10s io £.9 10s, 3-year bullocks £4 2s, fat bullocks £5 iis to £0 is Od, hoggets \U, 0-tooth wethers lis flil.

At Raholu on Tuesday there was a fair yarding. Weancrs made 15s to 255, mixed yearlings 29s to 35s Od, yearling steers £2 Is lid, empty heifers £2 14s, 18-months steers £2 7s, 18-months to 2-year do. £2 17s Od, store cows £2 2s to £2 17s, forward do. £3 Is, fat do. (prime) £5 las, springing cows £5 to £7, springing heifers £7, bull £4 is. t also sold Mr. C. F. J. Smith's duirv, nrices ranging from £5 15s to £8 12s Od.

On the same day I held a clearing; s,i'.'. at Liglewood on account of Mr. 11. Milseinaiin. Prices were satisfactory, dairy cows realising up to C 7 15», heifers (s II iiiiS backward) £2 Ids to £3 2s (id, bull £4. half-draugiit horses £2l to £22, drill £lO 10s, mower £7 ss, hay-rnkc £5 10s, disc harrows £4. Sundries sold at usual rates.

At Stony River on Wednesday the yards were full. Weancrs made 17s to •20s Od, mixed vearlings 28s to 355, empty I heifers £2 7s to £3 2s Od, springing heifers £4 7s Od to £5 15s, springing cows £3 5s to £5 17s Od, store cows £1 12s to £2 17s Cd, forward do. £3, fat do. £4 3s to £5 15s. 2 '/.-year steers £3 lis Od, 7-vear-old fat bullocks £lll, bulls £2 2s to £3 10s, Jersey bull £lO. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday thco was a very big yarding, far in excess of advertised numbers. Bidding was brisk throughout, the majority of lines being sold. Weancrs made 22s Od to 28s. mixed yearlings 33s Od to 375, yearling steers 39s fid to 425, yearling heifers 35s to 41s. 18-months steers £2 lis 3d, empty heifers £2 5s to £3, store cows £2 5s to £2 17s fid, forward do. £3 12s to £3 15s, fat do.' £5 Is, springing cows £3 10s to £0 10s, Jersey do. £lO, springing heifers £4 to £5 12s fid, bufcs £3 to £5, stag £4 10s.

VIOKEES & STEVENS' REPORT. There was a large entry of cattle in our Inglcwood yards on Wednesday last, and nearly everything was sold at the following prices:—Calves 15s to £1 10s, yearling*! to la-months "XI lis fid to £2 3s. 2-year-old' empty heifers £2 Ss to £2 15s, store cows £1 15s to £2 17', backward springing heifers £3 to £4 ss, good forward do. £4 10s to £5 15s, good forward springing cows £4 10s to '.-CO 7s 6d, old and backward do. £2 to £3 10s. At Tarata on Monday calves made £l, store cows £1 10s to £2 ss. a few store "bullocks £4 10s Od. WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. Omata yards.—At the yards yesterday we had an extra large entry, every pen and yard being well filled. Prices were well maintained and most lots were sold at the hammer or privately. Weaners (poor) made from Ids Od f'i> Z2s, yearling steers 30s fid. bulls 35s to £2 15s. store cows £2 lis Od to £3. barren heifers £3 3-i Od, empty heifers £2 12s Tld to £2 Us lid. 2'/, to 3-vear steers £3 % to £3 Ss (id, Jersey yearling C 5, springing coirs and hvifers £.4 2s (Id to £1 7s fid. Next sale Friday, Ist October.

ADDINGTOX. At Aildington yards there was a medium entry of stock and a good attendance of'buyers. There was keen demand for store sheep, and the prices of hoggets and wethers represented an advance of Is 3d to Is till. Wethe.s brought 14s 7d. or fully Is Od above recent values; halfbred wether hoggets made 12s Id, ewe hoggets (medium) 13s, medium lines of mixed sexes 10s lid, and small and inferior sorts Ss Id. A line of inferior crossbred ewes and lambs made Is 7d, and a rather better line 7s, nil counted.

The yarding of this season's fat lambs was much larger than at any previous sale, and the supply was more than sufficient io meet all requirements. Prices consequently showed a decline amounting to 2s per head. Lambs, according to age and condition, sold at from 10s Od to 18s.

Owing in short supply, the demand for fut slicip was very keen, and the lnurkol resulted in :m almost phenoMlCllill advance ill Values, prices as compared Willi (In' previous wick showing nn appreciation ( .(|iiiil l« about 4s per head. All lines were keenly competed for. anil in some iiiMauccs sheep which a fortnight ago would have realised 14s to I."i-i cliiiiijrcd hands to-day at prices up to 245. The range of prices was: Prime wethers Ills to 275, extra to 345; ewes las (Id to 22s Bd. merino wethers I4s Id to 20s 7d, lionets 15s fid to 17s !)d.

The yarding of fat cattle, numbering 239 head, included some very good animals. For heavier sorts recent rates were maintained. Steers £0 10s to £lO J7s Od, extra to £l2 ss; heifers £5 17s Od to £!) 17s Od. dry cows £.4 17s 0d to £S los. Best steer beef realised 2U« Oil to 22s fid, medium. !8s fid to 20s, cow and inferior beef Ids Od to 18s.

There was ~ medium yarding of store cattle. Yearlings made £1 2s, 15 [o IS-niouths sorts £1 14s to £2, two-vear steers i' 32s (Id to £3 3s Od, two-'vear heifers £2 2s lo £2 10s, three-year : steers £0 Is, three-year heifers £4 2s, dry cows £1 to £3 lis. Dairy eow s wore a mixed lot of only fair quality. Best quality were in good demand, but poorer sorts' were neglected. Representative prices ranged "from £3 10s to £8 7s Od.

Fat pigs were yarded in comparatively small numbers, but there was a very full yarding of stores. Toppers realised to 80s, heaVy baconcrs 5Ss to 05s, lighter 48s to 57s—equivalent to 4%d per ft; heavy porkers made 40s to 475, and lighter from 35s to 39s—equal lo from a'/nd to 5%d per lb. Considering the large entry, stores sold very well, but the demand for smaller sorts was not so keen as at the previous sale. Good stores made 2Ss to 345. and medium 22s lo 275; small stores made 12s, and «ood sorts to 21s.

DUNEDIN. At the llurnside stock market 1922 sheep were yarded only a medium entry, including about 200 hotels Wethers wen,' i„ largest supply. ""The sale commenced about 2s ahead of ]a=t week's prices, and eased a little lat'r on. A few pens of prime heavy weign's sold well. The reason for the increase was that butchers, getting in only a scarce supply last week, had to 'buy ram a scanty yarding. Best wether's las to 18s, extra In 21s 9,1, medium to I Rood 12s Od lo 14s; an extra pe n n' ewes brought lfis lid. others 7s to 13s. _ Cattle.—2l2 yarded, an average yarding of prune quality. I'rices we're a little easier than last week's. Best bui-

locks £lO to £ll lfla, extra to £l2, i medium to good £8 10s to £0 10s; best cows and heifers to £7, mediuui £4 10s to £5 10s. Pigs.—l3o yarded. The yarding wak made up mostly of stores and slips, which sold well up-to last week's rates. Therp was <»ood demand for aTFeorts. Suckers 13s to 18*, slips 18s to 225, stores 24s to 345, porkers 38s to 445, light baconers 46s to 50s, heavy 52s to 00s. WEST COAST. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that at their Huntcrville sale on Tuesday tfiey hud a fair yarding, and everything sold undc r the hammer. Prices were as fo.low:—Ewes and lambs 13s fid, store cows £2 4s, heifers £2 10s; steers, twovenr £3 as (id, two and a-half year £3 *l7s Od; three-year bullocks £4 10s, bulls 345.

Messrs. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd., report o:i their Otaki sale as follows; Medium yarding of sheep and cattle came forward, and sold at the followhg rates;— Fat cattle £7 7s, light fat wethers 15s, forward wethers 13s Od, ewes 13s.

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.,«report | as follows:—At Wanganui on Bth September we had a small yarding of sheep and cattle, some entries not coming forward on account of rough weather. We made a good clearance at full rates. At Waverley on 10th September only * small yarding came forward, and competition was quiet. Prices for cattle showed a decline. Quotations:— Wanganui: Medium mixed hoggets lis, cull hoggets lis, 18-months to two-year steers £2 10s od, small do. £2 13s «d, store (tows 30s Od to 39s od, springing cows £4, springing heifers £3 Is to £4 fis, mixed wcaners 255. Waverley: Aged ewes and lambs 12s to 15s, wether hoggets lis 3d, springing cows £4 5a to £4 10s, springing heifers £5 2s Od forward empty cows £2 14s Od to £2 10s. ■ ' . Messrs. Abraham and Williams, LH., report on their Masterton stock' sale, held on Tuesday, as follows:—A small yarding of stock met with a dull sale. Prices realised were as follow:—Sheep: Wethers 13s lid to 14s lOd, good hoggets lis 2d. ewes in lamb 12s Bd. CattU: Forward cows £3 ss, springing cows £5 10s, two-year steers £3 16s, 18months steers £2 10s. Horses: Ponies

£3, hacks £7. Pigs: Weaners 14s to 16s «d.