COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 41, 28 May 1910, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Saturday at the Haymarket a quantity of timber was sold, but prices were slightly lower than at the previous sale. A fair number of pigs were penned and sold at the following rates: —Slips 3s Gd to 5s tkl, weaners 4s 6d to 7s Od, stores 13s fid to 18s, porkers £1 4s Gd, mare £5 10s,

On Monday I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. J. L. Arndt, of Tataraimaka. There was a large attendance ot buyers, and the cows being mostly young and in good condition, satisfactory prices were realised. Early ealvers made £0 las to £8 15s late 'ealvers £4 2s Od to £0 10s, bull £3 -2s 6d, sows £2 to £2 15b, store pigs 14s Gd, horse £l3 10s, dray £7 15s, gig £l2, disc harrows £4 ss. Sundries and furniture said at usual rates.

On Tuesday, 10th inst., I neld a very successful clearing sale on account of Mr. A. Ridd, of \vaipuku, when there was a large attendance of buyers. The cattle were chiefly in-calf Jersey heifers. Being a nice lot and looking well, they sold at the following prices:—2 to 2y 2 -year heifers (early ealvers} £7 to £9 10s, do. (late ealvers) £5 5s to £6 ss, 20-months in-calf heifers £3 5s to £5 ss, 20months p.b. Jersey bulls £7 to £8 10s, half-draught black mare £2l 10s, haltdraught .bay gelding £l9 10s, dray £l2 10s, .plough £5 ss, disc 'harrows £G. chain do. £3, cart harness £3 5s to £4 Ms. Furniture and sundries sold at satisfactory prices. ,

On the same day at Rahotu there was a fair yarding. Competition was keen for all classes, and everything sold at the hammer at full market prices. Weaners made 26s 6d to 30s, weaner Jersey heifers £3, in-calf heifers (small) £3 12s, store cows £2 to £3 Is, rorward cows £3 4s to £3 18s, springing cows £6, fat cows £5 14s, bulls £2 7s 6d, stag £3 3s. At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a fair yarding, with a good attendance. The cattle were in good oroer, and.bidding was brisk throughout, practically everything selling at the hammer. Mixed weaners made 25s to 355, yearling steers £2 Is Cd, empty heifers £3 (is 6d to £-3 15s, Jersey do. £4 7s 6d, store-cows £2 15s to £3 4s, forward cows £4 10s to £7, in-calf heifers £4 7s 6d to £4 17s 6d, do. Jerseys up to £6, 2% to 3-year bullocks £5, bulls £3 to £4 2s, stags £3, lambs .(small) 5s Bd, f.m. ewes 6s. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Messrs Matthews and Bennett report a fair j'arding at their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. The attendance was good, and a large percentage of the cattle were sold at the following prices: Store cows £1 17s to £3 (is, spring calvers £2 7s 6d to £6, springing heifers £6 to £0 12s (id, in-calf-heifers £3 4s to £3 6s, 18-moiith steers £2 15s, bull.-, £2 4s, weaners 24s to 37s 6d. OUTSIDE MARKETS. MARTON. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: —At our Mar ton sale on Tuesday there was a fair entry of sheep. Mixed age ewes in lamb 12s 3d. mixed lambs 8s u« to 9s 3d, cull lambs 4s to os 7d, aged ewes 4s (id, woolly lambs !)s 3d, forward ewes 0s 4d, aiged ewes in lamb Bs. JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—We offered a good yarding ot prime sheep and cattle, which sold readily at late rates. Best bullocks £9 17s (id, good bullocks £9 2s 6d to £9 7s 6d. lighter £8 15s, light and plain £7 to £7 l'Os, prime heavy wethers 17s 3d to 18s, good 16s Od, good ewes 14s to 14s lOd, others 13s 9d, .prime lambs lis 9d to 12s 4d to 13s Id. PAHIATUA. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., 1 report on their Pahiatua sale as follows:—We had a heavy yarding of both sheep and cattle, and experienced good competition throughout the sale for all classes of stock. We made practically a total clearance of the whole yarding at satisfactory prices. Quotations: —Forward wethers 13s to 13s 9d, store wethers 10s 7d to lis Id, good ewes in lamb 9s to 12s, f.m. ewes in lamb 4s 7d to 7s, forward empty ewes 7s to 8s lid, store ewes 4s 3d to 6s Kid, good lambs os od to 8s Bd, medium lambs os 3d, small lambs 3s to 4s 7d. Forward bullocks £6 to £6 10s 6d, 3 and 4-year bullocks £5 12s 6d to £5 14s (id, 3 and 3%-year bullocks £4 12s Od to £5 3s, IS-month steers £3 12s to £3 Us. springing dairy cows £4 4s Od to £O, springing heifers to £5 15s, cows in calf £2 7s to £3 15s, empty cows £i 12s to £2 13s, neifers in calf £3 7s 6d to £4 12s, weaners 21s to 28s, cows ami calves £3 2s Gd to £4 Is, empty heifers £2 13s. ADDING TO> T . ■Store sheep—Medium weU-conditioned half-breds 9s 6d, well-grown lambs 8s 9d to lis, medium 7s fid to Bs, culls 5s 7d to 7s, 2, 4 and 0-tooth ewes 10s to iOs od. aged and broken-mouthed'3s 9d to Os. Fat lambs— Ordinary freezers 12s Od to 15s, light and unfinished Ids 4d to 12s. Fat sheep —Extra prime wethers to 20s !ld, prime 15s (id to 18s Od. medium 13s Od to 15s. light 12s to 13s (id, prime ewes 14s to 17s fid, medium 12s to 14s. aged 7s 3d to lis (id. merino ewes (is lOd. Beef—i Steers £7 as to £ll 15s, extra to £l2 12s od, 'heifers £5 7s (id to £S 10s, extra to £ll 7s 6d, cows £4 5s to £8 15s, extra, to £9 10s (equal to 24s for extra prime, 20s to to 22s Od for prime, and 18s to 19s Cd for cow and medium quality beef per 1001b). Veal calves made 40s fid to 655, some well-grown animals being entered. Store cattle—ls to IS-moiiths made 50s, 2V 2 -year steers £5, 3-year neifers £4 10s" dry cows 25s to £5 17s fid. Dairy cows made £4 10s to £8 15s. and extra to £lO.

Pi,<;s—Choppers sold iit alls to 84s, large baconers 45s to 545, smaller 35s to 42s fid (equal to 4d to 4y 4 d per lb); large porkers 31s to 375. smaller 25s to 30s (equal to 4%ft per II)); large stores 24s to 31s Gd, medium 18s to 225, small ils to 10s, weaners 4s bd to 10s. BL'EXSIDE. At Burn-side stock market 200 head of fat cattle were yarded. There was keen demand and prime beef realised from lfls to 15s more than last week. Best .bullocks £lO to £ll, extra prime to €l2 2s (id. medium £8 10s to €0 15s, light €(i 10s to €7 15s. heifers €5 10s to £8 15s. Fat sheep—3s2!) penned, which was far in excess of present requirements. Prime wethers mostly 'held their own. lint ewes suffered to* the extent of 3s per head, and in some cases even more. Prime wethers 18s to 23s fid, extra show -sheep 25s to 355. medium 14s (id to IDs (id. .best ewes 13s to Ids. medium 10s to 12s Gd, inferior 7s 6d to 9s (id.

Tat lambs—A very large yarding, 4101 being penned. Price* for prime lan-ns were on a .par with last week's ra;«s, but medium and inferior were dilimilt to quite. Prime Us to las Gd, extra to 17s Gd, medium 12s Gd to 13s Od, small and inferior 7s Od to 9s Gd.

Pigs—24o .penned. All classes were easier, and there was a very dragging sale. Suckers 3s Gd to 7s, slips !)s to 12s Gd, stores 10s to 245, porkers 2Ss to 345. light baconers 3Gs to 425, heavy do. 44s to 5Gs.