COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 59, 18 June 1910, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

XEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Thursday, the Dth inst., I held a cleaving sale on account of Mr. •!. 11. Richardson, at Riverlea. There was a big attendance of 'buyers, and the cows being in good condition and early culvers were in good demand and sold well. For the backward cows, however, of which there was a fair proportion, the demand was not so keen. Early calvers made £7 10s to £ll 15s, date do. £5 10s to £7, backward and empty cows £3 15s to £5, yearling heifers (Jersey cross) £3 4s to' £3 15s, Jersey weaners £2 His, «riute Jersey 'bulls £7 .is to £l2, yearling bulls £1 10s to £2 Gs (fcl, 3-year-old mare (unbroken) £2G. 2-vear colt £lO, 3-year colt £l4 10s. filly £O, 'brake £35, drill £2l, discs £7 .is. d.i. .plough £5, harness £4 2s fid. Furniture and sundries sold at usual rates. On Friday, 10th inst., .1 held a clearing sale on account.of Mr. L. W. Huwjler, at Eltham. The cows were a good lot and sold readily at the following rates: — Early calve'rs £7 lfls to £9 17s Gd. late do. £3 15s to £G ss, springing heifers £4 15s to £5 10s, 'bull- £B, mare £2O, 3-year filly £l4, 2-year do. £lO, dray £0 10s, .p'igs 8s (id,* sows 27s 0d to 37s Gs. Sundries sold at usual rates. At the I-Jaymar-ket on Saturday 'out few .pigs were penned, for which the following prices were realised: —Weaners 4s to lis (id, store Lis to 16s Gd. '

At Urenui on Monday steers made 335, weaner heifers 345, empty heifers £2 13s to £3 3s. store cows £2 10s to £2 15s, forward do. £3 5s to £3 12s 6d, springing cows £5 7s 6d to £7 2s Gd, springing heifers £5 2s Gd to £5 15s. 2-year steers £3 Is f!d to £4, 3-year do. £5 12s Gd, hulls £2 3s; lambs Bs. At Stratford ;on Tuesday weaners made 28s to 3(is Gd, yearling heifers (good quality) £2 10s, empty heifers £3 to £3 8s Gd" 18-months steers £3 2s (id to £3 7s Gd, 18-inonths to 2-year steers £3 lis, 2-year steers (forward) £4 6s, store cows £1 14s to £2 18s, forward cows £3 4s to £3 15s, cows in calf £4 to £5, fat cows £4 lis Gd to £5 7s, springing heifers £4 19,s to £G, bulls £2 to £2 16s.

At Stony River on Wednesday weaners made 28s to 3!!s Gd, weaner steers £2 2s, empty heifers £3 3s'to £3 8s Gd, store cows *£2 15s to £3 Is, forward cows £4 Os Gd, in-calf heifers' £4 13s Gd to £4 15s, springing heifers £G, 18months to 2-year steers £3 10s, buggy and harness £2O, nine acres turnips £l9 ss. MATTHEWS AND BENNETT'S REPORT.

A rather small sale on Wednesday last, and prices were good in spite of the rough weather were as follows: — Bulls, £1 18s 6d to £5 7s; stores, £1 14s to £3 7s; in calf, 'heifers, £4 10s to £5 15s; spring carvers, £2 to £4 17s; empty heifers, £2 18s 6d; springing cows, £4 16s to £5 ss; calves. 27s to 36s 6dj yearling heifers, £2 15s 6d; do., steers, £2 Is Bd. OUTSIDE MARKETS. WANGANTJI. ' Messrs Dalgety and Co. report:—At Wanganui we had a good yarding of sheep and a small yarding of cattle. Sheep were in good "demand, prices for breeding ewes being (better than we have experienced for some time. A line of 1300 wethers offered on account of Mr. iH. V. Hammond realised Ms. Competition for fat cattle was veiry .keen, top prices being realised. We qasote: Forward' wethers 13s lid, 14s t© 15sj fullmouth ewes in lamb 10a, lis lei to 12s !)d; mixed lambs 8s Id. Cattle: Fat bullocks. £8 10s to £9, fat beifers- £5 14s, fat cows £5 16s, light heifers £4, store cows £2 13s to £3, forward cows £4, mixed hand-fed weaners 37s 6d, springing heifers £5 4s. I • MASTERTON. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report tßiat at their usual fortnightly sale fleiir at Masterton, they offered a good yarding of both sheep and cattle. Quotations: Empty ewes 7s Id, 7s 3d, 7s 9d; very for- ' ward'empty ewes 9s 9d to 10» 8d; ewes] j in lamb (backward condition) 3s lOd, 4s, ' 5s 3d; better-conditioned lots 8s Id to j 8s 9d and 9s 2d; one line of good-condi-tioned f.rn. ewes brought up to lid 7d; two and four-tooth' wether* 12s 7<t; j two-year steers £3 18s, £4 4s to £4 12s (id, 'springing heifers £4 45,. springing ] cows £4 Is, cows in profit £5 17s Od, empty heifers' £3 to £3 4s. JOENSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report at their sale held at "Johnsonvillcthis week:—A full enquiry of ox beef I and fat sheep met with good enquiry. i Prime bullockes made from £ 9 2s (id to- , £9 17s Od, medium bullocks £8 17s 6d.. ' light unfinished bullocks £6 10s to £7 7s ; (id, prime heavy wethers 21s, good weth- ' ers 18s tid to ills, best ewes 15s 4<l to losi lid, medium ewes 14s to 14s 9d, lambs ; lis l'Od to 12s Id. j ADDINGTON. Store sheep—Forward lambs brought 10s to 12s, medium 9s to 9s Od, smaller 6s 9d to 8s Oil, good shorn 9s i)d. forward wethers 14s to 15s, wethers lis Id to 13s Od. Lambs—Tegs sold tip to 19s 6d, ordinary freezing weights 13s Od to llis 3d, light and unfinished 10s to 13s. Fat sheep—Prime Wethers 17s (id to 2-2s 9d, others 14s 9d to 17s, prime ewes 10s to !Bs, .medium 13s (kl to 15s 6d, aged and light 9s to 13s, merino ewes (is Id to 8s 2d. j Beef—Steers £6 to £lO 10s, extra to | £l2, cows £5 to £8 ss, extra to £lO I Cs (equal to 24s to 26s for prime, 21s to: I 23s for medium, and 18s to 20s for cow and inferior, per 1001b). Veal calves formed a good yarding and sold at 4s (id to 355, according to size and quality. A small yarding of cattle found few buyers at auction. Fifteen and 18montlis sorts made 325, and dry cows 30s and £3 10s. A line of three-year steers

was passed at £5 15s. Dairy tows were in good demand at £3 HI.- ami UlO 7s Gd, and extra at fll 17s 0,!. There was a medium supply of fat pigs, which met with improved demand,' hut stores wre dull of sab'. Choppers sold to £3 15s, large'baeoiter.-. 47s to 50s. smaller 3Ss to 45s,'large porkirs ;IU to 3(is, smaller 25- to 30s icnn! U> -i-'/id to 4'/»d per lb), good moi'o \'r- to 28s, weaners 4s to 8s :.'d. BI'RXSIDE. At llarnside stock market IGS fat cattle were yarded, the quality of which w:vs only fair. 'Competitive was keen and prices were maintained at last week's rates . Best bullocks, £lO 10s to £ll ss, medium £8 10s to £9 ss, inferior £7 to £7 10s, good cows and heifers £7 to £B, extra £0 10s. medium £5 15s to £G 10s, inferior £4 15s to £5 15s. Fat sheep—22so penned, constituting a medium yarding of fairly good quality, with odd pens of .prime ewe- ami wethers. Competition was good, and prices were much the same as last week's. Best wethers 20s to 22s Gd. medium 17s 6d to 18s 9d. medium 14s. 6d to 15s Gd, inferior 9s Gel to lis,