COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 154, 8 October 1910, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday I held a clearing sale at Omatn, on account of the Rev. Allanson. Purebred English Leicester ewes in lamb, 4, 6 and f.f.m., made 26s 3d; Leicester hoggets 14s M, crossbred ewes and lambs l'GsT Shropshire ewes and lambs, 4, 0 and f.f.m., 245; p.b. Leicester rams, 3% to 3% guineas; do. hoggets, 2 guineas; Shropshire rams, 1% to 2 guineas; s.f. plough £3 16s, tine harrows £3 lfis, woof press £l2 2s Od, 18-months steers £3 I:7s (kl. cow in milk £6 ss, springing cows £9 12s Gd, half-draught mare £l6 10s. Sundries sold at usual rates. At Urcnui on Monday there was a good yarding. Weaners made 27s 6d to 30s, yearling steers £2 9s to £3, empty heifers £3 18s 6d to £4 Is, store cows £3 to £3 14s Od, forward do. £4 to £4 7s; fat cows £6 4s to £6 9s, springing heifers £4 7s 6d to £6 2s Gd, 18-months steers £3 18s, 2y> to 3-year bullocks £5 10s, 3-year do. £6. Dairy cows on account of Mr. Jas. Hutchins realised from £5 15s to £8 for early calvers, later do. £4 2s Gd to £5 7s 6d. At Stratford on Tuesday, owing to the very wet weather, there, was only a small yarding of store cattle. Yearling heifers' made £2 Ms to £3 2s, empty heifers £3 15s to £3 18s 6d, do. forward condition £4 7s Gd to £4 Bs, store cows £3 4s to £3 10s, 2'/ 2 -year steers £5 2s, bulls £4 Gs.

There was a fair yarding of springing heifers and cows in the dairy yards, and the demand being keen, nearly everything was sold at the following prices:—Springing heifers (close up) £6 10s to £8 12s 6d, later do. £4 5s to £G, dairy cows (close up) £7 to £O, later do. £4 16s to £5 10s.

i On the same day I held a sale of pedigree Jersey bulls in the Haymarket, Stratford, when there was a good attendance of buyers. Some of the bulls were 1 very low in condition, and everything being considered, good prices were realised. A 2y,-year hull of Mr. SaywelPs "Pride of Miinganui" was sold for 27gns to Mr. E. Long, Manaia; Mr. C. S. Gatton to Mr. Rua, "Jersey King," 25y 2 gms; C. Mumby to Messrs Tate and Barnsley, "Flo's Cherry," 22 1 / 2 gns; six bulls on account of Mr. R. J. Linn to the following purchasers: "Seldom Seen," 33gns, Mr. W. T. Dale; "Ravlight," 40gns. to Mr. C. S. Gatton; "Billy Dew," 30y 2 gns, Mr. H. Lineham; "Happy Jim," lfi'/ggns, Mr. J. Phillips, junr.; "Powelka," 20gns, to Messrs S. George Bros.; four bulls on account of Mr. Paul Hunter, Porangahau, Hawke's Bay, as follows: "Occulist XIV.," 23gns, Mr. J. S. Jones; "Occulist X.," 18gns, Mr. W. G. Thurston; "Occulist XI," lGgns, Mr. J. Stewart; "Specialist II.," Ogns, Mr. A. Hazelton.

At Stony River on Wednesday mixed wieaners made 31s Gd to 335; mixed yearlings £2 14s Gd to £2 17s Od, yearling steers £2 17s Od to £3 2s, empty heifers £3 h3s to £4 4s, store cows £3 5s to £3 10s, forward do. £4 17s Gd, fat cows £5 lis to' £6 Is, 2-year steers £4 ss, springing heifers £5 to £0 8s; springing cows £5 12s Gd to £< ss, bulls £2 2s to £7, 2, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 19s 2d.

L. A. NOLAN i& CO.'S REPORT. We had a small entry of poultry last Saturday. Good quality birds in, eonsequence realised extreme values.' The demand is still very keen and the level of prices ruling lately is, as far as we can see, likely to be maintained.

Fruit has been in poor supply, apples being practically the onlv lines handled. Cabbages, cauliflowers- and a few lettuce have realised distinctly good prices. Poultry—Ducklings (well-grown) 2s 7d, pullets 2s Od to 3s 3d, fat hens 2s Od to 2s 9d, fair 2s 4d to 2s Od, roosters Is to 2s, cockerels 2s 3d to 2s l;ld.

Fruit—Stunners, Tasmanian 10s to !os' Od, Nelson do. 10s Gd; cabbasres 3s Od per j sack, cauliflowers 4s Gd to Gs per sack,! lettuce Is dozen. I On Friday last we Jield a clearing sale' of household furniture on account of Mrs. J. J. Russell. There, was a good attendance of buyers and prices realised were very satisfactory. MATTHEWS AND BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report a fair: yarding of cattle at their Inglewoodl yards on Wednesday last, and in spite of the rough weather, prices were good,' being as follows:—Springing heifers, £4 10s to £5 12s Gd; good do., £G 7s 6d to £8; springing cows, £4 to £5 2s 6d; good do., £6 12s Gd to £7 12s Gd; store cows, £3 Is; bulls,' £2 10s; yearling heifers, £2 7s Gd to .£2 17s ,6d. NEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, HIDE, SKIN AND TALLOW SALES. L. A. NOLAN & CO.'S REPORT. We had an extremely representative and good catalogue of nicies, skins, tallow, etc., to offer for sale on Wednesday,

September 28. There was keen competition and everything was cleared at ruling i rates. In hides .some weights in cows' j showed a distinct rise, this being noticeable in heavy-weights; lights remained at about last month's rates. Ox held at about last month's rates for good-condi-tioned lots, wet lines being inclined to! drag. Skins sold well at a slight ad-j vance on last month's rates, the demand being very keen. Tallow showed a distinct advance of from 30s to 35s per ton.r Sundries sold at late rates. We quote: Hides—Butchers' cow, light o%d to 6%, medium. o'/ 4 d to o%d, heavy o%d to Cj/sd, ordinary about y 4 d to %d less, wet and bad-conditioned 5 3 / s d to 5%d; ox, heavy good 7%d. ordinary GM>d to 7xl, medium 6%d to 7%d.ordinarv to 6i/gd, light o%d to 6%d; settlers' cow, best 5%d to Od, ordinary 5d to 5V 2 d, meaty and cut 4d to sVsd, slippy 2d to 3Y 2 d, settlers' ox od to 5%d, workers' ad' to 5%d, cut and slippy 2 to 4d. Horse hides—Sound lfis to 12s Gd, cut 8s to 10s. slippy 5s to Gs. Yearlings—Ordinary Od to B%d, according to condition and get-up. Calfskins—Best lOd, first and heavies. 0»/ a d to 9%d, second's B%d, thirds, meaty j and small Bd, slippy 6d, cut Gd. Sheepskins—Butchers' full-woolled dry Os 8d to 8s 3d, ranging from 7%d to Sd per lb; part dry Os to 8s Gd (according to condition and weight), shorter wools 5s 2d to 7s 3d (one line fine wools equalled Sy 2 d per lb), salted Os to 7s'7d, spring lambs Is 3d, farmers' dry 3s to I 8s (according to weight and ,<ret-up).l damaged 10d to 4s Od, pelts Id to lOd. Tallow—Casks (five offered) 29s 3d per cwt, tins 20s to 25s Od; horse oil 2s Gd per tin. y 2 d, pieces 5y 2 d to 6y,d, dead wool Gd to 6%d. Sundries—Horsehair Is 3d; tails la 7d. Our next sale will be held on October 2G, 1810. OUTSIDE MARKETS. WANGANtM. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report: At bur Wanganui sale we had a small yarding of sheep and cattle. Sheep were in keen demand, a clearance being

effected under the hammer. Fats were well competed for, all lines changing \ hands at prices in vendors' favor. Cattle maintained late rates. We quote: Mixed fat ewes and wethers 20s 3d, fat ewes ISs (kl to 18s hid, shorn do. 13s Id, shorn two-tooths lis 3d. mixed-age ewes, with KIO per cent. lambs, Ms Sd, ewe hoggets 15s 9d, mixed hoggets (small) 13s Id, forward-conditioned ewes 16s Od. Cattle: Four-year bullocks iJG 12s Od, 3-year do. £5 l'3s Od, 2-year steers £4 to £4 Ss Od, yearling do. £3, run cows £4 2s Od, yearling heifers (Jersey cross) £3 lis, others £3 15s Gd, dairy cows to £5.

JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—We offered a heavy yarding of cattle to a large attendance of buyers. Cattle sold at ruling rates, but sheep were quite 2s per htad easier, owing to the large number available in the country. We quote: Prime bullocks £lO 2s Od to £lO 15s, medium-weights £0 7s Od to £!) 16s, lighter £8 7s Od to £8 17s Od, prime wethers 22s Od to 275. lighter 20s, prime ewes IDs 4d to 20s lOd, medium 10s, prime heavy ewes 22s to 22s Od, lambs 13s to 14s.

ADDINGTON,

At Addiragton ewe hoggets sold up to His Od, wether hoggets to 13s Gd, mixed sorts to 13s Gd, small wether hoggets to !)s !);1, aged ewes and lambs 7s Od to Bs, sound-mouth ewes and lambs Os Od. The entry of fat lambs totalled 137, or rather less than the entry last week. The quality was good, and there was a sharp advance in prices, best sorts making 15s to 18s 3d and smaller l'ls to 14s 6d. The yarding of fat sheep was a comparatively small one. Prime wethers 21s to 20s 3d, extra to 335, lighter 15s 8d to 20.=., prime ewes 10s 3d to 25s 3d, others 13s lkl to 10s, hoggets 16s Id to l'Ss od, prime merino wethers 15s lihd to 21's. •Beef—Steers made £0 H7s Od to £l4 15s, heifers £5 lOs and £lO 7s Gd, cows £4 15s to £ll' ss. The rates were 30s to 335, and in some cases to 355. per TOO lb for prime; second quality 20s, and inferior 26s to 28s. A large yarding of veal calves sold at a decline of 5s per heal in consequence of an over-supply, and prices ranged from 4s to 40s, and up to £4 for yearlingis. Store cattle were dull of sale on account of the dry weather, and prices were easier. Yearlings made .30s to 44s Od, 2-year steers and heifers £4 10s, dry cows £2 lOs to £4 ss. Dairy cows were also sader, and several of the best were passed. Prices ranged from £2 10s to £8 12s Od. Pigs—Heavy haeoners 48s to 60s, lighter 42s to 47s (equal to 4y 4 d per Tb); large porkers 38s to 41s, lighter 28s to '37s 6d (equal to 4%d per lb); lar,ge stores 18s to 22s Od, smaller 14s to 17s Gd, weaners 5s Od to 9s.