COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 306, 20 May 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

I NEWTON KING'S REPORT. I At the navmarkct on Saturday weaner v p;gs made (is Gil to 9s; stores, 14a to 16b 6d; gig and harness realised .£lO 15s, At Urenui on Monday weaners made 16s to 22s 6d; 18-months steers, ,£2 13s; 18 months heifers, £2 12s; empty heifers £3 2s; forward heifers, £4 4s; 2-year steers, .-£3 17s fid; 2%-year steers, £4 10s 6d; store cows, £3; forward cows, .£3 l)s to £4 9s; fat bullock, £7 3s; 20 acres turnips realised 32s fid per acre. At Stratford on Tuesday there was a fair yarding. Mixed weaners made 12s (is to 17s fid; 18-months steers, £2 Us to £3 lis; 2 1 /4-yenr steer*. £3 las; wcaner heifers, 29s (Id; empty heifers, £2 17s to £3 10s; wcaner steers, 28s; in calf heifers, £3 14s to £5 7s; store cows, 31s (id to £3 Is 6d; forward cows, £3 7s fid to £4; fat cows, £4 IBs to £5 19s; cow in milk, £6 13s: 3- to 3%-ycar bullocks, £5 2s (id; 3-year bullocks, £4 17s; bulls, £2 15s to £5 7s. At Stony River on Wednesday there was a small yarding. Mixed weaners made 24s (id to 28s; in calf heifers, £3 15s to £4 Is; forward cows, £4 2s; fat heifers, £4 7s; springing cows, ,in to £fi 7s fid; 15 acres of turnips with outrun realised £2 5s per acre. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Messrs Matthews and Dennett report that there was a fair yarding of cattle in their Jnglewood yards on Wednesday last. Prices were about the same as at late sales. Calves made 25s to 30s Gd, i in-calf lieifers £4 to £5 fis. springers £5 to £fi, stores cows £2 12» Gd to £3 fis. ADLmNGTON*. Christchurch, May 17. [ Lambs.—Good sorts, 8s to 8s lid; fair, 7s to 7s 9d; small, 3s 9d to 4s 9d; ewe lambs. 10s fid; shorn, fis sd; half-bred wether lambs, Gs 3d; wethers, 10s 6d to 13s 2d; four-tooth ewes, lis (id; six and eight-tooth. Ills Oil; falling-mouthed, 7s to 8s; full and falling-mouth, as to as 6d; aged, 4s. Fat lambs.—Export buyers took 5093 at prices ranging from 9s fid to 20s 3d, the general run heing 13s to 15s, and a number of heavy lambs at 15s Gd to 18s Gd. The top lot of six made 20s 3d, being Wenslev Dale Border Leicester cross. Butchers took 168 at 10s fid to 18s Od, graziers G2 at 8s to 10s, and 772 were passed at Us 3d to 16s 9d. Fat sheep.—Prime wethers 17s to 21s, lighter 12s to lfis Gd, prime ewes 14s to 17s 7il, medium lis to 13s fid, aged and light 5s lid to 10s fid. Fat cattle.—Steers made £S 10s to £ll 12s Gd, extra to £l4 ss, lieifers C 5 as to £S 2s Gd, and cons £5 to £8 7s Gd, equal to 25s to 29s for prime, 22s to 24s fid for medium, and 21s to 21s lid for cow and inferior beef per 1001b. Veal calves made 5s fid to 30s, according to size and quality. Store cattle. —Yearlings 32s fid, 15 and 18 months 40s to 455, two-year steers £3 12s fid to £3 15s, dairy cows £3 10s 8d to £9 17s fid. Pigs.—Choppers sold up to (ids. and some extra large pigs from the Canterbury Agricultural College made up to £5 las, large baconers 45s to 50s, extra i to 71s and lighter 34s to 425, equal to 4d per lb; large porkers 27s to 30s, smaller 2l)s to 255, equal to 4d to 4Vitl per lb; large sorts sold up to 20s. medium 14s to ISs, smaller 8s to 13s, and weaners 4s Gd to 7s. BURXSIDE. Dunedin, May 17. At Rurnside to-day ISO fat cattle were penned, principally medium quality bullocks and heifers. Best bullocks £lO 10s to £ll 10s, extra £l3 10s. medium £8 Ids to £9 10s, inferior £7 to £7 las, best lieifers £7 10s to £B. extra £9 as, medium £6 to £G 10s, inferior £4 las to £5 10s. Fat sheep.—Heavy crossbred wethers 18s fid to 21s Gd, medium weights 15s 9d to 17s, light 14s (id to las. prime heavyweight ewes las to lGs, medium weights 12s to 14s, medium and inferior quality Ss to 10s Gd. Fat lambs.—Best heavy weights 14s to las Gd, one extra heavy pen to 17s. medium weights 12s fid to 13s Gd, light and inferior 10s Gd to 12s. JOHNSONVILLE. Abraham and Williams report: The demand for beef was limited. The entry consisted of bullocks of good quality, and prices ranged from £9 5s to £lO 15s. A good entry of sheep met with a dragging sale, only a few pens of exceptional quality being competed for. Good wethers made 18s Gd and 15s 7d, light wethers 15s, good ewes 14s lOd to 15s 7d, medium ewes, 13s ad to 13s Gd, light ewes 12s to 13s, half-bred ewes 14s to 15s, prime shorn lambs 12s 9d to 13s Id, others, others 8s 7d to 9s, medium woolly lambs lis Gd. MASTERTOX. Dalgety & Co., Ltd., report:—Woolly wether lambs fls Gd to 10s sd, shorn wether lambs 8s Id to 8s 7d, woolly ewe lambs 9s to 9s fid, shorn ewe lambs 8s to Ss 7d, mixed sex woolly lambs 8s fid to 9s 9d, small lambs 2s lid and 3s 7d to fis, full-mouth ewes in lamb 7s 9d to 8s Gd, two and four-tooth wethers lis fid to lis 'Bd, cull ewes to ss, fat cows to £5 55,22 2 -ofT steers £4 7s 6d to £4 15s. WAXGANUL Dalgety &■ Co., Ltd., report.—On Wednesday we had a good yarding of sheep and cattle, but the sale was dull for all classes except fat sheep. We quote: Fat wethers lfis to lfis 7d, fat ewes 13s fid to 14s Id. forward wethers 12s 9d. empty two-tooth ewes 7s, cull two-tooth wethers as, medium lambs 5s Bd, aged rams ss, fat cows (light) £5, store cows £2 17s fid to £3, dairy cows £5 12s fid, springing heifers £5 10s to £5 17s fid. weaners to 325.