COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 12, 8 July 1911, Page 3

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NK'if lON KINC'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Oa Wednesday, June 28, I held a clearing littli' at. Curd ill' oil account of Mr. L. Terry, when there was a fair attendance, and the cows, which were mostly young and early culvers, sold readily. Early culvers, good condition, made from .€0 10s to IDs, later £4 to .CO, store cows £i2 to £3 2s (id, bull £4, weaners 38s (id.

At Rowan on June 29, at Mr. F. W. York's clearing sale, there was a good attendance of buyers, and the stock, which were in good condition, brought full market rates. Early culvers £0 15a to £lil- os, later £4 15s to £6 ss, forward cows £3 10s to £3 los, bull £2, weaner heifers £2 .'is, weaner steers 21s, young sows 20s to 22s (id. weaner pigs 7s (id, bay gelding £22 10s, dray £2 10s. Sundries sold at usual rates.

At, .1. Whittington's clearing sale on the Finnertv road on June 30 a fair nuin-, her attended, and the stock, especially the cows showing quality and the young heifers, sold well. Early calvers, good quality, made up to £l2 10s, later £5 2s to £(i ss, very late, empty and poor-con-ditioned £2 15s to £4. bull £0 His, 18months to 2-vear heifers £3 2s Gd, weaner heifers 38s (id, chestnut filly £2O 10s, hack £8 15s, Shetland pony £B, lambs 5s od, sow and litter £2 12s (id, young sows 335, dray £ll. Os, jack £1 7s fid. Sundries sold well.

I held a clearing sale on Monday. July 3 at Robson road on account of Mr, If. H. Baber, when there was a good attendance and the stock realised good prices. Early calvers made £8 10s to £ll. later £4 to £6, very late and store cows 32s (id to £3 10s, bulls £2 os to £2 15s. springing heifers £4 to £(i 7s fid. yearling heifers £2 4s, 18-months to 2-year heifers £3, hack £7 as, draught mare £24, gelding £24 10s, sow ,£4 12s fid to £5 12s (id, boar 30s, dray £8 10s, buggy £5 10s. At the same place I sold on account of Mr. YV. 11. Rogers a few dairy cows which although poor quality and late, realised up to £0 10s; 2% to 3-year heifers £3 10s to £4 10s, store cows £2 10s to £3 os.

On Tuesday. July 4, I held a most successful sale at Rahotu on account of Mr. D. M. Stringer, when there was a good attendance, and both the live and dead stock sold well. The cows were a good lot, nearly all early calvers, and prices were uniformly good. Early calvers made £6 10s to £lO 15s. 'later and aged £4 10s to £6 ss, springing heifers £7 17s (id, 2-year heifers £3 13s, mare £l7 10s, dray and harness £lB, gig ."'id harness £2B, weaner pigs Bs, sow £-. plough £5. Forty-seven shares in the Rahotu Dairy Co. sold for £lB 1.65. At Rahotu sale on' the same day there was a large yarding, but prices for yoa-tg cattle were not as strong as at the pr," vious sale. Mixed yearlings made 2U r.o 395, yearling steers 28s to £2 2s, yearling heifers 30s to £2 3s (id. 18-months heifers £2 12s (Id to £'2 15s, 2-year heifers £3 Gs, springing heifers £(>'9s, store cows £2' to £2 10s,' forward cows £3 l'iis. springing cows £5 to £ti 10s. fat cows £O, bulls £2. Four choice voung Holstein bulls sold on account of Mr. R. Morrow realised 13 to 18 guiineas; eight yearling Holstein heifers C2 14s (id.

On the same day I held a clearing sale at Stratford on account of Mr. James Yandle. The few cattle sold were mostly purebred to pedigree Jerseys, and realised good prices. Pedigree cow, Acushla, 40gns„ Caroline, 34gns., Wild Wood 33'/' gns., Gipsy Queen 18gns., Queen Mary 19 gns.; ordinary cows £7 to £lll 10s, later £5 to £6 ss, store cows £3 to £3 5s grade yearling heifers £2 14s, springing heifers £9 15s, pedigree Jersev bnlls°B l A to ll%gns.

On Wednesday, July 5. I held a clearing sale at Tataraimaka on account of Messrs Wilkinson and Son, when there was a good attendance. All early calvers were well competed for, but good and backward were not so saleable. Sundries sold at fair prices. Early calvers brought from £6 5s to £9 10s, later £3 15s'to £5 15s, old cows £2 os to £:t ,Is. 2-vear heifers £3 2s. springing heifers £5 r>s weaners 245, sow £3 2s (id. "cldiii" £■>]' pony £7, dray £8 15s. ' - - •

MATTHEWS AND BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a good entry of cattle in their lnglewood yards on Wednesday last, and most lots changed hands at the fo'llowmg prices:—Calves, £1 5s t 0 £] jg g K? rli nT; £ ' 2 2s 3d: eni P^ £- 14s> Gd to £3 9s; store cows, £■? .L * £ A 15s: £4 •» to £8 ss; fat cows, £,i Is to £0 (is Gdt.m. ewes, 5s lid. '

At the horse fair on Friday, about horses were offered, and a good number sold. Draught horses made from £2O to £42; harness horses, £7 to £l4 10s; hacks, £4 to £l3; unbroken hacks, £ll 10s to £ls: weeds, from "s Od to £2.

At Mr. Shegadeend's sale there was a good attendance of buyers, and everything sold well. Cows made from £5 to £lO ss; bulls, £4 12s fid to £6 horse, £l2 10s; separator plant, £27 7s; furniture and sundries at fair prices.

N.Z.L. & M.A. CO.'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report:—

On Friday, June 30, we held our opening sale in our Kohuratahi saleyards. which were built by the well-known contractor, Mr. (Jeo. Sangster, 011 the most approved plan for easily handling stock, Australian jnrrah timber being used. The yards are situated on a nice piece of land purchased from Mr. R. f). Hight anil will be adjacent to the Kohuratahi railway station when constructed. The yards contain 50 pens, capable of holdin« 500 head of cattle and SOW sheep, with several large pens for iargo lilies of sheep. There is plenty of room for extension when further accommodation is required. These yards were built at the request of a large number of farmers in a. petition sent to the company, and this request was supported by the 'law num. her present at the sale, about 140 farmers atteiidiug.some from Tutu. Mungaroa Tokirima, and from as far as Taumarunui. The weather turned out line, and Mrs. night supplied a splendid lunch which was relished liy those partaking of the same. It is quite apparent that Kohuratahi will be the centre of .the sheep and cattle trade in the near future as there is splendid accommodation in every way and there are several main roads leading to this centre, and once the railway reaches there it will be (he most convenient centre for liandlin» stock and also goods. The yardim- 0} stock was not so good as anticipated owing to several slips on j)ie roads! which prevented farmers bringing in their sheep and cattle, and the roads generally being in bad condition, which is' usual at. thi, time of the year. However, we yarded 350 head of cattle and 100 lmnb? most of which were sold at the following prices:—Weaners 21s to .Us. for medium quality: 18-months steers |!d |. O 1 .is (id. for a very fair line; cows, low condition, 71s; empty cows, (IDs (, 0 !).«• fat and forward cows. 97s lid to H7s(lain- cows. 107s (Id; springing heifers, I'.ward. 90s; medium qua lil v 102s (Id! A line of lambs, small and backward' realised 9s 2d. , - '

On, Monday lust we held a -clearing sale on account of Mr. E. J. Blick, of Salisbury road, and there were about 00 to 1100 people present, including fanners in the district and several buyers from j Mangatoki, F.ltham, Cardiff and Stratford. Considering that a number of the cows were, in milk and others late calvers, there was a keen demand, and the following prices were realised: —Cows, in milk and backward, 120s, while those showing quality and Jcrsey-llolstein cross made up to '2oos, the cows making an average of 170s, A bull realised 85s, and a horse, rising two years, £22. We also offered on account of .Mr. A. Fenwick four dairy cows, useful sorts, but while Mr. Femvick assured the public that they were not culls, the bidding was not keen and prices realised from lliOs to 140s, with an average of 1255; two bulls on account of the same owner realised 555.

In our Stratford yarns on Tuesday Inst we held our usual fortnightly sale, and yarded 450 head of cattle and 555 sheep. Cattle were very much duller, more especially weaners, while good dairy heifers were keenly competed for, and we cleared the sheep to clients' advantage. Prices realised were as follows:—Weaners, small and weedy, 15s to 20s; fair to good, 26s to 355, while a nice line of Jersey heifers made 40s; store cows, light and low condition, 43s to 70s; empty heifers tins fid; forward cows, 105s to 115s; dairy cows, 150s to 1755; a line of 20-month heifers in calf, in low condition and small, made 52s (id; and an-j other line of 2-year-old heifers in calf made from Uss to 122s fid. M nice line of dairy heifers on account of a local client made up to 1555. ■;

SOUTHERN* MARKETS, ADDING T01?.,

Store sheep—Best hoggets 10s fid, medium 9s to 9s 9d, small half-bred wether hoggets 7s, culls 4s fid to (is fid; medium ewe hoggets Us lOd, crossbred wethers li3s to 13s 3d, half-bred wethers in low condition 9s 9d, four and six-tooth ewes 14s, f four, six and full-mouth half-bred ewes (an exceptionally good line) 16s 4d to I.Bb sd, two-tooth ewes 15s 4d, aged «nd in low condition Os 4d to (h (id.

Fat sheep—The range of prices was: Extra prime wethers to 455, prime 18s Od to 24s 9d, medium 16s to 18s, light 13s to 15s 6d, extra .prime ewes to l£s 3d, prime 15s 0d to 20s 3d, medium 10s to 15s, aged and light lis to lis 9d, merino wethers 12s Id.

Beef- Steers made £7 to £ll 10s, extra to £h, heifers £5 17s 6d to £8 10s, extra to £l3 17s fid, cows .£4 7s 6d to £9 (equal to 22s Sd to 20s 6d for prime, 28s for extra, 20s to '22s for medium, and 19s to 19s 6d for cow and inferior per 1001b), 1

There was an average varding of veal calves, and they made from 4s Gd to 555, .and extra well grown to £5 2s fid. Store cattle—ls to 18-months sorts made 36s to £2 17s Gd, good two-year steers £4 ss, two-year heifers £3 6s, three-year steers passed at £7 2s Gd, dry cows 37s (Id to £3 14s 6d.

Dairy cows sold well, prices rangin" from £3 10s to £9 ss. °

Fat pigs—Choppers sold up to £5 ss, and two extra prime maiden Berkshire .sows made £8 and £0 respectively. Heavy baconers realised 47s 6d to 555, lighter 3(is to 45s (equal to 4d to 4y 4 d per lb), large porkers 30s to 345, lighter 25s to 28s (equal to to -I'/od per lb). There was a good demand for store pigs, especially breeding sows. Large stores made 22s fid to 28s, medium 14s to 20s, small 4s to 7s.

BURNSIDE. At Burnside stock market tile fat cattle ynrding was below the average in numbers?, only 150 being permed; The demand was brisk, at an advance of 10s per head on last week's prices. Best bullocks brought £l2 10s to £l4 ss, medium £lO 10s to £ll 10s, light £7 15s to £lO, best cows and heifers £lO to £ll 10s, extra heavy £l4 17s 6d, medium £8 10s to £9 10s, light £5 10s to £7 ss.

Fat sheep—There was again a large yarding, 4695 beilig penned. A large portion consisted of prime freezing sheep, for which there was splendid sale. Heavy-weight ewes and wethers were also well competed for. Heavy-weight wethers brought 21s to 24s .Id,'medium 18s to 20s 3d, light and inferior 13s to 17s, best ewes 18s to 21s 9d, medium 15s to 17s, light 9s 9d to 13s fid. Fat lambs—There was a most satisfactory sale, the large yarding of 3227 being, strongly competed for by buyers for export. The quality was above*the average. Extra heavy-weights brought 22s to 24s Gd, heavy-weights 17s 9d to 19s fid, medium 15s to 17s 3d, light and inferior lis 9d to 14s 3d.

MARTON. ' Messrs Dalgety and Co.. Ltd. report: At our Marton sale on July 4 a very good yarding came to hand* consisting principally of hoggets, for which the demand was good, and all lines sold at satisfactory prices. Quotations: Small mixed hoggets to 5s 7d, wether hoggets (medium sorts) to 7s Bd, better class wether hoggets to 9s, mixed hoggets 9s 6d to Ds 7(1, very fair ewe lambs to 10s Od, small two-tooth wethers to lis fid. We have also to report having held a clearing sale on July 4 on account of Mr. W. J, Harris, of Fitzherbert West. Buyers were present from all parts of the district, and competition was good for early-calving cows. Backward calvers were practically neglected. Following is a list of prices realised: Early calvers £0 10s to £lO 2s Gd, late calvers £5 to £fi ss, heifers in calf £5 to £5 15s, Jersey-cross weaner heifers £3, Shorthorn cross do. £2 10s, bulls £■> 12s fid to £3 12s fid.

JOHNSONVILLE, Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale 'as follows:—A good entry of rather plain bullocks came forward, and sold equal to kte rates. Sheep were in very heavy supply, and wore easier in price. A consignment of prime heavy sheep from .Mr. F. S. McKae, of Palmerston North, realised high prices. Best bullocks £9 10s to £9 17s (id, lighter £8 17s Gd to £9 ss, lighter £8 ,is to £8 12s .(id vealers 39s to 425, good wethers 17s Gd' to 17s Bd. light weathers 16s 3d, prime ewes 15s 7d to Ifis od, good ewes 13s ind to 14s, good lambs 1:1s 3d.