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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 49, 19 August 1911, Page 3

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LONDON MARKETS. ' By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, London, August 17. Silver, 244. i Share Quotations.—Waihi, 57s Gd and (its. NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. [ On the flth inst. I held a clearing sale at Awatuna East on account of Mr. W. Kehely. Although there was not a large attendance, the cows' commanded been competition and realised good prices right through the sale. Early calvers'made £6 10s to £ll, later £4 to £O, heifers £6 to £9, bull £5 ss. At Mrs. Bonner's clearing sale on Skinner road on the 10th inst., there was only a small attendance, and the cows, which were not in first-class condition, did not meet with the same demand as at previous sales. Early calvcrs £0 to £l4, later £4 to £5 10s.

At I'renui on the 11th inst. at my yards, I sold Mr. H. Barnitt's and Mr. C. Musker's dairy herds. There was a good attendance, and the cows, which were in nice condition, and most of them showing good Jersey strain, commanded good prives. On account of Mr. Barnitt, early calvers brought £8 5s to £ls 10s. later £6 to £0 15s, springing heifers £5 5s to £l2 15s. On account of Mr. C. Musker, early calvers made £7 to £l2 10s, later «£5 to £6 10s, pedigree Jersey bull (Dr. Nikola) 36gns. On the same day I held a clearing sale at Tututawa on account of Messrs R. A. and R. B. Brickell, when there was a good attendance, and prices realised were quite satisfactory, considering that the cows were mostly late and very low in condition. Early calvers brought up to £9, later £4 5s to £5 10s, very late, empty and poor-conditioned £3 5s to £3 15s, bull £3 15s, heifers £6 to £6 16s, weaners 28s, yearling heifers £2 Is, yearling steers 32s 6d, four and six-tooth ewes 12s 3d, f.m. ewes 7s lOd, hoggets 5s 9d, store pigs 18s, cart mare £2O, light horses £8 15s to £l2, dray £5 17s 6d.

On Monday, 14th inst., I sold at Parihaka road, on account of Messrs Rutherford and Son, one of their dairy herds. There was only a fair attendance, and the cows, though in somewhat low condition, realised good prises. Early calvcers £6 10s to £ll ss, later £4 10s to £6, bull £5 ss. Sundries sold at usual rates.

On the same day I held a clearing sale at Ma/hoe on account of Mr. E. G. Redhead, when there was a very large attendance of buyers, and the cattle, which were in good condition, and mostly Shorthorn strain, sold well. Bidding throughout the sale was exceptionally brisk, especially for the implements. Prices realised were: Pedigree bull, Silver Pride. 24gns, grade Shorthorn hull Signs., yearling Jersey bull £3 ss, dairy cows in milk and springing £8 os to £l3 10s, later £0 5s to £7 15s, empty £3 7s Gd to £4 14s. A nice line of 18months heifers realised £3 Bs, waggon £35, drill £25. Other implements sold at satisfactory prices. At my usual fortnightly sale at, Rahotu on Tuesday there was a fair yarding, mostly of young stock, which met with a very satisfactory market. Mixed yearling 26s to 31s 6d, do. good quality £2 Cs to £2 lis 6d, yearling steers 30s to 42s fid, yearling heifers £2 Os 6d to £2 fls, store cows £2 10s to £3 7s, forward £3 lfis to £4 14s Od. I The sale of Mr. H. Purdie's herd at Waitara road on Wednesday attracted a very large attendance. The cows, which included a number of good grade Jerseys, were a nice lot, but a fair number were aged. The factory returns for the last two seasons had averaged over £l2 10s per cow, and this fact, added to Mr. Purdie's reputation of having heavily culled, was no doubt responsible for the eagerness of buyers. Bidding from start to finish was very keen anil prices realised were a record for so large a dairy of grade stock. The cows averaged £ll os, and the heifers calved and close to profit £lO 7s. Prices realised were: Grade dairy cows in milk and springing £ll to £11) 10s, late calvers £8 10s to £S Ifls, heifers in milk and springing £6' 15s to £ls 10s, inoalf heifers £4 10s to £ll 10s, empty cows £3 ss, calves 10s to 225. yearling heifers £2 lis to £5 1 Os, pedigree brill (Lord Parkdale) Sgns. On account of Mr. J. Purdie, dairy cows brought £5 10s to £l,O 15s. "(In account of Mr. P. 11. E. Surrey, yearling bulls, Mangaoaia Signs, Major 7 1 / i! gns., Pukerangiora lagns. On account of Mr. L. Jennings, pedigree bull Tahatai 17gns. N.Z.L. & M.A. CO.'S REPORT. The Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report:— i We held our usual fortnightly sale in our yards at Stratford on Tuesday last | when the yarding was smaller than I usual. 402 head of cattle being yarded,l most of which were sold at the hammer or afterwards at the following prices: S Yearling heifers 53s to 565, yearling steers 30s to 40s, 20-month steers up to

S2c, 2-year-old steers 87s fid, store cows 48s to 7.is. fat cows 82s (id to Wis Cd, dairy cows (backward) 80s, forward 200s.

} We offered on account of Messrs Hann Bros, a very nice line of 3-year-old heifers, which met with very keen competition, and realised from 130s to 102s, making an average of 103s. These were Shorthorn-cross heifers, and we consider them the best heifers of their class yet offered in Stratford. We also offered on account of Mrs. Drombroski, Norfolk road, a herd of 17 dairy cows, most of which were somewhat aged, and realised from 60s to 120s. Early calvers of this herd realised from 140s to 185s. During the week we sold a considerable number of hoggets at from 10s Od to lis, and there appears to be a better demand for both wethers and hoggets at present. MATTHEWS & BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report that i there was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, prices being fair. Weaners 25s to 30s, yearlings £2 to £2 4s Od, springers £G to £7 7s Od, dairy cows £5 7s (id to £(i 10s, store cows £3 4s to £4 ss, fat wethers 14s, hoggets 3s 7d. SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. Sheep—Prime wethers 23s to 295, extra to 27s 9(1, others 16s 9d to 19s Od, hoggets 12s od' to 18s lid, extra to 275, prime merino wethers 17s 6d to 21s 3d, extra to 275, prime merino wethers 17s 6d to 21s 3d. extra to 255, nierino ewes 12s 6d. , Store sheep—Two-tooth ewes made 15s Od to 10s 9d, two and four-tooth 10s Bd, four and six-tooth 15s 6d to 10s 6d, ■ and an exceptionally good line of 650//j making 17s 9d to 18s; medium classes lOs Od to 13s od, four, six and eighttooth 13s Od to las 9d, low-conditioned 10s «d to lis od, sound-mouth 10s Od to 12s Bd, failing mouth 7s Od to 8s 9d, aged and culls 5s to 7s 6d, best hoggets (mixed sexes) 12s Od to 13s Id, good ewe hoggets 13s Od, others 10s 3d to 12s, medium mixed sorts 12s Od to 13s 3d, others 9s Od to lis 7d, inferior 0s 9d to Bs, forward wethers 15s 9d, medium 13s 3d, low-conditioned half-bieds 10s lOd, culls 6s 3d. Fat cattle—Steers £7 5s to £ll, and extra to £l7, heifers £5 5s to £l2, cows £5 to £lO 7s Gd (equal ,to 27s Od to 32s for. prime, 35s for extra, 25s to 27s for medium, and 23s 6d to 24s Od for cow and inferior, per 1001b). Store cattle—Yearlings made 40s, 15 to 18-months 45s to £3, tw/>-year steers £4 Is, two and a-half year steers £5 6s (passed), good three-year steers £0 ss, three-year heifers £4 17s Gd, and dry cows 20s to £4 ss. Dairy cows made £3 10s and £8 ss, and extra to £lO.

Pigs—Choppers sold up to 745, large baconers 55s to 655, smaller 45h to 50s (equal to 4%d per lb); large porkers 3(is to 40s, smaller 30s to 34s (equal to 3d per lb). 'Store pigs sold very will, large sorts making 25s to 32s 6d, medium Ills to 235, smaller lis to 15s, baconers 8s to 12s, and sows in pig to 40s.

BURNSIDE. At Burnside to-day IC2 fat cattle were yarded, a fair proportion of which were prime. Prices were, if anything, slightly firmer, all good lines being well competed for. Best bullocks realised £ll to £l2 10s, extra heavy to £ls, medium to good £9 to £lO 10s, light £0 Ids to £B, best cows and heifers £8 10s to £lO, medium to good £0 15s to £7 15s, light £4 10s to £6. Fat sheep—There was a very large yarding, 3790 being penned. At the beginning of the sale prices showed a decline of Is to Is Od per head, but competition, though erratic, was keener towards the end, and prices rose slightly. Freezing buyers were practically out of the market. Best wethers realised 20s to 22s 6d, extra heavy 25s 3d to 295, good 17s to 19s, light 14s 6d to IGs 6d, best ewes 17s to 19s, extra to 17s 3d, good 14s Gd to 16s, light 9s Gd to lis Ofl. Fat lambs—Only 609 were- penned, and met with medium competition. Prices were the same as last week. Best lambs realised 14s to 15s, a few ewe hoggets to 17s 6d, medium to good 12s 6d to 13s fid,' light 9s 6d to lis Od. Pigs—There was a very small yarding of both stores and fat pigs. Suckers and slips were not in demand, but porkers and baconers sold very well. Suckers realised Cs to Bs, slips 9s Od to 15s, stores to 17s, porkers 25s to 355, light baconers 37s fid to 455, heavy baconers to 61s. JOHNSOXVILLE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:— A fair yarding of bullocks and a good one of sheep came forward, and met a good demand. Cattle—Best bullocks £9 10s to £lO, lighter £9 to £9',7s lid./ light £8 15s. Sheep —Prime heavjfi wethers 22s 3d, good wethers IDs 4d to' 20s, light 17s Go), prime heavy ewes 19s Id to 19s 3d, good ewes 17s 6d. i WAIKANAE. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:— At Waikanae on Tuesday a medium entry of sheep and cattle met with a very keen demand, every lot selling readily at prices well in advance of recent quotations. Two and four-tooth wethers 13s to 13s 7d, forward two and four-tooth wethers 13s lid to 14s Id, fat cows £5 10s, store cows 37s fid to £3, yearlings £2 12s fid, weaners 275, heifers in calf £3 12s Od, springing heifers £5 j 5s to £5 17s 6d, springing cows £5 10s J to £7 7s, Jersey bull £3 15s. |