COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 73, 16 September 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

- LIVE STOCK SALES. ' NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY RE- ! PORT. On Honda}', Mth inst., I held a very successful clearing sale at Lowgarth on account of Mr. F. 11. Hooper. The cows wore in good condition, and met with very keen competition from the large attendance of buyers present. Young grade Jersey cows made from £S 5s to £l9 10s; later, £5 to £7 10s; empties, £3; springing heifers, £7 to £lO 10s; bull, £10; sows with litter, £4 10s to £>o 2s (id; 'hoar, 255; sundries sold well. On Tuesday, the 12th inst., at my usual fortnightly sale at RaliMu, there was only a small yarding, principally of young stock, which realised good prices. Yearling steers made 30s to £-2 4s; i yearling heifers, £2 Is Od to £2 13s 6d; do. poor condition, 10s to 29 s; spring-, ing heifers, £4 5s to £7 10s <id; store! cows, £3 5s to £3 10s; bull, £4. j On Wednesday, 13th inst., I held a clearing sale on account of Mr. Jus. Allen, at Mr. H. Purdie's farm. Waitara road, where, despite the very wet wea-' ther, there was a good attendance of i the public. The cows were in poor condition, and sold,as follows:—Cows in' milk and close to profit, £5 10s to £lO 15s; empty, £2 8s to £3 10s; bull, £(i | 15s; mixed yearlings (poor), 20s; springing heifers, £5 15s to £8; mare, £27; gelding, £l3 10s to £18; calves, 2s !)d to 4s 6d. I

[ N.Z. L. &M. A. CO.'S REPORT. The X. - 7j. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report:— On Friday, Bth inst., we held our second sale in our Kohuratahi yards, when there was a fair yarding of 415 head of cattle and 200 sheep. There was a large attendance of farmers, about 130 being present at the sale, which was a success, most of the cattle and the whole of the sheep being disposed of at the following prices:—Yearling heifers, £2 to £2 !)s; yearling steers, fair quality, £2 3s Od to £2 10s; mixed yearlings, small and low condition. £4 5s to £2 4s; 2-vear steers, £3 Is to £3 14s; 3-year steers, £4 2s to £5 fis; store cows, £2,lfis to £3 10s; empty heifers, £2 10s to £3 10s; springing heifers, £4 10s Od to €5 10s; dairy cows, back-j ward and aged, £5 5s to £5 12s, and j up to £G (is for more forward stulT; j bulls, £3 to £3 ss; hoggets, lis lid to I 12s. Our next sale at this centre will be held on the stli October, when we expect' there will be a good yarding. We held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards on Tuesday last, when we had a fair yarding of 515 bead of cattle, including 23 dairy cows and 38 dairy heifers, most of which were sold at the hammer and afterwards at the following prices. Competition was not quite so keen for springing heifers as usual, owing to those yarded being somewhat small and lower in condition than usual, but anything first class attracted keen competition and realised full values. Steel's, small and inferior, £1 13s Od to £2 (is; and a very nice lin made from £2 8s to £3; yearling heifers, £2 10s Od and a very nice line on account of a Brookes' road client elicited keen bidding, and made up to £3 4s; 2%-year steers, £3 15s to £4; empty heifers, £3 to £3 10s: store cows, £1 lfe to £3 ss; forward cows, £3 7s to £3 12s and up to £3 17s; dairy heifers, forward but in low condi-1 tion, £4 to £5 ss; while anything nice] made up to £9. Our next sale at Strat-! ford will be held on the 201b inst. | We also hold a sale at Te Wera on the j 22nd inst, when we hope to have a good yarding.

MATTHEWS AND BEXXETT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a fair entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, prices being about the same. Yearlings, £2 3s to £2 19s; store cows. £2 12s to £3 Ids; bulls, £4 17s (id to £fi 10s; springing heifers, £5 to £0; springing cows, £5 to £S; yearling Jersey heifers. £3 4s to £3 Bs.

ALDINGTON. Cbristehurch. September 13. Store Sheep: Ewes, medium, 2, 4, and 6-tooth sorts, made 13s to 14s !ld; 2, 4, and (j-tooth owes, with lambs, 8s 9d to 9s Ad, all counted; aged ewes with good lambs, 9s; very forward wethers, 10s ()d to 17s 3d; medium, 12s to 13s: wether hoggets fetched up to lis: ewe hoggets to 13s, and one extra good line rose to I (is 2d. Lines of mixed sexes made from 10s lOd to 12s lid; sound-mouth merino wethers made 7s 4d, and soundmouth merino ewes, in himty, (is (id. Fat lambs: The prices ranged from 7s (id -to 21s.

Fat sheep: Extra prime .wethers, to 30s (id; prime. 21s (id to 245; others. lfls LOd to 21s; prime ewes, 17s !M to 245; others, 14s to 17s: merino wethers, 15s 6d to lSs Sd; hoggets, 15s to 17s 7d.

Fat cattle: Steers realised £7 7s fid to £l3 2s.(id; heifers, £5 17s (id to £l2 .■10s; dry cows, £5 to £l3 10 s: prime steer beef fetched 27s to 335; extra, to 3(is; medium, 25s to 2fls:' cow and inferior beef. 24 s Od per 10l)lb. Store cattle: Yearlings made £1 lis; 15 to 18-months sorts, £2 10s to £3 lis; 2-year steers, £4 ,8s to £f 18s; 2-year heifers, £3 7s <!d to £1! 13s; 3-year steers, £5 12s Gd' to' £(i , r >s; 3-vear heifers. ,C 5 2s Cd; dry cows. £1 10s to £3 10s.

Dairy tows: For the best class tliorn was good demand, and priec.s ranged from .C's Ids to €7 15s: •

Yealers: Prices ranged from 7s fid for small sorts to £2 as for well-grown animals.

I'ijM: Choppers' -fetched ;t o ,-C4 7s: heavy liaconers. 55? and 711.<; lighter kinds. -15s to 52s Od (or eipial to 3d to ■"> 1 /[d per Hi). Heavy porkers made ;i2s fid to 37s (id, and lighter descriptions, "25s to ,Ws (or equal to Ti'/id to fl'/.,d per 111). Tliere was a large entry of store pigs, and (lie demaiid easier. Large stores made '22s to 255; medium, 18s to 21s; anil small sorts. 12s to His.. Weaucrs were in full supply, and changed hands at (is to !)s. JOLIXSDX VILLI'.. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale, held on Wednesdav, as follows; Cattle and slice)) on mi' forward in good supply, and sold well at late rales. Prime heavy 'bullocks. CIO 17s (ill io ,011 2s (id: prime bullocks. ,CIO 5s ti.i ill) 12s (id: vealcrs. 28s lo Has; prime wethers. 21s t0.21s (id: prime ewe*. 2Us 2d to 20s 7d: prime spring lambs, 15s to 15s lid. TTRXSTMS.'

Dunedin. September Li.

At llunisidc to-day 11)0 fat cattle were yarded, a large proportion of which were very prime quality. Prime bullocks. £ll 10s lo CI2 IM-; extra heavy, to ~1)15 ss; medium lo good. tIS 111-, to .HID Ills: light, ,Ui 5s lo L' 7 15-: prime cows iiml heifers, C 7 15s to L'!l: meiliuai. .(J 0 lo £7 os; inferior. I'.'i to .C.'i 15*. Pat shcco: Light wclher- and ewes showed no cl;;:ngr. Prime Willie:'-. 2.'ls lid to 2(is !)ii: medium !o yood, Ills to 22s (id; light, 15s t.o 18-; best ewes, 2Ds to;24s fid; medium, 17s 3d to If)s : liir|,t •143 to Ids.

\ Fat lambs: Eleven nice quality spring J lambs, the first of the season were { penned, and sold under brisk competition j from 20s to 30s. j Pigs: One hundred and eighty yarded. I There was a large number of stores for- ( ward, for which there was good competition, but prices were somewhat easier, as compared with last week's rates. Pork- • ers, baconcrs, and choppers met with ready sale at prices on u par with last week's rates.