COMMERCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 109, 28 October 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

NEW TON KIXG'S WKKk" I,Y UK PORT. On Thursday, October ]O, I held a sale at Okan. when there u,i> a good yarding,, though the sheep ulvertised did ant come forward. There was a good attendance of buyers, but vendors' reserves in most eases were above market value®. Yearling steers made £2 3s; 1.3 to ISmonth steers, £.l ] s; 2-vear do.. £3 17s; ■2Vu to 3-year steers, £5 2s (Id to £5 .is; 3-year bullocks, goojl condition. ,£fi 13s; empty heifers, £3 17s to £4; springing heifers, £3 to £0 .?s; fat sows, £5; forward cows, £4 2s (id; bulls, £2 10s to £4 8s: I On Friday, the 20th.. I held a clearing Rile at Rahotu on account of Mr. C. W.I

Field, when there was a fair attendance of the public, and everything was disposed of at full market rates. Dairy cows at profit and close up made £0 10s to £0 ss; later, £4 10s to £0; old and empty cows. £2 12s Gd to £4: empty heifers, £3 15s; bulls. £3 and £l2 10s; sundries at usual rates. !

On Tuesday, at my usual fortnightly sale at Rahotu, there was a fair yarding. .Mixed yearlings made 3!)s to £2 3s Od; 15-month steers, £2 14s; yearling heifers (Jersey), £3 8s; yearling heifers, £2 0s (id; IS-month heifers, £3 3s to £3 ss; empty heifers. £3 lis; choice 13-month Jersey heifers (empty), £s;' store cows. £2 7s to 3 10s; forward cows, £3 12s Cd to £4; fat cows. £G to .£(! 15s; hulls, £5 to £9. J

On the same day at my Stratford dairyyards there was a fair yarding of dairy stock. Heifers calved made £5 3s to £7 10s; springers, £5 2s Gd to £9; dairy cow, £lO 10s. On Wednesday, the 25th.. I held a clearing sale at Omata on account of Mr. W. J. Gregory, when there was a large | attendance of buyers. Dairy cows, calved and close to profit. £5 to £S 10s; later, £3 5s to £4 10s; [springing! heifers, £4 7s (id to £5 0s; bull, £7; I yearling heifers, £2 4s Od to £3; yearling steers, £2 8s; ewes and lambs, 14s od to 15s 9d; hoggets. 12s 7d; sows and' litters, £2 2s Od to ,£.'! 2> Gd; mare, £5; calves, 9s to 21s Cd; sundries at usual rates. j

At Waiwakaiho on Thursday there was a good yarding, and despite the- wet weather there was a good attendance. Mixed yearlings made 3.">s' to "fls Gd;l yearling steers, £2 7s; yearling heifers, j £2 15s; empty heifers. £3 7s to £3 12s; springing heifers, £4 to £9; store tows, £2 5s to £2 16s 6d; forward cows, £3 7s to £4 7s Oil; dairy cows, £5 to £5 10s; hulls, £4 Is to £5; pedigree yearling Jersey bull. 14gns. On the same day I held a sale of pedigree .Jerseys at my Stratford Havmarket yards, but owing to the wet weather the attendance was small and a number "f the animals catalogued did not come forward. The top price was obtained for the pedigree Jersey cow ''Genoa Daisy," sold on account of Mr. E. O'Meara,* of Waverlcy, which brought 55gns, while her heifer cnlf six .weeks old, on account of the same vendor, brought Sftgns. The majority of the cattle yarded were yearling to 15-month bulls, for which the demand was not keen. On account of Messrs. o'Don.nell Bros, bulls brought 12 to 30gns; on account of Messrs. Vieker and Hazelton, Midhirst, bulls made 11 % to 17gns; on account of W. Say well, 10 to llifeniß; on account Mr. C. Goodson, Hawera, 30gns; on account Mr. -J". Cole, Stratford, lSVagns; on account Mrs. E. S. Asplund, Stratford, 7gns; on account Mr. A. D. Walker, Ngaere, 1 lgns; on account I Mrs. Richmond, Midhirst, 23gns. During the last week I have made thu 1 following private sales:—Mixed yearlings at 359 to £2 12s; yearling steers, £2 1 7s fid to £2 lis; yearling heifers, £2 | 14s; 2 to 2y 2 -year steers, £4 Cs Od; empty heifers, £4 5s to £4 12s Gd;j | springing heifers, £G; five herds of dairy cows at £0 to £lO 10s; 2-vear heifers, £3 10s; fat bullocks, £lo°s> to £11; hoggets, 12s Od to 14s; store wethers, 156 Gd; fat wethers, 20s to 23s 0d: fat ewes, 13s 3d.

MATTHEWS & lIKXXKTT'S REPOUT, l

Matthews and Bennett report that there was ;i very large entry of cuttle in their lnglewood yaril.s on Wednesday lots, most lots changing kinds and prices being on the move. Yearlings made £2 to £2 14*, yeaning* (good) £3 2s (id to £3 Bs. springers £3 to £&„• dairy cows Co to €!», store cows £2 to £3 Mis, steers £3 to £3 2s ~>d, fat cows ,I's Rs, ewes and iambs lOs 3d. LOAN" & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd. (.Stratford branch) report:— On Friday. 2(Hh inst., we held our usual monthly sale in our Tc Wera yards, when there was p. small yarding, owing to the boisterous weather during the few days preceding the sale. Yearling steers (small) realised 34s fid and a fair line 55s (id; yearling heifers 55s (id, 2-year empty heifers 70s, springing heifers 7<ls to 105s.

AVe held our usual weekly springing heifer sale in our Stratford yards on Saturday, 21 st inst., when there was a yarding of 41 head, most of which were sold at from l'iils to 132s (id for heifers, and for anything decent in dairy cows from 150s to 170s. Owing to the continued rough weather, farmers are ■afraid to further stock up, consequently there is no tendency for prices to harden yet. Oil Monday, 23rd inst., we held our first bull fair in our Stratford yards, when there were 78 animals yarded, most of which were sold at full market values. The cattle, with few exceptions, showed the severity of the weather, and consequently were in lower condition than is usual at this time of the year. Anything showing Ilolsteiu or Ilolstein,Jersey strains were keenly competed ior. The following prices were realised: Ayrshire bulls, sgns; Shorthorns, good quality hulls on account of Messrs llann Jiro.-.. 7gns. to 12gns.; Holstein-Jersey cross bolls lYzXn*; grade Jersey bulls, f>gns. to 7gn-".; purebred Jersey bulls 7gn- tn I2f.ni-; yearling Shorthorn bulls 4gns. There was a nice line, of Holstein bulls offered on account of Messrs Hann Bros., bred by Mr. Henry Johnston, which met with strong competition from local speculators, resulting in one falling to a Iluiroa bnver at 15'/!igns. and another to a Toko buyer at 12gns. We hold a supplementary bull fair on November 2ft.

Wo hrM o;ir 11=11 al fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards on Tuesday. 24th inst.. when we h-i<l n fairly large yarding of (HO head of cattle, a considerable number of which were disposed of at full current values. The following prices were realised: —Mixed yearlings, small. Ms to 445, yearling to 15-monUis heifers .ms to o ls, lomonths steers (well grown) f>!)s to fifis Oil, yearling bulls 32s to fiSs fid, I.S-months steers (i.is fid, 2'/i----vear bulls 110s, empty IS-months to 2-year heifers li.'is to 85s. 3-vear steers 102s fid, store cows 48s to 72s fid, forward cows B.ls to 100s, dairy heifers 100s to 1211s. iiiid dairv cows and cows in milk Ofo to 1:12s fid!

Since our last report we have disposed of a considerable number of 15 to 18months Ilolstein-,Jersey heifers for export out of t.iio dis .riot. Several lines of wethers, hoggets and ewes have also been disposed of, and we have to report a keener demand for classes of sheep, also grown bullocfr' ■