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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 126, 18 November 1911, Page 7

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XEWTOX KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Friday, the 10th inst., T hold mv animal pedigree Jersey sale at my Wa'iwakajho yards, and had a large attendance of buyers from all parts of Taranaki and some from as far as Fcilding and Rongotea. Out of the 47 head cata° logued, only 41 were penned, and of these 26 were disposed of at the hammer. Bidding throughout was not as keen as at former sales for male stock, but the cows and heifers yarded elicited keen competition. The top price realised was for Mr. W. J. Mall's imported bull "Lirycuead bid," which sold for 50 guineas. Other bulls sold from 13 to 47 guineas, cows .31 to 33 guineas, yearling heifers 20'/; to 40 guineas, heifer calves 18 to 28 guineas.

On Monday, at my fortnightly sale at Urenui, I had a good yarding, though not so heavy as at my last sale. Yearling cattle did not meet with much enquiry. A fine pen of eight fat Shorthorn heifers on account of Messrs Kirton Bros, met with good bidding and realised £4 Mis. Some nice 2-year Jersey-Jlol-stein heifers, on account of the "same vendors, realised £5. Yearling heifers (fair quality) made 40s (kl to 475, grade Jerseys (in poor condition) £2 15s to £3, yearling steers (poor) 3Cs, 2-ycar empty heifers (small) £3 10s Gd. Holsteins (good) £4 4s to £4 los Cd, Jersey steers £3 3s to £3 17s, store cows £2 Ifis to £3 10s fid, fat cows £0 to £fi Is, forward cows £4 12s, 3-year steers £5 10s, 2-year do. (good) £4ias. cows (springing and in milk) £4 10s, to £S 7s Cd, heifers do. (good) £0 7s Od. others £3 2s to £5 7? Cd. Shorthorn bull £5 7s Cd, Jersey do. £3 5s to £7, others £3 to £3 as, Yearlings 32s Cd to £2 15s.

At my spring cattle snle at Stral'n-d yards on Tuesday. 14th inst., the lorp-sh yarding of cattle seen in the Stratfr-.-" yards fir some years came forward f ■ disposal, fully taxing my yards. Tncluo ed in the total were 400 gr. wn bullocks which attracted buyers from all parts of the coast. Steers, empty heifers and year!',!;!.? '-.ere in excess of advertised j;,;m; ;r iv, making in all a total of close jv 2300 head. For the bullocks I had ?':>od enquiry, and every line was cleared cither at the hammer or privately at satisfactory prices. Two-year steers were not enquired for. The bidding throughout for store and forward cows was brisk. Yearling heifers opened very slack in bidding but improved during the afternoon, and towards the close of the sale I had quite keen competition for several lines. A nice -well-grown pen of yearling grade Holstein heifers (all colored) was sold to a Wanganui buyer after good bidding at £4 ss. Very few fat cows and bullocks were yarded, but those in sold well. A pen of 2-year grade Holstein heifers was disposed of privately at £5 as; other 2-year heifers I had no enquiry for. Prices were: Bullocks £6 17s to £0 18s, 3 to 4-year do. £5 15s to £fi Is, 3-year do. (small) £4 14s to £5 ss, yearling to IS-months heifers (mixed) £2 8s Gd, grade Shorthorns £2 15s to £2 lfls, grade Jerseys £2 15s Gd to £3 *s. grade Holsteins £4 ss, yearling steers (poor) 30s, good £2 10s to £2 19s. mixed yearlings £2 10s to £2 15s, empty 2-year lieifcrs (Holstein) £5 ss, others £3 10s to £4 2s 6d, store cows (old and poor) 30s to £2 3s 6d, good £3 8s to £4, forward £4 2s to £4 6s Gd cows and calves £3 15s, yearling Holstein bull £3, do. Shorthorn £3, 2-year Jersey £4 7s Cd, fat bullocks £8 7s 6d, fat cows £5 19s, fat ewes ISs.

On the same day I had a good entry at my springing heifer sale and a. fair attendance of the public. The sale, by the courtesy of Messrs Young, Hobbs and Co. was held in their yards. Springing heifers £4 17s Gd to £O, springing cows and cows in milk £4 to £8 17s fid. At Stony River on Wednesday T had only a fair entry, the majority of the cows being in poor condition. The dairy cows, especially, were a poor lot and realised from £3 12s Gd to £4 18b, yearling heifers £2 15s to £3 10s Gd, yearling steers (poor) 275, good £2 12s, yearling Jersey bull £2, do. Shorthorn ,CG, heifer and calf £3 10s Gd, 2-year empty heifers £4 2s Gd, fat cows £5 17s, old cow 21s, store cows £2 5s to £3 18s, forward £4, pedigree Hereford bull £lO, yearling Holstein bull £8 ss, springing heifers £4 15s to £5 7s Gd, springing cows £B, bulls £5 to £B.

MATTHEWS AND BEXXETT'S REPORT. Messrs. Matthews &■ Bennett report that there was a good entry of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last, most lots changing hands. Yearlings brought £2 4s to £3, springers £5 to £7 15s, dairy cows £4 to £O, forward cows £4 to*£4 os, bulls £4 to £7, store cows £2 to £3 Gs. SOUTHERX MARKETS. „. _ ADDIXGTOX. At Addington live stock market gotfd ewes in the wool with lambs made lis !)d lo 12s (all counted): fair sorts Bs, inferior ewes 5s 3d, dry merino ewes in the wool 8s 2d, shorn six and eight-tooth ewes with lambs 10s, shorn four-tooth forward wethers (from Chatham Islands) 15s to 10s Id, shorn two-tooths lfls Id, woolly wether hoggets 13s Id to 13s sd, woolly ewe hoggets 15s 4d, mixed sexes lis Od. Eat lambs—The bulk made lGs to ISs Gd. and others 14s to 15s Od.

Store sheep—Woolly wethers (prime) 21s to 20a lid. others 10s 5(1 to 20s fid, prime shorn wethers Ids to 20s (id, others 13s 11(1 to 15s (id, prime woolly ewes 18s Od to 2.1s Bd, others 13s 0(1 to 18s, prime shorn 15s 0(1 to 211s. others 'l3s 3d to 15s, shorn merino wethers 18s Od, woolly merino ewes 1.4s 3d to 10s. Fat cattle —One exceptionally prime steer made £2O, others £7 17s Od to £ll ss. extra to £l7 10s. hcifirs £0 to £8 7s Od, extra to £l4. eows £5 5s to ■CB, extra to £lO 15s (equal to 27s to 37s fid per llßllb, according to quality). Veal calves made 4s Od to £2 17s Od, there being a good entry. Store caltle —Yearlings made 30s. 15 to IS-moiitlis 30s lid to 455, two-year s(c-er« £1 2s (id. two-year heifers £3 ISs. five-year steers £5 7s. dry cows 30s to £4 ss. Dairy cows made £3 10s to £8 5s for ordinary sorts, up to £lO 5s for the bolter class.

l'iLr---Choppers made £ll His. large baconers 52s (id to (ills, extra to Sis, (it hers -I ."is to 50s (equal to s'/ a (l per lb); large porkers 40s to 445, smaller 35s to .*S7s (Id (equal to 5 3 /, d to (id per lb). There was a good demand for stores, •large sorts making 28s to nils, smaller Kls to 2(55, and wcaners (is to His. BURNSTDK. At T'urnside to-day prime bullocks made £ll 10s to £l2 15s, extra to £l4 15s. medium to-good £lO to £ll. light £S to £!), best cows and heifers £0 ; In ClO 10s. medium £7 (o £S, inferior i 15 to £O. | Fat sheep—27sl penned, a fair proporI turn of which were prime heavy ewes and wethers. Notwithstanding the full 1 yarding prices opened equal to last I week's rates. Towards the finish they | hardened by fid to Is per head for prime sheep. Prime wethers to 24s to 20s,

extra prime and heavy 27s to 30s fid, medium to good 20s to 225, unfinished 18s to 10s, best ewes 2(),s to 225, medium to good 17s fid to Ills, inferior ISs fid to ios. Fat lambs —183 penned, nearly all bring nice quality. Competition was ],-"■■•: and prices advanced about Is pc .:•;'.:;. Best 16s to 17s !)d, medium V- ::;t to 1.55.

; MASTERTOX. Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held their weekly sale in their Masterton yards, when they offered a very small yarding. The attendance of buyers was small, and bidding was consequently dull. The report adds: Most of our entry was sold. Hoggets 8s to Is 2d, shorn ewes ami lambs (poor condition) Ss 2d, fat shorn ewes lis. Cattle: Springing heifers (backward) £4 2s 6d, Hereford bull to £lO, empty two-year heifers £4 2s, springing cows (late calvers £4 to £5 Gs. JOHNSOXVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale: —Prime heavy bullocks £lp 7s 6d to £ll 2s fid, prime medium bullocks £9 5s to £0 12s Gd, lighter £8 15s to £9, light £8 7s Gd, prime vealers 24s to 345, small 16s Gd to £l, prime heavy wethers 21s lOd, plain wethers 19s, prime shorn wethers 17s Id, medium shorn wethers 15s lOd, medium ewes 18s, plain 17s, prime heavy ewes 20s to 21s Id, prime heavy shorn ewes 15s fid, medium shorn ewes 12s 9d t» ISs to 13s lOd, prime lambs 13s to '3s 9d, plain 10s 4d to lis 3d. j