COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 215, 9 March 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S -WEEKLY REPORT.

On Friday, Ist instv, at' my Waiwa.kaiho yards, I had a good entry anid'a' good attendance. Choice Jersey heifers realised £2, good weaners from £1 is 6d'; to £1 4s, yearling heifers £1 13s to £2 .Is, 15 to 18-months -heifers £2 18s to £3 6s; ,a : nice line of IS-nlonths Jerseys, in calf, realised *i£'4 1s: 2-year heifers l £3 14s, 2%-year heifers (in calf) £4 13 S springing heifers £5 to £6, dairy cows (guaranteed) -£7 15s, £S, £B' 12s 6d 15-months steers (joor) £2 to £2 11a! store cows £2 5s fid to £3 3s, forward cows £3 103 to £3 13s, fat cows £4 9s to £5 'ss. fat mixed sheep 12s 7d, ffm ewes 7s «d, mixed ewes 6s 3d, bulls' £3 to £$ 17s 6d. i

At my Urenui yards oh Monday I had a good yarding and attendance, most lines being sold either at the hammer or privately Mixed ! weaners made from £1 5s 6d to £1 10s, 15 to 18-months tTU V. t0 £3 4a > 18-months hei--133 io £3 2s, choice in-calf twoyear Jersey heifers £7 10s ; yearling ss ' 2 to 2t /a-year steers £3 14s to £4 6s, store cows £2 4s to £3 7s 6d -r,r d / ah ; e3 £3 118 forward cows §1 IW 0 *4' 4s, fat cows £4 19s to u> t n - ry eows £5 16s > bulls £2 I*3 to £o 2s.

At Douglas, on the same dav, for my monthly sale and weaner fair I had a lf7J and a g (,od attendance of buyers. Kidding throughout was brisk lor all classes, especially weaners, which were all cleared at the hammer at adwTw 1 '?^ 03 -' Go0(1 weaner heifers, Jersey-Holsteins, made from £1 14 S f>d ° V" fi ' l good heifers £1 10s to •tl 10s Od, weaner steers 17s to £1 0s according to quality, mixed weaners £1 to ,-ti OS, poor weaners l)s 6d, Holstein ZT^\ £1 J* S 6d ' Months hei- ® „ 00/ £3 2s ' 18 " m °nths steers r*+ ~\l /2 7 ear steers £i 4s > bu! ls £1 09 to £3, store cows £2 7s to £3 5s 6d 168 t0 £4 > f at co 'wa £4 Bs, fat heifers (good) £4 7s 6d to * i o an * orwar <l wethers 13s <6d. At my Stratford yards on Tuesday I had again a very heavy yarding, iriclud"lg a b !? ®! lfc p r , of weaners. All pens 1 were well filled with all classes of stock.'

Store and forward cows were easier, but 18-months and "2-year heifers were in de- ! mand at better values. Six fine pens of j 180 fresh-condition 3%-year bullocks j were yarded on account of the Nuktiha- : kere station. These cattle, notwithstanding their very long drive, were very cleah in coat and elicited very spirited competition, each lot being cleared at the "hammer at the following rates:— Two pens £6 19s fid, two pens £6 lis, two pens £6 8s 6d, one pen £6 Bs. Other prices realised were: Best weaner heifers (colored) £1 12s to £1 19s 6d, others £1 2s to £ 1 9s 6d, weaner steers £1 3s, fid to £1 ss, others 15s, mixed weaners £1 2s to £1 9s 6d, weaner bulls £1 7s to £1 12s <sd, 20-months Jersey heifers £4 16s, 20-mont l hs grade heifers £3 to £3 lis, 15-months grade heifers £2 12s to' £2 14s, 2-year in-calf heifers £3 15s to £4 10s, 2-year empty heifers £3 17s, dairy cows £5 12s 0d to £7, 2-year steers £3 17s, yearling steers £2 10s, bulls £2 lis to £5 Os 6d (ac-, cording to size), store cows £2 7s to £3 2s 6d, forward cows, £3 10s to £4 *2s 6d, fat cows £4 7s to £ss 7d (according to' quality). At my Stony River yards on Wednesday I had a good entry of weaners and a fair entry of other cattle. Prices realised throughout were at current rates: — Colored weaher heifers from ,£1 7s 6d to £2 2s, other heifers £1 4s to £1 5s 6d, weaner steers 18s to £1 7s, mixed weaners 17s to £1 Bs, weaner bulls £1 12s, 18-months in-calf heifers £3 9s, store cows £2 5s to £3 2s 6d, forward cows £3 6s to £4 2s, fat cows £4 14s to £5 7s, bulls,'£2 4s, woolly lambs 7s Bd, store lambs 5s 3d, cow in milk £6 10s.

MATTHEWS AND BENNETT'S REPORT. Matthews and Bennett report that there was a good yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday lkst.' Prices were as follows: —Steers, £4 Is to £4 13s 6d; fat cows, £4 18s, bulls, £3 4 o £4 2s; store cows, £2 5s to £3 I9s; weaners, IBs to 26s 6d; lambs, cull 3a to 3s '3d, good 8s 6d; ewes 9s. SOUTHERN MARKETS. ADDINGTON. At Ad'dington live stock market there were large entries of stock. sheep—Two-tooth ewes made Iss fid to I7s (3d, four-tooths I4s 6d to 158 sd, four, six and eight-tooth oversea sheep •14b, good lines of locally bred 15s 6d to m fresh mouths 14s to 15s 6d, sound mouth lis to 13s, aged 8s to 9s 6d, best rape lambs 12s 6d to , 13s 4d, medium 8s 'id tO' Bjdjf culls 5» to 6s 6d, fo&vard wethbs to 15s,'others lis 6d to 13s. ' ' :Fat,lambs —The basis upon which ex-' port; buyers were , operating was 5d per (b up to 4m weight; and'4%tl per lb for ; over-weight and secondary quality. There Hvere 5250 taken for. export. , The range of prices was: ! Teo4is'to lfs'i'lil, ordinary ?l'ls »10d te 15s 10d.: •. ! Pat sheep—Prime weathers • 17fl' to 19s Bd, others 13s l.Od to 16s. od, prime ewes 13s to 16s lldj others 8s to 124 <Jd. " c " BBdf—Steers miide '£B 10s to £l2 ss, ,heig6fflf f£s ft«d to £8 17s fld, c6ws £5 15s tO : '£B 17s fldt - ' . , . ) r.;. ,' Veal calves sold at 4s 0d to £3, and "U'p to £3 18s for .extra large, the entry beirtg a small oiie. Storfe Cattle—Yearlings made 31s, 15 to 18' months £3 13s to £3 17s 6d, twoyear steers £4lspj two-year heifers £3 17s 6d„dry cowef2ss to £4 7s 6d. ' Bifty'cOWS soli it £4 10s to £9 10s, and extra to'£lo 15s. ■ i • *= (

' ■ Pat' pigs-choppers. made 65s to £5 15s, large baconers 60s to 70s, extra to 80s, smaller 505,t0 57s fid (equal to 5y 2 d to 's%d per lbj ; largep orkers 42s 6d to 47s 6d, smaller 35s to 40s (equal to fid ,per lb). • Stores of all'descriptions sold under keen competition, large sorts making 40s to 455, medium 30s to 38s, small 18s to 28s, weaners 12s >6d to 14s. WANGANUI. Messrs Dalgety and Co. rpport:—At our Wanganui sale we yarded 3100 sheep and 22t) cattle, and have to report a fair demand for sheep and a dull market for cattle. 'Pat' and forward wethers 13s 6d, five-year ewes 5s to 7s 9d, cull do, 3s to 9s 6d. Cattle: Fat cows £5 15s, weavers £1 2s to £1 6s 6d, eighteen-month heifers £3 ss, store cows £3 12s, <Jairy cow £ll, bulls £3 to £4 10s. I JOHNSONVILLE.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as fol-lows:-—A good entrl came forward of both .prime sheep and bullocks, which realised well up to late prices. Prime, heavy bullocks £!) 10s to £lO, extra prime medium bllocks £9 to £9 ss, vealers 17s to 28s, medium wethers 15s to 15s od, prime ewes 13s Gd to 14s 3d, plain ewes lis 6d to 12s 3d, prime lambs 13s to 13s 2d, lighter 12s to 12s '6d, prime shorn 12s 7d, plain 9s 2d to Us.