COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 124, 12 October 1912, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT,

On Friday, 28th instant, notwithstanding the very rough weather, I had a good entry in my Waiwakailio yards and a good attendance of the -public. Yearling cattle were in much improved demand. A good number of. store cows were yarded, and for these I. -had brisk competition. I supply prices:—Yearling steers, £2 to £2 17s (id, according to quality; yearling ilieifers, £2 10s; poor mixed yearlings-, £1 Is, two-year empty heifers, £4 Gs; two-year steers, bad colours, £3 lis lid; yearling Hol-stein bull, £2 3s (guaranteed); two-year bulls, £4 10s to £(J; aged, cows, £1 Is; best store cows, £3 10s to £4 Gs; others. £3 Is to £3 os; fat cows, £5 8s to £7 3s (id; dairy cows, £7 to £10; aged, £3 12s Gd to £5 10s; springing heifers, £G to £G 13s. At Urenui on Monday I bad a small yarding and an excellent attendance. The demand throughout for all classes was very good, every line being cleared at the hammer. Dairy cows and ilieifers were again of very good quality, and sold readily as follows:—Best springing heifers, £7 17s to £9 10s; good, £5 10s to £6 17s Gd; dairy cows, £7 5s to £9 15s; aged or late, £4 10s to £o se; store cows, £3 10s to £4 3s and from £3 3s to £3 lis Gd; fat cows, £G 15s to £G 18s; twoyear coloured steers, £3 Is Gd to £3 3s Gd; two-year steers( a fair line), £4 Os (id; good line of grade Jersey yearling heifers, £4 4s; empty two-yea*'heifers"', good, £4 12s Gd to £5 "os; brills, £2 lis to £4 10s; three-year bullocks, £5 10s Gd to £5 18s.

At Toko on the same day good store cows realised from £4 5s to £4 12s; aged cows, £2; guaranteed dairv cows, £8 10s; springing heifers, £0 10s to £7 10s; yearling heifers, £3 Gs, two-year empty heifers, £4 to £4 lis Gd; yearling bulls, £1 lis Gd.

In my Stratford yards on Tuesday, Ist ' instant, I had a big entry of cattle - coming forward much above advertised numbers. Buyers were present from all parts and created an excellent demand for all classes, yearling steers and heifers being most enquired for. Store cows and empty heifers still held their late high rates. A pen of three two-year bullocks yarded did not reach the reserve, this being the only line not cleared during the day. Four pens of unreserved voung cattle made very satisfactory prices. Prices realised were as follows:—Store cows good, from £4 2s to £4 16s, and from £3 Is to £3 IGs; forward cows, £4 13s to £5 Is; aged store cows, £1 9s to £1 12s Gd; fat cows, £7 9s; mixed yearlings, £2 to £2 5s (sd; yearling steers, good, from £2 IGs to £3 Is 6d, and from £2 to £2 14s Cd; poor, £1 2s Cd to £1 17s, best yearling coloured heifers, £3 12s Cd to £4 ss; good grades, £2 17s to £3 10s; small, £1 19s to £2 llfii; good line of empty twoyear heifers from £4 10s to £5; small, £3 14s to £4; bad coloured two-year steers, £3 7s to £3 13s 6d; Holstein grade bulls, £5 _los. In. the spring heifers yards I again had a very heavy entry and a good attendance of the public. Choice springing heifers brought up to £ll ss; first-class from £8 15s to £10; good <f roni £(i 10s to £8 2e (3d; small or late, £3 7s Od to £5 10s; dairy cows, £5 10s to £lO. At my Stony River yards on the 2nd instant, I had a small entry of cattle, and a good attendance of the public. All stock sold very well, maintaining late rates as follows:—Dairy cows, £0 5s to £7 10s; empty dairv cows. £4 15s; good store cows, £3 15s Od to £4 10s, and £3 2s fid to £3 10s; forward cows, £5 2s Gd to £5 lis; aged cows, £1 3s fid to £1 9s ; . mixed yearlings, £2 4s to £2 10s; small £1 16s; yearlinicr steers, £2 3s to £2 10s; yearling colored heifers, good line, £3 17s to £3 18s Od, grades, £2 15s to £2 16s; empty two-year heifers demand) best, £5 to £5 ss; others. £3 17s to £4 8s fid; springing heifers, best £6 5s to £7 las; others, £4 12s Od to £5 12s Cd.

In my Kaponga yards on Friday, 4th, I had a very good,, ; entry. and attendance. Good store cows sold very! readily. Dairy heifers were yarded in splendid'quality 1 , meeting with excellent competition. Best forward store cows from £4 3s to £5; fat cows, £G; cows and calves, £4 3s to £5 Is; small stores, £3 to £3 15s; aged cows, fair condition, good frames, £1 °l9s to £2 16s; poor, aged cows, 17s Gd to £1 7s fid; mixed yearlings, £2 6s; yearling heifers, £2 8s to £3 8s; two-year bulls, small, £3 to £4; dairy bulls, £5 Is to £5 13s Gd; choice springing heifers, £9 15s to £ll 10s; good, £7 5s to £8 10s: later £5 15s to £0 10?,

_ At my Rahotu sale on Tuesday, Bth instant, I Lad a fair entry for "wliich the demand was very good', every line, without exception, being: cleared 'during the d<ay a s follows:—Best store cows from £3 17s to £4 13s; others, £3 to £3 14s; light first cows, £5 lis to £0 Isyearling steers, good, £3 3s; others, £2 5s to £2 10s; yearling grade heifers, £2 8s fid to £2 18s; empty two-Tear heifers £4 Os fid to.£4 2s Gd; small, £3 io s to £3 14«; bad coloured .two-year steers. £3 (isbulls, two-year Holsteins, £l3 lasgrades, £4 18s to £5 8s; yearling Jersey well marked, £3 10s; spring"!'" 7 lieifers best, £0 12s fid to £8 ss; others, small' £4 5s to £5 10s.

In my Stratford dairy pens on the same day there was a heavy entry of both cows and heifers, bidding was Very spirited throughout an excellent sale resulting at the following prices:—Choice springing iheifers. £9 10s to £ll ss; good, £0 15s to £8 15s; small or late, £4 5s to £5 ss; guaranteed cows, best, £8 to £ll 10s; others, £5 15s to £8 15s. Private •Sales.—Hoggets from 10s 3d to los fid, according to quality; good ewes and lambs. £1 10s; mixed line of ewes and lambs, 15s (id; yearling lieifers, £2 15s to. £3 10<=; yearling steers, £3; good store cows. £4 2s; small, £3 ss; fat cow.* £0 to £7 ss; fat bullocks, £lO 10s to £]•?• three-year bullocks, £0 7s (id; two-year steers, nrooil, £5: dairy cows from' £7 10s to £9; springing -heifers, £6 10s to £7 10s; fat wethers, £1 3s- to £1 ss; empty heifers, £4 to £4 15s. ,

LONDON DAIRY PRODUCE.

Messrs E. Griffiths and Co. are in receipt of the following market report from their London principals, Messrs Mills and Sparrow, under date August 30:— b

Trade during the week has been quiet, and values lower than when we last wrote, with the exception of finest quality, which is scarce, and therefore eom-' mands a good' price. We have again had very heavy rains, and some parts of the country are in a flooded state. Danish: The quotation has been raised 3 kroner. At the present moment the Danes have matters in their own hands, as this is practically the only country which is sending any quantity" of really finest butter to this market. Siberian: Arrivals this week amount to about 12,000 casks, but the bulk of the butter is of poor quality, having been heated in transit. Although sellers are willing to take lower prices for the butter, they cannot clear. French: Quotations have been reduced all round, which is rather exceptional at this .time of the year, but this is mostly owing to the poorness of quality, caused by the wet weather. Iri'h: This butter has not found a very ready sale this week. Quotations are nominally unchanged, but lower prices have to be taken in order to effect sales.

Australian: There is no trade at all for the butters that are in store, buyers only requiring strictly finest goods just at present. There are many enquiries for the new season's butters,'buyers being anxious to know when arrivals are likely to commenae, so that they can make their arrangements accordingly. New Zealand: Buyers have not yet got up to the factories' idea of prices, and so

far as we know there have been no transactions forward for named brands. Cheese. —Trade h?.s been steady, and prices on the week are higher. Tin consumptive demand is reported to be good, and the whole trade seem to nave a firm belief that we are in for higher prices.

MATTHEWS, BENNETT & CO.'S REPORT.

Matthews Bennett and Co. report that there was a good yarding of cattle in their Inglewood yards on Wednesday last. Prices were good and everything sold well, yearlings making £2 14s to £3 4s, good colored yearling heifers £5, Holstein yearling bulls £3 4s to £3 7s od, store cows £2 18s to £4, empty heifers £3 17s to £4 10s, springing heifers £5 to £7 12s Od, good £8 15s Od, steers £2 12s Od to £3 3s. Paddock sales during the week—Yearling heifers £3 to £3 His, 2-year steers £4 15s, dairy cows £7 5s to £8 10s, wether hoggets 14s, mixed hoggets 12s to 14s, ewe hoggets 15s, ewes and lambs 20s to 21s, old do. 12s Gd, wethers 21s. We also report the sale of the following properties:—Mr. A. McDonald's 130acre farm on the Durham road; Mr. Puklewski's 47 acres on the Mountain road; Mr. J. Uncle's 58-acre farm on the Bristol road; Mr. W. Jordan's property on the Lincoln road; also quarter-aCre section in the borough of Inglewood.

SOUTHERN MARKETS.

ALDINGTON. Store sheep—A pen of exceptionally good ewe hoggets realised 20s, wethers from the same line • bringing 17s 9d, and a pen of medium hoggets (mixed sexes) 14s lid. Four-tooth wethers changed hands at 18s 2d to 20s 9d, and merino wethers 10s Gd. Full-mouth ewes with lambs (all counted) realised 12s 9d to 13s Id, and a pen of small two-tooth cull ewes (halfbreds) 12s 9d.

Fat lambs—Best lambs made 20s to 255, and others 15s to 19s Gd.

Fat sheep—Extra prime wethers to 30s, prime 23s Gd to 27s 6d, others to 235, extra prime ewes to 28s, prime 19s to 255, others 14s 3d to 18s Gd, hoggets 18s 3d to 23s 7d, shorn wethers 16s lid to 19s sd, shorn ewes 18s Gd to 20s 3d, prime merino wethers 19s Gd to 23s 4d, lighter 15s 4d to 19s 4d. . Fat cattle—Steers £lO 15s to £ll 10s, extra £l7, heifers £6 10s to £9 4s, extra to £lO, cows £6 to £6 10s.

Store cattle—Yearlings brought 325, 15 to 18-months sorts £2 12s to £4 2s, two-year steers £4 17s to £5 10s, twoyear heifers £5, three-year steers £7 to £B, three-year heifers £5 17s Gd (for very good sorts) dry cows 32s to £5 17s Gd. Dairy cows made £4 10s' to £ll ss. Fat pigs—Choppers £3 10s to £G, large baconers Gss to 71s, smaller sorts 52s 6d to.GOs. These prices were equivalent to 5d to 5>,4d per lb, a few of the extra quality realising higher prices. Large porkers made 47s to 50s, smaller sorts 38s to 455, equivalent to 5%d to Gd per lb, relatively high prices being realised for a few pigs of exceptional quality. Very few stores were penned, with the result that there was a keen demand. No large pigs were offered. Medium sorts realised 30s to 40s, small sorts 22s to 28s. Weaners, for which there was animated competition, brought 18s to 245. Sows in pig made £3 108 to £4 12s Gd, and sows with litters £4 10s to £5.

BURNSIDE.

At Burnside 154 fat cattle were yarded. The quality on the whole was not very good, but prices were a shade better than the rates ruling last week. Best bullocks £ls 10s to £l9 ss, good £l2 10s to £l4, medium £lO to £ll 10s. Fat sheep—3646 yarded, these consisting principally of medium-weight wethers, with a few pens of good heavy sheep. Very few ewes were yarded. Heavy sheep sold at about the same prices as last week, but medium wethers were about Is to Is 6d per head lower. Best wethers 25s 9d to 27s 6d, extra heavy 28s to 30s, medium 21s Gd to 235, light and unfinished 18s to 19s, extra heavy ewes to 255, heavy 20s to 22s Od, medium 21s 6d to 235, light and unfinished 18s to 19s, extra heavy ewes to 255, heavy 20s to 22s 6d, medium 15s to 17s. Fat lambs—s6 of the new season's lambs were penned, and sold at about the same rates as were procured last week. Good ISs Gd to 21s Gd, extra to 22s 9d.

Pigs—24 stores and 135 fat pigs were yarded. The prices all round were about at last week's rates.

JOHNSONVILLE,

Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:— At Johnsonville we offered a good yarding of exceptionally prime bullocks for this time of the year, and a full entry of sheep came forward. Everything sold well at late rates. Extra prime weight bullocks made £l2 to £l2 7s Od, prime £ll 5s to £ll 15s. lighter £lO 7s 6d to £lO 10s, prime vealers 455, others 22s to 28s, extra heavy wethers 28s 6d, prime wethers 25s Gd to 20s, extra prime heavy ewes 25s to 25s 7d, good ewes 22s 9d, medium ewes 21s, plain 20s. Lambs were easier, prime making 14s to 15s 3d, light 13s to 13s (id.

WOOL SALES.

Dftlgety and Co., Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cablegram from their Adelaide office, dated October 7:— Wool—Market very strong. At yesterday's sales there was a good ottering, and almost a total clearance. • Since, the opening sales this season, merino, best qualities, were 2% to 5 per cent, higher, medium par to 2% per cent, higher, inferior and faulty unchanged. Lambs' wool—Market easier.