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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 148, 9 November 1912, Page 6

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

At Urenui on Monday, 28tli ult., I had a very heavy yarding, all available pens being well filled. A large number of springing heifers were yarded, but being late in the season and of second quality did not meet with demand, kcore cattle sold very readily, as also did empty heifers, the quality of which was very good. Prices obtained were as follows:—15-months heifers £2 10s to £3 14s Od, 15-months steers (small) £2 to £2 14s Od, 15-months mixed £2 10s to £2 14s, 2-year empty heifers (colored) £5 3s to £5 lis Od and £4 14s Od for a good well-done line of Shorthorns; 2-year steers' (bit of color) £3 19s to £4 Is- Od, 2%-ycar bullocks £5 to £5 15s, store cows (aged) £2 9s to £3 3s Od, good £3 lis to £4 ss, forward cows £4 10s to £5 5s od, fat cows £5 18s to . £6 17s, fat heifers £o ss, springing heifers £3 15s to £8 (according to quality), dairy cows £4 2s Od to £7 2s Od, bulls £2 5s to £O, mixed wethers and hoggets 10s, fat wethers (in wool) 19s, do. (shorn) 10s to 10s Od, pedigree. Jersey bulls. Pukerangiora 22gns., Sir Tuck Bgns., pedigree empty Jersey cow Relief lOgns. At Toko on the same day store cows realised from £3 5s to £3 15s, empty 2-year heifers £4 4s to £4 Bs, yearling steers- £2 9s to £3 Is, yearling heifers £2 10s to £3 Is, bulls' £4, fat cows £5 19s, hoggets 12s 7<l. At Stratford on Tuesday I had a good yarding of cattle, the majority being yearling to 15-months cattte. For tho I better class of these I had a good demand. Two very nice pens of wellgrown 15-month Holstcin heifers, on ac«ount of Mr. J. Chamberlain, realised. £5 2s Od and £4 18s 6d, and a choice line of Jerseys penned by Messrs Ransford Bros., Tariki, realised £O. Other prices were: Yearling, to 15-month heifers £2 15s Od to £2 19s Od and £3 4s to £3 .lis for best, 15-month steers £2 19s to £3 8s - Od, small £2 5s Od to £2 8s Od, yearling bulls £1 103 to £2 15s, Shorthorn dairy bull £7 10s, empty 2-year colored heifers £5 4s to £5 10s, grades £4 4s to £4 '\ 103 6d, store cows (good) £3 15s to

£4 10s 6d, forward cows £4 18s to £5 2s 6d, fat cows £5 18s to £6 0s 6d, aged and poor cows £1 16s to £3. In the dairy pens there was a. very large entry of cows and heifers, with a good attendance and demand for quality cattle. Best heifers brought up-to £9 and cows up to £ll.

At the Stony River yards on Wednes- j day, 30th, there was an extra heavy | yarding of all classes, and a very repre- j sentative attendance of buyers from all parts of the district. Bidding through-, out was very good, everything, vgith the exception of a few yearlings, being' cleaved during the sale at the following rates: Good store cows £3 12s Gd to £4 7s 6d, forward cows £4 13s 6cl to £5 o's 6d, aged from £1 15s up to £3 3s, small fat cows £5 14s, springing cows and in milkup to £7 2s 6d, bulls to £5 12s'Gd, mixed yearlings £2 5s to £2 13s, IS-tnbnths steers (best) £2 18s fld to £3 3s, smaller £2 10s to £2 13s Gd, very choice Jersey 15-months heifers £5, grade 15months heifers £2 15s 6d to £3 13s 6d r and a very good pen of Ayrshires realised£3 14s Gd; colored 2-year empty heifers) £5 to £5 Gs Gd, grades £4 2s "6d to £4 13s, 2y 2 -year steers £5, 2-year colored steers £3 17s, store pigs £2; :slips £1 Is 6d. At my monthly sale at Kaponga' on Friday, Ist hist., there was a good entry of store cattle and a fair lot of dairy heifers. Stores sold very briskly, but 1 had poor enquiry for dairy stock. Prices realised were:—Empty 2-year heifers £4 to £4 10s, yearling to 15-month steers £2 lGs Od to £3 Gs 6d; store cows £3 8s 'Gd to £4 Bs, forward c'ows £4 10s to £5, bulls £2 Is to £5, dairy cows £6 5s to £9, springing heifers , £6 ss, fat wethers £1 Is. ■ On Tuesday at Rahotu there was a good entry, with a large attendance of the public. Yearling to la-months heifers (Jerseys) made £S 19s Gd, grades £2 10s to'£3 lis Gd, steers ,£2 10s.to £3 7s, 2-year empty heifers £4 lis to' 1 £4 lGs, s'tore cows' £3 15s to: £4 Bs, forward cows £5 3s, fat cows : £G jtetp, £7 ss, bulls £3 to £6 10s, dairy'cows; up to £9, springing heifers £4'2s Gd. MATTHEWS, BEXNETTT &-CO.'S REPORT. Matthewsj Bennett and Co. report a crowded yarding and a good attendance on Wednesday, in spite of the wet weather. They held a bull fair in coni junction with their ordinary weekly sale and did fain business, selling most of the stock entered at the hammer. Prices as follows:—Springing heifers £6 10s to £7 15s', small £4 to £5 ss, dairy cow 3 £6 Gs to £7 15s, old and unsound £2 15s to £3 10s, store cows £3.12s Gd to £4 7s Gd, inferior £2 10s to £3 as, culls £1 to £1 10s, fat £6 ss, 15-months heifers £3 10s, yearling steers £2 18s to £3 4s, heifers £2 15s to.. £3 3s, 2 to 2y a -year steers £3 16s to £4 10s, bulls (for dairy purposes) £5 5s to £B. others £2 5s to £3 7s Gd, culls 15s to £1 ss.

The firm also reports the sale of the following properties:—Mr. Hogg's farm I of 1-87 acres on the Tariki road; Mr. : Moratt's farm of 63 acres on the Durham road; Mr. Morton's lease of 100 acres on the Koote road; Mr. Inns' property in the borough of Inglewood. WEBSTER BROS.' REPORT. , Poultry.—At the mart on Saturday our jens were taxed to the utmost with birds of all classes. Prices obtained showed an advance on the previous week. We have an unsatisfied demand for turkeys and fat cockerels. Prices as under:— Hens (old) 2s 5d to 2s Bd, young 2a 7d to 3s 6d, pullets (young) 2s to 2s 6d, forward 2s !)d to 3s 9d, cockerels (young) 2s 3d to 2s Bd, fat 2s 7d to 3s 4d, ducks 2s 6d to 3s, ducklings 7d to lOd, drakes 2s 7d to 2s 9d, chicks 7 ] /od to lOd, turkey gobbler 15s, geese 3s ad, goslings Is Gil each. The usual line of auction sundries realised satisfactory prices. Fi nit—During the week there has not been much offering, consequently good prices have been obtained as under:— Bananas (ripe) 3d lb, orange (re-packs) 17s Od, apples (prime colored American dessert) 15s Gd to 16s 6d, lemons 7s Cd to 9s, new potatoes 3d to 4d lb. Oakura yards—On Friday we held our nsual fortnightly sale at our Oakura yards, when there was a good yarding, and practically every pen sold' at the hammer. Mixed yearlings made £2 5s 6d to £3 2s 6d, do. bad colors £1 4s (id to £1 19s, yearling heifers £3 18s Gd to £4 la fld, store cows £3 2s to £3 15s fid,

f cows in milk and to' calve £4 10s to I £6 128 Oil. Next sale Friday, November 15. *' LOAN AND MERCANTILE CO.'S RE POP T. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. and Reduced (Stratford branch) report as follows: On Saturday, 20th ult., we held our usual Saturday heifer sale, when there was a good yarding of choice heifers. Prices as compared with the former rates were alighlly less. Heifers showing close to profit brought from 130s to 170s, heifers and cow-i in low condition and backward 100s to 130s, JerseyHolsl.eiu heifers showing well done 140s to 185s, Shorthorn heifers close to profit 120s to 170s, thin and backward heifers 80s to 110s; dairy cows of Holstcin eross were keenly competed for at from 130s to 200s.

On Friday, Ist inst., we held our usual monthly sale in our Te Wcra saleyards, when there was a large yarding, all the advertised cattle coming forward.. Prices wore as follows:—Mixed yearlings, small and in low condition, brought from 47s Od to 52s Od, mixed yearlings of good quality 55s to G3s, yearling to 15-months steers 55s to 00s (for good, well-grown cattle), 18-months steers 07s (Id to 765, yearling to 15-months heifers 55s to 70s (for nice clean lines of mixed heifers), yearling bulls 50s to 07s od, 2-year bulls 3gns to 4%gns, 2-year empty heifers 80s to 975, springing heifers 115s to 152s Od, dairy cows in milk 142s to 180s. On Tuesday, sth inst., we held our usual fortnightly combined sale in our Stratford yards,'when there was a large yarding of 800 head of mixed cattle and 00 purebred Romney ewes. There was a large attendance of buyers. Competition waa very keen for store cows,, and the demand for this class of stock at present is very good. We quote prices as follows: Stare cows (thin and aged) 30s to

525, cows (medium to good condition) 65s 1 to 'Bss, forward and fat eow» 90s to 1 1295, bulls 27s (for small and thin bulls) j to 155s (for large and good-conditioned) J 3-year steers 110s, 3-year empty heifers j 87s (for ordinary Shorthorn heifers) to \ 107s 6d (for a line of Jersey-Holstein I cross heifers), yearling to 15-months 1 steers 57s Gd to 68s (for well-grown J lines of Shorthorn steers), mixed yearlings (low in condition) 52s to 55s,yearling to 15-months heifers (Shorthorn sorts) 603 to 07s Gd, Jersey and llolstein sorts 63s to -90s. We also offered two small lines of purebred 4 and G-tooth Romney ewes, but these were passed in at 20s. Ewe hoggets were sold at lGs. We also held a dairy sale, when we I disposed of about 30 springing heifen - and 10 dairy cows. Prices realised , were: Holsteins heifers (in good condition, close to profit and in profit) 140s to 200s, ordinary Shorthorn heifers 95s to 100s, dairy cows (ordinary sorts) 105s ! to 160s.

JOHNSONVILLE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report on their Johnsonville sale as fol-lows:-—A good yarding of prime cattle came forward and sold readily at late rates. ' Heavy bullocks £ll 5s to £ll 15s, prime bullocks £lO to £lO 10s, lighter £9 10s to £9 15s, light £9, vealers' 22s to 235, prime heavy wethers 27s 6d, light wethers 21s hi, prime maiden ewes and wethers 24s Gd, prime heavy 'ewes 24s to 24s 3d, prime ewes 21s 7d to &2s 6d, extra heavy shorn ewes I.Bs Id, fine shorn wethers 18s: 6d, extra prime jlambs lGs to 16s 7d, prime lambs 14s to 153, medium lambs' 12s fld to. 13s .6d, '■ ..'.'.; :,'(■ '■' BURNSIDE. ■■• ■ At Burnside a very animated sale resulted, .and Wiles advanced 15s to £1 per head. : Best bullocks £l7 17s Cd, prime £ls t'o £l6 10s, mcdium~to good £l2 to £l4 10s, light £9 10s to. £ll 10s, best cows and heifers to £l3 7s 6d, prime £9' los to £ll, medium £8 to £9 7s 6d, light £6 10s to £7 10s. 'Fat wethers tO'33s.9d, prime 26s td 28s 6d, medium 23s 6d to 24s '6d, light 19s to 225, best ewes to 325, prime 22s Cd to 255, medium 19s Gd to 225, light 17s to 18s 6d, shorn wethers 17s to 19s 3d, shorn ewes 15s to 17s. Orio pen of extra quality ewes brought 235. Fat, lambs—Best to 21s 9(1, good 18s to 19s medium' and light las Gd to 17s. Pigs—Sueliers 14s to 17s Gd, slips to 24s Gd;, stores to 395, porkers 42s to 46a, light baconers 50s to 555, heavy do. to •495.