COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 5, 25 May 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

Oh Friday, 16th mst., at my Kaponga yards, I had a full yarding, all available pens and races being fully taxed. The entry was mostly comprised of store and forward cows and woaners, for all of which I hod a ready gale. Nice well grown colored weaner heifers and good steers were in best demand. Prices obtained were as follows:—-Weaner steers £2 3a, £2 Is, £1 17s, £1 lis, small ■ £1 2s dd to £1 fis, colored weaner heifers (nice lines) £2, £1 15s 6d, £1 15s, £1 14s, colored teifcrs, a bit smaller, £1 9b to £1 Us «d, fair gTade £1 4s to £1 6e Od, small 17s, mixed weaner 19s to £1 8s «d, weedy IGs to 15s, aged cows £1 7s 6d to £1 18s 6d, small store cows £2 6s to £2 Mb, store cows empty £3 6s to £3 lfle, boners £2 12s to £3 17s, forward and right fat cows £6, £5 19s, £6 l«s, £6 13s <td, £6 ss, £5 3s, £5, £4 17b fld, £4 15a, bulls £5 ss, rough Irae of empty 16 months heifers £2 Is, f.m. empty ewes 9s 6d and 10s. At Ureani yards on Monday, 18th. inst., owing to the very rough weather I had only a fair yarding of cattle, but all the advertised s9tcep came forward. The latter were all sold at the hammer under been competition. Prices for cattle were good. The dairy cows sold on account of Mr. M. O'Halloran realised from £5 15s to £8 7b 6d, and a few backward cows at from £4 5s to £4 15s. Other prices were: Weaner steers £1 15s to £2 3s, empty 16 to 18 months heifers £2 17s, 2 and 2'/ a -year steers £5, £4 IBs, £4 10s, store cows £3 Is to £3 12s, boners £2 Us to £4 Ib, forward or small fat cows £5 6s to £5 10s, weaner heifers £1 7h, bulls £5 5s and £5 IGs, springing heifers £6 fia to £0 13a, dairy cows £3 to £9 18s, cows, calved, £fi to £9 2s 6d, hoggets, small, 10s 7d, good 18s Id, 2 and 4400 th wethers 17s lid, fat and forward ewes 18s 2d, 'fat lambs 16s, very fair lino of sound mouthed ewes in lamb 10a, f.m. ewes in lamb (culls) 7s to Sb od. At Rahotn yards on Tuesday, 19th, owing to tie very boisterous weather, I had a small entry all of which were ■old as follows:—JPeuner steers £1 15s, £1 10s, £1 8s fld, weaner heifers £1 2s, weedy mixed weaners 16s 6d, bulls £5 16s, rough 15-montJis steers £3 5s Od, dairy cows £B, forward «ows £5 8s to £6 Bs, Store eows £9 to £4 Is, aged sows £1 «s.

[ On Wednesday, Sfttih. I conducted a clearing sale on account of Mr. Ghas. Smith, on tie Ngariki Toad, Rahotn (the first in iiis durtwot tlio season) and had a good atteadanec. The «owa were low in condition and in many cases carried rather mucfi ape, but notwithstanding this I had brisk bidding, bbe full herd making an cxeel!c»t average of just on £7 10s. Priecs wctc as follows:—Dairy oowfi, early talven, made from £8 to £lO ss, late ealvera £4 to £5 ss, very old cow £fl, well Bred Holstein bulls £IE 6s, well grown line of in-calf 2year Jersey heifers £7 10a, weaner Holstein bull £2 2s, mixed weaners £1 lis, draught fool £9, and sundries at satisfactory prices.

Private Sales for the week:—Xice line of weaner steers £2 10s, colored weaner heifers £1 lfts and £1 17s 6KJ, empty 18 months (heifers £3 3s, for «. liae «f 137 fat «owfl £7, £6 10?, £6, dairy cows £5 Iss to £B, 2>/ 2 -yea,r in-ra.lf heifers £5 6s and £5 10s, to a southern buyer in o, dirive of 98 2-year steers (still in good demand) 1 £4 Ms, £4 Bs, £3 18s M, good 2%-vrtir steers £6 10s, 3 and 3 1 / 3 -year bullocks £7 15s for a small lot. £7 10s for 50 and £7 for a line of 110, fat and forward ewes 10s to 17b, lieavy butchers' wethers £1 Is to £1 3s, f.f.m. ewes in lamb 17s 6d, 2-tooth wthem lfts Sd, 18s, 14s 6d, hoggets 13s (id, 13s, 12s 6d, 12s, lis fld.

MATTHEWS, GAIULTN AND CO.'S REPORT. Matthews, fiamlm nnd 00. report «. fair yarding- of stock in their rntflewoocl yards lost Wednesday, most of which was disposed of at the following rpriees: Store cows £3 1«B to £3 lfls »d, forward do £4 6s Co £4 12s fid. 20 months steers £4 6s, empty ftcifer* £2 18s- to £3 2s «d. bulls £3 10s to £5 10s, weaner heifei-s Bffs to 81g, steers £2 2s, cull lambs lOw 2d,