COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 30, 25 June 1914, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Friday, 12th inst. ,at my Kftponga yards there was a fair yardang witlh a good attendance. Competition was best for good conditioned cows and yearlings, the whole of the yarding selling as follows:—Fat wto, good, £0 19a to i 7 10s; forward cows, £5 15s, £3 10s, £5 (is, £5 2s, £5 £4 19b, £4 lto, £4 13 s, £4 10s; good 6'tora cow?, £3 lis to £4 4s; lifter framed cows, fc' 16s to £3 <is; aged eows, £1 8s to £2 ss; empty colored heifers £3 5s to £3 12s; weaner hefires £1 14b to £1 17b 6d; small £1; mixed weaners £3s 5a to £3 12s; weaner heifers £1 14s small bulls, it 12s 6d to £4 2s; lambs, small, 12s Bd. At Urenui on Monday, 15th inst., there was a fair entry of cattle, and several pens of sheep, most of which were cleared during the day. A fine pen of yearling Holstein steers, exceptionally well done realised £3 10s, and the heifers from the same vendor £2 U!s 6d, other weaner steers £1 17b 6d to £2 10b weaners heifers £1 lis 6d to £2, springing heifers £5 5b to £5 17b 6(1, cows and calves £5 2s 6d, empty heifers £3 ' 3s, for Shorthorns to £3 15s, for color- ' ed fat cows £6 16s to £6 19s, smaller cows £5 14s 6d to £45 6s fid, forward cows £4 14b t« £5 10s, store cows j £3 5s to £4 Bb, dairy cows £4 to £7 * 15s, aged cows £1 18s, fat and forward ■ ballocks £8 10s to £'9 15s, 2-year steers ',from £3 14s fid, for fair stuff to £4 Mis, j for exceptionally good and forward | wethers £1 2s 6d, mixed aged ewes in lamb £1 Is.

On Tuesday, ltitK inst, at my Rahotu yards, there was a full yarding mostly comprised of young cattle, of which, although these catle were rough and upon the small side, there was a .keen demand, practically everything yarded being cleared at the hammer at the following satisfactory prices:— Weaner heifers, best, £1 13» Gd to £1) d9s, smaller

| £1 5s to £1 8s od, weaner steers £2 12s fld to £1 7s, mixed weaners £1 15s 6d £ 1 18s, in calf jersey heifers £5 3s 6d, in calf 3-year Shorthorn heifers £O, Small bulls £3 12s <6d, good 2-year steers |£4 to £4 7Sy 2%-year steers £5 2s to £6 7s, rough empty 20-montli empty heifers £2 ,15s, fair line £3 ss, forward cows £5 5s to" £4 15s, store cows £3 8d to £4 7s, light cows £2 12a fld to £2 lfld, old cows £l. At Waiwakaiho on Friday, the lDth inst, there was a full yarding of cattle of all classes with a good attendance of buveJs. Any good pens of weaners elicited brisk competition, the smaller stuff being rather hard of sale. Forward, cows sold very readily and any steers offered changed hands at the hammer. Several good lines of springing and in calf heifers were offered and I had a better enquiry for the latter sorts, especially anything showing well in calf and with size and condition. 1 supply prices:—'Weaner steers good stee £2 7s to £2 Us, smaller £1 lis to £1 17s, Jersey weaner heifers £2 7s to £2 2s 6d, well done line of Shorthorn weaner heifers £2 3s fld, grade weaner heifers (good sized stuff) £il I.os to £2, smaller £1 4s to £1 14s, mixed weaners £1 13s fld to £2, 2-year steers £4 to £4 14s, 2y 2 -year steers (rough) £5, empty 20-months heifers (nice Jerseys) £3 12s fld to £ 3 19s, Shoi'tho "n lines £3 4s, ;£3 0s fld, £2 19s fld, £2 18s, forward and light fat cows £6, £5 17s, £5 15, £5 9s, £4 16s. £4 13a, £4 12s, good store cows £3 12s fld to £4 3s, lighter framed cows £2 18s to £3 7s 6d, aged cows £1 to £2, empty 2-tootli ewes 17s Id, empty store ewes 14s, lambs 14s 2d, small 10s, 2-year Jersey springing heifers ' £5 10s to ' £7, in calf 2-year heifers from £3 12s to £5 2s 6d, springing 3year heifers £6 10s, in calf 3-year heifers £5 las to £6 2s-6d. The dairy herd advertised on account of the executors of Josep'h Terrill's estate, at-, tracted much attention, and realised for early calvers from £O. 10s to £9 10s, later calvers £4 10s to £7 ss, empty cows £4 8s to £5 18s. On account of other vendors, dairy cows made £ll, r £lO Is, £9, £B, £7 10s, £0 53, •£«. guaranteed cows £4 5s to £6 10s. ■ (Private Sales for the week as follows: Weaner heifers £1 Is fld to £1 ISs for grades up to £2 9s, for good Jersey lines, weaner steers £1 lis fld to £2 3s for fair lints, empty. 20-months to 2yr. heifers £3 fls fid, £3 3s, £2 17s 6d, 20-months to 2-year steers £3 17s fld to £4 7s fld, 2-year in calf Jersey heifers £0 to £lO, grades £4 10s to £5, fat heifers £0 3s, light fat cows £6 10s to £0 17s 6d, forward cows £5 2s fid.