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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 167, 21 December 1914, Page 2

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NEWTON" KINO'S WEEKTA' REPORT. J * ' i ■ On Holiday, 11th inst., at my Uremii ' yards, f had a full yarding of cattle.', with a representative attendance of buyers. ' Fat cattle: came forward much in ex- , cess of advertised numbers, and buyers, appreciating the convenience of the present mode of selling the fat cattle at , these yards, gave spirited bidding throughout, the 105 head being disposed of in good time, at very satisfactory prices, as follow*:—a Ft cows, £ll. 3s down to £7 17s lid, fat heifers and lightframed cows, £7 His down to .£(» .Is, prime fat bullocks, Cli), £l4 lis. £1!! is. In the dairy yards I had a very small entry, for which the enquiry was very slack, only a few head being sold at from £3 17s (Id to CI 10s, and dairy cows at £7. 1, had an entry of about 750 head of store cattle and "">0 sheep. The latter met with a fair bidding, but . vendors' reserves were in every instance . much above buyers' limits. All classes • of store cattle were enquired for, Jersey ■ 15_inontlis heifers (second quality) being jthe slackest. Fifteen to cighteen- ' months Shorthorn steers made £4, good 15-months steers C.'l 12s fid, yearling steers £2 lis to £3 Is, 15-nionths good Shorthorn heifers £2 14s (id and £2 15s, j smaller £2, 15-iuontlis ITolstein heifers £2 ISs, .Jersey 12 to 15-montiis heifers heifers £2 3s and £2 5s Cd, Jersey. Shorthorn l'fi-months heifers (well done) £2 17s, choice IG-nionths Jersey heifers £3 15s, empty 2-year heifers £3 1 Is Oil to £3 l!)s, 2-year steers (rough) £4 09 to £4 10s, 2 1 /. and 3-year steers £5 15s, cows and calves (good) £(> 3s fid to £8 ISs, small £3 17s (id to £4 ISs, 3-year i bullocks £7 ISs, forward cows £fi 2s fid > to £7 7s, gooil store cows £1 15s to £5 10s, others £4 to £4 10s, heavy bulls j £l2 10s down to £7, 15_months Short-' horn bulls £5, yearling Jersey bulls £3 to £4 ss, forward and fat ewes 17s, store pigs £1 10s. On Tuesday, 15th inst., at Raliotu, I had a good yarding of good-framed, niceconditioned cattle, for which I had a ready sale, at the following prices:—Well grown 15-months Chorthorn heifers £2 l!)s to £3 As (id, smaller £2 2s and £2 ss, rough yearling steers £3 to £3 5s Gd, springing heifers £4 10s, yearling bulls £2 Ss, cows and calves £5 10s, 2'/,-ycar steers (good) £5 15s, fair line of 2-year steers £4 l!)s, 2'/ 2 and 3-vear steers £7, I heavy bulls £l2 7s fid down to £0 17s j fid, prime heavy fat cows' £lO 4s down to £!>, lighter cows £7 10s to £8 9s, forward cows £fi to £7 4s, store cows (good) up to £5 Lis, poor £3 7s to £3 18*. At Kohuratahi on Wednesday, for my liullock fair and cattle, sale t.liert was a good entry, particularly bullocks, the 1 majority of which were in forward con. dition, ando brought very favorable comment from the buyers present, these making good compeition for all lines,' practically everything being cleared at the following prices:—Four-year bullocks, 20 at £ll 7s: 3-year bullocks, 5S at £0 17s, 33' at £!) 15s, 17 at Clti, 12 at £5 12s, and small lots of bullocks at £lO, £8 12s lid and £8 Gs, 2-vear empty heifers £3 10s, bulls £4 10s to £7 ss, store cows '£4 2s to £fi 7s, 15-months Shorthorn heifers £2 10s, good 15-months steers £3 18s fid, £3 13s fid, £3 12s, mixed 2_tooth sheep 15s 3d. LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report as follows: On Tuesday, 15th inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards, when there was a small yarding of lti!) head, largely composed of store cows, and 384 sheep. The demand was fairly good, aiul most lines were, cleared at the hammer and afterwards at satisfactory prices:—Empty cows (small) fifis to 71s, medium Sis to !>7s Gd; fair cows, showing youth, 101s to Ills; good stores, £5 15s to £G 15s; fat cows, medium weights, £7 to £7 10s, heavier weights £7 lis to £3 lis; cows and calves (small) £3 12s fid to £3 15s, fair £4 12s fid to £5 10s; 15-months steers, from £2 15s to £3 ss; yearling steers, [ small, £2 7s to £2 12s, 15-months heifers, small, 3(is to 41s (id; incidum, 45s to 50s Gd; I'B-months to 2_year-old heifers, up to £3 5s and £3 12s; springing heifers, £5 7s (id: cows, £5 17s Gd; bulls, fair yarding, small £5 10s, medium ; £7, heavier £S 7s fid to £S 12s Gd. i On Tuesday we also held our usual monthly wool, sheepskin and hide sale, • when we had a fair catalogue of 21(1 bales of wool, and 3(50 sheepskins, bides, i etc. A considerable number of the lines of wool were of a dingy and heavy na- ' ture, and owing to the drop in prices at > the Wellington sale on the lltli inst, • and to a further report from London 1 that prices were goncrall yeasier, prices offered here showed a drop of '/Id to y,d per lb for most lines, and as owners' ' reserves, in a great many cases, were ' considerably higher than market values, a good many lines were passed in, some of which were sold after the. sale at an advance of y 4 d per lb. The following : prices were reailsed: —f'rutchings, fid; pieces, from 4'V|d to ii'/Ul; fleece, B%d to to !)'/«d for good lines; heavy and cotted bush wool S'/.d to S£d; fairly bright wool, free from seed, 0d to o'/,d. Most of the passcd-in lines are being shipped to London. Most of the sheepskins offered were on account of farmers, and in sympathy with the reduction in values of wool, prices for sheepskins showed a reduction also, but all lines were cleared at full market values: —Small and damaged sold at Is to 2se each, fair wool and pelts 5s 3d to 8s 2d, dead skins up to 3s Od, salted 2s Id; a nice line of skins on account of a TTawera client averaged fis 5(1 each. Tallow, in tins, 18s per cwt. Cowhides, very light, 17s fid each, slipv 20s 7d, medium quality hut light -m, fair weights 32s 7d, calfskins, small lß>od quality) 4s Gd, heavier 5s Od to fis, feshy ss, cut 3s 3d to 3s ild, dry Is 3d to 2s (id each, damaged Is to Is Gd. ■

On Wednesday, I'fith inst., we held our usual monthly sale ill our To Wera yards, when we LuiL a fair yarding ff 205 head of cattle ami I!>2 sheep, marly all of which were cleared at full values: Yearling steers, small, ,12 12s (id to £3 Is (ill, medium C 3 Is to £3 8s; yearling heifers, small, 43s to 'lss, medium.-ills (id lo 575 ; l.")-montlis heifers, 57s to fills; 2_ycar steers, medium, .04 10s, fair lines £5 12s (id; store cows (good entry), small 1M 15s to £ l 10s, medium £5 5s to £5 ',ls, bulky stores £0 to .GO 10s; bulls, small, £5 10s to £5 15s, medium £(> to £0 15s; springing heifers, small, £1 12s Gd to £5, good .CO Cs to £0 10s; ewes and lambs 20s, fat ewes 17s Id, wethers 20s. ?-tooth wethers (small) 15s 3d, cull rams 10s. At this sale we also offered on behalf of Mr. V. TT. Nolan, on account of the l'clgiau Relief Fund, 3 sheep dog pups, bred by him, which realised tiie sum of ,'212 Ss (id, as follows: —The first one put up was purchased by V. 11. Nolan, Te Wera, at 7a lid; re-oii'ered on Mr. Nolan's account and purchased by D. W. Gray, Jluiakama, at 255; re-oU'ered on Mr. Gray's account and purchased by A. A. Piper, j Toko, at 255; re-offered on Mr. Piper's account and purchased by O. MdAloon, | fly Wern at 25b: re-offered on Mr. Mc.

Afooii'n account and purchased by Mc- , I)onald Bros, at £1; re-offcrod on McDonald Bros.' aec.ount and purchased by the Loan and Mercantile Co. at £1; reoffered on the Loan and Mercantile Co,'a acount and purchased by V. IT. Nolan at 17s 3d; re-olTered on Mr. Nolan's account and purchaser by Mr. Arthur Fcavcr, Iviore, at 9a fid. Tiie second pup offer, oil was purchased by C. E. Willis, Koliuratalii at 10s fid; re-offered on his account and purchased by M. O'Neill, Te Wera, at lOs Od; re-offered on Mr. O'Neill's account and purchased by James Dromgool, Tluiakarna, at 10s tid. The other pup offered on Mr. Nolan's account was purchased by Mr. J. IT, Hobbs, Kiore, at 10s Gd. ~Since wc last reported we have disposed of a fair quality of stock privately at the following prices:—2-year-old empty heifer s£3 7s fill to £-1; yearling heifers, | up to £2 Os; store cows and calves, £5; store, cows, in lines, small, £4 2s Cd to £-1 17s iidj medium from £5 to £7: dairy cows, in herds, up to £8; mixed I yearlings, £2 to £2 (is; yearling steers, '£3 to £3 sk; 2_year-old steers ,£(i; I'dairy bulls, £tf to 20gns; store ewes, l fis

to Ttis 3d; wether hoggets, ISs to 10s. | =— I