COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 181, 9 January 1915, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK SALES. JOHN SON VILLE. At Johnsonvilie on Wednesday fair yardings of cattle and slieep came forward and sold at tlie following prices tra prime bullocks £1(1 7s (id, prnic heavy bullocks £l4 17s Cd, prime, bullocks £l3 10s, good, wethers 235, light ■wethers 21s 7d to 225, prime ewes 20s to 20s 3d, lighter 18s to lSs fid, plain ewes 17s Od to 17s 9d, prime lambs 10s 4d to Ids 10(1, others 13s to 15s. BURNSIDE. At Burnside, Wednesday, 240 fat cattle were yarded. "This was a large entry, but as butchers' supplies were cleared out and freezing buyers were operating prices ranged from part to 10s lower than last sale rates. Prime bullocks .made £l3 to £ls 10s, extra prime to ' ~£2O, medium to good £ll to £l2, unfinished £9 to £lO, prime cows and heifers £l2 10s to £l3 ss, extra to £l-1 12s Cd, medium £9 to £lO 10s, others •£6 to £B. . There was large yarding of fat sheep, 2957 being penned. The entry consisted •(principally of ewes, very few pens of ■good quality wethers being in. Prices for wethers and good ewes were quite •up to late rates, bub medium ewes show!cd a decline of Is per head. Freezing buyers secured several trucks. Best wethers 24s to 275, extra to 30s, medium 20s lid to 225, light 18s to 19s, best ewes 22s to 245, extra to. 28s !M, medium lis to 17s, others 13s Cd to 15«. • Fat Lambs.—'(lso penned. Prices showed a drop of 3s 2d per head on the rates ■ruling at the Christmas week sale. Best 17s to 18s, extra to 20s fid, medium" ]4s ■to 15s Cd, inferior 12s Od to 13s fid. f Pi;, s _;->4 fats and 79 stores were yard- ! Ed, and sold at late quotations.

ADDINOTOX. iChristehureh, January (i. Tlie opening of the freezing works in ,tho South Island having taken place on .Monday, heavy yardings of fat stock will now be the rule.' Entries at the lAddingxton yards to-day were very large in the -fat cattle, sheep, and lamb sections. jßeef and lamb sold well. Mutton ex-i Ijport buyers were operating freely,) j .though the local works are at present ( blocked with stock. Store sheep were in ■ good demand. j i 'Store sheep.—flood forward fl-tooth . |.wethers to 18s Od, forward 4-tootli we- \ •tliers Ids 5d to 17s, good 2-tooth wethers I 14s nd to 15s, cull 2-tooth wethers 7s iikl to lis, forward lambs 14s 7d to 15s 3d, inferior lambs 10s, fair 2-tooth ew*s i to 17s 9d." i ' Fat I^ambs.—Extra prime heavy lambs Ito 25s Od, tegs 10s to 235, average I,weights 10s (id to 19s fid, light and un- ] finished 15s to 10s. I, Fat Slice]).— Prime wether* 21s to 2-is j,VI, others 10s lOd to 21s. mevino wethers 10s 4d to 17s Kid, prime ewes 18s 'od to 235, others 15s to 18s, merino ewes lis, hoggets ISs 3d to 18s Od. Fat Cattle.—Extra good steers to £l9 5s ordinary steers £fi 15s to £l2, ordinary heifers £5 15s to £ll 7s Od, i extra'cows to £l4 15s; ordinary cows, I £5 7s Gd to £S ss; price of beef per 1001b, 37s Od to 42s fid, and extra to 455. 1 Store Cattle.—Fifteen to IS-months sorts £2 9s to £3 ss, 2-year steers £4 j 15s, 2-year heifers £4 2s Od. 3-year steers ' £7, 3-year heifers £5 os,< dry e*ws £2 to £O. Dairy Cows £3 to £lO. Fat' Pigs.—Choppers (ordinary) 50s ! to 70s, extra baconers to 70s, ordinary baconers 47s to 555, heavier baconers 60s to Gas; price per lb 5y 4 d. Heavy porkers 38s to 48s, ordinary porkers 33s to 375; price iper lb 5V 2 d to 5%d. Store Pigs—Large sorts 30s to 3Ss, medium 22s to 295, small 15s to 21s, and wcancrs 10s 6d to 17s. NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

On Holiday, 4th Inst., for my monthly sale, at the Douglas yards, a full yarding with a good quality throughout. Prices throughout were right up to values ruling prior to the holidays, and in a few cases showing in advance. 1-5 month Jersey heifers, made :66 ss; yearling to 15-month Shorthorn heifers, £2 5s Oil to £2 10s; good 15-month steers, £3 12s; smaller, £2 13s (Id to £3 2s; •2 to a'/j-year .steers, £5 Is to £5 4s; 3-year steers, £7 ss; yearling to 15month hulls, £2 18s to £4; medium weight bulls, £7 ss; small coivs and calves, £4 !>s; fat heifers, £7 7s; fat cows, £7 7s to £8 3s; no heavy weights offering; forward cows, £G 2s to £7 Ss; good store opws, £5 Is to £5 17s; smaller cows, £3 15s to £4 lis; mixed 2-tooths, 14s 7d to 17s 7d. At Stratford on Tuesday, T had only a small yarding, the whole of which I was* aide to clear at satisfactory prices as follows: —15-month steers (showing Jersey), £3 4s; 2-year steers, £5 to £5 10s; 'small hulls, £3 15s to £5 2s fid; 15-month Jersey heifers, £3 ss; yearling to 15-month heifers, £2 Bs' fid; fat cows, £8 7s; forward cows, £0 lis to £7 12s Cd; store cows, £5 2s to £5 17s Cd;- small cows, £2 10s to £4; f.f.m. and f.m. ewes, 14s (id; f.in. ewes, 12s fid: aged ewes, 10s.

On Wednesday, 6th inst., at my Stony Kivcv yards, I had a small entry practically all of which was cleared at full market rates as follows:—Yoaring heifers, £2 to £2 2s; 10-month heifers. £2 17s Od; Jersey la-month heifers, £8; ■■la-month steers, £3 7s to £3 10s Gil; 21/,-year sters, £5 lis; yearling Shorthorn bull, £5 ss; heavy bulls, ''£l4 5s to £l4 17s 6d: light bulls. £1 15s; springing heifers, £5 5s to £5 17s Od; fat cows, C 7 Kis: store cows, C 5 lis to '£o Ifls; store cows, £4 5s to £5 Is; 2-tooth wethers, forward condition 17s fid; f.m. ewes, lfis Od: forward lambs ■l2s Rd; good lambs, !)s.

MATTHEWS, fiAMLTN &. COMPANY. Matthews, (lamlin and Co. report a small yarding in their Tnglewood yards last Wednesday, the attendance was small, and bidding was not brisk. We disposed of everything yarded with the exception of one pen of cows at the following prices: --Store cows, £4 to £5 as; forward cows, £5 10s to £0 ss; bulls, £0 to £7 7s; yearling steers, £2 lis; heifers do, 35s to £2 Is; springers, £5 5s to £0 10s; fat owes, 18a Id; ewes and lambs, 245; store ewes, lfci Od. I