COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 July 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

: N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP. SOCIETY. On Saturday, June 24, we held a clearing sale of Messrs. Gerrard and Stevenson, of Oeo, of dairy cows, etc. Best dairy cows sold at' from £ls 10s to £2O, others £lO to £ls, cows in milk and empty £7 to £ll ss, horses £8 to £2O, store pigs 255, sows £2 to £5. At Opunake yards on Monday fat cows brought £lO to £ll 19s, fresh conditioned cows £S 18s to £9 15s, forward c ows £8 to £8 15s, store cows £7 to £7 17s, small store cows. £5 10s to £fi 15s, 20-month empty heifers £4 7s Od, steer calves in £3 6s, heifers £1 18s to £2 fis, bulls to £9 10s, in-calf heifers £0 10s to £lO ss. On Tuesday, June 27. at Matapu, wo had a clearing sale of Mrs. Mcßeth's daily cows, otc. A good sale resulted. Best dairy cows sold at from £l3 to £l7. others £9 to £l2 10s, heifers to £8 10s, weaner steers £3 10s, heifers £3 4s. horses £23, breeding sows £5 10s to £7 17s 6d, store pigs ISs 6d to £1 15s, lambs 21s Gd; sundries sold at 'late rates. , Manaia: Fat cows to £lO 10s. freshconditioned cows £9 to £9 12s, forward cows £8 to £S 17s fid. store cows £6 5s to £7 15s, in-calf heifers £8 5s to £9 10s, weaner heifers £2 fis to £3 2,5. At Opunake on Wednesday we held a clearing sale of Mr. M. Fennell's dairy cows, etc. Best dairy cows sold at from £l2 to £l4 Lis, oth'ers £0 15s to £ll 10s. On Wednesday, at Tnaha, we held a clearing sale of Mr. J. Exley's live and dead stock. The pick of Hie dairy cows sold at from £ls to £2O, others £lO to £l4 10s, aged cows £7 10s to £9 10s, breeding sows £0 10s to £7 ss, store pigs 21s Cd to £1 12s, horses £lO to £2O 15s. At Inglewood, on Wednesday, we held our opening «ale in that district. There was a large yarding of both cattle and sheep, and also a very large attendance of buyers. Competition was keen, high prices were realised, and with few exceptions everything was sold. We quote: Fat wethers to 33s fid. forward wethers 2Ss, ewes in lamb 2fis lOd to 29s Sd, fat hoggets 2fis 7d, small hoggets 14s 7d to ISs Sd, fat cows £lO to £lO 12s fid, fresh-conditioned cows £8 las to £9 12s Gd, forward enws £7 Ins to £8 12s Gd, store cows £0 15s to £7 10s, small store cows and empty heifers £5 to £G 10s, fat steers £l3 to £lO. 3-ycar steers in forward condition to £l3, 20-month to 2-J-vear steers £fi to £S, weaner steers £2 12s to £3 18s, heifers £2 to £2 13s, best in-calf heifers £7 10s to £9 ss, others £5 to £fl 15s, dairy cows £7 to £lO 10s, weaner pigs 14s to 17s (id, store pigs 19s fid to 30s. At Auroa, on Thursday, we held a clearing sale of Mr. M. Duggan's live and dead Btock. Dairy cows sold at from £9 10s to £lB, averaging £l3 10s, incalf heifers £8 15s to £l4 ss, horses £lO to £36 10s, sow and litter £lO ss. On Thursday, at Ngaore, we had a sale of Mr. P Mchrtens' live and dead stock and again report a successful, sale. Best dairy cows sold at from £l2 10s to £ls, others £8 to £ll 10s, horses £l4 to £2O, ewes 3Gs. ! At Ararata on Friday, June 30, we held, a clearing sale of Mr, C. W. Parfltt's live and dead stock. The 140 cows averaged £l2 10s. The best dairy cows sold at from £M to £2O. other's £lO to £l3 10s, empty cows £7 to £lO. incalf heifers £G to £l4 10s, weaner heifers £3 3s. At Auroa fat cows brought £lO to £ll 15s, fresh conditioned cows £8 to £9 15s, forward cows £S to £8 17s, sfore cows £0 to £7 lGs, bull £9 17s Gd, weaner heifers £2 5s to £3 15s, steers £3 to £3 4s Gd. TARANAKI WOOL. SKIN. HIDE AND TALLOW SALES. Am. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At my sale of the above on Tuesday June 27, I catalogued 03 hales and 150 sacks wool, 3100 sheepskins, 17 casks and 93 tins tallow, 24 cases lard. Sl2 hides, 205 calfskins, and the usual sundries. A good proportion of the wool offered was erutchings, which sold readily under foreign competition, and at prices that must be gratifying to growers. Tallow advanced 35s per ton. Sheepskins were keenly competed for and advanced Id ] .']• lb. Hides met an unsatisfied demand and again advanced Jd to Id, heavy sorts and good conditioned benefiting mostly. I quote: —Wool: Crutchings, best, 12J.i1, medium lid to 12d, seedy and inferior 93d to lO'/.d, fleece 12d to 13d, lambs' 122 d, seedy 5d to Sd, 2nd shearing 12d io 12Jd. Tn sacks: Crutchings 9.U1 to Md, lieece 9jd to 13d, lambs' Sd to 12'/,d, locks and pieces 2ld to (id, black SJd to Old. Sheepskins: Full wool S2d to 11-3 d. 3 vool 10.U1 to Hid, .'. wool M;i to lid, lambs' 10d to lljd, shorn lambs 7}d to 7Jd, pelts 3Jd to 7jd, dgd. woolly Sd to 9{d, dead V,..d, dead and dgd.'.'lid to 9Jd, skin pieces fijd. Damp lines: Ex'tra heavy ]3s Gd to His (id. heavy 10s lOd to 12s, medium 7s 4d to 9s, light 3s Gd to (is Gd. lambs 3s (id to 9s, dead lambs r .'s Od to 5s Cd. Salted. Best Ss to 9s Sd, light 4s to 7s. Tallow: Best mixed in casks 28s to 30s, in tins 27s 9d to 30s Gd, lard 2d per lb. Hides: Ox medium IOJd to lljd, cow heavy 9'/.d to lid, medium lOd to los<l, light 9.jd to Jn»d, cut Ssd to 9d, stags G?d to 7kl, horse, heavy, 15s to 17s (id, light 7s 3d to lis Gd, cut 5s 3d to 10s Gd, farmers' cow 7d to Hid cut or slpy. 4d to fiifd, yearlings S'/ad to 9Jd, dry slippy or cut 4id to 7d. Calfskins: Best lines 10} d to IOJd, seconds 9d to lOjd, cut or slippy 5d to Slid, goats Is each, pigs Is. Horsehair: Is Old lb, mane lid lb. C.Wtails 12'/ 3 d dov„ Horsetails Gd each. Bones £5 per ton. My next sale will be held on Tuesday, July 25.