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Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1916, Page 2

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~*" ''". } LONDON MARKETS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Loudon. July 21. Copper—Spot, £9O ss, three months £SS ss; electrolytic, £l2l. Lead—Spot, £'2B; three months, £27. Spelter—Spot £sl, three months £47. Tin—Spot £IOO 12s Od, three months £IOO 17s (id. Silver, 29% d per w, fc'EWTOX XIXC'S REPORT. On Monday, 10th inst., ax wf Urenui yards, there was a good entry and attendance, notwithstanding the'inclement weather. The bidding was spirited, and a .-cry satisfactory sale resulted at the following prices:—Yearling heifers £3 2s to £3 5s Cd, smaller £2 7s to £2 ISs, small yearling steers £3 os to £3 13s, empty 2-year heifers £5, choice springing heifers £lO to £l2, in-calf heifers £0 to £8 si, b'/Hs £fi 5s to £lO, small £O, fat cows Us to £lO 18s, forward cows £8 to £0 10s, store cows (good) £0 10s to £7 17s, very small £3 17s (id to £fi, line of cows with young calves £S 8s Od, good hoggets 23s,'small 13s lid to His od, fat ewes 32s fid, fat wethers 35s to 30s 3d, small lot of prime fat wethers 395, 2-tooth wethers in forward condition 30s 3d, ewes in lamb (aged) 24sif0d. pedigree Berkshire sow with litter of seven lOigus., pedigree Berkshire sow in pig Ogns., pedigree Berkshire boar £3, sows in pig 35s to £3, small store pigs 17s. On Tuesday, 11th inst., at Stony River, there was a full yarding, competition being keen throughout, sales being made as follows:—Yearling steers £3 ins to £4 55, ! small £3 4s to £3 12s (id, yearling heifers up to £3 ss, 2-year empty heifers £,? 3s, fat cows £9 13s to £10■ ss, forward cows £8 2s to £!) 7s, store cows £5 14s to £7 10s, good line of 3-year in-calf heifers £0 ss, Jersey 2-year in-calf heifers £0 15s to £7 Is, dairy cows £0 15s to £lO 10s, springing heifers £<! 5s to £9 f)S'. On the same day at Durham road, for Mr. A. A. Burrell's clearing sale, there was a good attendance. The dairy cows were a good young line, selling up to £ls, and averaging just £ll 10s. On the same at Tikorangi, at Mr. H. G. Hicks' clearing sale, prices were good, best cows selling up to £l7, the herd! averaging £ll 14s Od. Y'earling heifers made £2 lis to £3 10s, store cows £5 18s to £8 10s, small in-calf heifers £5 ss, forward cows £9 Is. At Ingiewood on Wednesday, 12th inst., for my weekly sale there was a good entry and attendance. Ridding throughout was brisk, there being a good clearance. The sheep yarded were of good quality and sold very well. Yearling steers made £4 2s to £4 4s Od, yearling heifers £2 12s to £3 2s, 2-year steers (small and rough) £0 lis, empty 20-month heifers £5 3s, in-calf 2-year 'heifers £0 3s. fat heifers £9 Os, forward heifers £7 las, forward cows £8 Is to £!), store cows £(i 15s to £7 15s, springing heifers (small) £0 15s, dairy cows £lO to £ll 15s, small lambs 21s, s.in. ewes in lamb 33s 3d, 2-tootb to f.m. ewes in lamb (some small sheep) 325, f.m. ewes in lamb -23s to 31s !ld, forward empty ewes 28s 3d,.2-tooth to f.m. English Leicester ewes, in lamb to English Leicester rams, 37s 3d. At Normanby on the same day, in conjunction with the Hawcru branch of the Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., I conducted Mr. R. J. Linn's pedigree Jersey sale. Buyers were present from all parts of the Dominion, and a most successful sale was held. Prices have already been published. On Thursday, 13th in«t., at Frankley road, at Mr. J. Gilbert's clearing sale, there was a good attendance. The dairy cows were all young and of nice quality, but very low in condition, and sold exceptionally well, averaging £!). Dairy cows on account of other vendors made from £9 to £l2, Jersey bull £ll 10s. On the same at Beaeonsfield road, Midhirst, for Mr. C. Jago's sale of dairy heifers, there was a good attendance. The choicest heifer offered made £l4 15s, others £7 10s to £lO 10s : small £5 15s to £7. On Friday, 14th inst., at Strathmorc, for Mr. A. F. Anderson's clearing sale, buyers were present in record numbers for this district. Ewes in lamb made 33s 3d, 31s Oil, 27s 7d and 24s Od, hoggets 23s fid, 2-tootb wethers 30s 7d, yearling steers £4 15s, small in-calf heifers £5 10s, 2-year steers £S, mixed yearlings £3, dairy cows (mostly backward) £0 to £l2 10s. On the same day at Waiwakaiho, for my fortnightly cattle sale, there was a full yarding. Buyers were present in good numbers and a very satisfactory sale was held. Yearling heifers made from £2 ISs to £3 9s, smaller £2 to £2 14s Od, yearling steers £4 13s, rough 2-year steers £5 10s to £0 15s, empty 2r-month heifers £4 13s to £5 4s, small in-calf heifers £4 lis to £5 7s, in-calf ,£(J 15s to £7 !2s Od, dairy cows up to £l"2, store cows £5 ]9s to £7 13s, very small cows £1 4s to £5 ss, bulls £6 7s Od. The pedigree Jersey cows advertised on account of Mr. J. 11. Street made from 20 to 30 guineas; pedigree 2-year heifer in calf, but low in condition, 15' A guineas. On Monday, 17th inst., at Douglas, there was a fair yarding, which sold at the following prices: —Yearling heifers £2 12s (id to £3 (is, yearling steers £4 8s to £4 10s, in-calf '2-year heifers £0 17s Od, empty 20-month heifers £5 ss, store cows £0 3s to £7 «12s (id, forward cows up to £S Ills, 2'/, to 3-year bullocks £l'o Bs, springing heifers £S 10s to £9 15s, bulls £8 15s, hoggets ISs !)d to Ills 2d, eulls lis 7d, 2-tooth wethers 30s, f.m. ewes 10s 2d. On the same day at Motomii, for Mr. Mane White's clearing sale, there was a good attendance. 'Buyers were keen af- : ter any of the cows showing quality, these s/lling at from £l4 to £lB, farm ' horses £l's 10s to £3O. At Stratford on Tuesday, for my fort- ■ nightly sale, there was a full yarding • of both sheep and cattle. Competition 1 for all cattle was good, but sheep were 1 dragging. Yearlings and store cows were in strong demand. Yearling steers made : from £3 ISs to £4 lis, mostly rough i yearling heifers £2 10s to £3 lis, a record price of £4 Ids being obtained for a Shorthorn-Holstein pen of mixed yearHugs on account of a Xgacvc client; enioty 20-month heifers £( 10s to £5 ' Ss.'rouih 2-year steers £7 2s, yearling bulls £5 17s, 2 and 3-year in-calf heifers £7 9s. small store cows £4 ils to i £5 14s, good store cows £6 12s fid to £7 13s fid, forward cows £S to £9 10s - (according to frame), fat cows £9 ISs to £ll (is, sound-mouthed ewes in lamb 29s 7d to 30s Sd, hoggets ISs 9d to 22s lOd, fat wethers 35s 3d to 39s Od. In the dairy pens I had a fair entry. , Dairy cows sold at from £S 5s 'to £ls, . springing heifers £9.5s to £l2 10s, small £5 to £7 ss. On Wednesday, 19th inst., at Inglewood, for my weekly sale, there was a

I fair yarding of cattle and a good entry ■of sheep. Bidding throughout was good, the whole of the cattle and practically all the sheep being cleared during the day at prices satisfactory to vendors, friccs obtained were: Yearling heife:'s£3 7s, yearling steers (good line) £5 2s, rough hut good-sized £4 Bs, empty heifers ,C 4 »s to £5 His for a good pen of Shorthorns, store cows £fi '?- to £7 Bs, forward cows £!l to ClO Is, dairy cows £lO 2s fid to £ll 15s, guaranteed cows (in calf) .10 8s to £7 I.ls, springing heifers .07 12s Sd to I!) 15s. small £5 lis (id to £0 12s (id. small hoggets 17s Id, mixed sheep (aged) His lid, f.m. e-wes in lamb 25s to .ids lid. On the same day at Rowan, for the clearing sale of dairy cattle on account of Mr. A. ,1. Dcmpsey, there was a good attendance. The heifers wore mostly small, but sold very well, the best making from £!) 15s to £ll, others £5 to £7 15s, cows £l2, bulls £fi 5s to £8 ss, store cows £7 10s to £7 15s. On Thursday. 20th hist., at Oaonui, for .Messrs .Jordan Bros,' clearing sale, there was a good attendance. The dairy cows included a good number of aged cows, but were in great condition and sold very well, a most satisfactory sale being neld. Best cows realised from £ll 10s to £l4 10s, others £8 5s to £lO 10s, aged cows £C to £8 ss, empty cows £7 10s to £O, the herd averaging £lO 2;: best 2-year springing heifers £lO 5s to £ll, good £7 12s (id to £8 10s, smaller £5 15s, empty heifers £5 2s lid to £5 7s (id, yearling heifers £3 2.i to £:! 12s, yearling steers £4 Is, j Shorthorn hulls'£ll Ills to £lO 10s. Holstein bull £7 10s. At Motomii on the same day, for the clearing sale in the estate of the late C. Gray, I had a good attendance. Best cows made up to £l7 ss, others from £0 5s to £l2 10s, the herd averaging ill lis Od; empty cows made from £5 os to £0 15s, yearling heifers £3 7s (id, springing heifers £7 15«, bull £!) !ls, farm horses up to £27, breeding .sows up to £0 ss. On the same day at (he Bird road, Stratford, I conducted Jlr. Arthur Bennett's clearing sale. The cows were a nice line of Holstein-Shorthorns and were very keenly competed for. The best price obtained was £24, but others ran consistently close to this figure, the herd of 05 cows averaging £1.4 10s. AI'CKLAXD. West Held.—Choice quality ox sold to 32 (is, others £2 2s' to £2'.ss per KlOlb; cow and heifer beef £2 Is to £2 Is for first quality, others £1 18s to £2. Steers sold at from £ll to £2l 10s, cows and heifers £8 10s to £ls JOs. Calves: Runners from £(i 5s to £8 17s Od, heavy suckers £4 10s to £l} 12s, medium suckers £3 5s to £4 15s, small and fresh-dropped 5s to 27s lid, light suckers £1 12s to £2 15s. Sheep were penned in large numbers and showed no improvement in prices. Best wethers sold at from £1 His to £2 0s 3d, others £1 lis to £1 Iss (id, store wethers £1 7s (id to £1 10s tid, best ewes £1 10s fld to £1 Ms Od, others £1 (is Od to £1 10s 3d, hoggets (in average numbers) £1 2s to £1 !ls (id, small store hoggets 13s (Id to His !ld. Pigs: Heavy baconers £3 16s to £4 18s. medium baconers £3 5s to £3 15s, light ditto £2 17s to 3 4s, heavy porkers £2 15s to £" (Is, medium porkers £2 Is to £2 14s, light porkers £1 15s to £2, slips £1 6s to £1 13s, weauers 10s to £1 7s, suckers 15s to £1 2s.