COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report: On Thursday last, at Westfteld stoie sale, liest dairy cows and heifers made from £lO 10s to £ls 12s 6d, others £7 15s to'£lo ss, empty cows £7 17s Gd to £lO Is, bulls 7gns to 14gns (according to quality), yearling to 18-months heifers £5 3s to £7 17s 6d, yearling to 18-month steers £0 7s 6d to £8 15s, calves £2 15s to £4 lis. , At Albert yards horse sale on Friday heavy draughts sold from £23 to £37 10s, medium £l7 to £2O, light harness sorts £7 10s to £l4 10s, hacks £7 to £l(i, ponies £4 to £S. At Waiuku best dairy cows and heifers- brought, from' £lO 103 to £ls, others £7 10s to £lO ss, bulls Sgns to 14gns, empty cows and heifers £7 15s to £lO, two to three-year steers £lO in to £l2 14s, yearling to 18-months £0 )7s Gd to £!) 10s, steer calves £3 l()s to £4 12s, heifer calves £2 lGs to £4 Is, yearling to 18-months heifers £0 15s to £7 17s Gd. At Henderson dairy cows made from £8 ss' to £l2 15s, dairy heifers £7 5s to £lO 15s, bulls fid to £9 17s Gd, steer calves £2 10s £3-15s; beef at Westfleld rates; 2-tooth ewes and wethers £1 4s 3d. At Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday best oxen sold to £S iOs per 1001b, others £2 5s to £2 os. per 1001b, cow and heifer beef £2 2s to £2 7s per 1001b. Steers sold at from £J4 os to £22 10s. Calves: Runners..£7 15s to £lO Us. heavy vcalers £5 5s to £7 15s, medium £4 7s fid to £5 4s, light £2 103 to £4 ss, small and fresh-drop-ped 12s (Gd to £1 17« fid. Sheep: Best wethers sold at from £1 14s to £1 Ws M, ■other* £1 9s to £1 13s Gd, ewes (first quality) £1 12s 9d to £1 lGs Gd, others £l 5s to £ I lis Ad, hoggets £1 5s to £1 12s 3d, best lambs £1 (is to £1 13s Gd, others £1 2s to £1 5s f,il. Pigs: No choppers yarded; heavy baconers £4 Ss to £."> 3s, medium £3 17s to £4 7s, light £3 7s to £3 10s, heavy porkers £3 4s to £3 15s, medium £2 14s to £3 3s, light £2 to £2 13s, slips £1 Gs to £1 15s, weaners 13s .to £1 5s