COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 April 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile -Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford, report as follows:

On Wednesday, March 28, we held our usual monthly sale at Te Wera, We have to report a very good yarding of cattle and sheep, and considering the dry Weather we had an excellent sale of cattle, but sheep were hard to quit. 20month to 2-year i.e. heifers, £4 ISs and £4 17s 6d to £5 10s; 3-year i.e. heifers £0 10s to £7 10s; 2-year steers, £8 10s to £9 10s; cows, i.e., £G Is to £7 15s; store cows, £0 to £8; 2-year m.t. heifers, £5 3s, £5 10s 6d to £8 8s; yearling steersy £5, £5 17s 6d to £7 10s; mixed weaners, £2 to £2 ss; s.h, bull, £7 17s Od. Weaner pigs, 7s 6d to 8a; | rams £3, Our next sale at Te Wera will be held on Friday, May 18. On Thursday, March 29, we held our usual monthly sale at Kohuratahi, when we have to report a good yarding of sheep, and a fair yarding of cattle. Wo quitted most of tlje sheep, but cattle were dull of sale. Store- cows, £8 18s; bulls £5 ss; heifers, calved, £7 ss; weaners £2 10s; 2-tooth wethers 325; lambs, medium, 13s Gd; f.m. ewes, 20s; 4-tooth ewes 355; 6-tooth to f.m. rams, 13, 2, 2} to 2£ guineas. Our next sale at Kohuratahi will, be held on Thursday, April 20, 1917. On Tuesday, (April 3, we held our usual fortnightly sale at our Stratford yards, and have to report a good yarding of cattle and a moderate yarding of sheel:. We had a very good sale, quitting most of the cattle and all the sheep. Store eows, poor and low conditioned, £3 17s, £4 18s, £4 19s to £5; fair to medium £7 2s Art to £8 2s Cd; 20-month steers £7 15s; fat cows £9 2s Gd, £lO Bs, £lO 12s fid to £l2 Is; weaner steer 3 £2 14s Od, £3 ss, £3 10s to £3 16s 6d; weaner heifers £2 3s Od, £2 0s Gd to £2 12s; springing heifers £7 7s Gd, £8 10s, £9 to £9 15s; ewes, cully, lis; lambs, medium, lis 3d. On Tuesday, April 5, we held our usual monthly sale at Tarata, and have to report a very good yarding of cattle, but owing to the proximity of the Easter holidays bidding was not at all spirited. Store cows, medium, £5 Is Gd, £5 4s, £5 10s, £G Gs to £0 10s; good, £8 to £8 10s; 2-year steers £8 18s; bulls £0 3s, £7 7s,' £7 12s Gd, £7 15s to £0; 2-year old heifers, £0 to £G 7s Cd; 8vear heifers £7 3s, £7 10s, £8 to £8 10s; weaner steers £1 14a; lambs, medium, lis. Our next Tarata sale will bo held on Friday, May 4. On Tuesday, April 17, we held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratforl yards. We had a good yarding of sheep and a small yarding of ,-attle, and had a very satisfactory clearance in both cattle and sheep. Store cows £5 6s, £6 Is to £7 lis; fat cows, medium, £8 Is to £9 19s; good, £l3 lis; cows, i.e., £7 l!)s, £8 to £8 9s; bulls £ip 2s Od; yearling heifers £3 Is; heifws calved £8; f.m. ewes, cully, Us 2d; fat ewes 31s; woolly lambs 18s; shorn lambs 12s Gd; 2-tooth wethers, 17s Gd. Our next Stratford sale will be held on Tuesday, May 1, at 11.30 p.m. On Thursday, April 19, we held our usual monthly sale at our Matau yards,

and have to report a moderate yarding of cattle and sheep, but we had a very satisfactory sale, quilting nearly all tile •ljncn entered. 20-raontli steers ■£(! 7s (id to £7 IDs; springing heifers £9 7s (id; weaner heifers £4; heifer?, calved, '.£7 10s; lambs 1 (i.i (Id; 4-tooth wethers 27s to 30s 3d. Our next Matau sale will | be lieid on Friday, May 11, 1017. I On Friday, April 20, we held our usual monthly salo at Te Wera yards, and have I to report an excellent yarding of cattle. , and sheep. We quitted a fair number of cattle, but sheep were dull of salo. Store eows £5 11s, £5 10s to £7; weaner steers £2 4s (id to £4; 2-year steers £9 2s (id; lambs, cully, 3s fld to Ss lOd. Our next Te Wera sale will bo held on Friday, May 18, 1017. Sinco wo last reported, we have sold, a good deal of stock privately at the following prices:—Mixed weancrs £3 2s Od, £3 10s to £4 4s; 2-year steers £S l.'is to £0 ss; store cows £9 10s; heifers, i.e., 21-year, £7, £7 10s, £B. to £S r>s( lambs iOs; 4-tootU wethers 25s 6d; old rams 355; 2-tooth ewes 30s.