COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. Wellington, May 7. Lonsdale and Co. (Mr. S. Turner, New Zealand agent) cable:— Butter—Market steady at 204s to 20(1; v.nsalted, 204s to 208s. Ciieese—Market unchanged. " N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO.'S REPORT. Knkaramea—Prices were: Cows £0 to £l2 7s, stores £5 5s to £8 13s, bulls £S to £9 7s, weaners Ills to £4, pigs (slips) 5s 6d, forward stores 14s Gd to 245. Eitham—Cows £lO 8s to £l4 4s, fat heifers £7 7s to £8 10,s, forward cows £5 7s Gd to £6 (is, weaners 35s fld to £3 15s, weancr steers £3 Jss. Sheep: Lambs 8s to his, forward ewes 30s, Pigs; Stores 7s to^l2s. Hawera.—Cows £S 2s Gd to £l2 4s. backward jsorts £5 2s to £0 15s, steers £S 17s to £9 {Js, weaners (mixed) 35s to £4 2s Gd, springing heifers £lO to £l4 10s, cows ifnd calves £l2. Sheep: Wethers, 20s to 2Gs, ewes (0 and 8-tooth) 31s, lambs 12s t# 15s. Pigs: Slips 2s to 5s Gd. There was a poor demand for pigs. PAHIATUA CATTLE FAIR. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., stock department, report on their autumn cattle fair, held on Thursday, 3rd instant, as under:— Wo offered 3200 head, and, generally speaking, the yarding was a record for the Wairarapa. The quality all round was exceptionally good, and the manner in which the cattle were drafted was favorably commented on by buyers. The attendance was very large, buyers from a distance being prominent, including Gisbcrne, Hawke's Bay. Taranaki, Maniwatu and Wanganui, whilst the Wairarapa was strongly represented. A heavy fog early in the morning was responsible for a "bo.v," which delayed matters somewhat, but selling commenced at 11 a.m. and finished at 4.50 p.m.

Our competitors kindly placed thenyards at our disposal, and an experiment was made by offering the female cattle and the young steers at one and the same time, to complete the sale before dark, and 011 the whole appeared to give satisfaction.

Business at auction was animated for all classes with the.exception of grown steers in low condition, and a highly successful sale lias to be reported. All classes, especially bullocks with condition, sold readily, and the demand for young cattle was especially keen. Our principal sales were as follows:—91 3h to 4$ year old steers, forward, £lB lis;" 30 ditto £lB 10s; 17 ditto £lB, 77 ditto, £l7 ss; 3S ditto £117; 22 ditto, £lB 12s fid; 3a ditto £lO, 11 ditto £l6; 20 33year steers £ls 10s, 14 ditto £ls 15s, 20 ditto £ls, 52 ditto £ls, 40 ditto £ls 2s Gd, 24 ditto £lO, 12 ditto £ls 10s, 22 ditto £lO ss, 28 ditto £ls lOj, 14 ditto £lO 15s; 04222y 2 and 3i}-year steers £ls 2s_Gd, 20 ditto £ls 17s" (id, 20 ditto £ls, 35 ditto £l4 17s Od, 17 ditto £l4, 32 ditto £l4 5s Od, 23 ditto £l3 7s Od, 32 ditto £l2 17s Od, 25 ditto £l2 17s Go, 40 ditto '£l2 15a, 37 ditto .£l2 15s; 32 2J-year steers .-015, 20 ditto £l4, 10 ditto £l4, 23 ditto £lB (Is, 22 ditto £l3 10s, 17 ditto £l3 us, 1(1 ditto £ll 15s; 25 20-month steers £ll 17s od, 48 ditto £lil 15s, 32 ditto £ll 2s Gd, 42 ditto £ll, 23 ditto £lO 15s, 50 ditto '£lo 7s fid, 20 ditto £lO ss; 144 18-montli steers £0 10s, 23 ditto £0 12s Gd, 32 ditto £9 2s Od, 21 ditto £9; 35 mother reared weaners [ditto £7 12s Gd, 15 ditto £7; 50 bucketfed weaners £5, 30 ditto £4 15s, 22 dino £4 2s fld, 21 ditto £4; 19 fat and forward P.A. cowb £l4 lis, 17 ditto £l4; 10 fat cows £l4 15s, 5 ditto £l3 10s, 22 ditto £l2 15s, 24 ditto £ll lis, 23 forward cowb £9 9s, 12 ditto £9 17s; 16 P.A. heifers in calf £ll ss; 22Vforward heifers £8 17s 6d, 22 ditto £8 2s 6d; 15 cows and calves £l7, and numerous other smaller sales. Prices ranged as fmwul e<w/3itioned 3J and;

44-year steers £l7 ffs to £lB lis;, fresh conditioned Si-year steers £ls 15s to £l7; station-bred 2s-year steers £l3 10s to £ls 2s "(id; 21-year steers £ll 10s to £l2 17s" Gd; station-bred 18 to 20-month steers £ll to £l3 ss; well bred dairy 18-mont.i steers £9 19s to fill 17s lid; motherreared weancrs £0 5s to £S; bucketfed weaners 35s to £o; fat cows £lO as to £l-1 lis; fat heifers £'o 10s to £l3 10s; forward cows £8 to £ll lis; store cows £4 to £7 10b; cows and calves £9 15s to £l7; P.A. heifers in ealf flow condition) £ll ss; dairy heifers in ealf x'i 10s to ;£8 6s.