AUCKLAND.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 July 1917, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.. report:— "Wes'fcfield.—Best dairy cows and heifers £l2 to £l6 10s, others £9 to £ll 15s, bulls £7 to £ll 10s, em-pty cows and heifers £0 to £8 7s Gd, steer calves £4 5s to £3 7s od, heifers calves £3 5s to £4 15s. Albert Yards.—Heavy draughts £22 10s to £33 los, medium draughts £lO to £27 10s. light harness sorts £8 15s to £ls 10s, hack £7 to £l4, .pomes £4 to £S. [ .Fukekohe.—Best dairy cows, heifers £l2 to £l7 10s; others £8 10s to £ll 10s aged and inferior cows £3 to £7 10s.' On Tuesday at Pukekohe, 3 to 3J-year steers £l2 2s 0d to £l3 7s od, 2 to 2 1 /,- year steers £9 10s to £lO 17s (Id, yearW to IS-months steers £0 15s to £8 17s° od, steer calves £3 los to £G ss, heifer calves £3 to £5, yearling to 18month heifers £5 7s Od to_ £7 15s, empty cows and heifers £0 os to £S 17* 6d, bulls £7 to £ll 15s, beef at

fully Westfield prices. The advertised hoggets realised 18s. At Westfield on Wednesday, choice ox sold to £2 10s per 1001b, other ox £2 5s to £2 9s, cow and heiier beef £2 3s (id to £2 Bs. Steers sold at from £l2 15s to £22 ss. Cows and heifers sold at from £9 10s to £lO. Calves sold at improved rates: .Runners sold at from £7 15s to £l2 10s, heavy vealers £3 5s to £7 10s, medium vealers £4 os to £o i 3s, light vealers £2 15s to £4, small and weedy as to £2 ss. Sheep—Best wethers sold to £2 4s, others £1 15s 9d to £z 3s, inferiorly .fatted £1 8s Gd to £1 14s 9d, best ewes £1 17s to £2 <>■'. lid. others £1 8s 9d to £1 16s. Hoggets—Best £1 2s to £1 '9s, others 12s to £1 0s 9d. Pigs—Choppers made from £5 to £8 3s, heavy baconers £4 to £4 18s, other baconers £3 os to £3 18s, large porkers £2 18s to £3 10s. medium porkers £2 8s to £2 17s, small £1 15s to £2 7s, slips 19s to £1 lis, weaners 8s to l'Gs, small and poor 3s to 6s.

X.Z.L. AND M.A. CO. The Kew Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. (Hawera branch) report:— Ivakaramea.—Medium fat cows £9 10s to £lO 6s, yearling heifers £4 Bs, steera £4 15s to £5 16s, sows in pig £2 Us to £2 10s, store pigs 255. There was a keen demand for store pigs. On Wednesday, July 11th, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. Jas. Murfitt, Whenuakura.—Good conditioned early calvers £ls to £l7 10s, later calvers £lO, yearling heifers £5 15s, bulls £9, sows in litter £4, medium draught; horses £lO to £lB. The line averaged £lO 12s Gd. Eitham.—Fat bullocks £l9 2a Gd, forward cows £9 7s fid to £lO 13s, fresh conditioned cows £7 to £8 17s Gd store cows (light) £5 18s to £7 Is, boners £4 7s Gd to £5 10s, 18-months steers (bad colors) £5 10s, yearling steers £4 13s fid to £5 Is, yearling heifers £3 15s Gd to £4 14s Gd", mixed wethers and ewes (poor quality) 235, lambs (small) 14s Gd, pigs (slips) 18s 6d to 21s Gd, weaners 8s 6d. Hawera.—4 and 5-year-old ewes in lamb (in good condition) 22s Gd to 24s Sd, forward lambs 255, medium fat cows £0 15s to £l-0 2s fid, stores £7 5s to £S 2s Gd, 18-month to 2-year-okl heifers £G 12s- Gd to £7 6s, backward weaners 24s to 325, weaner heifers (in good condition) £3 16s to £4 ss, steers £» 5s to £6, aged ewes 19s 6d to 24s fld.

At Hawera on Thursday, July 12th, we held a. clearing sale oil account of Mr I<\ I). Milham, Whakamara.—Earlv calvers (in good condition) £ls to £2l. later calvers £lO to £ls, backward sorts £8 10s to £9. The line of 40 averaged £l4 ss. On the same date we held a clearing sale on account of Mr H. D. Turner, Normanby.—Early calvers £l2 las to £l4, later calvers £8 10s to £ll. The lino averaged £lO Is. On Friday, 13th, in our Haivwa yards, we conducted two very successful sales on account of Mr .T." O'Sliea Ohangai, and Messrs Wren Bros. Tokaora. Mr. O'Shea's herd of 43 cows averaged £l4 16s, and those of Messrs Wren Bros., mostly Jerseys, averaged £lO 1,5 a. .Auroa.—Fat cows £l2 15s, forward cows £0 0s to £ll 17s, stores £0 10s to £S 13s, fat c'wes 4te. weaner steers £4 ss. heifers £2 Is to £4 10s, dairy cows £!> to £l4 10s, heifers (good) £l2. On Friday we also held a clearing sale for Mr. J, O. Jones, Te Roti, and the Jarm sundries ard implements realised big money. Cows made £0 to heifers £0 5s to £9.

FARMERS' CO-OP. SOCIETY'S REPORT. , The Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society of X.Z., Ltd., report as follows: lAit Opmiake yards on Monday, 9th inst., we had a good yarding of stock of all descriptions, which met with keen competition, and almost the whole yarding was sold under the hammer. Fat cows sold at from £ll to £l3 12s, fresh conditioned cows £lO to £ll, forward cows £S l.is to £9 183; store cows £5 10s to £8 10s, good weaner steers £5 os to £<l Gs fid, others £3 15s to £4 17s, heifers £3 to £4 9s.

At Kapuni on Monday we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. Geo. Powell, llest dairy cows sold at from £l6 to £22, others £lO 10s to £ls, the herd of 100 cows averaging £l3 9s; weaner Btcers £4 13s, heifers £4 Is, hoggets 18s 3d to 27s '9d, liorses £7 15s to £35, implements and furniture sold well. On Monday at Kaimata road, Inglewood, we held a sale on account of Mr. W. Syme, There was a good attendance and a successful sale was held. Best dairy eo'vvs -old at froni £ls to £lB 10s, others £8 to £l4, liorses £6 5s to £24 10s. , Stratford.—'Fat and forward cows £6 ISs to £l2 Ms, store cows £6 to £B, yearling heifers £3 l'Os to £!4> Bs, steers £5 3s to £6, dairy heifers £6 10s to £.1,1 10s, f.f. ewes 22s lOd. Mnnaia.—Fat cows £1 10s, fresh conditioned cows £9 10s to £!10 10s, forward and store cows £6 10s to £B, weaner lioifers £3 to £3 steers £3 15s 1o £4 Ss, in-calf heifers £lO to £ll 108.

On Wednesday, at Auroa, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. 11. Higlit, and pport a successful sale. Best dairy cows sold at rrom £ls 10s to £lB, others £lO to £l4, horses £0 to £l4, lambs 21s; implements and sundries also sold extra well.

At Inglewood yards on Wednesday we liad a big yarding of sheep, store and dairy cattle, which wero practically all quitted at recent prices. Aged ewes in lamb 21s 4d to 27s 3d, wethers 23s fid to Siis Gd, lambs (good) 2os to "ZDs 2d, culls 9s to ISs. fat cows ,-£lO 10s to £ll Sd, forward cows £9 2s fid to £lO ss, good sorts £8 I.os to £O, light stores £7 to £7 IBs, weaner steers £-1 15s to £5 17s, heifer '£3 1.1 to £4 Is, dairy cows £9 to £ls, dairy heifers £0 10s to £B.