COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 January 1918, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND. v The Nr.v Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency. Company,limited, report: At Westlield: Best dairy cows and heifers £l2 to £l7 10s, others £8 10s to £ll 15s, bulls 7gns to 15gns, empty cow? and heifers £7 to £3 17s fid, good calves £3 to £4, others £1 15s to £2 18s, yearling to 18-month heifers £4 10s to £6 15s, yearling to 18-month steers £5 5s to £7 12s fid, beef at? Westlield quotations. At Albert Yards heavy draughts made £22 to £33 10s, medium £lO to £2(i 10s, light harness horses and backs £9 to £l7, ponies £4 to £8 10s. Dairy cows made up to £ll l'Os (nothing close to profit yarded), good steer calves £2 l?s Gd to £4 3s, others 30s to £2 15s, bulls to £lO 10s, empty cows £0 15s to £8 10s. Ngatea: Beef cows sold from £lO 10s to £l4 15s, dairy rows '£lo to £l3 17s (id, store cows £7 10s to £1) 12s (id. Owing to restrictions, no calves were offered. Westlield: Choice ox sold to £2 12s per 1001b, others £2 5s to £2 lis per 1001b; cow and heifer beef £•> 3s to £2 )0s per IOOIIi. Steers sold at from £l4 15s to £2l 12s lid, cows and heifers £8 to £ls 15s,'bulls £9 10s to £Hi 17s 'id. Runners sold from £3 2s Sd to £7 17s t>d, heavy vealers £4 to £5, medium £2 lis to £3 17s (id. light 27s (id to £2 Bs, small and fresh dropped, 4s to 235. Sheep were penned in full numbers and sold at Jail' rates. Best wethers £1 14s (id to £1 18s, others £1 10s to £1 1-ls 3d. best ewe 3 £1 8s to £1 Ids Od, others £1 Is to £1 7s fid, lioggets, best £1 (is to £1 lis (Id, others 18s ftd to £1 ss. Lambs: Best £1 Is to £1 (is, others 7Os to £1 <)s fid, inferior 10s to Ks fid. Pigs: A good yarding with a marked advance on last week's prices. Choppers and heavy baconers from £5 5s to £7 2s, light 'baconers £3 18s to £5 2s ftd'; large porkers £3 3s to £3 15s, medium £2 15s to £3 2s, light 34s to £2 l-2s fid, weanera I 4's to 16b Gd.