COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1918, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z.L. AND M.A. CO., LTD. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd. (Ilawera bra.ieh) report as follows: ' Kakaramea: Fat cows .£lO to £l2 10s, medium cows £8 10s to £lO, cows and calves £9 to £lO 17s Od, bulls £l2 to £l4, weaner steers £2 15s to £3 10s, heifers 35s to 50s, aged ewes 10s to 12s fid. .filtham: Fat cows £ll to £l3 12s fid, medium cows £9 to £lO 10s, bulls £!) los to £l2, weaner steers 50s to £3 ss, heifers £2 ss, cull lambs 9s to 12s, aged ewes 15s 3d, store pigs 23s to 355, breeding sows £3. Hawera: Fat cows £lO to £ll 14s, medium sorts £R 10s to £9 15s, fat heifers £2 5s to £2 10s, aged ewes 12s fid, fat ewes 2Ss to 30s 2d, fat and forward wefNys 30s Id, cull lambs 9s 4d to 12s 3d, porkers 395, stores 18s to 20s. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford) report as follows: The Te Wera sale dragged throughout, but we quitted most lines at ruling values or slightly under. Bullocks £ll' lfis fid, store cows £6 5s to £9 7s, forward heifers £8 3s, 18-months steers (small) £4 12s fid to £5, 18-month heifers, £4 18s, weaners £3 Us (id, springing' heifers £7 7.<* 6d, bulls £7 17s fid, fat and forward wethers 30s, mixed age ewes 17s 6(1 to 23s Od, f.f.m. ewes 22s 2d to 23s Bd, fat and' forward ewes 27s Id, cull ewes (is to 10s, Lincoln rams ogiis. On February 28 we held a sheep fair at Puniwhakau in Messrs Malone and VVorthington's yards (by kind permission of Mr. H. B. Worthington). Buyers were in attendance from all.parts of the district. Sheep were in good saleable con- | dition, and a good sale resulted, nearly every line selling at the hammer or immediately afterwards, at ruling valups. Two and 4-tooth wethers 22s to 30s Id, G-tooth and f.m. wethers 28s Id, 2 and 4tooth ewes 2(is to 2fis (id, 4 and 6-tooth and f.f.m. ewes 20s to 20a, 4 and 5-year ewes 3s Id to 21s 3d, lambs (Is 3d to 13s lid, old ewes 5s to 10s, old rams 15s to 245, Bomney rams 2fgns. On March 5, in our Stratford yards, mostly sheep were yarded, which being travel-worn were dull of sale. Store cows £7 2s Gd to £lO, bull £l6 10s, 2s-year empty heifers £0 ss, 18-month steers £7 10s, weaners (small) 15s to £2 15s, and £3 10s for good weaners, fat ewes 25s to 28s lOd, 4 and C-tooth wethers 27s to 30s, 2-tooth wethers 30s Ud, 4 and C-tooth and f.f.m. ewes 25s to 27s 4d, old ewes 8s to 4s, lambs 8s 7d to 10s Od to 17s 3d. On March 7, at our Kohnratahi yards, we had an average yarding and sold nearly every line at the hammer. Two and n-half-year steers £9 17s fid, 18month heifers £fi, weaner heifers £2 19s, 2 and 4-tooth wethers 295. cull wethers 205,2, 4, and 0-tooth ewes 17s te 27s 10d, f.f.m. ewes 22s Id, cull ewes 5s fid to 12s fid. lambs 5s to lis fid, Fomney lambs lgn. to 2Jgns. On March 8, at our Matau yards, competition was keen throughout at lower values than previous sales. Everything wag cleared except a line of wethers, and a line of heifers, which failed to make the reserve. Store cows £7 to £B, 3year steers £ll 12s fid, 8-month steers £5 5s to £7 fis, 18-month heifers £4 17s, 2-year empty heifers £5 14s fid, weaner'heifers £2 lis, bulls £8 10s, 2, 4 and 6-tooth wethers'26b 4d to 30s, (!- tooth and f.f.m. ewes 21s to 22s fid, f.rn. ewes lis Id to 1.9s sd, old ewes 7s fid to 10s Id, lambs (small) 4s fid to Bs, lis for good sort.-, rams (old) 7s fid to 3os to 4igns for fair rams, chestnut gelding £5. Since we last reported we have sold the following lines privately. Present values, in our opinion, are in favor of purchasers. Fat heifers £ll, bullocks £l3 10s to £l4 10s, 2- to 3-year i.e. heifers £8 12s fid, 18-month heifers £5 2s fid, weaner steers £3 13s to £3 15s. mixed weaners £3 5s to £3 10s, fat and forward ewes 27s fid to 28s fid, 2-tooth wethers 20s fid to 275, 2-tooth ewes 25s fid to 30s 9d, 4 and 0-tooth wethers 28s 9d to 30s, 4 and C-tooth and f.m. ewes 28s fid to 30s, 4 and 5-year ewes 14s to 20s 9d, lambs 8a to 4s fid, Romney rams £0 os, Southdown rams £6 Gs.

FARMERS' CO-OP. SOCIETY'S REPORT. Opunake sale: We report a most successful sale. Eat cows from £l2 to £l2 15s, fresh conditioned cows from £lO 15s to £ll 10s, forward cows ■£9 V to £lO 10s, store cows £7 to £9, boners £3 10s to £5 lfis, bulls £5 10s to £l3 17s 7d, 20-month steers £0 5s to £7 15s, heifers £4 to £3. in-calf heifers £5 15s to £O, weaner steers £3 5a to £3 17s, weaner heifers £2 to £2 lfis, mixed weaners 20s to 355, springing heifers £0 to £O, lambs lis Id. Manaia vards: Fat and forward cows £lO to £l2 10s, store cows £8 to £8 17s Od, boners £.'! 10s to £5 os,. cows and calves £lO 5s to £l2, bulls £8 5s to £ll ss, dairv cows £l2, good weaner steers £3 (is to" £4 fis, others 30s to £2 ss, weaner heifers 20s to £2 fla, weaner pigs lis Cd to 13s, store pies £1 0s to £?. 15s, porkers £2 lfis to £3 ISs. Stratford yards: Oood store lambs 13s Od to 17s Sd', cull ambs 5s to (is Od, f.m. ewes 13s in 22s sd. forward cows £8 10s to £lO 4s, light cows £0 0s to C 7 <J->, 20-montli steers £5 13s i« *, 2--. 'IV,year steers £l2. bulls £0 to £l4 103, mixed weaners £2 7s Od to £2 lis fid. Tnglewond yards: At our usual cattle sale and sheep fair prices were as under: Two-tooth ewes (o 2«s Cd, 4 and 0 to f.f.m. ewes 18s !ld to 255. f.m. 12s to ISs, cull ewes 5s Od to 10s, best store lambs 13s Od to 14s Id, others 10s to lis, cull lambs 5s to 7s, aged Romnev rams 21 to SJgns, fat cows ".£l2 to £l3 ss, fresh and forward cows £lO to £l\ 10s, store cows £7 to £0 10s, bulls £5 to £lO 15s, weaner steers £2 12s to £4 lis, mixed weaners £1 to £3. A.uroa yards: Prices were good, and, with the e.voeption of one pen of cattle and a few calves, everything was sold. We quote: Fat bullocks £G 15s, fat cows £l2 10s to £l4 9a, fresh conditioned cows £lf) 17s to £l2, forward cows £0 to £lO 12s fid, store cows £7 to £8 17s, boners £3 10s to £5 17s. bulls £5 to £l4, weaners £1 10s to £2, cull lambs 10s Od.