COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 May 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. IjOAN.-AND MERCANTILE ' REPORT. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile. Agency Go., Ltd, Stratford Branch, report as follows: Tarata Yards.— Wo had a full yarding of cattle and sheep and a satisfactory sale resulted, vendors accepting lower' rates than hitherto. .Store cows, £3 to £9 Us; fat and forward heifers-.£7 15s to £8 2s; empty heifers £5, £fi 10s to £7 lis; 20 months steers £1 IDs to £5 153; in calf heifers £7 10s to £8 10s; mixed weaners 545; 2-tooth wethers 22s 8d to 28s'(Id; cull lambs 4s lOd to lis fid for medium; suckers Ss to 12s; bay mare £S. Te Wera Yards—Store cows £'l» Is to £8 3s for forwards; cow s in milik £7 10s to £8; 20 months steers £7 10s; empty heifers £4 14s od. £.-> ]2s fid to £7 lis; in calf heifers f in £8 7s Cd; weaners 235, £2 7 S c CI 2s for for a very nice line. Cull ewes (Is Od to 10s 7(1.' Lambs: small, Hs fid, G-tooth and f.f.m. ewes 20s; old rams 20s.

Kohuratahi Yards —Sheep were competed for by clients from all parts of the district, and sold remarkably well at full market value. Fat cows £10; empty lieifers £4 15?, £5 ss; store cows £0 Cs to £0 Bs. bulhicks £ll 14s; 20 months steers £5 10s to £8 2s; 4 and G-tooth and f.m. ewes ISf fid to 21s; 4 and G-tooth wethers 2fis Hid to 28s Id; cull ewes 8s; lambs 13s 9d, 14s 2d; 2-tooth wethers 225, 25s 3d. The clearing sale on account of Mr. A. AY. Guilford, Tarata, was a very satisfactory one, everything being well competed for except the broding ewes, which sold in favor of purchasers. 2-tooth ewes 2Ss 6d to 2fls 4d; 4 and (5-tooth and f.m. ewes ISs; 2% year steers £S Is to £8 lis; 20-month sters £0 fis to £7Cs; empty heifers £5 to £5- 15s; mixed weaners 475; dairy cows, small and late ealvers, £3 5s to £8; good cows £lO to £l3 10s; horses £5 to £7. 10s; fowls Is 6d to 3s: ducks 2s; turkeys 5s (id. Sundries: organ £2O; buggy £10; separator £2 7s fid; P. and ]\ Duncan drill £25; J). F. plow £l4; hu'.gy harness £6 15s: churn 20s fid; waslii stands 30s to sffs; chest drawers £2 to £2 10s; copper 255; kapoc mattress 355; horsehair mattress 17s fid to 325; chairs 5s to its; wooden roller 22s fid', block and pulleys 10s. Stratford Yards—Store cows- £5 2s to £8 ss; empty heifers £5 to £0 15s; mixed weaners 20s fid to 25s Od; mixed 2-tooths 235; f.m. ewes 10s to 10s 104; lambs 13s to 15s Od.

Since our last report wo have made the following private sales.—Romney rams, 4 and 4|«ns., 2-tooth ewes, 295: 3-year steers 210s to 2205; empty heifers £4 to £5 7s 6d; in calf heifers £6 0s to £0 10s; Lincoln rams ,£3 3s and 3jgns; lambs fls to ICs 6d; store cows £5 to £0 10s; 3} year empty heifers £8 ss; 4 and 6-tooth wethers 29a Cd; 3 year in calf heifers £lO 7s 6d and £ll.

i, AUCKLAND MARKETS i, The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:— At Westfield: Dairy cows and heifers £8 to £lO ss;-bulls £7 to £l3 10s; empty cows £5 10s to £8 7s Ofl; inferior cows £2 to £5; heifers suitable for dairy purposes £5 7s Gd to £7 12s 5 Od; weaner cakes £2 to £4 10s; yearling to IS-months steers £5 10s to £7 15s Gd; two to 2 ] / 3 -year steers £7 10s t to £9; 3-year to 4-year steers .€lO 10s to £l3 18s. ~ Albert Yards: Horses sold at late rates. Heavy draughts £2l to £34 10s; medium draughts £IG to £26j hacks £7 to £2O; light harness sorts . £lO to £10; ponies £4 to £8 10s; weeds 10s upwards. Westfield fat stock market: Choice ox! sold to £2 10s per 1001b, others £2 4s to £2 9s per 1001b; cow and heifer ! beef sold at from £2 to £2 8s per 1001b. Steers £l3 to £lB 17s Gd; cows and heifers £9 to £ls 2s Gd. Runners £5 to £7 12s Od; heavy vealers £4 7s Od to £4 19s, medium" £3 to £4 ss, light 35s to £2 17s Gd; small and fresh dropped 3s to 30s. Sheep: Best wethers £1 14s to £1 ]Bs Gd, others £1 Ss Gd to £1 13s Od; best ewes £1 10s to £1 10s 3d, others £1 4s fid to £1 9s 9d; inferior ewes 12s Od to £1 4s 3d. Lambs: Best £1 0s (id to £1 10s, others 19s to £1 ss; inferior lambs 10s to ISs Od. Pigs: Choppers and heavy baconers from ".£4 5s to £5 (is; smaller baconers £3 10s to £4 4s; large porkers £3 to £3 7s Gd. medium £2 5s to £2 17s Gd, small 31s to £2 3s. No weanors were yarded.