COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 May 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS, London, May 18. Lead. —Imports last month were 27,(503 tons; exports 165 tons. Rubber.—Fine hard Para 3s, plantation 2s 3 l-Bd, smoked 2s 3 l-Bd. Hemp.—ln fair demand; 129 bale,' damaged New Zealand were auctioned and fetched from £63 to £ ( JO. —Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. NEWTON KING IS REPORT. At Stony River on Tuesday, 30th ult., there was a small yarding but everythitg was sold. Holstein heifers (weanefs) made £2 13s; mixed weaners £3 12a; rough weaner steers, up to £2 10s; 18-month a steers, rough, £6 17 s; bulls £8 15s to £lO 6s; forward cows, up to £9 2g 6d; store cows £6 10s to £7 15». At KohairataM on Wednesday Ist: Woolly lambs made IDs; shorn lambs jl2s lld : culls 8s 9d; weaner heifers up to £2 13s; small store cows £4 Is; e.m. forward ewes 22a; 4 and 6-tooth wethers S6s.

On the same day at the WaiwaJraiho yards I conducted Mr. O. O. Hawke'a dispersal sale of pedigree jerseys. There was a large a tendance of buyers, but the condition of the cattle was disappointing to many. Under the circumstances a very satisfactory sale \*as held. Pedigree jersey cow sold up to Hi gns; 2-year heifers up to 28 gns; weaner heifers up to 13 gns; weaner btills up to S'/ 2 gns; grade jersey cows £lO 10s to £l2 10s-

At Waiwaltaiho on 3rd inst-, there was ft small entry. Weaner heifers made from £2 to £2 13s; weaner steers £3 7s; mixed weaners £2 2s ; springers £7 to £9 6s; Shorthorn bulls £l2 to £l4 10s; maiden heifers £6 Iss; forward cows up to £9 15s; store cows £5 5s to £fl; lambs 10s 3d; aged ewes Sis. At AwaMno on Saturday 4th inst., cattle and sheep were yarded in excels of advertised numbers. Competition at the hammer was dull, but the majority of the yarding was cleared after the sale. 2j-year in «ilf heifers made £8 16s; IS-montli steers £0 3s to £7 10s; dairy coWs, up to £9 15s : springing hSifers, up to £7 10s; enws and calves £7 105 to £9 2s fid; good conditioned It-venr steers £-12 12s 6d: store cows £6 7s 6d; 4-year eWes, in lamb, 17s 9d; 2-teeth wethers 2fls fid; small 2-tooths 15s; bulls £9 to £l2 ss.

At Douglas on Monday 6th, fat and Forward icows made £8 7s to £9 19s; fat steers £l2 lis; stags £lO 3s fid: mixed 90-month eattle £4 16s; store cows £6 to £7 12s; springing cow £l4 10s; emptv ewes 19s 4d; 2. 4, 6 and f.f.m. ewes 24s 7d; 2 and 4-tooth ewes 24s sd: small lamlb« 10s 2d; cull wetheri 15s. At Stratford on Tuesday Bt!h. there was a good entry, practically all cows find weaners which met with good enquiry, practically everything beinC cleared. Fat and forward cows made from £8 15s to £9 19s; store cows £5 10s fid to £7 13s : manners £1 18s fid to £5 0s <ki; empty 2-year heifers £8 2s fid to £5 9s; 18-month steers small £6 10s: daitv cows £9: in calf heifers, stfiftll, £3 17* fid; Jefsev weaner heifers £3; others £2 to £2 17s: mixed ■weaners £2 2s ftd to £2 10s; fat and forward sheep 255: small lambs 13i: email 2-tooth ewes M>s 6d; mixed hoggets 92s Bd.

At Tn<?Wobil ori Wednesday 8 th. tTim> was s full Yjirdin? with a e«od attend - (nice of buyers. who made jrood cnmiWiUnn thttfurfhout. Rood lainfis made I#=: fait 14a 2d +o 14s fid: 4. <1 and f.f.m. pwes in lamb 24* 7d: fat and forward ewes S2s fid to 2<Ss 3d; sprincfins: heifers f<l 10s to £fl 103; guaranteed dairy cows up to £9 15b : eimrfry SO-monWi heifers up to £5 2s fid; kills' £7 17s 6d to £lO. cows and ottlVes £S 9s (it!: fat and forward Cows nt) to £ll 3s Crt; sfore cows £6 Bs to £7 15s fid; toners £3 2s fid 1o £, r ) IRs; small store cows lip to £5 5b fld: 20' month steers £7 Ik. At WaHoiaoi on Thursday, 9th. for Mr. S. J. Sutton's clearing sale there was a large attendance and a very satisfactory sale resulted. Pedigree cows tnaide from 50 to 50 pus; pediaree waner heifers 31 gns: pedigree bull 18 ?tis; pedigree weaner bulls 4 to 7 jmsThe grade iersey cows were a very line lot and sold Tin to £32 for an especially fine t.vpe. The herd averased £l6 Os (id: 2-year heifers (backward) mswle £fi R» to ffl 7* 0: empty (*hws £8 t.O £8 1!«: fnt 4-tontli slieem 355; farm horses £H to £sl; separator £2O: Lifter fn'rine £W: milk wagson £32 10s; ilrill £32. binder £24; df. plough £18; disc harrow* ' £lO. At Rahotn on "Fridar 10th, weaner heifers sold at from r £2 5s to £3: Wpnn"- steers up to £3 lis; bulls £7 in.-, "ovxvard rows £8 14s; store cows <M to ,ia s .

' 'V samp dav at Kniponsia swod ei' l iml attendance. "Wpsaner steers £3 TV to £4 2s: weaner liwfers iw to £ 3 T7s; cmptv IS-monfli heifers w to f.4 17s: fat cows no to £lO lis; forvrard cows up to r £9 2s: store cown £5 to £0 18s fid- small 'bull £5; dairy cows £lO TV? to £IR.

At flVn,n on Pof.nHfty I'ltlt. lamfos mailt" l'Ss 10d fo Itts 2d: cull o I' 1"' <W: 5 and 4-tooth wet Tiers 2#s and Sis (Id: f.m. ewp.s in Is/mil) I 7« 3d to 2»!« fid: »mptv f.m. owes l-2s Qd. mfccd pwps •10s: in ea.lf. 2%-T«r lieifers £9; 2-year stwrn ".€8 Bs to £8 ISs; S-vpox step'"' £1.2 ]•"«: small weancrs £"> ]? to £F! M» cows and cnlvps *VR fis- fn+ cow £1? Is: forward rowq £S Is to £fl 13s. At TTrwm on Monflav 13th, there was fl (rood ynrdin". of wliicli tlip niaiorit.T #n« cleared. Weaners wprs ft poor lot: lieifers sold lip to £2 13s; pmivty 2ftmont.li heifers £S: 2-mt steers £8; Ist cows £lO 10s to £11: fat meifers £lO 12s; stews, ffood. £ll 17s fid: st> rinsing heifer £7 10s: «tor« cows £fi 5s to £7 18s: in calf, SM-year heifer* '£o <?s to £Q 10s: cow and calf £fl ISs: forward cows up to "£fl 13s fid; Inmlw 16« 7d. wns.ll 13s: luycd ewes in lawili 10s M; 4 and <?-tootli wethers JTls: f.m. ewes in lumh 17s 7VI. At Strrttv Krver on Tnesdav \reaner steers made from £3 12s <W to £4 lis: heffers wp to £2 Ids; mired Weavers £2 3s to £3 IS*: fat and forward cows jM ISs; store, cows £4 15s to £6 <?s: small IS-Tnont.il sters £fl fis: fftt S-trwVt.Tt ewp« !Mte: Ciill larrAs 12s fid: forward ewes '29s «d: a?Pd pwps 13s fid snd 14s ftd. Hie dairv cows on ncwmnt, pf Mr. T*. rn'' were n, low conditio-"- 1 lire, consequently pricps were in fav "hm-crs. avers "in? inst over £lO- l 1 £1? ion; small voyeur heifers £4 10s to :« u

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WEEKLY REPORT. Auckland, May 18. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— At Ngatea.—Dairy cows sold at from £7 to £l3 10s, empty cows to £6 15a, steer oalves £2 15a to £4 Is, lieifer calves £1 5s to £3 15s. Heifers to calve July-August were in keen demand, best selling at £lO 10s to £ll 12s, others £5 7s Cd to £lo. Large yarding. Beef was penned in good numbers, and gold well up to late quotations. On Thursday last at Westfield, and on Friday at Warkworth, there were average yardings. Best dairy cows sold at from £l3 to £lB 17s 6d, others £9 to £l2 15s, aged and inferior £3 to £8 10s. Empty cows and heifers £5 10s to £8 ss, weaner calves £1 to £4 ss, yearlings to 18-month steers £5 Zs 6d to £7 as,ditto, heifers £4 to £6 16s, bulls to £ls 15s. Sheep: Ewes, in latnb 8b to £1 2s 4d, 4 and 6-th ewes 12s 4d, store wethers 12s 9s to 15s Gd. -

At Albert Yards on Friday about the average number of horses were yarded. Best heaty £2l to £3O ss, medium draughts, £ls to £23 10s, light harness Sorts and hacks £7 to £l6 2s 6d.

On Monday at Henderson dairy cows sold up to £ls for the best, empty, cows £3 5h to £7 10s, steer calves £2 5s to £3 15s, heifer calves 17s 6d to £3 12s 6d, 2 to 21-year steers £9 ss, bulls to £io 10s.

At Pukekohe, oil Tuesday, test dairy cows and heifers sold at from £l3 10s to £lB, others £8 5s to £l3, backward £5 10s to £ll 15a, inferior and aged £4 10s to £7 log. Grown steers £l2 to £l4 3s, 3 to 3{-year-old steers £lO 5s to £l2 17s. fid, 2 to 2J-year-old steers £7 15s to £lO ss, yearling to 18-month steers £4 18s to £7 17s Cd, ditto, heifers £4 2s Gd to £6 17s Gd. Weaner calves of good quality £2 10s to £4 4s, others £1 to £2 6s, weedy calves 12s 6d upwards. Empty cows and heifers £6 to £8 12s fid. Bulls £7 10s to £ls 12s 6d. Beef was yarded in large numbers, mostly of good quality, and sold at fully Westfield prices, steers making up to , £l6 17s Gd, cows to £ls. Fat ewes and ' wethers 335, wethers 34s 9d, ewes 25s Gd. At Westfield, on Wednesday, choice ox sold to £2 9s per 1001b, others £2 6s to £2 Bs, cow and heifer beef from £2 to £2 Gs. Steers sold at from £l3 10s to £2O ss, cows alid heifers £7 10s to £ls 17s Gd, bulls to £l7 10s. Calves were penned in large numbers, selling at late rates. Runners made from £5 to £8 15s for a nice 15-month heifer, heavy vealers £3 12s Gd to £4 17s Gd, medium £2 15s to £3 10s, light £1 4s to £2 10s, small and fresh-dropped 5s to £l. Sheep were penned in full numbers, and sold at late rates. Wethers: IPrime sold at from 34s Gd to £1 17s {td (no exceptionally heavy-weights , yarded): others £1 9s to £1 14s, Prime ewes £1 10s to £1 14s 9d others £1 5s to £1 9s 9d, inferior 10s 9d to 24s 6d. lambs were penned in average numbers, and sold about equal to late rates. Best £1 8s to £1 16s, medium £1 2s to £1 7s fid, others 15s 3d to £1 Is. Pigs: A large yarding and consequently prices a little easier. Choppers and heavy baconere £4 3s to £5 lGs, small baconers £3 10s to £4 2s. Porkers, large £2 10s to £3 9s, small and medium £1 12s to £2 15g, Slips 15s to £l, weaners 7s Gd. FARMERS' CO-OP. WEEKLY REPORT Opunake Yards: Cattle sold at late rates, and weaners were in better demand than at previous sales. We quote: Fat cows £lO 17s to £ll 10s, fresh conditioned eows £8 18s to £l3 15s; forward and store cows £5 15s to £8 17s «d; boners £3 10s to £5 10s; empty heifers £4 5a to £5 7s; good weaner steers £4 to £4 17s; others £2 10s to £3 17«; weaner heifers £2 to £3; small mixed weaners 20s to 30s; empty ewes 20s fid. Munaia Sale: The sto;e cattle sold at late rates. The in-calf heifers were sold on account of Mr. D. J. Hughes, and were keenly competed for. Fat £lO 18s to £ll lis; forward cows £8 to £9 iss; store cows £0 to £8; boners £3 to £5; weaners 30s to £3; in-calf heifers, Jersey and Jersey cross at from £lO to £l4 15s; Holstein heifer 9 £lO to £l3 15s; Shorthorn heifers £9 10s to £l3; dairy cows £l3 10s. Stratford Yards: Competition was good throughout, almost the whole yarding changing hands. We quote: Fat cows and forward £8 to £ll 14s; store cows £0 to £7 183; bottera £3 6a to £6; weaner steers £3 to £4 IGs; weaner heifers 25s to £2 16s; in-calf heifers £7 12s Od to £9 2s 6d; empty ewes 24s 9d; fat and forward' wethers 28s 8d to £1 lis 4d; lambs lis Gd.

Inglcwood Yards: Prices Were up tc late quotations and a good clearance was made at the "following rates: F&t and fresh-conditioned cows £ll to £l2 SS; forward cows £8 10s to £10; store cows £6 to £8 ss; boners £3 10s to £6; 20montU steers £6 2s Gd to £8 7s; 20month empty heifers £4 to £4 8s; weaner steers (good) £4 to £4 S sot ££ °t fie ZJ sJatRO !sg{ weaner heifers 33s to £3; in-calf heifers £lO 15s; 2, 4 and C-tooth wethers 29s to 30s 2d; f.m. wethers 235; aged ewes lis to 13s 9d; lambs lis to 13s 9d.

Auroa Yards: Prices were on a par with late rates. Fat cows £ll to £l2 15s; forward cows £8 to £10; store cows £5 15s to £18; boners £3 to £5 10s; 20-month steers £6 16s; weaner steers £2 18s to £3 15s; weaner heifers 25s to 375; bulls £6 10s to £7; in-calf heifers £7 10b to £11; good store lambs 18s 2d j cull lambs 8s Od to 12s 3d.