COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 June 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

PEDIGREE AND GRADE JERSEY SALE. On Thursday, Inly 4, at Bell Block, the Jersey herd of Mr. C. Wyatt will be sold by Mr. Newton King. There are 27 head of pedigree cattle to be sold, and detailed particulars of these are now being printed, and will be in circulation within a few days. The sire of the herd of Frisky's Eose," adn this ball, we are Inof "Triaky'j Bose," adn this bull, we are Informed, 13 a very fine beast. The grade cows are a particularly fine line. LOAN & MERCANTILE WEEKLY REPORT. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports: Westfleld: Dairy cows and heifers close to profit continue to meet a ready sale, beat selling at from £l7 to £l9 ss, good £l2 to £lO 10s, aged and backward £8 53 to £ll 15s; very forward empty cows sold to £9 10s, others £5 5s to £8 10s; steer calve, £3 IBs; heifer calves, to £3 ss.

Waiuku: We quote good sound cows £l2 to £l4 10s, others £9 10s to £ll 15s, backward and Inferior £6 15s to £9; well-grown quality heifers close to profit £ll IDs to £l3 7s Od, others £9 to £ll ss, smaller and backward £G 15s to £8 ITs Cd; empty cows and heifers, £5 7s 6d to £8 17s 6d; fat and forward cows, £9 to £lO 15s; steer calves, £3 ss; heifer calves, £3; bulls, to £11; lambs, lis; wellbred weaner pigs, £1 Is to £1 Cs. At Henderson on Saturday we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. A. Langdale. The dairy cows In milk made from £l4 to £2l; heifers coming to profit, £l3 to £l7 10s; calves, £3 2s Gd to £5 ss; sucking pigs, 89 to lis 6d; boar pig, 7%gns. Pukekohe: Rood medium draughts brought £l6 to £25; spring-cart horses, £l4 to £18; good hack and harness sorts, £lO to £ls; others, £7 to £9 108; weedy 10s to £5 10s; unbroken medium draughts to £lO, light sorts £2 to £5 10s. At Westfteld prime ox sold at from £2 8s to £2 10s per 1001b, others £2 5s to £2 8s; cow and heifer beef, £2 Is to £2 7s per 1001b. Steers sold at from £9 7s 6d to £2O 12s 6d; cows and heifers from £0 17s 0d to £l3 17s 6d. Calves were penned in large numbers and for quality late prices were maintained. Runners sold at from £5 10s to £8 2s 6d; heavy vealers, £3 15s to £5; medium, £2 16s to £3 12s Od; light, £1 17s to £2 15s; small and fresh-dropped, 3s to £1 15s. Ptgs were penned in large numbers and sold firm at late improved values. Choppers and heavy baconers, £5 to £8 7s; others, £3 16s to £4 18s; large porkers, £3 to £3 15s; medium, £2 12s to £2 19s; small, £1 12s to £2 10s; slips, £1 Is to £1 8s; weaners, to 15s. Sheep were panned in average numbers, and sold well up to late values. Best heavy prime wethers, £1 18s to £2 7b; medium, £1 15s to £1 17s 9d; inferior fatted, £1 12s to £1 14s Od; others, £1 6s to £1 lis 6d; heavyweight ewes, £1 10s to £1 18s; good fat ewes, £1 7s to £1 9s 6d; lighter, £1 to £1 6s 6d; empty store eweß from 14s upwards. Lambs came forwatd in average numbers, best selling at £1 10s to £1 18s 8d; good fat lambs 24s to 29s> ; lighter, 15s to 235; store lambs, lis 9d, 101 3d, It, down-to 4s,