COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT, The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. (Hawcra branch) report as follows; — Kakaramea.—Forward cows £9 to £9 15s, store cows £7 to £8 17s, light cows £'> to £0 lis, weaner steers (good) £."> to £O, others £2 10s to £4 <)s, heifers £2 12s (id to £4 Bs, empty heifers £U 14s to £8 ss, store y?:gs £2 15s, hoggets. 21s, ewes (empty)' 18s (id, dairy cows £ll to £lO JOs, heifers £lO to £ll. On account of Mr. S. C. Tonics, we sold his heifers, which were a beautiful lines of three-year cattle. The whale.Hue averaged £l2 ss. Best heifers made from £ls 10s to £2O, others £lO to £ls. Eltham.—Forward cows £9 to '£lo 9s, store cows £G Is to £S 13s, empty heifers £2 7s to £3 16s fid, steers £2 Is to £4 14s, dairy heifers £lO to ;£l2 10s, backward sorts £6 12s Gd to £8 10s, cows £l2 10s to £lO 10s, store pigs £2 5s to £2 17s, hoggets lGs 7d. Sundries also brought good prices. Hawera.—Forward cows £9 to '£lo 10s, store cows £7 19s £o ■ £8 14s, light cows and heifers £5 0s to £7 12s, weaner heifers (good) £4 Os 6d to £4 2s Gd, others £1 lis to £2 17s, steers £1 4s to £3 9s, pigs £2 7s, hoggets 14s Ud to 22s Bd, wethers 34s Gd, im. ewes 9s to 14s Gd, dairy cows £lO to £lB, heifers £7 10s to £lO 10s. Tfie dairy cows advertised on account of Mr. J. E. Sols made from .£lO to £l7. FARMERS' CO-OP. REPORT. At Durham Road, Inglewood, last Monday, we held a. clearing sale Q* Mrs. R. Kirkpatrick's live and dead stock. There was a good attendance, and everything sold at satisfactory prices. Best dairy cows sold at from £l3 10s to £ls 10s, others. £7 to £l3, horses £27 10s to '£3 l, hoggets 235, pigs £4 ss. The implements and sundries sold at ruling rates. At Opunake yards, on Monday, at our usual fortnightly sale, there was a full yarding of stock of all classes. The store and dairy cattle sold at late rates, Weaners were firm, and advanced in price on late sales. We.quote: Dairy cows £lO to "£lO 10s, in-'calf heifers ±8 10s to £ll cows £l2 10s to £l3, forward cows £9 10s to £ll 12s Gd, store cows '£6 10s to £9, «oners £3 to £C, empty heifers £5 8s to- £O,, good yearling steers £5 5s to £8 3s, others £3 15s to £4 10s, yearling heifers £2 10s to £5 10s, yearling Shorthorn bulls £5 7s Gd to L £ll 17s; 63, hoggets 245, store pigs 25s to 435. Manaia.—Fat cows sold to 10s,. forward cows £9 10s to £lO 10s, store cows £5 to £8 17s 6d, yearling- steers £3 10s to £G, heifers 30s to £3 13s. The advertised in-calf heifers, on account of Messrs Clague Bros., Manaia,, sold at from £l2 to £l4, others £8 to £l2 2s 6d, weaner pigs 25s to £1 12s, store. pigs/£l 17s to £2 3s, sows : £4 2s Gd, arid lot of sundries sold at ruling rates. At Stratford yards, on Tueseday, there was a good yarding of stock. Prices were on a par with later sales, and a good clearance was made at the hammer. We quote: Forward and store cows '£G to £8 12s Gd, empty heifers £5 to £5 lis, yearling steers £3 9s to £4 6s, yearling heifers £1 14s to £3 12s Gd, hoggets 24s 3d to 24s 9d, ewes 12s 3d to 15s 9d, dairy cows and heifers £8 15s to £ll 10s. At Inglewood yards, on Wednesday, there was a. fair yarding of cattle and sheep, which sold at last rates. We quote: Hoggets (small) 12s 7d to 15s Id, ewes 17s Id to ISs, forward cows £8 to £S 12s Gd, store cows £0 5s to £7 17s Gd, empty heifers £4 5s to £5 15s, weaner steers £3 ISs to £4 17s Gd, heifers £2 12s to £3 ISs 6d, dairy cows £9 10s to ,'£l3, in-calf heifers )JE7- to '£ll. At Auroa', on Wednesday, we held a clearing sale of Mr. R. W. J. M'Neil's live and dead stock. There was a large attendance, and a most successful sale was held. The best dairy cows sold at from £lO to £2O, others £lO to "£TS 10s, springing heifers £ll 10s to £l3, horses £ll to £25, pigs £3 to £4 ss, and the farm implements and sundries also sold well. Auroa.—Forward cows '£9 to r £lo 2s, store cows £5 10s to '£B 12s Gd, empty heifers £5 10s. The advertised dairy cows, on account of Mr. D. Graham, sold at from £7 to £ls 10s; on. account of Mrs. Kaig, '£lo to '£l3 10s; other vendors' cows to £l6; store pigs £2 6s to i£2 lis, weaner pigs 20s to !£1..75. AUCKLAND. , 1 ,V'', .. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— Westfield.—Dairy stock were quiet in demand, best making to '£ls ss; good cows, £l2 to £l4 15s, others £9 17s Gd to £ll 15s; small heifers, £0 10s to £9 15s; empty cows (aged) £3 5s to £6; fifteen-mouth steers, £5 10s to £6; steer calves to £4 10s, heifers £4 2s Gd. Clevedon.—Best daily cows sold up to £lB l(is; beef cows, £lO to £ll Sir; steer calves, good colors, £3 15s to £4 9s, others £1 10s to £3 8s; heifer calves to £3 Gs. Sheep: Fat and forward empty owes, £1 ss; ditto wethers, £1 9s; 2-tooth wethers, '£l 4s 3d; hoggets, 15s Hd to £1 Is Gd; full-mouth ewes, in lamb, £1 Is 9d to £1 4s. Weaner pigs, 12s; slips, £1 4s. A quantity of sundries and stock for the local Red Cross Funds realised good prices. At I'apakura on Monday.—Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from £IG 10s to £18; good sound cows, close to profit, £l3 10s to £IG ss, others £ll 5s to £l3; backward and poorer sorts and small heifers, £S 5s to £ll. Tapakura.—Two-year-old steers, r £7 15s to £8 10s; eighteeu-month steers, £0 10s to £7 10s; steer calves, best, £5 to £(! ss, others £2 to £4 15s; ditto Shorthorn heifers £4 15s to £5 12s fid. others '£l Ids to £4 J2s Gd; empty forward cows. £7 Gs to £8 15s; poorer £3 10s to £7 ss. Beef sold freely. Small fat steers, £l3 12s to £l4 Tss; fat cows and heifers, £lO 12s Gd to £l4 2s fid; bulls, to ' £IG, equal to Westfield late advanced prices. Sheep: Ewes and wethers, £1 Ss 9d; ewes, in lamb, 18s. Weaner pigs, 17s; slips, £1 4s; small porkers, '£2. At our Westfield fat stock market on Wednesday we had a, Tory small yarding the quality being inferior. Prime ox , sold to £2 13s per 1081b, second quality ; £2 9s to £2 lis; cow and heifer beef made up to £2 2s to £2 10s; steers sold at from £l2 10s to £l9 12s 6d; cows and heifers from £7 10s to £l4 15s. Calves: A full yarding, with prices ■ lower for all excepting first quality veal;ers. Runners made from £6 103 to : *£9 17s Cd; heavy vcalcrs £4 2s fid to l£s 15s, medium £3 2s 6d to £4, light |'32s 6d to £2 17s 6d; small.and fresh: Kgs:-Agood-Aver-

ago yarding, which maintained its hlgn values. So heavy choppers., Small baconers and light choppers, £5 to £8 las; largo porkers, £3 10s to £4: 17s 6d, medium £2 12s 6d to £3 12s Cd, small £2 2s to £3 lis; slips, 27s (id to 355; weaners 17s Cd to 265, Sheep came forward in. smaller numbers than usual, and sold at late rates. Nq, extra heavy prime were yarded. Heavy wethers sold at from £1 17s to £2, medium £1 1Q» to £1 17s, light and unfinished £1 Ss Cd to £1 14s Ba; Dest ewes, £1 10s to £1 14s; good fat ewes, £1 8s fld to £1 9s 9d, lighter £1 5s to £1 Ss Cd. Lambs came forward in scarcely average numbers and were wanted, best selling at from £1 8s to £1 lis —two extra prime hoggets £2 Ss Cd; good fat lambs, £1 4s Od to £1 7s Oil, lighter 17s to £1 3s 9d.