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Taranaki Daily News, 31 August 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

LIVE STOCK SALES. WON KING'S REPORT. At Ohnra, on Thursday, 22nd, there was a small entry, all of which was cleared. YcarInir steers made £3 17s tid to £0; small yearlings _£ 3 2s; empty 2-.vear heifers, £0 2s to £0 7s; dairy cows, £ls; springing heifers £9 10s to £ll Is; storo cows, £0 to £7. _ At Waiwakaiho on Friday, 23rd, small yearlings made £2 lis to £2 15s; yearlinc heifers £3 lis and £3 12s; empty heifers, £4 13s to £0; dairy cows £7 10s to £lO 10s; springing heifers up to £lO 10s. At Douglas, on Monday, 2i;th—Yearling heifers £ 3 1 2s 6d to £ 4 (is; vearling steers, £4 6s to £5 lis; store cows, £6 to £7 lis; forward cows, £8 13s; springers up to £ls. On the same day, at Inglewood, for my spring horse fair, there was an entry or 81) odd horses, all a mixed lot, of which a fair number were sold, useful farm horses making fair money. At Stratford and Inplcwood, on Tuesday and Wednesday, owing to the very rough days, the advertised yardinjjs did not come forward, but prices for the stock yarded were in most cases in advance of late sales, considering the quality. Stratford prices: Yearling .lersey heifers £4 10s; rough 2-year empty heifers, £5 7s (id and £5 12s (id; store and forward cows, £G Ss to £8 lus; ewes nnd bmbs, 28s; fat and forward ewes, 2!'s 8d; forward ewes, 24s Cdspringing heifers, 15s to £l2 10s; dairy cows £'J to prices: P.m. ewes in lamb 18s Gd; small yearlings £4 to £4 10s* empty heifers £:» 7s to £0 4s; empty cows £0 4s to £7 10s; cow and veal calf £l2; dairy UD £U 53 ' COW 3 £8 15s addington. At Addington market there were smaller entries of fat cattle and fat sheep, and a sharp advance in prices in each department. Storo sheep were in keener demand, specially wethers and hoggets, no doubt on account of the more favorable shipping news. Ewes in lamb also sold belter. There was a feood demand for dairy cows, and pigs sold well, especially stores, for which Peninsula dairy farmers have been operating. Shcop—Two aml 4-tonth ewes to 37s 10(1, tailing-mouth ewes 30s I'd to 355, soundmouth ewes and lambs (all counted) 17s 3d, 2 and 4-tooth wethers "A2s <Sd to 40s, 4, 0 and 8tooth wether.-; 4d to ?,h\ lid. owe hoggets IDs 9d to IJSS 2d, mixed s,x hogiets 13s 3d to 2;»s, wether hoggets l{»s 3d to 325." Fat Sheep,—Extra prime wethers to 63* prime wethers 44s to 50s, medium wethers 3l»s Gd to aethers o2s Gd to 3!ts, merino wethtrs ~ls to 3'is, extra primo ewes to 47s 0d prime 3l>s to 40s Gd, medium ewes 30s to 35s' 45s"cd eWe3 "' S '° 293 11066613 -'' 3 *0 i'at Cattle.—Estra prime steers to £2!) 2s d, prime steers £!!• jo.s to £2O, ordinary : steers £l7 to £lO, prime heifers £ls to £ls 15s, ordinary heifers £lo 123 tid to £l4 103 f XtT o ft ,P r !r cows 10s > T'rime cows £l7 j to 4,18 15s, ordinary cows £8 17s Cd to £l6 i l<s Gd. Store Cattle—Calves £2 17s Cd to £5 «- year heifers £7 ss, 2 and »Vi-year steers £0 10s'to r £l(l' WS £5 10 £l ° 5S ' dalry eoffs B5 , n l> i?o"7 Cli , oppcl '? £5 tn £10 ' baconers £5 to £8 03 (equal to 9%d per lb), porkers 55s to 80s (equal to lOd per lb), lar i; e stores s<js to 5Ss, medium 40s to 48s, weaucrs ISs to brood sows £1 4s to £8 10s. BUHXSIDE. At Burnsido 212 fat cattle were forwarded, mere was a lai'Ker proportion tlian usual of weil-flnlshwi prune cattle, but tile trade was oter-aupplied, and prices declined about £l. I .Nevertheless, a good sale tock placo. Extra ! prime bullocks £23 2s (»d to £27 10s, prime fiis Gtl * Jnedium £ie 10 3 to £aß 103, light £l4 to £ls 10s, extra prime u ,! IJs (kI ' '"cdium £l3 10s to £ls light aged kIQ 10s upwards. ' Sheep.—l<j2j were penned, including several pens of extra heavy. Trices were quite on a par with last week's rates. Extra prime wethers j.->s Od to 5Ss 3d, prime 4Cs Gd to r.ls Cd. meSi um r , to + ffi n yi,s t0 455 » and unHnished o-s )d to 3<s (id, extra prime heavy ewes 48s in , P ti oS 3 ®° 4 ' is ' ,uedium 10 good 35s to djls, others 28s upwards. Lambs. A few pens vero offered and sold under keen competition at from 20s 3d to 28s , mcdlum yarding was in keen demand. Prices were on a par witU last week's