COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1918, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

FARMERS' CO-OP. | Oka iawa—Fresh-conditioned cows £lO 15s to £l2 10s, forward and store cows £t> 10s to £9, yearling heifers £3 3s, small yearling £2 to\€2 10s, heifers close to profit £lO 10s to £ls, others £7 ]os to £9 ss. Eltliam—Hoggets 14s 3d t» ISs Id, store cows £G 10s to £O, yearlings £2 10s to £3 4s, springing heifers £9 to £l3 10s, dairy cows £'io 10s. Hawera—Forward ewes 25s od, good, hoggets 24s to 25s 04, others ISs to 21s. Fat cows sold to £l3 9s, fresh-condi-tioned cows £lO 10s to £l2, forward, and store cows £7 to £9 10s, small store £5 to £8 10s, boners 30s to £2 10s, yearling heifers £2 to £4 ss, yearling steers £3 10s to £0 us, dairv'cows £lO to £2O 10s. springing heifers £8 10s to £l3 'l3s. Waverley.—Forward cows £8 to £l2 10s. store cows £3 10s to £7 as, empty heifers ,£O, weaners £1 2s to £3 13s, hoggets 10s to £1 Is 9d. At Waipuku on Friday, at Mr A. Coutts', we held a clearing sale of his live and dead stock. There was a good attendance, and a most successful sale was held. The dairy cows sold at from £lO to £22 10s, heifers £0 10s to £l4, yearlings £2 10s to £5 7s, horses to £29, pigs £3 Is. On Friday and Saturday, August 23 and 24, we held our spring horse fair. We quote: Unbroken heavy draught horses £2O to £3O, medium, draught horses £l2 to £l9, light horses £2 10s to £l2, broken draughts £lB to £34 10s, milk carters £ls to £2B, light harness horses £S to £l2, hacks £3 10s to £ll, ponies £5 to £lO, weeds 20s upwards. N.Z.L. AND M.A. CO.'S REPORT. At Opunake on Monday, August 20, we had a fair yarding, prices being maintained. Fat cows £ll to £l3, stores £9 12s to £lO 3s, lighter cows £7 to £8 ss, 2i-year steers £lO 12s fid, empty heifers £5 to £5 18s, yearling heifers £2 10s to £4 3s, dairy cows £ll to £l2 10s, heifers £lO 17s (id to £ll 10s. At Manaia on Tuesday, August 27, we had a small yarding, which sold at late rates. At Ngaere on Thursday, August 2D, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr James Beedie, sen., when there was a large attendance, resulting in a very successful sale. Dairy cows £ll to £ls. heifers £l2 to £l4 7s Cd, backward cows and heifers £8 to £lO ss; favm implements and sundries realised good prices. Waverlcy.—F. m. ewes £1 3s Cd, 2 and 4-tooth wethers £1 lis Gd, 2 and 4tooth empty ewes £1 5s to £1 10s, aged wethers £1 9s Bd. , HIDE AM) SKIN REPORT. We held our usual fortnightly sale of hides, tallow, and oddments on the 3fl't!i hist. Prices were somewhat easier U heavy hides but the. extremely high rates ruling for calfskins were, well maintained. Tallow showed a, decline of about 2s per cwt. Following is the range of prices:— 'Hides.—Ox, heavy, 10} d to 12% d; medium. 10ld to ll>/ s d; light, U>«d to 10-jd; cow, heavy, !)'<|d f 0 10% d; medium, Old to lo%d;' light, !)'/ 8 d to 10y s d; light, 9%d to 10y 8 d; cut, slippy and inferior, 6}d to lO.d; bull, stag, 7d to 9}d; yearlings, OJd to 12% d; calf, superior, 12% d to 17;} d; calf, medium good, 12d to 17% d; calf, damaged, 3d .to lu'/g. Tallow.—ln casks, 25s Od to 3Gs Gd; in tins, etc., 22s to 345. Sundries.—Rabbit skins, 9|d.