COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 19 November 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

•LONDON MARKETS. London, Nov. 16. Rubber: Para, 2? 10y 2 d; plantation, 2s 5 5-8 d; smoked, 2s 4 5-Bd. Hemp: Quiet and unchanged^ 'AIKJKLANBw _ 51)o S/ew Zealand 'Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited report:— On Thursday last, at our weekly WestfieJd store, stock and dairy sale, best dairy cows and heifers from £l4 to £l9 ss, others £lO 10s to £l3 las, poor and backward £6 103 to £lO ss; three-year-old steers, £lO to £.ll 2s fid; yearling steers, £5 10s; yearling heifers, £4 10s; calves, £1 5s to £4 2s €d; store Merino wethers, £1 Is.

At Pukekolie, on Monday, the demand was keener than of late, and, with the exception of three or four cows, everything changed hands at satisfactory prices. Best dairy cows £ls to £TS as good sound cows £l2 10s to £l4 15s, others £S 10s to £l2 sa; Shorthorn heifers, best £l4 10s to £l7, others £lO 5s to £l4, poorer and backward £7 10s to £lO 2s fid; bulls, good Shorthorn lOgns to l4gns, others Ggns to 9igris, according to quality. Ou Tuesday at Pukekohe.grown steers £lO 10s to £l4 4b; two to three-year steers, £7 10s to £lO 7s '6d; yearling to two-year steers, £3 5s to £7 7s Cd; empty cows, forward £S 8s to £lO fid, poorer £5 'los to £S ss; 18-months "heifers, £5 2s Cd to £7 2s Od; yearling heifers, £3 17s fid to £5 10s for extra quality; calves, best £2 17s Od to £4 2s. others £1 to £2 10s; bulls, to £l6 10s '.Beef at fully Westfieid prices. Pat steers, £ls to .JOl7 12s 6d; fat rows, to £l3 10s.

At our weekly West.field stock market choice ox sold at £2 13s per 1001b, other £:3 7s to £2 Us; cow and heifer beef, £2 0s to £2 12s; steers sold at from £l3 7s 6d to .£2l 7s Cd; cows and heifers, £lO 53 to £ls 17s 6d. Calves were penned in average numbers arid improved on last week's figures. lfunnern sold from £5 10s to £lO 7s fid lor a 20-montb steer; heavy vealers, £4 15s to £5 ss; medium, £3 10s to £4 12s Gd; light, £2 5s to £3 7s «sd; small and fresh-dropped, 6s to £1 18s. Sheep were penned short of requirements and advanced 3s to 4s per head, in some cases even this figure being exceeded. Medium woolly wethers, £2 Is 3d to £2 Ss 3d; etxra heavy prime- shorn wethers £1 19s to £2.4s Gd, others £1 15s 9d to £1 18s Cd; medium woolly ewes £1 18s to £1 19s 3d, others £1 12s to £1 17s Cd; extra heavy phorn ewes, £1 lCs to £1 18s; medium to heavy shorn £1 13s to £1 15s 9d, others £1 Ss to £1 12s Cd; woolly hoggets, £1 14s. Spring lambs were yarded j average numbers .mcl improved on last week's figures, equalling the prices ot a fortnight ago. Best lamb; £1 10s Jd to £1 12s fid; good fat lambs, £1 (is 9d to £1 10s; others, £1 Is Gd to £1 5d 3d-. .Pigs: An average yarding with a further drop in prices. Choppers, £4 to £4 12s Cd; iarge porkers, £2 15s to £3 ss; medium, £2 io £2 14s; small porkers, £1 f.s to £1 17s "Cd, no store pig* yarded. IC,Z.I:L AND M.A. 00.'S wEPOnT. Tile j\ew Zealand Loan .d Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. (Haweia) report follows: — Kakaramea.—Light, lat cows £]o -is to £ll iOs, forward cows £S 10s to £i> 10s, stores £C to £7 10s, empty 2-year heifers £5 10s to £7 lis, 4-year stoi*. bullocks £l4, 3 and 4-year bullocks £l3 lO', yearling heifers (Jersey cross) £5 to .£6 4a, yearling Shorthorn heifers £3 15= 1.0 £5 12s, 3-year springing heifers £l2 10s to £l3 15s, 2-year springing heifers £7 10s lo £ll, springing cov.a £ls to £l6 10s, fat ewes 27j 3d, good store pigs £2 5s to £2 10s.

Hawcra. —Kat heifer's £1 10a t o £l2 7s, <rood forward cowa £9 as to £lO s>t, forward cows £S 10s to £fl ss. store cows , (small) £5 10s to £0 los, .I and 4-year store bullocks £l2, 2-year cteers £7 lo.a, 18-months io 2-ycar steers £4, empty 2-yenr heifers £"> l'2s Gd to £0 IBs, 15-monllis Jersey cross heifers £4 17s fld to £0 4s. small yearlins: neifer.s £2 to £H. '.Dairy cattle: Three-year lieifers £l2 to £l4. 2-year fteifen: £0 to £l2 ss, small 2-year lieifers £fi i 0.% to £S 15s, cows £l3 to £l4

-ms? CO-OP. ORGANISATION r :()CIKTY ; S HEPOUT. 'i'ik r armors' Co-op. Organisation Tociety reports.:'At Opunake yards on Monday last there was a good yarding of cattle, and for forward cows competition was keen. Kov all otheT classes gricejs v.' ; ro the same as late sale. Fat cows sold at from £l3 10s to £ls (os, fresh conditioned cows £ll 10s t« £'l2 i2s, for■ward and store cows £8 to £ HI, empty bhifers £5 10s to £7 sa, yearling steers £3 15s to £<?, yearling lieifers £3 7s Cd to £5.55, 'bulls £lO to £lB 10s, springing heifeTS £7- 10s to £ll- - ivfnnafa avid Stratford sales were cancelled owing- ftf the-armistice. At Jnglewood 'yards on Wednesday there, was 'a full yarding of »tock and pwces were th-o raws as 'ate sales. Competition' was'dull: _ 'We• Quotes Woolly Hoggets 265, titripif -tveS ?5s -.id,: fat sheep 355, fresh Conditioned cows ; £9 lO.i to £lO 17s <sd, forwanl vows • £9 to X 9 si ( store cows £7 to #£.; !7<s-.' 3d,; empty heifers US 10s to s(] ■ 17s-; iSd,; good* yearling lieifers " : others' £3' to £4 4s;y«trliijEf steers ,€3[ .to -£5 ss, Mis. £'lo. to . £|t, springing ; cows £lO to £ 19, springing Eeifers'7.'£7 : 10s to 1?. 10s. I

On Thursday we held a'clearing sate .^l^ac.cp : Hnt,-pL'Atf,"J.,Pojini .Manjptpki. ;.yas a; fair attftjdiinc], ani3? a'; suc--<3BsaffjjL-ial#' /was !.Kold. ; Tfi best dq,hry «oWßr,£oid;at feoini £lB/103 to #BS, Others £lo.',to iIR { . A\ji;Qii,—Srssli jarid fonvjrd cows £tl .163 ; to .012' 18s, Jstaro-. covi £8 to £lO lO.vtmlls' £lO 10s to '£ ? 18s, sprmgiii« heifers £«; 10s?to ,£l3, yearling hetfers £3 to 'lss. j . At Stratford yards on Iriday we .held a special sale. There waJa. yarding of cattle, wliieli soy at late rates. Forward and store cow £5 16s to £9 7$ yearling; 500-2s od,/earling hulls sold toi 8J guineiti j