COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 January 1919, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

tES- CWJE. 03^(MPE®3aiCffl( Sfftkttfriglitty there waa-da yarding cattle, niuch sold uory fder steady cosnpetitiufli, ami almosti' ieveiyttucg was said at 'ih-i btumncE. quotes Eat <asa £l3 to £l3 18s, ireslt, coaiitioiied can© £lO to *&9. t "vwad and store caws £B> tc £lO, IjoneiM . £3 las to fit* (bulla to £l2 mP jj Eltham >ai - 4a on Wednesday, at our. sosual sale, there waa a good jaading «&' Jatfile, and prices wexa tieiaunft.iis late-; j In £h© pan only [few atQM Jimte wcj,v uoF-iiri ared wero J'jOid. We iJUjtfc; }'\t£.v\o:J3 £ii TTs to-.' 1 £d2 {ss. irfeih <wndife*.»;ed cowa >£lo \ Cls to £ll 10s, foriraid aiiil f-ioxe euros, £8 to £l6, boners £3 to £7, bulla'. £5 to £l6 10s, ye-criing steem £4 to £4 14s, yearling heifers, £3 Kte to £5,-, store lamba 6s to 12s <id, piga ,£t'2a.(to» £2 9a. ' At our usual fortnightly sale at Ear . Wera on Thursday, cattle came in largo numbers, and of good quality*; and sold under keen competition. Sheep 1 were also yarded in larger "numbera than t&iual, and there «-as little demand for thea at auction. The following price? were realised: Fat cows £l2 10s to £l3 15s, fat maiden heifers £lO 10s to ,£ll 4s, fiesh conditioned cows £lO 16;! to £ll 15s, forward cam £tt 3s to £lO 10s, store cowa £8 to £9, small store cowa £0 10s to -67 17b Od, boners £3 15s to £6, bulls (heavyweight) £l6 to £l9, others £5 to £l4, yearling heifers £4 to £5 2s, yearling steers £4 Is to £5, poor yearlings (mixedseJ.es) £2 15s to £3 17s, shorn store lambs 12s to 13s Cd, woolly lamb 12s Cd to 13s, cull lambs 03 to 9s, 8-tooth wethers 28a, store ewes 20s to 22s 6d, fat sheep 32s fid store pigs £2 5s to £3 3s. Waverley.—Prices were on a par with late sales. Two-tooth wethers 24s 4d to 28s, fat cows £ll 103 to £l2 2s, forward and stare cows £7 173 to £lO, 2year steers £7 10s to £lO, yearling to 15-month steers £5 to £0 2s Cd, yearling heifers £3 15s to £4 19s,

KZ. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. Auckland, Jan. 16. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:— | At Westfield last Thursday best (Vtiry cows and heifers sold from £l3 to £l9 j 12s fid, others £9 to £l2 10s; empty cows and heifers, £7 to £9 17s fid; bulls £7 to £l2; heifers, suitable dairy purposes, £5 17s Gd to £7 17s fid; yearling to l'S-month heifers, £4 5s to £6; ditto steers, £4 173 fid to £6 15s; heifer calves £1 Cs to £2 1.2s Cd; steer calves, £1 10s to £3; inferior calves, 115= to £1 s^. ! At Westfield on Wednesday choice ox 'sold to £2 lis per 1001b; others, £2 8s to £2 10s; cow and heifer beef, £2 4s to £2 9s per 1001b. Steers sold at from £l3 17s fid to s2l 7a fid; cows and heifers made from £5 to £9 15s to £1(1. Runners made from £5 to £9 5s ijor a well-tatted 14-month-old steer from Mr C~ Levett, Mangere; heavy vealers from £3 5s to £ A 17s fid, medium £2 10s to £3 2s fid, light 37s fid to £2 7s 6d, small and fresh-dropped 7s to 27s fid. Pigs were yarded in smaller numbers and again sold at high rates Large choppers and heavy baconejs sold from £a 5s to £0 Ss, small choppers and light baconers £4 7s Cd to £5 2s fid, large porkers £3 15s to £4 ss, medium £3 to £3 12s Cd, small £2»7s Cd to £2 17s fid Sheep were penned in average numbers, selling at late rate 9 Best wethers £1 12s t.< £1 16s fid, others £1 9s Gd to £1 lis 6d, unfinished £1 fis to £1 Ss !>d, best ewes £1 7s to £1 Hj, others £1 to £1 Ss -9d, inferior and'hged ewes fis upwards, hoggets £1 4s to £1 lis. Beit lambs sold at from £ 1 2s 6d to £ 1 5s fid, medium lambs 18s to £1 2s Cd to £1 5s Gd, medium lambß 18s to £1 2s fid, small 14s Cd to lis 6d, inferior lambs 7b to 12s.

NEWTON KING REPORTS At Douglas on Monday, 13th inst., f here was a big yarding, all yards and races being well filled. Competition throughout was good, and prices as at all other sales held during the week showed a distinct advance, there being a much impr..vid tone in the market. Eighteen-montii steers brought £4 lis tv £5 18s, 15/18-month empty heifers £4 to £4 12s, 18-month heifers in calf £5 4s to £5 9s, fat cows £lO 10j to £l2 Is, forward cows up to £lO, store cows from £0 2s Cd for light to £8 17a fid for good, 2J to 3-year steers £9 Is, dairy cows £ll, bulla £6 10s to £li! 12s,

At Stratford, on Tuesday, 14th inst., the yards were filled with useful cattle for which thero was good enquiry Good 18-month ht'ifera in calf sold i.p to £5 12s 6d, smaller heifers £3 18s to £4 ,12s, mixed yearlings £4 ss, 2J-year steers (rough) £8 ss, 20-month and 2year u>-ealf heifers £6, bulls £8 15s to £l3 15s, fat cows £ll 12s to £l2 7s od, forward eows £9 12s to £lO 15s, store cows £7 5s to £8 17s 6d, forward maiden heifers £lO Is.

At Inglewood, on Wednesday, 15th, the yards' were full and the whole yarding was cleared during the day with the exception of two small lots of sheep 15/ 18-month steers, fair cattle, £5 and £5 Is, yearlings £8 8s Cd, 15/18-month heifers £7, empty 2-year heifers £0 7s to £6 14s, fat cows £ll 5s to £l3 ss, forward cowa £9 to £lO 12s 6d, store cows from £6 14s for small to £9 8s for rood, jitags £7 12s (kl to £9 lCs, bulls £j 12s Gd to £]!> Cd, dairy cattle £7 12s Cd to £ll, 2-year steers £7 2s Cd, forward ev/es 23a 4<l, lambs 13s lOd.

At Ohura on Thursday, 16 th, there was a good yarding, the biggest proportion "being cleared. 18-month steers, good, from £ 0 Ss to £7, smaller cattle £4 to £4 lis, 15-month mixed £4 12a Cd, 15month heifers £4 10s, fat heifers £lO Is, 3-year steers £9 17s Cd to £ll, 2year steers £7 12s to £9 2s Cd, in-calf heifers £0 173, bulls £7 2s Od to £ls 10s, cows and calvea up to £9 lis, small 2-tooth wethers 2Ss 4(1 and 23s sd, Ctooth to fan. ewes 21s, f.m. ewes 8s Cd to 12s Od.

At Kaponga, on Friday, 17th, mixed wear-era made £2 43 and £2 ss, 15/18Tiionth heifers £4 7s 6d, fat cows £lO 18s to £ls 9s, forward cows from £9 10s to £lO 17s, store ciows £7 12s Cd, bulls £9 10s to £1» 17s Od. fat heifers £lO 31a. At Itahotu, on the same day, 18-montli steers made £5 14s, 15/18-month heifers ,£4 15s, small steers £3 18s, 2-year steers £B, fat cows lip to £ll 6s, forward cows £9 10s to £lO 12s, store cows ,£6 to £7 ss. In the morning I held a Clearing sale on the Kahui Soad in the estate of Thomas Lakeman. A well done lino of Holstein weaners made £3 Is,, dairy cows £0 to £l3 10s, roan mare £27, Holstein,bull £l3 10s.