COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 25 July 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND MARKET. The (New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:— At Westfleld store sale last Thursday the competition for dairy cattle showed a slight Improvement, practically all penned being sold. Cows and heifers, close to profit, £l2 to £l9 12s 6d; backward sorts, best, £ll to £l4 ss, others £8 10s to £lO 15s. Store cattle were again penned In large numbers, the demand belue good, with yrlces Improving. Empty cows and heifers, £6 5s to £8 ss; cows, with calves, £0 I.ls to £lO Ss: bulls, £G to £lO 15s; steer calves, best £2 Ts to £S ss, others £1 12s to £2 ss; heifer calves, best £2 to £2 18s, others £1 8s to £1 19s; Inferior salves, 15s upwards; yearling to 18months steers £4 5s to £8 12s, heifers £3 15s to £5 Ills. On Friday at the Karaka yards wo held a clearing sale on account of Messrs. Paterson Bros., and report a good sale. The dairy cowa sold at from £9 15s to £ls} yearling heifers £4 to £7; bull, £9 15s; farm horses, £ll to £l7. On Monday at East Tamakl we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. O. Challlet. There was a large attendance of buyers, and we report a most successful sale: Dairy cows £9 to £l7 ss; dairy heifers, £7 to £lB. At Warkworth on Friday we held our monthly sale, when there was an average yarding,' with quotations on a par with late reports. At Wbltford on Friday we disposed of Mr. Robert Kemp's dairy herd and other ljte and dead stock (in conjunction with A. Buokland and Sons, Ltd.). There was an extra large attendance of buyers, high prices being realised. The best of the dairy cows sold from £2O to £2O, others £lB to £l9 10s. backwatd and older £lB upwards; dairy heifers, best £l2 to £l4 .10s, others £8 10s to £ll 15»; steer j calves, £3 14s; liolfer calves, £4 2s to £4 14s; sows, in pig, £l4 10s; empty sow, £6 10s; weaner pigs, £1 13s; sow and young £lB is; hoggets, £1 8s Od. After Mr. Kemp's J sale we sold about 100 head of outside stock at ruling prices. At Westfleld fat stock market on Wednesday > beef was penned In average numbers, mostly of Inferior quality. No extra heavy or heavy cattle were yarded. Trices Improved on last week's quotations. Choice ox sold at £2 18s per , , "nd in a -few. i»»soii for extra prims'this price was exceeded; other ox, £2 13s to £2 o, 100 Ib: rollgil and Inferior ox, £2 8s to fa if'iV COW ? d h « if « beef, prime ,®„: s '° £ , 2 , J ss - rough and inferior £2 7s to £2 lis. Calves came forward In avoraeo numbers, and sold under keen competition at late high values. Runners, £5 to £8 - haavv walers, £4 lis to £4 15s, medium £3* 10s to £4 2s 6d, light £2 5s to £3 8s; lighter fat calves, 18s to £2 4s; fresh dropped, 5s to s 'v we . re Pdned In slightly larger numbers. rho demand exceeds the supply and Modiiim to heavy baconers, £5 10a to £8 17s 6d; heavy porkers, £4 Ms to £5 9s, medium £3 12s to £4 IS*, light £3 to £3 10s; weaners, £1 14s; Sows (backward), in pig, £6 to £7 10s. Shef„ we ,» penned in average numbors, and sold u'ider keen competition at last week's rate*. No extra heavy-weight ewes or wethers were raided Heavy prime . wethers £2 s»to £2 lis 6d medium £1 19s to £2 4s 80, light £l I4a 9d tn I £1 18s 9d; unfinished £1 10s 9d to £1 14s odheavy ewes, £1 16s to £2, one extra heavv ewe realised £3 Is; medium fcwoß pi nl Z £1 15s 3d, light £1 0s to ei ioa !)d Inferto 10s to £1 6s 9d; hoggets "Were penned'in averso Un^er Jteen competition Best SVil'fTi! 11 !ast week ' s •Notation, realised £'7,«a -m i. 0,16 « tra Rood hogget reaHsed £_ 7s 6d .medium iiocgets, £1 4s 9d to £1 8s 9d, light fil 1$ £1 4 8 qa j D f M i or and unfinished 12s to 19s. "wwior

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