COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. The New Zealand Loan' and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Hawera branch, report as follows» At Kakaramea on Monday, 28th .Inly, we had an extra heavy yarding of cattle and sheep, and report a total clearance .under the hammer at advanced prices. Most of the stock offered was on account of Messrs Samuel, Blake and Son, and there wos a large attendance of buyers from all parts, and bidding was most spirited throughout. We report as follows Pat cows, £ll 14s to £l2 ss; forward cows, £8 8s to £lO 4s; store cows, £7 10s to £7 14s; 2%-year stoers, £lO 6s; 20-months steers, £7 8s Gd to £7 iris; 20-months emptv heifers. £7 to £7 ss; weauor steers, £1 6s to £3 Ms fid: weaner heifers, £1 10s to £2 12s; fat and forward 4 and 6-tooth wethers, £l' 15s l)d; 2tooth ewes (In lamb), £1 Ills 4d to £2 0s !)d; mixed box hoggets, £1 Is fid to £1 10s; small hojgcts, 10s Id to 14s Id; forward empty ewes; £1 5s 2d to £1 8s 4d; vain hoggets, 28s; 4tooth Romney rams, 30s; cull owes, 6s 6d; good three-quarter draughts. £23 to £44; aged sorts, £lO 10s lo £l9; unbroken draughts, £ls lo £33; good hacks, £l3 to £2O ss; aged sorts, £4; Implements and sundries sold exceptionally well. In dairy pens dairy cows close to profit made £lO to £l4 10s; springing heifers, £l3 10s to £18; backward sorts, £7 to £9 10s. At Manala on Tuesday, 29th ulto., we hnd a small yarding and business was transacted at tlio following rates: Store cows, £5 19s to £7 Os; empty heifers, £3 9s to £7; mixed sex weanors, £2 Gil to £2 103 Od; ditto (small), 17s; hoggets, 18s 3d to 245; fencing posts, 2s. At Palmer road on Friday we had h small yarding, owing to rough weather, and report a total clearance at the following prices; Forward cows, £8 2s to £8 9s; store cows, £5 5s to £7 3s; empty 20-months heifers, £6 18s to £7 3s; weaner heifers, £3 is to £3 8s; mixed weaners, £2 lis; springing heifers, £ll 10s to £10; second calvers, £lO 10s. .

At Waverier on Friday we had a small yarding which changed hands at the following prices: Store cows. £6 to £7 Us; hoggets, 24s Id; small hoggets, 14s S)d to 19s; t.nt'. ewes (In lamb), poor condition, 10s.