COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 August 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

THE SHAREMARKET. (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) Auckland, Last Night. The Waihl Grand Junction Gold Companv crushed 50-;o tens of nro in August for a return valued at £8154. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantllo Agency Company, Ltd., report:— On Thursday last at West Held store sale dairy cattle wei-o penned In large numbers Competition was not so keen, and unless cows and heifers were close to profit they were dull of sale. Best dairy cows and heifers, close to profit, £ls to £2O, others £ll 10s to 10s; backward sorts, brst £ll to £ls, others £8 to £lO 15s Store cattlo were penned lit average numbers, and sold at into rates Empty cows and hoifers, £5 i;is to £8 lis Od; hulls, £6 to £lO 10s; yearlln" to 18mnnths steers, £4 15s to £7 2 3 Cd' two-year-old steers, £7 17s 6d to £8 15s'; steer calves, £2 5s to £3 10s; heifer calves, £1 10s to £3; yearling to 18-months heifers £4 to £0 12s Od. At Waiuku. on Saturday, best dairy eo<-s £l4 to £2O, others £9 to £l3 15s- Inferior and aged cows, £6 10a to £8 15s; best dairy heifers £l3 to £l7 ss, others £5 id, to £7 17s Gd. Beer in small numbers sold to fully Westflcld i.riees. Empty cows and heifers, £0 to £8 15s; hulls. £(! to £l2 10s; steer calves, £2 2s to £3 15s; heifer calves, £1 15s to £3 ss; yearling steers, £4 to £5 15s; yearling heifers, £3 10s to £4 12s Gd Pl gs sold under extra keen competition to extreme values, wenners selling to £3 ' Ss; slips to £4 Is; Berkshire sow, in youn" IOVL' guineas. "' Y*'c held a special sale at Whltford on Saturday. Best dairy cows, £IS to £2O 13s; good Bounds envs, £l2 to £l7 10s, others £8 5s to £ll 15s, unsound and noor, £5 to £7 ss; bent dairy hoifers, £ll to £lO 10s. others £7 5s to £lO ins. Included in the fore•nlng were Mr .las. MoFarlanr's dairy herd lite cows of which averaged £l9 5 S Od and 'he heifers £l2 6s. Emntv cows, £5 7s M lo £lO, for veil forward: working bullocks C 10; yearling heifers. £4 5s fo £5- heifer ralves. best £". 2s Od to £3 ss, others Vi lo £2 In; fresh drooped calves, 12s to 10sliopgels (small), £1 Is: weaner pigs, In keen demand, £1 10s to £2 3s We mot a full vardintr at. Henderson .-i Monday, dairy cattle predominating, although nothing of quality penned Good smmd cows and heifers. £» 10s to £l2, other-, £f, to E!) ss; hulls. £4 4s to £ls; canity cows' P.I 12s Od to £7 lSs; four-voar-old steers! £l2 i?s Od, three-vear-old £lO 10,t. two-year-eld £8 ss; yearlings, £4 !0a to £0 5s • calves, best £2 5s to £3 3s Od. others £l 10s to £2, poor Mid weedy 10s upwards, two-vcar Jersey steers. £4; a team of working bullocks at £l7 13s 4d etch. Tlio bidding throughout was keen, with few exceptions the .vardintr being sold. ~ , ~.--,i At Westflcjd fat stock,'market on Wednesday, beef was'penned In lens llian average numbers Tlio milrltet shewed 0; firmer tone' and tirloes tipwsrd,. tendency,.;,,, Choice-ox: sold to £3 5s per'"l v mh -, .prime ox .sold .at from C2 10s M <?S"4s per lOfllb.; rough'ami Inferior to £2'lßs pi>r"lltlilb. Cow and heifer ..beef sold at. from £2, 13s to £2 I 18s per 100". V.V vart'ed no lwnx\ .-.-eights Steers sount'fro'm £ls to £•>.' 2s tid' Cows and heifers 'sohlufct from' £0 to sir 2s Od. Calves' came;.forward in, v,\!i;) Iltere not heinc- sufficient pens for all; All «:oopt smiill' l fiit ; -c.-ilvcs ; ,wl'iV 'onler'i 1 '- Tttihnnrs sold frnoo t? 5 w ,s In T<t r.s; heavy .vealers, r ;3 15s to £5,25. Od. medium £3 tq £3 15s I'"hi £2 to r l '?' IBs Od: lirhtor fat calvs. l r >s to £1 I.W; fresh dropped, 5s to 18s Sheep were penned In more than average numbers, and sold at Improved prices under keen competition. Fxtra heavy wethers, £2 14s t« £2 10b—one small pen of these realised £3 "s; heavy nrlme wethers. £2 0s Od to 62 13s Od: medium mime wethers. £2 4s 9d tn £2 0s 3d: light in-line wether-:. £2 <li flcl to £2 4s Od: unfinished wethers £1 ir.s to £'! 0s 3d: extra heitvv ewes, £2 Rs to f" Ms Od; heavy prime ews. £2 2s tn £2 Ts 3d medium £1 10s to £2 is Oil. light £1 :>■•. :i,-j to £1 15s Od, unfinished £1 Is 3d to £1 Rs 00 Hoggets were penned In average numbers, and sold to high values Rest 1 Ms to £1 17s Od: medium £1 Us to £1 IBs tld. Il;ht £1 0s to £1 10s od. Seventv-elght wethers from Messrs A. Yates and Co , Karaka, averaged £2 17s 3d. Pigs were penned iti average numbers, with porkra-s easier and baconers at. late high values Medium haeoners, £5 to £7 3s: hcavv ncirkcrs. £4 to £4 18s medium £3 Ss to £3 10s, light £2 13s to £3 7s: wenners, under keen competition £2 5s to £2 IBs.