COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 March 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. Tor the week ending February 28, the Hawera branch reports:— At Opunake on Monday there was a good yarding, especially of grown cattle. We quote: Four-yoar bullocks £l2 5s to £l3, 2%-year bullocks £8 to £0„ 20-month 'heifers T.w.b., £" Us to £8 ss, light store cows £5 Its, 18-month heifers £3 12s to £4 IDs, ti-tooth forward wethers tils, f.m. ewes lis, rape lambs 15s, cull lambs 7s (id. On Tuesday, at Manala, wo had n small yarding. We quote:—Store cows £8 to £ll 2s 6d, bulls £1 10s to £ls, 4-tooth wethers 245, lambs 9s Gd. ' "" AtN Palmer road, «.n Friday, wo held our usual sale. We quote: Fat cows £l2 to £l2 lfis, bulls £9 5s to £ls 15s, Jersey wesner heifers (small) £5 os, lambs 9s (id. On the same day at Waverley we offered a small yarding, stock selling at late rates. HAMILTON STOCK MARKET. Tho Fanners' Co-operative Auctioneering Co. report : Beef.—-The general aspect as regards freezing Is not bright, a considerable quantity of fat stock that should have found its way to the works bains 'held up on account or strike and other causes. To compensate this, howover, the demand for good beef for local consumption has improved and a scarcity, of good bullocks is apparent. Dairy heifers.—There is considerable enquiry at present for early spring calvers. although few have so far been yarded. Indications point to brisk business before many months pass, We quote as follows: —Bullocks, heavy prime £l7 to £l9 15s, medium £l4 to .'£lo 10s; cows, prime fat £l2 10s to £l4, medium fat £lO 10s to £l2; heifers, fat £lO 5s to £ll 10s; bullocks, 3%-year-old, £lO 10s to £l2 10s; cows, fresh conditioned £8 5s to £8 ss, good £7 to £8; steers, 2%-year-old £7 10s to £9, 18-mpnths best £6 to £B, medium £4 to £5, small £2 5s to £3 ss; heifers, in-calf sh. £7 103 to £!), yea-lings, best £3 10s to £4 15s, medium £2 10s to £3 10s; dairy cows, best £l3 to £]G 10s, ordinary £9 to £11; wethers, prime shorn 34s to 38s, medium 28s (id to 325; ewes, prime shorn 29s 0d to 325; store wethers, 4-tooth 29s to 325, 2-tooth 24s to 275; pigs, baconers £0 10s to £9, porkers £4 10s to £ti, weaners 15s to £1 10s; horses, heavy draught £45 to £55, medium £35 to £4O, light £24 to £3O, harness £ls to £22, hacks £lO 10s to £2O.

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd,, report:— At. Westfleld store 3ale dairy cows and heifers sold under keen compe'Jitlon at late high values. Best, olose to profit £ls IDs to £l9 10s, others £l2 to £ls ss, backward sorts, best £ll to £l4 10s, others £7 10s to £lo,los. Store cattle sold at late rates. Empty cows and heifers £5 to £7 15s, yearling to 18-months steers £3 10s to £5 15s, calves £1 lis to £2 ss, heifers, suitable dairy purposes £5 10s to £7 15s. At. Wiiiuku, we report a Rood sale, young caltle especially showing improvement. Dairy cows and hoifers £9 to £l3 17s 6d, 3 to 3%-year steers £lO 10s to £ll 7s 6d. calves £1 13s to £2 10s, yearling to 18-months aterirs £3 15s to £O, ditto heifers £3 5s to £5 IDs, heifers suitable for dairy purposes £6 to £8 ss, bulls £0 10s to £ll, weaner pigs 10s to £1 ss, slips £1 7s to £2. At Westfleld fat stock market choice ox sold to £2 17s per 1001b: prime £2 I3s to £2 10s per 1001b; rough and inferior £2 8s to £2 12s per 1001b; cow and heifer beef £2 Cs to £2 12s per 100. Steers sold at from for best £lB to £23 10s, others £l2 10s to £l7 15s, cows and heifers £8 10s to £lB 2s 6d, Sheep: Heavy prime wethers £1 18s to £2 0s 9d, medium £1 14s 9d to £1 17s 9d, light £1 12s to £1 14s Sd, unfinished £1 8s to £1 lis 9d, heavy prime ewes £1 9s 9d to £1 ]4s 9d, medium £1 .ds to £1 9s Od, light £1 2s to £1 5s 9d, Inferior and unfinished 10s 3d to £1 Is 9d. A small yard.ne of calves, mostly poor quality, sold at high values. Good fat calves are wanted. Runners sold from £5 5s to £' 2s Od. heavy rulers £4 12s to £5 4s, medium £3 5s to ~3. light £2 2s (id to £3 4s, lighter fat calvo3 £1 5s to £2 Is, fresh dropped 14s 10 £l, finiall rough calves £1 5s to £1 18s. Laßt week's high prices for all classes of pigs were maintained. Medium baconers to £7 8s light baconers £0 2s Od to £7 7s. heavv porkers £5 Is to £0 Is, medium, £4 5s to £5, lighter £3 10s to £4 4s. The demaiu; for good baconers and porkers remain unsalisfled. Lambs: Heavy prime lambs £1 8s to £1 lis (kl. medium prime inr> s £1 7s 9d, light prime lambs £1 Is to £1 ss, unfinished and small lambs 10s Cd to £1 0s 9d. i) ■■ ' i ■ ~