COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 April 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

N.2. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. ( At Kakaramea, on Monday, we had a good yarding. We quote: Fat, and forward cows £lO Is, store cows £5 10s to £8 ss, springing heifers £ll, bulla £7 1c £ls, 20-montii .Jersey lieifers £B, 20-month steers £4 ss, weaner heifers £2 7s to £3, lambs 15s (Id to IBs 6d. On Wednesday, at Eltham, prices were on a. par with late rates. We quote: Fat and forward cows £lO to £lO 18s, store cows £5 to £8 ss, springing heifers £l3 10s, bulls £7 10s to £lO, weaner heifers £3 10s, weaner steers 31s to £2 10s, 4 and C-tooth forward wethers 32s Id, fat ewes 30s to 31s 3d, s.m. owes 19s lid, lambs (good) 19s lid, cull lambs 12s 9d to 13s Id. At Haweru, on Thursday, competition for sheep was not brisk, but we quitted most of tlie entry after the sale. Wo quote: Pat and forward cows £!) 17s to £ll, store cows £5 16s to £8 15s, dairy lieifers £ll to £l3, heifers r.w.b. £l2, fat empty heifers £B. empty heifers £0 2s, weaner heifers £2 8s to £4 15s, bulls £5 15s to £lO 2s Cd, fat and forward ewes 26s to 28s 9d, f.m. ewes 20s Cd, 4 and 6-tooth ewes 20s, fat lambs 23s 3d, woolly lambs 21s Cd, iambs 16s to 18s, cull Immhs 9s lOd, store pigs (small) £8 3s, weaners 255. On Friday, at Waverley, we held our initial solo In Messrs. F. R. Jackson and Coy's yards. Wo quote: Store cows £5 8s to £8 2s 6(1, empty heifers £G 16s to £7, 2>/ 2 -year steers £5 to £7 Is, yearling steers £3 lis, 8-tooth and f.f.m. ewes 27s 2d, f.m. wethers 335, 6-tooth and wethers 33s 6d, 4-tooth and 64;00th wethers 32s 2d to 35s 10d, fat m.s. 28s Cd, lambs (good) 209 Cd to £2 Is, lambs 15s to 18s 3d.

FARMERS' CO-OP. At Opunake Yards,'on Monday, 12th. ln«' We had a good yarding. Buyers were in attendance and we report a good sale. We quote: Fat sheep 13s 6d, fat lambs 2Gs, cull lambs 10s, dairy heifers £lO to £l2, fat cows £ll l'ss, forward ditto £8 12s 6d to £9, store ditto £7 2s 6d, boners £6 to £6 10s, bulls £lO 7s Od to £l3, 20-month steers £4 12s 6d to £4 10s, ditto better sorts £5 4s to £5 12s 6d, in calf heifers £ll 10s, Jersey weaner heifers £4 to £4 2s 6d, othei weine'r heifers £2 15s to £3 12s, weanei steers £1 5s to £1 12s, sow to farrow £5 ss, purebred Berkshire sow weaner £3 3s. At Manaia, on Tuesday, we had a good yarding of cattle. Competition was keen, and everything was sold at tha hammer. (Vsaner pigs 13s to 30s, gig harness £22 10s, fat sheep 335, fat cows £ll 17s Cd to £l2 ss, forward ditto £lO 10s, store ditto £7 to £9 17s, dairy cows £l2 10s, Jersey weanei heifers £4 123 to £6, other weaner heifers £J.

At Stratford, on Tuesday, we had a full yarding, all the cattle pens being full. There was a decline In wearier prices from low rates. Quotations: Best ewes 27s 7d, others 15s to £l. best, lambs 21s lOd, others 15s to IDs springers £ls to £2O, others £lO *tc £l3 10s, 2%-year steers £6 17s 6d, 20-month steers £5 to £5 13s, forward cows £6 to £lO, forward ditto £8 tu £8 10s, boners and hulls at low rates, weaner steers 35s tc £2, ditto heifers £2 10s to £3, Jersey cross ditto £6 10s to £7.

At Inglewood, on Wednesday, we again had a full .yarding, of sheep and cattle. Bidding work proceeded during the afternoon, and if no cattle also showed a decline on late rates. We nur>tc: Weaner pigs 14s to 28s, woolly lambs 235, others 18s 9d, 4 and G-tooth wethers 27s Gd, 2 and 4-tooth ewes 26s 4d, 3%-yeai: bullocks £ll 17s Gd. 2%-yenT steers £7 12s 20-imonth steers £5 9s, bulls £5 to £ll 2s Gd, forward cows £9 to £9 7ft Gd, store dlttc £5 5s to £6 10s, Jersey weaner heifers £5 7s 6d to £5 19s, others £3 9s to £3 13s, good Holstein steers £2 10s, other stcere 255. to 31s, ftiixed weaners £1 13s to £2 3s, The Auroa yards, on Friday, were filled, heavy and store \cows coining forward iu large numbers Vendors came prepared to sell, nn<j everything changed hands at the hammer. We quote weaner pigs 12s to 14s, woolly lambs 19s 3d, shorn ditto 17s Gd, bulls £7 to £ll, best cows £lO to £lO Bs, forward ditto £8 7s Gd to £9 10s, light cows and boners £5 10b to £7 10s, weaner heifers £2 10s to £3 13s, good weaner steers £2, raised weaners £1 18s to £2 ss.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

At Urenul, on 12tli Inst., a fair yarding of grown cattle met with little enquiry. Weaners on the other hand sold readily, Quotations : Weaners, good Shorthorn and Holstein heifers £3 5s U £3 17s Gd, mixed do. £2 2s fid to £2 10s, steers 27s Cd to 38s Cd, bulls £1 12s Gd to £3, 20-imontli steers £4 15s to £4 19s, small and Jersey do. £3 17s Od to £4 2s Gd, store cows £0 2s Gd to £7 17s Gd, hulls £9 15s, dairy cows (lato cnlrers) £l3 10s to £ls 10s, fat. sheop 30s Od, small store rigs 30s to £2. At my Stony River weaner fair on 13th Inst. I report a big yarding of weaners of very fair quality throughout. Although the market for this class was inclined to drag a satisfactory clearance was made. Prices for good sorts Here quite up to Ihoso of late Bales. Other classes of cattle, soid at late rates. Quotations: Woaners, extra, good Shorthorn heifers £3 IBs, Jersey cross £5 and £5. 4s, mixed helMm £2 to £3, goojt Shorthorn steers up to £2 13s, mixed heifers £2 to £3, good Shorthorn steers up to £2 13s, mixed sorts £1 5s to £2, fat cows £lO to £l2, storo and forward do. £0 2s to £7 10s, to £9 7s Gd, 20-month in-calf heifers £8 10s to £!> 13s, small do. £G to £7 ss, 3-year steers £8 17s Gd, 2 to 2%-year do. £G 17s, 20-month steers £4 5s to £4 15s, email and Jersey do. £3 7s, 20-month empty heifers £5 ss, bulls to £lO 10s, 2-tootli wethers ,28s 3d, lambs I3s to I4s 3d. At Waiwakalho on 16th Inst. I report, a fair offering of all classes of cattle. Quality Jersey wen Tiers maintained their usual high values but otherwise the market was unchanged. Choice Jersey weaner heifers £7 15s to £B, mixed weaner heifers £2 4s Gd to £3, weaner steers 25s to 30s, small 20-mbnth Incalf heifers £0 to £8 10s, light fat cows £9 7s Gd to £lO 15s, store and forwaTd do £G 12s 6d, £S ss, to £8 7s Gd, 314-year steers £9 2s fid, conditioned 2%-year do. £7 10a to £8 2s 6d, 2-year do. £5 ss, dairy cows £l2. . 1

AUCKLAND STOCK MARKET. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Cd., Ltd., roport:— At Wostfleld storo we had about." the usuai entry of dairy and store cattle. Store cattle were easier. We quote: Best dairy cows £ls ,10s to £l9 ss, good £l3 15s to £ls ss, others' £8 10s to £l3 10s, best dairy heifers close £ll to £IG 15s, others £6 to £lO 17s Gd; 18-month heifers £5 5s to £G Gs, fresh 2%-year steers £9 2s Gd, bad colored steers £4 5s to £5 ss, Polled Angus steers £6 4s, empty cows and heifers £3 to £7 15s, yearling to 18-month cattle £2 10s to £5 2s 6d, calves £1 os to £1 15s.

At Warkworth. sheep and In calf heifers sold freely; steers 'were 'neglected. We quote? 4 and G-tooth wethers £1 10s Gd, f.m. ewes 17s to £1 3s fid. Dairy cows rtnd heifers £G 10s to £l6, bulls £4 to £lO 10s, two to three-year steers £G 10s tc £8 10s, yearling to 18-months ditto £3 to £4 17s Gd, calves £1 10s to £2 8$ Gd, yearling tc 18-months heifers £3 Hs to £5 2s, heifers in calf £lO 2s to £ll for best, others £7 to £lO. forward and fat cows, mixed £9 14s to £lO, other cows £5 2s to £6 12s, fat steers to £l4. At Westfleld fat. stock market choice oxen sold to £l2 14s per 1001b., prime £2 10s to £2 13s per 1001b, inferior and rough £2 2s to £2 9s per 1001b, cow . and heifer beef £2 4s to £2 lis per. 1001b, steers sold nt from for best £l7 15s to £2l 2s Gd, cows and heifers sold at from £7 to £l3 10s Calves: Runners sold from £4 to £8 2.=? Gt' for an 18-months heifer, heavy vealers £3 5s to £3 19s, medium £2 15s to £3 18s, lisrht £1 15s to £2 14s. fresh-dropped 13s to 18s A heavy ewir.v of pips, mostly prime heavy baconers. Choppers £G 13s to £7 13s, prime heavy baconers • £7 10s to £7 Ms, 1 medium £G 10s to £.7 9s, light £G to.£G 9s, 1 heavy porkers £5 Is to £5 19s, medium £4 j 5s to £5, lighter £3 10s to £4 4s. store) piss were again quiet; weaners J4s.to £1 10s. j Sheep: Heavy prime wethers £1 17s Cd to £2, medium £1 14s 9d to £1 17s 3d, light £1 13s 3d to £1 14s Gd, small unfinished £1 10s t/> £l* 13s 3d, extra heavy prime ewes sold to £2 19s, heavy prime ewes sold at from £1 lis to £1 17s fid, medium prime ewes £1 7s to £1 10s 9d. light £1 4s 6d to £1 Gs 9d, small and unfinished 17s to £1 4s 3d. Lambs at late quotations: Heavy prime £1 10s, medium £1 6s to £1 9s 9d. right £1 2s to £1 5s 9d, unfinished and small lambs 15s to £1 Is.