COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S REPORT. it Douglas on 19th inst. a very fair yarding of all classes met with spirited enquiry. Good 20-unonth empty heifers £6 ss, 20-month steers £4 6s 6(1, 2%-year in-cp.lf heifers £lO to £l3 ss, dairy cows £9 10s, light fat cows £9 7s 6d, lambs 15s 9d. At Stratford on 20th Inst. I report a good yarding of cattle with a slightly improved tone In tho market.. A heavy entry of stora and forward cows sold at much better rates, compared with recent sales. Light fat and good conditioned cows £8 15s to £lO, ordinary store do. £C upwards, aged and thin do. £2 10s to £4, cows and calves £7 and £ll 12s fid, bulls £6 5s to £8 10s, mired weaner heifers £2 lis to £3 lis, small 20-month stoers £3 lis to £4, in-calf heifers £l2 15s, dairy cows £8 to £l2. A lino of very choice 2-year Jersey in-calf heifers on account of Mr. W. H. Rutledge sold at £l9 and £2l. also a line of Jersey weaner heifers on account of the same vendor at £7 10s. For Sheep there was little or no enquiry, the yarding comprising mostly lambs, small sorts selling at 12s 6d. At Inglewood on 21st inst., a. fair entry of both sheep and cattle cams' forward. The market showed littlo change, small In-calf heifers If anything selling slightly better. Weaner heifers £2 18s to £3 Bs, small do. £1 5s to £2 Is, mixed weaners £2, weaner bulls £2 2s (id, small empty heifers £4 2s 6d, 20-month steers £4 14s, 2%-year steers £5 18s, Jersey do. £4, store cows £G 5s to £7, 2-year In-calf heifers £8 10s to £8 10s, small do. £7 12s Cd, heifer (calved) £l3 10s, diary cow (springing) £l3 10s, lambs 15s fid. At Okr.ll on 23rd inst. I report a very good yarding of both sheep and cattle, despite the rough weather on the days previous. Both classes..sold at decidedly improved, rates com- ! pared with recent sales, practically everything ' being cleared at the hammer. Sheep.—Mixed aged ewes (In lamb) 295, fat and forward ewes 26s Bd, empty f.rn. eiwes 15s t,o 17s fid, cull do. 73 6(1 to 10s, 4 and 6-tooth wetheis 31s to 33s 4d, f.m. do. 21s, wether lambs 13s fid, mixed lambs (tops) 15s 2d to 15s 9d, cull do. 7s to 9s fid to 12s. Cattle.—Fat cows £l2 to £l2 10s, forward do. £9 10s to £lO 2s fid, store do. £5 10s to £7 ss, bull 3 £5 10s to £7 10s, good 20-month Shorthorn steers £5 lis, mixed colored do. £4 5s to £4 Bs, Jersey do. £5 6s, good bullocks £ll 15s, wall grown 2%-year in calf heifers £ll 103 to £l2 15s, heifers (springing) £lO, small 20-month in-calf heifers £5 5s and £5 7s 6d, 20-morith empty lielfers £C ss, dairy cows (springing) £ll 10s and £l3 10s, Jersey weaner heifers £4 4s, Holstein do. £2 15s, Shorthorn do. £2 7a, weaner steers £2. At Uruti the following day stock came forward In full advertised numbers, all of which was cleared under spirited competition. Prices for all classes showed a much Improved tone Quotations as follows-Sheep: Small 2-tooth ewes 23s Od, mired aged ewes (In lamb) 24s 2d, f.m. empty ewes 19s 6d, cull do. 9s fid, fat and forward ewes 275, 2-tooth wethers 295, small do. 23:, fid. 4 and 6-t.ooth do. 32s Sc! to 33s lid, fat and forward do 3is Sd, till. do. 20s lid, railed lambs (tops) 16s to ITs 3d, medium do. 14s 4d, small do. 8s to 10s. Cattle: Fat cows £lO 10s to £ll 10s, store cons £5 to £7 2s 6d, cow and calves £7, bulls £9 2s fid, 20-month steers £5 to £5 16a, small and colored do. £4 Is to £4 13s, do. £5 16s to £7 2s, 3% fo 4-year bullocks £9 2s Cd to £ll 23 6d, 814-year Jersey do. £7 2s 6d, 20-month empty Shorthorn heifers £5 7s fid to £5 16s, small do. £4 to £4 10s, Jersey In-calf heifers £ls 10s, small mixed in-calf £7 to £9 10s, weaner heifers £4 2s 6d. FARMERS' CO-OP. The Farmers' Co-op. report for the week ending 24th .inst:— At Okaiawa, on Monday, owing to the very rough weather only three pens of cattle were yarded. Buyers were not In attendance. At Eltham yards on Wednesday, we report' a good yarding which all sold. Quotations: Medium empty ewes 17s to ISs, lambs 17s, fat 2-tooths 303. best cows £l2, others at late rates. Weaner steers good £:), weaner helfere £3 10s. , At Hawera, on Thursday, we had a full yarding of sheep and cattle. The demand was fairly good for all classes of stock. A good sale resulted Prices: Store pigs £1 12s to £2 10s, weaner pigs 17s to £l, fat lambs 225, good forward lambs 17s 6d to ISs Cd, smaller ditto 14s, culls lis, fat and forward wethers 35s Id, late shorn ditto 2iis, fat and forward empty ewes 28s fid to 31s Sd, fat cows to £l4 10s, medium ditto £9 to £ll, light cows and boners at late rates, 2',4-year steers £7 2s fid, 20-month steers £5 Us, springing heifers Ayrshire £ls. in-ralf ditto £9 5s to'£9 17s fid, others £7 19s. weaner heifers Jersey.cross ,£4 15s fid, others £2 15s to £ 3 13s, weaner steers Shorthorn £ 2 2s. others 25s to 30s. At Kaponga yards on Friday, cattle came forward in good numbers. Prices were not high, but nearly all were sold at the hammer Good' lambs made lCs fid, others 13s 7d, fat cows £ll 10s, forward cons £9 10s to £lO Is. lighter good cows £8 12s, boners nt late rates, 2%-s«nr steers, good condition £lO 103, Jersey weaner heifers £fi 10s, weaner heifers Shorthorn and Holstein £3 10s, weaner steers Bss. bulls £7 to'£ll. / At Waverley, on Friday, our cattle pens were filled to overflowing. Sheep also came forward in large numbers. Despite the large offering the sale went with a good swine from start to finish, and practically everything was sold at satisfactory prices Quotations! I!>s wethers 355, 211 4-tooth ditto 30s 3d 201 2tooth ditto 30s Id, 57 empty ewes 19s ?d, 3!) loimbs 15s M, 30 ditto 15s id, 50 ditto 18s Id. mixed sheep 22s fid, 82 ewes 13s fat bullocks £l6 lfis to £l7 Bs, fat he'.fers £l4 to £l3, forward 3-year bullocks £l2 7s i,o £l2 10s. low condition £9 14s, 2%-year steers £7 lis, Hereford heifers £7, ditto 15-month £5, 20-month Hereford steer 3 £6 Ss, forward cows to £lO. others £5 to £B, dairy heifers to £ls 10s, yearling Shorthorn steers to £5, empty heifers to £6 15s, Jersev weaners £4 3s. AUCKLAND STOCK MARKETS. The Now Zealand Loan and - Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports:— At Westfleld dairy a'ml storo sale the demand was keen for good cows close to profit. these selling from £l2 ins to £l4 10s, others £8 10s to £l2 ss, good quality at profit heifers £ll 10s to £ls, others, small and Inferior £6 to £ll ss, yearling to 2%year empty heifers £3 10s to £7 ss, calves £1 8s to £1 17s 6d, store wethers £1 8s to £1 12s, aged ewes (poor) 10s 6d to 19s 6d, weedy lambs 8? 9d At Pukekohe we held a special horse sale. Competition was extra keen for all working sorts. Hej.vy draughts £27 to £39, young medium draughts £22 to £33, aged and pnrttvorn £l3 to £2O 10s, light harness sorts £9 to £1" 103, hacks £8 to £l6 10s, ponies £4 to £8 15s, weeds 15s upwards At Westfleld fat stock market prime quality beef was very firm at, late quotations. Choice ox sold to £2 14s per 1001b; prime £2 10s to £2 133, rough and inferior £2 4s to £2 Ds, cow and heifer bo'ef £2 5s to £2 Us steers, for best £l7 to £2l 2s fid, others £9 17s fid to £lO 15s, coirs and heifers £8 to £l3 12s fid. Sheep: Heavy prime wethers £1 16s 9d to £1 19s 9d, medium prime £1 14s 3d to £1 Ills fid, light prime £1 12s to £1 14s, small and unfinished £1 10s to £1 Us 9d, hear;- prime ewes £1 12s fid to £1 lfis 9d, medium prime £1 8s to £1 Us 9d light prime £1 4s fld to £1 73 9d, small and Inferior IBs to £1 3s fid. Calves: Banners from £5 to £7 17s 6d, heavy vealers £3 15s to £4 19s, medium £3 to £3 345, light ■£2 to £2 ISs, lighter fat calves £1 to £1 IDs. fresh-dropped 12s to ISs. Lambs: Heavy prlmo £1 10s to £1 14s Cd, medium prime £1 6s to £1 9s !)d, light prime £1 2s fld to £.l 5s 9d, small and unfinished 18s to £1 2s fid. A fair yarding of pigs sold at last week's values Heavy baconers £7 5s to £7 ISs, medium £6 10s to £7 4s, light £0 to £6 9s, heavy porkers £5 to £5 19s medium £4 5s to £4 19s, lighter £3 to £4 4s. HIDE AND TALLOW REPORT. Dalgety and Co., Wellington, report under date April 24 : We held our usual fortnightly sale yesterday. when we offered a medium catalogue of tallow, hides, and calfskins to the usual bencli of buyers, and, as was anticipated before the .sale, prices all round suffered a sharp fall. ■ Reports of recent sales held at Auckland and Dunedin showed that prices had suffered a heavy fall, and this was reflected on our sale yesterday. There was fair competition for tallow at an average drop of about 4s per cwt. on last sale's rates. Bidding for hides and calfskins was slow, and the sale all through lacked animation. Heavy hides, up to freezing company standard. dropped (id per lb, and other sorts Sd. Calfskins showed tho biggest drop, the decline | running from 12d to 16d per lb. As overseas markets are also depressed It does not appear as If prices will appreciate for some time to come We quote:— | Hides.—Ox, sound, 701b and over 17% dto 22% d, do, 591 hto fiDlb 18d to 22i'.d. do 531b to sßlb, ir,i/,d to 2iy,d, do. 451b to 521b, 14% d to. 19% d. do. 3311) to 441b, 14?J to lSd; os. cut and slippy, all grades, 10'.!Ul to 22'/id: cow, sound 451b and over, J4%d to 2ld. do. 331b to 441b. 12% d to 18'4d; cow, cut and slippy, all grades, lOd to 10% d; yearling and kip. sound, 111b to lfilb 17d to [ 24d, do. 171b to 321b 15d to 21 %d, do. cut and slippy, all pades Dd.tn 82% d; calf, sound, I.lst quality, under filb, 30d to 40 3 /) d, do. filb [ to 81b 30d to 39% d, do 91b to 101b 25d to 30(1; calf, cut and slippy. 10% dto .'fot{.,d; bull stag, not scheduled, 9'id to ,15% d; horse. 17s to 25s Tsllow.—ln casks, fifis to 745; In tins, etc., [ 44s to 66s Sundries—Horsehair, 20& d to 23* id