COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 136, 9 June 1909, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MEKCAS TILE AU-ENCY CO.'S REPORT.

Horses: On Friday, at tile Durham Yards, horses were yarded In usual numbers and disposed of. Heavy draughts brought from £27 10/ to £38; medium do. £13 15/ t<£29 10/; hacks and light harness horses, £7 10/ to £19; buggy, £16; CourUand wagon, £30.

At the Papakura Yards on Wednesday there was a lull yarding of cattle of all descriptions, which met with a ready sale at late rates. Dairy cows sold at from £3 10/ to £S 5/; heifers, £3 to £7 10/; backward (springers, £2 10/ to £4 10/; empty cows, £2 to £8 4/; grown steers, £5 10/ to £6 10/; two and three-year-old do., £3 5/ to £5 5/; yearlings, £1 14/ to £- 8/; calves, 15/ to £1 13/. The advertised stoic ewes soid at from 10/ to 11/9; beef at Newmarket rates.

Cattle: At Uie Newmarket Yards on Tuesday cattle of all descriptions were yarded In full numbers. Dairy cows sold «t fl'Oin £3 10/ to £8 12/e; do. tellers £3 5/ to n £0 7/6; empty cows, £2 2/ to £2 17/. "eer was punned In full numbers and sold at last weeks rates, oxen selling to 20/ i,ar O 1001b and cows 16/ to 18/ per 1001b. Steers, h from £5 15/ to £9 17/6; cows, £3 10/ to e( £6. The fat cattle were mostly lightweights. , Sheep: Sheep were yarded In full num- v bers at Newmarket on Tuesday. Wethers t : sold at from «/ to ie/6; ewes, 8/6 to 12/8; a hoggets 7/tl to 14/6. The advertised store hot-gets' Bold at from 0/ to 10/U " I'igs: Porkers sold at from £1 1/ to £1 a 19/; weaners, 6/6 to 12/3; baconere, *2 to 0 £2 8/. We submitted large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, all lines being sold at late rates. stout ox, 7id to 8d; stout do., 6jd to 7d; medium do., sid to 6id; light do., 54d to 5Sd; cows', best lines 53d to oid, good. 54d to 54, d, scored 43d to sd; kips, od to 5 3 d; calfskins, Crt to 6d; stags', Sjd to 4jd; damaged hides, 2d to 3Jd. E Sheepskius: Market brisk, -with good com. t petition. Best butchers' skins, large Vβ to j 5/0, good Hues 4/3 to 4/6. medium 3/6 to 3/9, small 2/6 to 3/; country dry skins, large = 3/3 to 4/, small 1/6 to 2/6. 11 Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, to t 22/6; good, 20/ to 21/3; inferior, 17/6 to 18/6; rough fat, lid to lfcd per lb. Bones, £4 15/. v Cowtails, 1/8 per dozen. \ Horsehair, 1/ to 1/64. r Horns: Wanted. i Wheat: Owing to decline In value of >• maize the market has gone off consider- t ably, ruling at 4/7 ex store. Oats: In good demand at 2/ c.i.f. whole- . sale lines, Chaff: Slow of sale at £3 10/ at railway I by truck load. J Maize: Selling at 3/9 wholesale lines, ex t wharf. Bran and pollard: In good demand at £5 and £6 10/ respectively. r Barley: Selling freely at 2/9 ex store. Potatoes: In demand at £5 10/ to £5 15/ ( ex store. Onions: Slow of sale at £6 10/ ex store. » Butter: Selling freely at lOd for choice, 9id for flist grade, and Bid to 9d for second grade. Cheese: Farmers' Blow of sale at 5d to oid. Fungus: Selling at 5d per lb. WAIK.ATO STOCK SALES. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company report:— At Walhou on Friday we yarded 520 ' head of cattle, 1300 sheep, and 40 pigs. 1 There was a good Inquiry for all classes, ; and practically the whole yarding was «■ ! cleared. The 75 head of beef penned were I i required. Fat steers made from £6 10/ to £7 5/; lighter sorts. £5 14/ to £6 1/; well I . fatted cons and heifers. £5 to £5 15/; ( others, £4 to £4 15/; fresh conditioned 3 i and 34 year steers, £4 19/ to £5 5/; 2 and ' 24 year steers, £3 to £3 17/6; 12 and 18- , months steers. 36/ to £2 14/; good calves, , 20/ to 29/; store cows, £2 5/ to £2 o/: , choice springing heifers, £6; others, £3 . 10/ to £4 17.-6; more backward sorts, £2 15/ to £3 16/; springing cows, £6 17/6 to . £7 15/; fat wethers. 15/4; forward conditioned long wool wethers. 12/11 to 13/6; fat ewes, 11/ to 13/3; store ewes, i/8 to 10/; sound mouth ewes in lamb, 12/; others, 6/9 to 9/2; good lambs, 8/ to 8/7; pigs, clips, 13/9 to 19/6; porkers, 25/; weaners, 7/ to 10/; crop of swedes, £2 15/ per acre. I At Hamilton on 3rd inst., we yarded 300 head of cattle. There was a better demand than usual at this sale for 6tock, made from £7 to £"' io/; lighter weights, £6 13/; fat heifers. £4 6/ to £4 10/; fresh conditioned empty heifers. £2 7/6 to £3 2/; 18 months steers, £2 6/ to £2 13/; good calves 27' to 32/; others, 14/ to 24/; springi ing cows. £5 to £7 10/; heifers. £6 10/; I heifers in calf, £3 10/ to £4 10. ; fat wethI ers, 14/5; forward wethers, 12/4; choice I woolly lambs, 11/1; forward lambs, 8/2 to • I 9/: pigs, slips. 11/ to 14/. I The New Zealand Loan and Mercantll ! Agenc/ , Company report:— At Ohaupo on the Ist Inst, we yarded 520 head of cattle, mostly 24-year-old steers, 'calves, aud cows In fresh condition. Bid- '■ ding was rather dull at the hammer, except! ■for calves; but other stock passed was, 'mostly sold privately afterwards. Dairy • cows, close to profit, made from £4 15/ to £6, r springing heifers f4 to £5 5/, 20-months-old! steers £2 10/, 2 to 24-year-old steers £3 4/ to ,£3 5/. 3-year-old steers (good quality and' condition) £4 32/, best calves (mostly steers) £1 8/ to £1 12/, others 17/ to £1 3/, fat' 1 heifers £3 15/ to £4 10/, empty cows (in for- \ ward condition) £2 12/ to £2 16/. Sheep:, Full-mouth ewes In lamb 6/6, lambs 7/6. ] At Te Kuiti on 2nd inst. we had a smaller, muster of cattle thau usual, about 320 head ; being yarded. Steers and heifers, one to , two-year-old, were in good demand, also , fresh conditioned,cows and springers. Three to 34-year-old steers made £4 5/, IS-months ■ to 2-year-old steers £2 10/ to £2 16/, .heifers fl 17/ to £1 18/, young cows in forward condition £2 16/ to £3. store cows £1 14/ to £2, calves £1 4/. dairy cows £5 to £5 5/,, ' 6pringlng heifers £3 10/ to £4 2/6. f i j At Ngaruawahia on the 4th inst. we held; ;|a stock aud dairy cow sale, both yardsj [ j being filled. There was a large attendance, ''and every lot was sold at the hammer or ,, i' afterwards. The best demand existed for; grown steers, calves, and well-grown heifers ■ in calf. Fat steers made from £6 13/ to £7i j 5.', 3J-year-old steers £4 12/6 to £5. 24-year-j old steers £3 6/ to £3 12/6, empty cows In 1 : fresh condition £2 2/6 to £3 3/, 18-nionths' Ito 2-year-old heifers £1 16/ to £2 4/. dairy cows to calve early £5 2/6 to £6 10/, do. backward £3 17/0 to £4 10/, cull cows £2' .' 17/6 to £3 5/. well grown heifers £5 5/ j to £6 10/, others £3 12/6 to £4 15/. - LONDON. • (By Cable.—Press AssoL-iation.— Copyright.) (Received 12.15 p.m.) I LONDON, .Tune 8. t. Wheat. —Cargoes are quiet; 44/6 asked c and 44/ bid for Australian January ships' ment. d Copper..—Three months £62 7/6. I- Tin.—Three months £134 10/. t- AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. d| . H (Received 10.30 a.m.) f. SYDNEY, this day. • : Wheat, nominal, 5/44; flour. 12/10: oats, r, Algerian 2/5 to 2/6, white 2/6 to 2/8; bar-i-l icy. Cape 3/ to 3/8; maize, 4/3; bran, £5; jl pollard £5 10/; potatoes, Tasmanians £4 10/; !e onions, New Zealand £5, Victorian £6 6/ to t. £6 10/; butter, prime 106/ to 110/; cheese, h 7d to 8d; bacon, 7Jd to Sd. r, MELBOURNE, this day. '• Wheat. 4/11} to 5/; flour. 11/10; oats, AlJ ; gerian 1/11 to 2/, Tartarian 2y6: barley, " malting, English 4/, Cape 2/9 to 2/11; maize '; 4/; bran, lid; pollard, 134 d; potatoes, £3 *; to £4; onions, £5 5/ to £5 10/. ['. ADELAIDE, this day. r;' Wheat, 4/11; flour, 11/; bran, 1/; pollard, I. 1/1. d.j