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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 180, 29 July 1912, Page 7

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>'EWTOX KISX3S WEEKLY REPORT. At Urenni on Monday I had a fair entry eilli illifili On tie same lay in my Doughs raros J had only n small entry, wnich £&■ empty dairy cows, from £• 10.' to ,£'£•? 11 • cows. £2 18/: 2(Vmonths steer*. £ "'• empty two-year heifers, ±-.i «>,'. .. At Tarlkl Road on tie same day 1 held, a clearing sale <m account of Mr. 11. B. NOOie. I ii-.ri~.iii excellent attendance and stood competition ri*hi through. TJLe c*" l * ware i ,■;■■.]•,' lot. .ir.rt some very hish prices were■ ohialncii Mr Noble's cows average.!, with the exception of two three-teater*. £14 2/6 for the line. Choice two-year springing heifers £16. £18. £7. His year Hug toetfers (very well .lon*-, eoid after spirited bidding -it £9 W. £0, £4 17/6, £4. Tw choice cows were offend on account of Mr. T. Body, and were sold at £28 and £20 respectively. I soppiy prices obtained: Yearlihjr heifers. £4 to SO 15/ (average -8 8/); two-year in calf heifers, £i to *» (average £11 18/4); dairy cows, to £3. 10/ (average, £14 2/6): 3-cows, £5 , to _ £ °, o/, hull £6- hf-i'er calf. .'SO/: Black Gelding, £■*» 5/: dray and frame, £14 5/; bay mare. £10; hay rake, £5 .V; ptai&b. £7. Sundries on account of Messrs. Armstrong Bros. .""I'l furniture, et--., on account of Mr. > -.■!<% sold at satisfactory rates. In niv Stratford YarOs on. Tuesday, i!rd, owinj,- to the wet weather, stock did not i-oaie forward r.-p to advertised numbers, but I bad a cooU entry, practically everything Ileitis cleared:—Good empty 2<>months to two-year heifers were in stronp: demand. Yearlins steers. £2 7/6; yearling heife-s. best £2 12/6 to £3 «/, small £1 lfl/6: a nice line -of If. coloured heifers and a yearling bull sold readily at £3 10/6; bulls. £2 to £3 12/6; store cows, aged £1, good £2 12/ ;o £3 MV: forward cotvs, £4 IS/6 to £:.; fat cows, £6 4/; weaners. 15/: empty 20-monChS heifers, good £4 5/ to £5, others £3 13/6 to £3 10/; and a very choice line of nco-veai Grade Jerseys to a ELakaramea client at £5 6/. On the same day at my Startford Dairy Yards I offered Mr. R. Hartley's herd. The cows had been driven from Tututawa, and there were a (rood rrnmber of late calvers. Best early calver-s brought from £S 15/ to £11 10/, others £6 5/ to £7 5/: late ealver:;. £4 to £3 HV; springing heifers. £.<?. 15/ to £8 10/. K-;-i-e Ayrshire cows, on account of Mr. Gordon Torvnsend, realised £10 to £13; aged. £5. Guaranteed cotts, on account of other vendors, sold at from £8 to £12 5/; iate and aged, £4 15/ to £7. At my Stony River Yards on Wednesday. 24th the following prices were obtained: — Mixed yearlings, small 15/ to £1 13/6; yearling steers, £.2 4/6 to £2 15/; yearling Jersey Holstel:i heifers, vetr choice £4 to £6, others £2 16/6 to £3 2/; empty 20----months 'heifers. £3 16/; 20-months steers, £3 15/; store eotvs. £2 7/ to £2 17/: springing hoifeTs. £5 8/ to £3 18/; dairy cows, £5 10/ to £7 12/6: ewes. In lamb, 13/. On the nam-e day. in conjunction -with tha N.Z. Loan <'0., Mawera, I conducted Mr. R. H.~ Phillip's annual dispersal sale. The weather was decidedly wretched, and kept a big lot of buyers from South Tarfin.ikl eway. The demand, however, -was trood for dairy cows, but heifers were not so good. The vendor must be. congratulated on the excellent quality of the cattle yarded. The dairy cattle were a very choice- lot, especially tEe eolonred heifers. Dairy cows said at from £8 10 to £15: springing heifers, £.c, to £13 5/, and £17 for an exceptionally choice heifer. Patldock sales during the. week have been very numerous, very good, -business having been do-ne at the following rates:—Yeaillnz steers, £2 15/: yearling heifers. £2 17/6; empty two-year heifers. £3 12/6 to £4: three-year bnlloeks, £fi; +— and a-half to three-year trnllocks, £1 15/ to £5 5/- forward bullocks. £7 2/fi; fat bullocks, £10 13': ftore cows, £?. B'; forward cows. £4 12/R: fnt cows. £6 5/ to £6 10/- dairrov;*. £D .-„. £"■ £8 10/, £S 8/, £S. £7 10 : : sprlasinK heifers, three yeafs, £3 <to £9>~hotf» line of livn-Tfar Jerseys, £7 5/- fat wethers. 18/6; forward wethers, 16/9; stores, B«i«°iolbf : - :!t ewes - L 5/: i"SSet S , from 0/9 to 12/3, ewes, in lamb, from 11/ to 17/. STOCK SALES. Co h rv Farmers ' c °-operatrve Anctioneerins WAIHOU SAXkE. kOα July i Iftrh we h»M !r usual Waih Oll file Again there was a teen demand and ail stock was disposed of. Fat ewes "made 10/!> to 10/; fat wechecs. 19/3 to 23/9- fat hjSKete, 14/ to 15/3: weaner pigs, 11/6 to 17/6: slips to £1 6/;4mall fat steers. £S 1/ to £9 or, fat cows, £5 4/ to £S 2/6- store cows, £2 17/6 to £3 15/; empty heifers rising two years. £3 18/ to £4 Vir. yearling steers and heifers, £2 10/ to £3; dairy .heifers, forward in calf, £6 5/ to £7 5/backward sorts. £4 10/ to £5 5.'. CAMBRIDGE RA T.F At CamDrtdge on July 22 »we had a fair entry of stock and a really good sale as far as prices went. Forward-conditioned -wethers sold at 18/6: ewes in, lamb, 13/6; small fat steers, £8 18/6; fat cows, £5 5/ to £7 15/; sow and young, £5: slips. 33/6; yearling steers, £3 10/; fresh empty •heifers and cows. £4 to £4 16/: good calves, nearly yearlings, £2 4/6 to £2 15/: dairy coiwe, £5 10/ to £7 5/; heifers forward in calf up to £7 10/. OHAUPO SAJJE. At Ohaupr.. on the 23rd Inst, we had an entry of 376 sheep and 332 head of cattle. Competition was very keen and prices were high- Shorn store hoggets made 12/6; empty store erwes, 13/3; email fat -wethers, 17/3: dairy cows forward in calf, £6 10/ to £S I<V: dairy heifers forward in calf. £7 to £9; backward. £4 15/ to £5 10/; 2S-y«.ir steers. £5 1/ to £5 14/; 3 to 3}-year steers. £6 10/; li-ypar s-teers, £3 15/ to £4 7/6; pood calves, £2 15./; empty li-year heifers. £;•: l.'i to £4 5/: a few fat cows and heifers. -tC 5/ to £6. TIRAU SAJJE. At Tiran. on Wednesday last, we had only a moderate yarding of cattle, but a pond entry of sh**ep. All classes of stock met. with keen com-petltton, and sold at increased rates. Fat steeie made £10 to £10 13/6: fat cows. £."> 13/ to £7; forward cows. £4 14/ to £5: fresh condition 24 to 3-year steers £7 to £7 3/; Jersey-Holstsiu heifers in calf. £"> 7"8 to 9i jrutoeas; Shorthorn heifers. £5 6/: yearling steers, £3 2/: calves in low condition. 30/ to 37,/; dairy cows, £6 5/ to £t 1-3,'; older and backward cows. £5 to £5 15/: springing betters, £6 to £7 12/6. Of the 1350 shaep i penned, heavy fat wethers made 22/6, others 19/0; fat ewes, 16/ to 20/; nonets, 12/ to 13 7; owes in lamb, IS/0 to 15/9. MORRIXSTILJjE SALE. At Morrinsville. on the 28th. we had an entry of 2051 sieep and 388 head of cattle. Competition iwas very brisk, and the -whole yarding was disposed of. Prices for all I classes of sheep and fat cattle were higher I than at any previous sale we have held ■this winter Fat -wethers made 21/ to 23/; i forward wethers 10/ to 20/: fat ewes, 15/6 to 17/9; forward ewes, IS/9; fat bogsets. 15/6 to 16/6; store hoggets, 13/4 to 10/ l. f/t Kteexs £!> 5/ to £10 7/; fat cows, £o 10/ to £S 15/: yearllug steers and heifers £2 13/ to £3 5/; dairy heifers, of to £8 5/. I ] WHEAT. I Tie \>w Zealand Loan and Mercantile irency' Company. LimJtei have received rt£ foßnwlne cablegram from their London ! ?on«e nndSr 5 date 24tU Jnet:—Wleat— We ' hare%oWl an AnetnUian cargo at 30/3 nst, "l Tbpre is very little demand, owing to' favourable crop reports, and market prospects are cot likely to improve at present. LONDON WOOL SAV-ES. By Cable. Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, July 27. Wool.— following are prices realised for the fleece portions of the dtps named: Amarac. top 94d, averaae Did; Erookdale, 10id and 10Jd; Waipoa, lid and 9id. COPRA, HEMP, ETC. j ) LONDOX. July i,'. i <~r>;ira. —The market is very active. o.iini; to a better demand ou t.hr- Contlne:it. Souih Sea. in bags. Is quoted at £24 6/. Hemp.—The - market Is steady, and prices i are unchanged. { Cetton. —Joly to 'Angnst. shipments. are quoted at 7.1 W. ' Jute.—The market Iβ quiet, end prices axe -ntielianged. Rubber Is «footea-et 4/8. Consols- are- nt "HJ.