COMMERCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2576, 6 March 1915, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

GORTON'S WEEKLY REPORT.

During the past week we held our yard sales at Bulls, Hrinterville and Feilding. At each centre we submitted a full .yarding in sheep, the entries of cattle being less than usual. At Bulls, the sale dragged, and prices showed a decline. At Hunterville, we quitted the whole of our entry. At the start bidding was lifeless, but improved towards the close. At Feilding, the quality of the sheep yarded was for the most part inferior. All good hits in sound breeding ewes and forward lambs were in demand and prices were fully maintained.' Badmouth ewes and interior lambs were hard to quit. In cattle, we quitted practically the whole of our offering, but the demand was not keen. Quotations :-—

At Bulls.—4-tooth ewes 21s lid, light fat ewes 17s, best woolly Jambs 13s, b.f. lambs 10s, shorn lambs (best) Us 9d, others 7s 3d to 9s (3d, cull lambs 4s, Romney rams 2gns, Lincoln do. lifgns, Southdown do. 2] to 3ijgns, fat and forward bulocks £11, fat cows £7 10s to £8, weaner heifers 30s, .do. steers 20s.

At Hunterville.—Heavy fat ewes 20s, s.m. breeding ewes 12s 9d to 14s 6d, other ewes inferior and low-condi-tioned 8s to 11s 6d, cull ewes 4s to 6s, shorn wether lambs (best) 9s 6d to 10s 10d, store lambs 7s 9d to 8s Id, cull lambs' 3s to 4«, 2-tooth ewes 15s 6d, wethers 17s Id. fat cows '£5 17s 6d to £7 9s, forward cows £4 to £5 2s 6d, bullocks £6 to £8 11s, 18----nionths steers £3 2s Gd, yearling steers 31s to 345, yearling heifers 31s. At Feilding.— On account P. Eglinton, 100 fat ewes 17s 4d; account F. E. Harrison, 160 2-tooth wethers 18s Id, 40 forward lambs Us sd, 76 5-year ewes 18s 7d; account A. E. Eglinton, 155 store lambs 6s 10d; account It. M. D. Roberts, 67 s.m. ewes 12s 3d; account C. E. Johnston, 133 stire lambs 8s 6d/ 169 forward ewes 15s, 39 cull ewes 9s. 4d; account J. Laing, 55 store ewes 10s 2d; account D. H. McLean, 301 shorn lambs (good) 12s 6d; account B. M. Sandilands, 150 f.m. ewes 12s 3d; account Sam. 0." Hardy, 337 2-tooth wethers (small) 13s 7d; account O. S. Tverman, 15 lambs 10s 2d, 29 do. 9s - 9d ; account A. E. Shalders, 10 lambs - 8s Id, 16 store ewes 7s; account M. Beazer, 51 s.m. ewes 14s, 23 b.f. ewes 14s, 52 cull ewes 5s Id, 215 s.m. ewes 13s 6d, 100 do. 16s Id/102 do. 15s 6d; account Sir W. G. Buchanan, 157 2-tooth ewes 15s 7d, 237 2, 3, and 4-year ewes 17s Id; account F. Hill, 71 forward lambs 12s; account S. J. Jefferies, 18 forward ewes 15s: account John Hare, 130 good lambs (shorn) 12s 4d; account W. Reid and Son, 122 4, 6, and 4-year ewes 20s 10d. Rams—Southdown 2-tooth, account J. Kilgour, 4fgs to 6gs; account A. F. Fitzkerbert, 2-tooth, Sgs, 4,tooth 7gs, 6-tooth, 4Jgs; Lincoln— acaount" J. Macara, 2-tooth, 3gs. Cattle—Fat cows £6 10s to £8 17s 6d, fat and forward cows £4 11s to £5 6s, store cows £2 to £3 6s, 2 T year steers £5 ss, yearling steers £2 2s 6d to £2 16s, weaner heifers 23s 6d to 325, bulls £3 9s 6d to £3 10s. FEILDING STOCK SALES. Abraham and Williams report on their Feilding sale yesterday: We had a .large entry of both sheep and cattle. Owing no doubt to' the good rain the previous day all stock .met with a keen demand, and we cleared the bulk of oxir entry at satisfactory prices. We quote: 2, 3, and 4-year ewes I3s 6d, 14s lOd, 15s lid, to 16s 4d, 4 and 5-year ewes 14s 8d to 15s sd, 5-year ewes 12s, 12s 9d, to 15s, 2-tooth ewes 17s 7*l, fat lambs 13s Id to 13 S sd, forward lambs 9s 9d, store lambs 7s to 7s 9d, 2-tooth Southdown rams £6 6s 6d, aged do. lfgns to 2gns, fat ewes 17s to 20s, forward bullocks £9 4s, 2|-year steers £5 15s, lfght fat cow s £5 10s, store cows £2 to £3 14s, bulls £3 10s, weaners 12s 6d to 28s, cull cows 30s. FEILDING MARKET REPORT. < A. H. Atkinson and Co. sold yesterday a small yarding of pigs at prices lower than last week. There was very little competition for any lines offering. Fruit sold well, some 300 cases being disposed of. Potatoes were easier. Quotations: Weaner pigs 4s, 6s, Bs, slips 8s 6cl to 10s, porkers 30s to 365, stores 15s to 16s 6d, aged horses to £3 10s. Poultry (per pair), hens 2s, 2s 9d to 3s, ducks 4s 9d to 5s 3d; table potatoes 4s to 5s cwt, pig. 3s bag; onions 9s to 12s cwt; peaches 3s to' 5s case, tomatoes 3 ? to 3s 9d, apples 5s 6d, cucumbers Is to 2s Cd. AUCKLAND STOCK SALES. The N.Z.L, and M.A, Co, report: At Westfield Yards, mi Wednesday, •fat cattle came forward in full supand, owing to the freezing works being closed down, -prices -jvere lower than last week from £1 to £1 5s }>er head. Best oxen sold to 40s per 1001b, others 35s to 395, Cows and heifers, 25s to 33s per lOOlb. Steers sold at from £10 10s to £16 15s, cows and heifers £4 10s to £9 ss, A truck of eight steers from. Tairua averaged £15 lls 6d. Veal yalves came forward in extra large numbers, and sold at lower rates, the freezing buyers being unable to compete. Heavy vealers made £3 5s to £4, medium weight 35s to £2 15s 3 light 18s to 30s, smaller 8s to 17s, small and fresh dropped 3s to 7s. Sheep were penned in average numbers, and showed no improvement in values. Best wethers sold at from £1 5s 3d to £1 7s 9d for one pen of extra well fatted, others 19s 3d to £1 2s 6d, ewes 15s 6d to £1 Is 6d, hoggets 16s 6d to £1 0s 6d, Lambs in full supply. Best quality sold at from 13s 9d to 17s, others 30s 3d to 12.s 9d. Pigs in short supply. Baconors £2 10s to £3 3s, large porkers £2 to £2 os, porkers £1 5s to 3.85, weaners 12s to 22s (kl,