COMMERCIAL.

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 3340, 8 September 1917, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z.L. & M.A. CO. WEEKLY REPORT.

Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agdtaey Co. report for week ending Sept. 8: Sales have been held during the week at Kimbolton, Palmerston, and Feilding, and clearing sales on account of Mr J. G. Shaipo, at Halcombe, and Mi- \V. ; C. V. Pearce, ,at Rangiotu. On Monday we held a sale of dairy stock on account of Mr W. V. B. Pearce, Rangiotu. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, there was a very large attendance —buyers being pi esent from Waikato, Taranaki, Masteiton, and local districts. Competition was brisk throughout, and thu whole herd of 205 head sold at satisfactory prices: 8L cows in milk ayeiaged £8 18s Bd, selling from hi to £10; 71 springing cows averaged f,\Y 10s, best prices being £14 10s, £lo 10s £15 15s, £10 55," £18 10s; 45 hellers'in calf (some small and backward) averaged M 2s Ud, making from £5 to £11 10s; 2 and 3-year Holstein bulls £10, £10 15s, -fill 5s 2-year S 11. bulls £14 10s, £15, £10 oh, 4ycar S.H. bull £13 10s. * At Kimbolton, on Wednesday, we had a small entry, the bulk of which was disposed of: Cull ewes 14s, small hoy gets 17s 6d, medium hoggets 22s to '24s 6d, 15-months heifers £5 12s Gd, yearling steers £6 10s. At Palmerston on Thursday; owing to the rough weather, only a small yarding came forward and sold at late rates: Store cows £6 7s. £7 10s, forward cows £8 2s, £8 10s. cows and calves £8 2s 6d. springing 3-year heifers £10 ss. £12 15s.

At Feilding on Friday we had a fair entry of sheep. Hoggets were again in good demand, and sold freely: Cull ewes 10s fid, forward ewes 25s Gd, medium hoggets 23s 3d, good woolly hoggets 31s Bd, store wethers 32s 6cl, light I'nt wethers 365, light fat ewes 20s 6d. fat ewes 345, heifers iv calf £7, light I'nt cows £1.2 ss. At Mr J. G. Sharpo'K sale on Thursday, there was a good attendance of buyers. Owing to the rough weather tlio sheep did not look at their best and were sold at prices in favour of the purchasers.' The horses and implements, however, sold parti-; cularlv well: Ewes with lambs at foot 30*: 6d, ewe hoggets 27s 3d, mixed hoggets 255. small hoggets 18s 6d, fat cows £13 10s. bullock £16, cow in milk £8 10s, springing heifers £7 Is, yearling steers £6 10s, bull £5 Is, drraiglit horses £12 10s to £17 10s and £23 to £32, hacks £3 to £5; d.f. plough £13 10s, hillside plough £i 15s, roller £10 10s. drill £20 Ms. dim harrows £10, 5-leaf tine harrows £13. dray £8 10s, spring dray- £15, sundries at full rates. * '

LEVIN'S WEEKLY REPORT. Levin and Co. report: During the past Aveek our only sales the usual yard sales at Bulls and Feilding. At Bulls, despite the very rough Aveather, Aye had a full yarding of both sheep and cattle. Buyers for sheep Avere present in force, outside districts being Avell represented. Bidding for sheep Avas animated, and with the exception of one lot all lines Aye re sold at auction at prices considerably in advance to those ruling at last sale. The demand for cattle wan also good, and although vendors' reserves Aye re iv some cases on the high side we sold practically the yarding. At Feilding Aye bad a lair entry of both sheep and cattle. In sheep the best lines of hoggets Avere keenly competed for as Aye re fat sheep and forward Avethers. Medium and inferior Avere not in demand. The tone of the cattle market avus exceedingly firm, and we made a total clearance at prices which avcio far in excess of vendors' reserves. Tho toffe of the stock market generally is at present time very him,, and as the spring advances wo anticipate a further hardening in prices, particularly for cattle. At Bulls: AVether hoggets 30s Bd, mixed hoggets 22s Id, 245, 26s lOd. 27s to 28s 9d, cull mixed hoggets 14s to 17s. fat ewes 27s 9d. 29s 4d, 30s 4d, 31s 6d to 32s 4d, empty ewes to 17s. store pigs 20s, 24s to 26s 6d, .porkers 375, fat coavs £9 12s 6d, £10 to £11, fat heifers £9 10s, store cows £5 10s, spg. cows £9 to £11 10s, spg. heifers £7 ,ss. £8 ss. £8 10s. £9. £10 to £10 10s, coavs in milk £11. mixed yearlings 26s to £3 10s, forward bullocks £18.

At Feilding: On account H. E. Gasnell. mixed hoggets 235: Geo. Billett. weather hoggets, 31s 2d; Springfield Estate. cAve hoggets 28s 9d, fat eaves 28s 3d; J. Purcell. Avefher hoggets 28s 9d; Jas. Bussell. fat eives £2 2s; P. O'Connor, fat eAves 27s 5d to 32s Od, fat hoggets 27s Id- Highden Estate. 2th wethers 30s. emnty eaves 16s 3d: Tawera Estate. Avethers £2 Is: Jersey bulls £5 17s 6d. £7. £7 10s to £8 2s 6d. cows in milk £9. £10 ss. £11 to £12 ss, spg. heifers on account C. Dermer £11 ss, "£l2 12s 6d to £13 ss, other spg. heifers £11 to £11 2s 6d. spg. coavs £10 15s. £11 to £14, empty 2-year heifers £8 to £9 10s, empty S.H. heifers £9 2s 6d. empty cows £9 6s. £9 10s to £9 17s. yearling heifers £6 3s 6d to £6 ss. 18-mths steers £10. mixed yearlings £6 13s. fat cows £11 2s 6d, £14 to £14 15s, fat steers £14. fat heifers £9 12s 6d. £12 2s 6d, T €l3 to £14 10s. DALGETY'S REPORT. Dalgety and Co. report having a very fair entry of sheep and a good yarding of cattle at their Feilding sale on Friday, and the majority of lines changed hands. Sheep Avere not quite so keenly competed for, but cattle again met a ready sale. Mixed hoggets 20s, 28s, 31s, 31s Bd, empty store ewes 18s, I'oiAvard ewes 27s 4d, Avoolly oavo hoggets 345, Avoolly Avether hoggets 345, yearling heifers £4 10s, £5 ss, £5 16s, yearling steers £4 18s to £6 17s, empty cows £6 18s, £8 2s 6d to £8 19s, cows and calves £9 18s Bel to £10, young bulls £3 to £4 15s, spriiigiu"- heifers £10 15s to £12, fat coavs light £13 7s 6d. «"-"•"— FEI i,DING MARRETS. ""***"

Stevens and Urquhart report yesterday's prices as follows: Poultry (small entry), good demand. Hens is Od lo 8 S 9d. roosters,ss 6d to 6s, all at per pair. Pigs, fair entry, stores 13s 6d to 18s. workers 365, slips lis 0d to 16's, weaners 8s to 14s. Drill £12. Tine harrows £5. Trap harness £5 10s. Table potatoes 8s lo 12s, horso carrots 5s 6d, seed potatoes 5s per sack, onions 28s per civt., apples 10s to 15s bushel case. Furniture and sundries at satisfactory prices.