COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 7 September 1926, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING LTD. REPORT. At Urenui on the 30th ult., despite exceedingly rough weather conditions, a large entry in both store and dairy pens came forward. The market had a steady tone throughout, all classes or store cattle being firm at late rates. There was a conspicuous demand for dairy heifers and cows close to profit, and prices on the whole would have been much better had there been more good quality and better grown heifers offered. All with size and quality sold well. Only one pen of sheep came forward and "sold. -Quotations wore:— Mixed coloured yearling heifors 29s to 335, two-year-old empty Jersey heifers £3 .18s, young fattening cows £2 10s to £4 10s according to size and condition, Tn.s. hoggets 225, weancr pigs 18s and £l, unbroken filly £25, best quality springing Jersey heifers £9 to'£ls, Jersey cross do £6 to £lO, small and lowconditioned heifers £3 to £5, springing cows £6 10s to £lO, and calved cows up to £l2.

At Inglewood on the Ist inst., a fair, yarding of both store and dairy cattle met with a good sale, the latter in particular. Principal quotations were: — Yearling Jersey heifers £4, small mixed coloured heifers 28s, two-year-old empty heifers £2 17s and £3, springing heifers mostly between £6 and £9, dairy cows £5 upwards, £ls being obtained for one particularly good cow. At Raliotu on the 2nd inst. we had a full yarding of dairy cattle, and other classes were also well represented. The sale throughout was a good one, prices mostly being on a par with late sales. Quotations were: Yearling Jersey heifers £3 19s, Jersey cross do 355, good yearling steers £3 10s, fat cows £7 15s, fat heifers up to £6, and forward conditioned cows £4 to £5, springing heifers mostly between £6 and £lO, several extra choice Jerseys making up to £ll 15s, small store pigs 32s 6d.

At Oaonui 'on the 31st ult. wo conducted a clearing sale on behalf of Mr J. S’tackhouse, which attracted a very large attendance. The sale went with a bright swing throughout and everything sold well, principal quotations being: Yearling Jersey cross heifers £2 ss, springing heifers from £6 to £9 10s, calved heifers £ll to £l2 10s, fat cows £7 6s, light' fat heifers £5 6s, forward cows and heifers up to £3 4s Gd, m.s. hoggets 20s and 18s 6d, store pigs £2 2s. On behalf of other vendors, springing heifers sold from £5 10s up to £ll ss. At the haymarket, New Plymouth, on the 3rd inst., wc had a full penning of pigs, all of which sold readily at prices much on a par-with last week's sale, quotations being: Small weaners 16s 6d to 19s, slips 24s to 265, small to medium stores 34s to 37s 6d, small porkers £2 12s. HORSE FAIRS. During the past week wc have conducted horse fairs at Stony River, Waiwakaiho, and Inglewood. The entries at each have been quite'up to advertised numbers, but the quality was not of a very high standard. The class mostly in demand was the half to three-' quarter draught utility horse, and all such that were young and reliable made highly satisfactory prices. Stony River was the best sale of the series, both for pric.es obtained and the number of liprses sold. The following are average prices obtained for different classes at the various sales: Half to threequarter draughts £3O to £37 10s, halfdraught milk carters and all round farm horses £2O to £3O, light harness horses from £lO to £2O, hack and harness horses from £7 to £ls, hacks up to £7.