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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XVIII, Issue XVIII, 22 October 1912, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON

KING'S WEEKLY

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Mr Newton King reports as follows: On lhursday, October 10, 1 held my spring Horse xi air at the Waiwakaiho yards. Horses were yarded up to the advertised numbers and 1 had an excellent attendance of buyers from all parts. Mr J. "Woolridge's carrying plant and horses were a special entry, these selling very readily at from £19 5s to £30 lUs for young waggoners and from £11 10s to £16 10s for aged horses. The- waggons did not obtain much enquiry. On account of other vendors: Unbroken half-draughts from £20 10s to £28 10s; heavy broken horses, from £26 10s to £35 10s; good sprino carters, from £15 10s to £19 10s- gi° horses and hacks, from £9 10s to £l£ aged horses up to £7 10s. ' At the Waiwaliailio sale on Friday there was a good entry of most classes, with a good number of yearling cattle. Competition was good right through for everything except springers, of which the quality was poor. Prices realised were: Ewes and lambs, 18s; hoggets, los; mixed yearlings, £2 4s to £3 Isyearling bulls, £1 ll s to £2 17s: choice Jersey yearling heifers, £4 15s; nice line of Jersey yearling to 15 months n**™*' f, 4; 7s '> small Jersey-Holsteins. id 12s -6d! good grade 15 months heifep, £3 to £3 ys; yearling heifers £2 10s to £2 16s; good colored pen of lo months steers, £3 6s 6d: others, good, £2 19s 6d to £3 2s; small or bad coloi' ed from £1 17s to £2 6s; empty 2-year colored Jersey heifers, from £5 7s 6d to £p 1/s; grades from £3 19s 6d to jf: 4 los, according to quality; fat cows, £5 los; forward cows, £4 16s; store cows, irom £3 10s to £3 17s, and from £4 to £4 8s for best; small, £2 15s 6d to £3 3s; aged, £1 13s 6d to £2 ss; bulls irom £3 to £5 ss; springing heifers, best, from £7 15s to £9 7s 6d; smaller or late, £4 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d • l-.-t dairy cows, £6 12s 6d to £7 7s toothers, £3 2s 6d to £4 15s. : In my Urenui yards on Monday, October 14, I had a better entry of cattle niost of my pens being filled. A good number of dairy cattle were yarded including some very choice heifers All dairy cattle were again sold before the stores, eliciting very keen competition best heifers selling at from £9 to £10 16s 6d, and from £6 los to £7 2s 6d for good, though smaller heifeis, and for late calvers though poor, from £5 to £6 os; best dairy cows, from £8 to £10 10s; others from £6 to £7 2s 6d; threequarter bred cows from £4 7s 6d to £5 12s 6d. On account of Mr J. Gleeson pedigree Jersey bulls "Waitotara's Pnde ', l^gns, "Randwick's Glory," 15 Pn; «£¥>' Un^ ns- ' Srade Jersey bulls, £6 los. Other prices were: Mixed yearlings, £2 18s to £3 3s; Holstein Jersey 15 months heifers, very nice £5 Js- grade yearling heifers, £2 15s 6d to £3 3s; yearling steers from £2 4s to £3; yearling bulls up to £3 10s • good bulls up to £6 15s; 2-year colored steers £3 13s to £4; small 3-year bullocks, £5 /s 6d; good colored empty heifers, £5 7s to £5 10s; empty sound Jersey dairy cows, £5 18s; good stores, l roi% £2 18f to £4 6s > and from £3 3s ±"5 <3s for aged or poor; forward ?/!' £JJ'n S t0 £5 5s ' small cows, *6 to £6 6s; fat 3-year bullocks, £7 ■ store pigs, £1. ' ' On Tuesday, at Stratford, cattle came forward much in excess of advertised numbers, in all about 950 head or store cattle and 200 daily cows and heifers being yarded. The demand throughout was keen, very few pens being passed m. Store cows (aboyt 150 yarded) and yearling cattle, sold very readily A very choice line of Jersey \n month heifers, entered by Mr R D Harkness, were much admired, realist ing, after good competition, £5 3s- a very nice line of 12 to 15 months steers realised £3 8s; other yearling steers yarded were of very good quality Prices obtained were: Colored 2-year heifers from £5 2s to £5 18s, and from £4 10s to £4 18s; good grades, from £4 2s6d to £4 7s 6d; small or poor, £3 17s 6d; forward cows, £5 Is to £5 13s; good framed store cows, with S ood condition, from £4 8s 6d to £4 ]15s : oood stores from £3 17s 6d to £4 4s; others, from £3 2s to £3 14s; boners lip to £* 4s; choice 15 months Jersey heifers up to £o 3s; good grades, £2 19 S to' £3 los 6d; small, £1 18.s to £2 13s: best quality yearling steers, from £2 3 7s 6i to £3 hs; others, from £2 Is 6d to £<> ins; inferior, £1 10s to £1 14s 6d • 2vear steers very fair cattle, from£4 10s 6d to £4 14s. In the dairy pens the quality of the springers was not'so good as the former sales, but a oood number were cleared durme; the day as ?°o S: r Rest heifers, from £8 10s to £10 2s 6d; others, from £6 5s to £7 5s and from £4 2s 6d to £ 5 7s 6d ; cows from £6 17s Gd to £8 los. At Douglas on Monday, I had a very Rood yarding of cattle and an improved attendance of buyers. Bidding from start to finish was very brisk, prices obtained being right up to the present high market rates. Two-year steers, £4 to £4 /s 6d; dairy bulls, up to £8 : yearling heirers, from £3 3s 6d to £3 /s 6d; 2-year empty heifers, from £4 7 S to £5 ss; yearling steers, £2 17s 6d • cows and calves, £4 2s 6d to £5 los \ store cows, £2 11s to £4 13s; sprint ing heifers, very choice, from £12 to £13; good, from £6 10s to £8 os • sprmgmg cows> £9 to £n 2 _ year fi] » £/ 10s; mare and foal, £6'ss; unbroken 2-year filly. £13.

In my Stony Creek yards on Wednesday there was a fair entry and a good attendance. A very nice line of 12 to lo months steers were yarded by Mr A Gray, of Okato. These cattle were ali by purebred Shorthorn bulls, and were much admired. They realised £3 10s atter keen competition. Mrs Larkin's dairy cows were in rather rough condition, but met with excellent competition bringing from £8 to £13, for best, and from £4 to £7 for aged. Other prices were: Yearling steers from £2 ? S-? d to B 19s 6d 5 Shorthorn yearling heifers, £3 3s 6d; grades, £2 5s to £2 lls; mixed steers and bulls, £2; empty 2-year heifers (good line), £4 6s to £4 lbs ; aged store cows, £2 to £2 5s 6d ■ to £4 14s, for good conditioned younocows ; fat cows £6 15s ; 2-year Holstein bulls well marked, £19 and £12; grade Holstem bull £4 16s; yearling' Short! is™ b« 1S ' £|; 3"ye?r Shorthorn bull, S+l » oi; PedlSf€© Jersey bull, "EC *?V P^ 5-' 1 ade JerSe^ bulls > £3 7s 6t lV W UIT g heif? rS ' from £4 /s b to £7 17s 6d, according to quality; trap horse, £12; dray, £12 • trap and harness. £30 ' P

Private Sale* for Week.—Yearlinogeers,. £3 to £3 2s; yearling J^-se^ Holstein heifers, £4 6s; grades, £3 2s 6d; store cows from £3 10s to £4 2s 6d'ft iTr'l £ 96 t0 £7 +^2i- y ear sters; £o 12s 6d; 2-year steer a , £4 10s • color ?eldmCT. £35 to £40; half-drau e ht S ing, £2o; ewes and lambs (with small