COMMERCIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 16 March 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT.

On Friday, 6th inst, at Urenui, for my supplementary sheep fair, I had a full yarding, sheep coming forward in excess of advertised numbers. Good competition was obtained throughout for all classes, the whole entry, with the exception of three pens, being cleared at the hammer at the following prices : Good rape lambs, 9s 6d to 10s Id; nice pen of woolly lambs, 10s; shorn lambs, 3s 9d to 8s 6d; fat and forward wethers, 18s; fat ewes and wethers, 18s Id;' fat ewes, 15s to 15s 3d; fat ewes and lambs, 16s 4d; 2-tooth ewes (good line), 15s lOd; 2tooth wethers (fat), 17s 7d; forward in condition, 16s; other lines, mostly, small sheep, 12s 4d to 13s 7d; good, 14s 6d; 2-tooth ewes and wethers (culls), 11s to 11s 6d; mixed aged wethers, 15s sd; 4 and 6-tooth wethers, 16s 8d to 17s sd; small, 14s; 4-tooth ewes, 14s 2d to 16s 7d; mixed sheep, 12s Id; 2, 4, and 6-tooth ewes, 15s; 4 and 6-tooth and f.f.m. ewes, 14s 6d; 6-tooth and f.m. ewes, lls to 12s Id; forward ewes, 12s lid; f.m. ewes, 6s 9d to 10s 9d; rams, 1 to 3£gns. At Urenui on Monday, 9th inst., I had a small entry, which sold as follows: V/eaner steers, £1 to £1 10s; weaner heifers, £1 8s; 'mixed weaners (poor), lls 6d to 12s 6d; 18----m'onths heifers, £2 16s; poor, £1 14s; dairy cows, £5 15s; springing heifers. £3 15s; bulls, £2 15s to £5 lOe; 18-ir.Gr,ths ■steers, £3 6s 6d to £3 lls; 2-year steers, £4 ss;, forward and fat : cows, £4 9s ,6d to £6 Is: store bows, £2 to £4 ss. \On Tuesday, 10th, at Rahotn, there was a fair entry, of-, which I was able to clear practically the whQle yarding. Tlje weaners offered were a poorer quality than at recent sales. A good;, conditioned line of 2£-year steers realised £5 ; 16s 6d. Other prices were: Weaner steers, 17s to 27s 6d; weaner heifers, 7s to £1 15s; mixed weaners, 16s to £1 lls; 18-months heifers, color, £3 4s 6d; bulls, £4 5s to £6 17s 6d; springing heifers, £3 12s 6d; 18-monthß steers, £2 Is to £3 Us; forward cows, £4 3s 6d to £5 lls; store cows, £1 5s to £3 18s. On Wednesday, 11th- inst, at my Kohuratahi yards, there was a good entry of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle. The quantity of both was not equal to the average of my previous sales in ttiese yards, consequently competition was not so keen, but fair business was done 1 privately. Prices obtained were: 15-months steers, £3 8s; 2£-year steers, £4 8s to £5 7a 6d; f.m. ewes, 2s 9d to 9s Id; 4, 6, and f.f.m. ewes, 13s to 14s; forward ewes, 13s 4d; lambs, 8s 3d to 9s 6d; culls, 3s 9d to ss; 2-tooth wethers, 14s 3d to 14s lOd; Komney rams, up to 2|gns; aged rams, up to 16s. At Toko on Thursday, 12th inst., for Mr J. .V. Shields' clearing sale, I had a fine attendance of buyers with good competition throughout for all lines offered at the following prices : Dairy cows, from £4 10s to £8; forward cows, £5; empty heifers, £4 ss; in-calf heifers, £3 to £3 15s; weaners. 6s 6d to 19s; 2-tooth ewes, 14s 8d; rams, lgn; lambs, 7s to 10s; fat ewes, 13s 3d to 14s 4d; Lincoln ewes, 16s: bulls, £3 17s 6d to £5 ss; 3-year gelding, £22 10s; gig, £8 10s.