N.Z.L. AND M.A. COMPANY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, 21 October 1916, Page 3

N.Z.L. AND M.A. COMPANY

The N.Z. Loan and ■ Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report as follows:—

On Thursday, September 28th, w© held out* Kohuratahi sale, when we had a fair • yarding,! and have to report a good sale. Prices: Store cows (small) £5 17s, medium £6 6s, fair weight' £7 15s, yearling, heifers (small) £3 15s1 to £3 19s 6a, yearling steers £3 19s. 6d to £5 7e, 2J-year steers, up to £10 10s,-2-year-old empty heifers £6 to £6 10s, wethers 90s lid to 32s 2d, hoggets; 25s 6d to 255.

On Friday, September 29th, we held our sale at Mata, bui owing to the very wet and stormy «yeathei the, yarding was small, but everything was cleared at. full ■ market values.

On Tuesday, October 3rd, we held our usual fortnightly sale at our; Stratford yards. We "had a fair yarding, and : competition was good. Most lines were j cleared al satisfactory prices. ' A sinalL,' lino of fat ewes made 355. Stoa'fe cows' (small) from £5 5s to £6 3s, medium! £6 10s to £7 19s, fair quality £8 3s to' £8 lls, forward stor.es £8 14s*to .£9 IBs, i fat cows up to £13, yearling heifers £3 , 8s 6d Uy £4 3s, yearling steferh £5 5s to ! N £s 15s, 15 months heifers £5 8s to £5 j 12s 6d, empty 2-year-old heifers £6 Is ! to £7 2s = 6d 3 , cows and calves £8. j lii the dairy yards we had a fair yarding,/ but the quality of previous years is lacking. Good lines are in good demand. Cows, not showing much quality, • £10 to £11 lls,: heifers (small, and low conditioned) £5 to £6 15s> niediinn £6 Iss to £7 los, fair £9 to £10, good £10' 5a to £10 10s. . j On Thursday, October 12th, we held a saJe at our Kohuratahi yards. The day was wretchedly wet arid, the roads , were in a very bad state. Thb yarding,' Jtowe^er, was. fair, and the sale was considered a good one, and cattle sold at advanced values. The following are gome of, the prices realised: Stoi'e cows up to £6 10s, yearling heifers from £4 9s 6d to £4 14s, yeftriing sieers £4 6s 6d to £6 10s ? 2-year-old steers (small) £8 4s, 2-year-old emuty heifers £6 to £6 15s 6d, wethers 3]s 7d, bulls £9 5s to £9 10s.

On Friday, October 13th. wg fceld our usuai monthly sale at Te Wera.,* when •we had a.fair yarding, and cleared .i.ost lines at advanced prices. Store cows (medium) £6 17s 6a* heavy £8 to £8 18s, fat cows up to £9 14s, 3-year steers £11 ss, 18 months steers £7 95,.' yearling heifers £4 to £4 2s 6d, yearling steers £4 7s 6a, dairy cows (small) £8 18s to £9, good lines £15 JOs to £16 ss; bulls up to £12 12s. | On Monday, 16th inst., we held our first bull sale. There was a large entry and variety, all breeds being well j represented. Shorthorns w,ere in good' demand, and tnose entered by Mr J Jas. R. Cqrvigan sold well, as well as a few pedigree Jerseys. Prices: Jerseys from • lOgns to 28gns, Holstems j (nothing choice) £7 10s to £9 15s for small, fair £10 5s to £12 10s, Shorthorns £9 15s to £13 for small, £13 10s to £15 15s for medium, good Shorthorns 16gns to "27gus. On Tuesday, 17th inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale at Stratford. We had a good yarding of both store and dairy cattle and pigs, and cleared' everything at the hammer or after- j wards at advanced prices. There was j keen competition for most lines. Prices: | Store cows (keon demand, small cattle) -fi-5 17s GeT to £8 13s, medium- £7 to £3, forward £8 to £S 13s, fat £11 5s €>d, years: -n,.s'' steers (stria!!) £2 2s, medium £5 17s 6d to £5 18s, good £6 0s 6d, yearling heifers (small) £3 to £3 os, fair lines £5 9s to £5 12s, 2yefir s+eers £8 15s to £8 19s, 2-year ■ heifers £6 13s. In the dairy yards we had a nice line of heifers from jSlr D. M. Pitcaithley, which elicited keen competition. Small heifers brought £6 os to £8 15s, fair £9 10s to £10 ss, good £11 to £12 7s 6d. Pigs: Slips (small) made 11s, medium 15s, good slips 20s. . ' On Tuesday, 17th inst., we held our monthly sale of wool, sheepskins, hides j and tallow. We offered a very fair j catalogue to a spirited bunch of buyers. Sheepskins were in keen demand, and showed an advance on last sale rates of £d to 3d per lb. Oddments of woo] realised full values, whilst hides and calfskins were much sought after and at advanced prices. » The following prices were obtained: —Sheepskins: Pelts (inferior) 3Jd per lb, crossbred (torn, little wool) s|d, three-quarter and full-woolled skins 12Jd to 12fd, damaged 9|d to lOd, dead lOid, damp skins 9s: Id each, butchers' sheepskins (dry) 12|d per lb, butchers' salted skins 9s 6d to 13s 8d each. Wool (in sacks): Lambs (bidi) 4V! per lb, flecoo (part dead) Is, fleece- (matted, part crutchin,gs) 9d, fleece (part lam!is) 12£ d, crutchings (part dead) 9:jd, lambs

12£ d, ' crutchings Sd 'to B*d. Hides • Farmers' lines (slippy) B|d per lb, medium 9|d, good iOJd, dry Bjd Jbiorsehides 8s bd each, butchers' hides 10|d to llcl per lb, yearlings 8d .'to 9|d per lb. Calfskins:, Specials 13M per ltt firsts Is. Id, seconds Is, flesny ll^-d, first cut lOfdj .second cut Ba, slippy id, small and fleshy lOd. Horsehair Is 4d per lb. v Tahow (fair) '24s to 24s 3d r»er cwt. . .