COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 609, 8 October 1913, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

Newton King reports:— At- my Stratford yards on September 30th., I had a fair entry jf all classes. There was a good attendance oE the public, but bidding was quiet, consequently several pens were passed, but I was able to clear most of the yarding either at the hammer or privately at the fo lowing prices •—Yearling heifers £2 6s 6d to <£2 l»s, small £1 lis, yearling Jersey bulla £1 17s to £2 10a, grade bulls £2 32s (id to £5 ss, empty 2 year heifers £3 12a (id to £4 2q, rough lines £3 7s 6d to £3 10s 6d, two year steers £4 ss, three year bullocka £6 ss, aged stcr«eows £1 39s to £2 10s, light store cows £3 5s to £3 13p, good store cows £4 to £4 Ss, and from £4 12s to £5 ss, for lines in forward condition, small fat cows £6 to £6 lis. In the dairy pens 1 had a fair entry of springing heifers, but the quality was not up to previous yardings, best heifers soid very readily making excellent prices, but the small or backward kinds were very hard of sale, and prices ranged from 1 £3 10s to £l2 ss. At my Stony River yards on Ist insl'., there was only a fair entry and attendance. Yearling steers made £2 19s to £3 3s, small or bad coloured £2 to £2 3s, yearling steers £ll 93 to £2 (is, bulls £2 10s to £4 10s, empty 2 year coloured Jersey heifers £4 180, grades £3 12s to £4 store bullocks £7, aged cows 235, small store cows £3 to £3 Ga, good store cows from £3 IGs to £4 15s, for cows with condition, forward cows £5 to £5 16s, fat cows £0 ss, to £7, dairy cows £4 to £9 Is, springing heifers £4 to £B, purebred Berkshire pigs eight weeks 17s to 2s fid.