COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10107, 15 October 1917, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

THE STOCK MARKET. Harry Palmer and Co. report on Saturday's side: Weaners {small) 6s 9d to i Is, medium 13s 6d to 15s, good 19s 6d to L/s, .stores to 31s 6d, pmkers (fair) 33s to 59,-, aged mare £lO, sheep dog £2, liens 5s 6d to 6s Sd pair, pullets to l6s, ducklings 3s 6d to 10s 6d, small chickens 8d to lid pair, old ducks 4s lOd to 6s 6d, turkey hens la 13s 6d. gobblers to 355. Produce was in good demand, but many linos arc unpiocurable owing to the Australian strike. I Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having a small yarding of both sheep and cattle at the Palmerston North yards on Thursday, Iho 11 lit instant. Although tint attendance was small, competition was fairly keen. Quoalions; —Sheep: aged ewes and lambs 32s to 38s 6d, mixed hoggets (mod- , imu) 30s, fat 4-th wethers £2, fat ewes 35s 6d. Cattle: Springing heifers (late)' £8 17s 6d, heifers with calves at foot £9 ss, 2-yr grade Jersey bulls £3 15s to £lO, o-yr grade. Jersey bull £ll 10s. . ilalgcty and Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report having a yarding of some 500 head of all classes of cattle at the Koilding fair on Friday, the I2(h ins!., and several lots of sheep were also penned. For all classes of young cattle and wellbred cows and heifers the demand was particularly keen, but grown bullocks, excepting those in really forward condition,

wore neglected. Quotations: —Sheep : Aged ewes and lambs 26» 9d, mixed hoggets 29s 3d to 56s 6d. Cattle; Yearling heifers, £5 Is, £5 7s, £5 9s, £5 10s, £5 11s, £5 18s, £6 3s, £6 ss; Shorthorn yearling heifers, £8 15s: empty 2-yr heifers, £7 12', £8 10s, £9 2s, £9 10s; empty 3-yr .Shorthorn heifers, £l2 15s; yearling steers, £6 12s, £7, £7 6s 6d, £7 Bs, £7 10s, £9. £9 9s; 2-yr steers, £lO 10s, £lO 15s, £ll Is £l2 12s 6d, £l2 16s; 24-yr steers £l3 ss; 3-yr rough steers, £l4; empty cows, £8 10s, £ll 6s, £ll 8s: fat heifers, £l3 17s 6d. A pen of well bred empty 2-yr Hereford heifers sold on account K. Short iml Sons, Ltd., realised £ls Is. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report on thoi r first annual bull fair conducted by the issociated auctioneers at Palmerston North on the 10th instant. Over 200 bulls of various breeds were yarded, and competition was fairly keen, there being a largo if tendance, buyers from different parts of die. North Island being present. The bulk if our entry of 60 bulls changed hands at satisfactory prices. Mr 11. A. Williams’ yearling grade S.H. realised 18gns: Mr S. K, Lancaster's yearling Jersey, 7g to 15gns; 2 Jerseys on account of Mr A. Guy, Palmerston North, realised 10j and ' llgus: a 2-yr bull of Mr W . I. Lovelock 'brought 30gns; 5 20-nith grade S.H. bulls on account of Mr J. Russell, of Gillespie's line, brought from 114 to 144gns: 2-yr grade Jerseys on account of other vendors realised front lOgns to lljjgns; 3-yr Jerseys, 9 to 1 Oilgas; 20 mill Hereford cross hulls brought 20gus. Dalgoty and Co., Ltd., Palmerston North, report having 11 small yarding of ,-Jleep and a good entry of cattle at their Maugawektt sale on Thursday, the 11th insl., practically all of which changed hands. Quotations : —Sheep : Small mixed hoggets, 24s 2d. Cattle: Dairy cows, £lO 10s, £ll, £ll 2s 6d, £ll ss; wearier heifers, £3 ss; 2-yr empty heifers, £7 ss’to £7 15s: store cows, £6 to £8: 2-yr steers, £ll 3s 6d; 2 2 and 3-yr steers, £l4 10s; right fat boilers, £l3; Shorthorn hulls, £ls to £ls 15s. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report for the. week ending October 15, 1917:—Sales bare been held at Himuiangi. Apili.. Palmerston.. N.orth,. the annual cattle fair at K( ildiug, and the bull fair at Palmerston, At Apili on Tuesday a small < ntry of -lock made full values ('nil hoggets 225, small ewe hoggets 22 6sd, small ewe hoggets 28s, 6d. wether hoggets 2. 86J to 31s, yearling heifers £5 Is, springing heifers £lO 15s, 2 yr steers £ll, 3-yr filly £l7 10s. At Palmerston on Thursday -we I tad- a fair entry of both sheep and cattle. All lots met with a ready sale at late rates. Aged empty owes 16s 6d, f.m. ewes with lambs 34s l6d, fjit owes 345, tat wethers 37s to 38s, discoloured yearling steers £3 / s to £4 10 -, forward cows £8 9s to• £lO Bs, good cows and calves £lO 17s 6d, cows in calf £8 15s. fat cows £l2 to £l4, Jersey bulls x.6 15s, £8 5s to £8 10s. , . At the Feilding cattle fair we yarded 1100 head of mostly good quality cattle. there was ’ a very large attendance of local and outside buyers and we have to report a very satisfactory sale, very few lines going out unsold. Compared with recent sales young cattle, showed a decided rise, but grown cattle barely held their own. We quote : On account I). I wigg, 34 P.A. bullocks £l7, 43 Hereford bullocks £l6 15s, 39 3-yr S.H. bullocks £ls 19s. 15 Holstein cross bullocks £ls 7s, 16 2i to 3-vr steers £l4 10s; L. L. Hanks, 21 3 and 4-yr S.H. bullocks £l7 ss, 25 3 and 4-yr Hereford bullocks £l6 15s, bullocks £l6 Is. 8 bullocks £ls ; !1 \ McKenzie, 33 3 and 4-yr S.IL bulflei,*-' £ls 10s, 13 bullocks £ls 10s. 20 2 and 24-yr Holstein steers £l2 16s; R. I). Rogers, Ltd 32 3-vr bullocks £l4; Smith Bros., 26 24 and 3-yr steers £l3 10s; W. J. Smith, 9 2 vr steers £lO Is, 11 3-yr heifers £lO 1/s 6d W. Reid and Son. 27 2-yr steers £l3 5-- Milne.', Ltd., 19 2-yr Hereford steers £l3 Is, and 2 at £lO 10s; K. Pudue. 7 3 and 4-yr bullocks £l4 15s. 3 2-yr steers £lO 12s 6d'; Simon Foster. 24 2i-yr steers £l2 16s 21 forward cows £lO Is, 18 store cows £Blss. 22 24-yr heifers £9 17s 6d, 30 yearline steers £9 4s, 9 cull yearling steers £5 4s ■' Thos. Surrey, 25 18 mo? heilers £0 m . 52’vein ling Jersey heifer.. £6 6s. 25 yearling heifers £6 ss; J. T. Williams, 38 2-yr steers JJII ss, 15 2-yr fleers, £ll 2s 6a; lloibait Smith,' 3 store cows £9 ss; on account of various clients, inferior yearling heilers £4 to £4 16s, 18-mos heifers £5 -3s 6d. mfermr 2-vr steers £8 7s 6d, cull store cows £6 IQs.

Messrs Ix-vin and (,'o. report on thouFeildii.j? spring cat-tU* sale: -I pwards ol 4000 head of all classes of,cuttle "ere submitted bv the various auctioneers to a. very lai .... attendance. liiddinpr was patchy at the start of the sale, and the first lew pens were passed at auction, Gompetitiou improved as the sale progressed, and most lines were quilted before the end of the dav Hu vers were inclined to h'|W « mown hulle.cks, a;ul bidding dragged. Vie. however, sold our entry ot this class pnvate. lv All good sorts of young cattle were in keen demand, and prices realised were tor the most part in vendors favour, nevei.it liras of prime fat cows, offered on account of Mr K Short, were bought at prices whioli must be’ considered reasonable. Five prune heave bullocks, on account of the same vendor realised £26 10s i>or head Good quaint Shorthorn and Hereford heifers for breeding purposes were in demand, as were good sort of store cows for fattening. Quota-tions;-Sheep; Account U. f>. Rogers, L d„ wethers 38s Bd, wethers 26s 4d. Gallic . Account Mrs A, Shannon, empty S.ll. cows ami heifers £l2 6s, empty 2-year S. . heifers £ll to £ll 10s: 1 airy nude EMM t, sneved ]’ A. cows and heifers £l2 2s, spev ed V \ fat cows £l3 2s. to £l3 12s, spev cl cows £8 13s to £9 3s; J. T. Williams, 3 and 4-vear bullocks £ls; Merreit ami Ihirie, 2- year Hereford heifers £l3; b. G. I''" 1 '; 3- bullocks £ls ss. 2 year S.ll slots £l2 os, yearling S.ll. steers £8 6* to -10 10s; 11. ’P. Glare, 2Gyear Hereford sh ers £l3 5s- W T F. Crane, 3 year bullocks jjls ; R, I).' Rogers, f.td. (conjunetiou with Abraham ami Williams), 3 and 4->eai >n locks at £ls 10s; S. Foster. f«l cows £l2 10s to £ls, forward oow ß £lO 17s 6d, 2-yi.n steers £lO Bs, 18-monlh betters £6 14s, K. Short, fat cows £ls, £ls ss, £ls lo.s, to £l7 ss. prime fat bullocks £26 10s; 1. ASmith. 4 and 5-year bullocks £l7 8s; !'• M. \it ken, JB-month Hereford steers MU 16-: 11. F„ Gosnell, forward cows £l2 6s; 1> McDcvitt, mixed yearlings £5 3s Dd, v.’arling Hereford heifer s £lO Its 6d. year 11, m S.ll. heifers, £8 15s; W. S. Hammond, yearling steers £8; 0. Her t by. year mg Jersey heifers £6: T. H. \N ilhains. yearling steers' £6 18s 6d, forward cows £9 16s, H. Smith, 18-monlh steers £9, yearling hellers £4 16' Dairy s-i’c:-Levin a.ncl Co. report on clearing sale, held on account of Mr IG Robinson, hmr.. at Aorangi. J Ins sahi was the most satislactory we have held tins ..... ISuvers were keen to operate, and ( l,„ averaged £l7 11s per head, which G . a:ilv the highest average obtained by ns (id..- s ..;ison. Quotations: Restcows in milk £lB 'O', £2O to £2O 10s. good ditto £ls, £ls IQs' £l6 10s £l7 5s to £l7 10s, others in in ilk £l2. £l2 10s, £l3. £l4 10s. unsound cow £7 £l£ £ll 16s. £l7 10s. pedigree llei-t in‘cow £32 10s. do. springing heifer £7\ d i. 15-momh heifer £l4 14s. do. weaner 7,G t us, do. 3 year hull 1 Signs, do. A 1 ; ,il P.Ogns. calves 17s. 225, 265, to 23 , lii'gg is 325. ow<>s and lambs 39s Bd.