COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10113, 22 October 1917, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

MASTERTON CATTLE FAIR. Particulars in connection with the Masterlon'Spring Cattle Fair, tit- which 3000 head of stock will lie offered at the. Colombo street Kaleyards, are announced in our auction columns by Dalgety arid Co., Ltd., the New' Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd,, Wright, Stephenson and , Co,. Ltd., and file VVa.irarapa Farmers’ Cot operative Association, Ltd. Several lines from lirancepeth and Annadalo stations will also he offered. The sale will take place tomorrow . AUCTION SALES. To-morrow at 1. o’clock Leydon and Co. will conduct a. sale of furniture, etc., at No. 4, Roy street, on behalf of Mrs Reynolds. The firm will offer duchess chests, washstands, linoleum, chairs, Japanese mats, rugs, clock, crockery, fowls, etc. On Wednesday next, at 1 o’clock. Leydon and Co, will conduct, a. sale ol horses, baker's carls, liarncs.-. etc., on behalf of Messrs Birch Bros., at Long burn. The sale will be held on the premises,_near tin; tailway crossing, and tin; auctioneers advise that, the horses are a good, staunch lot, the carls have been overhauled recently, and the harness is m first-class repair. The Empire Auctioneering Company will conduct a clearing snjo ol furniture, etc., on Wednesday, at No. 17 East street, .on Kffiaif i.f Mrs A. Cong.'dlon, commencing til 1.30. The firm inserts a lengthy list, of goods to be auctioned, which those requiring good furniture are urged to peruse. A piano, organ, 8-pioce d.r. suite, sewing machine, linoleums, blankets, crockery, cutleiy. lady’s bicycle, poultry and sundries are included, and further particulars ate given on page 8. Harry ‘Palmer and Co. announce particular, of ’.Mr A. E. Needham’s sale, to be hold on Wednesday, at 1 o’clock, on the promises, 235 Ferguson’ street. A porsual of the firm s announcement on page 3 will demonstrate l. he various lints (.1 goods to he submitted. A final reminder oi .Harry Painters sale, of fat. pigs is inserted in cur auction columns, and farmers and breeders are requested to note that the sale will ’lake place at noon to-morrow.

MART BALL, Harry Palmer and Co. report on Saturday's sale; There was a good entry! of pigs, which met with a good competition. Poultry was in better supply and prices were very good. Produce moved off in good quantities at rates. Following are the sales; Moaners (small) (is 3d. fair 10s to Lbs, good Lbs Gd to 20s, slips 13s to 21s lid, porkers, 365. store sows 47s Gd, hoar £2, hens •bs to 8s pair, small chickens Bcl to Is Bd, medium 3s Bd, pigeons 4n 9d, pullets to lbs, ducklings to Os 3d, ducks 6s Gd to 7s’Gd, geese 9s, turkey gobblers 27s Cd to 355. Sundries were sold in large quantities at varying prices.

STOCK MARKET,N.Z. LOAN AND*MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report.:—At l-'eilding on Friday we bad a heavy yarding of sheep and a moderate entry ol cattle. Cattle sold well, but sheep in some cases failed to realise vendors’ ideas of value, .although the bulk of the entry changed hands by the end of the day. Small ’shorn hoggets 22s 6d to 25s 9d, .small hoggets in wool 24s 3d (o 275. medium hoggets-29s 9d, good hoggets 545. light fat owes 34s 7d, yearling heifers £5, 18-inth heifers £7 I3s, heifers in calf £7 to £0 15s, small mixed yearlings £5 13s. yearling steers £3 4s to £8 10s, and tip to £9 Is, store cows £7 to: £7 13s, forward cows £ll, light fat cows £l3 7s, young bulls £6 15s to £8 10s. ' DALGETY AND GO. Dalgely and Go., Ltd., Palmerston: North, report having a very good entry of sheep and a fair yarding- of cattle at .their Fcifiling sale on Friday, )9lfi inslant. The following are prices realised : Mixed shorn 2-tlis (small) 20s fid to 25s 3d. shorn empty owes 25s 10d, woolly empty ewes 30s 6(1,1 shorn ewes with lambs 25s 7d, mixed age; ewes with lambs 29s 6(1 to 35s fid, black-face hoggets 25s 2d to 31s Id, mixed “hoggets 26s to 35s 3d, small 4-th wethers 355, wether hoggets 375, ewe hoggets £2 Is to £2 2s; dairy heifers £9. forward cows £lO 10s, hulls £8 ss, £lO 10s, £lO 14s, light fat bullocks £l9. Dalgety and Co., Palmerston North, [report having a very fair yarding of sheep and a .gnail entry of cattle at their Palmerston North sale on Thursday, the 18th instant. Sheep met with a. good demand but several pens of cattle, failed to reach vendor’s reserves. Quotations—Cattle :i Jersey bulls, £8 10s to £l2; yearling heifers £6 17s; springing heifer,-: to £l4. Sheep: Empty ewes 29s 7d to 31s 9d, ewes with lambs 31s to 58s, fat ewes 375. ABRAHAM AND WILLIAMS. LTD. Abraham and Williams, Lid., report : At Palmerston North on (lie 18th inst. we had a good entry of cattle ami a small muster of .sheep. There was a good demand for all classes of cattle and most lines changed hands, young stock selling well. All the sheep yarded sold. Business was transacted tit the following rales: Forward cows £lO 10; to £lO 17s fid, good store cows £8 2s fid to £9, thin cows anil calves £8 to £9 15s, dairy cows £8 to £l2, good do. to £l6 10s, springing dairy heifers £lO 15s> to £l2 12s fid, heifers in milk £8 10s to £lO ss, yearling steers £8 7s fid •to £9 Bs, small and poor do. £6 5s to £7 4s, Shorthorn yearling heifers £8 to £8 ss, .Jersey cross do. £7, small yearlings £5, cull yearling heifers £3, 2-yr bulls £8 15s .to £l2 ICs, 2 and 4-th wethers 37s fid, aged ewes and iambs 31s, aged empty ewes 15s to 22s Cd, small b.f. hoggets 25s fid. At Feilding on the 19th inst. we had a fairly good entry of both sheep and cattle, which were submitted to u good attendance of buyers. Gat tie -were in good demand and sold well. Sheep wore rather in- and out, and prices on the whole were slightly easier than last week’s rates. 3-i-yr steers made 15s, medium fat heifers £l3 10s, dairy cows (medium) £0 10s to £l2, springing heifers (medium) £8 5s to £lO 10s, forward cows £9 12s to £lO 17s, store cows £6 10s to £8 ,ss. yearling heifers £5 2s fid to £6 ICs. 2-yr S.JI. bulls £l4 to £l9, fat owes 36s Id to 38s fid. fat’black face- hoggets 32s Id. hoggets 33s to 555, medium do. 25s fid to 29s 3d. LEVIN,AND CO.

Levin and Co. report ; —Our only sales during the past week were our usual yard sales at .Bulls and Feilding. At Bulls we had a heavy yarding- of both slice]) and cattle. There was -a very large attendance of buyers, and wo'have to report a record sale. Hoggets were in very keen demand and prices realised in every case were hi excess of vendors’ ideas. Pal sheep and owes and lambs were also keenly competed for. In cattle till classes sold freely and prices showed a rise on outlast sale. At Feilding u full yarding of till classes canto forward. Competition for sheep was in and out, and a number’ of lots were passed at auction, vendors’; reserves being on the high side. Several lilies of exceptionally good hoggets came forward and some high prices were,paid.: The demand for all classes of .oaflie except grown steers was good and prices .were fully maintained. At‘Bulls; Empty forward ewes, 29s Id, 31s Bd, 33s 6d to 37s 9d ; mixed hoggets, 345, 34s 9d, 36s Id to 38s 4d; ewes and lambs, £2 2s 6d; fat shot'll ewes, 25s to 32s 9d : fat woolly ewes, 35s 6d, 38s Id to £2 ss; store wethers, 375: fat cows. £l2 17s 6d, £ls, £l3 6s to £l4; fat heifers, £l4 to £l6 10s: light, fat heifers. £8 7s: empty cows, £9, £9 19s, £lO Is, £ll 2s, £ll l2s to £l2; cows and calves, £lO 15s. £ll to £l3 2s 6d; heifers in milk, £9; springing heifers, £lO 16s to £l3 2s 6d; heifers r.w.b., £7 14s: yearling heifers, £4 15s to £5 2s: yearling steers, £8 7s: empty 18-mth heifers. £6 10s, £5 11s, £7 12s 6d to £7 19s; S.II. bulls, £l2 12s, £ls 10s, £25 to 30 guineas; Jersey hulls, £4 12s 6d to £lO 10s ; other hulls. £10; 21-yr steers, £l3 10s; 3 and 4-yr forward bullocks, £l7: weanor pigs, 0s to 12s 6d ; sows ami lit tors, £2 ss. £3 to £3 ss: store rows, 255. At Feilding: On account (E. Corpe, mixed hoggets 39s Cd; on account (1. Farmer, ewe hoggets 38s; on account Herbert Smith, heavy fat ewes £2 11s; on account. A. J. Aldfield, forward wethers 355, fatawes 31s 6d; on account Lethbridge Estate, fat hoggets 25s Od; on account Mrs A. Shannon, fat ewes and wethers-38s; on account R. D. Rogers, Bid., fat ewes £2 Is, mixed hoggets 37s 6d; on account A. Robinson, fat owes £2 7s; on account F. L. Anderson, shorn hoggets 23s Sid; on account W. L. Caldwell, ewes with b.f. lambs £2 to £2 2s; on account E. Talloif, exits good mixed hoggets £2 la; on ac-

count J. Cobbe, wether hoggets 32s lOcl; 1 S.II. bulls* 14i, 16i, 18.}, 20 to 40 guineas; j P.A. bull, IQigns; Jersey bulls, £4 ss, j £6, £6 15s to £8 15s; springing heifer-vi £8 17s 6J, £9 10s, £lO, £lO ss, £ll ss, 1 £l2 7s 6d to £ls 15s; best cows in full milk to £2l; other cows in milk, £5 12s , 6il, £6 17s 6cl to £7 ss; springing cows, \ £9 15s to £l3; yearling heifers, £5, £5 ,Bs, i £■ 5 10s, £0 5s to £7 4s 6cl; yearling steers, £6 19s Gel to £7 15s; 2-yr steers, £9 15s, £9 17s 6d to £l2 12s Od : heifers r.w. B.IL hull, £ll 2s 5.1 to £l2; forward cows, £8 7s 6d, £lO 6s to £lO 7s 6cl; store cows to £6 17s 6d: fat cows. £ll 10s, £l2 to £l2 17s 6d; fat heifers to £l3 12s 6cl: light fat bullocks to £l3.