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Northern Advocate, 23 April 1915, Page 6

COMMERCIAL. STOCK SALES. j DALGETY AND COMPANY. < Messrs Dalgety and Company, Limited,' report having held their usual weekly stock sale at Westfieid on Wednesday, April 21, as under: — Beef: A large yarding, which sold at slightly lower than last week's rates, prime ox declining 10/ to 20/ per head. v Extra heavy prime ox, equal to 41/; prime cow beef, equal to 34/ to 35/; second quality, to 32/ C. Veal: A large yarding and prices were lower than last week's. Heavy runners, up to £3 15 ; vealers, 20/ to 30/; light calves, 6/ to 18/. Mutton: Only a small yarding and prices were in advance, prime sheep making about 1/G per head on last week's rates. Prime heavy wethers, 27/6 to 30/; medium ditto, 25/ to 26/; prime ewes, 22/6 to 25/3; medium, to 22/; unfinished, 15/ to 18/. Lamb: A small yarding and prices were on a par with last week's rates. Pigs: A large yarding and priceß were lower all round. Heavy choppers, to £2 9/;, ba'coners, equal to 4d; porkers, equal to 4Jd per lb. BUCKLAND AND SONS. ■ ■' ' i Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons report as follows: — At the Halymarket on Friday last horses were',yarded in average numbers. Young heavy draught? sold at x from £34 10/ to £40; aged draughts, £18 to £28; bakers' and grocers' cart sorts, £17 to £21 10/; light harness sorts, £6 10/ toy£l4; hacks and buggy horses, £11 5/ to £17 10/;; gig class, £4 10/ to £12; weeds , all prices. The colt llarlestone realised 125g_s. At Westfieid on Thursday, April 15, a small .yarding of dairy and store stock ''came forward, and sola . at ruling rates. On Wednesday, April 21, at our weekly Westfieid fat stcck market, our supply p£ beef totalled 452 head, made up 0f,323 steers, 124 cows and heifers, andx_ve bulls. Competition was less keen than last week, owing to the exporters being practically out of the.-''market. Ox beef was erratic, and generally values were easier by 16/ to £ 1 per, head. There was little difference in the price of cows and heifers. Choice ox sold to £2; prime,' £1 16/ to £1 18/; ordinary quality,, £l 11/ to £1 14/; cows arid heifers, £1 8/ to £1 16/; steers ranged in price from £8 to £21 17/6; cows and heifers, £4 15/ to £12; 16 heavy prime steers from Mr. H. J. Gill, Te Puke, averaged £15 10/3 d; 14 choice quality steers from Mr George Hull, Otaua, averaged £15 14'/; a truck frfom Mr C., G. Robinson, Otua, £1.4 •1.7/; from Mr James Muir.Waerenga, £15 18/11; a truck from Messrs Lyons Brosj.' Maungatawhiri Valley, £15 5/. Fat and young calves again came forward in large numbers, and Were lower in price. Runners sold to £5 7/6; heavy suckers, £2 16/ to £3 10/; medium suckers, £2 to £2 15/; lighter, £110/ to £1 18/; light, 18/ to £ 1 8/; small and fresh-dropped, 3/ to ,16, (133 sold). There was less than an average entry of sheep, but all of nice quality. Bidding was spirited, and values .considerably firmer. Extra heavy prime wethers made from £1 9/ to, ,£1 11/; heavy prime, £15/6 to.£'l 8/; medium to heavy, £1 2/6 to£l 5/; extra heavy prime ewes, £1 4/9 to £1 7/; good ewes, £1 1/ to £1 3/; others, 18/ to£l; 120 very prime wethers from Mr F. B. Seddon, of Hamilton, averaged £1 9/7; and 61 from Mr R. T. DouglasxFaiitview, Miranda, averaged £1 9/8. (1098 sheep sold.) The 230 lambs met with a ready sale. Extra heavy, £ 1 1/ to £ 1 2/6; 47 lambs from Mr Isaac Gray, Papatoetoe, averaged £1 0/6; good, , 17/6 to 19/; lighter, 15/6 to 17/; light and unfinished, 13/ to 15/. Pigs came forward In large numbers. Values were easier than late high quotations. Beet quality choppers made up to £4; rough, 15/ to £2 10/; baconers, £2 15/ to £3 1/5 medium, V£3 6/ to £2 13/; heavy porkers, £1 17/ to £ 2 7/; medium, £1 12/ to £1 16/; light, £15/ to £1 10/; stores, 6/ to £15/, according to size and quality; weaners,'3/6 to 12/. (282 yarded.)

HIDES. SKINS, ETC. BINNEY AND SONS, Messrs G. W." Binney and Song, report for hides, skins, tallow, etc., as follows; —r. Yy'V' Hides: Market weaker, in sympathy with Australian and Southern markets. Etra stout ox, 9id to 9§d; stout, 95d to 9id; medium, 82d to 83d; light, Bid'to Bgd; cow, extra good, Bgd; good, B£d; seconds, BJd to Bid; scored and dirty, 7ld to 72d; cut, 7d to 7Jd;vdamaged, 6d to 65d; kips, B§d to 82d; stags, 6d to 6Jd; yearlings, BJd; calfskins, 9_id to 91d; good, B_|d to 9d; meaty, 7d to 7£d; cut and damaged calfskinß, 6d to 6^d. Skins: Market firm. Butchers' picked skins, full woolled, 7/6 to 9/; butchers' skins, extra large, 5/6 to 5/9; large, 4/9 to 5/; medium, 4/3 to 4/6; small, 3/6 to 3/9; extra small, 3/ to 3/6; spring lambs, large 5/ to 5/6; medium, 4/6. to 4/9; small, 3/3 to 3/6; lamb pelts, 1/6 to 1/9; bare pelts, 1/9 to 2/; country dry skins, good, 72d to 8d; medium, 7d to 7£d; rat-eaten and weevily skins, 6d to 6id; rat-eaten and weevily pelts and lambskins, 2d to 3d per lb. Tallow; Market firm. Best mixed, in shipment casks, 25/6 to 26/6; medium, 24/ to 24/6; good, in small casks, 24/6 to 25/6; medium, 23/6 to 24/;. inferior, 22/6 to 23/ cwt, Rough Fat: ISd per lb. Bones: Good, dry, £4 17/6 to £5 per ton. Horsehair: Tail, good, 1/4 to 1/6; mane, 8d to 9d. Wool: In bags and dumps, medium crossbred, 11 J. to 1/; heavy crossbred, 9id to lOd; dingy, 9d to 9id; bellies and pieces, 7£d to 8d; locks, s id to 6id; dead wool, 9d to 9£d; crutchings, 7Jd to 8cl; . lambs' wool, good, bright, free of seed, 12id to "13d; medium, lOd to Hid; dingy, Sid to 9d; seedy, 6d to 6id. For Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6, 2/6. • J