COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14809, 12 October 1911, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

property sales;

Mr. J Thor\'es held a sale by auction : yesterday of freehold land at Birkenhead, and leaseholds at Lake Takapuna. : For 58 acres at Birkenhead £34 10s per acre .Was offered and declined.- The leasehold property at Barry's Point was then submitted, with leases for 50 years, no increase in rent during the 50 years, and ■half compensation at end of term, seven years being allowed in which to build. Ihe competition was not very keen. Only i 0 lots were knocked down, at prices vary. ,n S from £5 per lot to £7 17s 6d.

_ STOCK SALES. " MESSRS. ALFRED ' BUCKLAND AND SONS. s win?' S £Tto , £ls-*' £l2 10 *«33f 3 liiht'bar#e%B £4 to £12 inf i «"» ordinary hacks, fs sassw "r sato Td as 4 ? m sS-si changed hands at late ruling rates. r V' itfieKi , y ards on Tiiursdav, October 5, ™ oreS " l f lber of .dairy and store cattle, forward • and were disposed of at ruling to £10 mf tia^ r - v °ows «l heifers made from £8 to £10 10s, otfWrs £5-15s'to £7 10s. aged i!'; to * tTiW"* °?.' £4 to £5 12": store Svf LV ♦ ' yearl }"K u i 15-month heifers, Jb = to £4 , two-year-olds, £3 18s to £5 10a! S^SKi t0re i& , >e^ in q ? Eteers £2 158 t0 £3 iVn ' . to *2 8s; young bulls, ai to J" th lambs. £1 to £1 0s 6d. The Waiuku v Yards on . Saturday, October 7 were completely filled with stock ''There was a large attendance and a good demand for all ?i i - DaJTy TO , WS and heifers brought from £4 to -lo las, according- to quality; «mpty cow's, £3 5s to £o; fat cows, £5 10s to £8 los; 18-month Jo two-year-old heifers, £3 10s to £5 ss; 18-month % steer ?' £3 lßs to £4 15s; yearlings, £2 14s to £Jis, calves, £! ISs to £2 10s; small, ? i?i tt ?*.' .- vearhn Shorthorn bulls, £6 6s to £11 ,: Holslelns, same age, £5 5s to £9 9s. lugs: VVeaners, 9s to 12s 6d; slips, 13s to-163, sow#, £2 ss. • 9? Wednesday, October 11, at our weekly. »Testfield fat stock market, the beef pens contained 314 head. The demand was less keen than the markets, and values suffered a drop of S.,, 5 ® per head Choice ox sold to £1 10a per 1001b, oi-dmary £1 5s to £1 Bs, and cow and heifer beef £1 2*. to £1 6s. Steers ranged in price from £7 to £16 12s 6d; cows and heifers, £4 10s to £10 15s. Fat and young calve?, in Ml supply sold freely. Choice suckers, £1 18s to ££ 16s. lighter £1 2s to £1 15s; runners, £3 5s to £4 15s; small calves, 5s to 16s; 73 sold. There was again a heavy entry of mutton. Competition was sluggish and prices were from Sis 6d to 3s 6d be'Jow last week's values. Prime heavy shorn wethers 19s 9d to £1 2s 3d, lighter 15s to ISs; heavy woolly £1 2s 6d to £1 ss, medium ISs to £l 3s, unfinished 15s 9d to 18s; best weighty ewes £1 Os 6d to £1 2s 3d, others 14s to 18a 6ci; •shorn, 10s 6d to - 18s; hoggets, 14s to 18s; 2166 cold. The 1$ spring i'jnbs l penned met with a brisk sale. Be.st made from 17s 6d to 19s 3d, smaller 12s to 16s. Figs of all classes were well represented. Choppers were a little easier, and ether descriptions continue to realise high values. .Choppers, £3 10s to £4 os; baconers, £2 lbs to £3 8s; largo porkers £2 2s to £2 lis. lighter £1 ■ Ss.to £1 lbs; large stores, £1 3s to £1 15s; slips, lis to 17s; weaners, 7s fed to 12s; 178 sold.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN. AND MERCAN >:TILE AGENCY CO. jOn Thursday last we held our usual sale of dairy and store cattle at Westfield Yards. There •was. as average yarding, and prices were the same as late quotations. Best dairy cows and heifers sold at from '£7 10s to £9 15s, others £5 to £6 10aempty cows and heifers, £4 Is ••to £5 4s; 18-month-oid heifers, £3 10s to £4 7s; 'ewes and lambs, 9s 9d to 10s 6d. '• At the Albert Yards on Friday horses were .yarded in larger numbers, and sold under steady competition at late rates. Heavy draught horses ; sold at from £32 to £46; medium draughts, £25 to £30; light harness horses and tacks," £6 to £17 10»; ponies, -£1- to £5. S The advertised un- , broken horses from Motiti: Heavy draughts sold at from £33 to £39 10s; medium do., £25 to £30 10b ; cobs and hacks, £8 10s to £20. ; At Pukekohe Yards on Monday we held a ; special sale of dairy cows and bulls, when we yarded 225 cows and > heifers and 108 ; bulls. 1 Competition was not as keen as previous sale, '•although "the greater proportion changed hands. r -Best » dairy cows and abetters • closer to profit , fold at from £8 10s to £13, others £5 l6s to '£7 12s 6d; aged and inferior sorts, £210 ato ,£4 15s; cows in milk, £5 10a to £10 10«; -Shorthorn' bulls, £3 10s to £16; Jersey; bulla, £3\ 17s '6d to £12; Holstein bulls,- £5 10s to £12 lOs. a '- r At Pukekohe Yards on Tuesday we held our usual monthly sale." There was an " extra large ; ' ' yarding of stick of all description, notwithstanding tho dry weather. Grown steers sold, at fully .' late.quotations; smaller cattle r declined in price. »Grown steers .sold at, from £7 15s to £8 Ita. '_' A line of 150 grown steers, from the North, which for breeding and quality 'could not be surpassed, * averaged £8 0s 6d.' . Two; to 3-year-old steers, £4 2s 6d to £5 19a; yearlings, £2 14s to £3 12* i calves, 25s to £2 l&s; empty cows,.; £3 10s to -i £4 14a; heifers suitable for dairy purposes, £3 -152 to £5 15s; bolls, £5 10s to £8 10s. . Beef, of \ which . 126 head was yearded, sold ;at • from £5 . 10? to £9 10s, for oows; steers, £8 to £10 10s. At WestGeJd on Wednesday fat cattle were "yarded in full numbers, and competition was not £13 keen as usual, prices receding from li to 2s per ".001b, best oxen selling to 30s per 1001b, other sorts 26s to 28s; cows and heifers, 24s to . 265: .. steers sold at - from £8 . 15s to. £14 10s ; cows, £5 10s to £9 15s. Calves were again yarded i "in full supplv, and sold at We rates. Heavy j vealers sold "to £5; medium weights, £2 10» to t £3, 9s; : others, 30s to, £2 ss; smaller sorts, and fresh dropped, ; 3s ■to . 15e. There; was _an extra large yarding of sheep of good quality,, and prices were lower all- round, from 2a to 3s per head. :Best wethers 'sold, at from 24s to 271; ewes, 15s 6d to: 20s ■■ 3d; :: shorn wethers, ■ 14s 9d" to 21s 9d ;r ewes, 13s' td to 16s 9d; hog- . gets, 15s 6d to 19$ 9d.: Spring lambs advanced in prices. - Beat sold at -from 15s 6d to 19s 9d; others, 12a 9d to 15s 3d. Pigs were yarded in -good numbers, end sold at late rates. Baconera, , £3 10s to £4; porkers, 30s to .£2 8s; slips, 20s }: to 26b ;'■ weaners, to Bs. '; r . ; ;

i WEST/FIELD FAT STOCK MARKET. ■ Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report hav- • ing held their usual weekly fat stock sale at » . Westfieid on Wednesday, October 11, as un- • der :— ; >?., - '■ ; X . Beef: An average yarding 1 . The demand was not so keen, and prices were 20s to 25s per ; \ head lower all round. Choice pens of prime ox a eoTd at 26s tc 28s per 1001b; ordinary quality ox r sold at 24s .to 255; cow and heifer beef sold at V \2ss; to • 26s per IGOlb.- ■■■'"• : itfl- - An average yarding, which sold at rather better prices than last. week. Heavy sold at £3 to £4 ss; choice suckers, 55s to £2 lis ordinary, 3s to 15«. ~ , Mutton: A very large entry of both woolly and - shorn sheep. The demand was moderate, and , there was a drop of 2« to 3b per bead all round. "Heavy woolly wethers, 24s to 26s . 6d; medium weight do., 21s to 235; shorn wethers, 16s to ,sl9s 3d; forward woolly wethers sold at 17s 3d .. <-' to 19» 6d; neavy woolly ewes, 20s to 23s 9d; , ' medium do., 16s to 18s. , - V , ■ Lamb: A fair yarding. Prices were on a par •with late sales. Extra heavy,'2os to 245; heavy prime lambs, 15s to IBs 6d; small, 8s 6cl to 15s. Pork: A fair varding, which sold at late rates, i v , ■ Chopper* sold at £2 18s to £3 17»; heavy porkers, 35s to £2 10s;.ligut do., 23s to 325; weaners, 8s to 12s. -■ , .

ADDINGTON. . • [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' ' ; , Christchurch, Wednesday. - ' • At Addington to-day the entries of stock were ' loroewhat larger than the previous week, and there was a good attendance. Fat cattle were iT:- easier, and store sheep, • except aged ewes with -r lambs, were firmer. Fat lambs also sold better, in consequence of a shorter supply, and the fat .sheep market opened at the previous weeks rates for prime, but other sorts were a shade v/:' easier. Fat pigs sold well. ♦ *" - " . y There was a mixed yarding of store sheep, and the numbers showed an increase over those of recent Bales. There was a good attendance of •-buyers; and the present rapid growth of feed caused an improved demand, and prices generally '-were firmer, - except for aged ewes with lambs, which in several cases failed to reach the owners' reserve. Forward wethers made 17s 3d to 18s. others 14s 6d to 15s 7d ; two, four, and sixtooth ewes with lambs made lis 5d to lis 8d; " ' lix-tooth ewes with lambs, 12s Id; mixed ages, - lis 4d ; and aged sorts, 5s 6d to 8a sd, all counted in each case. Good wether hoggets made 13s to 14s; . average lines of mixed sexes, 13s to 13b 10(1,' smaller 10s 5d to lis; average . lines of ewe hoggets to 14s lOd, extra to 16s, * and small lis Ba. lambs totalled only <•„ as The entry of fat, lambs totalled only 68, as compared with 103 the previous week The lambs were well grown and of good quality, and ' » H ere was a keen demand, prices showing a con- . iiitierable improvement. Best lambs made 17s 7d • to 225, and smaller 14s 9d to 16s 3d. ; • -■ The yarding of fat sheep was somewhat larger ■ v than the previous week, • and was again chiefly • made up of large lines of good crossbred wethers from Southland. - There • was. also a better entry of local sheep, including several pens 01 the first shorn sheep of the season.; The niarf > ket opened: well,' there being e f ve «' outeide ;-x -- buyers operating. Prices were firmly maintained •' but eased off somewhat later cm, s tjiit -; • were not quite. prime not selling so wdl a « tg«. . previous week. 'The range ,of prices was. Extra prime wethers to 29s 3d, prime 22s to 26s 4d . sthws 16s to 21» 6d; shorn aethers, 14s lid Jo 16s: extra prime ewes to 27s 3d, prime J}® . to 23* lid, others 17a to 18s 6d; prune merino Xj wethers. 15s, lid to 19s Id; hoggets, 14a 9d : ' to The entry of fat cattle . totalled 280 or about . 80 more than the previous week. The varding was of good quality, the North Island .again .'. - ; contributing a large portion, the bulk of dressed cattle being" in .prime condition. There was a i • marked decline in the demand, and valura, receded by about 3« per 1001b, and a lots were passed. Steers made £7 7s 6d to £11,. •- extra to £13 10s; heifers *6 5s to £9 St, and , : dry cows £5 10b to « ss, equal to 26s to 32# for prime, 37a for extra, 23s to 7S» Mtor ; i t medium, and 24» to 25s for oow < ,™? 0 « entrr . per 1001b. Veal oalve* formed an averfige entry, ; though mostly small sorts, and.made 4s M to " 555. according to size and quality, v Hawko s stoy : - fleers made £10 sTto £13 10s, and Wanganui t £ «ore generally of _ indifferent quality and condition. The better sorts met with ut ''an improved demand.? Yearlings made 30s^to 56» *15 months to 18 moot 40b to £3 7fl fid»,

two-year etcers, £3 Ms to t' :7s 6(1 * two-year lH fci' v3«r 3 hl?r £3 i s ' three-year steer*, £6 1?? M, year healers, £4; asid dry cows, 30s to £6. Dairy cows made £3 10s to £9,5g. flnuu ,? 1 ? 8 were, in medium supply,- and wellflHvi IC iL anin , B met with a keen demand nt advanced rales. A fair entry of stores also sold well. Choppers made £3 10» to £4 2« 6d; large baconers 60s to 77s 6d, small 50s to 57s tw, equal to W per lb; large porkers 42a 6d to 48s, smaller 35s to 40s, equal to 6id per lb; large stores 30* to 325, medium 2& to 28s, Small sorts 12s to 16s, and weaners 10s to 14s.

BURXSIDE. v.- [BT TELEGRAPH.ritESS ASSOCIATION.] Dcvedis', Wednesday. There was a small yarding: of fat cattle at Burnside to-day, 164 being penned. The quality was lair, and owing to the short supply prices were firmer. Best bullocks made £12 to £13 12s oa, extra to £14 15s, medium £10 to £10 lOs* inferior £8 to £9; best cows and heifers £8 10a ( !° J? 8 ' , <;stra to £13 2s 6d, medium £6 10s J* J I? 3 ' inferior £5 to £5 10s. F&fc Sheep: There was a large yarding: 4564 being forward. At the commencement of the sale prices were a shado easier than those ruling the previous week. Best wethers made 22s i? . s , e i ctra 28") medium 19s to 21s, inferior j. » best ' ewes 2211 to 235, extra 245, medium 17s to 18s. inferior 13s to 14s. .Lambs to th© number of 46 were yarded, and week a<l " lfl rft ' es ruling the previous Pigs: There was a fair yarding, and ft good demand for all sorts. MARKET REPORT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, supply the following market report... Oats: In good demand at 3a 6d to 3s 7d ex store.. ■ ■ - - 'Vheat: Sales firm at 4s 4d ex store. Bran: Steady nt £6 10s ex store. Pollard • Firm at £6 10a ex store. Chaff: Southern, £7 5s ex store; local, (prime samples still scarce), £6 17s 6d ex store. Butter- Choice, ll^d; first grade, 10$ d; second grade, 10id; poorer qualities, for milling,. 9Jd. Eggs: In good demand at 9id per dozen. Fungus: Nominally worth 34d per lb. Sales, slow.

HIDES, SKINS, AND TALLOW. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report as follows: —We submitted and sold extra large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday. ■ Hides: Market firm. We quote—ux, extra stout 7d to 7fd, stout 6jd to 6|d, medium bid to 6id, light. 6d to 6Jd ; cows'., best lines 6±d to 6id, good s|d to 6d, inferior 51d to 5Jd; stags', ,4id to od; kips, 6d to 6Jd; calfskins, best to BJd, good si<i to 7id; cut and. damaged, 3d to &id. Sheepskins: Market brisk. Best butchers', skins, picked to 6s 6d, good lines 5s 3d to 5s 3d, medium 4« to 4s Bd, small 3s to 3s 7d; country dry skins, large to 7s 6d, medium 3s 6d to 4s Bd, small Is to 2s 9d; lambs'= : and pelts, 9d to Is. Tallow: Market) firm. Best mixed, in shipment casks, 28s Cd to'' 31s; good, 25s 6d to 27s 3d; inferior, 20s 3d to 23s 9d; rough, fat, lid to 24 per lb. Bones, £4 17a 6d. Cowtails, Is Bd. per dozen. . • Horsehair, Is 6-Jd to Is lid. Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons . report as follows ; Hides: Os, s|d to 7d; oow, 5Jd to 6id; calf, 6d to Bid; kips, 53d to 3d: damaged hides, 3±d to 6id. Tails, is Bd. Tallow, 18s 3d to 28s. Horsehair, lOd to Is 9d. Skins: Best butchers', 6s to 7s; others, 4s lOd to 5s 6d; dry. and country, 4s 5d to 6s Id for good, others 2a lOd to 4s,"' small and damaged 3d to 2s 3d. - -- .