COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16382, 9 November 1916, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

HIDES AND LEATHER.

Aast. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON, Nov. 7. Hides are in strong demand. Few are arriving. Quotations nominally are: Australian, llfd to 13id. Leather ia quoted: Best heaw Australian, 21d to 24d. ,* Basils are quoted: First Sydneys, 21d. No New Zealand were offering.

STOCK SALES.

AUCKLAND.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile K A °?ir? m '? any Limited, report:— At Westfield store sale last Thursday ffi' was a large sardine, which sold at in. £**&! Be .* da ? °° ws and heifers. £9 iSSI. « M 10s: others. £6 15s to £9 6s; {??»•• 'KM to 13gns: empty cows and & £< U°? To m «V the advertised line OJ^ we fwith lambs made £1 17s. ~J?a j^? at Albert Yards horses were yarded in full numbers, and sold at late rates. Heavy draughts. £22 10s to £34; medium ditto. £18 10s to £27: liaht harness *°™&l- £? < to £ lS: hacks - £7 to £14 10™: comes. £4 to £8 10s: weeds. 10s upwards: tie advertised three-year colt Royal Red. by •king Rufus—St. Aida. realised 55ans : the racehorse Report was sold for 13gns. At Papakura on Monday we held a special dairy sale. There was an average yarding, and everything was Bold at high prices. : ?<? s ! da^ y , cows - £n 10s to £17 los: others. i *° *° £10 15s: aged and inferior cows. £6 10s to £7 15s; best dairy heifers, £11 to «5 ss: others, £8 to £10 10s: bulls, in full numbers, sold well. 7gns to 15gns. according to quality: tne advertised line of 194 ewes with lambs made £2 3s: the dry ewes. £1 9s; the advertised dairy of Messrs. MoA lre SC° S " Ardmore. averaged £14 15s. On .Tuesday at Papakura we held our monthly store sale, when there was a large yarding, and with the exception of three small pens of cattle everything changed hands. Grown steers in forward condition sold at from £14 15s to £16 16s: 3 to 4-year steers. £13 5s to £14 10s: 2 to 3-year steers. £8 15s to £12 17s 6d: yearling to 18-month £5 los to £S lis; ditto heifers, £4 7s 6d jo £6 los: empty cows and heifers. £6 15s to £9 10s: aged and inferior empty cows. So 5s to £6 7s 6d: bulls. Bgns to Ultras, according to quality: beef in large numbers sold at fully Westfield rates. At the Westfield fat stock market yesterday beef was yarded in full numbers and mostly excellent quality. Prices ruled the same as last week. Best oxen sold to £2 10s per 1001b; others. £2 6s to £2 9a; cow and heifer beef sold at from £2 2s to £2 8s per 1001b: steers sold at from £13 17s 6d to £25 15s, for a bullock sold on account Mr. J. C. Foots, Ngatea, and bought by the _ meat exporters; cows and heifers sold at trom £9 to £13. for a cow purchased by Mr. D. Reid. butcher, city. Some of the averages were: Eight steers from Mr. J. C. Foote. Ngatea. £22 ss: 56 steers from Messrs. Friedlander Bros.. Surrey Farm, Pokeno. averaged £21 23. a record for the number for Westfield: 8 steers from Mr. H. E. R. L. Wily. Mauku. £17 17s: 24 steers from Okahuku.a Estate, £17 2s; a line of 24 cows from East Coast, £14 3s. Calves, yarded in large numbers, showed no improvement on rest week's rates. Runners from £8 5s to £11; heavy suckers. £5 2s 6d to £7 15s; medium suckers. £4 4s to £5 2s 6d; light suckers. £2 2s 6d to £3 7s 6d: small and fresh-dropped. 16a to < 38s 6d. Sheep were penned in average numbers, and showed a slight improvement on last week's prices. Best woolly wethers, £2 Is to £2 8a 6d; others. £1 14s 9d to £2 0s 3d; shorn wethers. £1 7s to £1 14s 6d; best ewes in wool. £1 15s 9d to £1 19s 3d; others. £1 10s to £1 14s 9d: shorn ewes, £1 as 9d to £1 12s 6d; hoggets in wool. £1 15s to £1 17s 3d: shorn. 19s to £1 6s. Spring lambs penned in larger numbers than usual, were easier in prices. Best. £1 2s 6d to £1 7s 9d: others. 16s 6d to £1 Is 3d. Pigs, in very large numbers, were consequently not so good as last week. No choppers yarded. Heavy baconers, £4 5s to £5 Is: medium ditto. £3 12s to £4 3s; light ditto. £3 Is to £3 lis; heavy porkers, £2 14s to £5 sa; medium ditto, £2 2s to £2 12s; light ditto, £1 15s to £2 Is; slips, £1 2s to £1 9s; weaners, 15s to £1 la.

Messrs. DsJgetv and. Company, Limited, report having held their usual weekly sale of fat stock at Westfield yesterday, as under— Beef: A moderate yarding, and prices were on a par with last week's rates. Choice pens of . extra prime ox- sold at equal to £3 8s 6d per 1001b. ordinary prime ox up to 46s to 47$ per 1001b, cow and heifer beef from 42s to 455. Veal: A large yarding, which sold at slightly lower rates. Choice iseayy runners made up to £10 15s, heavy suckers from £3 to £5 4s. small suckers 37s to 495, others lis to 28s. Mutton: A moderate yarding. Prices were equal to rates ruling last week. Extra prune woolly wethers made 48s, mediumweight wethers 36s to 40s. heavy woolly ewes up to 38s, medium and light-weight ewes 28s to 325. heavy shorn wethers up to 34s 6d, medium-weight wethers 29s to 325, light and unfinished 26s 3d to 28s, shorn ewes from 27s to 81s. Lamb: A large yarding, which sold at late rates. Best heavy prime made up to 2Ss. medium-weight 16s to 245. light and unfinished 14s 6d to 17s. Pork: A large yarding. Prime pigs were again lower, but stores sold at high rates. Heavy choppers made up to £5. naoonera ".? 2° £? 12s ' porkers 40s to .555. stores las to 28s, small weaners 15s.

Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons report as follows: — On Monday, Tuer.day and Wednesday, we held our monthly sties at BelensvilJe, Wellstorci. and K.umeu, ind had good yardings.at each place, which, sold at late high values, •° al .ry cows arid heifers, in keen demand, realised, for best, from £11 7s 6d to £12 6s. others £7 to £10 12s 6d; 2 to 2i-year-old steers, £10 3s to £12 >. yearling to 20-months steer;, £5 lis to £8 14a, according to quality, heifers same age £4 10s to £7 12s 7™. empt X n COWS • £7 , 7s 6d *« £1 ° *»; bulls, 7gns toMgns ; calves. £2 12s to £4 14scows and heifers, £9 15s to £14 10 3; shorn °™? . £1 9s 6d; woolly hoggets: £1 lis 6d At the Haymarket on Friday last we had an average yarding of horses. Aged draughts brought from £12 to £21; bakers and grocers' cart class, £15 to £18 10a: light harness sorts. £7 5s to £14; express and lorry. class, £25 08 to £28: • buggV horses »nS «s**• J? 10 *• £1 6: jrfS ponies, £3 5s to hr v, 6 , advertll turnout sold for £46 We held our weekly sale of dairy and store stock at Westfield on Thursday, November 2, and had a large yarding, Including upwards of . 200 well-bred yearling to 15-months cattle. The 51 Shorthorns from Mr._ Isaac Gray, of Papatoetoe, were a very choice line, and a credit to the owner Buyers -were numerous, and competition keen record prices being realised for the young cattle Mr. gray's steers sold up to £10 12s; heifers to £10 ss. The line, which ST?e **?? * to - X 5 S onthß old. »W»gea £8 18s 5d as against £6 7s for similar cattle from the same seller at our December sale i? ' ye £T,. <heT yearling to 18-monihs steers £7 V. to £9 3s : heifers same age. £6 to £8 6s : fresh empty cows, £8 to £10 6sa « % e eo iS'/ 5 J to £7 10s: calves, £2 10s ! to £4 10s: best dairy cows, £14 to £17-second-grade cows, £10 to £13 10s- beVt springing heifers, £10 10s to £14, smaller £R 15s to £9 10s - The pedigree fcSSXS the Lucerne herd brought from 20gns to SSgns; nine-months-old pedigree Jersey bull? There was again a large yarding of stock at our monthly Waiuku sale, which was held on Saturday. November 4. As has been the case at all late -ales, there was a steonl demand for all classes, and very few Med to change owners. Dairy cows and heifers t , £r ° m f to «5 5 »- according to quality; empty cows/ £7 5s to £9 17s? fat cows and Heifers, £9 10s to £14 15s (58' beef s°i; *<» r to 18-months heifers. £5 6a to £7- steers same age, £6 10s to £8; two to three-year-cid steers, £9 7s to £11 lVs: this seasons calves, £2 12s to £3 5a for best smaller and younger £1 19s to £2 10s; bulls £6 6s to £12 12s: weaner pigs, 16j to £1Blips.. £1 ss, small porkers, £1 9s to £1 15s (65 pigs sold?. A number of implements and a Quantity of sundries were also sold. On Wednesday, November 8, at our weekly Westfield fat stock market, our supply of fat cattle numbered 321 head, comprising 206 steers, 112 cows and heifers, and 3 bulls The quality again was first-class, and the cow department included many extra good cattle, equal to anything offered at Westfield. There was a steady demand throughout, values being about on a par with last report. Choice ox sold to £2 9s per 1001b. prime £2 6s to £2 Bs, rough and plain beef £1 14s to £2 Es; cow and heifer beef. £2 13 to £2 6s. Steers ranged in price from £18 17s 6d to £23 ss: cows and heifers. £7 15a to £16 6s. The highest averages for steers were: 9 from Mr. J. Crawford. Otaua £20 19a; 16 from Mr. C. J. Storey, Te Awamutu £18 8s 6dj 8 from Mr. Walter Morgan, Pukekawa, £19 la 3d; 8 from Mr. Ed Allen Cambridge £18 7s 9d; 16 from Mr. Joseph Slater, Pukekawa, £18 5s 7d; 8 from Mr 'George Hull, Otaua, £17 l<?g 9d; 2 trucks from the Waikato. £17 19a i; 16 from Mr. James McNicol, Waiorongomai. £17 8s 6d| 8 from Mr. J. Brady, Te Aroha £17 7s 9d--8 from Messrs '.. and W. McDonald. Otaua' £17 7s 9d; 8 fioia Mrs. A. C. Hunter. Pukekawa, £16 7s 6d; 9 from Mr. William i Taylor, Xe Awamutu, £16 Is 4d; 6 ! cows from Mr. Isaac Gray, Papatoetoe, £15 6s 6d; 8 cows from Messrs. John Massey and Sons, Mangere, £14 10a 2d; 20 cows from the coast. £13 14s 3d. The sheep pens were moderately filled with a nice class of mutton. There was a strong demand for all classes. Prime sheep eold at ruling prices, but unfinished were firmer. Heavy prime woolly wethers, £1 4s to £2 6s 9d; best heavy prime shorn wethers. £1 13s to £1 los: lighter shorn wethers. £1 10a to £1 l-'s 9d: light and unfinished woolly wethers, i'l lis to £2 2s; unfinished shorn wethers. £1 7b to £1 9s 6d; woolly hogget.*. £1 14s to £1 19s; ehorn hoggets, £1 8s to £1 9a; extra heavy prime shorn ewes, £1 lis to £1 13s 6d: a small lot of extra special made £2 3s 6d; good shorn ewes, £1 7s to £1 10s; other shorn ewes. £1 2s fid to £1 6a: best woolly ewes, £1 17s to £2 2s; other woolly ewes, £1 12s to £1 16s (1295 sold), liamba came forward in large numbers and met with a firm sale throuehout, althoush values were slightly lower than last week's sale. Best heavy, £1 7s to £1 9s; good prime lambs. £1 4s to £1 6s 6d; lighter, £1 Is to £1 3s 6d; light, 18s to £1 Os 6d (226 sold). We penned less than our usual number of fat and young calves, and there was an improvement in prices. Runners made from

£7 to £9 4s: heavy Teaters, £4 10» to £6 15m medium, £$ 15s to £4 7 8 6 d, lighter, « &.¥!?? S* 5 #*ti / 2 to *nSaj *4aS 0 pL. 168: *«»M»>PPea. 8s to 168(65 sold). ±>igs were again penned in excess erf %?£££ nt % and there **• a feSS?M SJ??,?*' ery t ew 8te "> 8 yarded and are wanted. No choppers yarded. Heavy 16 !,,*? **: Hehter, £8 Bsto £3 14s; lights £3 to £3 6s: large porke™. £2 Us to £2 19s; smaller. A 6sto £2 12? small, £1 18a to £2 6s; slips, £1 8a to £1 let: weanera, 19a to £1 6a (340 sold). 8> BURNSIDE. [by telegraph.—press association.] DUNEDIN, Wednesday. A i i ßurn to-day. 206 fat cattle were yarded.. Tho entry exceeded requirement ■> and prices declined by £2. Extra prime bullocks made£2 12s 6d to £23 16s, medium £18 to £20 103, light £14 to £16 loaj best cows and belters, £17 7s 6d medium £14 £13 %a 6d ' ' lmfinished ' *U 10s to Fat Sheep: 1615 were penned. Opening prices were considerably above last week's but towards th end prices receded by Is 6d" to 2s below late rates. Extra prime wethers made 60s, medium to good 41s fid to 45s 6d: light, unfinished, 82s ™d to 36s shorn wethers. 31s 6d to 82s 9d, light 25s fid 6d to ß; 27t°9d. 6WeB 28S *° 318 6d " ÜbE * «• fli^ b8: «v. 89 V^r.^^ 1^6 - Prime made 81 8 6d. others 20s 9d to 27s 6d f»tVlt : j i. hore wa ?> a yarding of able declinr* 8 - PnC<>a Bh ° Wed a «««^

HIDES, SKINS, AND TALLOW. The New Zealand Loan and MercanKl. Agency Company. Limited, report •-We nutted and sold large catalog" of hides" skins and tallow on being keen for all lines offering:— Hides: Market brisk. We quote- Extra stout ox, lid to Hid: stout ox,ltdl to l(Md B Cwi"? ° X v lod to 10 ¥- light ox" 9l d to 9id Cows,,best lines to IOJd. good 9id to ftJH £.' &toi 3 V id J *$SfFm ■■ calfskin"', best to laid, good Hid to 12id- cut an a gSSri If Wi 8ta * 9 ' d 6id. CU Ho a r n se to us 6d. medium 8s 9d to 10s. 6d. small 7s to 7s 9d; lambs and pelts. 3s to 4s Idcountry dry skins, best fines 12} d to 13d per Mil d IP*** llid , / lb. inferior lid to } T.fvL' v dama :£ 5d to Bd. * w lallow: Market firmer. Best mixed 11 > 9 rV f^24 »^ Wrool, in bags and dumps, selling freely ?<Sf e £ iS? d •"•Wtitton: Bright crossbrel: J2d to 13id: coarse crossbred. 10|d to Hid • inferior crossbred. 9d to 1^ : orutchings. Bid MSJ : «4mS Tot- m t0 lld: locks « d

Messrs. Dalgety and Company. Limit** I FFL h *Q* h T d ureal weeklf sag of hides, skins etc on Tuesday. as under:— Hiaes: Market firm. Butchers' hides, well flayed and conditioned, ox, extra stout to Hid. medium 9*d to 10} d. light 9id to 10M? cow, best 9}d to lOd. wet-conditioned Bid to SKI; dirty, scored or sloppy* hides at lower rates- damaged and cut. 6d to 7Jd; stairs' lfj° 7d: J kl ?A J Bd . to ,?i d; ca "> best lines to 13} d good lOd to 1M - cut. damaged and meaty 6d to lOd. Sheepskins: Market very firm, at advanced J -ices. Dry, woolly skins, best to 12ja per Id, seconds 10Jd to lid; dry pelts. Is 6d to Ss, according to length of wool; skins with weevil-eaten and weather-stained pelts, at lower rates; butchers' salted skins, best to 16s, medium 10s to 12s, small 7s 6d to 9sbutchers* shorn pelts. 2s 6d to Ss 4d. Tallow: Market firm and supplies very short. Best, in shipment casks, to S2?<r in 4cwt casks, good 26s to 80s. seconds 22s to 245; tins. 20s to 26?. according to Quality. Cowtails. la per dozen. •Horsehair: Tail. Is sjd; mixed. Is to Is 6d: mane, 7d to lOd. Bones: Good dry £5 10s per ton. Wool: Bright crossbred to 14d: cotted and dingy. 9d to 10* d; crutchings,- best to lOd, heavy-conditioned or short 7fd to 9d; pieces and bellies. 74d to 10d: locks, 2d to Bd; seedy wool difficult to sell.