COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16762, 31 January 1918, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

STOCK SALES. AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.. Ltd., report:— ■ „ , At Westfield store sale, and 'at Tuakau sale last Thursday we had average yarduigs. Best dairy cows and heifers, £12 to £15 15s, others £9 to £1115s; bulls, £7 to £14; empty cows, £7 to £8 12s 6d; yearling to 18-month heifers, £4 10s to £6 10s; yearling to 18month uteers, £5 5s to £7 6s; weaners, £2 to'£3 15s. At the Albert Yards on Friday horses were yarded in average numbers, selling at late rates. Heavy draughts. £20 to £35; medium draughts, £16 to £26 10s i light harness horses and hacks, £7 to £16; ponies, £4 to £7; weeds, 10s upwards. On Thursday, at Sandspit, Clevedon, we held » < %' lnß sale on account of Mr. H. Beckett. There was a large attendance, and ye report a good sale. Ewes. IBs 3d to £1 3s, inferior 6s 6d to 12s; lambs, 4s to M. A r i ,V day - at tho Westfield Fat Stock 2'. W '™ P enned in scarcely average numbers; prices improved, Best oxen sold rl inniv? *' 100 '- ° hers £2 6s to £2 12s lis 1001b;; cow and hoifer beef, £2 *« to £2 ♦i 8 P &K 1001 ? i 8t ? Bold at from £13 15s Mr R' A f< V WO r> , steers fatted by £Hj a. A Bent, Pulaniru, Cows and tt\H£ ** from « 15, to £16. from Mr %* rri Se ? W ! Seven irom Mr. R. A. Bent. Putaruru, £23 13* • d »bs 3d: 15 steers, from Mr. Robt Clark© iSSmH *& 6s; &>\ "»» *SS irom Mr. F. Parker, Waiuku. £14 7s 6d--20 cows and heifers,, from OUhuhu, £12 6s Calves were penned in smaller numbers, and prices were easier than tho previous Week J" ded - Heavy" vealers X S.f ".» M to £4 18a, medrom £2 10s to £3 15s, light 23s to £2 9s, small and fresh dropped 5s to 225. Sheep' were penned in rate, tV .\ V I nu °s l *", *»»? at late rates, the sheep penned being mostly of inferior quality Best wethers £1 14a 6d to ±1 IBs 9d. others £1 9s to £1 14s 3d- bent 2*» £1 8s to £1 12s, others £1 to £1 7s 6d best hoggets £1 6s to £1 10s 9d, others 18a to £1 5s Bd. Lambs were penned in moderate numbers, and sold at fully last week's rates, 6r \ prime lambs selling at higher prices. Best L 6s to £1 lis 6d, others 15s 3d. to £1 4s 6d Pigs: Small yarding. Prices in favour of the vendor; all classes selling well. Choppers and heavy baconers sold from £6 2s 6d to £7 23 6d; light baconers, £3 169 to. £5 Is; large porkers, fi!A t0 A 15 V Dedluni i2l3s to *i »«w 83s to n£2 x I L; weaners, Us to 17s 6d; slips, 21s to 325,

Dalgety and Company, Limited, report . «r B iH thelr wcek 'y Ba 'o of fat stock at Weitfield, yesterday, as under:— Beef: A (air yarding, which sold at an advance on last week's rates. Extra prime ox Bold at up to £2 12s per 1001b, ordinary quality £2 5s to £2 7s; cow and heifer beef made 40s to 44s per 1001b. Veal: A moderate yarding, and prices were on a par with late rates. Extra heavy runners made up to £10 17s; heavy suckers £5 7s 6d to £7 15s, choico £8 9s to £5 12s, small £2 15s to £3 6s, others 8s to 225. Mutton: A small yarding, and prices were equal to late rates. Extra heavy primp wethers sold at up to 85s. mediumweight 31s to 325; ewes 80s 9d, light and medium quality up to 225, Lamb: A fair yarding, and prices were lower than last week. Fat prime woolly lambs made to 18s 6d; shorn, 10s 6d to 15s. Pork: A moderate yarding, which sold at advanced rates. Choppers made up to £6 10s; baconers, £4 to £6 Sb; porkers, 44s to 60s.

Messrs. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report:— We had a full yarding of stock at ou* monthly AVaitakaruru sale on Friday. With the exception of grown steers there was a good demand for all classes. Fat cows sold from £9 to £12 10s; store cows, £6 10s to £8 10a; 2 to 21-year steers, £8 10s to £10 16s; yearling to 18-months steers, £6 103 to £7 15s; heifers, samo age, £6 to £5 15s; calves, £2 6s to £2 lis. We held our weekly sale of dairy and store stock at Wostfield on Thursday, and had a full muster. Dairy cattle continued to sell well, especially those close to profit, beet cows making from £14 10s to £17 15s; second grade cows, £11 10s to £14: aged and inferior, £5 5b to £10; best springing heifers, £12 .to £16 15s, others £7 to £11; empty cows. £7 to £9 18s; yearling to 18-months heifers, £5 to £7 ss; steers, same age, £6 to £7 15s; calves £1 10s to £3 ss ; weedy calves, 10s to £1 ss.

At Pukekoho on Tuesday we held our usual monthly sale, and had an extri large yarding, young cattle predominating. There was a large attendance, and values were much the same as those ruling at recent sales. Dairy cows and heifers made from £8 to £15 15s, according to Quality; empty cows, £7 10s to £9 15a; 18-months to two-year-old steers; £8 5s to £10s 3s; no grown steers penned; yearling to 18-months steers. £6 to £8 Is; heifers same age, £5 to £7; best steer calves, £3 15s to £4 83; good calves, mixed sexes, £2 15s to £3 10s; smaller calves, £2 5s to £2 18s; small and weedy, 12s'to £1 15s; bulls, £8 to £17, ac- ! cording to age, weight, and quality; fat steers, £15 to £15 15s; cows .and heifers, £9 10b to £13 17s 6d. „■ ,„ V '■ Yesterday at our weekly Westfield fat stock market our supply of beef numbered 808 head, comprising 168 steers, 137 cows and heifers, and 3 bulls. Thero continued to be a strong demand, and values were flan at last week's rates. Choice oxen isold to £3 12s per 1001b; prime oxen, £2 8s to £2 Ha; rough and plain beef, £2 to £2 4s; cow and heifer beef, £2 to £2 7s. .Steers ranged in price from £11 17s 6d to £23: cows and heifers. £7 10s to £19 6s. The highest averages for steers were: Ten coast, £21 03 8d: eight from Mr. C. J. Storey, Woodstock, Te Awamutu, £18 Os lid; two trucks from Waikato, £17 18s lOd; four from Messrs, A. and W. McDonald. Otaua, £17 17s 6d; 18 from Mr. Chas. McLeieh, Hunua, .£l7 Is 8d: 10 from Mr. J. R. Bryant, Karaka £17 17s: two trucks from Kaipara, £17 13s,lid; 13 from Mr. F. P. Langford, Runciman, £16 10s 2d; 16 from Messrs. Mears Bros., Walton. £16 0s 7d; four cows from Mr Jas. Taylor's Glen Innes property, St. Hellers Bay. £18 ss; 18 cows and heifers from Mr. Thos. Bißchoff, Tauhoa. £12 6s .lid. Fat and young calves were penned in averago numbers, and sold at fully late values. Runners made from £5 to £7 17s 6d; heavy vealers, £3 15s to £4 17b 6d. medium £2 Us to £3125. light £1 10s to £2 lSi; small and fresh dropped, 4s to £1 7s 6d. (68 sold.) There was a keen demand for the 294 pigs, and late high prices ruled, baconers being exceptionally firm. Choppers and heavy D a C concr°s n made from « 18. to £7 16a others £4 to £5 10s; large porkers, £8 8b to £3 19s, medium £2 10s to £3 6s. small £1 IBs to £2 to: alios. £1 to £1 ,10s; weaners, 8« to lis 6d. There was a heavy y art }{ of sheep and a steady demand for all classes. A few pens of extra well-done sheep sold at mproved prices, but generally there was iX or no alteration from last-report Extra prime heavy wethers. £1 17s to £1 19s 9d heavy prime wethers. £1 Us 6d to £1 I6s6d A pen of very choice two-tooth wethers from Mr. Dan Markham, Aranmu South madeXl 14a 9d. Lighter prim, welters, £1 », «o % u a . ft" fat wethers, £1 8i to *Vt% Usframed unfinißhod wethers. £19a tp iIH, smaller unfinished wethers. £1 6s to Jl fc, >««!t heavv urimo ewes. £1 lUs. 10 *i " 3 3d floodewes. £1 £"™ £1 8s; T other ewes? Hi 6d to £1 ss. (1757 sold.) Lambs came forward in moderate numbers. All fat Xsold freely at advanced figure^ othe sorts unchanged. Extra heavy, prime. ti Mb to Si I*-" 3d; 31 from Mr Dan Markham Ararimu South, averaged £1 13s id, wMc'h is a record for the season; good prime, £1 as 6d to £1 5s Cd, lighter fIU to £1 3s light and unfinished 13s to 18s 6d. (3(3 "'Horses were in slightly better demand at thS market on fridw last Aged and worn draughts brought from£lo 6s to £22 medium draughts, » bakers- and 1 iptojn horses £6 % 18. to £19; light-harness A» "sAiffi gig 'ponies, £3 10s to £1 Pokeno on Thursday we held a clear-&tsnufXn^A.£-i heifers realised from £U2^6d to ± calves'. heifers, m calf, £7 pair » heavy draughts gldV£76%» 6 daUUfor£22 10s.

ADDINGTON. [BT TELEGRAPH.-PBES3 ASSOCIATION.] CHEISTOHURCH. Wednesday. There were larger entries of stock in almost ShISL 5? prices were in advance o purchases at 8d per ">»™'r r Bii U showed some decline, but prices were «m iSnenSlT above the export level. aßd only an S3 nmmal wwi bought for freezing. Fat ■Kml * shade easier, the yarding being PIS for some time past. Exporters were a§le to do some business, especially hi ewes their buying prices being equal to Sd to Bid far wethers, and sjd for ewes per lb over all. There was a large yarding of Ire cattle mostly well grown. Steersi sold well, SB did pigs of all classes, and dairy Co Stow Sheep: Two-tooth ewes sold to 40s; four and six-tooth ewes to 32s 6d; soundmouth ewes to 335; two .and four-tooth wethers to 32s 9d: four and six-tooth wethers to 32a Wd. Rape lambs sold to 2os 6d, mixed sex lambs to 8s 2d, wether lambs at 12s 4d to 19s 6d. Fat lambs: Extra prime sold to 34s 4d: prime at 26s 6d to 30s; lighter sorts at 22s lOd to 26s 6d. Fat sheep: Extra prime wethers sold to 40s; prime wethers at 33s to 375; lighter wethers at 28s to 32s 6d; Merino wethers at 20s to 29s 6d; prime ewes at 27s 6d to 325; lighter ewos at 22s to 275. . F'.' battle: Extra prime steers sold to £23, •■si* £17 to £19, ordinary £15 to £16 10s; -«ii prime heifers £16 ss, prime £11 10s to £15 10s, ordinary £10 to £11 6s; extra prime cows £16, prime £12 10s to £15, ordinary £9 15s to £12. Store Cattle: Vealers sold at £3 7s to £4 14s; 18-months heifers to £7 17s; three-year heifers, £10 10s to £11; two-year steers, £8 8s 6d to £13 15s; three-year steers, £11 17s 6d to £15 16s; dry cows, £6 to £11 10s; dairy cows, £8 to £18. ...... Pigs: Choppers, £4 to £5 19s; baconers. £4 16s to £6 9s, equal to B}d to B}d per lb; porkers, £2 15s to £3 10s, equal to 9ld tier lb- stores, large £5s to 655, medium 45s to 525, smaller 37s to 445; weaners, 25s to 3Ea.