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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16983, 17 October 1918, Page 3

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AUCKLAND. The Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report; ' At Warkworth Bale on I'riday we had a very largo yarding. Qrown cattle wero, entirely Defected, and all other classes were easier, with the exception of fat cows. Dairy cows sold from £9 103 to £13 IBs; toilers, £9 to £12 10s ; email and backward cows, £6 to £9 sb: store cows, from £6 6s to £9; lav cows. £12 10s to £13 6s •. yearling buhsrnade from lOkm to 18gns; fat bulls, £10 15s to £16 10s-, yearling steers £4 lit 6d to £6 6s, small do. £4 to £4 15s. . At Henderson on Monday we again had a large yarding. Buyers were present for all classes, and we report a successful sale. The working bullocks made irom 18gna to £26 10s for leaders, others £15 15s to £23 10s; dairy cows sold from £10 to £14 15s, others £7 15s to £9 16s: store cows, £6 15s to £9 58: fat cows, £12 to £13 15s; threa-year-old steers, £10 IBs to £13 15s: two-year-old steers. £7 15s to £8 10s: yearling Rteers, £5 to £6 6s; bulls, £10 to £13 2s 6dj Jersey bulls. £6 5s to £9 10s. At our weekly Westfleld dairy and store stock sale on Thursday last we had an extra large yarding of all classes, and report a successful sale at ruling prices, dairy stock boing a little bettor. Good sound dairy cows sold at from £13 to £16 10s. others £11 10s to £12 15s, poorer and backward £7 10s to £11 6a: beat heifers, £10 10s to £12 ss, othe-s £8 to £10 2a 6d: empty cows and hcifors in fresh condition £8 17a 6d to £10 2s 6d, others £7 12s fid to £8 15s: cows with oalves, £7 8s Od to £10; bulls, £8 8s to £10 10s yearling to 18-month ateerß, £5 to £7 on: steer calves, £3 2s,to SA 6o; yearling to 18-month heifers, £4 16s to £6 17s 6d-„ heifer calves. £1 13s to £8 12b 6d. Sheep: Six-tooth to f.m. ewes, with forward lambs. £2 ss: f.m. ewes with lambs, £1 10s) 9d to £118s 6d; shorn f.m. ewes with lambs/ £1 is; hoggets, £1. At our weekly Westfleld fat stock market' on Wednesday beef was penned in average numbers, including a good proportion or cow beef. Prices for Btecr beef were equa to last week's rates, in some casoß cow beet was easier. Choice,ox sold up to £2 150 per 1001b. others £2 11b to £2 148; cow and heifer beef, £2 5a to £7 lis; steers ranged in price from £15 to £22 17s 6d; cows from £6 12s 6d to £15; heifers, £7 10s to £14 12tJ Cd; bulls. £12 16s to £18 7s 6d. Some_oJ the averages were: Six steers from Mr. Edward •' Allen Cambridge. £20 18s 6d; M steers from Mr W. Hooper, Te Awamutu, £20 10s; 8 from Messrs. Shepherd Bros,' Puni. £20: 8 steers from Mr, Jas. Givin, Pollock, £19 8s 6d; steers from Waihsko Island, £16 17s 6d; 20 cows from Mr. Jas/ Oldham, Bast Coast, £12 9s 6d: 10 cows trim laukapakapa, £11 15s. Sheep were penned in average numbers and sold freely, last week's improved prices in the majority of cases being sustained. Extra heavy prime wethers, £2 6s to £2 15s 9d; prime heavy wethers, £2 Is 3d to £2 5s 9d; medium to heavy prime, £1 18s 8d to £2 Is; shorn wethers, £1 4s 8d; extra heavy prime owes. £1 188 6d to £2 1b; prime heavy owes £1 15s to £1 18ii 3d, other ewes £1 9s to £1 14s 6d; good {at woolly hoggets, £1 4s 6d to £1 Us 6d; Merino' hoggets, £1 03 3dSpring lambs were again penned short of reouiromenls, and maintained last week's improved prices. Best, £1 12s to £1 15s 6d; good lambs £1 5s to £1 lis 6d, smaller 18s to £1 4s. Calves were yarded in full numbers, and were easier than last week,, especially for runners A number of inferior calves wero included in the entries. Runners made from £6 51 to £9 2s 6d for a steer sold by Mr. Tlios. Cooks; heavy vealers from £5 6s to £6, medium £3 7s 6d to £5 2b 6d, light £2 to £3 6s, small ana fresh dropped 6s to 37s 6d. Pigs: .1 good average yarding, with prices up to last week's aliotations. Large baconers sold from £6 2s 6d to £7 9a. others £4 7b 6d to £6; large porkers £3 16s to £4 ss. medium £3 3b to £3 IBs, small £2 16s to £3 2s; slips and weacers 23s to £2 7s 6d- Slips and weaners are still wanted. Alfred Buckland and Sons', Ltd., report :~ At the Haymarket on Friday horsea were yarded in full numbers. The demand was less keen than at the previous week's sale. Heavy draughts brought from £12 10s to £26: medium draughts, £16 10s to £28: light harness sorts. £8 to £19 10s; gig ponies, £3 10b to £14; plough horses, £13 to £27. . ' . At Pannkura on Monday we held a special horse sale. Owing to the bad weather, there was a small yarding. Thoso soid realised lato quotations. On Thursday at Westfield there was a full yarding of dairy and store stock, the latter sold freely, but the demand for dairy stock was not so keen. Best dairy cows made from £14 10a to £16. second Quality £11 to £13 10b, aged and inferior £7 to £10; springing heifers £10 10b to £13 10s, small ond backward £S 2s 6d to £9 Ms; empty cowa, £5 10s to £9 10s; 18-month to two-year-old heifers, £7 10s to £9; best-calves £3 10a to £5, smaller £2 to £3 6s, week and inferior 12s 6d to £1 IBs- . At our monthly Poke.no sale on Monday there wa3 an average yarding, and all classas were 'firm at late- values, Dairy' cows and heifers sold from £9 10s to £12 12s 6d, aged and' backward £5 to £8: bulls. £10 10s, to £12: empty cows, £6 to £9 7s 6d; yearling to 18-month steers, £6 2s 6d to £8; heifers', same age, £5 5a to £7 10s: best calves £3 10s to £4 16a, others £2 5a to £3. We hold our monthly sale at Turua, Hauroki Plains, on Friday, and had,an extra large entry of stock, all classes being represented. Dairy cattle were not in such keen demand as at recent sales, 'but all o'her classes sold freely, especially beef, of which there was 89 head penned Dairy cows and heifers made from £8 t0,£16 10s, according to Quality. Nothing really choice offored. Fat cowa and heifers. £11 10a to £16; fat eteers, £14 to £18; 21 to three-year-old steers'£lo 10s to £12 6s; 18-month to two-year-olds. £7 108 to .£9 ss; yearlings, mixed' soxes, £5 to £6 10s { 12 to 18-month heifers, £6 to £7 10s; empty young cows and heifers'. £7 10s to £9 10s; calves, £2 las to £4 10s; bulls, £7 7s to £16 16s; fat ewes, " Despite 'tho unfavourable weather there was a largo attendance at Mr. P. Cntfielu clearing sale, Papatoetoe, on Monday, and good prices were realised, cows making from £12 10a to £20; heifors, £8 10s to £12 10s; buggy. £39; sundries, etc, at full values. At Runcimau on Tuesday wo had an exooptiionally heavy yarding, including upwards of 600 21 to 41-year-old steers. There was a large attendance, and all grown steers in forward condition found ready buyers, an also did fresh young cows. There was a fair ) sale for young cattle, but steers. 18-month to 21-year-olds wore nogleotod. Forward 85 to 41-year-old steers £13 10s to £15 ss, three to four-year-olds in fresh condition £12 15s to £14, 21 to three-year-olds £10 10s to ±ia 10s, 18-month to two-year-old £7 10s to £9 Ids: yearling to 18-month steers. £5 10s to £7; yearling to two-year-old heifers, £5, 10» to £8 10s ; empty cows, £7 IoS to £9 15s: aged store cows. £5 to £7 ss; fat cows and bifsrs, £10. 5s to*£l3 16s; calves, best £3 10s to £4 18s, smaller £2 lOs to £3 6s, small £1 10s to £2 6s; bulls, £6 to 25gns; dairy cows and heifers, £8 10s to £16 16s. Yesterday at our weekly Westfield fat slock market our yarding of beef numbered "65 head, comprising 191 steers, 62 cows and heifers, and 2 bulls There was & tteadv demand throughout, with, no alteration 'in values from late sales. Choice ox, beef sold to £2 IBs per 1001b; prune ox beef, £2 10s to £213 ft per 100lb; rough and ordinary beef, £2 2s to £2 8s per ICOlb; cow. and heifer beef,. £3 4s to £2 10s per 1001b; 6teere ranged in price from £14 5s to £24, the latter price for ft steer from Mr. F. Kelland, Waipipi; cOw and heifers. £8 to £18 15a. The highest averages for steers were: Fifteen from fir. Chaa. Spencer, Waiuku. £21 6s 4d; 20 from Messrs. Friedlander Smb., Surrey Pok«no, £20 it 9d- 12 from Mr. J. D. Crawford. Otauft, £18 10s: 4 from Mr. & P. Paul, Mangeve, £18 19s 6d: 16 from Mr. H. Hams, Ascot, Manure. £18 8s 8d: 9 from Mr. C. J. Storey, Woodstock. Te Awamutu, £18: 13 from Mr. P Kelland, Waipipi,.£l7 18s 3d; 14 from Mr. Wilfred Johnstone, Panmuro .property, £17 14b 3d: 9 from Pigeon Mountain, Bakuronga, £17 120 6d; 8 from Mr. I. GHlkio, Otoiia, Waiuku? £16 17s 6d; 9 from Waitakerei. £16 I*tt\ 12 from Messrs. Death ,Broa., Waitaknmi, • £16 2s 6d. The sheep pens wero moderately filled with a nice class of mutton, which so d steadily. All classes maintained late rates. , Lxtra heavy prim© wethers £2 5s 6d to £2 7s 9d. heavy prime £2 2s to £2 ss; ft few: pens of extra prime shorn wethers £1 14s 6d to £1 183, other shorn wethers £1 7s to £1 13s 6d; medium and heavy woolly wethers £1 Ma to £2 la, light and unfinished £1 13s 6d to £1 16a fed; extra heavy prime woolly ewes £1 18s to £2 2s 9d (60 from Mr. James Taylor. Bardowje, Cambridge, averaged £2 Ob lid), heavy prime woolly £1 15a to £1 17s, other woolly £1 10s to £1 14s; extra heavy prime shorn ewos £1 10s to £1 12s 9d, other shorn fat £1 6s 6d to £1 9s 6d (1197 sheep sold) Lambs came forward in increased numoers, and were in keen demand. Best heavy, £1 12s to £1 14s 9d for lambs rem Messrs. A. Muir, jun., Tnkanini, John preadon, and Charlos Coxhead, Manurewa (26 of Mr. John Dreadon's averaged £1108 3d); lighter lambs £1 8s to £1 lis. small £1 2s to £1 <s (128 sold). There was a full entry of fat and young calves, which sold at prices about earns! to last week's quotations. Runners made from £6 10s to £11 8a: vealers, heavy £1 17s to £6 Bs. medium £3 7s 6d to £4 15s, light £2 5s to £3 6s: small and fresh-dropped, 6s to £2 2s (115 sold). Pigs were yarded in large numbers, and sold at late rates. Large choppers and heavy baconers made from £« 10s to £7 2b 6d, small choppers and light baconers £4 10s to £6 53; porkors, largo £31 15s to £4 ss, medium £3 6s to £3 12s, small i" 153 to £3 10a; slinß and weaners £1 10s to" £1 103, poor quality 16a to £1 6s (326 sold). Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report having held their weekly salo of fat stock at Westfield on Wednesday as under Beef: A medium yarding, which sold jit slightly lower rates. , Extra prime ox solo, at up to £2 13s, ordinary. quality £2 7b to £2 9s: cow and heifer beef, 60s. , Veal: A fair yarding, and prices wero equal to last wcok's rates. Heavy runners sold at up to £5 10s. heavy suckers £3 5s to £5 10b, small 90s to 355. ' . Mutton: A medium yarding, end prices were about the samo as last week. J'rirno wethers sold at up to £2 jßs for extra heavy, medium-weight Sss to 40s; prime ewes, up to 33r to 375: shorn wethers. 30s. to 375. Lamb: Small yarding. This years made, good 325, medium 225. Pork: A big yarding, which sold at late, rates. Choppers made £5 los to. £7 17s 6d: baconers, £4 to £5; porkers. 85s to £3: I weaners, 20s to 316.

i ii i-iiiiii ii iim»»«»m—. i ii j,, - m|, ijj: WA3KATO. ' : \ Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd,, report having: held the following sales dorms the Inst, week;— ..,.-' -.« !>•.-.■ '"'--^V-<;■■':• '-••' At Ohaupo on Tuesday, at Hamilton : m • Wednesday and at Matamata on Thursday, we held our' annual ball sales;': when we had good yitrdinga of all eluaes.' Good Short-, noma were in good demand, white other? classes were neglected. At Ohinewai on Monday wo held our monthly stock sale. Wo report » successful sale and quote as under;— bullocks up to £18; fat cows, £12 15s to £14 IDs: fresh, conditioned 3-year bullocks, £11 to £11 6s; store cows, £6 to £7 10a; 2-year steers, up to £8 15s; 2-year, empty heifers, np to £1 7s 6d; yearling steers sold from £5 Ms to £6 Ss; heifers, £4 10s to £5 6a; dun cave mode from, £10 5s to £14 10s. At Hamilton on Thursday, ruling price* were as followsF*t cows, £12 to £13 10*; store cows, £7 15s to £10 13s: heifers, £$ to £8; yearling steers. £6 8s to £7; heifers, £4,108 to £5 8s; dairy cows, £12 to £16 10.«;. heifero, close to profit, £15 to £18 1 others, £0 fig to £11 10a; calves, 8s to 25t; fat irw*», £1 16s to £2 2« j fat hoggets, 24s to 295; pigs, heavy, £4 Bs to £1 14s; porkers, £2 to £3 3s.

NORTH AUCKLAND. Messrs. Ddgety and Company, Ltd., report having hold their monthly sale at Broadwood on Thursday, as follows:—We had a fair yarding of cattle (250). Prices were not so good as previous months and, with exception of good quality young cat' biding was dull throughout, a-,r. ..-. n., big steers offering. We quote:— cji.j up to £12; 2 to 21-year steers, £7 lie 6d to £& 15s; yearling to 18-month steers, £i lis to £7; 2-year heifers.' £6 15s to £7 2» 3d;, nifacd weancrs, £3 4s to £4 12a 6d.

ADDINGTON. (BY TELEGRAPH. — ASSOCIATION.]' CHBISTCHUECH, Wednesday. There was a lainy large yarding ol stock, except of livt came, wliicn were in snort suppiy, at Adaingion to-day. Weu-woouud store wethers ana hoggets ware in lair demand,'auu iat iambs soid at improved rates, tat sheep were irregular, and prices generally were easier in consequence of the uiriy targe yarding. Store came mot with a dull saio, and store pigs were much easier, especially wcaiiers, wnich were in over supply. The range of prices was:—Stoue ah&op: sound mouth owes, 235; failing mouth ewes and lambs 16s, all counted; four and sixtooth wethers, 37s 6d to IDs 6a; rax end cight-tootn wethers, 37s 6d; ewes hoggets, fija Id; mixed sex hoggets, 23s 9d; wetJier hoggets, 23s 6d. Fat sheep : Fat lambs, best, 27s 6d to 38s 6d; lighter, 20s to 275; extra prime wethers, to 583; prime wethers, 4Ss to 60s; medium wethers. 37s 6d to 42s 6d; lighter wethers, 32a to 375; Merino wethers, 23a to 265; shorn wethers, 26s 6d to 40s; prime ewes, 39s to 47s 3d; slighter ewes, 28s lid; shorn ewes, 23s to 26b 6d. Fat Cattle: Extra prime steers to £30; prime steers, £21 to £28; ordinary steers, £12 2a 6d to £20 10s ; extra prime heifers to £23 10s; prime heifers, £17 to £18 10s; ordinary hcaors, £11 to £16 lCs; extra prirao cows, £21 10a; prime cows, £16 to £10; ordinary cows, £9 23 6d to £15 10s. Storo Cattle: Calves, M 12s 6d; 18-month. steers, £7 sb: 24 to 3-year-old steers, £9 to £11 10s; dry cows, £4 to £10 17s 6d; dairy cows,, £6 10s to £16 10s. Pigs: Choppers, £6 to £9; baconers, Pi to £9, equal to 9d am! 9Jd per pound; porkers, £2 10s to £4, equal to Bid to Did per pound: best stores, 60s to 67s 6d; medium stores, 42b to 403: smaller, 80s to 40s; wcaners, 16s to 26s 6a.

HIDES, SKINS, AND TALLOW. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Limited, of the Hayniarket. report bavins held thoir woekiy, saie ot hiaes, sums, tailow, etc., on Tuesday, with large catalogues of all line; o&atiuj. Quotations are:— Hides: Cow. best grades lOd to 10} dp seconds 7}d to 9d, damaged and slippery ad to 7{d, cwt. 6id to 6a; ox, light 10td to 101*1, medium lid to Hid, stout Ui<X to 12{d, extra, stout 13d; kip and yearlings, 9}d to Mid; calfskins, large lljd to 12d, best Sib to Bib weights Is 7d per lb, or eaual to 7s lid to lis Id each, small Is id to is Bd per lb; metviy Is Sid to Is Sd, cut. IOJd to Is .per lb, damaged, slippy, and insufficiently salted H to 8d per lb; fiorsohides, small 6s to 7s lot each, medium 10s to lis 6d, largo 14s to 16s 6d each. Tallow: In casks, best grades 85s to 37s per cwt., second grades 30a to 33s 6d, dreggy and stained 27» to 28s 6dj in.tins, 28s to '6ia Per cwt. Bonos, £& per ton, and 8s per cwt. tor clean and dry. Horsehair, Is Id to Is 6d for tails; la 2d to Is 3d for short and mixed. Sheepskins: At Government valuations.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report;—We submitted and sold average catalogue!) of hides, tallow, etc., on Tuesday. Hides: Market firm. We quote: Extra stout ox 12d to 121 d, stout Hid. to Hid. medium 10} d to IOJd, light Did to lOd; coins, best lines to IOJd, good 9}d to 9jd, inferior Bid to 9d, kips lOd to Hid; calfskins, best to Is 6d, good 131 d to 14} d, cut and damaged 9}d to Mi; horsehides, largo 9s to 12s 6d, medium 63 6d to 7b 66, small 2s 6d to 4s 6d. Tallow: Best mixed to 87s, good 80s to 345. inferior 21s 6d to 28s 6d, rough fat 2d per lb. Bone 3, £8; cowtails, la dozen. Horsehair, la to Is 6d.' '.-i" • Wool' arid skins at Government valuation.

Dalgely and Company, Limited, report laving hsld their weekly sale of hides, etc., on Tuesday as under _;",,, ~., Hides: Market firm. Bflst butchers' hides, ox stout to 12id. medium IOJd to lid, light lOd to lOid; cow, best to lOd, light Bjd to 9]|d.- yearlings lOd to llsd: calfskins, besfc 17Jd, heavy and meaty lOd to 13d; cut, damaged, and dirty hides "at Id to 3d less. Tallow: Tins, 25s to 33a; casks, 80s to 388 Hair:' Tail, Is 5d to Is B}dj mane, ... Hair: Tail, Is 5d to Is B}d; mane, 10d, Bones, £8 per ton. ■„