COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17007, 14 November 1918, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

STOCK SALES. AUCKLAND. Tho Now Zealand "Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report : — On Thursday last, at our weekly WentHold store Block and' dairy sale, we had ivu average yarding, with prices much tiie flame as lata reports. Beat dairy cows end libera from £14 to £19 6a for a choice Shorthorn heifer from Mr. F. E. Andrews Manure, others £10 10s to £13 15s, poor and backward £6 10s to £10 ob; three-year-old steers, £10 to £11 2a 6d; yearling steers, £5 10s; yearling Tioifera, £4 10s; caiveß, il OS to £4 2s 6d; store Merino wethers, £1 la. At i'ukckolie, on Monday, at our dairy &alo, wo had an average yarding tor tho November sale, the quality being good, especially the entry of heifers. The demand was keener than of late, and, with the exception of three or lour cows, everything changed hands at satisfactory prices, lie at dairy cows £15 to £19 ss, good sound cows £12 10a to £14 15others £8 10s to £12 6s; Shorthorn heifera, beat : £14 10a to £17, others £10 Bs to £14, poorer and backward £7 10s to £10 2s Cd; bulls, good Shorthorn lOgns to 14{jns, others 6gns to 9igns, according to Quauty, On Tuesday we had a full yarding at our Pukekohe monthly store sale, every pen being filed. All Stock, with the exception ot grown steers, were dull of saie. We quote; Grown steers, £10 lus to £14 4a; two to three-year steers, £7 IDs to £10 73 6d; yoarling to two-year steers, £5 5s to £7 <a Cd; empty cows, forward £8 8a to £10 2s Gd, poorer £5 109 to £8 6a; 18-months heifers, £5 2s 6d to £7 2a 6d; yearling heifers. £3 17s 6d to £5 16s for extra quality; calves, best £2 17s (id to £4 '2s, ethers £1 to £2 10s, bulls, to £16 Ids- Beef at fully VNesthe.d prices. Fat ateoia, £15 to £17 12s lid; fat cowß, to £13 los. , At our weekly Westfield fat stock market yesterday, there was a smaller entry of beef with prices firmer, although quotations are the a;une. Choice ox sold at £2 13s per 1001b, other £2 7a to £2 lis; cow and heifor beef, £2 6s to £2 12s; steers sold at from £13 7a 6d to £21 7s 6d; cows and heifers, £10 os to £15 lis 6d, jjiia figure being realised for a heifer ,'rom Mr. Wm. Gray, Cambridge, Some of the averages were:—A truck of steers hom Mr. Wm. Gray, Cambridge. £21 2s Cd; cowa and heifers irem the same vendor, £j.5 17a 6d • 52 steers lrom Mr. Wm. Paterson, Motiti Island, £17 17s 3d, 7 stags from same place, £16 os; cows from same vendor. £15 2s bd, 9 local cow 4, £11 lis Gd. Calves were penned in average numbers and improved on last week's ligures. Runners sold from £5 10a to £10 7s tid for a 20-month steer heavy vealera, £4 15s to £5 ss; medium, £3 10s to £4 12s Gd; light, £2 5s to £3 is 6d; small and tresh-dropped. 6s to £1 13s. Sheep were penned short ol requirements and ndvanced 3s to 4s per head, in some cases even this cguro being exceeded. Medium wool'y wethers, £1 la 3d to£2 3s9d; extra heavy prime shorn wethere £1 19b to £2 4a 6d. others £1 15s ltd to £1 18s 6d; medium woolly ewes £1 13s to £1 19s 3d, others £1 12s to £1 lis 6d, extra heavy shorn ewes, £1 16s to £1 18s; medium to heavy shorn £1 13s to £1 15s 9d, others £183 to £1 12s 6d; woolly hoggets, £1 lis. Ppiing lambs were yarded in average numbers and improved on last week's figures, equal-.' ling the prices of a fortnight ago. Best iamb, £1 10s 3d to £1 12s Cd; good Eat lambs, £1 6s 9d to £1 10s; otLera- £1 Is 6d to £1 5b 3d. Pigs; An average yarding with a further drop in prices. Choppers. £4 to £4 128 Cd; large porkers. £216 ato £3 ss; medium, __ £2 to £2 14s; small porkers, £1 6a to i'l lis 6d; no storo pigs yarded. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report.— ihere was a full yarding of dairy and store cattle at our weekly Westfield sale on iliiireday, Jsovember 7, the demand and values being much the same as late sales. JJest da;ry cows made from £15 to £19 sssecond grade cows, ;:ll to £14 6s: others, £5 6s to £9 10s. Best Epringing heifers, £12 to £15: others, £9 ao £11; Miiall, £5 to £7 10s. Empty cows, £6 los to £10 6s; 12 to 18-month heifers, £4 10s to £6 6i; steers, same age, £5 to £6 15s; two-year-old dairy heifers, £7 10s to £8 ss; calves. £3 to £4 os; smaller calves, £2 6s to £2 lGs; small calves, los to i ,^ 5 ' full-mouthed woolly ewes, with lambs. £1 lSs 6d to £1 19s 6d; shorn eweg, with lambs, £1 10s; shorn empty ewes, 18a to £1 4s; shorn two-tooth wethers, £1 to £1 sa. Wo held our monthly silo at Turua on Friday, November 8, when the yards were well filled. There was not a keen demand, but we were successful in making a good clearance at ruling prices. Dairy co-vs and heifers brought from £9 10a to £17 10s, according to quality; small fat steers, £13 5s to £14 lis Cd; fat cows and heifers, £9 to £1.1 10a; empty ccv.i, £7 to £8 15a; :!} to 3-year-old steers, / 3 10s to £11 17a 6d; 18month to 2-year-oli irteera, £1 6a to £8 10a; heiiers, same age, £5 10s to £7 10s; yearlings, £4 15s to £5 15a; calves, £2 2s to £3 16a, bulls. £7 to 23gns; fat ewes, £1 9s Tug old horary building realised £23 10s. Yesterday at our weekly Westfield fat stock market our beef pens contained 147 head, comprising 101 steers, 43 cows and heifers, and 3 bulls. These numbers do not represont an average yarding, but were sufficient for requirements, which is accounted lor by businesses being so disorganised Values realised were easily on u par with las', week's quotations. Choice ox Bold tc £2 13s ner 1001b, prime ox £210 ato £212 i £er lOOlbi ordinary and rough beef, £2 2b i £2 7a per 1001b: cow and heifer beef. £'. 4s to £2 9s per 1001b. Steers ranged in price from £12 10s to £22 2s 6d; cows and heifers, £8 12s fid to £16 17a Cd. The highest averages for steers were: Twelve from Mr. H. E. Reed, Wnprenga. £20 18s Id; 4 cows from the Bame vendor, £14 8a 9d: 8 from Mr. >as. Potter, Pukekohe, £19 17a 6d; 13 from Papa-toek-e. £18 17s 6d: 5 from Orakei. £19 6i; 11 from Mr. A. Muir. sen.. Mangers. £18 8s: 8 from the Waikato, £18 ss; 20 from Mr. , Wilfred Johnstone, Panmure property. £18 4s; 4 from Panmure, £lti 6s; 9 fj-om Mangero, £15 6s 9d. There was a fair yarding of sheep, and a keen demand, all prime mutton boing bettei worth by from 2s to 4s a head. Ueavj prime wooliy wetherß, £2 4s to £2 7s 9d; extra heavy shorn wethers, £1 19s 6d to £1 la 9d; 57 from Mr. K- J. Bell, Rangantu Papatoetoe, averaged £2 0s 6d; medium t< heavy prune wool I v wethers, £1 19a to £'. 3s fid; shorn, £1 lis 6d to £1 17s Cd; tin finished woolly wethers, £1 I3s 6fl to £1 17i 6J; shorn, £1 8s to £1 10a; best heavy prime woolly owes, £1 19s to £2 2s 6d (a few smal! lots made from £2 3s to £2 Cs 6dj; shorn £1 13s U> £1 16s 9d; good woolly ewes, £1 16s tid to £1 18s 3d; shorn, £1 10a to £1 12i 6d; other woolly ewes, 16a to £1 10a; shorn £1 la so £1 9a; heavy woolly hoggets, £1 16i to £1 18s 6d; shorn, £1 10s to £1 16s (98! sold). Lambs were penned in J numbers and met with spirited competition at valuei considerably firmer than last sale. Eitri heavy prime, £1 13a to £1 16s 6d. the lattei £rioe for a pen from Mr. Albert Henwood [angere; good heavy prime lambs, £1 8a t< £1 lis 6d; lighter, £1 3a o £1 6s; light, 17i to £1 2s; small 7a to 12a 6i The highes' averages were 37 from Mr. Isaac Gray, Graj Farm, Papatoetoe, £1 lis fid; 10 from Mr Albert Henwood, Mangere, £1 lis Gd; 24 .frorr Mr. Joseph Dreadon, Papatoetoe, £1 lis 3d| 9 from Mr. W. Prescott. Opaheke. £1 9a 2d; 13 from Mr. P. C. Holder, Clevecon, £1 9s; 30 from Mr. Ivan A. Motion, Pukekohe, £' (is 9d: 15 from Mr. W. Duder, Miraetai, £] 4a 8d; 10 from Mr. H. G. Kimp ton, Brookby, £1 4s 9d (297 sold) The 07 fat and young calves which came forward worn required and sold freely at advanced rates. Runners made from £5 15b tc £10 7a 6d; heavy vealers, £4 10a to £5 19a; medium vealers. £3 109 to £4 8s; light voalera, £2 5s to £3 8s; small and froahdropped, 7a to £2 2a. Pigs were penned in -lighter numbors and prices were easier thai reccnt sales. Large choppers and heavy bacon era realised from £5 2s 6d to £6 10ssmall choppers and light baconera, £3 lOi to £5 ss; porkers, large £3 to £3 7a, mediuir £2 10s to £3, small £1 17 3 6d to £2 8s; slips, £1 6s to £1 10a; suckers and weaners, lis to 17a (103 sold). ■_ ADDING TON". [UT TELEGRAPH —TRESS ASSOCIATION,] CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. At Aldington markets to-day prices for fat stock were easier. For fat sheep the demand was not very keen. Hoggets fetched 21a 8d to 35s 6d, and wethers 30a lc to -lis 5d Fat lambs ».ld at 20s to '.!8s Cd, fat wethers at 34s Cd to 63s 6d, fat ewei at 21s to 40a. FtU steers. reaJised £12 15s to £28 los; fat heifers, £9 2s Sd to £23 fs; fat cows, £8 to £19 10s; store cattle, £6 8s to £8 10s; dairy cows, £7 to £16 103. Fat pigs sold at £5 to £8 9a; porkers at £2 15s to £4 sa, and stores at 16a to 68s-