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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17475, 20 May 1920, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

BRADFORD WOOL MARKET. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.30 p.m.) # LONDON, May 17. The Bradford wool market is quiet, spinlids buying only lor immediate requirements. PROPERTY SALES. Smith and Halfiiffbe report having cold by public auction at their reams, 5, Customs Street East, yesterday, a, seven-roomed house at 6, james Street, City, for £700 after spirited bidding 1 . ' STOCK SALES, , » AUCKLAND. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report: — Dairy cattio were penned in average numbers list Thursday at Westfield, and Bold under steady competition at lite rates. Best dairy cows and hoifors, £16 to £25 15a; good, sound young oows, backward, £12 to £15 103, others, £8 to £11 159. - Store cattle Panned in less than usual numbers, snowed no improvement in prices. Ewes in. lamb sold at from 17s 6d to £1 lis 6d. At East Tamaki on Tuesday we held a clearing sale on account Mr; H. Sharp. Thero was a large attendance of buyers, and wo report a most successful sale. The dairy cows sold at from £16 to £26 10s; dairy heifers, £10 to £19 10s; yearling heifers, £7; porkers, £2 12s 6d; wcaners, 525; horses, £7 to £19. At Warkworth on Friday the hehvy rains interfered with the yarding, many of tire roads being impassable-. There was little change from prices ruling at other centres. There was a good entry at Henderson on Monday, a large number of dairy cows being penned. Best sold from £14 to £17 ss, good cows, £10 5s to £13 153, others £7 to £10 2s 6d, poor £5 7s 6d upwards. The advertised working bullocks, small, sold "from £13 to £16; yearling to 18-monih3 cattle, £2 10s to £3 123 6d; calves, best £1 8s to £1 103, others £1 2s to £1 73 6d, poor and weedy from 15s. At Westfielii Fat Stock Market on Wednesday beef was penned in average numbers. Competition vas steady, the market showing a firmer tone We quote: Choice oxen to £2 11 a per 1001b, prime oxen £2 63 to £2 0s per 1001b, inferior and rough ox, £1 18s to £2 5a per 1001b; cow and heifer beef. £1 18s to £2 6s «per 1001b. Steers sold at from for best £18 to £22 12s 6d, others £13 to £17 17s 6d, inferior and small steers £7 10s to £12 15s. Cows and heifers told at from £7 to £13 23 6d Calves came forward in. large numbers and were easier, runners selling from £3 15s to £11 12b 6d for a 20-month steer from Mr. W. Gray, Cambridge; heavy vealera £3 to £3 14s, medium' £2 5s to £2 18s, light £1 153 to £2 4s, lighter £1 to £1 12s 6d, fresh-dropped 14s to 17s. An extra large entry of pigs sold at much the same as last week, although more bacon buyers were operating than it recent sales, Medium to heavy baconfers, £4 5s to £5 15s ; heavy porkers £3 5s to £4 4s, light £2 to £3 4e, unfinished £1 15a to £2. Sneep were penned in average numbers and sold at slightly improved prices on last report. No extra ceavy prime sheep were penned. Heavy prime wethers £117s 3d to £2 la 3d, medium £1 14s 9d to £1 17s 6d, light and unfinished £1 lis 9d to £1 lis ,6d; heavy prime ewos £1 lis 'to £1 16s, medium £1 7s 3d to £1 108 Gd, light and unfinished £1 3s fid to £1 7s- Lambs penned in average J-umbers sold at late rates, no extra heavy lambs being yarded. Heavy prime lambs £1 7s 6d to £1 lis 6d. medium £1 43 to £1 7e, light and unfinished £1 to £1 3s 6d.

Alfred Buctland and Sods, Ltd., report: — Both dairy and store cattle were penned m large numbers at Westfieid on Thursday. Tito former sold at ruling prices, but stores were dull of salt. Best dairy cows made from £22 to £27 10s, second quality £15 to £19, others £11 to £14, aged and inferior £5.10s to £9; best springing heifers, £14 to £19 10s, others £6 10s"-o £12 10»: empty cows £3 to £G 10s; two to three-year-old steers, £8 to £8 10s: other two-year-old steers, £4 10s to £5 IBs; yearling to eighteenmonth steers, £3 5s to £4 ss; incalf heifers, £5 to £9 10s: calves. £1 33 to £2 2s. We held our monthly stock sale at j.urua on Friday, and had a larger muster of cattle than usual. There was only a moderate demand and values were lower. Fat steers, £12 to £15 10s; fat cows and heifers, £8 10s tq £13 2s 6d: empty cows, £3 to £5 10s; forward three to. four-year-old steers, £9 10s to £11 10s: two-year-old steers, £5 103 to £6 6s. eighteen-month to two-and-a-haif-year-old in-calf heifers, £5 10a to £10 9s; calves, 153 to £1 10s. . The clearing sale held, on account of Mr. S. Pearce, at. Mangere. on Saturday, was •well attended and most satisfactory prices were obtained. We held our bi-monthly sale at Clevedon on Monday, and had full entries of both sheep and cattle. Sheep were in demand, and sold well, and prioej for cattle were slightly better than at other centres. Dairy cows and heifars brought from £9 10s to' £16; fat oows and heiters, £3 to £12 10s; empty cows, £5 to £7 ss: yearling to 18-months steers, £3 3a to £4 76; heifers, same age, £3 15s to £5 16s; calves, £1 5s do £2 9s; fat wethers and ewes. £1 7s to £1 16s; store wethers, £1 9s to £1 1'; f.m. ewes, in lamb, 13a to £1 6s; empty store ewes. 18s to £1 3s; lambs, 18a 6d to £1 4s. We held our'ruonthly sale at Pokeno on Monday, and at Kanciman on Tuesday. There were average yardings at both places, and vilucs realised were on a par with recent sales. Dairy cows and heifers made from £8 10s to £31, according to. quality; fat cows and heifers, £7 10s to £11 los; empty cows, £-210 ato £6; forward-condi-tioned, 3} to 41-year-old steers, £10 15s to £12 10a; two to three-year-old steers. £4 15s to £8 9»; yearling to 18-months steers, £3 to £4 Es; heifers, in calf, £4 10s to £8 ss; best calves £1 16s to £2 lis, others £1 7s to £1 13s, small and woedy 10s to £1 Is. Yesterday, at our Weekly Westfield Fat Stock Market, our supply of fat cattle totalled 371 head, comprising 249 steers, 118 cows and heifers, and six bulls. There was a steady demand, choice ox sold at slightly better values, but there was no. change in ether classes. Extra choice oxacid to £2 lis per 1001b; choice and prime ox. £2 7 s to £2 10s; ordinary and plain. £2 2s to £2 ss; rough beef, £1 5s to £1 18s; cow and heifer beef, £1 16s to £2 R per 1001b. Steers ranged in price from £24 10a to £28 for extra heavy prime steers from Mr, W. Wright, Otaua; £18 103 to £22 10a for heavy steers; lighter, prime steers. £14 10a to £17 10s; plain, light, and unfinished steers. £8 10s to £13 10s; extra heavy cows, £11 10s to £18 17s Cd for a cow from Mr. R. H. Nicholson, Ngaruawahja; heavy cows, £12 to £14 lighter fat cow's, £9 to <fll 10s; other cows. £5 to £8 10s. The highest averages for steers were seven from Mr. Wm. Wright, Otaua, £26 7s 9d; 25 froM Mr. C., J. Storey, Woodstock. To Awamutu, £19 163; 20 from Messrs. Death Bros Waitakaruru, £16 17s; eight from Mr. W. H. Piercy, Hairini. £16 10s; 20 local, £'.6 19s; 18 from Mr. Geo. Hull. Otaua, £15 I*3 6d; 16 from Waikato. i'ls 13a Od; 20 from Mr. A. Haylock, Marakopa, £15 U 2d i two cows from Mr. It. H. Nicholson, To Kowhai. £16 8s 9d; fen cows from Mr, O. J. Dutfield. MaUmata. fll u an. The sheet) pens vrere moderately filled with a nice class of mutton. There was an improved demand with a sharp rise in prime wether mutton. Best prime young ewes were also better worth. Heavy prime wethers made from £2 to £2 4s * (no extra heavy mime Tethers were penned), medium to heavy £1 17b to £1 10 6d, lighter, prime £1 15s to £1 16s 9d, others £1 lis to £1 14s; heavy prime young ewes £1 14s to £1 17e 9d, heavy owes £1 12a to £1 13s 9d, lighter fat ewes £1 8s to £1 lis, other ewes 9s 9d to £1 Gs Cd (1011 sheen sold). The lambs which cam© forward met with a keen sale at higher values. Beat heavy £1 10s to £1 13s Gd, good prime £1 7s Gd to £1 9s 6d, light fat £1 4s to £1 6s 6d, others £1 Is to £1 83 9d (281 sold). Fat and young calves came forward in average numbers. There wis a fair demand, and values .wer» about the same as last week. Runners ma.le from £5 17s to £'l 6s. heavy vealers £4 '0s to £5 7s, medium £3 15s to £1 Bs, light £2 10s to £3 6s, small £1 9s to £2 6s. fresh-Jrouped 148 to £1 I 3 (lit sold). , Pigs were yWed in extra large num. bers. ■There was a steady demand and taking the sale on the whole values were firmer Choppers to £7 Us, medium baooncrs £5 2s Gd to £6, light Saconers £4 12s 6d to £5, heavy porkers £8 10s to £4 10s, medium £2 l?s 6(1 to £3 $9, .i»:ht £ l 3g to £2 16s. slips small £1 8s to £1 149, small weaners 10s to los (.353 sold*.

. Dalgcty and Co., Ltd.. renort having held their fat stock sale at Westfield vesterday as follows: — Beef: A good yardins. Prices were *■ shade better for extra prime, but unfinished beef was hard to quit. Extra prim.* ox £2 lis, prime £2 6s to £2 Bp, ordinary £2 to £3 3s; cow, prime £2 ss, ordinary 35.i to 383.

Sheep. A small yarding; pricf* hardened accordingly. Extra wethers £2 3s. prime £2 Is to 38s, good 3fis to 3Ss; ewes, prime to 38*. good 303 to 335. Calves: Trices slightly better. Runners, £5 10s to £3 15s; vealers, £2 10s to 303; others, 10s.

Pigs: A big yarding, being in excess of requirements. Baconers, £6 10s to £5; choppers, £5 to £4; porkers, £3 10s to £2 10s. Lambs: A small yarding; a good sale. Prime, 33s to SOs; good, 2Ss to 255; others 20s.

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CHRISTCHURCH. Tuesday. At tho Additgton market there were smaller yardings of fat stock to-diy. A good entry of store sheep comprised mostly ewes Mid wethers, with a good proportion of Chatham Islands and Southland sheeb. Forward lambs made from SOs to 23s lid; ordinary lambs. 15s Gd to 19s fid; cull lambs. 12s 6d to 14s 3d; ewe lambs, 23s to 355; two, four, six, pnd eight-tooth, .ewes, 25s 6d to 30s; inferior ' two, four. six. and eight-tooth ewes, 25a 6d to 28s; inferior two, four, six, and eight-tooth ewes, 193 to 255; two-tooth ewes, 2os Id to 27« 2d: good [our, Six, and eight-tooth wethers, 29s to 3Cs fd; ordinary . four, si'i. and eight-tooUi wethers. 26s to 28s; good two-tooth aethers, to 30s 6d, other two-tooth wethers, -as to Pat lambs provided a slightly Bins ' ! Jf vardinc Extra prime lambs made to 9d vni« lambs. 27sVto 32s 6d: medium lambs, 2-se' to 27s 6d; inferior , lambs, -la opwited in f*t, » fair extent- Eztr*.l>rime lroj» 47# to S3« Odi Pi®« *«th«B. ,36s bd_

to '«s 6d: 'ttediuni- wethers. 34s to S&4* lighter wether?. 28= Id to Ms- &i;' «itra. ' :: pnmo ewes, -lie; prime owes, Sf,s to rfiaS a'^ar^'- 3^* 0 3581 **«my Prices for fat cattle were:—Extra prime - ftm-f'if • £32 j.P r W'S steers, - £18 124 t, ™ lii 5 ? HL mediumI Stecra, £14 13s 6do m ~v'\ S " £5 47a 6d to £13 12s ™:. Ext" pnmn heifers. to V) 2s 6d; prime *7 17. MI mk® 10 p : . ordinary heifers, ' 7 lie J" il2 los - Prime cows, £13 6s Stnm rI»r ary D COS ' £ ? to 1-12 ™ <id. store tattle: Beit'cov?s to £3 6a. ether lines £3 to £5 l a - bulls, £1-1 15s. A line of Hereford calves brought £3. Dairy Cattle;. Cows, fourth calver». up to £23; good heifers, up to £18; inferior cows, up to £.12; small .Mid inferior, £5 to £7 ](h Vealers, runners, to £7 ss; good ve&lers, £5 r to £ ? 303 • m«dium vealars. £-2 7s fid to t2 17* Sd; calves, small, g 3 to 37s fidA good entry of fat pigs met a weaker ir<demand. Choppers made £6 to £9- lieh> baconers, £5 to £5 15s; .heavy b&con'en, £6 103 to £7; extra heavy baconers, £8 to £8 lis; average price per ib, Sjd to lOd. Light porters. £3 5s to £3 13s; heavy porkers. £i to £4 10s; average pricj per ib. lOd to lOjd MAN A WAT (J. Abraham and Williams, Ltd.. report --At Our Palmerston sale on Wednesday May f«waH°° r w IV S ,° f heep snd <*"'« came K lrd ,. Woolly lambs to 21s 4d. short. I°?3d fr< 14 ?. 7d ' smal! lambs 9a to ""* h «<- At our Feildin* sale on Friday we had a g| 6aVyi f sof stl «P aad cattle. All classes of sheep Bold at late rates, but cattle vrn." 10 ' a little belWr th an Prewe°ll F.I 9 ' airystock A especially 25s 9d to 31s lid. empty ewes 10s'to 23* 3d' S „ Ja 7 31s lid. empty ewes 19s to 23s 3d £4155 B £7 K. 138 V 9 17s ' 2-year sheers J? 5 , 5 *5 f7 . P 8 - yswltog steers £2 17s 6d £5 18s to 4 c C ° W - S £ 59, fonTard rows ±a IBs ozi as, store cows £215 a4d to 12s pj' diP" empty Hereford heifers '5 Ml to £13; 7 COWS m t0 £19, dairy heifers