Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 54, 8 January 1895, Page 3

Commercial.

Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co. s Stock Report.

Haweiu, January 8

Our usual fortnightly sale at Hawera was held on the 3rd inst. We had a good muster of stock, but bidding was slack, consequently some lines returned home unsold. We quote— Wcaners, 20s to 2-jenr heifers, £2 10s to £2 10s ; yearlings, 35s to 40s ; 2 to 2i-year quiet heifers, £3 to £3 Is Oct ; 3-year heifers, £3 Gs to £3 7s Gd ; store cows, £8 to £3 4s ; forward condition cows, £3 lis to £8 12s ; fat cows, £4; 2-year steers, £8 to £3 3s; 2|- year steers;, £3 10s to £3 12s Gd ; 3-year bullocks, £3 15s; spriugers, £4 to £4 15s. Sheep,—Hoggets, 5s Gd ; cull ewes, Bs.

Mr Newton King's Weekly Report.* New Plymouth, January 3. Cattle —During the holidays there has 'been little doing. Owing to Christmas falling on a Tuesday, I held my Stratford sale on the following Friday. Holiday-making and harvest operations, however, interfered with business, and the muster of both stock and buyers was only a moderate one. Bidding for most lines was quiet, though a few lines of good strong 12 to 18-month heifers made fair prices. Dairy cattle were dull of sale. I quote—Calves, 18s to £1; yearlings, 35s Od to 39s ; 15 to 18-month mixed, £2 2s 0d to £2 7s 0d ; heifers, £2 10s 6d to £2 13s 6d ; heifers, £2 10s 6d to £2 13s ; 2-year do., £3 to£3 2s Gd ; springing heifers, £4 8s to £4 10s. At Stony River, on Wednesday, the yards were fairly filled. Bidding was quiet, and the majority of the pens wer6 placed after the sale. Calves made £1 2s to £1 Gs; j'earlings, £1 2s Gd ; 12 to 18-month mixed, £2 2s Gd to £2 5s 6d ; store cows, £2 15s to £B. cow 3 in milk, £3 10s to £4 ; springers, £4 15s.

Messrs F. R. Jackson and Co.'s

Stock Report. Johnsonville, January 4. The beef entered for the market today was of medium weight and gocd quality. Prices were, a little easier. The sheep pens contained ewes only, no wethers at all coming forward. Lambs were scarce. Cattle—Best bullocks, £7 10s to £7 los; others, £7 to £7 6s ; small bullocks £6 10s to £6 17s„ or equal to 18s the lOOlbs. Sheep—Ewes, 7s to 7s lid ; lambs, 7s to 7s 8d ; inferior lamb 3,3 s6d to' ss. Pigs—Porkers, 16s to 20s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Limited. Received by cable by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited), Wanganui. (Quotations corrected up to Dec. 11.) Frozen Meat, Lamb —Prime New Zealand per carcase o&d per lb Mutton—Canterbury ... B§d ~ Wellington ... 8d ~ Tallow. Fine mutton ... 24s 6d per cwt Good beef 22s 9d ~ Hemp. Medium N.Z. is worth £l6 Os per ton Wheat. Average ... . ... 28s 9d per 4961bs Longberried ... 24s 9d ~ F.a.q. to arrive iron ship, c.i.f., new crop ... 22s 6d 4801 b Butter. Fine Aust. qlt3. 100 s to 109 s per cwt