Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume III, Issue 136, 22 October 1895, Page 2

Commercial.

Mr Newton King's Weekly Report, Cattle.—At Stratford, on Tuesday, I had a very dull sale. The yards were well filled, mostly with young stock, and these, with the exception of one small pen, were of very indifferent quality. Bidding from the start was very dull, pen after pen being passed in, and though a good many lines were ultimately quitted either at the hammer or privately, prices were low, and sales very difficult to effect. Dairy cows, close to calving, and of good quality, made fair prices. Small calves made 15s to 22s ; good do, 25s to 28s ; yearlings, 29s to 32s 6d; 18month heifers, 45s to 48s ; springers, £3 15s to £4 3s ; store cows, £2 to £2 12s; springers, £3 to £3 23 6d ; 15 to 18-month steers, 39s to 56s ; 2 to 2byear steers, 50s to 54s 6d. There was a fair attendance at Mr W. Cottier's clearing sale on Wednesday, but the sale was slow on account of the cattle being in such very low condition. Any in milk or near calving made fair prices, but the backward ones were passed. There was a full muster of stock at Waiwakaiho on Thursday, but bidding was dull and prices low. Calves were much about last sale rates, and empty cows a bit better; all other classes hard to quit, especially 18-month steers and upward. Calves made 13s to 235; yearling 3,25 sto 345; 18month, £2 5s to £2 10s ; 2-year sfeers and over, £3 10s to £3 15s ; empty cows, £2 13s to £2 19s; heifers, springing, to £4 10s ; cows, to £5 10s ; cows and calves, £2 15s to £3 8s 6d. Messrs Budge and Good's Report. At R. O. Hendy'3 clearing sale there was a large attendance, cows bringing high prices, the highest being £l2, bought by Mr C. E. Major. We quote : 3-year steers, £4 5s ; 2£ to 3year, £3 10s to £3 13s 6d; 18-month heifers, £2 13s ; calves, 26s to 345; small calves, Bs. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Report. Auckland, October 17. Horses. —The supply has been an average one, and a steady demand has existed at barely the previous week's values. We quote: Heavy draught, £l2 to £lB 10s; medium, £8 5s to £l4 10s; light harness, £6 to £ll 10s ; hacks, £4 5s to £8 ss. Cattle.-r-A large number, particularly store, have been brought forward and found purchasers. Dairies maintained their value, and for other descriptions there was an upward tendency. At the cattle fair at Newmarket, on Monday, the yards were taxed to their utmost capacity. There was exceptionally brisk competition throughout the sale, particularly for large cattle ; 1045 head changed owners. At the regular Newmarket sale, on Tuesday, beef was fairly represented, also_ dairy and store stock. Fat beasts : Bidding was brisk throughout, and the average price was higher. We quote:. Ox beef, 22s to 24s 3d per lOOlbs ; cows', 20s to 22s per lOOlbs; dairy cows, from £3 5s to £6; calves, £1 to £1 7s Gd; yearlings, £1 10s to £2 2s; 2year olds, £2 5s to £3 2s 6d; grown cattle, heifers, £2 10s to £4 2s ; steers, £4 to £6 16s.

Sheep—A good many were penned at Newmarket on Tuesday. Competition was steady, but prices were fully Is per head in favor of the purchaser, Wethers, in wool, sold at from lis to 16s 63 ; an exceptionally prime wether sold at £1 Os 6d ; shorn wethers, 6s to 12s 6d; ewes, in wool, 6s 6d to 18a 6d ; shorn ewes, 5s 9d to 12s 6d; shorn hoggets, 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; spring lambs, 4s 9d to lis 3d ; store lambs, 2s 9d to 3s 3d.

Pigs—Few yarded. Porkers sold at from 14s 3d to £1 12s 6d; weaners, 8s to 12s.

Egmont Farmers* Union (Ltd.) Report.

Our yards were again literally packed with cattle at Stratford on Friday the 11th inst. Young stock were in good demand, and sold readily, and as the bulk of our entries comprised this class of cattle very large business was done. We quote—3-year steers, £4 5s to £4 15s ; 2 to 2|-year steers, £2 15s to £3 ss; 18-month to 2-year steers, £1 10s to £2 12s 6d weaners, mixed, 18s to £1 8s; dairy cows and heifers, £4 to £6; store cows, £2 8s to £3 ; 2-year heifers, £2 to £2 103. Sheep—mixed ages, 7s 6d. We held a very large unreserved clearing sale on behalf of Mr P. Peterson, on his farm, main South Road, Hawera, on Tuesday, the 15th inst. The herd of dairy cows was A very good one, most of them being in prime condition, aud the prices realised were very satisfactory, some making as much as £lolss. Sheep, horses, and other lines of stock made good money, as, indeed, did the bulk of the sundries, so that taken altogether it was a really successful sale. We quote : Dairy cows, £4 15s to £lO 5s j dairy heifers, £3 5s to £9 5s ; store cows aud heifers, £2 3s 6d ; 2-year steers, £2 13s; calves, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; bulls, £9 10s to £l2 12s Gd ; draught horses, 110 to £l3 ; hacks, £5 2s 6d to £lO. Sheep—Fat shorn ewes, 9s 3d ; hoggets, 8s 5d ; mixed sheep, 9s 6d; fat sheep, in wool, 12s 7d; pigs, 7s 6d to £1 3s Gd.

At the Glover Road yards, Hawera, on Wednesday, the lGth instant, a large number of stock came forward, the bulk of the cattle being fat and forward. The attendance was small aud bidding slack, resulting in little business being done at the hammer or afterwards, beef being practically neglected. All sheep entered, with the exception of one pen, sold freely at advanced prices. We quote: Fat bullocks, £5 17s 6d to £6 7s 6d ; fat cows and heifers, £3 17s to £1 ; 2 to 3-year steers, .£'B 7s to £8 15s ; 18month to 2-yeai- steers, £2 to £2 15s; mixed weaners, 21s to 245; dairy cows and heifers, £1 to £5 17s 6d. Sheep : Fat, 10j 3d ; ewes, with lambs at foot, 8s 9d to lis 6d.