COMMERCIAL

Southland Times, Issue 17789, 19 July 1916, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

WALLACETOWN STOCK SALE. GOOD YARDINGS. FETCH BIG PRICES. The usual weekly stock sale was held in the Wallacetown yards yesterday, when there was a large and representative gathering of buyers. -There were good yardings forward in all classes, fat sheep being especially well represented. Throughout competition was keen, and prices were well maintained. Appended is a comparative table of the yardings yesterday and for the two previous ao I PS!—

FAT CATTLK. in this class there was a very fair yarding, and the quality all over was decidedly good, there being a number of pens of really first-class stuff forward. One or two lots of very decent bullocks were included and these met with keen competition and a ready sale, as also did the few pens of nice heifers. Freezing men were bidding freely, while butchers also seemed to be in need of plenty of stuff with the result that the entire yarding changed hands. Values may be quoted: Ox beef, 11/- to 15/-; heifer. 42/- to 13/-; cow, 10/- to 41/-. FAT SHEEP. There was a fairly large yarding of fat sheep forward yesterday, and most of the stuff was in good condition. There was a good demand, botli from butchers and freezing operators and, considering the number forward, a very good sale resulted, the whole yarding being cleared. Extra prime wethers were making 31/to 35/-, with prime 30/- to 32/-, and medium 28/- to 29/-. Extra prime ewes brought 25/- to 26,'-, with medium and unfinished from 20/- to 23/-. STORE CATTLE. There was a fairly big yarding of Otore cattle, and all classes were represented. The bigger cattle were all low in condition but, nevertheless, had plenty of breeding and met with a ready sale. Eighteen-month-old steers and heifers, as well as calves, were forward in strong force, and all sorts met with a good sale at prices equal to last week’s quotations. Good milking sorts, especially, were in strong demand. STORE SHEEP. In this class there was an extra small yarding, but the tone was equally as good as that of last week, while prices were well maintained. The following sales are reported;— Wright, Stephenson &nd Co., Ltd. EAT CATTLE —Account H. G. Brass, 2 fat bullocks to Ryan and Turpin at £ls 5/-, 1 do. to W. H. Johnston at fill 7/H, 1 do. to W. H. Johnston at £lB, 1 do. to W. H. Johnston at £ls 2/6, 3 do. to McDowall Bros, at £l3 7/6; account P. A. Pirie, 2 bullocks to .1. Wylie at £l3 17/6, 4 do. to A, McDowall at £l3, 2 do. cows to Pat Winders at £l2 10/-, 1 do. cow to Jnb. Wills and Co. at £l4; account Wm. Baird, 3 do. bullocks to J. Wylie at £l3 17/6, 1 do. to J. Wylie at £l3 2/6, 3 do. to J. Wylie at £l4 17/6; account Calder and Clark, 2 do. heifers to Raines Bros, at £lO 10/-. STORE CATTLE.—Account W. Sycamore, 1 dairy cow to H. Hunter at £S C/-; account Thoa. Daly, 3 steer calves to M. Holland at £3 8/-; account S. Goodson, 1 Shorthorn bull to K. Brown at £ll 10/-, 1 heifer to R. Russell at £5

17/6; account W. J. Blatch, 1 empty cow to T. Welsh at £7, 2 do. heifers to M. Holland at £3 7/6; account Alex. Cloughly, 1 cow to .Ino. Grant at £ll 17/6, 2 heifers to E. P. Royds at £4 2/-; account K. Staunton, 10 steers to M. McDowalk at £5 15/-; account .1. Flint, 2 empty cows to I*. A. Price at £8 6/-, 1 steer to T. Welsh at £5 5/-, 1 dairy cow to Mrs Gordon at £3 5/-; account P. A. Price, 1 cow to T. Welsh at £7 10/-.

FAT SHEEP—Account Gilchrist Bros., 29 fat wethers to .Ino. Graham at 29/-, 105 do. to Pat Scully at 26/6; account Hamilton Bros., 33 fat ewes to W. Swale at 23/2; account R. Marshall, 30 fat ewes to W. Swale at 19/6; account Pat Scully, 35 fat wethers to Alex. Bisset at 28/11, 70 do. to M. McConechie at 27/1 1. STORE SHEEP Account Thomas Greaney, 48 s.m. ewes to F. -Kingsland at 23/4. SALE OF DAIRY COWS. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., report having held a‘ very successful sale of dairy cows on account of Mr F. C. Kidder. The cows were an exceedingly fine lot, and the top price was £lB 10/-. The average for tbe herd, including heifers, was slightly over £l2 per head. Following are some of the prices realised: — £lB 10/-, £l7 10/-, £ls 15/-, £ls 10/-, £ls 5/-, £l4 15/-, £l4 5/-, £l4, £l3 10/-, £l3, £l2 10/-, £l2 7/6, £l2 5/-. £l2, £ll 10/-, £lO, £9 5/-, and £9. A purebred Holstein bull fetched £2O. By the National Mortgage b Agency 00. FAT CATTLE—We yarded 42 head and cleared the whole yarding:—Account Duncan McCallum, bullock to Ryan and Turpin at £22 10/-; account Wm Charters, senr., 5 steers to P. Winders at £lO 15/-; account Calder and Clark, 4 bullocks to Johnston Wylie at £l2 7/6; account Wm. Leo. 2 cows to Wm. Swale at £8 17/6; account Wm. Swale, 4 heifers to James Cline at £7 15/-, 3 heifers to Jas. Cline at £7 17/6 to J. H. Thomson at £7 7/6; account J. McCrostie, cow tc Jas. Balneaves at £ll 2/6: account A. Milne, bullock to Johnston Wylie at £l4 7/6, 4 to J. Wills at £l4 10/-, cow to T, C. Malt by at £ll 10/-, 2 bullocks to Johnston Wylie at £l3 17/6; account J. Bennett, 2 cows to Ryan and Turpin at £ll 17/6, 4 steers to J. Balneaves at £lO, 2 to Jas. Humphries at £l3 15/-; account Hamilton Bros., heifer to Raines Bros, at £lO 12/6; account W. Smith, 2 bullocks to Wm. Wilis at £l3 15/-, 2 J. Wills at £l2 10/-.

FAT SHEEP.—We yarded 600 and cleared the whole entry:—Account H. Hubbcr, 20 ewes to J. Holland at 24/10, 4 1 to W. H. Johnston at 22/-, 42 to Wm. Swale at 21/6; account Jas. Hyde, 58 ewes to Wm. Swale at 22/2; account W. J. Boyd, 49 ewes to Wm. Swale at 20/6; account H. George, 20 ewes to Wm. Swale at 22/6; account C. Cowan, 26 wethers to 'f. C. Maltby at 25/-, 16 ewes to P. Winders at 28/3, 18 ewes to Wm. Swale at 23/9; account T.' W. Forde, 60 ewes to Wm. Swale at 23/6, 20 wethers to C. Lane at 29/8, 20 ewes to W. Murtagh at 22/6; account D. McKorchar, 10 wethers to Ryan and Turpin at 35/-; account Hamilton Bros., 33 ewes to Jas. Taylor at 21,7; account John Wilson, 35 wethers to Ryan and Turpin at 33/2; account W. Hume, 5 wethers to C. Lane at 24,-. 2 4 ewes to W. F. North at 28/10, 11 lambs to W. J. Boyd at 26/6; account Mrs Lawrence, 27 wethers to T. Fahey at 35/-; account A. H. Officer, 2 lambs to W. Murtagh at 34'-; account G. and T. Keegan, 16 wethers to T. C. Maltby at 34/-, I I to J. H., Ste\ens at 3i/2; account H. Beer, 64 lambs to John Babbitt at 22/6; account W. Swale, 38 ewes to Wm. Wilis at 23/2, 29 to John Wills at 2 4/-.

STOKE CATTLE.—Account J. McCrostie, 12 steers to Jas. Milne at £8; account Jas. Drain, 5 steers to Jas. Milne at £7 7/6; account G. and T. Deegan, 39 steers to Jas. Milne at £8 7 6; account Garvey Bros., 11 heifers to S. Small at. £2 14/-: account Calder and Clark, 13 steers to Jas. Milne at £6 11/-, 1 2 to W. Wilson at £5 12/-, 17 to W. Blaikie at £9; account Wright Bros., cow to T. McKenJ zie at £6 10/-, 1 to do. at £6 and 30p W. Hudson at £7 la/-; account W. Curran, 35 calves to T. McKenzie at £2 16/-, 1 heifer to do. at £6 10/-, 22 heifers to Jas. Milne at £5/17/-; account J. Jenkins, 4 heifers to D. Ford at £3 I/-, 1 to A. Hitlis at £ I 7/6, cow to J.

Thomson at £S 2/6; account .las. Adamson, 9 calves to Kclligher Bros, at £1 15/-: account Irwin and Sons, cow to McCann at £9, I to .1. Walker at £10; account J. Flint, 1 1 calves to W. Wilson at £1 IT/-; account T. Brown, IS steers to W. Wilson at £1 2 -, 21 yearlings to Jus. Cringle at £2 1 1/-; account A. Hillis, 2 empty cows to H. Brown at £5 7/6; account W. Bwalc, bull to Mrs Galt at £S 5 -. .STORK SHKl'lI 1 .—Account H. George, 10 ewes and rams to W. Hanilyn at i;:/l; account Jas. Hyde, 21 ewes to C Lane at 14/3, S8 ewes to do. at 17/1. WTNDHAM KOBSE SALE. Hunter Bros, and Klee report as follows; —We held our usual monthly horse sale on Saturday, when we submitted to* auction about 25 horses. The sale was dull throughout, as most of the entriewere light horses and sorts, these classes not being very much in demand. There is good Inquiry for draughts between the age of 1 and ii years, and ready to go to wont, and those forward changed hands at satisfactory prices. Our sales were:—lyr draught gelding, £24; Syr do., £l9 10/-; draught mare, £23; 4yr do., £22; 4yr draught colt, £l3; syr s.c. mare, 17 10/-; unbroken do., £l7; 3yr unbroken draught filly, £10; 2 hack and harness mares, £lO each; aged do., £3; 2 aged horses at £3 10/-; 1 do. to £l. CHBZSTCHUBCK MARXISTS. (Per United Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. July IS. The vvheat market. is still very firm, and there haa been rather more business

doing during the past few days. Although the lots arc generally small, there have been more offerings by growers. Tuscan is the variety that is eniefly on sale, Hunters and Pearl, 'especially the latter, being scarce. Sales of prime quality Tuscan have, been made at from 4/5 to 4/6 at country stations, and as low as 4/- for fowl-wheat. Hunters are worth from 4/9 to 4/10; and Pearl, 5/at country stations.

The oats and chaff market are still unchanged, oa£s being scarce. The potato market is easier, and owing to the difficulty of effecting sales merchants have reduced their limit and purchases have been made at £6 at country stations. There have not been many potatoes offering lately, farmers being busy with farm work, and inclined to wait until next month before Selling, in tbe hope of obtaining £7. The difficulty of obtaining new orders has, however, caused uncertainty, hence the reduction of price. t

Lies: — July IS. July 11. July 1. Fat cattle .. 102 100 Store cattle too 127 384 Fat sheep . . 720 S20 1010 Store sheep.. 220 520