COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 112, 3 July 1911, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Newton King’s Report. Ou Tuesday, tiie 20th instant, i ]'<•!( ;i clearing sale at Matipu on .‘tccmiiii Messrs Gdiing Urns-, when that vi? a good at to 11 lance and lac &t< < U winch were in good cof.lii.ion, solo well. Early c livers made Imm £C 10s to £10; do., grade Jc.xys. Cl •-.s to £ls os; later, £4 to £6 , year ling heifers, £2; hack, £6 ss; mare. £l4 10s; mixed sheep, 8s 3d; dray. £8 5s to £lO 5s ; tripod harrows, £6; discs, £1 15s; plough, £5 15s; culti vator, £3 7s 6d; sundries sold at usual rates. At Kapuni,. on the 21st instant, 1 held a clearing sale on account o’ Messrs Wright, and Warden. Owinp to the wet weather there was only i fair attendance, but the stock sold a' good prices. Early calvers made £v 10s to £ll os; later, £1 10s to £6 very late and poor conditioned £2 2 6d to £1; bulls, £5 ss; filly, £29 • voang sows, 25s to £2; store pigs 17s; waggon, £2l ; harrows, £2 5s ■ At die saniQk.sale I sold, on account o:' Messrs Chapman and Groig, a pair o' horses for £4O 10s; hacks, £2; gi; and harness, £25 2s 6d, and a quantity of furniture at satisfactory prices. O i Friday, at Cardiff, at Mr Bot tin’s clearing sale, there was a far. attendance, and stock and sundries realised full market rates. Earl, culvers made £7 to £l2 15s; later £5 to £6 15s; very late and empty £3 10s to £4 15s; springing heifers £4 2.6 d to £6 ss; weaner heifers £2 2s weaner steers, 395; yearlin; bulls, £2 6s; 8-year gelding, £2O trap mares, £6 10s to £10; foal, £•' .1 Os; dray and harness, £l4 16s; gk and harness, £ll 15s ;■ mower, £6 10s clii;!'cutter, £4; Duncan plough, £( Iqs; phainj harrows, £3 Is; discs, £ 7s 6d; rake, £2 os; jack, £2 7s 6d. CVu the same day, in conjunction with Messrs Gillies and Nalder, 1 held a clearing sale at Inaha on ac count of Mr W. C. Phillips. Thor, was a good attendance of buyers, am the large herd met with keen com petition. The top price was givei f-u a P.B. Jersey cow, which realised £2O. Grade Jerseys close up brought up to £l3; grade Holstein up to £ll Ins; ordinary early calvers, £7 C £l2 ss; later, £5 to £6 15s; very lap

and empty, £3 15s to £4 15s; stor. cows, £2 12s 6d to £3 10s; bulls, £‘ 10s to £11; mixed yearlings, 35s yearling heifers, 395; draught horses £34 tr £35 10s; trap horses, £lO t< £ 10 10s; hacks, £4 to £6 15s; wag gon, £27; drays, £ll 15s to £l3 10s sow and litter, £2 12s to >£s 10s store pigs, 16s to 225; breeding sows £3 2s 6d; porkers, £2 to £2 ss; gig £23 10s; harrows, £3 5s to £5 10s cultivator, £2 10s; drill, £l4; Inn teddor, £5 10s; hay rake, £2 5s ploughs, £5 to £6; discs, £8 15s gun, £5 os. Sundries sold well. At Waitvakaiho, on the same day. there was the' usual yarding, witi good attendance 1 of buyers. Young stock were not so well competed foi as of late, but hearly all were quitter at the hammer or privately. Dairy cows were in good demand, and met with ready sale. Mixed weaner? made 29s to 36s 6d; yearling steers 36s 6d; 15 to 18-mos. steers, £3; i to 24-year steers, £3 12s; 2 to 2) year empty heifers, £3 5s to £3 12s: 9-rnos. heifers, 375; sprnging heifers, £5 to £6, IQs; springing cows, £/ to £6 15s; cows in milk, £4 10s; store cows, 30s to £3,is; forward cows, ills, to £1 ss; bulls, £2 Is 6d to £7 17s 6d; 2-tooth to f.m. ewes, 7s Od 8 dairy cows sold on account of All Win. Cooper realised from £6 2s 6c to £9. Ar Jrenui on Monday,there was r large yiil'di'lig’ u'ith good attendance oi buyers. Bidding was brisk throughout, especially for 24 to 3-year spring ing heifers, of which a good hunibei came forward. Mixed weaners brought 27s 6d to 355; 2-year steers £3 0s 6d ; 24 to 3-year steers, £-1 8s; 2-yea i empty heifers, .£2 15s; 24-vear heifers, K.W.8., £4 ss_to £sj 2-J-yeai springing heifers, £5 to £6 10s ; 3year do., £6 2s to £7; 2) to 3-year Holstein heifers, £6 15s; 24-year Jersey heifers, J1.W.8., £5 2s 6d ; store cows, £2 --Ms to £3 ss; fat cows. £5 to £5 2s 6d; springing cows, £5 10s to £6 # 7s 6d; heifers( calved), £5 ss; cow calved, £6 2s 6d; fat wethers, 17s. At Douglas on the same day there was only a small yarding with pool attendance, though all the stock yard ed was disposed of at the hammer; Yearling steers made 30s; yearling heifers, 33s 6d to 355; 18-mos. heifers, £2 12s; 2-year steeys, £3 ss; springing heifers, £5 10s; springing cows, £4 12s 6d; store cow, £2 12s; lambs, 7s Id. On the same day I held a clearing sale at Kapuni, in conjunction with the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., on account of Mr W‘. J. Dow. There was a-good attendance of buyers, and the cattle, especially those showing good - Jersey or Holstein strain, were well competed for. Early calvors (Jerseys) made up to £l7; do. Holstein up to £ls ss; do. Shorthorn and mixed, £8 to £l2 ss; later, 5 10s to £7 10s; very late and empty, £3 to £5; cows calved, 4 5s to £9; heifers in milk, £5 to £6 10s; heifers, good quality close up, £6 10s to £10; P.B. Jersey yearling heifers, £2 2s 6d to £4 12s 6d; ordinary doj, 32s 6d to £2 3s; Jersey bulls, £9 9s to £l2 10s; yearling bulls, £2 to £2 12s 6d; heavy bay gelding, 8 years, £l9 10s; do.,* 7 years, £23; bay mares, £2O to £23; sows close to farrow, £2 to £3 10s; young sows, 25s to 26s ; boars, 15s to 265; waggon, £33; dray, £l2 15s; s.f. plough, £7 15s; disc harrows, £7 15s; chain harrows, £3 7s 6d; jacks, £2 17s 6d to £3 2s. Sundries sold well. At Stratford, on Tuesday, there was a good yarding with fair attendance of buyers. Young stock, of which a good number came forward were in good demand and sold readily. Mixed weaners made 28s to 325; weaner steers, 35s 6d; ,2| to 3-year steers, £3 3s to £4 ; weaner heifers, 34s 6d ; yearling Holstein heifers, £2 6s; 18mos. to 2-year heifers, £2 15s to £3 14s 6cl; 24 to :3-year heifers in calf, £4 10s to £6 ,12s 6d ; heifer and calf, £5; store cows, 32s to £3 3s; forward, £3 10s to £4 ss; springing, £5 2s 6(1 to £5 12s; fat cows, £4 19s 6cl to £6 35,; springing Jersey cow, £7 7s 6d; bulls. £2 7s to £5 2s; lambs, 8s 7d. At Stony River, on Wednesday, there was a large yarding, especially of young cattle. Yearling heifers and steers were in good demand, and sold readily. Mixed weaners made 28s to 36s 6d; yearling steers, 28s to 335; do. good quality, £2 3s to £2 Is,; yearling heifers, 325; do. good quality, £2 11s 6cl to £2 16s ; 2-year steers, £3 6s; 2 to 3-year heifers, £3 5s to £3 15s; in calf, heifers, £3 15s to £6 3s; springing heifers, £1 17s 6d to £6; fat heifers, £4 15s; store cows, 35s to £3 -Is; forward cows, £3 10s to £4 7s 6d ; fat cows, £5 7s to £6 9s; bulls, £3 Ss; 12 acres turnips, with 40 acres outrun, brought £37 10s. Stock offered on account of Mr C. E. Goodin sold as follows: — Early calvers, £6 10s to £9; later, £3 iOs to £5 ss; 8 choice heifers brought. £9 5s each ; bulls, £6 10s to £9; mare, £l9 10s. ;*iew Zealand Lo»n and Mercantile Agency Co.’s Report. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile [ Agency Co., Ltd,, Stratford branch, r’portSince our last report Wd

uive disposed of a considerable niim>er of 18-month steers at up to Gi s id and 2.V-year steers at up to 82s id ; also several lines ot hoggets at ts. Lambs are being more sought liter, and have improved in value rom Is Gd to 2s per head; weaneis ire also ..very linn, and during the last few days we have disposed of several lines at up to 43s per head. Jn Monday last we held a clearing sale at Mr John Robes Ison’s, Kinnerty load, when there was a fairly largo ittendanee of buyers. The dairy hock ,although unfavourable reports rad been circulated 'about them, iodised good prices, cows making from ~7os to 225 s per head. The sale was considered a good one. The sundries, •vhich were numerous, were disposed rf at market values. Our next sale A’ill Ire held in our - Stratford yards on Tuesday, 4th July, entries for which ire now advertised. Messrs Matthews and Bonnet’s Repos t. Messrs Matthews and Bennett report that there was a very large c*n;ry of cattle in their Inglewood yards ru Wednesday last. Prices being' m the move and most lots changed rands at the following prices:— rVeauers, 28s to 30s; store cows, £3 ;o £3 ss; good steers,. £3 8s to £3 .Os ; heifers, £3 7s Gd to £1 3s ; springers, £G 7s Gd to £7 ss; dairy cows, 31. to £7 ss; owes, 4s 4d to 5s lid. Young, Hobbs and Co.’s Report. On June 22nd, at Lower Stuart load, wo held a clearing sale on hermit of Mr H. J; Sergei. The herd consisted of 70 odd dairy cows and r number of springing heifers, all of which made very satisfactory u'ices. Farm implements and furriture were also well competed for. Dairy cows made the. satisfactory average of £8 10s. Best cows, made 29 to £l3, backward and aged do. 35 10s to £S 10s, 2-year springing lelfers £! 10s to £G 10s, yearling heifers £2 10s to £2 12s Gd. Draught lorses made £ls to £2O 10s, 4 do. £26 10s, yearlings £G to £l3. At Kaponga on Friday, 23rd. we had an average yarding which, sold at ruling rates. Forward cows made £3 16s to £4 ss, store to fresh do. £2 18s to £3 15s, old do. £1 to £2 12s, springing heifers £5 10s to £6 10s, yearling heifers £2 12s, calves 245. At Eltham on Wednesday, 28th, ve had a full yarding and most of the stock was quitted at satisfactory orices. Fat cows made £5 2s Gd to £5 18s, forward do. £3 17s Gd to £4 IGs, fresh do. £3 6s to £3 14s, store md aged do. £2 5s to £3 2s„ Holstein springing heifers £6 15s, 2-year heifers in, calf £4, 18-months heifers £3 2s Gd, yearlings 35s Gd, calves 12s to 275, springing cows £4 12s Gd to £7 2s 6d.