COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 71, 24 November 1913, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY

REPORT.

On Monday, 17th inst., at my Urenin yards, there was a full yarding of all classes, with a good attendance. Competition throughout was good and on some lines brisk, practically the whole yarding being cleaved' at satisfactory prices. The springing heifers yarded were, rather inferior, but anything showing quality, sold readily. Some nice conditioned 15 months heifers Iwere offered, the well grown cattle meeting a good inouiry, I'rices ph- ( tainjed were as Tdllmvs':' Yearling 'steers ' £2 15s 6d to £3»2s,'it? i iirid { ie 5 months Shorthorn steers £3 12s and £3 12s 6d, .2?/ year steers £4 15s 6d to £5, 2J to 3 year bullocks £6 6s and £(jys, yearling to 15 months grade heifers £2 os to £2 19s, nice line of 25 Jersey Holstein 15 months heifers £1 U)s, fat cows £5 18s to £b' 16s, good forward cows £1 19& to £5 6s, best lines of store cows £1 7s 6d to £4 14s, good £3 16s 6d to £4 3s r small "or, cqws £2 16s to ,£3 12s, yearling bul]'s"£2 2s to £s'l2s G"d, other'bulls.£4 10s to £5 10s',' pedigree Jersey bulllUgns, cows and calves £1 8s to £5 Bs, empty 2 year colored heifers £4 9s and £1 10s, grade empty' heifers £3 10s, fat shorn wethers 17s 9d to 18s 9d,'dairy cows £3 12s 6d to £6 10s, three-quarter cows £3 15s to £l, best springing heifers £6 15s to £8 ss, others £3 15s to £5 12s 6d. At Rahotu on Tuesday, owing to the very wet morning, I had only a fair entry, which sold as follows:—Yearling steers up to £3 Is 6d, yearling Jersey heifers £3 16s, grade yearling heifers £2 8s 6d to £3 3sj* yearling bulls £2 10s to £5 ss, empty 2 year heifers £3 8s to £3 16s, 2 year bulls £4"l2s 6d to £7, store cows £3 12s to £4 12« 6d, forward cows £5 to £5 4s, springing heifers £4 17s 6d

At Mr J. Cloke's clearing sale on the WBrtly Road, Leppcrton, on Tuesday, heifers in milk made from £1 LOs to £6 15s, cows in milk £5 15s to £7 ss, pedigree Jersey hull 13igns , store cows £4 6s, heifer calves 10s ro £l. Private sales.—During the week I have effected private cales at the following prices:—Yearling staevs £2 12s Gd to £3 ss, hulls £10; £B, £6, £3 10s, fat cows £0 ss, to £6 15s, store cows £4 7s Gd, cows and calves £5 10s, choice springing heifers £8 ss, fat bullocks £9 to £9 ss, empty heifers £3 lCs- for a Sno.morn n..e •' i"" to £4 for cattle with some color, ewes and lambs 19s £•> £1 Is Gd, lambs .lbs, fat ewes 16s to lGs 3d.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD.

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On Tii"-;'h.'. 18th inst., we held ov.r usual foroMgbtiy sale in oar Stratford yarli, when we yarded 373 store cattle, selling 138 head. Prices Here as follows:—-Fat cows 100 s tq 118 s 6d; store cows 65s up to 85s 6d for well framed cows, 3 year steers 80s to 87s 6d, yearling to 15 months steers 59« Gd to 665, yearling heifers, ordinary sorts, 52s 6d to 58s 6d, colored yearling heifers 62s to 85s, yearling bulls 57s 6d to 655, 2 year Holstein bulls 118 s to 200 s, hulls for works 100 s to 1 IDs. In the dairy pens there was only a small yarding, but anything of good quality and close to profit realised good values. Prices as follows:'— Heifers calved 102 s to 157 s Gd, springing heifers 120 s to 1255, dairy cows 140 s to 1555.

During the past week we have disposed of stock privately as follows: Store cows 80s to 102 s 6d, Shorthorn and Holstein dairy hulls 136 a (id to 150 s, yearling heifers 56s to (iOs Gel, 2 year .steers lor Ohurn Dos, learn working hullocks £9O for Ohura, yearling Jersey bulls 80s to 100 s.