COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 27, 2 February 1914, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT,

At Kapoga on Friday, 23rd inst., I and a good entry of cattle with good competition throughout for all lines offered. Prices obtained were :—Fat .•own £6 to £7 15s, forward cows to £5 12s, store cows £2 J7s to £1 12s. bulla £9 15s, £9, £8 17s Gd, £8 ss, £7 17s 6d, £7 15s, £7 10s, £7 Gm, £G 7s, £5 15*- £5 10s, £5, £4 17s Gel, £2 15s, yearling steers £2 10k and'£2 lis (3d, 18 month heifers £2 13s to £3 Is, wean-

ers imied) £1 12s, £1 10s, £1 ss, £1 Is 6d, 17s Gd, 13s 6d. On Monday, 2Gth inst., at toy TJrenui yards, there was a small entry, of ivhich L was able to dispose of a fair majority at the following prices : vVeaner heifet's 15s, 15 and 18 month steers £3 16s, £3 145,~£3 3s, £2 7s. I year steers £3 19s Gd, 15 month leifers £2 19s Gd to £3 3s Gd, 2 year n calf heifers £1 and £3 IGs Gd, dairy :ows £5 7s 6d to £7, springing heil>rs £5 10s, store cows £3 lis Gd to

M 7s, forward and fat cows £5 4s to i'6 Bs, ewes and lambs £1 0s 3d. At Rahotu on Tuesday, 27th inst., 1 had a good yarding and attendance ind was able to dispose of a good majority at the following prices :—Weater steers £ 12s Gd, £1 9s Gd, £1 9s, „'l 7s, weaner heifers £1 10s, £1 5s Gd, 21 4s, yearling to 18 month heifers £1 18s to £3 10s Gd, 18 month steers £3 >s, bulls (mostly small) £2 15s to £6 ss, springing heifers £3 IGs to£s. store ,:ows £3 12s to £4 13s, forward cows jj 18s to £5 13s Gd, fat cows £5 IGs r.o £6 13s 6d. •• Private Sales for the week as.folr>ws:—Fat cows £7, £G 10s, £G, £5 2s Gd, forward cows £4 15s, 18 month teers £3 12s Gd and £3 14s, fat ewes 7s, fat wethers 18s to £l, lambs 9s o 9s 2d, fat bullocks £9, 3| year hillocks £7 3s Gd to £7 7s, 3 year steers JG ss, 2', year steers £5 5s to £5 12s 3d.

Mr Newton King states he has reeived the following advice re Wellingon wool sales:—ln consequence of the rool buyers being detained at Napier, ogether with the fact of the large iffering here—over 20,000 bales—the .'ool sale set down for Thursday, sth 'Ybruary, has been postponed to Frilay, Gth February, at 9 a.m. The nde, sheepskin, and oddment sale diieh was to have been held on Frilay, Gth February, lias been ean•elled and produce held over will be iffered on Friday. 20th February.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO., LTD.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Vgency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, eport as follows:—■ • ' ' lj ' On Tuesday, 27th inst., we held our snal fortnightly sale it* our Stratford aids, when we yarded 279 head of attle, selling 153 head. Prices were is follows :—1 small line mixed weanrs 21s, IS to 20 month steers 52s or small a,nd poor cattle up to 80s for .cell .grown..stuff, ■lB month empty leifers 57s Gd up to 625, 2J- year steers 05s to 109 s, store cows, low in condiion and small frames 50s to 655, good ramed cows 68s, 755, 80s, up to 88s, resh and forward conditioned cows' )2s 6d up to 109 s, fat cows 117 s up to 335, 138 s and 1435, bulls 37s 6d >r yearling, bulls up to 110 s, 116 s, 365, 141 s for ordinary sorts. .> ■

On Wednesday, 28th inst., we held ar monthly cattle sale and annual • heep fair in our Kohuratahi yards, vhen we yarded 1933 sheep, 3 horses and 288 head cattle. 411 the cattle wore disposed of, 800 of the sheep and the 3 horses. Prices were as follows: 2 tooth wethers 15s to 15s 6d, 4 and 6 tooth wethers 18s to 18. s 4d, 2 tooth ewes 15s, 4 tooth wethers 16s fid, 18 to 20 month steers 58s, 67s fid, 70s, /'ls fid, 74s and 76s fid, 18 month heif>rs 60s to 695, 2.\ year steers 97s 6d to 106 s, fresh and forward cows 105 s >d, Indls up to 145 s During the week we have disposed >f stock privately at the following rates:—Cull ewes in lines up to 12s 6d, 1 tooth ewes 15s. 3d to 15s 6d, 4 and -> tooth wethers 17s to 18s, 2 tooth vethers 1 Is 3d up to 15s, lambs 10s. iged ewes fis 9d and 7s, ewes and 'ambs 16s to 20s, mixed hoggets 14s, 10 month steers up to 84s, 3J year >ullocks 143 s 6d. small 2 to 2i year steers 88s 6d Webster, Dobson and Co.'s Report.

At Stratford on Tuesday we held our fortnightly sale. There was a good attendance and full yarding of stork, chiefly cows. Competition was brisk, and practically every pen was sold at the hammer. We quote:—2year steers £4 Os 6d to £4 7s 6d, empty heifers colored £4, 15 to 18month steers £3 2s 6d to £3 Bs, hulls £5 12s 6d to £S 10s, fat cows L'6 13s to £7 Is. store cows small <J3 2s (id to £3 los, fresh and forward do £4 to £5 ss, weaners mixed Shorthorn .'ils (id. On Wednesday we held our Stratford Sheep Fair, the yarding being just over 3000. There was a good attendance, hut competition was not too keen. Prices were as follows: Lambs 7s 9d to 9s (id. cull do Is 2d to lis, fat mid forward ewes Ms Id to lis lid, s.m. cues 12s 7d to 12s 10s, cull ewes -"is 5d to 8s Id. Private sales as follows:-Fat ewes 17s Id, His (id, 17s, wethers 17s 3d, 17s, 16s (id, s.in. ewes Us, Us 3d, lis, lambs 8s (id, 9s, 9s 3d, Us 6d, fat wethers I.Bs, 19s, 20s. 18-month steers C 3 12s (id, £3 (is, £3 8s (id, weaners 25s to 30s, fat cows L'7 ss, £7 10s, store cows 755, 82s (id, 85s, 90s, 97s fid, 18-month heifers £2 12s Gd, £2 His (id.