COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 69, 13 July 1914, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING'S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday, 3rd inst., at my Waiwakaiho yards I had u full yarding of cattle, the quality and condition of which were, however, not up to that of previous entries, consequently affecting bidding, but any pens of good cuttle sold readily. Good yearling heifers £2 13s, to £2 Us (3d, smaller stuff (no sale) mixed yearlings £1 12s to £1 Los Gd, yearling steers, rough lines £2 4s and £2 OS, 15-month steers £3 7s, 20-montlr, and 2-year steers £4 3s, good 20-month empty heifers £3 16s to £3 4s, small or younger £2 12s to £2 17s Gd, heavy bull £7 17s (id. cows and calves £5 5s ana £5 10s, fat cows £6 15s to £7, small £5 18s to £O, store cows £3 9s to £4 lls for good fresh conditioned cattle, small £2 10s to £2.185, aged £1 10s to £2 2s. The dairy cattle yarded, taken right through, were a poor lot, heifers selling a from. £4 to £6 7s Gd, and best cows £7 to £8 15s, others £5

£0 15s, pedigree Jersey cow "Dolce" 25Jgns,' small lambs 10s 9d, fat hoggets £l. » M*AV At Lepperton on Monday, 6th inst., for Mr Harris' clearing sale I had a good attendance,* and the herd being well known there was good competition, the line averaging £9' 3s Gd. Best cows sold at from £lO 10s to £ls, good sorts £7 to £9 15s, filly by Baron 0 £ls, heifers in milk £6 15s. On account of other vendors:—Springing heifers £6 to £B' 10s, dairy -cows £6 5s to £lO 10s, weaner heifers £2 Is. store cows £3 15s. On the same day at Ngaire, for Mr H. Kenny's sale, there was a good attendance, Mr Kenny's dairy being well known right through the district, 'There was brisk bidding lor everything offered,"the dairy herd of 40 (a very fine line of Jerseys) averaging £ll 3s. Prices obtained for cows were: £lB 10s to £©\ tie W-empty £4 5s to £5 10s, pedigree Jersey bull "Maori Chief" 15gns, cow Birdie 20gns, cow. Birdie's Bet' TSghs,' heifer, Birdie's Lass 12Vgns, pedigree calves 5 to 7 gns, weaner to yearling heifers £2 19s, springing heifers £5 15s and £6, hoggets 15s 3d, fat ewes £l, drill £33. On account of Mr A. Quarrel; Hoi stein bull £ls 10s.

At Stratford yards on Tuesday, 7th inst.. I bad a good entry of cattle, the quality of these being a distinct improvement on recent yardings. The enquiry for all classes was improved good bidding being obtained on practically every pen offered: Prices obtained were: Jersey yearling herfrY-. good colors £2J7s, good pen of Short; horn yearlings-£2 7s, others £2 1to £1 Bs, yearling steers (not Itoo good) £2 13s to £2 Is 6d, small mixed weaners to yearlings £1 9s to £1 13s, small bulls £2 16s to £5 7s 6d, empt,\ 20 month Jersey Holstoin heifers £3 19s, empty 20 months line of grades (bit rough) £3 7s, rough 18 arid 20 month steers £3 5s to £3 13s 6tl, ! 2-year steers £4 6s to £4 13s' 6d,* 's\ to 3-year steers"'£6, in-calf 3-yo'ai IShorthorn heifers £0 Is, springing l hi- in heifers £5 ss, forward cows £o 17^ (id to £1 lis, good store cows,£3 12s 6d to £4 lis, small £". Is to £3 9s, good pen of hoggets. 15s (id, small line of hoggets in forward condition 16s 6d, lambs 12s 6d. The dairy cows entered on account of W. Wishart were a good conditioned line, and sold at from £7 to £lO, aged cows £4 10s to £5 15sj about £7 10s for the line. On account of other vendors, dairy cows sold at from £■' 15s to £7 ss, springing heifers £5 15s to £9. The catties entered on account of Mr W. Hapcf? were, with the exception of a- pen of 2 to 3-year heifers (sold sa.lo.at £5), all cleared at the hamemr as follows: 2year mixed in calf heifers £4, rough steers £-'5 3s to £4 3s, empty 15 to 20 month, heifers £3 9s, young cows (very small) with calves at foot £.l 19s, yearling heifers £1 19s, store cows £4 2s and £4 3s, heifers calvod and springing £4 17s 6d to £5 7s 6d, bulls £2 6s to £5 7s 6d.

On the same day at Eltham, in conjunction with the Loan and Mercantile Co., Ilawera, I conducted Mrs Mortlock's clearing sale. Tliorc was a good attendance of ouyers, the prices for cows running up as higli as £ls, the herd of 30 averaging £9 10s, springing heifers £5 15s to £9 ss, empty heifers £3 15s, hulls £l2 and £l3, breeding sows £4 10s to £7, black gelding £3O. At Stony River yards on "Wednesday, Bth inst., there was a fair yarding, practically all of which was cleared at the following prices:— Yearling heifers £2 lis to £1 15s, small £1 2s 6d to £1 9s, yearling steers £2 13s Ckl to £2 10s Od for fair lines, rough 20-month steers £3 IGs, empty 20-month heifers ' £3 10s and £3 10s Od, forward cows £5 to £5 9s, store cows £3 17s Od to £4 12s od, small cows £2 10s to £2 19s 6d, j bulls £5, in calf 2i-yoaf 'Shorthorn Iheifers £5 17s Od, springing heifers ! £5 17* Od to £0 7s od, dairy cows ; C 5 5s to £8 10s, nice line of 3s-yoar I forward bullocks £9 Gs, pair working [bullocks £3O 10s. On flie same day at Awatuna, for .Mi' F. J. Browning's sale, there was a fair attendance. The cows wore in poor condition without calving dates, a id cold nt from £1 to £l2, accord•t t« quality, averaging £7 10s for ;l\f> line Af Oknto on Thursday, dftspit© tho .vrotched weather, T had a. good attendance for Mr .1. W. Rixon's cloaring sale. The dairy cows wer« n good conditioned* lot. biijb owing to ■•■ho.-' 1 being no records kept of calving flati'-;, amn<? of the later cows did not command the «mii bidding as obtained for any of the herd showing wall forward, tlio latt«r, kowevor, compensating fox th<* others, the lin»

of 74 making a rery satisfactory average of £8 Is: Best early cows sold at from £9 to £l3 ss, others £4 10s to £S ss, choice weaner to yearling heifers £3 13s to £3 Gs, weaner steers £1 19s, bulls £8 8s to 14£-gns. Private sales for the week.—Yearling heifers £2 7s Gd to £1 19s (improved demand for good sorts), smaller £1 8s to £1 15s, yearling mixed £2 5s to £2 lis, yearling steers £2 Gs 6d to £3 3s for lines to make a drive of 350 to Oiuua fresh conditioned cows good 'frames £4 J Us,, good in calf 2{ to 3-year heifers £6, dairy cows £6 IDs, to £9, vealers £2 12s Gd, empty 20-month heifers £3 5s Gd to £3 10s. 6tl, f.m. Lincoln ewes in lamb (good) £] Is, empty ewes in forward condition 17s to 19s, fat wethers £1 7s, hoggets 14s 3d to 15s.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY GO'S. REPORT. The N.Z."Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Startford branch, report as follows: On Monday, 6th July, we held a very successful clearing sale on account of Messrs Galloway and Curry, Rowan Road. The day was fine and the attendance very large for the district, competition being very keen from the start, there being no less than 2 1 buyers operating. There were very few sundries, but the herd of 71 cows and 8 heifers were disposed of in record time. Pigs: Slips 2s, sow 70s. The cow's made from £6 10s to £l3. The average, for the herd was £9 7s Gd. Empty cows 105 sto 70s, rising 2 year old heifers in calf £8 to £4 10s. On Thursday, 9th inst., wo held a clearing sale on account of R. W. Smith, Tuna. Notwithstanding the fact that the day was very Avet and rough, there was a fair attendenco, 15 buyers operating for the cows. The stock was in fair order, and this was a genuine herd, consequently bidding was brisk, and an average of £9 lis, including 3 teaters, was made for the herd. There were not many sundries. but what were offered were keenly competed for and realised fair values. Six year old gelding, which was keenly competed for, realised £3l. Cows (including three-teaters) made from £7 to, £l2 15s, empty cows 100 s to 60s, 9. weaner heifers 43s each, 3 at 10s each. We also offered on account of Mr Wm, Hathaway, a Holstein cow' and two Kolsteii) heifers. The cow was a fine specimen of the strain, with calf at foot, apd was very keenly competed for, falling to the bid of a Stratford leiyor. ( at £l4; nspringing heifer, sane breed, £9 10s; heifer in milk with calf at foot £B-15s»r-' - During the past week we have dis- :> ised of a considerable amount of stock privately as follows:--Weaner:; 'Ms to 525. dairy cows £8 10s, pedigree cow "Forest Pietertje" Eeg. Xo 2614(5, Signs; weaner steers £2 los to £2 IGs, hoggets 14s 9d.