COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 43, 14 September 1918, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

i SECOND EDITION Continued.

NEWTON KING’S REPORT. At Urenui, on Monday, 2nd inst.. there was a good yarding of both cattle and sheep with a representative attendance of buyers. The advertised sheep and cattle on account ol Mr d. M. Ross met with keen competition and sold at the following preys —2 aml I tooth wetheys Mils Id, 2 and t tooth madden ewes 32s 2d, yearling heifers £M3s, yearling steers to 11-.I 1 -. 3 year steers £ll 12s del. On account of other vendors: Hogigets 23s

Sd to 275, small 19s 2d, store cons £;) Is to £# Ms, aged cows' £2 to 11 12s (Id, light framed store cows £• 17s Od, fat cows up to tl2 fs b-d. yearling heifers up to to (is for good well-grown sorts and front £2 los to ,t! Os Od for others. Backward 2

year in calf heifers £O. dairy hull £l2, yearling steers up to to Ms Od. dairy cows up to £lO, host dairy lu'ifers up to £lO, others £7 los to £lO os.

At Stony River on Tuesday. 3rd inst., yearling steers up to £1 12s, yearling heifers £3 (is to £1 Ms, - year empty heiters £1 18s fid to £0 7s. fat cows £l2 los. store cows from £-1 los for light to £7 for good sorts, guaranteed dairy cows £ll, springing heifers £0 10s to £l3 Ids.

On Friday, Oth. owing lo the vcy wet day thy re was a small yarding, all of which was sold at the hammci. Yearling heifers (small) made £9 2 s to £9 19s, Jersey yearling steers £2 Us, springing heifers t, os to til IDs dairy cows .I*7-os to £l2.

Douglas, 9tir. light store cows Cl 12s to CO Ms, fresh and forward cows C 7 Ms to £9 15s, yearling heifers £9 (is to £1 2s, yearling steers £t 10s to £d 10s for well grown and from £2 2s to £9 Ms for others, empty 2 year heifers £O, springing heifers £7 los to £ll, good dairy cows tlo lOs and £lO. hoggets 2Ms 2d and 2Ms Id loi the best and IMs 9d to 20s lor small. On. the sale day at Warea for Mr Fred. Chapman’s clearing sale, there wlfk a large attendance and keen competition. The dairy herd of -10 head averaged £ll 10s. Sundries at full value.

At Tikorangi on the same day for Mr J. Hine.'.lnr., clearing sale the attendance and competition was first class. The full herd ad heifers averaged over £l9 10s. The 'O-year registered .Shorthorn hull made £9o. At Stratford, on Tuesday 10th, there was keen competition for all classes. Yearling steers sold up to £o 19s, yearling heifers £-1 12s 6d to ,£/) 15s for best, other medium sorts C2 IMs (id to £9 Us. empty 2 year heifers £5 IMs Od to £0 15s. The 2 year steers were of 2nd grade and were not. enquired for: Backward 2 year heifers in call £0 15s, forward cows £9s 6d to £lO 12s, good store cows £S 2s to-£S IMs, store cows £5 IMs to £7 Os, small stores £9 IMs to £5 12s. In the Dairy Yards and springers showing quality and close up met with' keen competition. Com! cows £l6 to £2O, others £9 10s to £N heifers from £0 5s to £l9. Ihe <O. head sold averaging £ll Ms.

At Inglewood, on A\ednesday. IHii insfc., there was a lull yarding of cattle and a small entry of sheep, store cattle sold well. Heifers and cows met with spirited competition but backward and poor conditioned sorts were hard to sell. I’rices were: Yearling steers made from £6 <is to £6 11s 6d. smaller .£•( os to to -s, Shorthorn yearling heifers fc(i, Jersey yearling heifers to to to 10s, smaller yearlings £3 (5s to tl 12s (id, empty 2 year heifers from to’ lOs for small to t 0 Ids for good Holsteins. rough 2 year steers t 7 7s. forward eows £9 Is to £9 10s. store eows from tl Ss (id for light to £8 Ids, lor good einpt\ ewes hoggets 20s 2d, best dairy cows £l7 10s to £l9 10 s, others, £8 to til !os, springing heifers t 7 15s to tld 10s. •