COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXI, Issue 20, 12 August 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING LIMITED REPORT At Urenui on 2nd ins?., n nil] yarding met with a slunk easier market for all classes compared with previous sales. Sheep sold readily but the sale for both store and dairy cattle was inclined to drag, although vendors' reserves were obtained in nearly all cases. Fat sheep 30s, hoggets 20s, 2-1 s, 2ls Id, mixed aged empty ewe,-' '}os, 2, 4 and (> tooth wethers 83s 2d, store cows £,*s 2s (id, £7 7s 6:1 to £8 ss, light fat cows £lO ss, £lO 6s, mixed yearling heifers £1 17s 6d. £5, to £'s ;~s, mixed yearling steers £2 :ss, £2 Is.'£2 15s to £3 13s (id. 2year steers £O, 3-year do £7 5s to £lO 7s (id, vearling Jersey bulls £5 2s 6d, empty heifers £7 Is to £7 12s 6d, dairy heifers £9 ss, £lO 15s, £l3 5s to £l3 10s, dairy cows £l2, £l4s 10s. £l6 to £l7, choicer classes £2O, £2l 10s, £25 to £2O. At Stony River en the 3rd a full yarding came forward, the market comparing with that at Urenui the previous day. Store pigs £2 4s, £2 163, to.£3, store cows £l, £5 (is. £6 (is to £6 12s 6d, bulls £5, £6 7s 6d mixed yearlings heifers £3 14s, £•1 7s 6d, £4 9s to £4 15s, mixed yearling steers 27s (id, £2 os Od, £2 10s to £3 Is, 18-month steers £4 7s (3d, 20-month steers £4 2s (3d, £5 ss, £5 10s, 2i-year steers £(i to £8 2s, 3-year do £9 12s, in-calf heifers £(3 10s, springing heifers £l2 15s to £l4 10s, dairy cows fill, £ls 10s, £l6 to £lB, better classes £22 10s to £23 10s. At Waiwakaiho o n the 6th, both store and dairy pens were fully taxed A slightly easier tone again prevailed in the store section, well-grown and quality yearlings maintaining a firm market. An extra heavy yarding of dairy cattle met with fair competition throughout, the quality of the offering taken on the whole only being fair. Hoggets 22s (3d, ewes in lamb 26s 6d, 32s 6d, fat ewes 265. store cows £4 10s, £6 Is, £6 5s to £(> 15s, Jersey bulls £7 15s to £B, mixed yearling' heifers £4, £4 7s '3d. £5 to £5 Bs, yearling Jersey heifers £7 ss, £8 17s Gd, mixed yearlings steers £2 7s to £3 6s. empty heifers £6 15s, £7, £7 15s, £B, empty Jersey heifers'£ll to £ll ss, springing heifers £lO ,15s, £l2, £l6" to £lB, dairy cows £ll, £l3, £lss 10s, £lB to £l9, better classes realised £2O £2l 10s, £23 10s } to £26 10s.