COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

FARMERS' CO-OP. ORG. SOCIETY'S REPORT On Monday, 13th Inst., at Opunake, we held our usual fortnightly sale. There was a good yarding of cattle, especially in dairy pen*. Store cattle showed an advancement in prlee. Dairy cattle were yarded In excess of demand, and only best sorts were sold under the hummer. We quote:—Ewes and lambs, £2 ss; hoggets, £1 7s; store pigs, £1 13s, £2; best cows to £l2; fresh-conditioned cows, £8 4s, £9 12s Gd; store cows, £5, £6 10s; empty 2-year heifers, £0 17s, £7 4s; yearling heifers, £3 8s; best dairy heifers close to profit, £lB to £2O; others, £ll2 15s, £ 14; later and* more backward sorts, £ 8, £lO 10s. At Manaia on Tuesday we had a full yarding of cattle. Buyers were in attendance, and fresh conditioned and fat cattle sold at high rates. We quote: Store plge, £2 4s, £8 1«; fat cows, £l3 to £ls 10s; good conditioned do., £lO 8s to £ll 6s; store cows, £5 17s Cd, £7 lis. Others at market values. Yedrling heifers, best sorts, £6 2s; others, £4 18s. In the dairy pens, the cattle yarded did not show' much quality. Average heifers £lO, £l2 10s; later sorts to £9. At S'ratford on Tuesday there was a full yarding of all classes of stock. Buyers were in attendance,' and a good sale resulted. On Wednesday we held our usual fortnightly sale at Inglewood. There was a good demand for all stock. Bidding was brisk, and practically the whole yarding was sold under the liammer. Quotations: Ewes and lambs, £2 Is 7d; fat cows, £ll 13s; fresh conditioned cows, £S ss, £9 7s Od; stoTe cows, £5, £7 10s; 2-year empty heifers, £7 2s 6d, £8 12s; yearling steers, £2 15s to £4; best yearling Jersey heifers, £9 lis; yearling heifers, £1 lo £6 7s 6d. In the dairy pens, a good brisk sale resulted. Quotes: Best dairy heifers dose lo proiU, £l9; later sorts, £lO to £l4 15s; da'ry cows, best sorts, to £29. On Friday, at Auroa, we held our usual sale. Cattle came forward in good numbers. Buyers were In attendance, and a good sale resulted. Quotations: Store pigs, £1 10s, £2'4s; fat cows, £l3 10s, £l4 15s; fresh conditioned cows, £9 os, £lO ss; store do., £5 10s to £6 13s; yearling heifers, £4 12s to £4 16s; yearling steers, £3 Is to. £3 10s; best dairy heifers to £ls 10s; later sorts at market rates. HAMILTON STOCK MARKET. The Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report :—- At Hamilton on Thursday, we held our weekly sale, and had a good average yarding of both cattle and sheep. The cattle market generally evinced a much brighter tone, and practically everything changed hands. Beef was in fair supply, and drew v good competition. Bullocks unade up to £l7 ss, and cows to £l4 2s 6d. Empty store cows were sought* after, although the quality was very ordinary. Prices ranged between £0 5s and £7 'to Cd for light framed sorts. Two-year steers were well represented and well competed for. The best made from £7 5s to £8 2s Od; smaller sorts £5 7s Od to £6; empty heifers made a sharp decline, and for fair quality sold up to £7 12s Od; smaller sorts, £0 to £0 7s Od; yearling steers were much on ft par with recent sales, making up to £4 10s for medium quality; yearling heifers, £3 lOs.to £4. No prime sheep were yarded. In general the sheep market was dull, and many of the lines failed to fln'd purchasers. Fat ewes reached 38s 3d; forward ewes, 28s to 31s. Pigs were yarded in average, numbers, . and sold equal (o last week's rates. Sows j with young to £l7; bacon pigs up to £7; j porkers £4 2s to £5 ss; slips £2 17s 0d 'to £3 15s: weaners £2 to £2 l(is; suckers

J from 2(is. Fresh-dropped calves realised from 5s to 12s Gd. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The X.Z. Loan and Mercantile (Hawera) report rs follows: ' On Saturday, nth., we held our Hawera spring horse fair. The demand was for good sorts of milk carters and heavy draughts. We quote: Draughts (including three-quarters) £35 to £sl), half draughts to £33, unbroken ditto £2B ss, hacks and light harness horses to £2O. At Kaltaraniea, on Monday, 13th., we had a full yarding of good classes of cattle. Bidding was brisk and practically the whole yarding was disposed of at the fall of the hammer. We quote: Fat cows £l3 23 6d to : £l4 ss, good conditioned ditto £lB > 15s to : £l2 15s, store cows £5 5s to £7 17s, others at market value, empty heifers £5 17s 6d to 1 £0 13s, yearling heifers (good sorts) £6, ' others £4 0s fid to £4 15s, ewes and lambs £2 ss, sows to £7 lis, stores to £2 15s, weaners 255, dairy cows £l2 to £2O 10s, heifers, Jersey cross, 2 years, £l9 10s to £24 10s, others <best) to £25 10s, others ' £l2 to '£lß. At Eltham, on Wednesday, we had a fair , yarding, For the classes of store cattle , yarded some very good prices were obtained. , We quote: Fresh conditioned cows £ 7 Is to j £8 Cs, old and poor conditioned ditto £2 t 4s to £C, empty heifers (good quality and . condition) £7 7s 6d, others to £7 Is. spring- ! ing heifers (close to profit) £lO 10s to £l2 , ss, others £0 15s to £l7 ] On Thursday, at Hawera, we had a good ! yatdlng of all classes of stock. Dairy cattle- . were penned in exceptionally large numbers, . and of these the whole were quitted at j auction. We quote: Fat cows £l3 to £ls , 17s Gd, good conditioned" ditto £8 7s" 6d to t £9 ss, medium ditto £C 2s to £7 IDs, others, at market value, empty heifers tp £8 [ 18s, yearling heifers £4 19s to £5 9s, steers j £2 8s to £4 7s, dairy cows, Jersey, £3l 10s, j others to £2l 10s, springing heifers, best, j £lB to £22, others £8 15s to £lO, calved f ditto £lO to £lB, hoggets 10s 4d to 235, t store pigs £2 Is to £3 2a tld, porkers £4 3 lis to £1 17s, sows to £5, weaners' 10s to 80s.