COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144132, 30 June 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

MR. NEWTON KING, Following is Mi'. Newton King’s weekly report:— On Friday, 20th inst., at my AVaiwakailio yards, there was a fair entry of cattle," including an improved number of dairy cows, which sold under good competition as follows; Best guaranteed dairy cows £7 2s 6d to £ll, second grade £0 2s 6d to £6 12s 6d, aged or poor £4 to £5 ss, springing heifers £6 12s 6d to £7 ss; prices for other stock were, store cows £2 15s*to £3 16s, heifers in calf £4 16s 6d to £5 10s 6d, forward bullocks £6 18s, bulls £3 Is, woaner steers £2, coloured weaner heifers £3. At Douglas, on Monday, I had a good ontrv and demand for all classes except 2|-ycnr and older steers; wcaners and yearlings sold well. Store cows made from £2 16s to £4 425, forward and fat cows £4 7s 6d to £6 10s, springing heifers £5 to dairy cows (forward) £7 2s 6d to £J 10s,' Into calvers £5 to £6 ss, empty 20-month heifers £3 7s Gd, Jersey-Hol-stcin wcaners to yearlings £1 IGs, 20month to 2-vear steers £3 los 6d, had coloured £3, f.m. ewes in lamb (poor) os to Ss. . On -Tuesday, at my Stratford yards, I had a small entry, the majority, being cleared at satisfactory prices. Weaner heifer.', made £1 16s 6d. good coloured heifers £3, weaner steers (good) £2, empty 20-month heifers £.! 7s to £3 7s Gd, coloured heilers in calf £5 to £5 9s, choice Jersey heifers £7, 2.'.-rears steers £1 ISs Gti. store cons £3 5s to £3 12s, small fat cows £5 Is to £5 Bs, forward bullocks £6, good conditioned 2i-year steers £5 9s. On Wednesday, at Stony River, there was a fair.enlry, including several pens of good heifers in calf, tor which there was only a fair inquiry. Other classes of cat lie sold at prices sligiul.v m advance of late sales. Best weaner to yearling heifers made from £1 los to *£2 4s, woaner steers £1 ICs Gd, mixed wen tiers £1 los. heifers in calf £5 Its Ctl to £6 12s Cd, 20-month ami 2-ycar-steers (well grown line, but several coloured) £3 13s 6d, dairy cows £6 5s to £6 12s Gd, store cows £2 6s Gd to £.i los, ewes in lamb (1. 6 and f.iii.) 14s. On account of Mr, A. Gray, who has sold his farm, a nice lino of 2-yoar heifers in calf, all by a Momahaki pedigree Shorthorn bull and well grown, realised £5 IGs, 2-ycar Shorthorn bull £4. chestnut marc £26. hay gelding £25 10s, pair bullocks and dray £3O 10s, hack £-1 10s, spring cart £l3 los. On Friday. 20th inst., , for Mr. S. Long's clearing sale there was a good attendance of -buyers. The herd contained sonic very choice cows, and also a good number aged and late calvers. i Bidding throughout was good, a very 1 satisfactory average oi £9 7s being obtained for’the dairy herd. Choice cows sold at from £l3 11s to £l7, good cows from £8 15s to £l2 sa, late calvers £6 to £7 ]os, aged, empty or very late calvers £3 to £5 os, woaner heifers £2 2s (id, hulls £2 16s to £4 10s, bay mare £25 10s, bav gelding £7 10s, bay colt £l4 15s; 2-ycar colt £6 10s, slip pigs 10s, breeding sows £3 to £3 2s Gd, gig £7, milk-cart £ls 10s, cart harness £2 10s. hens from 4s to 6s. At Kapnni, on Monday, 23rd inst., for Mr. A. F. Davidson's sales there was a good attendance of the public. There was good competition for tho dairy herd, choice,cows selling at from £ll" 10s to £ls, good cows £S 10s to £ll. aged or late calvers £5 5s to £7 ss, making an average for the 55 cows of £9 Ids, gelding 8 years old brought £27 10s, hay mare £24, milk waggon £3O. disc harrows £4 16s, hay rake £4 15s, plough £4 15s. jack £3 7s Cd, scoop £1 15s, gig £22 10s. On Thursday, ■201.1 i inst., a very successful sale was held on account of Mrs. I John Reeve. Egmont Village, pfobably the best sale held in this district. There was an excellent attendance of the. public and the dairy herd, tiding well known and in fine condition, sold under brisk competition. A few choice 2-ycar heifers were offered, these selling very readily. Horses, implements and furniture sold 1 at satisfactory prices. Choice dairy cows brought from £l2 os to £l3, host cows close to profit £9 to £ll 10s, backward cows £7 10s to £3 os, averaging £lO 5s for herd, three-quarter cows £4 to £4 los, coloured weaner boilers £2 11s, springing heifers £8 5s to £9 15s. 2-year Jersey bull £5 os, store cows £3 15s to £4 7s 6d, bay gelding £25, hay mare £22 os. aged gelding £l3 10s, stack hay £l3 10s. hack £5 ss, store pigs £l, spring dray £lO, dog-cart £lO 10s, disq harrows £6 10s, Massey drill £lO, mower £ll, Booth plough £4 los. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. AUCKLAND, June 25. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report as follows: — AVo submitted and sold' extra large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, competition being keen at late rates;— Hides.—Market firm. We quote.; Extra stout ox SJd to 9d, stout 8)d to Sgcl, medium Sd to 81,d. light 7Jd to 7Jd; cows’, best lines 7jd to 7?d. good 7Jd to 7UI, inferior GUI to 7d ; kips. 7d to 7UI; stags, ojd to GJd; calfskins, best to 9Jd, good 7.jd to Ssd, cut and damaged 6d to GUI. Sheepskins.—Market firmer. Best butcher skins, largo to 7s Gd. good lines average os 9d to 6s 3d, medium 4s 9d to os 2d, small 2s 9d to 3s 9d; country, dry and woolly skins, largo to 9s, medium 5s -Id to Cs 6d, small Is 6d to 3s lOd. Tallow.—Market firm. Best mlx'ed, to 2Ss,.good 25s 3d to 375, inferior 22s 6d to 24s Cd : rough fat, l:,d to 2d per lb. Bones, £5. Cowtails, Is 8d dozen. Fungus. 4Jd and sd, finding ready sale. Small lots onlv coming to hand. STRATFORD, Juno 27. On Friday, the 20th inst., wo held our usual fortnightly sale, which was postponed from Tuesday on account of the visit of H.M.S. New Zealand to New Plymouth. There was a small yarding of 50 sheep and 140 cattle, everything excepting three head being disposed of at the hammer or afterwards. The tone of tho market is verymuch firmer, and we qnoto prices as follows:—AVenner steers mixed colours 21s for poor conditioned cattle to 35s for well-grown weaners, weaner heifers showing colour realised from 42s 6d to 61s for a lino of 46 just off turnips and alt well in , to the Jersey, weaner bulls 3Ss to 50s, 20-month empty heifers 63s to 67s 6d, store cows 49s to 79s Gd for good framed cows, forward cows 85s to 97s 6d, aged ewes 7s 6d' to 9s, 4tooth ar-d few f.m. owes in lamb 13s. On Wednesday, the 24th inst., we held our usual monthly sale in our To Wera Yards, when there was a yarding of 90 cattle and 840 sheep, most of the stock being disposed of during the afternoon. Wo quote prices as follows;—Store cows 57s 6d, S7s and 925, 20-month steers 52s 6d to 655, aged ewes 6s 6d to Bs, 2tooth wethers 14s 6d, lambs 9s Id to 9s 9d, rams 6s 2d.