COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144198, 15 September 1913, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING’S WEEKLY REPORT. On Friday. stk inst.. at my “Willovalo” Stud Farm, I held my second annual sale of pedigree Holstcin-Friesians. There was a very large and representative attendance of dairymen and fanciers from all parts of the North and South Islands. The cattle were looking well, and attracted good bidding, especially so for the pick of the yearling bulls. Cows sold at 170 gns., 135 gns., 95 gns., 85 gns-, 75 gns., 60 gns., 55 gns., heifers 85 gns., 76 gns., 54 gns., 40 gns., 30 gns.. yearling bulls ]7ogns.. 105 gns.. 90 gns.. 85 gns., .70 gns., 65 gns., GO gns., 50 gns., 4-year-old bull i4O gns. At Pronui yards, on Monday, Bth inst., there was a good entry and attendance. Competition was quieter on store cattle, but for the good quality forward springing heifers I had a good inquiry and a good sale. Heifers, small and backward, were hard of sale. I quote prices:—Yearling steers £2 15s to £2 19s. yearling heifers £2 7s to £2 14s, choice Jersey yearling heifers £4 6s to £4 15s. 2-year empty heifers £3 13s 6d to £3 18s for grades, and £4 15s to £5 2s for colour, IS-month steers £3 14s, fat cows £6 2s to £6 17s, forward cows up to £5 10s, store cows £3 10s to £4 15s. cows and calves £4 10s, forward bullock £7 10s, hoggets 15s. slip pigs £1 to £1 15s. In tho dairy yards, best springing heifers from £6 to £lO, others, small or backward, £3 7s Gd to £5 15s. guaranteed cows £4 12s Gd to £8 10s. At Rahotu, on Tuesday, 9Ui inst,. owing to the mooting of West Coast lease-holders at Opunake, 1 had only a small entry and attendance. Yearling steers made £2 Is Gd. yearling heifers £2 6s to £3 3s, Holstein bull £7 os, weedy yearlings 10s to £1 3s, aged cows £3. storo cows £3 10s to £5 7s, empty heifers £4 Is to £4 8s 6d, springing heifers £5 7a 6d, woancr pigs 12s Gd.

At Stratford, on the* same day. for my weekly springing heifers sale, I had a good demand for good quality heifers, which sold at from £(> to £9 ss, small or backward £4 125.6 d to £5 10s, guaranteed cows £4 to £7. WEBSTER, DOBSON AND CO. Webster, Dobson and Co. report as follows: On Tuesday last we hold our usual Stratford Sale, there was only a moderate yarding of store cattle, but the springing heifer yards wore well filled. Competition for store cattle was a trifle quiet as compared, with late sales, and several pens were passed at the hammer. We, however, disposed of the whole yarding after the sale. In tlio heifer yards there was a good attendance, with very spirited competition for good sorts, dose to calving, and all of this quality sold readily. For inferior and backward heifers there was practically no inquiry, and vendors should realise that this doss finds more willing purchasers in the store We quote prices as follows:—Yearling steers, 33s to 60s; do. heifers, 45s Jo G3s; empty heifers, £2 18s to £3 ss; store cows, £4 5s to £5; in-calf heifers (small), £3 Gs to £3 11s; fat cows. £5 Ss 6d to £6 10s. Springing heifers, Jersey strain: A nice lino of 22 on account of Mr. G. Jones sold well at £G to £lO os; Shorthorn heifers. £5 5s to £8: backward heifers, £4 to £5; cows, £B. LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Stratford branch, report as follows: On Tuesday. 9fch inst., wo hold our usual fortnightly salo in our Stratford Yards, yarding *330 head of mixed cattle, all of which were sold except two pons. Prices were as follows:—Mixed yearlings, 45s to 52s Gd; Shorthorn yearling heifers, small and rather low in condition, 41s up to 57s 6d for ordinary cattle; yearling steers, 57s Gd up to *G3s for well-grown Shorthorn stuff; yearling heifers showing Jersey and Jcrsey-Holstein cross, 47s for low-conditioned cattle up to 79s Gd; two-year empty Shorthorn heifers, off hill country nut in first-class condition, 74s up to 92s 6d for cattle of mixed colours; two-year steers, 75s to 83s Gd; old storo cows. 20s, 40s. upjo 57s Gd; younger cows, 635, 67s 6d, 775, S2s Gd, 84s, 01s, 935, 945, 975, up to 107 s for fresh-conditioned cows; fat cows, 120 s to 127 s 6d.

In tho dairy pens wo offered about 50 head of springing'heifers, prices being as follows:—Two-year springing heifers of nico-quality and close to profit, up to £8 17s Cd ; heifers, backward, £4 5s up to £7 ss; dairy cows, for best cows up to £8 10s, and from £5 2s 6d to £G 10s for aged and backward cows. Farmers in their own interests .should only yard heifers close to profit, as backward stuff is very much neglected and does nob realise their real values. , BUTTER AND CHEESE. Messrs. E. Griffiths and Co. are in receipt of tho following market report from their London principals, Messrs. Mills and Sparrow, dated August 8, 1013: BUTTER. Tho general position is unchanged. Tho main feature" is'that all choice descriptions continue to soil as they-come along, at quoted prices, but undergrades, -whether from Australia, Siberia, Franco or any other quarter, aro ail quiet and dragging, with considerable accumulations of stock. The prospects aro that choice butter from npw on will somewhat decrease in quantity, so that ‘ l bcst ,, prices will bo fully, maintained, but the outlook for secondary descriptions is not very favourable at the moment. Tho weather in this country has boon very dry for tho last threo weeks, and France is also complaining. If production shrinks materially, this may help the general position to a considerable extent. Australian.—Very little arriving. Tho choice grades sell, the under-grades move'with difficulty. Colonial-arrivals this week arc:—Per s.s. Demosthenes, 5000 boxes Australian; per s.s. Clan Macrae, 1 * 3000 boxes Australian. Danish.—Market is unchanged. There are signs of a somewhat better demand in Germany, and this will help to maintain prices. French.—Prices generally are unchanged. with still a considerable surplus "for export. Irish.—-Tliis description is a shade easier, although tho factories are complaining of shorter supplies, and anticipating higher prices in the near future. Siberian.—Some 20,000 casks arrived in London this week. Stock is still being added to, as tho demand is not sufficient to clear. Tho best grades at 9Ss and 100 s aro selling fairly well. CHEESE. Tho market is steady, with prices just tho turn dearer. Tho dry weather in England is shortening the. supply of English cheese. Prices of ; butter in Canada have declined considerably, and several factories aro turning on to cheese. It is expected that this will improve tho supply of Canadian cheese for the autumn. QUOTATIONS. Butter.—Danish, finest HSs, 120 s;

Siberian, finest 98s, 100 s; New South Wales, finest salted 104 s, 106 s. finest unsalted 104 s, 108 s; Queensland, finest salted 102 s, 104 s, finest unsalted 104 s, 106 s; Now Zealand, cleared. Cheese.—Canadian, finest whito C4s (3d, 65s up, to C6s, finest coloured Cos, 60s; New Zealand, white 665, coloured 655, 665.