COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 145085, 9 September 1916, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

LOAN AND MERCANTILE. AUCKLAND, Sept, 7. ■Tho Now Zealand Loan and Alwcaulilo Agency Company. Ltd., report;At Westfield, on Thursday, best dairy cows and heifers sold at Irom ill os to £11; others, 1 £d to £8 lus ; aged and inferior cows, £ll to £5 os; hulls, ligns. to 12gns., according to quality; empty cows and heifers, id 5s to £8 ss: yearling steers, £1 5s to £5 Is; yearling heifers. £3 os to £4 3s. At Albert Yards, on Friday, heavy draughts sold from £22 10s u> £3u; medium draughts, £l7 IDs to £26 .’Os; lio-ht harness horses, £8 10s to £l4 Ids- hacks, £S In £l3; ponies, £4 tu £3. , , At Papakura. on Monday, best d:urv cows made troip £lO 10s lo £l7 los; others. £() 13s tu £!) los; aged and inferior cows, £3 os to £5 15s ; best dairy heifers, £9 to £l2 10s; others, £5 10s to £3 ss. Dulls were penned in averago numbers a ml sob! at pnwvs. Shorthoru hulls sold at Irom 7gns. io '■lt Papakura store sale, on Tuesday, two and a half to lliroe-year-old steers mado £9 5s to £l2, no grown cattle wore varded. IS-months to two-year •Steers £6 Is to £7 15s, yearling hellers £3 7s (id lo £1 17s (id. two-year heifers £5 to £0 7s (id. empty cows and heifers £6- 7s Ud Lo £9, hulls £o os to £ls los, according to '(inaiuy. Lee was yarded in full numbers, and sold at an advance on V, eMliehl prices, cows selling at from £i lo £l9 his. steels £l2 to £l(s. , , , At AVestfield fat stock market on YVednesdav best oxen sold to £2 /» PC lOOlh., Olliers £2 3s to £2 (is. no exceptionallv bcuvv weis'bis wciv yntiUkU cow and heifer beef £2 3s lo £2 (is for best, others £1 KWHo £2 2s, steers from £lO to £2l ss. cows and hellers £<> us to £l6 XTs 6<L Some of the averages wore- A truck of steers irom Mr. R. H. Bailov, Tiraii. £l9 15s; 5 steers Irom Air. E. Allen, Cambridge, £l7; cows from same vendor., £l(i 17s (id; 24 steers from Mr.' R. Watson, Malaniata £lO Is; 24 steers Irom Okahiiknra’Estate, £lO 7s; 0 small steers from Messrs. Martin Brothers. Manuvmvn -Clo 12s lid : 10 small sloors iroin Air. iL G. Douglas, .Miranda, £Ui 1-i cows from same place. £!•> L9> l «’- ('Mvci were penned in lull imuibeis. ami sold frcoSy at increased ruti;s.^ Hunnews made from £'! 15s to £l<) <* <*•• heavy Slickers £•( to £d us, medium suckers £3 to £4 2s, light s’nekers ?-s (id to £2 Ivs fid, small and Ireshd replied 3s to 335. ilcsi. we hers sold ,t from £1 17s fid to £* ls ’ It,,ors.1 t,,ors . -Cl 8s 3d to £1 ID., !)d. extra heavy owes f l 11s 3d to £1 17s (id, others £1 6s to £1 10s, interiorly-fatted £1 Is to £1 os 9d, host hoggets £1 us to .U Ud, others £1 to £1 4s Od. store hoga'cts T7s to 19s 3d. Pigs wore pennedj

in largo numbers, amt improved slightly in prices. ' Choppers £5 Ids to' £6 Hi,s, heavy haconcrs LI 12s to £5 Bs, medium haeoners £1 Is to £1 'lts, light haeoners £-4 Ids to £3 1 A-, heavy porkors c;! as to £3 11s. medium porkers €2 10s to i'3 Is, light porkers il 18s to £2 Bs, slips il 2s to il Ills, wallers 12s to 12s.