COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16895, 17 November 1920, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

NEWTON KING, LTD.

Messrs. Newton King, Ltd., report: At Huiakama on November 4 we hold a clearing sale on account of Mr. C. 11. Mathers. Buyers attended in strong numbers from all parts of tho district, a most successful sale resulting. Pony £5 10s, geldings £l2, £ls 10s, draught mares £lB 10s, £22, £26, sow and litter £lO, store pigs £3 15s, empty heifers £7 7s, £9 10s, yearling steers £3 os, 2-year steers £5 2s 6d, springing heifers £8 £ll, £l6 10s. heifers calved £l2 to £l9, dairy cows £ls, £lB to £34.

At Urcnui on the Bth inst., cattle came forward in good numbers. Prices for all classes eased a shade, although the bulk of tho yarding changed hands.. Hoggets 26s 9d, draught mare £25, draught gelding £22, store cows £6 15s, £7 37s 6d, £8 2s 6d, forward ditto £9, £9 los, fat cows .£ll 6s, • 16-month heifers £6 3s, £6 7s 6d, £6 16s, Jersey ditto £lO, £l2, £l6 16s, empty .heifers £7 6s, £B, £8 17s 6d, yearling steers £2 11s, £3, £4 10s, 2-year ditto £7 7s 6d, fat steers £ls 10s, bullocks £l2 10s, springing heifers £9 12,s 6d to £l4 10s, dairy cows £ll, £ls, £ls 10s, Jersey ditto £l7 10s, heifers calved £7 16s to £l4 10s, 2-ycar Jersey hull £2l. At Stoqy River on November 3, cattlfe came forward in excess of yarding accommodation, a good attendance of buyers resulting in a steady demand throughout. The major portion of the yarding changed hands at advanced prices in nearly every ease. Hack mare unbroken ’£7 10s, store pigs 25s 6d, 33s 6d, 38s to 48s 6d, store cows £6 10s, £7, £7 7s 6d, forward ditto £8 10s, £9, £9 10s, yearling heifers £4 9s, £4' 16s, £u 3s 6d, £5 10s 6d : Jersey ditto £6 5s £6 7s 6d, 15-month heifers £5 16s, £7 9s Cd, empty heifers £7 15s, £8 os, £9 Is, older ditto £lO, £lO 17s 6d, 2-ycar Jersey empty heifers £lO 19s, yearling steers £2 His, £8 13s 6d, £4 12s, 15-month steers £4 19s, £5 7s 6d, 2-year ditto £7, £8 10s, fat cows £lO 5s £lO los to £l3 7s 6d, springing heifers £lO, to £lB, heifers calved £B, £9 to £l6, dairy cows £9,, £lB 10s, £22 10s, Jersey bulls £8 15s, £lO 10s, ■ grade ditto £BO, pedigree bulls 42 guineas, Shorthorn bulls £0 .os £l2 os

At Kohuratahi on the 10th inst., in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. we re port a very heavy yarding o't' cattle and lair ino of sheep. Inquiry was keen throughout for both classes, outside buyers operating strongly for grown cattle whilst young cattle mostly remained in the district. Practically the whole yarding was cleared at the hammer. Hoggets 28s 9d, 4 and 6-tooth wethers 35s 6d, store cows £5 12s 6d, £6 10s, yearling to 15-mouth heifers £4 2s 6d, £6 4s. 2-year-old empty heifers £6 19s, £7 Is, empty heifers £7 10s, yearling steers £3 6s, £3 17s 6d, £5 2s 6d, 2-year-old clUto £6 10s, £7 10s, 3-year-old steers £8 7s 6d, £io, £lO Gs, 4-year-old bullocks £lO 15s, £l3 i7s 6d, springing heifers backward sorts £8 10s, choice quality ditto £l7 £2O, £22, dairy cows £l4 10s. On the same day at Oaonui we conducted a clearing sale on behalf of the estate of the late J. Tl Cook. ' The cows which were mostly first calve and in milk made good prices, soiling up to £27. A number of good heavy horses were also eagerly sought after‘ as also all implements and sundries. The saie was a most successful one throughout Unbroken gelding £2B 3-year-old gelding £52. 10s, 7-year-old ditto £3O, 3-Vear-old mar.', £25, S-year ditto £33 hack mare £ls, store pigs £3 2s 6d dairy up to £l9, while 30 very choice quality heifers in profit averaged £l7 3s, the highest priced realism..£25 10s and £27.

At Waiwakaiho on November 12, wo report a full yarding but an easier toned market. Prices foi all classes eased a shade, but a fair portion of , the yarding eventually changed hands Store cows £6 2s 6d, £7 ss, forward ditto £S 10s. £9 15s, mixed yearling heifers £4 10s, £5 10s, Jersey ditto : .£5 10s, £0 fis 6d, grade 15-montb Jersey heifers £l2 Itfe, £l3 19s 6d empty heifers £7 12s 6d, £B'jos, Jersey ditto £l2 2s 6d, yearling steers £2 7s Gd, £2 13s 6d £3, £4 17s 6d 2-ycar-old steers £6 15s, £7 Is, 3-year ditto £7 13s. £8 10s, springing heifers backward sorts £8 15s, £!(£ better quality ditto £l2 ss, £lB 10s’ to £ls 10s, choice dairy cows £l6, £l7 10s £2O, heifers calved £3B os, £l6 10s’ Jersey bulls, £8 AOs, £lO to £l3, Holstein ditto £5 ss, £5 15s, £7. At the sale at Newton King, Ltd > a Inglewood mart on Saturday, November 13, calves,made 6s and 9s respectively pigs from 19s to 35s for, weaners, and 60s for a store pig; lions 4s and 4 S 3d geese 2s 6d to 3s 6d, chickens Is ducks 3s 3d.—Record. ’