COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11647, 26 August 1905, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

MESSRS FREEMAN R. JACKSON AND

CO.'S STOCK REPORT.

On 15th instant, in our Wangaiiui yards, we held a sale of dairy cattle on account of Messrs McDonald and Walsh. Cows, close to profit, sold well. On the 17th inst. we held a sale of Mr C. B. Laird's dairy cattle at Kai Iwi. The cows were in good order and met with a keen sale.

At Turakina horse sale on the 18th inst. some 80 horses were yarded, principally unbroken draughts and half draughts, which met with a ready sale and practically the whole entry was quitted.

At Wanganui Horse Fair on the 19th, about 70 horses were offered, on the whole of inferior quality and consequently bidding was dull. There is an. inquiry for good heavy draughts fit for work. On tho 22nd inst. we offered Mr P. Smith's dairy herd at Wangaehu. The cows were in exceptionally good condition and were keenly competed for, the whole herd averaging considerably over ,£6. On tho 23rd wei held our usual Wanganui stock sale. A full yarding of both cattle and sheep came forward. Bullocks fit for the fattening paddock were in better demand ; other classes were unchanged. A nice pen of woolly hoggets, on account of Mr J. A. Blair, made 19s 4d under the hammer, other lines making full values. The demand on, the whole being keen throughout. Pigs sold well. i At Waverley on the 25th, a small yarding came forward, owing to several lines having been sold in the paddock.

We p,uote: —

At Messrs McDonald and Walsh's sale. — Best cows £7 2s 6d to £7 10s, medium cows £5 to £6, aged and late cows <£3 15s to .£4 10s.

At Mr Laird's sale. — Good cows, close to profit £6 10s to £7 7a 6d, others £o 10s to £Q, later cows £<L to £5 ss, heifers £Z 10s to £3 15s, bull £4,.

At Turakina Horse Sale. — Mr Fletcher's unbroken 3 and 4-year draught colts «£34 10s. to Mr. Grant's 3-year-old do ,£33 10s to ,£34, colts rising 2-year-old, .£ls to ,£l7 15s; Mr Glasgow's young draughts £20 5s to .£27 10s; Mr Lethbridge's unbroken half draughts .£l2 to .£ls 10s ; Mr Lowxie's do. .£l4 to ,£l7, aged draught mares in foal ,£22 10s to ,£29.

At Wanganui Fair. — Medium draught geldings i>3s to i£37, aged draught mares ,£2O to .£26 10s, unbroken 3-year light draughts ,£25 10s to .£26 sb, best harness horsea .£l2 to .£l4, others £7 12s 6d to £9, hacks £7 10s to .£9 2s 6d, unbroken ponies <£! 15s to <£2 10s.

At Mr P. Smith's Sale. — Superior cows £7 10s to £8, good cows £6 10s to £7, medium cows £5 5s to £5 ss, late calvers £4, 7s 6d to £4 15s.

At Wanganui Sale. — Fat cows £5 12s. forward 3-year steers £4, 8s &d to £4, 18s well-bred 18 month heifers .£2 11s 6d, 18month steers £2 IDs, springing heifers JJ3 4s to £3 10s, weaners 21s to 255, forward cows £3 6s, store cows 36s 6d to £2. Curnow and Hickmott's cows (mostly aged) J2-A to £b, lato calvers 25s to .£3 10s. Fat wethers 22s 3d to 23s sd, forward -wethers 19s lid to £1 Os 4d, fat .and forward ewes 17s. 9tore ewes 14s 10d, ewes in lamb 16s 7d to £1 10s, superior woolly hoggets 19s 4d, good mixed hoggets 16s 9d to 17s. medium do. 15s 5d to. 16s, small do 10s 3d to 12s 3d,,«nia]L 2-tooth wethers 153 9d, medium baconers 37s 6d, best pork 30s to 335, light d0.,. 23s to 255, store pigs 12s 6d to 13s 6d.

At Waverley. — 3-year steers (well bred) ,£4 6s to £4 7s, springing cows £4, 4s to £410s, superior springing heifers £& Ifis to £5 Bs, mixed weaners 35s to £1 0s 6d, mixed hoggets 15s sd.