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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8021, 29 September 1906, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

MORBINSVILLE STOJK SALE. Messrs McNiool and Co. report:—At Morrinsville yesterday we yarded about 400 bead of cattle, comprising 40 beef, 260 stores and about 100 springers. Fat cows and heifers, £5 to £5 15s; 18 months and 2-year steers, £2 15s to £3 6s; 2£-year steers, £4 10 ; good yearl ngs, £2 ■. calves, 23s to 265; choice beifera at profit, £5 7a 6d £7 7s 6d ; others, £3 10s to £5 2e 6d. 400 weathers penned failed to reach owners reserve. Pigs, wpaners, 8s 6i to lis. HAMILTON STOCK JSALE. Messrs MeNiol and Co. report: At Hamilton on Thursday we again had a full yarding of stock, comprising 160 beef, 75 springers, 400 stores, 550 sheep and 166 pigs. There was a good attendance and a good demand far all classes of stock. 1 he beef pens were rilled with 160 really good cattle, and with the exception of 35 head were all sold, prices ruling about the same as late quotations Heavy fat steers. £8 9s to £9 2s 6d, lighter weights, ,£6 19s to £8; heavy cows, £5 15s to £fi i others, £4 15s to £5 7s ud. Four hundred stores yarded, and ?„- good demand existed and prices vmproved slightly. Forward-conditione J , 3 and 1y6ar steers, .£5 16s to £6 3,« ; 2£ and 3-year steers, £1 7s to JE4 17s 6d; 2-year steer?, £2 19s to £3 13s ; 15 and 18-months steers, £2 8s to M 12s ©3; yearlings, 30s to £2 ; calves, 23s to,.*>4s; empty cons, £2 10s to £3 3s; spongers, good c jws, £5 to £5 10s; heit'ervs, £4. 10a to £5 15s; other fco'ws and heifers from £4 downwards. 550 sheep were penned. Heavy wether.-, 22s 31 to 235; forward withers, 18s 3d to 21s; hoggets, 12 6d to 15s; 166 pigs were penned. These met with very keen competition, all being sold under the hammer ; porkers, £1 16s; sows, £2 5s to £1 ss; slips, £1 to 255; weaners, up to 18s. CAMBRIDGE SPRING CATTLE SALE. Messrs McNicol and Co., report:—We held our annual spring cattle sale last Wednesday in the Cambridga yards, when we yarded 1000 bead of cattle. There was a large attendance of buyers, and a good demand for all classes, prices ruling about the same as late quotations. 81 head of good yarded sold readily, heavy steers, £'J 7s 6d; smaller cattle, £$ 5s to £1 7s ; fat cows and heifers, £5 10s to £6 13s ; very forward 'i\ and 4 y ar s'eers, £<\ 7s 6d to £1 7=; same conditioned 3 and 3} 3 e.irs. £5 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d ; 2} and 3 year store steers, £3 15s to £1- 1 la ; 2-year steers, £2 17s to £3 10s; good yearlings, £2 ; others, 30s to 375, calves, 2)i to 275; empty cows, £i 4i to £3 5;; empty heifers, £2 16s to £3; good springing cows, £5 to £7 7s 6d ; others, £3 10s to £1 2s 6d. 11l pigs penned were eagerly competed for, the best sows raiking £3 7s 6d to £4 17s 6d ; others, 27s to £2 10s ; slips, 18l to 21s j weaners, 14s; r. orkers, 25s to 335. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT. Horses.—At the Haymarket on Friday last aged heavy draughts sold at from £l4 to £37 ; active waggon and express horse?, £29 10s to £lO, buggy horses and good hacks, £ls 5s to £26; light harness and ordinary hacks, £lO to £23; gig p inif>?, £1 to £9 15s; gig, £l2; tax oart, £l3 10-*; phaeton, £25 ; Clydesdale stallion, 28 guineas; thoroughbreds, 2U guineas and 22 guineas ; the hunter Perseverance, £22. At Helensville on Saturday we hold a special tale of store cattle. There waß a full yarding, and, .vitli the exception of a f-w old cuwe, everything changed hands at satisfactory prices. Twu to three-year-old steers. £3 10s to £4 19s ; 18 months to 2-year-olds, £2 Si to £3 Ns ; yearlings. £i 15s to £2 2s ; strong calves, 19s to £1 \h ; smaller, 13s to 17s; small fat steers, £8; empty cows, £2 3s to £3 15s. On Monday, at Pukekohe, we h<-ld our usual uuntlily sale and yarded 717 head. There;was a large of buyers and a good enquiry for all classes. Dairy

cows, best Mto £S ss; oihtrs, JEI t> £5 sa; inferior sorts, .£2 to £3 10s; b conditioned four-year steers, £1 19a to £5 11?: two to three-year-olds, £3 12s fid to M yearling and IN months, £2 3s to £3; well-grown calves, *l 3a to £1 103; a pen of extra ch .ice £2 3s. Kn:pty C'ws and heifers, £2 5s to £1; fat steers, £7 12s fid to jE9 7s 6d; cow-:, £5 to £7 2s Gd (eijual to RomuHra rates). There were close on 1000 heid of cattle yarded at Eunciman oo Wednesday for our first fair. There wis a large attendance of buyers. Grown steers were scarcely up to the last year's values, younger cattle being more in demand. Fur-year-old steers, in forward condition, sold up to £7 Is; three to four-yoar-olds, £5 to £0 ss; two to three years, £3 15s to £5 5s ; yearlings, 35a to 15s; calves, 20a to 30a. Hides, skins, Tallow, etc.—Hides: Firmer; ox, 5Jd to 9Jd; cow,s£d to 7Jd ; stags', lgd to sd; calf, Hd to 7d ; horse, 7s 3d to 13s; kips 6g to 6Jdj dumagod hides, Id to sgd; laUow, 21-5 to 2Ga j rough fat, IJd ; bones, dry, U 9d; horsehair, Is 9JI Skins: Be-,t butchers', large Ss 61 to 10s ■ld, medium Gs Id to Bs, small and damaged 2s to 5s Bd. MESSES G. W. BINNEY AND SONS' EEPOET. We submitted very largo catalogues of hides, sheepskins, tallow, etc., on 1 uesday. Hides.— Very firm. Ox, extra stout, 7;;dto8i; stuu*-, 7dto 7id; medium, 6|d to Gij 1; light, to 6|l; wet, s£d to r.Jd ; cow, best lines, Gi to 6sd ; good, 5./ ito sjd ; wet, sjd to 5g I; kip, sjd to s|d ; calf, well flayed, ito7d ; cut, lid to 5d ; stags', 4d to 4| 1 per lh. Sheepskins.— E .sier. Large, 0s to 103 6d; medium, 7s to Ss GJ; small, 5a 6d to Gs fid. Tallow. Advunoed. IJest inixo 1 in shipment cisks, up to 25a 61; in small casks and packages, to 21s Gd; good, 22s to 23a; seonds. 19a to 21s per cwt; rough fat, lfd per lb. Bones. —Good dry, £1 15s per ton. Cowtails, Is 8d per dozen. LONDON WOOL SALES. LONDOV, September 27. At the opening wool sales yesterday 13,169 bales, including 8000 balea of New Ze-iland, were submitted. There was a large attendance and good competition for combing sorts, but New Zealand slipes were very weak. Merinos remained un changed from the closing pricßS of the July sales. Fine crossbreda were very firm, with an American demand. Coarse orossbreds were from par to a halfpenny lower. Combings and slipes were a halfpenny and clothing slipes a penny to ltd lower.