COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8099, 10 January 1907, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

CLEAKING SALS. Messrs McNicol and ;Co report:—Notwithstanding the oxtrewely wet day thorn was a good attendee" at the clearing s;ile held at Kiribriroa yesterday, on beh.»lf of Mr Janic Jloneybun, and >"d prices wen' obtained right through. To d&iry cows were a choice lot and made from £l 5s t> £9 10sj average £o'. 2 medium draught torses £2ij 15< and JE3S IDs; spring dray £l2 10-i-, D.V plough, £l2; rol!er.£!o 1' s; drill, £<< 103; Ids; pigs (siip* to porkerd), 2<H to 2,!s ; four acres standing oat _»op. , £l2. ileineeteai block i.l 2u acres a .da tor £SO per acre; sundries and tools undo usual rates. WAIHOU STOCK SALE. Messrs McNicol and Co. report:—On the 4th inst. at Waihou we ya-dod 22.0 head of cattle, however the sale was apparently too soon after holidays and not a great deal of business done, fat steers up to £8 10=; fat cows, £5 7s Gd to £o 2s; tat heifers, £5 5s to £5 10s ; fresh empty heitere, £2 2s: aged cows with calves, £2 lis; yearling 30s ; 15 to 18 months steors, £2 15s ; yearliu K -8, 335; springing heifers, £3 15s to M 10s.

OHAUPO STOCK SALE. Me=.sri ,L',A*i-ol and Co. report-.—At Ohanpo, :n the fttJ: test., we had a yarding of 813 cattle, and h^. o fo report a very successful sale; 300 fre'h e«s:diH.-.n«d 3 and 4-yoir-o:d steers were ppvuir- >'-. a'vdall soli at values very little 1> low tho-p ruling in December, 2 to 2\ yea' s'eers wore a trifle easier, this season's calves boliweH. Very forward condilv-ned 'i\ rold cter?, £7 Is to £1 15..; fresh conditioned bullocks sam« ago, £6 t, £i;i3-- ; 3 snd 3i-year Bce«(" ; £5 Is to £o 15s ; ciioic-- 1 2J year steers, £4 7s bi to £1 17s ; 2-yeat-steers, £3 6a to £3 15-; fresL conditioned 2and2iye.r heifers, £2 2s tid to ao is; fat and forward oowj, £1 oi to £5 j fat cows, £5 to £5 12? 'J I; yearling steers, £1 17s to £2 4s bd; this seajoo's calves, 20s to 245; tiO sged ewes with laiiibc u.a.do Hi each all counted.

NEW ZEALAND LOAN' AN l> .MERCANTILE AGENCY CO'S, LTD., REPORT. ILitdoa have b'-en y.i>ded in full number?, those of a good stamp t'eiotf insutric -nf f.<r the teciuireuit'C'wS. .',' iluctuited, but en the v,-ha!e i-alues wert idigh-ly ;n favour of the vendor. Wo cjuoto.—Heavy draughts, at from X3l 10s to X3D ; medium do., £lB to £2H 10s; bucka and light harness horses, *5 15a to JEI7; spring-cart, .£l2; dogcart, XlO 10.3. On Thursday v.- Iv.'ld • v.r annul! sale of thoroughbred yearlings <-,n » c o unt of the Glenoracud Caoibtia Park Studs. Tirere was a large atteo.dar.es, but bidding wan aosrci'ly up to lh? expectations if the m'-ii-ers, as thr yciiiin<;s wor»i a % od it and were pot inlo the rim: ic the bust of order and condition. The ',:• >\ est obtained for the Glen ira Park lot was for a yearling Lilt by S.mlt—Hotckonaa, which re<ili.-eci 4i>o guineas. A c>lt by Suuit from .Sprite, the property vf <h. <_:iiiibria Part Stu : , realised 5U< guiae i~. Wa bold oar us,.;', monthly sain at. i Papaknra on Mond y, owi" 6 -.io Wednesday I being a ho'iday. IVo bad a large j^viter 1 competition being go-id, tiS'rly evorythiru 1 changing hands under the hammer. We ; 4«.0.ta -Dairy cow-i, at from X 3 15a to X 7 10s j uekt-jrs, X,i to Xo' 03; grown Btoors, Xo 1 i><; to Xt> h,-, two t-i three-year-old do., X 3 I,'a 10 XG liis tid ; uiw to two-year-obi do., £t 2d tiJ to X 3 158 ; calvee, 17a to XI Ss Beef, yarded in large cuuibtu*, ;old at fully Newmarket rates. Cattle.—At the Newmarket Yards on IVbidey diiry and store cattle were yarded in mor» than average numbers and sold at late rates, Baaf was yarded in larger numbers than otuai OuC sold at improved values, competition be ng good throughout the sale. Steers fold to 24? per IU/tb, oows 17= to 2Us. Fat oxea sold at from Xa loe to £lO 17s 6d; covra, £'i 103 to XT, no Jitra heavy-weight c ttle wera yarded. Dairy oaws sold at fr< m X'i 10s to x 7 101 j empty do., XI Iss to X- 10'; grown stuers, JM 10s to X 5 los s calves, 18s to XI 9s. Sheep were yarded in very large cumbers at the Junction Ys,rd| o» Twasstay and

aold at advanced rates, fat wetherß eelline at from 18s 9d to £1 4s ; ewes, 15s 9d to £1 Is. Lambs, in fuii supply, sold well at for well-fattel, 13a 6d to IS■ 9d: other sorts, 10s61 to 15?. The adveifised store ewea sold at from 13g 91 to 10s 3d -, wethers, 15s Od to 17a 6-1.

Pigs, short of requirements, sold well. Forknrs roll at from £\ Is to £2 7s «d ; wearers, 13h tl! to 16.; bwCinors, Xi 17s to £i 23. We submitted &d extra larga csitah>>;ue of hides, &kiue and tallow on luasday. all lines me'ing with 400 i c lupetitiou sit Into rat'ps. Hides.—Market firmer, Wo quote—extra stout ox, fijf Jto 7't; stout do., o', i medium do., 5S«i '" &1 ; light it', fijd to fVi; cnv,4, lest lines s'bl to fid; tjood, sid to s|d ; stasjs, Id to 4jd ; kips, 5H to 5Jd. Ca fskinr, (ij Ito CJ t ; cut. 4a toljl; damaged hidee, 4d t<i ud. Slieep«kinß. Maiiou linn. Bsi butchers skins, large, 6s 11,1 to <S< ; medium, 5- lid TbV3d; small, 3s Od to Is 95: pelts and lambs, IsOd to 2s o\. T-illow.—Market lower. Best mixed, up to 275; good, 2t< to2si 6J; iaftrior, 20.to 23*; rou ;h t it, lijd pr lb. Bones, £\. 15... C'owtails, Is 7J pur doz n. Horsehair. Is 3 1 lo Is tiJJ. Mai/.tj.—Suppii s are very smUl and the market is firm at 3-- 2 ! ex storu. Oats ar>' firm at 2s S 1 ex st "••>. ('hall. Selling froely at £\ 12 c Od at rail. Wheat is worth 3s Sd ex store. Butter. —The man, t has almost collapsed. First grade r.nd se-ond grade are selling at Sd and 7Jd r< spi ctively. Che'-se m in good demand at Hid for factory.

CHEISTCRURCH WOOL SALES. CUKISIOHUUCII, January !l The third of the Bones ut Cluistchurch wool sales was held to-.iay. The attendance pf l'iiy»-rs was agaiy !ai i:o, a catalogue of 15,56'J bales b-iui.' rcadiiy disposed of a: rates well up to tho:u of larC sales, 11 ■] I living realised for several lots. Super halfbred and merino wool is firmer rhan before. Local factories competed very keenly for it. AUSTRALIAN PKODUOE MARKET:-. Si DNEY, .1 muary 0. Wheat.—Chick 2- Si, lui.iing (new) LV 10jd; Manitoba, 'U 2d. Four, £7 to £7 10,; Mai.ifoh.-i, £l4 t> £ls. O i'S : IW manian and Algeriau uiilliug, 2s li i; few 1iog, Is lOd to N.:w Zealand o>rt >ns, 3s 3d. Mir/ ■. 2s 81 to 2s 01. Bran and p'llard: sid. Potatoes: Loc«l, £3 to £l. Onions: £3. Butter .- 80s to 90s. Cheese: uid. Bacon: 7d to Bjd. jJKI.BJI' N E.January '.). Wheat: 2s lu:'|i. £7. Oaif■: miiliug, Is Sjd; feeding, Is 71 Barley: malting, 4s Id. Maize :2< 5:1. Bran: SJ >. Poliard : 9jd, Potatoes: £3. Onions : £3. ADELAIDE, January 'J. Wheat:2a lid. Flour: £7. Oats: Algerian prime, Is 10d; white, 2-- 3d. Bran and pollard : iOd. Potatoes: £4. Onions: £3. LONDON CABLE. LONDON. Januarys. The quantity of whe.it and ii ur nil at for the United Kingdom is 1,825,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,265,000 quarters ; Atlantic shipments 160,000 [uarters, Pacific 50,000 quarters.