COMMERCIAL.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 72, 24 March 1908, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WAIKATO STOCK SALES.:.

The Farmers' Auctioneering Cnmnanv >pport.—At Morrinsvffle on theF-2&t iSSt wt '«. f 8 0/; cows - £i 10/ to £6 5/Some 241 fat weSers %• S V/° ot^V 56 - Small store Ethels, 10/6 11 /' -830-store aged ewes, 7/ to 8/T; 150 cnU Jambs, 5/ to 7/; SSO better sorts Were not required. Some 53 rams W€r( . sold a few mastag from 3 21 7/e VS^ oEity , lent1 ent f> tl» pot It,sAto , ***»■:»»*?••■*»■ β-f 1 - OhaujK) on : the 17th Inst, we yarded «*'liead of cattle, -.640 being 'sttoSS IS months, to four years old, the balance or ther-entry comprising calves,'fat and forward cows, and young heifers. A few £7 10/; weU-bred fresh-conditioned bollocks £0.7/6 to:£6; fresh-conditioned three to e S/ Ol i d;a -5 alf Old steers, from guLO/ to ±■5 d/, two to two and a-half year steersl £3 10/ to £4 5/.- Eiphteen-moJtt to r?/ _< if lo^To, Were ta socid request, and sold at £2 .19/ to £3 9/; 15 to 18-month S ir?/ f 2 -l££ £2 IG/: cows! £5 5/. to £6 6/: store cows, £1 10/ to £2 5/, 18-month heifers of good quality £1 15/; decent calves. 18/6 to 20/: poor sorts, 7/ 4 *-' s S ?£* 2400 full-mouth ewes were yarded, and 1050 sound-mouthed made 10/9----1250 facing months and In low condition! 4/ to 6/; local ewes, 12/6; 16 Romney and Leicester, rams, £2.2/.each.

On the 18th and.l9th inst we held our annual autumn. horse fair at Cambridee For Rood sorts in pi\ classes there was a lair demand, and prices compared very favourably with previous antnmn sales Really good draughts, both medium and heavy, made good money. For useful cobs and light harness horses and good hicks the same applies. Unbroken horses -really sood draught yearlings, brought' £16 30/----heavy draught £23 -to £31 10/; medium draughts, two and three years old, £11 10/ to £19; weU-bred unbroken light horses, £8 to £17 10/.