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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 195, 16 August 1918, Page 6

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* AUSTRALIAN rRODtCB MARKETS. SYl>NI_. August 13. t'ia!«t.—Al. rian feeding, . 0; milling, 4/0; Ta-iiantan. a,--Malxc. |>/8 to ."• fl. I'nt.ntoo..- I__ni-jnlan', £5 If" to £7 I').'. irntous. — £31. ADS-LA IDE. August 10. I .it.. —£3 in..—(A. and N.Z. Ca .le.) WAIKATO STOCK vSALI'-. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Ltd., Hamilton, report:--During the past week we held stools sale, at HlkuuUa. Ohaupo. Kattroa. Te Kultl. Hamilton, Oparau, N\-nruawa_iia. Waihou, Te Awamutu, stul one clearing sale. The I beef and mutton market continues strong, and In eieess of supply, hut the shortajie of feed throughout the W'aikato is kcepliic ! more sto<k quiet. The inquiry for sood calves, Red empty heifers. IS .month steers. | store wethers, and . ~_ hoggets < -llinues. un.l the demand for breeding ewes tins I sllgrbtly liuproretl. ..ere are still inquiries for Knod dalrr cattle, t .it backward i sort* are dull. We quote: -Heavy fat hub | | lorks, prime quality till to £2;; lv-, medium I £ir. 10/ t<> £17 111,-; fat rows, prime quality j £12 10/ to CI.T ll> . mi .iiiin £111 !<!/ to £11 I 10/; fat heifers, £11 I.V to £12 10/; "» and 4 year bullocks, fresh conditioned, £12 in.' lo £1.1; -year bullocks. ,frcah conditioned, i£lt to £11 fi/: :•_ and -l->.-nr bullocks. atom, £11 10.' lo £1_ 1 . : :; year bullocks. I store, £io 5/ to £11; 2 year bullocks. Rood I£B 10/ to £9 f. . ordinary £<i 10 to £7 5 ; empty cows, fresh conditioned £. to £.; : ordinary £G to £<i 10/. poor and old £.*> to I £.. li'; steer calves, extra _ood £."i li/ to £.". | 15,', Rood £4 10/ to £**.; best heifer calves, £4 15 to £..; mixed calves. £.2 I(>' to £.;; | fresh-dropped _lv_s. 7,0 t.» l.*i ; dairy cows. best £13 to. £2i>, ordinary £10 10 to I £12. backward and poor £0 10/ to £s 10/; | extra choice 3-year heifers, Shorthorn, in . calf, close to profit. £H to £10 10 ; 3-year heifers, close to profit, £11 Hl' to £13; 3-year heifers, ln <-alf. backward. £S 10/ to £9 10/; -'-year heifers, in calf, close to prollt, £9 15/ lo £11 10/; 2-year heifers. In calf, backward. £<> 111/ to £s. 2 year empty heifers, good £7 to £8 10/, medium £.". 10/ to £G; fat wethers, heavy-.welchts 37,0 tn j 42/, medium weights 35/ to .'l7 ; fat ewes. •heavy-weight- 28' to 33/, medium weishts 120/ to 2R/ : empty ewes, fresh conditioned. 20/ to 25/; ewes lv lamb. 2 and 4-tooth (well woolled! 27/ to :*>■■; 4 and 0-tooth tweil woolled) 27/ to _a/, f.f.ni. i well woolled) 23/ to '._/. s.m. and poor 10/ to 15/; hoggets, best woolly 22/fl to 25/. bt\st . shorn, IS/ to 21/, ordinary mixed 12/ to 18/, fat, shorn, prime, 27/15 to 29,'.