COMMERCIAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 7090, 15 November 1918, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co-, Hamilton, reports under date November 5: During the past week we have held stock sales at Hikutaia,. Ohaupo, Te Kuiti Hamilton, Mangaroa, Ngaruawahia Waihou, and To Awamntu, and one clearing sale. The supply of beej and mutton has improved, prices ruling about the same as during th« last week. The store market ha* continued quiet and the demand foi all classes of cattle has been moderate. Sheep, however, have continued to make fairly satisfactory prices. We quote the following:— 19 Bulls, heavy, fat, £12 10s to £16 = bullocks, heavy, fat, £19 10s to £21 15s, keen demand; bullocks, me.dium, £16 to £18, keen demand; cows, fat, prime. £14 to £16 10s. - keen demand; cows, fat, medium, £11 to £13 10s, keen demand ; heifers. ; fat, £10 las to £12 10s, keen demand ; bullocks, 3-yr, £10 15s tc I £12; steers, 2-yr, good, £8 10s to £9 : steers, 2-yr, ordinary, £6 15s to £? 10s; cows, empty, fresh conditioned, ; £9 15s to £11; cows, empty, ordin- : ary, £8 to £9; cows, emptj T, old and poor, £6 to £7 10s; steers, yearlings, „•>• extra good, £Q to £7 ; steers, yeart Kngs, good, £4 15s to £5 10s; heif- '| ers, yearlings, best, £5 to £6 7s; ':| yearlings, m>xed, £2 5s to £3 10s; ii calves, fresh dropped, 7s Gd to 30s; % cows, dairy, best, £15 to £20, keen 5 demand; cows, dairy, ordinary, -£9 'A to £12; cows, dairy; backward and poor, £6 10s to £8 10s; heifers, ex- = tra choice 3-yr S.H. in calf, close tc profit, £14 to £16, keen demand : heifers, 3-yr, close to profit, £9 tc £11 10s; heifers, 3-yr, in calf, backward, £7 to £9; heifers, 2-yr, in calf, close to profit, £9 15s to £ll 10s v heifers, 2-yr, in calf, backward, £6 10s to £8^ heifers, 2-yr, empty good, £7 15s to £8 18s, good enr quiry; heifers, 2-yr, empty, medium £6 15s to £7 10s; wethers, fat, extri !?t prime, 48s, good demand; wethers shorn, fat, 34s to 365; wethers, fat ot heavy weights, 40s to 425, good dedo maud; wethers,fat, medium weights 37s to 395, good demand; ewes, fat heavy weights, H6s to 42s 6d, goot demand; ewes, fat, medium weights 31s_to 365, good demand; ewes empty, fresh conditioned, 22s tt 28s, good demand; ewes, empty stores, 17s to 20s: ewes, shorn, fresl: conditioned, 22s ("d; ewes, shorn [| fat, 27s 6d ; ewes and lambs, 2 anc 4-th, well woolled, 35s to 37s 6d \ wanted: ewes and lambs, 4 and 6-th well woolled, 38s to 425, wanted ewes ami lambs, f.f.ui., well woolled 30s to 375, wanted; ewes and lambs s.m. ami poor, 20s to 255, wanted i O hoggets, best woolly, 28s 6d to 33s good demand; hoggets, best shorn 26s to 30s, good demand: hoggets mixed,, small, 20s 6d to 255, goot is demand ; hoggets, fat, shorn, 28s 3t to 325; hoggets, shorn, 22s 6d, •'