TALLOW SALES.

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 1906, 24 October 1912, Page 2

TALLOW SALES.

BY BLEOTBIO TELEGBAPH —GOPYBIGHT. PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. (Received Oct. 24, 8. 5a.m.) London, 0ct.23. At the tallow sales 933 casks wore offered and 526 sold. Mutton, fine 40s 6d, medium 34s 3d; beef,, fine 38s 6d, medium 33s 6d. JOHNSONVILLE STOCK SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams report on their Johnsonville, yesterday, as follrws: We offered a good entry of prime bullocks and sheep, which, sold well at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks made £11 10s to £11 15s, prime bullocks £10 15s to £11, lighter sorts £10 to £10 ss; prime vcalers 40s, lighter 27s to 325; prime heavy wethers 26s 9d, prime wethers 245, prime heavy ewes 245, good ewes 21s to 21s Bd, medium ewes 19s 5d to 19s lid, plain 19s, extra prime lambs 15s lid to 16s 10d, prime lambs 14s Sd to 15s 6d, medium lambs 12s to 13s 6d. WAXGANUr SALES. Messrs F. It. Jackson and Co. report : — Pigs. —Slips lGs to 18s, stores I £1 to £1 os, porkers £1 10s to £2 Bs, baconers £2 11s to £2 17s 6d. Sheep.—Mixed hoggets 13s, 15s 3d, 15s 6d, 15s 9d, 2-tooth ewes 17s, ewes and lambs 17s 9d. Cattle.—Prime fat cows £8 13s, fat store £8, store cows £2 13s, £3 ss, £3 9s, £4 3s, £4 15s, young bullocks £6 16s, forward empty cows £5, young heifers £3 4s To £4 Is, empty heifers £3 to £4 9s 6d, mixed yearlings £3, £3 Is 6d, cows with calves £2 15s, young steers £4 2s, Hereford heifer £4 10s. aged cows £3 2s 6d, £3 15s 6d, 2-year heifers £3 17s 6d, bulls £3 15s to £5. MARTON SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd. report on their Martqn sale held yesterday: A heavy yarding of sheep and a fair entry of cattle came forward, and we have to report a good sale at the following figures:—■ Sheep.—Best ewe hoggest 17s 9d to 18s 2d, good ewe hogegts 15s 6d to 16s oa, medium hoggets 13s lid to I4s 6d, mixed hoggets 14s 6d to 15s, others lls to 13s 7d, wether hoggets 14s 6d to 15s 3d, shorn 2-tooth ewes, small lls Id, 4-tooth ewes and lambs £1 10s 6d, aged ewes 18s Sd. Cattle. —3-year steers £6, 20-months steers £4 6s, cows and calves £4 ss, yearling heifers £3 to £3 7s 6d, dairy heifers £5 10s, dairy cows £8, forward cows £4 10s to' £5, fat cows £5 to £6 19s. RONGOTEA STOCK SALE. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report: At Rongotea, on Weduesday, owing no doubt to the rough weawther, stock did not come forward as advertised. AYe, however, had a fair entry of cattle, which met with keen competition. Yearlings (small) made 29s (3d to £2 2s, yearling steers (small) £2 lls (3d, yearling heifers (good) £4 12s, empty two-y-ear heifers £3 10s to £4 Bs, heifers in calf £5 to £6, aged cows 39s to £2 13s, store cows £3 15s to £4, forward cows £4 4s to £4 12s 6d, light fat cows £4 18s to £5 4s, cows with calves at foot £4 4s, bulls £3 17s 6d to £4, young Jersey bulls £4 os to £6 ss.