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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 23 August 1924, Page 7

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MARKET REPORT.

11m banners’ Co-operative Society of New Zealand, Ltd., report for the week ending August 23: At Opunake yards on Monday, August il, a good mixed yarding came 'forward. Small store pigs made 28s to 355; a pen of hoggets 28s. In the store pens prime, fat cows made £7 2s tid, good cows £4 11s, forward c-ows £3, freezing works cows to £2 11s, boners £1 to £l 10s. In the dairy pens most forward heifers of quality made- to. £i LUs, good heifers not so forward £5 I.os to £6 15s, more backward lis'ifers not much in demand £3 10s to £5. At Manaia on ’Tuesday a good yarding was entered, and practically everything was cleared at the hummer-. Sow to iarrow made £6 I.os, good store pigs Cl 12s (id. Sundries, fowls, etc., soTd well. In the stores pens, good graziers and tat cows brought £3 Jos to £5 10s, lighter sorts good empty c-ows £2 5s to £3, boners LI to £L 15s, yearling Jersey heifers, good colours, small lines up to- £3, others £2 16s, good mixed yearlings £l. In the dairy pens good conditions heifers, Jersey quality, well up to size, and close to profit, made £8 15s to- £ll os. Others brought £6 10s to £7 los, according to quality; backward heifers, £4 KSs to £5 iOs.

At Auroa on Friday a small -yarding of cattle was entered and all sold at late rates. Forward cows made £2 10s to £3 lOs, fat cows £4 10s. boners and eld cows 15s to 30s, Jersey ciross yearling heifers £2, dairy heifers £6 I.os and £7. Backward heifers were not much in demand.

At Kakaramea on Monday, August 18, a small yarding was entered, but nearly everything was quitted readily at the hammer. Best, cows in the store pens made £4 2s to £5, others £2 to £2 10s, young empty cows £1 14s, boners £1 to £1 os. In the dairy yard heifqrs of medium to good quality, close up, made £6, backward heifers dull of sale £3 to £4 los. At Hawcra yards on Thursday a good entry came forward, in the store am! dairy pens. Buyers were present and competition was good in all classes. Quotations; Weaner pigs los to £l. light stores £1 os Cd to £1 lls, porkers £2 2s to £3 7s, baconers £3 16fi. In the sheep yards m.i. hoggets £1 7s 6d, poor conditioned ewes 16s 6d. Store cattle pens: Fat cows, prime £8 Is, good heavy cows £5 2s fid to £6 12s, good graziers cows to £2 17s 6:1, works cows £1 2s Gd to £1 15s; Jersey yearling heifers, good colours, £2 los, do. good colours, mixed. £l los to £2; others £l. to £1 10s! In the dairy pens a very full yarding of heifers and cows came under the hammer, and bidding wlas good throughout on .anything showing dairy quality ancl close to profit. Best price for heifers was £ll for three good Jerseys; others made £7 to £9 for the. pick; good heifers, dairy .sorts, made ready sale for close up sorts: backward heifers not in demand; goocl dairy cows up to. £ls 10s, according to- quality and condition. Sundries sold well: Gig mare £6, active farm mare (8 years old) £2, waggon (firstclass order) £62. At Waverley yards on Friday a. fair mixed entry was forward and practically everything changed hands at the hammer. Pigs sold well. Porkers £2 5s to £2 10s, store pigs £1 13s weaner pigs £1 5s to £1 7.5, good ewe hoggets £1 12s 7d, wether do’. £l 8s f. and fwd. ewes £1 4s 6d to £l 7«‘ prime fat heifer,s £B, Jersey yearling heifers £1 13s. In dairy pens good cows made £9 10s and £l2 10fi according to quality; others £6 to £8 Dairy heijers were slightly easier, good ! 6s - »-*-« HORSE fairs. During the past week we conducted our annual senes of spring horse fairs Opunake being Held on the 13th Inglewood on the 14th, and Haw-era on the loth and 16th, when a total entry hammer ° lorses came under the

At Opunake several good young unbroken draughts were the outstanding features of the entry: For these competition was particularly keen, and the t-est of them were secured by a Manavatu buyer. There was also' a, stroim demand for young farm horses At Inglewood the entry was made un mostly of plollgh - 4" .t R V majority of them changed hands at satisfactory prices. . At Hawera we had the best selection of horses offered in this district or some time. A large number of \ e, T S°°d draughts came forward, including several heavy horses. The attendance of buyers was particularly f-.ood, and bidding, especially on the young weighty horses, was verv spumed. The highest price was obtained by Mr J. J. Patterson, of Man \ ua ’. “’ r ,, a v erv nice six-year-old mare. " hich .fell to the bid of the New Plymouth Borough Council at £BO. Young farm horses and leaders were also in good demand, and anything young and sound answering to this description sold at prices in favour of the seller. Good hacks and harness horses also met with ready sale. Taken all over the sale was most satisfactory. Heavy sorts a re now hard to find: ‘ The demand for shatters for town and council work warrants the breeding of horses ft ±or , s " or b. Tt seems to ns that those who have suitable mares would hHd.it very profitable to turn their •attention to this business. AYe quote: Young extra heavy dvkught mares and geldings fit for town work £6O to £BO. Aoung draught marcs and geldings £4O Jto £4B, aged draughts £lO to £2O. young medium draughts £3O to £3B light plough and waggon horses £25 to £3o. spring carters £ls to £3O. ; ,g e d spring callers and waggon horses £1() to £2O. good harness horses and hackneys £lO to £ls. others £3 to £6. pomes £4 to £B.