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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 January 1926, Page 8

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DISTRICT STOCK SALES. The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand reports hs under: — 'l’ho stork market, has been a stea .y uin‘ throughout the. district the past week, and has been a fairly busy one. Breeding ewes and iambs have constituted the 5 bulk of the stock changing hands at prices well behind the rates of last year, but nevertheless quite satisfactory to vendors, who could welcome a good stable market somewhere near the present day prices. Good rap-i iambs are eagerly competed for, due to the recent rains and graziers getting away better iinal drafts off the ewes than they expected. Yardiugs up to the present have not been very heavy, haymaking preventing vendors from getting their stock to the markets. Very good clearances at auction have been the general rule, ciuotntions at the different vardings being as follows: At Kakaramea on Monday, the loth inst., we had a very small yarding and total clearance. Heavy bulls £5 las f.., £(>, lighter to £3 las, boner cows lids to £1 .18s.

At Okaiava on Tuesday, the ltd u inst.. we had a full yarding and practically a total clearance under the hammer. We quote: Second quality works cows £:; 10s'to £4, heavy boners £2 10s to £.3 ss, light do £1 10s to £2, eanneu 15s to 255, heavy bulls £3 10s to £4, sound bulls £3 Os to £4, lighter do £2 to £3. ss, fat cows £4 10s to £5. At Ha worn on Thursday, the 21st inst., we had a heavy yarding of pigs, 1100 sheep and a good entry of cattle, having i total clearance in the sheep and cattle pens. Pigs, as is usual this time of the year, were down, with the exception of forward stores and porkers. which sold well. Pigs.—Good porkers £2 to £2 7s. forward stores 30s iid to 3.4 s Oil ,well-bred young sows to 30s, good stores 2(>s to 20s od. stores in* to 235, good veaners 0s to 10s, small weaners 5s to 7s (id. Sheep.— Fat ewes and wethers 23s (id. Vat lambs 24s to 24s (id, good wetlier lambs on account Mr. T. Tarrant Ids f>d, medium do 12s (id. small do os. good woolly rape lambs 17s 4d, small woolly JB.F. lambs ids to 14s. small W.F. woolly lambs 0s till, small shorn B.F. lambs 0s to 9s 3d, prime cows £5 10s to £7 4s, fat heifers £5 2s (id to £5 7s, forward 3-vear steers £7 I.os, forward paddock cows £:> to IDs, second quality works cows £;’> 15s to £4, heavy boners £2 5s to £3, light do 25s to 355, canners 15s to 20s, heavy works bulls £4 ils to £5 10s, good do £3 10s to £4, light do £1 15:, to £3, sound voting bulls £1 17s (id £3 10s.

At Waverlov owing to some con fusion of the date we hail a light yarding'of sheep and no c.attle, and a to 1".! clearance under the liiinimer. Good wen.tier pigs 12s (id, broken mouth ewes 4s (id, small W.F. lambs 10s Id, cull d> (is. woolly small B.F. lambs Ss l> works bails to £4 17s (id.

WESTFIELD SALE. (by TK.I,KG It A I*ll mtKSS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 21. At tits Westfield sale there was a smaller yarding and in consequence values improved, especially for wellfinished cattle. Eixtra choice and prime ox made 34s per 1001 b ; choice and prune 28s to 31s ; ordinary and plain, 25s to 27 s : prime young cow and heifer beef. .Is to 295; ordinary, 21s to 235; rottg. iOs to 20s. Sheep made a fair yarding, there being little or no change in values. Heavy prime wethers made £1 10s 6d, medium 2Ss to 29s 6d ; .small and lintir.ished, 23s to 26s ; best heavy prime ewes, 22s 6d; medium, 21s; light and unfinished, 17s to £l. Oi lambs there was a small yarding, oi ices being practically unchanged. Exporters were not very keen. Heavy prime lambs made 23s 6d to 255; ,metlinm, 22s to 235; light, 20s to 21s; shorn, 21s to 225. Calves —A short yarding, competition being keen for quality, but plain calves met with a dul l sale. Runners made £4 to £4 8s; heavy veaiers, £2 15s to £3 ss; medium, £2 Is to £2 11s: light, 22s to 40s; small, 14s to 225; fresh dropped, 3s to 7s. Pigs.—An average yarding. Prices tor baconers were firm at late rates, but porkers were .slightly easier. Medium and heavy baconers, £4 to £4 is; baconers and heavy porkers, £3 5,s to L’3 Pis; medium and 'iglit porkers. 02 2s to L'2 1.55. LONDON WOOL SALES. Messrs Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the following wool market cablegram from their London agents dated 20th instant: Improved competition; principal buyers Yorkshire. Crossbred greasy fine and medium market shows no change; coarse market shows a hardening tendency. Crossbred scoured market shows no material change; crossbred slipe par to 5 per cent decline. LONDON MARKET QUOTATIONS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports having received the following cablegram from its London house under date 20th instant: Tallow.—We quote c.i.f. and e. values for the following descriptions: Fine mutton 45s per cwt, good beef 435, mixed 41s 6d. Our quotations are more or less nominal. Dairy Produce.—Butter: New Zealand choicest 174 s to 176 s per cwt; market quiet. Cheese: White 102 s per cwt. coloured 106 s; market firm.