MARKET REPORT. FACTORY BALANCE-SHEET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 31 July 1926, Page 10

MARKET REPORT.

FACTORY BALANCE-SHEET.

The Farmc/rs r ’ Co-op. Organisation, xaety reports as follows: At Opunake on Monday we had a edium. yarding of cattle, all of which ►ld under the hammer at satisfactory •ices. Forward cows, £5 to £4; mers, £2 15s to £4; canners, 255; iiry cows close to profit, £8 to £8 )S; others, £5 to £7 15s: store pigs, s to 365. At our usual fortnightly sale at anaia a medium yarding" of workstt'e came forward, and the.se sold at cent rates*. Boner cowls, £2 Jss to i 6s; canners, £1 to £2 10s; fat res, 28s; large stone pigs, £1 It's; edium -store pigs. 25s to 28s; weans, 15s. On Tuesday, at the Kakaramea irds, in conjunction with the XZ. Jan and Mercantile Co., Ltd., we dd Messrs R. Bremer and "Son’s trenal sale of Jersey heifers. The lifers were mosty- three-yea r-cd, and fair condition. Some 80 head were rded, hut ony those coming close to ofit were sought after, with the relt that 45 head were disposed of, d these s»ld as high ,»s £lO. Best ifers. £7 15s to £lO, others £5 to " 10s. At the homestead. Manaia, we he'd, i account of Mr J. F. Stevenson his nual sale of high-grade Jersey heifs. There was a- good attendance of y>ers, and bidding was brisk throught. The heifers were mostly well own and in good' condition and, those >Se to profit wv>re in good demand, me 56 animals were disposed of and ese -sold as high as £l6 15s; Best ifers. £9 to £l6 15s; others and ckward sorts, £6 10s to £8 15s. An erage of £9 10s was obtained over At Auroa on Friday we bad a- fair rding of cattle, all of which sold at bisfactory prices. Forward cows, £3 > to £4: store cows, £1 5s- to £2 On Friday, at Hawora, w© held on > Showgrounds our, annual pig fare. Up. 280 pigs were yarded, including nit 18 sows (dose to farrowing. The ality of the pigs yarded were of a i'v high standard. There wajs a, ge attendance of buyers* from all rts of the district and practically ? whole .yarding was sold at very dsfaetorv prices. Berkshire fjows, ’4s to £7 15s ; Tam worth cross sows, 10s to £8 10s: l\B. BerkshireU’S. 31 guineas to 4 guineas; P.B. iiworth boars. 41 guineas to 6} nbas: huge 'Store pigs £1 17s 6d £2 13s/; medium stores, £1 7s 6d £2 13s 6d; small stores, 255; meTS. 25s to 225.