COMMERCIAL.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 26 August 1927, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

WAXGANU STOCK SAGE. Messrs LFreeman It. VI ackson and Company report a light yarding of sheep with. a. medium entry of cattle, and, although ail off day owing to counter attractions at Wanganui on Wednesday, the entry of fat stock met with very fair competition, prices showing a slight advance on recent sales. A total clearance over the yarding is reported. Quotations: Sheep.—Heavy-weight wethers 40s, fat wethers 365, fat ewes 25. s to 29s Bd, medium wether hoggets 2fXs Bd, crossbred ewe hoggets 22s Id, culled m.<s. hoggets 16s, fattening ewes 13s 7d. Cattle.—Prime heavy cows £B_los, good fat cows £6 12s 6d, to £7 8s light fat cows £5 3s, fat and forward >bul locks £9 10s, [forward Hereford bullocks £8 10s, forward cows £4 5s to £4 15s. store cows £4, 3-year crossbred steers £4 7s 6d, small 20-month steers £3 3s, small 20month heifers £2 Is, Jersey-cross weaners (small), 35s to £2 Is.

Pigs.—Heavy porkers £2 to £2 Is, porkers 34s to 38s, stores (poor) 16s to ifts, stores 22s 6d to 27s 6d, good weaners 20s Gd to 22s Gd, weaners (small) Ids.

WANGANUI CRUTCHING SALE. For the sale of crutchings which took place on August 24 at Wanganui, a combined offering of 2027 bales was submitted to a full attendance of buyers, reports Murray, Roberts and Co. Taken as a whole the wool shown Was not very attractive, being heavy in condition, many lots were damp, and seed very prevalent. There were no lots which could be classed as superior, and only very few lots of good stylo 'and condition. Bidding was consequently not very brisk, blit the buying was fairly general and when a good line was up competition was more pronounced than on the shabbier parcels.

SALE AT WELLINGTON. Messrs Dalgety and Co. report: The final Wellington sale of the 1926-27 season was held on the 22nd, when the total offering of all brokers was about 3000 bales, our quota being 510 bales. The offering mainly comprised crutchings with a small proportion of fleece and skirtings. The quality of the erut'chings wns not so good as those offered in the June sale, condition being gcnerallv heavier with many lots rather off in colour. A large bench of buyers was in attendance and competition throughout the sale was sound. Compared with June rates, prices were slightly firmer for super and inferior seedy lots; medium crutchings can be quoted par. The bulk of the good and medium crutchings were secured by Japanese, Australian and American buyers, with local scourers taking the seedy and inferior parcels. Local mills were well in the market for good halfbred and merino crutchings, and also took any lots of fleece of same qualities which were free from seed. The offering of crossbred fleece Was small, the majority of the lines catalogued being seedy and inferior.

FAT STOCK AT WESTFIELD

AUCKLAND, Aug. 24. The yarding of beef at \\ estfield today was of average size, but- the quality and finish of the ox beef was inferior and not nearly as good as last week. Values for prime ox were very firm at late quotations. The cow and heifer beef yarding was mostly well finished and was the subject of keen competition. Extra choice ox sold to £1 12s per 1001 b, choice and prime £1 9s to £1 10s, just killable £1 2s to £1 5s prime young cow and heifer beef £1 2s to £1 7s, just killable l&s to 21s. Sheep.—Heavy prime wethers made £1 19s 6d to £2, medium £1 13s to £1 17s, light and unfinished £1 Ss to £1 12s, heavy prime ewes £1 10s, lighter £1 5s ‘to £1 Bs, hoggets £1 4s to £1 7s 6d.

BURNSIDE PRICES. The quality of the entries at the Burnside stock sales, to-day was quite good generally, and there was hardly a change in "the prices of the sheep and fat cattle, while pigs eased considerably. Eat Cattle.—Prices were : Heavy prime bullocks, £l6 to £l7 7s 6d, good £l2 to £l4 os, medium £9 15s to £ll 10s, best heifers £8 15s to £ll, _ medium £6 10s to £7 os, cows £5 15s to £9 10s. Prime ox beef made 40s per lOOlbs, heavy prime 38s, prime heifers. 355, and cows and light heifers 27s fid to 30s. Fat Sheep.—The sale was a good one. and in some instances the prices went Gd ahead of last week’s rates. Good sorts were unchanged and the medium and light wethers were about Is cheaper. Prices were: Special wethers 695, prime heavy wethers 50s to 555, good 40s to 455, medium, 36s to 38s, light 26s to 30s, best prime ewes 40s Gd to 45s 3d. good 33s to 38s, medium' 27s to 32s Gd. A few fat hoggets sold up to 32s 9d. Prime heavy mutton wethers made 7d to 7kl. unfinished Gd, ewes 5.1 d to Gd, and hoggets Bd.

A D DING TON QUOTATIONS. CHRISTCHURCH, Aug. 24. At the Addington yards, .sheep entries were larger to-day and cattle entries were smaller. Fat sheep did not maintain the high prices of last week, hut the sale was again a good one. Fat cattle showed a slight hardening over the earlier stages, hut lost it later. * A fair sized entry of store sheep came forward. Hoggets' sold freely at last week’s rates, hut owes scarcely held late values. Fat Cattle. —There was a- slightly better sale for good beef., Best ox and heifer beef made up to 445, good medium weight isteer 38s 1 to 41s, heavy beef 34s to 365. medium quality 35s to 37s Gd. unfinished 28s to 31s, and rough down to 25s per lOffihs. Extra prime heavy bullocks sold up to £39. prime heavv steers £l7 to £lB, medium weight prime steers £34 10s to GIG 15s. light, prime steers £ll to £l4, inferior steers £7 10s to £9 19s. extra forward heifers to £l3 17s Gd. prime heifers £ll 10s to £l3 ss, medium heifers £7 15s to £ll ss, light heifers £5 15s to £7 10s. extra prime cows £ll to £l3 ss. ordinary rows £7 10s to CIO 15s. light cows £5 to £7 ss. W.-it- Sheep. Though nntchy. -the sale left little to he desired in the matter of prices. Extra prime heavy wethers fetched 52s to 59s Gd. prime heavy wethers 46s to 50s. medium wethers 36s to 455. light wethers 31s to 355, extra prime ewes 40s to 48s 7d, prime ewes 36s 6d to 395, medium ewes 30s to 365. light owes 26s to 29s 6d, prime- hoggets 31s to 38s lOd, medium hoggets 27ft to 30 s.

Fnt Pigs.—Medium entry of porkers anc! a small one of wenners. There was no change in Amines. Choppers made £3 to £6 18s 6d, baconers £3 5s to £3 14s, henry baroners £4 to £4 12s (average prieo per lb sld to- (P/d). porkers 40s- to 48s. heavy porkers 52s to G2s (average price per lb 7d to 8d).