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Hawera Star, Volume L, 9 January 1931, Page 10

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JOHNSONYII.LE STOCK SALES.

CATTMS PRICKS FIRM

At the Jolinsonville sale on Wednesday cattle were linn, sheep easier alula mbs weak. A large yarding of all classes was offered to a full attend ance. ’ Cattle. —The yarding compriseu heavy weight bullocks with a few pens of lighter sorts; no cows or heifers came forward. Competition was good iit prices firmer than last week’s rates. | A small offering of vealers met with fair demand. Sheep.—There was a large yarding comprising good quality wethers and owes with a few pens of extra prime .sheep. The demand was good at prices slightly easier than last week’s rates. Lambs were dull of sale and showed a decline of up to 2s per head. Prices ranged as follows: —Extra heavy bullocks, £l4 2s 6d. £l4. £l3 15s. £l3 12s (3d: lieavv bullocks. £l3. £l2 17s (id. £l2 Ids, £l2 7s 6d, £l2 ss; bullocks, £ll ,15s. £ll Ids, LI 1 ; vealers. £2 ss, £2 3s. £1 18s. £1 17s, £1 14s; heavy wethers, 17s 9d. 17s (id, 17s sd, 17s; wethers. Ids 3d, 16s Id, 16s; extra heavy ewes. 11s. IDs 9(1; heavy ewes, Ids, 9s lid, 9s Id; ewes. 8s (id. 8s: lambs, lieavv. 14s lOd, 14s 7d, 14s, 13s (id. 13s sd: ! lambs, 12s lOd, 12s 4d, 12s; lambs, [light, 10s 9d, 10s 7d, 10s sd.

WHEAT SALES DULL. , i-I By El—.:t.rli- Ivteitrapb Oopy/ignt ) SYDNEY. Jan. 8. The wheat market is dull. with bulked quoted at 2s 4id and bagged at 2s 6ld a bushel. Flour is £8 a ton, pollard £4 os and bran £3 15s. Potatoes are £ls to £l6 a ton and globe onions £l2. White oats are 3s 6d a bushel and Algerian 4s. Maize is 4s a bushel. Adelaide quotes wheat at 2s 2d, Hour £7 7s fid, bran £3 15s, pollard £4 4s and Algerian oats 2s fid. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. COMP F. T I’TTON SUSTAINED. SYDNEY, Jan. S. The offerings at the wool sales today were 10,792 bales, of which 961-3 were sold; 115 G were sold privately. Values wore unchanged but competition was general and well sustained. Clearances wore satisfactory. Creasy Merino made ItOld per lb. DUTY ON SHEEPSKINS. FRENCH REFUSE TO BUY. I MELBOURNE, Jan. S. A catalogue of 51,000 sheepskins was offered to-day, but only -1000 were sold. French buyers declined to operate owing to the export duty. j LAMBS AT FEILDI NO. i A record tally of 3975 lambs was | put through the Foilding freezing > works one day last week. For Decern- j her of this season the total killing was j more than double that for December of j 12 months ago. Lambs are at, present j pouring into the works as fast as they can be handled. I