COMMERCIAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 122, 8 May 1912, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

WAIPUKURAU STOCK SALE.

At Waipukurau yards yesterday a good all-round yarding was submitted to a large attendance. Bidding throughout was brisk, and all lots hiet with good competition, resulting ’in business being effected at. prices in keeping wjth late sales. Only a limited number of beef cattle came forward, and they were, hardly prime. There aas a. full yardifig of fat sheep, which sold readily under the hammer. Quotations: Fat bullocks £9 to £9/6/-, lighter £B/6'-, light cows £5/10/-, 2|vear steers £4/15/- to £5/2/6, 20-month steers £3/16/- to £4/4/-, good Shorthorn weaner steers £2/18/-, dairy fed meaner steers 13/-, forward empty cows £3/11/-, empty cows £2/10/- to £3, Shorthorn weaner heifers £2/15/-, fat weathers 14/9 to 16,/-, fat ewes 13,6 to 11/-, lighter 12/- to 13/-, forward ewes 10 - to 11/6, store ewes 7/to 9-, f.m. ewes in lamb 11/- to 14/-, fat lambs 10/- to 11/3, medium store lambs 9/- to 9.-3, cull lambs 5/- to 6/-. The respective brokers report the following sales: — Williams and Kettle, Limited. Eight fat bullocks £9/6/-, 1 fat cow £3/10'-, 4 20-mos steers £4/2/6, 13 yearling steers £3/9/6. 6 18-mos heifers £2/2/-, 19 empty cows £2/15. / -, 3 cows and calves £2'll -, 16 weaners 30 '-, 13 2j-year steers £ 4/13/-, 8 20month steers £3/17/6, 8 2-year steers £4/7 ■-, 5 yearling steers £3/3/-, 5 empty cows £3/11/-, 1 .Jersey co" £5,3/-, I .Jersey heifer £3/4.'-, 62 fat cwe.s 1 I -. H fat lambs 11.5, 2-> fat wethers 14 6, 13 fat ewes ]3/'-, 31 fat wethers LI T, 89 forward ewes 9/1, 83 fat lambs 12'-, 25 2-th wethers 12/6, 100 4-vear ewes in lamb 14/-, 39 empty ewes 8/4. Dalgety and Co., Limited. —(?0 woolly lambs 11 36 fat ewes 11/7, 335 cull lambs 6 J, 147 woolly ewe lambs 1.1'2, 171 fat and forward 157 lambs (mixed sexes) 11 2, 277 ewes in lamb 11,-.

Hawke’s Bn’- Farmers' Co-operative Association, Limited. —35 fat ewes 12/4, 10 fat lambs 12-4. 31 fat wethers 16 -, 147 fat ewes 12.-, 98 lambs 10/8, 237 forward ewes 10.-, I's at 7/4, 50 store owes 5'9, 38 at 1;<. New Zrnland Loan and Mercantile Agencv Company, Limited. —135 fat ewes 13 3, 2,>0 at 13 -. 210 fat and forward'eucs 12 5, 25 empty owes 9 10, 41 cull 2-th ewes 10/-. ' Now Zealand Loan and .Mercantile Agencv Company, Limited. *135 fat ew<‘s 13'3, 250 at 13 -, 215 fat and forward owes 12 5. 25 empty cues 9/10, 41 cull 2-tootli ewes l<>/-. De Peliehet. McLeod ami Co.. Ltd. — Eight fat bullocks £9, 7 at £B'6'-. I weaner steer £-’ H» -, 18 weaner steers £2'lB'-, 23 weaner heifers £2/16/-, <5 (n't ewes 12 I, 68 at 13 9, 125 at 13/4. tit) at 12 -, 23 wethers 1 1.-. 97 forward ewes 9 2.

Murrav, Roberts and Co.. Ltd.-- <0 fat ewes 13 1. 45 forward ewes 12./-, 135 at 11.3, 120 3-year steers £5/2'6. Lundon, St -wart and Co.. Ltd., report having held their usual weekly sale at Waipukurau yesterday, when thov offered a Mtiall yarding of sheep and a good yarding of cattle to a fair attendance of the public. They report the following sales: —36 tat ewes 11 11, (D f. and f. ewes 10 10, 5 empty heifers £3, 17 weaner steers and heifers £2 5 '-. 32 weaner steers and heifers £2 •> -