COMMERCIAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 215, 25 August 1927, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

STORTFORD LODGE SALE. The Associated Auctioneers held their usual weekly sale at Stortford e.odge yesterday, when they offered a Heavy yarding of beef, principally cows, and a medium yarding of sheep to a fair attendance of the public. Jood quality cow beet met with keen competition, but the lighter pens were taken by graz-ers. No outstanding pens of ox beef were yarded, out prices realised for these were well up to late rates. Ewes showed .1 firming tendency on last sale, while hoggets were in slightly poorer demand. The following is a range of prices :—-Light fat bullocks £7 10/-, £9 5/-, £9 6/-, and £9 18/-, fat cows £5, £6 5/-, £6 15/-, £7, £7 15/-, £lO, £lO 13/-, fat heifers £5 15/-, £5 17/6, to £B, vealers £2 10/-, store cattle (2f-yr steers) P.A. and Hereford cross £6 11/-, store cows £2 to £2 10/-, dairy cows to £5 15/-, dairy heifers £3 to £7, m.s. hoggets 19/-, 24/10 to 25/11, ewe hoggets 19/-, 22/- to 26/6, fat ewes 18/- to 25/-, extra heavy fat ewes to 31/-, fat wethers 28/- to 3}/-, store ewes 10/-, fwd. ewes 15/6. The brokers report sales as under: H.B. Farmers’ Co-operative Association.—! fat cow £9 15/-, 1 do £8 7/6, 1 do £8 2/6, 3 heifers £7 19/-, 3 do £7 9/-, 1 do £5 17/6, 1 do £5 11/-, 1 do £4 15/-, 1 do £5 10/-, 1 cow £5 17/6, 2 do £5 5/-, 1 do £5, 1 steer £6 15/-, 1 do £6 17/6, I do £5, 3 do £7 16/-, 2 do £7 10/-, 1 do £7 17/6, 2 18-mos. heifers £3, 2 vealers £2 5/-, 1 P.A. heifer £2 15/-. 41 21-yr steers (P.A. and Hereford cross) £6 11/-, 1 spg. cow £5 15/-, 1 do £4 7/6, 1 cow in milk £2 10/-, 1 do £2, 1 do £3 2/6, 1 store cow £1 5/-, 1 cow (spg.) £4 15/-, 1 heifer (spg.) £5 5/-, 1 do £4 7/6, 1 do £4 17/6, 1 yi'lg. heifer £2 5/-, 1 do £2 10/-, 1 cow £J2 7/6, I yearling 16/-, 14 fat ewes 25/-, 20 do 24/9, 30 do 22/3, 10 do 20/6, 100 ewe iiogts. 22/-, 20 do 22/6, 81 do 22/-. 110 do 19/3, 13 ewes in lamb 23/-, 32 fwd. ewes 15/4, 4 hgts. 10/6, 4 culls 7/-, 4 store ewes 6/6, 10 do 6'6, 1 wed. 23/-. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.—6 fat heifers £5 17/6, 5 do £5 7/6, 1 cow £7, 1 do £4 2/6, 6 fat heifers £5 17/6, 6 heifers £6 15/-, 14 fat ewes 24/-, 24 do 23/-, 10 ewe hoggets 26/6, 38 wether hoggets 24/10, 18 S.D. hoggets 18/-, 34 m.s. hoggets 18/-, 9 wether hoggets 18/6, 23 m.s. hoggets 23/-, 29 ewes 20/6, 8 2 and 4-th wethers 18/-, 51 f. and f. hoggets 25/11, 6 wether hoggets 18/-, '3 fat wethers 30/-, 12 fat ewes 23/6, 14 do 23/-, 4 wether hoggets 23/-, 24 woolly ewe hoggets 23/6-

Dalgety and Co., Ltd.—7 fat Hereford cows and heifers £6 15/-, 5 at £6 17/-, 5 at £5 12/-, 5 at £5 10/-, •5 at £5 15/-, 3 at £6 10/-, 2 fat Polv cross cows and heifers £5 15/-, 3at £6, 2 at £7 2/6, 3 at £5 11/-, 1 at £5. 2 fat Shorthorn cows and heifers £6. 1 at £5, 1 Jersey cow £4 5/-, 11 fat cows and heifers £5, 22 .ins. hoggets 12/8, 19 m.a. ewes S.D. and R.R.) 8/1, 29 m.a. weds. 3/-, 10 2-th to 4-yr ewes 27/-. Murray, Roberts and Co-. Ltd.—l fat cow £5, 13 Jersey cross heifers £3 16/-, 7 weaner heifers £1 10/-, 1 fersey bull £4 7/6, 12 fat ewes 24/-, 10 at 22/6, 27 at 23/6, 54 at 19/-, 2 fat wethers 34/-, 19 at 30/-, 4 at 23/-, 1 at 26/-. 11 fat lambs 25/-, 11 at 23/9, 13 at 23/8, 17 f. and f. ewes 25/-, 11 at 16/-, 7 at 15/-, 2 hoggets 18/-, 2 ewes 7/6. De Pelichet, McLeod and Co.. Ltd. —3 fat bullocks £8 10/-, 1 at £7 10/-. 5 at £9 6'-, 1 at £9 18/-, 6 at £9 5/-, 2 fat cows £lO I'3/-, 2 at £lO, 3 at £7 12/-, 1 at £8 12/6, 2 at £6 14/-, 1 at £7 5/-, 1 at £6, I 18-mth steer £1 14/-, 33 fat ewes 23/6, 7 at 26/-. 20 m.s. 2-ths 22/3, '0 m.a. wethers 18/6. Williams and Kettle, Ltd.—6 fat wethers 34/-, 6 fat ewes 30/-, 5 at 21/-, 14 at 24/-. 16 fat hoggets 20/3, 5 at 22/6, 159 wether hoggets 20/-. 14 f. and f. m.s- hoggets 21/6, 25 't 24 '3. 1 wether 16/6, 30 ewes S.D. and Rom. rams 24/3, 1 dairy cow £6, 1 spg. dairy heifer £4 5/-, 1 at £5 7/6. 1 at £6 17/6, 1 sprg. dairy cow £3, 2 2-yr dairy heifers £2 5/-, I yearling heifers £4, 1 calf 12/-. WANGANUI CRUTCHING SALE. Wanganui, Aug. 24. At the Wanganui crutching sale tonight there was a representative bench of buyers. Two thousand bales were offered, mostly heavy and seedy. Bidding was devoid of spirit and heavy passings resulted. Dominion scourers were the principal buyers. Good crutchings 9d to lOd, a 'few special up to ll}d, medium 8d to 9d. inferior 6d to Bd. Inferior lots sold more readily than hotter quality.