COMMERCIAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 137, 24 May 1928, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

STORTFORD LODGE SALE. EXCELLENT QUALITY OFFERED. The Associated Auctioneers report big entries or both sheep and cattle at Stortford Lodge yesterday. The quality of the stock offered was excellent throughout and bidding was brisk for all lines. The following were some of the prices:—Fat bullocks £9 to £l5 10/-, fat cows £5 to £lO 17/6, fat heifers £6 to £9, forward bullocks £lO to £ll 12/6, rough bullocks £7 10/- to £8 15/-, 3-yr steers £8 7/- to £9 15/-, 18-mtns 10/" t 0 16/-, StOre COWS £3 19/6 to £5 13/-, weaner steers £4 10/- to £5 '3/-, weaner heifers to £3 L/6, fat wethers to 31/1, fat ewes 23/- to 28/9, f. and f. wethers 30/-, I. and f. ewes 20/- to 22/3, breeding ewes 2-th 26/- to 32/-, 4-th 32/- to 34/6, 6-th 35/-, 4-yr to 39/-, 5-yr 20/- to 26/-, m.s, lambs 22/ to 23/6 f. and f. lambs 23./- to 25/-. The brokers report sales as under:— Williams and Kettle, Ltd—33 P A bullocks £ll 12/6, 48 at £lO 16/-, 26 H bullocks £9 14/-, 24 at £lO 10/-, 5 at £7 10/-, 3 at £lO, 34 weaner steers £o 2/-, 35 18-mth steers £7 0/', 12 weaner heifers 10/6, 9 weaner steers £5 2/- 4 m s weaners £3 18/-, 1 18-mth heifer £4 o/-, 1 at £3 12/6, 1 fat cow £4, 1 at £lO 15/-, 1 fat bullock £ll 176 ? £9 17/-, lat £8 17/6, 2at £l3 10/-, 2 at £l4, 2 at £l3 15/-, 1 fat heifer £B, 1 at £9, 1 at £lO 17/6, 1 vealer £3 5/-, 1 at £3 12/6, 1 at 00/-, 1 at £3 15/-, 1 forward cow £l, 7/6, 1 at £5 12/6, 1 at £5 1/-, 1 bullock £7 15/-, 5 3-yr steers £9 3/-, 2 fat ewes 25/-, 3 at 20/6, 3 fat lambs 23/6, 18 m.s, 2-ths 23/6 110 5-yr ewes (S.D. rams) 26/6, 163 2-th ewes (S.D. rams) 32/-, 162 2-th ewes (R rams) 28/7, 159 at 29/9, 49 at 26/6, J 42 m.a. ewes '3O/-, 151 6-th ewes 35/-, 120 4-th ewes 34/6, 119 4-yr ewes 28/5, 173 4 and 5-yr ewes 29/-, 17 at 25/-, 65 5-yr ewes 22/-, 17 at 21/3. N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd.—2 fat heifers £7, 2 at £6 18/6, 1 fat cow £8 16/-, 1 fat bullock £l3 7/6, 6 fwd. bullocks £8 5/-, 1 S.H. cow £5 7/6, 2 18-month bulls 4 7/6, 4 H. heifers £4 13/6, 4 S.H. steers £7 2/6, 7 at £6 12/6, 52 prime wethers 35/6, 13 fat S.D. 2-ths 26/9, 38 fat lambs 33/-, 15 fat ewes 26/3, 91 shorn lambs 23/-, 25 ewes 26/3, 91 shorn lambs 23/-, 25 at 17/6, 59 at 23/6, 7 woolly lambs 15/-, 18 cull 2-th ewes 16/3, 18 fwd. ewes 21/6, 2 wethers 18/-, 123 m.a. ewes 32/-, 28 woolly lambs 25/4, 10 S.D. cross lambs 20/-. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.—7 fat bullocks £ll 15/-, 3 do. £ll, 4 Jersey heifers £3 2'6, 29 fat wethers 33/-, 288 4 and 5-yr ewes running with S.D. and R. rams 32/-, 192 do. 25/-, 143 s.m. 4 and syr ewes running with R, rams 25/3, 61 s.m. 5-yr ewes running with S.D. rams 30/-, 177 4 and 6-th ewes in lamb to S.D. rams 36/-, 59 f. and f. ewes 22/3, 97 m.s. lambs 18'-, 9 do. 11/9, 42 f. and f. lambs 21/-.

Murray, Roberts and Co , Ltd.— 1 fat cow £7 3/-. 1 at £.\ 1 bullock £9 2/6, 5 steers £6 1/-, 1 at £5 1/-, 13 store cows £4 17/6 2 heifers £3 10/-, 1 at £ 312/6, 25 fat ewes 25/-, 118 at 26/-, 26 at 24/6, 8 fat lambs 32/6. 29 at 28./-. 9 at 30/-, 10 fat wethers 33/-. 2 at 34/-, 244 at 30/5, 376 2-th wethers 27/10. 226 4 and 6th ewes (S.D. rams) 36/-, 177 4 and 5-yr ewesfß. rams) 32/-, 221 5-yr ewes (R. rams) 26/-, 228 5-vr ewes (S.D. rams) 28/5, 19 at 26'3, 213 f. and f. ewes 21/6, 55 wether lambs 23/-, 6 at 26/7, 1R store ewes 7/6, 1 lamb 17/6, 1 wether 10/-. De Pelichet, McLeod and Co.. Ltd. -2-fat cows £7 7/-, 1 do. £8 2/-, 1 do. £7 10/-, 2 fat heifers £8 11/-. 2 fat bullocks £l2 10'-. 1 do £7 17/6. 2 steers £9 1/-. 3 do. £7 7/6. 1 fat cow £5 13/-, 1 empty heifer £4, 2 do. £4 15/-, 1 fat cow £5 9/-, 1 weaner 30/-, 116 2-th ewes in lamb R. rams 30/1, 54 do. 30/2, 4 do. 21/6, 2 empty ewes 10/-, 105 m.s. shorn lambs 20/6, 13 black faced lamhs 20/3, 31 2 and 4-th ewes in lamb R. rams 27/-. Hoadlev, Son and Stewart. Ltd.—6 fat bullocks £l3 £l3 at £l2 17/6, 1 nt £l5 10/-. 6 at £l3 14/-. 1 fat cow £7. 11 at £8 12/6, 1 at £5,1 at £4 15/-. 1 at £6 15/-, 1 at £7 4/6, 1 at £5 2/-, 3 at £B, 3 at £6 5/-, 12 steers £8 8/-. 14 bullocks £9 2Z-, 5 weaners £3, 55 fat ewes 25/-. 38 at 24/10, 73 at 26/6, 60 at 26/6, 296 fat wethers 34/1, 31 at 30/6, 70 lambs 25/10, 134 ewes in lamb 28/1, 60 do. 23/-, 68 lambs 20/4.

H.B. Farmers’ Co-op. Assn., Ltd. —1 fat bullock £l3. 2 fat heifers £lO. 1 fat cow £7 15/-, 1 at £6 17/-. 1 at £7 10/-, 2 at £9 2/6, 1 at £7 5/-, 1 at £7 10/-, 1 at £7, 1 at £6 5/-, 1 at £6 17/6, 3 fwd. cows £3 19/6. 1 at £3 14/6, 1 at £3 18/-, 1 at £4 15'-. 1 at £5 2/6. 1 at £5. 1 vealer £3. 1 empty heifer £4 2/6. 1 at £3, 1 yearling heifer £4 2/6, 1 1 at £3, 1 yearling heifer £3 10/-, 54 weaner steers (H x PA.) £5 3/-, 17 at £1 7/-, 6 nt £4 17/6, 41 34-yr P.A steers £9 15/-. 42 S.H. x blks. £8 12/6, 12 at £8 15/-, 3 2-yr steers £6 10/-, 1 Jersev steer £5, 1 Jersey bull £3.2/6, 1 at 15/-, 50 fat ewes 25/8, 26 at 23/3, 16 nt 24/-, 15 nt 24/-. 20 nt 25/6, 15 nt 26'-, 44 at 25'11 40 nt 24/9, 14 at 28'9. 27 at 24/-,'38 at 34/3, 14 at 28/6, 16 at 26/3, 4 fat weds 30/-. 5 fnt lambs 26/6, 2 at 24/3, 64 nt 29/6. 39 nt 30/- 77 s.m. ewes (in lamb Rom. rams) 28/6, 66 at 30'5. 127 at 98'9, 5 at 23/-, 22 do. (S.D. I'ains) 26/-, i

56 2-th. weds. 27/6, 99 f. and f. weds. 33/2, 11 m a weds. 24/3, 28 wed. lambs 29/6, 16 at 29/6, 2 at 22/-, 3 at 10/-, 31 ewe lambs 30/-, 5 m.s. 2-ths 23/6, 8 f. and f. ewes 24/-, 37 at 21/6, 14 store ewes 16/4. EXPORT PRICES. Wellington, May 23. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board advises that the following were being offered for fat stock for export at May 21:—Canterbury: Primo woolly lambs. 3filbs, anil under 11 7-Bd. 37 to 421b5,'1l l-Bd, 431bs and over 10'5-8d; second quality lambs 19 7-Bd. and under 11 3-Bd, 37 to 421bs 10 a-Bd, 431bs and over 9jd; second quality lambs 10 3-Bd. NO KAURI CO. DIVIDEND. Auckland, May 23. The Auckland office of the Kauri Timber Company has received the fol lowing cable message from the head office in Melbourne: “The directors regret to have to report that, in consequence of the continued depression in the trade precluding full time working at the mills, profits for the six months ended February 29 barely covered expenses, and under these circumstances they do not feel warranted in paying an interim dividend.” FARMERS’ TRADING CO. Auckland. May 23. The annual report of the Farmers’ Trading Company, Ltd., states that the net profit for the year is £42.561. The directors recommend dividends of six per cent on A and B preference shares and eight p?r wr -‘.rdinary shares.