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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 75, 12 March 1930, Page 10

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WAIPUKURAU STOCK SALE BROKERS’~REPORTS The stockbrokers report having held their weekly sale at Waipukurau yesterday, when there was a small yarding of cattle and a fairly small one of sheep. Cattle realised prices at recent rates, there being one good lino of f. and f. 3J-year Hereford steers which were passed at £l2. The yarding of sheep, although big, was not of good quality, and together with lack of demand prices showed a distinct decline. Following is a range' of prices:—Fat ewes 16/9, fat S.D. cross m.s. 4-tooths 22/-, 5-year ewes trom' 8/- to 15/-, do s.m. 19/- to 19/1, small 4-year ewes 16/6, medium woolly wether lambs were passed at 12/6, good line of late shorn 4-tooth wethers 22/-, 2-tooth wethers up to 23/6, 4 and 6-tooth ewes from 18/- to 21/-. The various brokers repftrt sales as under:—

De Pclichet, McLeod and Co. Ltd. — 79 fat ewes 16/9 14 fat m.s. 4-tooth S.D. 22/-, 32 d0.'19/8, 103 store do. 15/5, 31 2-tooth wethers 23/-, 209 at 23/6, 113 4-year ewes l§/6, 109 breeding ewes 11/6, 233 s.m. 5-year ewes 19/1, 391 4-tooth wethers 22/-, 136 4 and 6-tooth owes 20/-, 164 do. 18/-.

Williams and Kettle Ltd.—6l 2tooth ewes 29/-, 65 2-tooth ewes 24/-, 61 m.a. ewes 16/9, 463 wether lambs 12/6, 227 wether lambs 14/-, 61 m.a. <wcs 16/9, 463 wether lambs 12/6, 227 wether lambs 14/-, 67 ewe lambs 11/4, 6 2-shear S.D. rams 4} guineas 6 4- R. rams 1 guinea, 14 aged do 5/6, I S D. ram 8/-, 1 fat cow £6 2/6, 1 cow £6 3/-, 1 Jersey cow- £4 17/6, 2 steers £6 7/6, 2 Jersey cows £6 7/6. H.B. Farmers’ Co-operative Association, Ltd.—l fat cow £7, Ido £6, 5 steers £6 7/-, 1 heifer £3 15/-. 143 5- ewes 10/10, 203 f. and f. 2-tooth wethers 23/6, 120 5-year ewes 15/-, 130 S.D. lambs 10/9. 76 5 and 6- ewes 11/6, 69 5-year ewes 16/6. 92 b. f. forward lambs 16/2, 75 2-tooth ewes 18/10, 42 5-ycar ewes w.w. S.D. ram 12/6, 9 5-year ewes 12/9, 5 2-tooth wethers 9/-, 6 shearling R. ranis 2 fiuineas, 4 at 14 guineas, 2 shearling S.D. rams 5} guineas, 1 at 4 guineas. 8 4 and 5-year It. rams 1 guinea, 2 4-shear do. 1J guineas. Hoadley, Son and Stewart, Ltd.— 179 store ewes 8/-, 39 cull ewes 4/6, 201 m.a. owes 14/-; 6 aged Romney rams 4 guinea. Dalgety and Co. Ltd.—2o2 2-tooth wethers 22/-, 127 2-tooth wethers 22/-,

12 do. 14/6, 100 2-tooth ewes 1/9, 80 ewe lambs 16/10,156 f. and f. wethers 21/3, 280 b. f. lambs 14/1, 26 lambs 5/6, 54 do. 10/-, 1 fat cow £7 7/-, 1 maiden sow 35/-. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd.—ls 3 cull 5-year ewes 13/3, 47 do. 13/6, 39 store ewes 11/-, 51 cull 2-tooth ewes 17/6.

Murray, Roberts and Co. Ltd —B5 f. and f. ewes 12/6, 148 S.D. lambs 10/7, 177 m.s. cull lambs 7/-, 48 mixed cull lambs 4/-, 5 shearling R. rams 3 guineas.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S REPORT The Department of Agriculture hat received the following cablegram, dated Bth inst., from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, "London: Tallow.—Moderate demand at auction this week at prices 1/- to 1/6 below previous sale rates. 627 pack ages offered, 332 sold. Present quotations are:—Mutton, fine 40/- per cwt, fair to good 36/- to 38/-, dark to dull 33t0 34/-: beef, sweet and, or mixed 37/- to 42/-, fair to good 34/. to 36'6, dark to dull 32/- to 33/-. fine 37/-; mixed, fair to good 33/6 to 36/-. dark to dull 32.'- to 33/-; gut, etc., 30'- to 32/-. Apples.— Demand slow and prices inclined to be easier. Californian Newton 14/-. Oregon Newton (very little offering at nresent) 16'-. American Stayman’s Winesap 9/- to 11lWool. — Bradford market weak. Present quotations are:—64 s warp 2/4 per lb, average 2'3; 56’s, 18: 50’s, prepared, 1 's{; 40’s, prepared. 1/3.