COMMERCIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, 24 October 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

FARMERS' CO-OP. ORGANISATION

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On Saturday, October 14, we held a horse sale at th.c Mav.ara Horse Bazaar, when we yarded over one hundred and fifty horses of. aii descriptions, and report a most successful sale. Heavy draught horses (unbroken) sold at from £20 to £81, medium do. £15 to £20, light horses £5 to £15, young broken heavy dnuiguts .£27 to £38 IDs, aged sorts £15 to £25, miik carters £17 to' £24, light harness horses £10 to £15, hacks £5 to £14, weeds. 10a upwards.

At OpunaKe on- Monday, 16th inst., we held our usual fortnightly sale and bull fair. There was a i:nil yarding oi store cattle -of .ail descriptions,- winch lii^L Vita a- at-tvug uenianu ko'advanced rates, and almost everything spld at the hammer. Bulls ■ came lorward in very large numbers, and among them were a lot cf good quality buiis. Competition was &.^jd 3 and tiie major portion of them changed owners. We quote: Fat cows £lv ios to £12, fresh conditioned covrs &9 to £10, forward cows £8 to £8 17s 6d, store cows £6 15s to £7 x!s, small store cows £5 10s to £6 10s, empty 2-year heiiers £6 10*> to £7 ius, yetiiimg heifers £3 los to £5, yeariing steers £4 4s to £6, ±io3stein bails iOgns to 20gns, Shorthorn bulls lOgns to iJOgtis, Jersey bulls Bgns to logus, Ayrshire buiis to ISgas, others £o to £10 10s. In the dair\ pens there was a fair entry of springing i^iieia, uiiicii met with a goua sa.e. Xses'c heiiers sold at from £10 10s to £13, others £d 10s to ±,i 0 jlu>. bood store pigs sold up- to '£2. At Manaia yards on /luesday we held our bull fair and usual sals. There was a good muster of store and dairy cattle, which sold . under keen competition. Over 50 p ails were yardeJ and sold, well. Fat cows sold at from s;l<J 10s to £12 10s, fresh conditioned cows £8 18s to £9, 17s', forward cows £7 to £8 15s, store cows £6 to £7, yearling steers £4 12s, heifers £4 4s, Shorthorn bulls 12 to 21 guineas ELoistein bulls, 10 .to 15 guineas, Jersey bulls 9 to 13 guineas, springing heifers £10 to £13/ others £5 10s to £10. On Wednesday, 18th inst., at Inglewood yards, we held our usual sale. There was a good yarding of cattle and a large attendance of buyers. Competition' was keen, and, with few exceptions, the whole yarding was sold at satisfactory prices. Fat cows sold at from £10 * 15s to £11 6s, fresh conditioned cows £8 to £9 7s, forward coYs £7 los to £8, store cows £6 10s to £7 10s, yearlin gheifers £3 16s to £5, yearling steers £5 to £5 19$ 6d, empty ewes 26s Id, best in-calf heifers £10 10s to £12 10s, othea-s £6 10s to, £10, cows £7 to £13. At Auroa yards on Friday there was a' full yarding of stock arid a strong demand for all classes, and the whole yarding was sold at high rates. ' We quote:—Fat cows £12 to £13 18s, fresh conditioned cows £8 18s to £10 ss, forward cows £7 10s to £8 15s, store cows £6 10s to £7 Bs, bulls £6 to £13 10s, best in-calf heifers £11 10s to £14 10s, others £7 to £10 10s. !