COMMERCIAL.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 2 May 1922, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

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At Douglas on April 24 there was a full penning of both sheep and cattle, and we report an improved sale for all classes, there being exceptional activityJ in the sheep section. Almost a com-i plete clearance was effected. Lambs 10s j 7d to 14s, cull lambs 4s, mixed aged wethers 20s lOd, 4, 6, and 8-tootii ewes I 17s 5d to 19s 2d, full-mouth ewes 10s 6d! to 13s 6d, store cows 25s to 365, forward! condition cows £2 7s, 18-month steers! 355, 2£-year steers £2 Is to £2 18s, 3£-j year-old bullocks £3 7s 6d to £4 125,! weaner heifers 27s to £2 12s, empty heifers £2 18s 6d, in-calf heifers £3 15s I to £4 17s 6d, choicer quality heifers £6 to £6 ss, springing heifers £8 10s. I At Stony River on the same day a moderate yarding was greeted with an improved tone, and little was passed. Small store pigs 10s, baconers £2 2s 6d, weaner heifers 22s 6d, in-calf heifers £4 16s to £6, 18-month steers 31s, fat cows £5, store cows 20s to 255, spring-: ihg cows £5 to £7 10s, cows at profit £8 I At Kohuratahi on 26th inst. sneep made up the bulk of the yarding, and, sold under very spirited competition,! every pen selling. Two and 4-tooth ewes 19s Id. 2 and 4-tooth wethers 18s' 6d to 20s 2d, mixed aged ewes 15s lid, j lambs 15s 3d to 15s 9d, inferior lambs B<s to'lOs, -2J-year-old steers £2 8s to £2 15s. ..-■.-* i | At Waiwakaiho on the following day a decidedly improved sale resulted in '■ the complete clearance of a \ery good yarding. Four-tooth ewes in lamb 18s Bd. 2-tooth Romney rams 2 gns., weaner heifers 18s 6d to 28s 6d. better grown, heifers £2 to £2 8s! small Jerrev heifers' £3 17s 6d. empty "heifers £2 15s to £3, in-calf heifers £3 17s 6d, weaner steers 14s to 20s 6d, dairy cows close to profit £8;• to £12, small springing heifer £6.