COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 247, 2 April 1910, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—At Ohaupo on Tuesday, 29th inst., we yarded head of cattle and 1500 sheep and more sold at auction, but buyers were present for all classes of cattle except calves and "good prices were realised. Grown steers made from £5 5s to £5 15s, 2J to 3-year steers £4 5s to £4 lis, 18-months to 2-year old do. £2 18s to £3 9s, 18-months do. £2 13s to £2 16s, 15-month do. £2 5s to £2 lis, fat cows £5 to £6 2s 6d, cows in forward condition £3 8s to £4, store cows £2 3s to £2 17s (3d, small calves 16s to 19s, springing heifers £4 10s to £5 7s 6d.

Buekland and Sons' report: — We held our usual monthly sale at Pukekche on Tuesday (Monday being a holiday). Stock of all classes were well represented. Dairy cows and heifers sold at from £4 to £7 10s, according to age and quality; empty young cows and heifers £2 7s to £3 3s; store cows £2 to £2 16s, forward three and a-half to four-year-old bullocks £5 lis to £6 ss, three-year-olds £4 10s to £5, two to two and a-half year olds £3 7s to £3 17s 6.d, yearling to ISmonths £2 5s to £2 17s, mixed yearlings £1 16s to £2 4s, good calves £1 5s to £1 10s, others 16s to £1 3s: The price of beef was about equal to Westfield quotations Steers brought from £6 10s to £7 15s, cows £4 to £6 10s. At our Westfield fat stock sale on Wednesday fat cattle numbered 412. Competition was not so keen, and in most cases there was a slight decline in values. Ox beef realised from 19s 6d to £1 Is per 1001b and cow and heifer 17s to 19s. Steers made from £5 5s to £ll, cows £3 10s to £6 12s 6d; fat an 3 young calves were short of requirements and met a brisk sale at higher figures. Heavy sold to £2 19s, medium £1 8s to £1 15s, small 3s to 12s. The mutton pens were well filled, ewes forming the greater portion of the yarding. For prime sheep prices continue firm, others were a shade lower, and the rough weather did not improve matters. Best wethers sold at from 15s 6d to 16s 9d. No heavy prime were offered, and these are wanted. Medium weights 13s 9d to 14s 9d, light lis to 13s, heavy ewes to 13s 6d, others Ss to lis 6d. The advertised ewes realised from 6s to 7s 6d. The 470 lambs penned brought from lis 6d to 13s for well fatted, others 8s 6d to 10s 6d. Pigs in fair supply so'd freely under spirited competition. Porkeis £1 7s to £1 15s, light baconers £1 18s to £2 3s, weaners 9s 6d to lis, 61 sold. The total attendance at the SydneyRoyal Show was 25,240 and the takings £11,030, compared with an attendance of 24,450 and takings amounting to £10,626 last year At the show sales of sheep Reid's (Oamaru) Border Leicesters brought three and five guineas, and Rorrsney Marshes live to ten guineas. Rennie's (Canterbury) Leicesters brought four ar.d five guineas. In cattle Fairy, of Nelson, for a fat bullock received £26 10s, and for a cow £l2. In hordes Bourke, of Opaki, sold four Clydesdales at 25gns to 39gns.