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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 341, 1 March 1911, Page 5

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The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co, Ltd., report: - On February 20th the opening sale was held in the kawhia South Saleyards Company's Te Anga yards. The entry comfortably tilled the cattle and sheep yards, and the :.t,ock were in good condition. No outside buyers Were present the v.-iio!'- oi ilie business being done amongst settlers ot the neighbouring districts, rmarau, k'uuhaku, Marakopa and Waitomo. Lambs made 5s 7d to Vs, wether.; 12s b,t to 139 6d, two tooth cw-. i bis Gd, L 6 and 8 tooth ewes, mixed, Us Cd to 12a 3d, full mouth ewes l .'s <LI to los 6d. On Thursday 23 rd ''Vhruary the annual ram fair was held at Obaupo. The demand was chiefly tor Ronmey, English' Leicester*, ami Lincolns in this order, am! our catalogue of these was sold out, Shropshire- were not in demand, and this we cannot understand, as to the small farmer who gets all his lambs away as fat sheep they are the best buving at the money they are offered at. Two tooth Komney rams made from 3 to 4 ; ;gs, 2 tooth Lincolns 3 to -lAgs, 2 tooth English Leicesters H to 3jgs, 2 tooth Shropshires 1 to 2gs, 2 tooth Border Leicester, U to 2igs, aged rams 8s 6d to 153. We disposed of 633 sheen—-146 Romneys, 142 Lincolns, 203 English Leicesters, 35 Border Leicesters, 23 Shropshires, and 81 aged rams of different breeds. At Morrinsville on Friday, 24th February, wo had an entry of 4500 aheep and 368 head of cattle. Fat wethers made 1 Is to 17s Gd, fat ewes 10s 6d to 12s, fat lambs 10s Gd to 10s lid, forward 2 tooth wethers 13s t" 13s 9(1, store lambs Gs to Ss 2d, cull ewes Gs Gd to Ss, big framed, sound mouth breeding ewes from Wairarapa Ma Gd to 14s 7d. The advertised 2 tooth ewes did not reach owners' estimate. Fat cattle were scarce and of medium quality. Fat heifers made £5 to £6 3s, fat cows £4 10s to £5 ss, fresh conditioned 2A to 3 year steers £5 Lis, 18 months to 2 year steers £3 7s to .£3 14s, good calves 36s to 40s, one pen extra choice 475, smaller sorts 25s to 30s, dairy herd of 25 cows in milk £3 la to £6 10s. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report: We held our annual ram fair at Ohaupo on Thursday, 23rd February, in conjunction with other firms, when we submitted 550 rams. There was a good demand for well grown rams, particularly those carrying plenty of wool. A consignment of Lincoln and English Leicester rams, bred by and sold on behalf of Mr R. Bremer, of Waverley, were a splendid lot and a credit to the breeder, and natually elicited keen competition. Romney rams made from 2A to 4igs, stud Lincolns on behalf of Mr 11. Bremer sgs, 1 stud English Liecester ram from the same breeder lOgs, flock Lincoln rams 2|gs to Ggs, Shropshire rams 1 to Ifcgs, aged rams 5s to 10b 6d. At Hamilton on Thursday, 23rd February, we had a small yarding of cattle, sheep and pigs full supply. Several entries of calves did not come forward, for which buyers were pres ent. Fat cows made from £4 16s to £5 17s, springing heifers £5 2s 6d to £6, young bulls £3 10s to £4, fat ewes 12s. stores ewes Ss 4d, small lambs 4s Gd, weaner pigs 2s 6d to ss, Blips Bs, porkers 17s to 21s. WOOL SALES. Christchurch, Saturday. At the final sale of this season's series of local wool sales there was a fair attendance of buyers. There were 1784 bales catalogued, and as the sale was a closing one, there was a mixed offering, and mostly in small lots. Merinos were not in very keen demand, but halfbred and crossbred sold well. If anything prices were a shade easier than at the previous sale. Local buyers were operating more freely. A fair amount was passed, especially of the larger clips offered. The range of prices was: Medium merino 8.1 d to lOd, inferior 6jd to Bd, best halfbreds 9d to Hid, inferior to medium to 8 ; ld. best crossbreds 8d to lid, inferior to medium 6Ad to li'l Corriedale BAd to lid, merino piece 3 4 1 to Bd, halfbred pieces s:{d to 9Ad, crossbred pieces <l|d to 7id, locks 3}d to sd. The following shows the total number of bales offered each season for the past five years:-■■lo6-7, 499,266; 1907-8, 50,630; 1908-9, 49,643; 1909-10, 53,994; 1910-11, 52,073.