COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 566, 10 May 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—

At Pirongia, on sth inst, we had a fair yarding, and at Ohaupo on 6th, cattle and sheep came forward in large numbers. Grown steers with plenty of condition sold well, but stores were only saleable at low figures and a large number of two and two and a-ha!f year steers were passed in, also store cows. All sheep were quitted at auction or afterwards. Prices—Woolly lambs off rape lis, fat ewes 13s to 13s 7d, four tooth ewes in lamb 15s, two, four and six tooth ewes 16s, f.m. ewes Ss 9d to 10s, empty ewes 5s to 5s 3d, three year steers in forward condition £6 13s to £6 18s, two and a-half to three year steers £4 15s to £5 7s, two year steers £3 18s to £4 4s, calves 26s to 40s, fat cows £6 7s 6d to £6 12s 6d. empty fresh cows £4 2s to £4 6s, killable cows £5 to £5 ss.

At Te Awamutu on Saturday last good two and a-half [Shorthorn heifers in calf made £5 18s to £6 12s 6d, two year do. £4 12s to £5, twenty mon f hs olds £3 Is to £4, store cows £3 5a to £3 14s, calves 31s to 37s 6d for well bred strong sorts, weaner pigs 5s to Bs, fat ewes 13s.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows: — We held our annual fair in the Ohaupo yards on the 6th inst., when we had a full yarding of sheep and cattle. Sheep were dull of sale. Fat and forward bullocks were in good demand, and bidding was keen for this class of cattle. Two and a-half to three year steers were dull of sale. There was an improved demand for empty cows and eighteen month cattle, and we dispose of the whole of this class of cattle offered. We quote: —Fat and forward four year bullocks £9 19s to £lO 10s, three and a-half to four year forward bullocks £8 2b 6d to £8 17s ; three year steers in forward condition £6 lis, two and a-half year steers £4 to £4 Is, empty cowa £3 5s to £3 15s, yearling steers £2 5s to £2 13s, yearling heifers £2 17s, calves 30s to 41s, woolly lambs 9s 9d, f.f.m. ewes in lambs lis fat ewes 14s lOd forward two tooth wethers 14s 9d.

LONDON WOOL SALES. London, Wednesday. At the wool sales a large selection of crossbreds was offered. There was keen competition, and prices were fully maintained. The following prices were realised for the fleece portiions of New Zealand clips: —Kreewa, top 14d, average 12Jd; Moeraki, top 13Jd, average lljd; Waiau, top 12d, average lOJd; Ruatangata, top 12d, average 10|d; Pungatauwa, top lid, average 10£ d. SALE OF MOKAU LANDS. Palmerston, Wednesday. The first sale of the Mokau estate in Taranaki, which has been much under the limelight during the past year, took, place to-day at Palmerston, when a portion comprising 25,000 acres was offered by auction by Messrs Abraham and Williams. Owing to the great interest attaching to the sale, which was advertised all over New Zealand, the attendance was fairly large The land consists of typical pastoral country in standing bush, limestone and papa soil, and calculated to carry two and a-half sheep per acre. It may, therefore, be computed to carry over 60,000 sheep on the nortion offered to-day, although it will be twelve months before any of the timber land can be ready for stocking. The timber consists chiefly of tawa, rimu, matai, and rata. Twelve sections were offered to-day. of which five sections were sold under the hammer, namely, sections 16, 3, 4, 5, and IS._ The reserve was reached for one of these, and slightly passed for the other four, prices ranging from £3 to £4 an acre. Keen interest appears to prevail for the remaining sections, which are expected to be sold shortly. It is understood that some of the purchasers were from Hawke's Bay and the South Island. Details are as follow:—Section 3, 1091 acres, J. R. Freeman, £3 10s per acre; section 4, 1123 acres, Freeman, £3 19s 6d per acre; section 16, 863 acre-, Freeman, £4 per acre; section 18, 2217 acres, D. White, £3 per acre; section 5, 2716 acres, White, £3 7s 6d per acre.