COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XII, Issue 1222, 10 June 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND MARKETS. Dalpely and Company. Limited, report having held their weekly fa I stork sale at \\>slu>ld on Wednesday, as under:- Beef: A sood yardin.s and prices about the same as last week. Prime ox sold al E2 9s per 1001b: milium quanliiy, £2 Is lo £2 7s: cow. £2 lo £2 4s: 2nd quality cow, .'IPs. A ,eoo»l ttnp rrom Mr. Trotitbeck's "Galatea Station " averaged CIS 10s. the top price beins £23 lis Ad. Veal: A very small yardim? and prices considerably h«>lt«yr than last week. Runners nui«l« £6. ordinary suckers, £2 10s to £:» 10s: others Trom 10s to 30s. Mutton: Medium yarding and prices about the same as last week, fiood wethers made from 37s to £2 2s: medium, 32s to 355: light, 25s to 30s: heavy ewes. 335: medium. 22s lo 275. Lamb: Medium ynrding. which solid at last week's rates. <»ood finality lambs. 30s: medium. 15s to 235. Pork: Fair yarding and prices about the same as last week. Heavy choppers. £7: porkers. £2 10s to £3 J ss: choppers, £5 to £»» ss.

Messrs Alfred tluekland and Son* report : —on Wednesday at our weekly IVestfield fat stock market we sold beer to the number or 30s head, romprisin17P steers. 129 cows and heifers. The sle«r department included several trucks of extra prime cattle. Then* was an improved demand, and all prime beef was firmer by 10s lo 15s per head. Choice ox sold to £2 lis per 1001b: prime ox. £2 Ss lo £2 10s: ordinary and rough beef, £1 15s lo £2 4s: cow and heifer beef. £1 19s lo £2 ss. Steers ranged in price from £lO 10s to £22 17s Gd: cows and heifers. £7 to £lt» ss. Eight steers from Mr. .1. S. Trelheway. Waihoti averaged £l4 5s lid. There was a heavy yarding of sheep and the quality was a decided improvement on last week's market. Competition was keen throughout, with a further advance in value or all prime mutton. Extra heavy prime winners, £2 to £2 3s 6d for a pen from Mr. .1. Black. Opotiki: 129 from Mr. R. J. Bell. Ranganui. Papatoeloe. averaged £2 Oh Sd: heavy prime wethers, £1 17s M to El 19s 9d: medium to heavy prim'' wethers. £1 15s to £1 17s: light Tat wethers, £1 lis to £1 14s: unllnished wethers, £1 Is to £1 10s: extra heavy prime ewes. £1 17s to £2 0s 9d: heavy prime ewes. £1 14s to £1 Ifis fid: good fat ewes, £1 10s to £1 13s: other killable ewe.*, £1 3s lo £1 fis: other ewes. 10s to £1 2s (1032 sold.) The 271 lambs which came forward sold readily. Best heavy. £1 6s to £1 8s fid: lighter prime. £1 3s to £1 5s fid, light. l»s to El Is: stores, 10s fid lo lis fid. Fat and young calves were again short or requirements and prices were high. Runners made rrom £6 to £7 7s fid: vealers. heavy. £4 15s to £5 15s: medium. £3 10s lo £4 14s: light, £2 10s to £3 8s: small ami rresh dropped, fis to £2 Us 140 sold.) Pigs came forward in average numbers. Competition was keen at prices slightly under last week's high rates. Large choppers and heavy baconers made rrom £G 10s lo £8 15s: small choppers and tight baconers. £• 10s lo £6 8s: porkers, targe. £3 10s to £4 7s fid: medium. £2 18s to £3 8s: small. £1 18s lo £2 Ifis: slips. £1 to £ 1 15s: weancrs. 0s lo 12s CIBO SOtd.)

The Farmer** Co-operative Auctioneering Co. report:— NKATKA SALK. Al Xgatea. on Tuesday. 27th May, •«» *»r»l»'«l 25« i head of »»wlf. Competueroo was kwn throughout, and prar* tt»-»tlv tin** while yarding changed hand-, under Ihe hammer. We nuote: Fat steers. £ls to £ll» Hs; medium. £l3 15* to £l4 17s; smaller. £ll to £l2 1"*; fat cow*, £l3 to £l3 15s; lighter. £ll life to £l2 ss; others, £9 I*** to £lO lOV: fat heifer*, small, £|o 15*; row*, with calves at loot. £!» 2*; dairy cow*. £ll 5* to £Jo. TK ANC'A SAI.K. At Te Anga, on Turxbv, 27th May, we held our last sale there lor the winter month*. Tlte yarding »'»* *mall. hwt stock were in good condition. We varded 149 head of eattle, and quote "a* follow*: BeiH calves, good roloured, £3 7s Od; IS-nuuiths steer*. £3 3* to £3 2* Gil. WAIHOU SALE. At our Waihou sale, on Friday, 30th Mav. we varded only a comparatively *mal| nurnlwr of eattle. though pigs and sheen eauie forward in fair ntiml>er*. ami prartieaUy the whole yarding hands at late rates, we quote: rat row*. £l2 15* to £l3 1»s fid: medium. £» 17?. fid to £ll -V: frc»liu<'ondetioncd •«»w*. £f» 2s fid to £7 li»*: store cow*. £-1 to £fi: two-vear-oid steers. £ls 2* »«d to £6 17s; If* tn 2«-jmi|,tli heifer* Mersey), in calf. £«»; dairv cow\*, £l3 Ms; dairy heifers, to £f»: hull*. £« H>* to £»; .steer calves, 1?* to 23*; hrifer ♦ alves, 215* to 31*; mixed *ex calve*. £1 I* to 2.*.; fat ewes. 33s 3d to 33* :«d: fat hoggets, small. His 3d to lis 4d; ewe* and land"*. 20* fid: store : ewe*. -His: land**. 12* to 14*; f«tconers, £4 III*: jiorker*. £2 15s to £3 lis; slip*. 3fi* to £2 3*; good wearier*, up to £1 2* fid.

r:r.e.\iiiNn SALES. On Mondav. 2fHh May. undrr instruction* Iroin tin' Official Assignee, we lir>ld a tearing *alr of thr\ bankrupt »twk on aerount t»f W. H. Kcniw. Te Kuiti. The properlv rotis'tstu'd «il a lioim* and I rood 3£.S freehold. Tin* land reali.trd i'7*X». Then followed tltf contracting plant and tool* .etc.. which realised (stir market prices. \W «pinte *onie of the main item* a* follows:—Five dray* f two-yard). £H W* to tIU: collar* and haines averaged t'l Hi*: rarl saddle* and breeching* averaged £2. winker*. IS* per pair; spiders and chain*. £l 2s fid. The horses were in j>o*»r condition and did not command keen «uoi|*tition. Tin- 12 draughts olfercd made from £3 to £W: unbroken backs. €2 1«»* to £K.

At Otorohanga. on 2Sth -May. wr held a clearing sale of Mr W. Henderwn's dairy herd nl ">2 cows. The inw> were in good condition, and tdiotviiiM fall of rail. Spirited coni|ictition was shown throughout, and the herd averaged £l3 !•»*. Four sows. win also ollered, anil Ictched from LI t*» CI 15*.

On Tuesday we held a rb wing sale at Shaftesbury on account of Mr V. Sanson. A small mianttty i»f implement.* and sundries was s"ld at thr usual rates, and cattle and pigs sold well. The maj»rety «»f the li«-r«| consisted r»f s» v c«w»l caller*, which found keen competition, and realised <»j» •" £l"»: other rows on to £l!». A hn-ed-hig *«>«• r'*at»?>««l L"l'» l-"»»; |H»rker*. £2: and ml«|k, IK.