COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 2050, 2 December 1924, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

STOCK SALE REPORTS. Alessrs Dalgety and 00., Ltd., To Kuitd, report having held their usual stock sales at Kopaki oln the 25th, To Kuiti on the 26th, (Xtorobnnga on tlie 27tli, and at Matiere on tbe 28th. We report:— KOPAKI. At Kopaki a fair yarding of both sheep and) cat tie came forward. Buyers were present in numbers and wore anxious to cover their requirements in everything under the hammer at prices satisfactory tot vendors. Wo quote: — Woolly 2-tooth wethers 36s fid, woolly 2-tooth ewes 395, aged woolly owes and lambs £2 6s, plain qfaaliiy fat bullocks £8 10s, 4-year bullocks in fair condition £6 IDs, 2-year steers £3 Ms to £4, yearling steers £2 10s td £3 3s, store cows £1 12s 6d to £2 15s, yearling Jersey cross heifers £2, rough class dairy cows £2 to £3, bailing bulls to £4 12s 6d.

TE KUJTL. At To lvuiti on (the 26th wo had a fair yarding of shop and cattle, tine demand for all classes being keen at an advance on late rates. Shorn 2tootli wethers showed an advance of fully 3s per head tin late sales. We again cleared the whole of our yarding, practically everything under the hammer. We quote:— Light shorn fat wethers 345, light shorn fat ewes 295, 2-tooth wethers 28s 4d .to 30s, small do 27s to 27s Id, small 2-tooth ewes 29s 4d to 30s 6d, fat cow's £4 15s to £6 3s, 4-year bialltscks (good quality) £7, rough do £5 7s 6d, 2-year steers £4 to £4 4s, 12 to 15-month steers £3 3s to £3 12s, small do £2 5s to £3, small mixed P.A. yearlings £2 7s Od, store cows £1 16s to £2. (JTOROHANGA. At Otoruhanga there was a fair yarding of both sheep a<nd cattle and very keen demand at Improved rates. Wo quote:— Woolly fat ewes 3SJs to £2 4s 3d, shorn fat ewes to 335, shorn store wethers to 345, shorn store ewes to 255, good conditioned hoggets in the wool £2 2s 6d, shorn mixed 2-tooth S.D. cross 26s 4d, aged ewes with 100 per cent of lambs £2 11s, rough aged ewes with 85 per cent of lambs 38s, fat cows £7 Is to £8 9s, forward do £3 to £3 17s, light store bullocks £4 14s to £4 15s, store cows £2 8s Tu £2 16s, yearling heifers £1 8s to £1 15s, dairy heifers in milk to £6 ss, dairy heifers coming to profit £3 to £5. potter bulls £3 5s to £3 12s 6d. MATIERE. At Matiere we had a small yarding of sheep and a full yarding of cattle, competition throughout, particularly for grown bullocks, being exceptionally keen at a rise on ruling rates. We quote : Aged woolly owes with lambs at foot £2 4s 9d, fight fat bullocks £9, fat. cows £5 to £5 15s, fat and forward bullocks £8 td £8 6s, plain conditioned swore bullocks £6 9s to £6 16s, rough quality 4-year Jersey bullocks £4 15s to £4 16s, yearling steers (small) £2 25,, 2-year steers to £3 15s, forward cows £2 15s to £3 10s, store cows £l 10s Lo £2 15s, dairy cows £4 Is to £7, good dairy heifers to £6 I.os. CL A UDELAND9. Tho .Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering Co., Ltd., deport Wo belli our fortnightly stock sale in tho Claudeland yards on Thursday, 27th November, where we had a full yarding of beef, store cattle and fat sheep, only a limited number of pigs being penned. Practically the whole yarding changed bands under good competition at late rate*. We quote : Beef.—Five prime show steers on account Mr W. Newell, 3 years, £l6 to £l9; 2-year, £ll, yearling, £7 15s, prime heavy fat heifer £l3. Alodium fat steers £lO to £lO 7s 6d, light £9 to £9 15s, fat cows £6 10s to £6 12s, medium £5 10s to £5 15s, light £4 10s to £5 ss, forward conditioned cows £3 15s to £4 ss, good framed store cows £2 15s to £3 ss, others 30s tu £2, 15months Jersey cross heifers £2 15s to £3, 2-year Shorthorn heifers £2 12s 6tl to £2 15s yearlings 30s to 31s, medium yearling steers £2 9s, prime fat ewes 31s 10d to 32s 4d, lighter 30s Gd, fat wethers 34s lid. Pigs: Light to medium porkers £2 5s to £2 11s, slips 29s to 325, weaners 17s to 265.