COMMERCIAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1589, 15 June 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report:—On 7th inst., we conducted a clearing sale on account or' Mr C. Woodley, Newbury, of The whole of his pedigree and grade Ayrshire herd. There was a good attendance of buyers, consequently the herd sold well. Sundries wold at late rates. We <iuote: —Cows £8 10/ to £27 10/, Ayrshire bulls (yearlings) £2 10/ to £4 4/, aged bull £5 5/, pedigree weitner heifer to 15/, weaner heifers £3 5/ to £5 12/*j, yearling steers £".' 1/. Pigs: Sows in pig £B, £8 5/ to £8 3 7/6, E. .sows £3 5/, store pigs 3 7/, £2 to £2 5/. Horses: Aged mares £l9 to £l9 10/, aged gelding £ll. .At Ashhursl on Sth inst., we held a successful clearing sale of dairy stock on account of Mr W. Rayworth. The cows, which were well into the Jersey, had all been tested and this made a vast difference to the prices. .Sundries sold well. We quote:—Cows £l4 to £27 10/, pedigree Jersey 3-year bull Itigns, yearling heifer £5. Pigs: Sow in pig £7 10/, maiden sows £7 to £7 12/6, suckers £1 1/ to Z 'J/. At Palmerston North on Thursday we held our weekly stock sale. We submitted a fair yarding oi both sheep and cattle to a good attendance of buyers. There was keen demand for sheep, cattle being dull. We quote: —• F.mT ewes in lamb 26/2, f. and f.e. ewes 16/ to 25/, fat ewes 30/1 to 30/9, springing cows £l2 to £ls, early heifers (2-year) £-1 17/6, early cows £2 12/6 to £4 5/. At Feilding sale on 11th inst., a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle came forward. The sheep changed hands at satisfactory prices, while bidding for cattle was dull. We quote: —Mixed lambs 15/11 to 2S/7, b.f. lambs 26/9, wether lambs 25/, woolly lambs 19/, cull lambs 4/9, 2.\-year steers £5 7/6 to £S 10/, 2-year steers £6 10/, 18month steers £3 13/, weaner steers 30/, dairy cow £ls 10/, dairy heifers £1« 5/ to £l7 10/, store cows £3 15/, weaner heifers 28/ to £3 27/. The Wairarapa Farmt rs* Co-op. Association, Ltd. (stock department), Dannevirke, report on their usual weekly sale held on Friday, June 11th, as follows: —We offered a good yarding of all classes of .sheep, --hoggets maintained late rates but ether classes were hard to quit. We disposed of the hulk of our entry as undermentioned. Only a lew pens of cattle: were offered, which met with a dull market: 10 fat ewes 30/, 1 do. 30/, 19 m.a. ewes 21/, 5 do. 13/, 22 woolly hoggets 26/10, S4 do. 24/, 209 shorn lambs 22/4, 204 woolly lambs 15/3, 172 shorn lambs ,15/. small lambs 6/7 to 11/, 1 dairy cow £l4, 3 do. £lO, 1 cow in milk £9 10/. 1 dairy row £6 5/, 4 do. £5 10/, I do. £4 15/. 2 .S.H. bulls £3 15/ and £1 :"»/. 4 store cows £3, 1 Jersey weaner heifer £2. 3 20-month heifers 30/, 2 weaner steers 27/, 2 weaners 2 5/, 2 do. 15/. . PALSIER*S >1 AKT Ii BPORT. Weaners 10/ (poor) to 16/6, slips 19/ to 30/, stores 43/ to 55/, Berkshire boars (young) 57/. liens 5/6 to 13/, pullets to 2C/, turkey gobblers 32/ to 45/, turkey hens to 24/, cockerels 6/ to 16/, ducks 7/ to 10/.