Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 3, 10 July 1894, Page 3

Commercial.

Btfmont Farmers' Union (Ltd.) Report. Hawera, July 5. We had only a small sale at Manaia 011 Wednesday, the 4th inst., not many cattle coming forward lor sale, but still the supply was in excess of demand, and a few lines returned home unsold. Sheep still continue to improve in value, and there are few line;? offering, not enough, indeed, to ■upply local requirements. During the'week we have placed a good deal of stock privately at satisfactory We'quote—Dairy cows and springers, £4 5s to £5 ; mixed yearlings, £1 16sto.£l 17s 64. Sheep—Ewes, in lamb, 4s to 13s Gd. Mr Newton King's Weekly Report. New Plymouth, July 5. Cattle—At Eahotn, on Wednesday, the yards were full. Bidding was only fair, many lots having prohibitive reserves on. All lot i. of farmers' cat'.le were placed at good prices, young stock and heifers being most in demand. Many lots were sold after the auction. Calves made 23s 6d to 335; yearlings, 33s to 425; call do, 20s 6d ; cows and calves, £3 15s ; 18month to 2-year steers, £3 12s; springing heifers, £4 10s; fat cows, £4 12s; backward heifers, £3. A small lot of good ewes,.lis 3d ; lambs, 9s. Messrs Nolan, Tonks and Co.'s Stock Report. Hawera, July 5. At Eltham, on 3rd inst., considerably more stock came forward than advertised. There was keen enquiry for young cattle forward springers, most of those entered being sold. We had a good muster of both cattle and sheep at Hawera on sth inst. With the exception of two small lots all were disposed of; prices for yearlings and springers being maintained. We quote—At Eltham: -Weaners, 22s 6d to 30s ; ve.ulings, 37s to £2 2s ; 2-year heifers, £2 16s to £3 ; 2ijear quiet heifers, in calf, £3 10s to £4 ; 3-year springers, £4 12s 6d to £5 ; dairy cows, at profit, £5 5s to £5 15s ; cows and calves, £4'ss; store cows, £3 2s to £3 6s. . • At Hawerp : Fat cows, £4 4s ; caws ' and calves, £4 2s 6d to £4 ss; store cows, £3 3s to £3 7s 6d; 2-year dairy heifers, £3 ; 2\ -year quiet heifers, in calf, £3 12s 6d to £4 ; 3-year springing heifers, £4 10s to £5 2s 6d ; dairy cow 3, £5 10s to £5 15s; yearlings, mixed sexes, 38s 6d to £2s 3s ; weaners, 28s to 355; 2-year steers, £3 5s to £3 7s; 3-year bullocks, £4 18s to £5 13s 6d. Sheep—Lambs, 6s 3d ; weathers, 9s 2d to 9s 8d; 2-tooth ewes, in lamb, 9s Id ; 4 and 6-tooth ewe 3, in lamb, 9s 7d. New Zealand Land Association. Received bv cable by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agencv Company (Limited), Wanganui. (Quotations corrected up to June 30.) Frozen Meat. Lamb —Prime New Zealand per carcase 4f d per lb Mutton— Canterbury ... 3£d ~ Wellington ... B£d „ Tallow. Fine mutton .-. . 26s 0d per cwt Good beef * 24s 61 „ Hemp. Medium N.Z. is worth £l6 0s per ton Wheat. Average... ... 253 Od per 4961bs Longberried ... 26 sOl ~ F.n.q. to arrive iron ship, c.i.f., new crop ... 22-, 6d 4801bs Butter. - Fine qualities 90s per cwt.