Commercial.

Opunake Times, Volume IV, Issue 168, 11 February 1896, Page 2

Commercial.

Egmont Farmers’ Union (Limited) Report. Hawera, February 6. We had the yards crowded with cattle at Stratford on Friday and also a large attendance. The only cattle in demand were 2 to 2£-year store steers. We quote :—Fat cows, £3 10s to £3 19s ; store cows and heifers, £2 to £2 IGs 6d ; 2 to steers, £3 2s to £3 7s; cows and calves, £2 7s 6d to £8 5s ; 18-month. to 2-year steers, £2 3s 6d to £2 9s; weaners, 10s to 15s ; yearlings mixed, £1 5s 6d to £1 16s. At the Glover Road yards, Hawera, there was a fair muster of stock, but unfortunately there was a scarcity of buyers, and bidding throughout was dragging and very little stock changed hands. We quote : —Fat bullocks (light weights), £5 Is to £5 17s 6d; fat cows and heifers, £3 to £3 13s; 2 to heifers, £2 8s to £2 17s 6d ; yearlings, £1 3s to £1 Bs. Sheep. —Shorn hoggets, 7s. Mr Newton King’s Weekly Report. Cattle.—The Stratford yards had only a small muster on Tuesday. No doubt the continuous rain on the Sunday and Monday previous prevented mustering. Bidding showed no improvement, rates remaining low. Calves made 10s to 18s; yearlings, 25s to 80s ; cows and calves, £2 10s to £3 ; cows, empty, £2 5s to £2 15s ; 18-month to 2-year heifers, £2 2s to £2 8s ; fat cows, £3 4s 6d to £3 16s 6d.

Mr Kenyon’s clearing sale on Wednesday was startling. When cows at the back end of the season sell up to £8 to £8 12s 6d it shows there is pleuty of faith in the dairying industry. Cows made from £4 to £8 12s 6d, more than half making considerably over £5 ; calves, 10s 6d ; horses £6 10s to £ls.

There was a fair muster at Waiwakaiho on Thursday, and prices remained about the same as of late. Some nice steers from Mr T. Giddy were much admired, and elicited keen competition. Calves made 7s to 17s Gd ; yearlings, to 33s ; cows, in milk, £3 to £4 ; springing heifers, £3 12s Gd; 12-month steers, 40s to 465; 2| to 3-year good empty cows, £2 5s to £2 14s ; fat do, £3 16s 6d ; bulls, £2 10s ; lambs (butchers), 8s ; store ewes, Is Gd to ss.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan’s Report. Cattle. —An average number has been brought forward, and there has prevailed a steady demand for all descriptions at, in most instances, a slight advance in value. There was a decent muster at Newmarket on Tuesday and a large one at Papakura on Wednesday. Store and dairy stock maintained their values and there was a slightly upward tendency in the value of fat beasts, ox ranging from 18s to 20s per lOOlbs, cow, 17s to 18s. Fat steers ranged from £5 10s to £8 12s Gd, cows £3 10s to £5 10s. Sheep.—A good many have been brought forward, but there was an improved demand, and an advance of fully Is per head was given for fat sheep. Wethers sold at from 7s 6d to 10s 6d each ; ewes, 6s to 7s 9d ; lambs, Gs to 10s Gd. Pigs.—A good many were yarded at Newmarket on Tuesday. Porkers ranged from 11s to 33s each ; weaners, 3s to Gs sd. Buckland and Son’s Report. At Remuera, on Thursday, dairy cattle, at profit, in less than usual numbers, were eagerly competed for at an advance of fully 40s over late values, and ranged up to £7 16s. Store cattle, scarcely represented, were at late values. Fat and store calves, in usual supply, were dull of sale, and at lower values than last week. Fat cattle, in usual supply, 190 yarded, improved in value. Prices for steers were from 19s to 20s; cows, 12s to 18s the lOOlbs. Sheep, in usual numbers—l3oo yarded—all in good condition, improved in value. Wethers ranged from 9s 3d to 11s 6d; ewes 6s 3d to 9s Gd. Lambs, in moderate numbers—l6o yarded—sold freely at extreme values. Prices were from 7s 6d to 11s sd, Pigs, in moderate numbers, were at late quotations. Porkers ranged from 15s to 265; young pigs, 5s to 7s each.