COMMERCIAL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 55, 11 October 1928, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

ELTHAM SALE. The Farmers’ Co-op report a good ya,Tiding at their Eltham Sale yesterday. Fl.it cows made £5 to £l2. 19s, dairy cows £6 to £ll 15s, springing heiferS £8 to £JO 10s, store cows £5 to £B 10s, wethers 3bs. KOHURATARI SALE. Messrs Newton King Ltd.' report as follows on their Kohuratahi sale yesterday; There was a good yard-* ing of cattle and prices were on a par with those ruling at late sales. Best hullocjys made £lO 14s, 3 and, 31-year bullocks £9 7s 6c[, 2-year steers £6 to £7, yearling steers (good colours) £5 10s, to £5 14s, store cows £4 to £4 16s, cows with calves at foot (bad colours) £6 ss, run cows in calf (bad colours and low condit,on) £5 16s, small yearling heifers £3 17s to £4 6s, gitwle bulls (bad colours) to £6 10s. STRATFORD SALE. Messrs Newton King Ltd. report; At the Stratford sale on Tuesday, there was. a good yarding of store cattle. Prices showed a slight rise on late sales. Good cows brought from £4 to £5 ss, forward condition co-.ru £5 10s to £0 7s, fat cows (late) up to £9. There was >1 big demand) for yearling heifers showing quality, the best bringing up to £B, others £6 13s and poorer quality from £3 1% to £4 I,Bs. There was a fair yarding of dairy cattle, anything showing quality and good condition being keenly competed for. The best springing cows brought from £l2 10s to £l6 15s ? others from £7 10s to £ll 10s. Good heifers hroughtT up to £l3, and) others from £6 to £9 10s. Pedigree Jersey bulls brought up to £3l 10s and) grade bulls, from, £6 to £lO. HAWERA BULL SALE. Held \at th© Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society’s yards, Hawera, yesterday, the annual sale of the Hawera Jersey Cattle Club was waisidered cm© of the most successful since the slump. Exceptionally high prices were received and) the yarding of between 70 rand 80 animals sold at an of about 30 guineas. Tlie bulls were in splendid condition and only about five failed to pass t the inspection committee. In the actual sfile aJ similar number wa s passed, so it may be claimed) that the auctioneers (Messrs E. G. Trotter anfl’ W. F. Wqoffindin), on behalf or the F.C.0.5., Ltd., and Wright Stephenson and Co., Ltd.), created a record).

The buyers, who were present in large numbers, bailed from as fan away a s IWchimond (Nelson). Rio Waira.ra.pa, Waio- a.n<h Hawke’s “ay. The top price of 62V awi upas was paid for Tnshamnh Loyalist, by W. F. M. Burns, Hastings. This sir© was bred by Mr R. McKay (Hawera.)