THE MARKETS.
<’.\r’:’:-:bt;-.n . i.e. The V:. .urapa Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Association Ltd (stock department) report having offered a medium entry of sheep and cattle ami a full yarding of pigs. The market for sheep showed a good increase on late sales report, the recent good rain experienced. generally no doubt was the reason for the better tone in the market. We. Tcport: 83 good w.f. wether lambs, 15/1; 125 do, medium, 13/9; 4 P.A. ‘lB-mos steers, £3 14/; 9 do heifers,'£2 6/; medium fat cows, £3 .12/6, £3 15/, £4 2/6 to £4 5/; forward do, £3 to £3 5/; store do, 30/ to £2 2/6. Pigs, 1 sow and litter, £5 10/; 81 wean er pigs in lots, 5/, 6/, 6/6, 7/ to !)/, according to quality; 23 slips, 11/, 12/ to 15/. Wright, Stephenson/and Co, Ltd., report: We offered a small yarding of sheep, cattel and pigs to the usual attendance. All classes of stock sold at prices on a par With late rates. Following are our prices: b.f. lambs, 11/; w.f lambs, 13/6; store cows, 32/ to £3 1/; P.A. heifers, £4; weaner pigs, 5/6 to 12/; porkers, 25/ to 34/. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report as follows on their Carterton sale: We offered a good yarding of sheep and a large entry of pigs to a good attendance and we report a total clearance at the following prices: Good woolly w.f. lambs, 16/6; do b.f lambs .16/7, 15/6; medium b.f. lambs, 13/6, 12/7; empty ewes, 8/, 5/; weaner pigs, 5/, 6/, 7/6, 9/, 10/; porkers, 15/, 25/, 18/. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-oper-ative Distributing Co. Ltd., report: Wo held our weekly sale yesterday, when we offered sheep and pigs to a good attendance. The whole yarding was sold under the hammer at’the following prices: Good w.f. woolly lambs, 16/; medium do, 12/9; 2-th wethers, YO/1; 1-shear S.D. rams, 3Z- gns.; store pigs, 21/6 to 30/.
FURRED SKIN SALE. WELLINGTON, April 22.. The New Zealand Loan and Alercautile Agency Co, report: A large catalogue of rabbit skins was offered at our weekly sale to-day before a full bench of Dunedin and local buyers. was keen. Prices ruled firm a-c late southern rates and in some cases showed a slight increase. Incomings realised the excellent price of 84|d. The next sale is' on Thursday, May 19. Range of prices: Runners and suckers, 26|d to 33£d; summers, 29L] tj light racks, 44}d to 46d; heavy racks, 44|d to 48|d; dawny autumns, 49-Jd; early autumns, 69d; late autumns, 76d to 79d; incoming winters, 84|d; hareskins, 36Ad.
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Wairarapa Age, 23 April 1927, Page 7
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