COMMERCIAL.

Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1282, 17 August 1922, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT.

A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company reports .under date of 14th August as follows: The advance in ,beef prices has resulted in much better yardings, but vaiues have been well sustained. Ox beef is selling at from 21s to 25s per 100 lbs, according to .quality; cow ibeef •from ISs to 20s. Mutton is subject to slight fluctuations, although well-fatted lines always' meet with ready sale. The store cattle market has advanced and again steadied. Grown :steers are, however, in good demand, iYounger steers are also steady, 'but 'not plentiful. Heifers, on the other 'hand, have suffered a sharp decline, though in the depressed state of the '".springer" market this is scarcely •to be wondered at. Faricy has turned largely to Holstein heifers, tor which >there is an unsatisfied demand. There is- a steady demand for all •classes of store sheep, hoggets especially being in strong favour. . i The dairy cattle market generally is over-stocked, and exceedingly de- ' 'pressed. Good dattie at profit still idraw fair competition, but the average •dairy ,beast is little .sought after. It seems strange that in the farmers' organisations, where much activity has lately been displayed, no effort is made to more than remotely suggest protection of the average dairyman from ;the result of bis own tolly and bad judgment. To thoss who watch the •dairy sales through the spring season •it is amazing to note with what e'ase •a cull cow is passed from one herd to •another, a guarantee of soundness .being a sufficient testimonial to effect •the transfer. An animal that is unfit j for one dairy should be unfit for any. 'but this fact seems unlikely to be realised for some time to come. • The p'ig market in all branches is improving steadily, short supplies only •being obtainable. There is a good demand for draught •horses of all classes, but backs are not ■much sought after. We .quote: Prime heaw bullocks £8 5s to £lO, medium £7 to £B. light £6 to ,£G 15s. .heavy cows £5 to .£7 IDs,'medium .£4 to £4 15s, forward £2 5s to £3, 4-year steers 33 15s to .£4 12s 6d. 3-year steers £2 15s to £'3 10s, 21-year Shorthorn heifers (r.w.b.) £7 to ~£S 10s. 2-year Jersey £lO to £l4, 2-year Shorthorn £5 to £6 10s, store cows £1 5s to £2. ,best 18-month steers

£2 10s to £3. anedium £1 15s to £2 ss, 20-imontTi empty Shorthorn heifers £3 10s to £4, Jersey yearling heifers ££s to £6 15s, best Shorthorn yearling

■heifers £2 10s to 3 ss, best Shorthorn steers £1 7s 6d to.JEI 12s 6d, heayv prime wethers 27s 6d to 30s, mediu'm 24s to 275, light 22s to 23s 6d. heavy prime ewes 19s 6d to 23s 6d, medium 17s to Is. 4-tooth store wethers ,19s 6d to 23s 6d, 2,4, and '6-tooth breeding ewes! (r.w.r.) £1 Is to £1 ss, 4 and 5-

y'ear £1 to £llss, aged il'ss 6d to 16s i6d, best store uoggets 16s 6d to 18s, mediu'm 14s to 15s 6d, small lis to 13s ,6d, heavy bacon pigs £3 dOs to £4, light £3 to £3 ss. heavy porkers £2 110 s to £2 il7s 6d, light £2 to £2 ss, good slips £1 2s 6d to £1 12s .6d. small slips 17s 6d to £1 Is, weaners 12s 6d to 16s 6d. beavy draught horses £35 to £45. 'mediu'm £3O to £37. light £2O to £27. harness horses £lO to £l7, hacks £7 to £ll. , Cambridge Siile.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Hamilton, reports:—

At .Cambridge stock sale on .Monday

we had a good entry of cattle of all classes .also sheep and pigs. Buyers were in good attendance, and brisk bidding resulted for all tore stock. The dairy cows were generally of poor quality, with only a few choice heif ers; moderate business was done in this section. We quote: '3?,-year steers in forward condition m'ade'£4 4s to £4 15s, store steers £3 2s to £3 14s, 20month steers £1 17s to £2 4s, yearling steers £1 5s to £1 s, killable 'cows £3 14s to £4 ss, store cows £1 Is to £1 18s, cows in fresh condition £1 14s to £2 6s, .Jersey yearling heifers £5 5s to £6 12s 6d. Shorthorn yearling heifers £2.10s to £3 for good quality, others £1 16s to £2 4s. dairy cows £6 10s .to £l3 10s, cull cows .£3 to £4, springing heifers £8 10s to £ls 10s. fat ewes £1 5s 6d to : £1 6s 6d, forward hoggets ,19s 9d to £l. .Eighteen pens of pigs were sold;, small porkers realised £1 lis to £1 17s, slips £1 2s to £1 7s, weaners 13s to 16s.

Sale at Frankton. The ,-same firm reports as follows: At a special sale for springing cows and heifers held at Frankton on "Wednesday there was a medium yarding of ordinary quality. Our entry of 64 head all sold, dairy cows making from £9 10s tio £l4 for best, 'and £5 5s to £8 for others, heifers close to profit £8 5s to 10, 10s, backward heifers £3 17s 6d to £5 10s. Hamilton Sale. The Loan and Mercantile Agency Company further reports that at its Frankton yards on Tuesday a small entry of sheep and a medium entry of cattle were yarded, 'with beef in average numbers, but most of the stock of poor quality. Fat steers realised £6 3s to £S. good cows £4 15s to £6los. rough cows £3 Is to £3 17s, cows in fresh condition■£! 15s to £2 Bs, store cows £1 2s to £1 10s, yearling heifers in low condition £1 10s to £2 6s, small fat 'wethers &1 5s 6d, fat hoggets £l, store hoiggets 13s Id to 16s. Dairy Cows sold from £8 to £l2, aged and inferior £1 .'los to £3. heifers £5 to £lO, calves 4s to 10s. There was again a small yiarding of pigs, which sold fairly well. Baconers made from £2 15s to £3 3s. right baconers and heavy porkers'£2 5s to £2 12s, porkers 40s to 455, store pigs 30s to 355. slips 20 to 30, weaner 12 to ISs.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. Hamilton, reports: At Hamilton on Tuesday we held our weekly stock sale. 'There was 'a small yarding of sheep and cattle an'd a good entry of ibotlh fat and store pigs. Values showed a little alteration from recent sales, the improvement in beef being maintained, store pigs also selling freely. Although u consignment by rail of nice-quality ox 'beef failed to reach the owner's reserve at the opening of the sale, they were later disposed of at £7 17s 6d to £S 10s; heavy prime fat cows made to £6 Is, small Unit good-quality 3A-year store steers £4 2s fid. store cows £1 to £2, a pen of extra well done yearling Shorthorn .heifers £4, other yelling heifers

£2 7s to.£3, killable hoggets 21s. Light bacon pigs sold to £3 Is, good porker* to light baconers £2 10s to £2 17s, medium porkers £2 2s to £2 Bs. light and unfinished 26s to 395, slips 22s to 275, weaners 15s 6d to £l, sow and litter £5 7s 6d, young calves 3s, dairy cows and heifers (best) £6 to £8 10s, others from £3.