COMMERCIAL.

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1396, 24 May 1923, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. At Te Awamutu on Saturday the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company had a fairly heavy yarding of cattle, including a good entry of heifers in calf. A strong demand existed for fat and store cattle, and all this class was disposed of, but only moderate business resulted in the dairy section. Fat steers made £6 10s to £7, unfinished steers £4 17s to £5 15s, rough fat cows £2 12s 6d to £3 15s, cows in fresh condition £1 16s to £2 4s. store cows £1 2s 6d to £1 9s. 4-year forward bullocks £4 4s to £4 12s. 3|year store steers £3 Gs to £3 12s. 20month steers £2 lis to £3 Is, 20-montlh emptv Shorthorn heifers £2 10s to £3, yearling Shorthorn heifers £1 2s 6d to £1 7s Gd. yearling steers £1 Is to £1 7s 6d, 2-year Jersey-cross heifers in calf £6 (is to £B. WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Fanners' Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd.. report as under: Beef: There has been a slight improvement in beef values, due principally to fresh demands for export. Plaiii quality lias been omsily affected, but withdrawals of any class for export purposes must ultimately have a. beneficial effect on the market generally. Mutton. The market for mutton is strong and steady, and everywhere good competition prevails. The national exhortation to "eat more beef" does not seem likely to reduce the value of mutton (luring the winter season at all events—as supplies seem anything but plentiful. Store eattle: In general the demand for store cuttle has slightly improved and competition up to a point is seldom lacking. Bullocks are drawing enquiry once more, whilst younger steers are lirnn'ug perceptibly. Empty heifers, however, do not seem to have shared in the advance, and in-calf heifers are lower than was anticipated for i hi.-- period of Ihe year. Store sheep: The enquiry for store sheep is strong with supply short. Lines of ewes in lamb are now being quoted and enquiries lor this class will be able to satisfy requirements. Quotations in comparison with the value of dry ewes in the February fairs are not so high as might have been expected. Lambs are still in strong demand with not many offering. Pigs have ilnetnated somewhat since our last report, but it may be stated with certainty that the general tendency is slightly backwards. The yardings have been very good although unfinished bus are always well in evidence. Morses: Good draughts and farm horses continue to draw good competition where offered. We quote as follows: Bullocks, heavy prime CG las to C 7 15s, medium C 5 5s to CG 10s; cows, heavy young £4 . r >s to £5 2s (id, medium K2 10s to £4. forward 30s to 455; steers. :P. to t\ years forward £3 15s to G 4 His. stores C 3 5s to £3 12s Gd; cows, stores 20s to 30s; steers. 2i sear best C2 las to V.) ss; heifers, rising 2 year r.w.b. Jersey CG 10s to £9, :; year do Shorthorn 11.") to £0 10s: 3 year do Holstein £5 to £S; empty heifers 18 months best Shorthorn £2 15s to £3 10s. medium Shorthorn C2 to C2 10s: steers 18 months best Shorthorn £2 10s to E 3. medium ''.2 to C2 ss: calves, heifers best Shorthorn 25s to 30s. Holstein £2 to £2 10s. .Jersey cross C2 10s to £4. steers best 30s to 37s Gd. medium 25s to 30s, weedy 15s to 20s.

Wethers, prime heavy 32s to 33s 6(1, medium 29s to 31s. ewes prime heavy 24s to 26s Gd. breeding ewes, best 2 tooth 30s to 32s Gd, 4. G and S tooth 30s to 32s 6(1, 4 and 6 year 2Ss to 30s. medium do 22s to 24s Gd. culls f.m. 12s 6(1 to 15s; store iambs, good 14s to 16s. medium 12s to Lis; forward lambs 17s to 19s. Pigs: Baconers heavy £3 7s Gd to £3 16s, light £3 to £3 ss. porkers heavy C2 5s to £2 10s. good slips 15s to 20s. small slips 10s to 14s. weaners Gs to Ss. Horses: Heavy draughts £4O to £45, medium £3O to £3B 10s, light '222 to £23; harness horses £lO to £l7, hacks £o to £l6. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd., Hamilton, report: At Hamilton sale on Tuesday we had again a small yarding of cattle and a moderate yarding of sheep and pigs. Competition for beef was distinctly brighter, and values ruled higher than the week previous. Extra heavy cows made to £8 15s, heavy to £5 ss, medium weights £3 2s to £4 ss. Only u few store cuttle were penned. The udvertised dairy cows were not us forward in calf as the requirements of dairymen demand at this time of the year, and on that account met with but dull competition, the highest figure reached being £5; others sold from £2 upwards. Competition for fat sheep showed considerable improvement, heavy wethers making to 35s lOd, medium weights 31s 9d, good ewes 28s Gd. forward ewes 21s 3d. Lambs were not quite as brisk as usual. Very for ward sorts made 21s 6d, but not under competition; good stores 17s. A line of aged and backward ewes, r.w.r., sold privately at 17s Gd. Pigs were yarded in smaller numbers than usual, very few baeoh pigs coming forward. These met with a good demand, prices ranging from £3 Is to £3 16s, porkers sold readily from 35s to 435; very few store nigs were jpenned: these met. with a better demand than at previous sales, slips making 18s to 255; weaners from 8s to 14s, sow in pigs from £4 12s to £5 10. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Co.. Ltd.. Hamilton, report: At Franktori yard on Tuesday we had a small yardin'-'. Bee!' sold freely at- improved rates and mutton was a trine tinner. We quote: Put heifers £4 14s, medium cows £4 to £4 Ss. light steers £5 ss, store cows 25s to 28s. yearling Shortborn heifers 26s to 325. Jersey cross heifers 375. dairy cows to£S. medium fill wethers 335. An average yarding of both fat and store pigs came forward, Prices were on : : par with last week. Heavy baconers £3 9s to .<;:' 17.-. medium baconers <£2 10s to £3 f,ri good porkers C2 to £2 5s unfinished 6d»to 355». slips IDs to £2 Gs Gd. good weaners 10? to Irs. sows with litters up to £5.