COMMERCIAL.

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1420, 25 October 1923, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers' Co-op Auctioneering do. Ltd., report as follows on the Waikato market for the week ending October 23rd:— Beef: Competition is everywhere keen and the demand steady. Mutton: The mutton market still remains quiet and the business transacted is of small proportion. Store Cattle: Activity still continues in the store cattle market, but there is evidence of an easing tendency. More especially is this applicable to heifers which have been coming forward in good numbers. Forward steers are in strong demand hut backward con litioned cattle have slightly declined. Good framed fresh cows are perhaps in higher favour than any other class in the store section. Store sheep: Business in this branch is somewhat restricted owing to the lack of suitable lines for sale. A good demand exists but for the above reason is not easy to satisfy. Dairy cattle are in keen demand at all centres. Pigs: Brick business has been done in this branch up to the present. Values are exceedingly firm and inclined to improve. The high prices ruling at the yards have forced the bacon companies far in advance of their opening quotations, and even at present figures some ,of those operating have found it difficult to obtain supplies. At Waihou yards on Friday values were fully lOd per lb. It is unlikely, however, that these high rates will long continue. Horses: The Hikutaia sale just concluded was most satisfactory from a vendor's standpoint—recent values being fully maintained. We quote as follows: Bullocks, heavy prime £ll 10s to £ls 15s. medium £lO 10s to £l2; cows, heavv young £9 to £ll 10s, medium £5 10s to £7 15s, forward £3 10s to £4 10s: steers, 4 year forward £5 15s to £7 10s', stores £4 15s to £5 ss; cows, stores 30s to £2 17s 6d; steers, 3 year best £4 10s to £5 ss; springing heifers, 2 year Jersey £l2 to £ls, 3 year Shorthorn £8 10s to £l2; empty 3 year Holstein £8 10s to £l2; empty heifers. 2 year best Shorthorn £3 to £3 15s, medium £2 7s 6d to £2 15s; steers 2 year best Shorthorn £3 15s to £4 ss. medium £3 2s 6d to £3 12s 6(1; yearling heifers, best Shorthorn £2 5s to £3. Holstein £3 to £5, Jersey £4 10s to £6 10s; yearling steers best £2 12s 6d to £3 7s 6d. medium £2 to £2 10s.

Wethers, prime heavy £2 to £2 4s, medium 38s to 40s; ewes, prime heavy 35s to £4os; ewes with lamb at foot 40s to 455, store wethers, 4 tooth 30s to 335, store hoggets shorn good 23s to 255, medium 21s to 22s 6d. Pigs, baconers, heavy £4 15s to £6 2s 6d, light £3 10s to £4 10s; porkers heavy £2 15s to £3 10s, good slips 30s to 40s, small 22s 6d to 27s 6d, weaners 12s 6d to 17s 6d. Horses, heavy draughts £4O to £55, medium £3O to £45. light £2O to £25, harness £lO to £l7, hacks £5 to £lO. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report having held their usual weekly stock sale at Frankton saleyards on Tuesday. There was a small yarding of sheep, only two pens of medium wethers being offered, which made up to 355. There was a large yarding of beef, exceeding requirements, and prices were lower. Choice quality birllocks sold at equal to 33s per 1001 b, cow and heifer beef making an average of 28s per 1001 b. Prime bullocks made from £lO 10s to £l3 10s, cows and heifers at from £7 to £l2 for extra prime heavy cows. A very large yarding of store cattle. Fresh 4 year bullocks sold at up to £5, Shorthorn steers £5 10s to £5 lis, 3 year steers £4 10s, empty Shorthorn heifers £2 16s. empty store conditioned light cows £2 4s. aged cows 25s to 30s, fresh conditioned cows £2 15s to £3 10s; dairy cows to £S 10s, small Jersey cross heifers, springing to calve £5 to £7 10s, Jersey bulls rising two years at up to £B. Pigs were yarded in average numbers and baconers and porkers sold under keen competition at full late rates. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co. Ltd. report: At Hamilton on Tuesday we had a larger yarding of all classes of cattle and pigs; Sheep, however, were in small supply. Competition for beef was somewhat easier, although most of the entry ultimately changed hands. Best steers made from £ll 12s 6d to £l3 10s, lighter weights £9 2s 6d to £ll, best cows £8 17s 6(1 to £l2 2s 6(1. lighter weights £7 2s 6(1, empty cows £2 to £3. There was a good entry of yearling Jersey heifers, and good competition was met with. The advertised line of Taranaki bred heifers made from £7 5s to £8 for the best, second j quality £5 15s to £6 15s, small and I broken coloured £3 17s 6d to £4 17s j 6(1. A line of yearling Shorthorn I steers failed to reach owner's reserve. Jersey bulls sold from £3 to £9. Dairy cows were in smaller sup- ■ ply than usual and were mostly of | inferior class. Cows realised from ; £6 10k to £S, heifers £5 to £7. Only a few fat sheep were penned. Fatwethers, shorn, made from 32s to 355. Pigs opened up rather quietly, but improved as the sale proceeded. I Baconers nrnle to £6 ss, 'light bacon- j ers ?A to £5 ss. porkers £3 to S 3 ■ 15s i T"e N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. report: At Frankton yards on Tuesday a full yarding of ! cattle came forward, all classes be- ' iiu well represented. The demand

for beef was not so keen, and prices were easier. However, this factor had no effect on the values of all 2J to 4 year old steers offered. this class selling exceptionally well. A large entry of yearling steers met with a good demand for Jerseys and some inquiry for Shorthorns. Medium fat steers £9 15s to £lO 2s 6d, fat cows £5 5s to £B, store cows 30s to 425. cows in fresh condition £2 14s to £3 2s, yearling Jersey heifers £3 15s to £4, Shorthorn yearling heifers £2, heifers close to profit £5 10s to £9. A good yarding of hoth fat and store pigs came forward. Competition was keen on both classes, and prices realised were: Heavy baconers £5 to £6 4s, medium baconers £3 15s to £6 4s, medium baconers £3 15s to £4 15s, good porkers £3 to £3 10s, unfinished porkers £2 10s to £2 17s 6d, good slips £1 18s to £2 Bs, weaners 27s to 32s 6rt, small weaners 18s to 235. BUTTER AND CHEESE. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. have received the following cablegram from their London house under date 19th inst: New Zealand butter, 190 s to 196 s per cwt. Market slow. Cheese 112 s to 115 s per cwt. Small supplies.