COMMERCIAL

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1575, 18 November 1924, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report:—

Beef: The market continues • firm for prime steer and cow beef, with good yardings and prices if anything, a little firmer.

Sheep: Fat shorn sheep are now coming forward in good numbers and meeting'with ready sale at firm prices, with a tendency to still improve. Store Cattle: The yardings have Ibeen big of mostly dairy heifers, the isupply being more than the demand with prices for this class somewhat easier; store cows have been in demand, also all classes of steers are finding ready sale at good money. Lambs: Exporters are offering up to lOfd for November delivery. * Store Sheep: There is still a good inquiry for all classes of stores; ewes with lambs and 2 and 4-tooth wethers changing hands at high prices with not a great number offering. Dairy Cattle: We have about come to,the tail end of the dairies, with little inquiry for this class. Pigs: Fat pigs and porkers are in demand at about 51 d to 6d, with good yardings; also, a very keen demand •exists for all classes of stores. Horses: Good heavy draughts and tjseful farm horses are finding ready sale, with little demand for light animals.

We quote: Prime heavy bullocks £l2 10s to £l4, medium £lO 10s to £ll 10s, prime cows £7 10s to £8 10s, medium £5 5s to £6, unfinished £3 to £3 10s, stores £2 to £2 10s, 31-year forward steers £6 10s to £7 ss, 31-year store steers £5 10s to £6, good 21-year steers £3 10s to £4 ss, others £2 10s to £2 15s, good yearling steers ££2 15s to £3 15, medium yearling steers £1 15s to x!i, heavy shorn prime wethers 35s to 365, medium prime wethers 32s to 33s 6d, heavy shorn prime ewes 30s to 335, light ewes 27s 6d to 28s, shorn 4-tooth store wethers 30s to 32s ( shorn 2-tooth wethers 24s to 26s 6d, 5-year ewes with lambs £2 to £2 7s 6d, soundmouth ewes with lambs 38s to 395, fat lambs 30s to 345, good hoggets 30s to 32s 6d, medium hoggets 26s to 28s, small hoggets 21s to 245, prime bacon pigs £3 to £3 \os, medium bacon pigs £2 15s to £3 10s, porkers £2 10s to £2 18s, slips 30s to £2, weaners 25s to 27s 6d, heavy draught horses £SO to £6O, medium draught horses £35 to £3B, spring cart sorts £22 to £3O, hrness horses £8 to £lO, hacks 8 to £ll.