COMMERCIAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17125, 29 October 1917, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

STOCK SALE REPORTS

• Messrs Abraham and Williams. Ltd. report:— At Feilding on the 26th inst. we had good yarding of stock, both cattle and sheep, mostly hoggets, coming idrward in more than average numbers. A largo volume of business was trans- : acted, although prices were a, shade i'lower'.than those ruling of late.. A i line of good shorn wether hoggets" sold ion account of Mr L. Pleasants, Halj'combe, brought 30s 4d, medium ditto } 25s 6d; a line of shorn ewes on account :<)f Mr F. Green, Makino, brought ) 38s; fat and forward ewes brought /29s 7d; shorn ewes (medium) 34s 6d; ( medium ewe hoggets 30s 7d; wether \ hoggets 32s Id to 34s 3d; black-face - hoggets 31s; 4-year bullocks £16 10s; '3-year steers 14 gns; 2^-year steers '(good) £14; ditto medium £12 11s; tmedium fat co-.vs £11 18s- to £14 Is; forward cows £10 2s to £11 ss; small ,'fat heifers and cows £11 15s; dairy •cows £11 12s 6d to £13 10s; dairy heifers £8 10s to £11 12s 6d; store cows £7 5s to £8 10s; yearling Jersey heifers £6; Holstein ditto (small) £5 10s; yearling heifers £4 18s to £5 15s: small ditto £3 17s 6d to £4 12s 6d; 2year bulls £7 17s 6d to £18; yearling ■ Hereford bulls 20 to 30 gns.

Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows:-— Ai Palmerston North Cattle Fair i on Thursday about 3000 cattle came ' iorward, our offering comprising over 1300 head and a few ppns Oj skeep. There was a large and representative attendance of buyers and farmers present, from all parts. Grown steers were hard to quit, but there was.a good de--mand for well-bred female and young « stock. A couple of lines og breeding "cows brought £12 16s and £13 13s, two •lines of 20-months to 2-yeai\Short-horn Heifers £12 5s and £12 respectively : 3-J-year steers £15 Is; 3-year steers £14 10s; s^-year-steers (Polled , Angus),. £14 10s ; light fat and forward cows £11 10s to £12 10s, forward cows £10 10s to £11 ss, speyed forward ~ heifers £11 12s b'd: .18-months heifers £6 18s 6d to £7; yearling steers (good) £8 5s to £9 2s, do. (poor) £6 to £7 Bs, yearling Ho}stem heifers £6 5s to £7 5s good mixed yearlings £7 os to £7 Bs' yearling heifers £5 5s to. £6 7s 6d CHEEP, Fat ewes 34/- to 36/6, forward empty ewes 26/-.

• Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Palmerston :North, report having held their annual Cattle Fair on Thursday last. The yarding comprised 1033 head of various classes, and while competition was good for all young cattle, especially steers, grown cattle failed to reach vendor's reserves, and a number of pens were turned out unsold. A fair yarding of sheep also came to hand, which sold as follows • Ewes and lambs 27« lOd; hoggets 37s Bd.

Cattle.—Small mixed yearlings £3 " ds.;" mixed yearlings to £7 11s; yearling heifers £6 to £7 10s; yearling steers £6 3s to £8 Is; 20-month steers £10 to £10 ss; 2§-year steers to £12 . 163j-8-year steers £13 10s to £13 17s; 31-year bullock* to £15 12s 6d; 2-year empty hellers £7 lGs; store cows £S Cs.

Wiiila in the l^ioMing pzvj Maiinvi'ntu district lately, a representative of the Ashburto-i Guardior, -was shown ypwards of.fifty farms wh««n» ro-agw.^.^a-tion had token place during the la.^ 7 tiro yearn. In the majority of instances t.jie rifxi neighbour hn.d acqi;h"ed ithe hind of farmers who had either ■•vgona io the vsr or had removed lo son;i> cr.n.*r part of the Dominion