COMMERCIAL.

Western Star, 19 March 1920, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

WAELACETOWN STOCK SALE. The quietness which has prevailed in the stock market during the past few weeks was most marked at the Wallacetown sale on Tuesday, whenprices were below freezing values. The store cattle market was practically d|ead, and many pens were passed in. Few big steers changed hands, the prices for three-year-olds ranging from) £ll to £l2 4s. Two-year-olds realised up to £5 and two-year-old heifers up to £6 se, The only pen of calves yarded brought 16s. The store cattle yarding included 41 dairy heifers and cows, mostly of poor quality. Heifers sold ait 'from £6 to £8 2s 6d and cows at froim £8 to £l2, while fat cattle were a very average lot and were mostly composed' of cow beef. Good steers realised from £l6 to £2O 2s 6d, fat heifers from £7 10s to £l3. One freezing buyer aucl( a few butchers were operating, but only about half of the yarding was disposed of. The fat sheep market was if anything a little firmer than, at last week’s sale, and a fair portion of the yarding was sold privately.