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Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8060, 19 November 1906, Page 2

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+. _ TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., report as follow*:—On Saturday at To Awainutu, more than the advertised number of cattle were brought forward and we report a mccessful sale. buyeie were present from Kawbia and up country. For youDg stook the improve) prioei of the last two weeks continue!. Mixed yearlings realised from XI 15s to X 1 19s; yearling heifers, .£1 9s to XL 14s; 15 to 18 months steers, X2 (is to £2 15s; 18-tnonths and 2-year-old empty heifers, £2 10s to £1 IN.; store cows, jE2 to £2 12s 6d; fresh-conditioned cows and heifers, £3 3s to Xt ss; fat cows, X 5 to £b 15s; fat heifer?, Xt 10a to X 5: 2J and 3-year-old steers, £1 7s CI to Xt 19s; IS months and 2-year-old bulls, X 4 10s to X 5 A good entry of dairy stock and anything at profit sold well, good heifers, £1 7s fid tt X 5 10s; young cows, Xo 10s to £6. Pig? were offered in large numbers and sold at extreme prices, store pigs, 19j to £1 10s ; good weaners, 16s to XI 4s; slips, XI 6s to XI 9s; small rough pigs, 8s to 10s; an aged draught horse, XN ; good cob, X 7 5s ; ponies, XL 10s to X2; a lot of plough harness, farm tools and produce, at usua prices; good fowls, Is Id to In lid eaob ; ducks, Is 6d to 2s. WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. WELLINGTON, November 17. The first wool sales of the season were held to-day, 1500 bales being offered by various brokers, There was a large attendance of buyers, and the wool, as a whole, was better grown than last year, though heavier in grease. There had been some reason to fear that to-day's sale would open badly, owing to the low prices which had been offered privately for clips of crossbred woo), but prices went up to a high level—higher even than vendors' ideas of current values. Half-breds, of which there was only a small offering, were strongly sought for. Light Romney skirted ■old up to Hid and unskirted to lid. Tne following is the range of prices ourrent : Halfbreds, f»ir condition, lid to ll£d; ditto, inferior and skirty, 9}i to 10J 1; medium to flue crossbred, Romney, bright light condition, 10} 1 to llli; ditto, medium and wasty condition, 'Jji to 9Jd; crossbred, coarse, bright and clean, uj 1 to lf'Jd ; ditto, wasty and skirty, Bsd to 9Jd. Pieces and orutchings, good, tij l to 7}d; ditto, wasty, sfcd to 6J; locks, 2}i to 4} i. As compared with prices realised at the November Bale last year, there was an advance of fl on haltbredt and on fine medium and coarse orosßbreds. MESSRS ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT. Horßes.—Owing to last Friday being a holiday, there was no sale held at the Haymarket. At Papakura on M. nday we held a special horse sale. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, there was more tuan tie advertised number yarded, and a large atteudanoa of buyeis. Young heavy draughts realised from Xki to £l4; | medium do., X 23 10s to X3O; active light namees sorts, Xl 9to £26 ss, buggy horses and good haefcs, Xll to X2l ss; ordinary haoks and gig oUss, XI us to £l3 lOd; weeds and ponies at usual rates; unbroken light colts and fillies, X-l 10s to X2O 10s. At Clevedun on Wedoesdy we yarded more than the average number of stock, which sold at lite quotations. At Helensville on Wednesday we had a full yarding of sto.'k, which met with a ready sale at slightly better values. Springers especially were required and realised from XI LOs to X 5 17s 61 (nothing choice yarded); euipiy young oows and heifers, X2 10s to X 3 lis; forwardoonditioned cows, to X 4 19s; yearlings to 18-uionlbs steers, XI 12j to X2 16s; no grown Bteers penned; strong oilves, to XI 3s; small, 9s; well-bred bulls, £5 10s to X 7 15s. Several horses changed hands at from X 4 7s6dt)X2s ss. Theie were very few dairy and store cattle penned at Remucra on Thursday, owing no doubt to the heavy rain; those were at late values. Fat and young calves, in short supply, sold freely. There was an average yarding of fat cattle of choice quality, which sold freely throughout at an advance on late sales, ox beef selling to 21s the IUO.b, cow to 20a. Steers ranged in price from X 7 to Xl2 ; cows, X 4 to XS 15s; 300 sold. Sheep, penned in u-ual numbers, sold freely, best selling to 23s 9d ; lighter weights to 19s; weighty ewes to 20s 6d, others to 17* j 1350 sold; hoggets to ly\ Fat lambs, short of requirements, were better worth, heavy selling to 20s, others 14j 9d to 163; 262 sold. Pij/s, plentiful, improved on last week's quotations, bicoaers reaching X2 19s, porkers to 36, small to 15s ( 127 sold. Poultry, Is 6d te 2s 41. Hides, skins, tallow, etc. —Hides ; Ox, 6d to7}l; cow, 5d to 6sd ; kips, 6Jd to Gd; oalf, 6jdto 7d ; horse, 10s to 16s; damaged hides at late values. Horsehair, Is tid; bones, 5s ; tallow, 26i 61 to 28s 3d, Skins : Large, 7s to 7s 9d ; medium, 5d lOd to 6s "J; small, 2s 61 to 5s Id; damaged at relative values. Pelts, Is to 2s, lambs', 1b 9i to 2s 3d.