MARKETS.

Waikato Times, Issue 12182, 18 September 1911, Page 4

MARKETS.

SOUTHLAND MUTTON. (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) LONBON, Sept. 17. I Southland, mutton is quoted at 3 j 15-lSd. LONDON REPORT. Messrs Dalgety anil Co., Limited, have received the following cable from thtftr London office under date, September 14th : Frozen im©at : Slightly better demand. Lamb : Par to I'd higher. Mutton, -Jd higher. Beef : £>& higher. , SPRING HORSE FAIR. THE CAMBRIDGE SALES. The Farmers' Auctioneering Company report : On September 12th to 15th we held our annual spring horse fair at Cambridge. Considering the season the horses were brought forward in very good condition. Some of the drafts from regular clients and breeders were in splendid order and the owners must have given a great deal of attention and spent a lot in feed to bring the horses out in the buckle they were in. The class generally was fully up to our usual spring sales, the medium 'draughts, 3 and 4 year olds especially representing' a splendid dot. The heavy draughts are getting scarcer every year. Although there- were very few of what could be called first-class hacks, th' 3 light horses were a fair lot and 'there was the absence of the weedy and scrubby mobs. Buyers were present from all parts of the North Island and Australian buyers were also represented. Competition was 'good from start to finish and prices really improved as the sale went on. As has been the case at our last throe 'annual spring sales, draught horses have easily outnumbered the entry of light horses, farmers realising that the former show muchf the better return , for feeding. At the same timei the man who brings forward a 'good serviceable hack or light harness sort can get a 'good price-. To breed these, however, seems a harder problem than getting the ordinary farm horse, and the difference appears to be that in breeding the draught, nine out of ten are useful and profitable to rear, while in the light class perhaps one in 'ien are remunerative to the actual breeder.

The prices realised were '.—Heavy draughts 3to 5 years old £44 to £•">2, medium draughts, same age, £33 to £4O, lighter sorts, same age. £2l to £3O, aged draughts' £l6 to £22, upstanding hacks and light harness horses of a good class £2O to £29, useful hacks and harness horses £l3 to £lB, ponies and light hacks £8 to £l2. Unbroken horses also sold well and the same quotations will apply to them. During the four days , 768 horses were sold and 174 failed to reach owners' expectations. STOCK SALE. Thei Farmers' Auctioneering Company report ■On Saturday, Ifith mat, we held our Hamilton stock sale, when fee entry consisted of 1-14 pigs, 521 sheep, 169 fat cattle, 181 store cattle, and 168 dairy cows ami heifers. Pigs, fat sheer* and fat cattle sold under keen competition, made extreme prices. Store cattle sold fairly well, as also did dairy cows and heifers, considering the backward condition they were in. Prices : Weaner pigs 6s to 14s, slips 18s to 355, baconers £2 17s 6d, medium fat wethers 19s to 245, a few heavy fat wethers 27s to 31s, aged ewes with lambs 15s 3d, cull hoggets 10s, forward hoggets 14s 6d, wellsteers £ll 12s 6d to £l3, lightweight fat steers £8 10s to £lO ss, weU-faittened cows and heifers £7 15s to £9 10s, light-weight cows and heifers £6 7e 6d to £7 10s, rising 2-year-old heifers tn backward condition £3 lis, same age Jersey cross heifers £5 2s Gd, rising 2-year steers £3 15s to £4 7s, choice yearling £2 19s to £3 ss, others £2 10s to £2 15s, late calves £1 10s to £1 15s, best dairy cows and heifers £7 to' £9, others £5 to £6, small heifers poor and backward £4 to £4 15s.