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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14492, 15 October 1920, Page 7

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AUCKLAND MARKETS. Messrs Dalpety and rn„ Ltd.. report as follows on (Ill'll- stork sale at Westlleld mi Wednesday Hoof; A pood yardinp. Competition was (‘specially pood loi- llnishcd cattle. Evti-a prime ox £3 As, prime £3 3 s to £2 ITS 0,1. p £2 I r.s to £2 ins: extra cow £2 ITs i',d, prime £2 i ts to £-.’ in-. Sheep; Pip yardinp; mostly nnllnished sheep. Prices were hardly so pood as the previous week. Prime wethers £2 7s Cut pood £0 Ss to £3, others 38s to 30s; ewes £3, pood 37s Ad to 325, others 27s f,cl to 225. Calves; A hip yardinp. Prices eased a little. Runners, £lO to £7; vealors. £5 In £2 ms; fresh dropped, 23s to 10s. Pips; Larpe entry; pond sale. Raconers. £0 to £7 l Os; choppers. £7 10s to £5; porkers, £.T ids to £i. Lambs: This season’s lambs are eomlnp forward in harper quantities. Extra pood. 355: pood. 33s in 2Ss. The New Zealand I.nan and Mercantile A penny Company. Ltd., report:—At AVestllehl fat stock market on Wednesday beef was penned in larpe numbers and showed no improvement on last week’s rpio lat ions. \Ve quote: Choice oxen sold to £3 ss. prime oxen £2 10s to £3 -is. rouvh and Inferior £2 12s to £2 |ss. cow and heifer beef, £2 I2s to £2 ISs per 1001 b. Steel's sold at from, for best. £23 r.s to £in for a steer failed bv Mr It. A. Rent. Pntaruni. Others £1 r. ins to £22 I7s Ad. smaller and inferior steers £lO to £lO ss. Cows and heifers sold at from €8 10s to £2O 15s. Some of the averapes xvere: 13 steers from Mr Ren.l. Held. Waerenpa. £25 15s 3d: 7 steers from Mr H. A. Rent, Pntarnrn, £2e ds 3d- t A steers front Waikato. £22 8s ml; s steers from Mr K. T. Rain, Ranpiriri. £lB 3s Ad. calves were jienned in larpe iraniiiers and wore easier in price. Runners, £7 to £in ss: heavy vealers £5 As Ad to £A 10s. medium £.3 3s to £1 12s Ad. liph! £■> to £2 1 Os, smaller £1 to Cl 13s, small and fresh-dropped Ss to lbs. Pips xvere penned in larpe numbers, beinp sliphjly easier in price. Choppers. £8 to £8 1 5s; heavy baeotiers, £7 5s to £7 I Os; medlnm. £r, i'r.s to £7 -is; lifrllt. £A 5s to £A 15s; heavy porkers, £A 5s to £7 .>s; merlinin. £5 ids to £ A |S; lipht. £1 5s to £5 OS; slips. £2 ids to £3 ISs; weaners, £1 Ids to £2 As sheep were penned in larpe numbers, seiiinp at late quotations. No extra heavy prime ewes or wethers were penned. Heavy prime wethers £2 As Ad to £2 Ins, medium £2 3s to £2 As 3d, lipht £1 lOs Od to £2 2s Ad. small and unfinished wethers *£ i i’r.s to £| Ids Ad; heavy prime ewes c I |ss to £2 3 s Ad. medium Cl 15s to Cl 17s Od, lipht Cl 12s 3d to Ct Ns Od, inferior and small ewes Cl 8s to Cl I2>; heavy prime hoppels £| its lo £2 ns Ad. medium £1 I is Ad to £1 lAs Od. lipht £1 los to £ 1 1 is. small and unllnished hop-pels £1 r.s to £1 OS Ad. Sprinp lambs

we it apa in penned in larpe numhers. sellintr al lain (imitations: Pest C I its Oil m CC, medium Cl Ss I" Cl lis <’><!. lipbt Cl *?s Oil 111 Cl 7S I’.fl. Mess!*s AH"rod Riteklanrt and Sons report: On Wednesday at nur weekly Westlleld fat stork niarkri \vr penned heel' to the number of ills, eouipl'lsilip CSS steers. II a rows anil hr I r its. anil r. hulls, The ipiality peuerally was llrsl-class. Thrrr xvas a steadv iloinanrl and. in sumo instanrrs. lasi work's values ruled, hut lakinp Ihr salr on

11io wlndr prirrs won* sliphlly lower. Ox, extra rlioirp m Cl! r.s, rlioirp and primp CC los pi fa ;>s. ordinarv and iilain EC IC s to fC I (is. roup'll held' Cl 17s In £C: row and heifer beef, fC r.s to £C ir.s por tnnlb: briny prlmo slrrrs sold at from CC7 ins to CCS, lipbl prdnr steers fen to Ilphler printo fin Ins to CIO ins. lipid and nnIlnisliPd Clu ids to Cl", ins: heavy primo rows Cl 7 ins to C 1 7 ins, liphirr primp £la to C 1.7. otllPl'S C. 7 Ins |o CIC. Some id' Ihr 11ip hrst averapes for steers were: s I'rom Mr \v. ,1. Ralph, linnily prnprrly. eel •'■< ltd: S from Mr W. Srliolhim. Kumka. ECU iss od; r. pv rail. £CO lls sd. n from Mr Kwiui Mrilrrpor. Rukuhia, ten (Is Sd; s I'rom Mr I'.wnn Mrr.rrpnr, Taupiri, CIS as 'Od. Tlip shPop pros were well IlllPd with a nirr class of million. Thrrr was a slrad.v drmand.i Primp million was a trill#* llrnn r, other rlassps mirhanpi'd. W'rlhrrs. rxlra heavy tirimo Cc lls to £C 1.7 s iWI. heavy ]irlmo CC r.s to CC Ss lid. medium lo heavy primo Cl 10s lo CC : 7s (id. Ilphler prime Cl |,7 s lid in Cl ISs lid. nnllnished Cl Ms .id to Cl i,7s : ewes, extra heavy prime fvoimpi Cl ISs lid In CC Cs Od, heavy prime Cl 1.7 sp. Cl iss. Ilphler Cl ICs lo Cl Ms lid. Olliers Cl lis In Cl I I*. < l>ic:i sold, i sprinp lamhs ramr forward in increased numbers, and were eonsidei'ahly lower in price. Pest heavy Cl ICs to £| 1.75, Ilphler Cl ss in Cl Ms, small and lipid ICs (id to CI .7s. (0(5 sold,i lai and younp calves came forward in extra larpe iiumliers. There was a .steady demand, lint values were easier. Runners made from C 7 In to ins; heavy vealers C. 7 1.7 s in rr, I .ss. medium Cl In c. 7 iis, lipid Cc ins in t:i ills, small Cl Min cc r.s, fresh drnnped Ins in Cl. (C C 7 soldi. There was a larpe yardiiip of I'at pips, < loinpo 111 lon was spiriled. and value' were firm al last week's prices. Stores were about the same. Choppers. CS lo £0 Os; heavy hampers £7 Ms to CS, lipid to medium cn ICs to C 7 Ins; heavy porkers C. 7 7s (id to f(i ins. medium £ i Ins 111 C. 7 7s. lipid CH .7s to Ci 7S fid; stores, larpe. cn 7s in ci ins; pood slips, Cl 17s lo CC *l7s; weauers, pond. Iks to Cl ins. (Sold 057.)