COMMERCIAL NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17995, 14 April 1930, Page 2

COMMERCIAL NEWS.

PUTARURU STOCK SALE. • j The Farmers’ Co-operative Auc- j iionerrin-g Co., Ltd., report: —At our | Putaruru stock sale held yesterday a j full yarding, of cattle was penned. The j bidding was dull throughout, and in i many cases failed to reach the von- j dors’ reserve. Quotations: Medium fat cows, £6 6s to £7 .Is; light, £a 17s 6d to £6 Is; store cows, £2 to £4 2s; good quality 3 and '4-year Shorthorn bullocks, £8 15s; good, quality 18-months Shorthorn steers, j. £5 10s; Jersey-cross heifer calves, j £3 2s: steer calves, £2 2s 6d; Jersey- | cross heifers, running with bull, £7;j potting bulls, £4 10s to £5; mixed-sex iambs, £9; weaner pigs, 12s. / TE AWAMUTU STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative AucPioneering Go., Ltd., report ha\ing j held their Te Awamutu stock sale on | Thursday, when an average yarding of cattle' was penned, and late rates maintained. Quotations: Fat bullocks, £l3: medium fat cows, £6 8s; light, £5 5s to £6 ss; forward conditioned cows, £4 7s 6d to £srestore cows, £- 17s to £4; boner cows, £1 2s 6d to £2 ss; cows with calves, £3 14s to £5- 18-months Shorthorn steers, £6, Jersev heifers, running with hull, £5 2s Gd" to £7 15s; bulls, £3. 10s to £5 10s: Jersey heifer calves, £2 10s .o £3 10s; fat and forward wethers, 2as 3d; fat lambs. 16s 9d; good framed mixed-sex lambs, 13s to 15s sd; Jersey cows, close to profit, £9 as to £lb 15s: good stores and light port:- | ers, 36s to £2 7s; slips, 18s to 21s; weaners, Ss to 14s. WASHOU STOCK SALE The Farmers’ Co-operative 1 Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report. At \vai hou on Friday we penned an average yarding of cattle and a small yarding of sheep. Prices were on a par with rates ruling elsewhere. There was a medium yarding of pigs, prices neing on a par with late quotations. Qnotations :Store lambs, 10s id; fat cows, heaw £7 10s to £8 14s; iighier, to 15s to £7 3sj fresh conditioned cows, £4 Gs to £5 ss; store cows, £2 to £4; jersey heifer calves, £2 17s to £4; potter bulls, £5 to £7 ss; 2-year empty jersey heifers, £4 17s. Pigs- Hea\j baconcrs, £3 9s, to £3 13s; medium, £3 2s to £3 7s: hgm, £2 i<s to <l3, heaw porkers, £2 8s to £2 1-ts; light, 38s to £2 4s i stores, 27s to 355; slips, 18s to 235; weaners, 8s t.o 14s. WELLINGTON RABB!T~SK!N SALE. Messrs Dalgely and Company, Ltd., report:— Our first sale Of the season was held on Thursday. Our offering comprised principally summers, springs, racks, etc., and it was pleasing to note that the market showed a much improved tone, prices generally being well up to the rates ruling at the last southern sales. At the recent London sales the market showed a _good advance, prices being better by 5 per cent to 20’ per cent, on the-January sales’ quotations, and this improvement was reflected at our sale. Large stocks are still held in London, and until these are disposed of we caimot look for any substantial appreciation in prices for some considerable time. The following is the range or prices:—Runners and suckers, lid; summers, 14d to 15d; prime racks, 18d to 20d; light racks, 2id to 24d; dawny autumns, 24d to 27Jd; early autumns, 24-ld to 29£d; autumn blacks, 14Jd to 15Jd; outgoing winters, 28d; hareskins, 9d to lljd; milky does, 12d to 13id; second broken, 12d; weevily, .3d to 6Jd.