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Waikato Times, Volume 111, Issue 18661, 13 June 1932, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

CLEARING SALE. Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Co., Ltd., report having held a clearing sale on account of Mr, L. N. Vernall, Frankton Junction, and also on acoount'of Mrs D. Anderson, of Norton Road Extension. Bidding throughout t was brisk and both herds changed hands at very satisfactory prices. Good quality Jersey-cross 1 cows (July calvei’s) brought £6 to, £8 ss, poorer quality £4 5s to £5 15s,ij Jerseyoross cows (August .calversL £4 to £7 ss, Jersey and Jersey-oross heifers (July and August calvers) £4 10s to £5 ss. .. ' , • • • TARANAKI MARKETS, -jg The Farmers’ Co-operative Organisation Society, Ltd,, Hawera, report on stoolc markets generally for the past week as follows :■ — Quite a lot of activity has been experienced in most sections of " the stock markets. Weather conditions have not been as favourable as they might have been, but in spite of this fat stock on the whole are Hooking well. This was borne out by a consignment of some 350 dairy heifers which were trucked to a northern olient during the week. The inquiry for dairy helfeps continues and we have made sales ranging from £4 15s to" £7 according to quality and condition. Unfortunately the demand for weaner heifers is not so keen as it was and the best of this Mass of stock., oan be bought at prices varying from £1 15s to £2 15s. The demand for dairy herds has not been so firm as it was this time last year, but prices are on a par and sales have been made from £7 tg £9. There is a keen demand for sound empty cows, but the price—lss to 25s—must be considered very dig? appointing. Run cattle of all descriptions are unfortunately practically unsaleable) good • empty Polled Angus cows having changed hands at ’2os to 255. Store bullocks are also very dull of sale at prices ranging from £2 to £2 10s. Contrary to expectations, the fat cattle market shows no improvement during the last week, but we anticipate more Inquiries in tills section from outside source* shortly. • <t The Inquiry for store sheep stll< continues, especially for in-lamb ewes and hoggets, the latter, however, being hard to prooure In sufficient numbers, being no ’ doubt' ’due ‘to the fact of the works operating so freely for the late fat lambs.

There is quite an inquiry also from back-country farmers for store wethers, but the buyer’s price does not- coincide with the vendors’ ideas of values. A sale was made • of an exceptionally fine line of fat ewes at 10s 6d. Fat wethers have changed hands at prices ranging from 12s 6d to 14s 6d for a good line. Ewes in lamb, to Southdown rams have be3n selling from 9s 4d to 11s for four and five-year-old sheep and up to 13s for slx-tooths. Good ewe hoggets have been sold up to 11s 6d and mixed sexes from §s 6d to 9s 6d, wether hoggets at Bs.