TE KAUWHATA RATES

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20784, 20 April 1939, Page 14

TE KAUWHATA RATES

! Messrs G. \V. Vercoe and Co., Ltd., c report having held their fortnightly * stock sale at Te Kauwliala on Monday -i when a full entry of cattle came forward. Competition throughout was ! c keen and a total clearance was effected ' at full late rates. Medium-weight fatj ( cows sold from £5 10s to £6 ss: well- | finished light-weights, £5 to £5 7s Gd: 1 others up to £ i 15s; heavy fat Jersey I• cows, £4 10s to £5 is; others to £ i c ss; cows with calves to £5 17s Gd; small 18 months in-calf heifers to £4 10s; good quality Jersey heifer calves to £2 11s; small up to £2, Polled Angus and Hereford heifer calves to 355; heavy boners, £3 10s to £4; mediumweights, £2 iss to £3 7s 6d; light, to £2 10s; jpotter bulls, to £6 15s. A large yarding of fat pigs sold at late rates. Heavy prime baconers sold from £3 10s to £3 14s; prime medium, £3 5s to £3 9s; others, £'2 19s to £3 4s; light, £2 15s to £2 18s; heavy porkers, £2 7s to £2 14s; medium, £2 to £‘2 * 6s; light, 35s to 395; small and un- * finished. 28s to 345; choppers to £3 5s- £ Competition for a full entry of store j I pigs was fairly keen although prices j were not high- Sows with litters £ sold to £4 7s 6d: sows in pig to £3 ss; !* large stores, 22s to 275; smaller, 18s to 2 Is; best- siips, 1 is to 17s: others. 8s to 12s; good weaners, 7s to 10s; smaller, up lo Gs. WAIHOU HORSE FAIR The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their Waihou horse fair on Tuesday and a medium entry of horses came forward. There was a fair bench of buyers and a good clearance was effected. Medium draught un- ; brokens made £9 to £l3: yearlings. | £S 15s to £l2; light unbroken horses, j

£4 to £6 15s; broken heavy draughts, up to £2O; medium draught farm sorts. £l6 to £23; lighter farm sorts, £8 to £ll 15s: aged draughts. £2 15s to £6: good hacks. £8 10s to £l6 10s; aged hacks. £2 to £5 10s. QUOTATIONS FOR WHEAT LONDON, LIVERPOOL AND CHICAGO t\ pr*.* a? LO n t DO N, April 17 I Wheat.—American cargoes are down 3d. Australians are steady. Parcels are steady and business is fair. Futures.—London: May 22s Id a !quarter; July, 22s 1 id." Liverpool: Old [contract, May, 4 5 l-8d a cental; new contract. May, 4s 22d; July, 4s 4 5-8 d; October, 4s Old. CHICAGO. April 17 Wheat.—May. 691 cents a bushel: July, 68 1-8 cents; September, 68 5-8 cents.