COMMERCIAL

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20831, 15 June 1939, Page 10

COMMERCIAL

RUKUHIA CLEARING SALE Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report having held a clearing sale on behalf of Messrs T. and J. Mcßae at Rukuhia last Friday. The herd which was comprised of aged cows came forward in fair condition and a satisfactory clearance resulted, implements and sundries sold on a par with late clearing sale rates. Pair quality Jersey cows (July calvers) made £0 10s to £B, aged cows £5 15s to £6 7s 6d, inferior to £5 10s, good quality Jersey heifers (early calvers), £7 10s io £8 ss, more backward, £f> 15s to £7 ss, Jersey heifer calves to £2 Gs. TE KAUWHATA STOCK SALF Messrs G. W. Vercoe and Company, Limited, report as follows on their fortnightly stock sale at Tc Kauwhata on Monday:— A full entry of cattle came forward. Competition throughout was keen and practically a total clearance was effected at full late rates. Small lightweight crossbred bullocks sold to £8 ss, heavy i fat Jersey cross cows, £G 5s to £G 17s Cd, lighter £5 10s to £G 2s (id, light £4 15s to £5 ss, empty 2-year Jersey heifers to £3 2s Gd, heavy boners, £3 | 10s to £i, medium-weights. £2 10s to £3 7s Gd, light to £2 ss. good quality Jersey lmifers (earlv calVers), £7 10s to £8 2s Gd. good quality later calvers, £6 15s to £7 7s ml. backward lo iters to £G I os, fair quality Jersey and Jersey cross cows (early calvers), £G to £7*'. others to £5 15s. The advertised entry of store sheep met with a steady sale and a total clearance was effected at satisfactory pries. Good qua!it v store 2 and ith wethers brought 13s to 13s id. store conditioned 2lh wethers 11s to Its 5.1. culled 2th wethers to 7s, well-grown store-conditioned lambs to 9s 9d, small store lambs to Gs 7d, cull lambs to 4 s A small entry of fat and store pigs sold readilv at. full late rates. Mediumweight. bacorners realised £3 5s to £3 10s. light £2 18s to £3 is. heavy porkers, £2 12s io £2 17s. rnediumweiglils. £2 Gs to £2 I Is. light 35s to £2 is, unfinished 29s to 335. choppers to £3 ss. suo.l stores 25s to 28s. smaller 22s to 2 is. good slips JBs to 2 Is. smaller 15s to 17s. good weaners 12s to 1 Gs. smaller to ids, sows with litters £lO to £ll 9s.

TAUPIRI CLEARING Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., report a successful clearing sale at the Ngaruawahia saleyards on behalf of Mr F. I. Thomasen, Tenfoot Road, Taupiri. Although weather conditions were wintry there was a good attendance and the total entry of dairy cows and heifers were disposed of at auction. Good young, sound cows sold from £9 to £l\) 10s, medium conditioned £7 to £8 7s Gd, backward sorts down to £5; Jersey heifers, £G to £7 10s; a line of heifers realised £5 15s; Shorthorn calves. 325. CLEARING SALE AT OTAKIRI Tliere was a large attendance of buyers at the clearng sale held by Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., on account of Mr W. T. King, Otakiri. Bidding was brisk throughout, and the all the live stock and chattels were sold under keen competition. 'The herd mainly comprised Shorthorn cows, which were in good order. Prices realised £ll, with the salifactory average of £8 for 47 sound cows sold, while a line of six Shorthorn heifers averaged £7 10s. Quotations were as follows: Medium draught mare, £24; four-year-old medium gelding, £25; filly foal, £8; ! Jersey cows, due early, £lO to £11; ! good quality Shorthorn cows, £9 5s ! to £lO 15s; August calving Shorthorn ! cows, £8 to £9 10s; aged and late j cows, £5 10s to £7 10s; sow and litter, j £5 ss; sows, close io farrowing, £i • i7.s Gd to £5 7s Gd; maiden sows, £5. MATANGI CLEARING SALE ; Messrs Wright, Stephenson & Co , Ltd., report a total clearance of dairy ; stock, offered on account of Mr W. T. ; l.u\‘Miltangi. uwing to the ! weather, there was a small at tendance j Of buyers. Tile cattle were in good 1 order and, allhough calving dales were i not available, there was steady bidding; : especial) on quality cows due early, j which reached £l4 ss. j The whole herd made I lie satisfact lory average of £8 17s Gd. Values were ! as follows: Early calvers. £l2 to £l4 • ss; quality cows, £lO Ids to £ll ids; i good average cows, £8 5s to £lO 10s; j later calvers, £G to £8; aged and un- ! sound cows, £i 10s to £0 15s. PUKERORO CLEARANCE | | The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioni eering Company, Limited, report bav-

ins held a successful clearing sate yesterday on account ol' Mr 11. D. ilooker. of Pukeroro. Tho herd came forward in good condition and elicited keen e uin pet it ion from a representative bench of buyer?,. The sound cows realised tho satisfactory average of £B. Farm horses sold well. Quotations: —Young Jersey and Jer-sey-cross cows, early calvers. £9 to £lo ; Friesian-cross cows, early calvvers. £9 to £iO 10s; Jersey and Fries-ian-cross cows. July calvers £7 10s to £8 Ids; older cows and later ra!vvers. £G io £7 : bay gelding, all work. £29 10s; aged farm mare, £1 i D*s. DISPERSAL AT TE 701 The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having conducted a clearing sale on be-

half of Mr K. Hobinson at Tc I-*oi on Tuesday. The herd came forward in ‘‘■‘it- condition and met keen competition from a large bench of buyers. The heifers, although rather small, were of good 'luality and also sold well. Idealisations were:—Jersey dairy cows, early calvers, £JO Ids to i'll*; July and August calvers, £'B 10s to ltd; second calvers, £7 10s to £lO. later calvers, £0 10s to £8; aged and unsound cows, 35s to £3 10s; 2-year Jersey dairy heifers, £0 10a to £7 17s Jersey heifer calves, £3 to £3 17s <»d; 2-toolh b.f. ewes, 17s to 235; aged ewe.-. 8s Od : draught foals, £lO to £11: 2-year draught horses. 1 v H»s to £11; 2 >ear Jersey hull, i> 15s; yiailing Jc:>e\ hulls, £4 1.55.