COMMERCIAL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

EAST COAST CATTLE SALE AT MORRINSVILLE SATISFACTORY PRICES Store cattle from the East Coast attracted a good bench of buyers at the Morrinsville stock sale on Friday, and, although the cattle were of good quality, condition was lacking. Competition was keen throughout, and a good sale resulted at satisfactory prices. Fat cattle sold on a par with •ecent values. Quotations: Four-year Polled Angus bullocks, £9 15s to £lO Is; four-year Polled Angus cross bullocks, £9 14s to £lO 2s; three-year Polled Angus’ steers, £8 14s to £9 12s; three-year Polled Angus-cross steers, £8 7s Gd to £8 17s; two and three-year Polled Angus steers, £7 7s to £7 10s; twomar Polled Angus steers, £6 11s to £7 Is: small, £5 14s to £5 16s; mixed coloured two-year steers, £3 16s; twoyear Hereford heifers, £4 ss: forward conditioned Hereford cows and heifers £4 fßs to £5 6s.

BOBBY ; CALF POOLS

AVERAGE REALISATIONS GISBORNE 7/6 A HEAD The New Zealand Co-opera live Pis' .Marketing Association announces dial lor llie season just closed 41 pools were administrated co-opora- ; lively l>y the company, and on behalf of these pools a final cash distribution of over 11-3,001) litis been completed. Altogether, the company's toial collections to date amount to over 250,000 calves, of which figure just under 1115,000 were handled on behalfof pools, an increase on last year's ; oiieratioiis of over (17,000. The average live weight of calves , collected from pools was approxl- . matoly 01 lb. this being considerably lower than tlitit experienced last year. Realisations, however, have shown a substantial increase on those procured last season, the net average total payment per head for the season in pools in the Auckland, Waikato, Hay of Plenty, North Auckland and Gisborne districts being as follows, the payments varying accord- 1

ins to weight of calf handled and the rate of cartage and cost of railage to port works:

1 AUSTRALIAN ' EXCHANGES : I (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) SYDNEY, Dec. 22. The Sydney -Stock Exchange closed to-day for the Christmas and New Year vacation. The market will open on January 2. Sales this morn-

irig included:—Australian Gas “A,” £6 17s; Tooheys, £1 8s 6d: Broken Hill Proprietary, £3 tss; Cash Orders, 15s 3d: Colonial Sugar, £49 10s: Farmer and Company. £1 7s 9d; Woolworths, Sydney, £1 Is 9d.

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