Commercial

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 57, 18 February 1927, Page 9

Commercial

PRICE OF FLOUR. REDUCTION ANNOUNCED. Christchurch, Feb. 17. From to-day the prime of flour will be reduced by £1 a ton, which decision was arrived at by a meeting of the shareholders of Distributors Ltd. yesterday. Other reductions are the lowering of the price of bran by £1 a ton and the price of pollard by £2 The new price of flour will be £l7 a ton. the price, until yesterday, having been £lB since last season. LIVE STOCK. ONGA ONGA SALE. The usual fortnightly Onga Onga sale was held yesterday, when a full yarding of sheep and a fair yarding of cattle were offered to a good attendance of the public. . Practically ilio wiible yarding was ted at recent rates. Following range cl prices:—s-yr ewes 16s L. to 12s. 6th ewes 25s to 16s 9d. -1 and 5-yr ewes 15s to 15s 6d, 2-th ewes 24s 9d to 12s. 4-th owes 15s 6d. s.m. ewes 14s 2d. 2-th wethers 19s, m.a. ewes 19s 6d. store ewes 6s, woolly rape lambs 18s to 15s, shorn do 16s 6d, b.f. lambs 17s 5d to Ils 6d, cull lambs Us to 5s 6d, P.A. cows £5 10s. forward steers £6 17s 6d. yearling heifers £2 10s, 2-yr do £5 5s to £5 16s, yearling steers £2 12s. dairy heifers £2 15s to £1 ss. Huvarious brokers report sales as under:—

H.B. Farmers’ Co-operative Association. Ltd.—2lB 2-th wethers 19s. 136 4 and 5-yr ewes 14s 9d. 64 5-vr ewes 16s. 116 do 16s 6d, 37 ewe lambs 8s 6d. 15 cull lambs Bs, 3 S.D. rams 2|gns.

Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.—llo 4 and | 5-yr ewes 14s 6d. 54 2-th ewes 17s, ] at 12s. 98 4 and 6-th wethers 21s 3d. De Pelichet. McLeod and Co.. Ltd —164 6 and 8-tooth ewes 19s, 174 2-tooth ewes £l. Williams and Kettle. Ltd.—247 5vr ewes 16s. 250 wether lambs 16s 7d. 24 at 14s 4d, 42 at 16s 6d, 128 2-tooth ewes 265. 30 m.s. lambs 17s 7d. 135 at 18s sd, 30 at 15s, 73 at 16s Id. 20 at 18s. 70 m.a. ewes 13b 6d. 51 wethers 19s. 12 lambs 6s 6d. 16 ewes 13s. 51 at 15s. 10 S.D. rams lOgns.. 2 at Bfrns., 22 at 7gns.. 6 P.omne” rams Signs.. 10 at 3gns.. 2 Lincoln rams 2|gns. 10 at llgns.. 12 2-tooth S.D. ewes Signs., 16 m.a. S.D. ewes 2gns. Hoadle" Son and Stewart, Ltd.— 154 s.m. ewes 14s 2d. 683 6-tooth ewes 255. 557 4. 6 and 8-tooth ewes 19s 6d. 2-16 4 and 5-year ewes 17b lid, 174 2-tooth ewes 24s 9d, 19 1 and 5--ear ewes 15s 6<l 40 4-year ewes 15s. 143 6-tooth ewes 20s Id. 33 3do 16s 9d. 28 2-tooth ewes 12s. 8 2-tooth wethers 17s, 33 store ewes 6s. 289 f. and f. lambs 15s 4d. .'0 lambs 11s 6d, 27 do 5s 6d, 69 m.s. iambs 16s 7d. 20 do 17s sd. 8 aged .anis 9s. 4 Suffolk S.D. c.oss rams Igns. 2 do 4gns., 2 S.D. rams (4sfiear) o.jgns., 33 f. and f. P.A. cows and heifers £5 10s. 3 forward steers £6 17s 6d, 1 fat cow £6 ss, 4 f. and f. heifers £5 16s. 5 forward steers £5 Is, 1 at £6 ss. 4 forward cows £6. 1 fat heifer £5. 9 P.A. heifers £3 15s, 7 f. and f. heifers £5 555. 11 yearlin" heifers £2 10s. 7 yearling steers £2 12s. 3 forward cows £4 12a 6d. 1 cow and calf £2 10s, 12 Jersey heifers £2 15s. 1 at 255. Horses sold from £1 to £4 15s( unbroken), and £6 to £8 (broken). Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Jiave received the following cable from their head office. London, under date 16th inst.: —Tallow: Prices are 6d per cwt., lower for mutton fine and nominally; unchanged for other descriptions.