Commercial.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 December 1915, Page 3

Commercial.

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On Munua,) we neul a clearing sale ot dairy stock account or Messrs \V. and it. Be van, Manuka u. There was a largo attendance 01 uuyers and cotipetikon was keen throughout the sale which proved highly satisfactory to the vendors. Quotations: —tfood caws in milk £10 to £13 3s, fair £7 10s to £10, others (including three quartered cows) £5 to £7 10s, good springing cows £10 10s to £10 17s (3d; spring-7'.g heifers £7; fat cows £b ss; light fat heifers £7 ss; good store cows £6 12s; cows with calves £(3 to £7 17s 6d; hei fors., r.w.b. £4 lis to £4 Kis; 18-months steers £5 2s 6d; weaner heifers 265; hulls £6 6s to £8; small storeT'pigs 235; good store pigs £2 0s Gd; good sow to farrow £6 7s 6di; sows, r.w.b. £2 7s 6d io £3 10s; boar 30s. Implements and sundries brought good prices. MARKET. Duueddn, Dccombor 21. Thero was a small yarding of fat cattle at Burnside to-day, about 1(70 being penned. Tlie quality on the whole was only fair. Butchers' requirements .were practically for lam 1 /, and despite the small entry prices for medium quality cattle were much the same.as last week, though extn prune advanced 10s. Extra prime bullocks, to £20 15s; good, £14 to £16; medium, £11 5s to £13 10s; light, £9 to £10 •10s; prime heifers and cows, £11 to £13; good, £9 to £10 10s: light and unfinished. £7 to £8 ss. There was a very small yarding of fat she >.p, only 1029 being penned, the bu'k consisting of shorn ewes and wethers. Tlie aaly opened with prices firm at last week's rates, but as it progressed values advanced about Is 6d. Extoi- prin e woollyf wethers, to 40s; extra prime ■woolly ewes, to 37s Sd to 37 9d; prime shorn wethers, 26s to 30s med\iu 23s to 25s 6d; light 19s to 225; extra prime shorn ewes, to 33s 6d; pri us 25s to 275; good 20s to 245; lignfc and unfinished, 14s to 18s. There was o large yarding of fat lambs 1152 being peuned. The bulk were really good. F«u prinn lambs the demand was koeu Price" were fully tip 'to ir.st week'' rate*. Extra prime, to 255; vow.' 21 <: to 22.« 9d; medium 19s to 20'. 6d; ligbt 14s to 17s Cdi: small and unifm:.«tie<.' t<> 12s. There .was a small yarding of fat and store pigs. Baconers we ■<? in' good demand. * prices comparing ' favourably with last week's rates.