COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1924, Page 2

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

IMPROVED PRICES,

The above fixture was held at the Wataroa yards on Thursday, when the annual drafts of fat and forward cattle from South Westland came forward to public competition when 170 fat and forward sheep and 437 cattle wero penned. The quality of the cattle was” a distinct improvement on those yarded at the last two sales and notwithstanding there were no outside buyers present, local graziers bid freely for all well grown and forward conditioned bullocks, and at times the bidding resembled very much that ol the high prices during the war period. Included in the yarding were four or five pens of beef which equalled the prices reentlv ruling at fat stock sales on the Coast and even at Addington. The yarding ol Messrs It. Cron and Eggeling and Sons made top prices, while a pen of twelve 10 months old Hereford steers sold by Mr M. Carroll were a feature of the day’s entries, making , the good price of £4 2s per head. The range of prices was as follows: A) year steers from £8 15s to £9 13s, 2 year old steers from £0 Ms to £7 10s, 18 to 20 month's steers from £4 15s to f.T 12s (id, 10 t? I s months steers from e;j j-,,; 1,, t,'l ss, 2 year old heifers from £4 15s to C(i Is, 2 year heifers from £ I to C l 12s (id. The following sales were recorded by .Messrs At'. Jeffries and Co.: —On account Gibb .Bros. 80 f. and f. wethers at 375. On account Eggelmg and Sons, 1 | two year old steers at £5 9s, 7 ditto heifers at £5 ts bd. On account L. W ilson, ten 20 months old steers at £;) l.js, lat £1 ss. On account K. Cron, fifteen 2j l. and f. steers at C 9 13s, seven ditto at £8 13s, twelve 2 vear old steers at t« Ms, ten ditto nt £5 2s bd, eight ditto at £5 12s fid, live 2.V heifers at £5 4s, fourteen 9 veiu- heifers at Cl 15s. On account McPherson tiros., six 2 year steers at L's ss, two ditto heifers at £4, 1 cow out of profit CO. On account H. Aleharry, 1 dry cow at £‘A yearling heifers at 30s, five 2) year heifers £'f Jss. On acconuL AI. Carroll, 12 lb-months steorsmt lit 2s, six 2 year sKcrs ill Cb, four f and f ditto heifers at !:(> Is, four ditto heifers at £4 8s (id. On account W. M. Cain, 1 stag at £lO. I 2-year old steer at £5 os, U.. ditto at Cl 3s. five 2 year heifers at £3, 1 dry cow at £3 Is. On account Air A. Delm, one 2) year steer at £3 12s bd. On account Air G. Nisson 5 drv cows at 3fls. On account Harris Bros., six 2 year heiter.s at £4 15s, four ditto at L'4 12s (id, eleven ditto at £4 os. Two pens of bullocks on account Messrs Condon and Aleharry passedv, during the sale were subsequently disposed of privately. Ton Cl shares in the Sale Yards Coy. were sold at 10s per share.