COMMERCIAL.
The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., reports :—
At Hamilton on Thursday, September 29, we had an average yarding of cattle and sheep. Pigs were again in good supply. Competition for beef was much better and everything offered was disposed of. Best bullocks made from £9 Ils to £l3 ls,„ light ! weights £5 10s to £8 12s 6d ; fat cows I£s 10s to £6. Competition for store j cattle was also brisker, and all lots I changed hands. Three-year .steers brought from £4 2s 6d to £5 Is, inferior quality £3 10s ; 18-month to 2year steers £1 17s to £2 12s A ; freshconditioned cows £1 12s tp £2 12s ; store cows £1 to £1 2s 6d; 2-year' empty heifers made to £4 for medium quality, small yearling heifers 30s to £2 13s; mixed yearlings, small, 7s to 14s, The competition for sheep was dull, although most of the yarding was cleared. Fat wethers made to ,225. forward 13s 9d to 17s, forward ewes 9s. Pigs were well competed for, but values were somewhat easier, especially in young pigs. Be&t baconers to £6 15s, porkers' £3 5s to £4 10s, good slips £1 15s to £2 12s 6d, small slips £1 to £1 12s 6d, weaners 6s to 15s.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4326, 5 October 1921, Page 4
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208COMMERCIAL. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXII, Issue 4326, 5 October 1921, Page 4
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