COMMERCIAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4578, 22 June 1923, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Co'£>per,ative Auctioneering Company report:— BeL—The market'for beef is hardening fast with supplies much below normal. Present, values at the yards are : Ox beef 21s to 23s 6d ; cow beef, 17s to 19s. Mutt,on still maintains its ground and good competition exists in all centijgs. Store Cattle..—A general forward movement has set in, and considerable briskness is apparent. Good bullocks are firming rapidly, and the, same may be said of younger steers. Heifers, however,, have not shared in the advance to a great extent, with the exception of calves from high producing dairies. These continue to Command good competition. Store Sheep.—The enquiry continues good, but sheep of this class seem scarcer this year than on anv previous occasion. Dairy Cattle. —Little difficulty has been experienced in disposing of high producing herds, and at all clearing sales of such good results have been obtained. The demand for inferior or even mediocre herds is on the contrary weaker than ever. Good heifers still draw fair competition, although private enquiry is not strong. Pigs. l —Supplies are shortening visibly, and everywhere the tendency in value is to advance.

We quote as follows : Bullocks, heavy, prime, £7 10s to £9 ss, medium, £6 5s to £7 5s ; cows, Heavy, young, £5 to £6 ss, medium, £3 10s to £4 10s, forward, £2 o £3 : steers, 3%-4% years, forward,, £4 15s to £6, stores,. £4l to £4 15s ; cows, stores, £1 5s to £1 12s 6d; steers* 2% years, best, £3 5s to £3 15s ; heifers, rising 2 year, r.w.b., Jersey. £7 10s to £9 10S, rising 3 year,, r.w.b.;' Shorthorn, £6 to £6 15s, rising 3 year, Holstein, £7 to £8 15s, empty heifers, 18-months, best,. Shorthorn £2 15s to £3 10s, medium Shorthorn.. £2 to £2 10s; steers, 18-months, best Shorthorn, £2 15s to £3 ss, medium Shorthorn, £2 5s to £2 10s ; calves, heifers, best, Shorthorn,. £1 2s 6d to £1 7s 6d, Holstein £2 ito £2 10s, Jersey Cross £3 5s to £5, steers, best, £1 10s to £2, medium £1 5s to £1 10s, weedy 15s to £1; wetheYs, prime, heavy. 32s to 35s medium 30s to 31s 6d; ewes, prime, heavy , 28s to 325; breeding ewes, best, 2-tooth, 30s to 32s 6d, 4-6-8 tooth,, 30s to 345, 4 and 6 year 28s to 30s, medium, 4 and 6 year 23s to 255, culls, f.m„ 12s 6d. to 15s ; store lambs, good, 15s 6d to 17s 6d, medium 12s 6d to 14s 6d; forward lambs ,17s 6d to 21s ; pigs, baconers, heavy., £3 13s 6d to £4 ss< light £3 2s 6d to £3 10s, porkers, heavy, £2 5s to £2 15s, good slips £1 to £1 ss, small 15s to 18 s, weaners 106 to 13s 6d; horses, heavy, draughts,, £4O to £45, medium draughts £3O to £3B 10s, light draughts £22 to £23, harness horses £lO to £l7, hacks £5 to £l6s. HAMILTON STOCK SALE, At Hamilton sale on Tuesday last we had a good yarding of all classes of stock, and have to report a satisfactory clearance? Sheep were perhaps a little easier than at recent sales, and in consequence negotiation under the hammer did not in all cases meet with success! A line of fat wethers from the West, Coast was quitted at 325. A line of empty ewes failed to reach the owner’s valuation. Competition for beef was strung and well maintained notwithstanding the fact, that the entry was large. Fat steers, made to £ll Is for an extra heavy bullock from West Coast medium weight steers made from £7 15s to £8 4s ; heavy cows £6 10s to £6 medium cows and heifers £4 15s to £5 12s 6d, light weights £4 to £4' 106 ; a few pens of 3-year forward steers .were yarded, but competition ait auction was not brisk, Sales resulted privately afterwards at from £4 10s to £5, ; store cows £1 5s to £1 15s. The advertised line of yearling Hereford cattle from Wilson Bros, came in for considerable ..attention, and bidding was spirited from start to finish. The average for the 320 steers and heifers worked out at £2 4s 6d per head., steers making from £2 2s to £2 17s, 'heifers from £1 9s to £2 ; other lines of Sliorthorn yearling steers (dairy fed) made from £1 14s to £2 Is.; Hereford cross £2 9s. Dairv cattle did not attract much attention, Cows made from £9, heifers £5 ss. to £6. Pigs .were in good demand and values advanced. Baconers made to £4 10s light baconers £3 5s to £3 15s, porkers £2 to £2 10s.