COMMERCIAL

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4827, 8 May 1925, Page 1

COMMERCIAL

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT.

The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Co., Ltd., reports:

Eeel’.—There Has oeeu J o improvement since our last report, prices being euual to 28s per 100 for prime ox and 22s 6d for good cow beef. ' Fat Sheep.—Prices about the ..same; Sufficient coming forward to meet local demands. Store Sheep.—A good inquiry exists for all classes, ewes in lamb and hoggets being much sought alter. Store Cattle.—The yardi.ugs at present are small, being confined mostly' to store cows, yearlings, and 2-year-old heifers.

Pigs.—Big yardings of both fat and store pigs are still coming forward, baconers and porkers selling at about 5 3 Z 2d, and stores showing a big drop, dye .to the milk supply gomg off.

Horses.—A fair demand for heavy draughts. Also good young useful farm sorts are wanted, but there is little demand for aged and light horses.

We quote: Bullocks, prime heavy £lO 15s to £ll 10s, medium £9 16s to £10; oews, prime £6 10s to 07 ss, medium £4 15s to £6, unfinished £3 10s to £3 15s, stores £2 to £2 15s ; steers, forward 4-year £6 10s to £7 ss, 3%year stores £6 to £6 ss, good 2%-year £3 ’to £5 15s, others £3 to £3 15s, good 18-months £3 15s to £4 15s, medium 18-months £3 10s to £4 15s. Sheep : Wethers, prime heavy, shorn, 36s to 38s, medium 33s 6d to 38s-: ewes, prime heavy, shorn, 30s to 31s, light 27s to 28s 6d; stbr.> wethers, ishoni 4-tooth 33s to 345. ?.• tooth 30s to S2s; ewes, 5-year 30s, sound mouth i27s to 28s 6d; fat lambs 32s to 345. Pigs: Prime baconers £3 to £3 15s, medium £2 15s to £3; powers £2 5s to £2 12s; slips 20s to 255; weanen> 8s to 12s. Horses: Heavy draughts £5O to £6O, medium £35 to £3B : spring cart sorts £22 to £3O, harness horses £8 to £lO, hacks £8 to f.ll. HAMILTON STOCK SALE. We held our weekly stock sale in the Frankton yards on Tuesday last, having a small yarding of cow beef and store cattle,; a fair entry of sheep, and fat and store pigs. Bee! showed a considerable improvement to the previous market, whiie fat and store sheep and heavy baconers sold ■well up to late rates. Store pigs and porkers again being dull of sale. Fat cows brought from £6 9s to £6 10s, medium £4 15s to £5 Ils, light £4' £4 9s, small and unfinished £2 13s to £3 14s- stores £1 l'2s to £ 2. vealers 37s to £2. Fat. wethers 37s 9d, medium fat ewes 265, fat and forward blackface lambs 22s 6d to 255, medium 2toorh wethers 275, low-conditioned small 4 and 6-tooth wethers 26s 6d, c'uHs 15s, small and poor 2-tboth ewes 20s 9d, culls 13s 6d, cull lambs 10s 9d. Pigs: Heavy baconers £3 10s to £3 15s, medium £3 5s to £3 8s; light baconers and good porkers £2 13s to £3; medium porkers £2 5s to £2 Bs, small 35s to £2, unfinished 25s to 30s ; slips 14s 6d to £1; weaners 7s 6d to Us.