COMMERCIAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5053, 17 November 1926, Page 4

COMMERCIAL.

WAIKATO MARKET REPORT. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company reports:— Beef.—The market is considerably easier .especially for ox beef, a drop of 3s to 4s per XOOlb having ..taken place since our last 'fortnightly report. Prime ox is making 32s 6d per 100 and cow and heifer 28s.

Fat Sheep.—Good yarding® are coming forward, with prices firm for prime ewes, wethers, and hoggets. Fat lambs are in demand with butchers at prices equal to 9d. No export prices are out yet.

Store Sheep.—There is a good inquiry for all classes of stores, especially hoggets a,.nd ewes with lambs. Shorn wethers are wanted, but owing td .the continued wet weathei’ not many lines are offering. Store Cattle. —A good demand exists for all. classes, especially 2,3, and 4- . year steers; also good empty cows and choice yearling Jersey-cross hei'fers.

Dairy Cattle.—Very few good cows and heifers are offering, but .there is fair competition for good sorts. Pigs.—The market is easier for fats, prices being equal to 5%d, bacon companies operating at this figure. Stores are still meeting with ready sale at gohd prices. We quote: Bullocks, prime extra heavy £l2 IDs to £l4, medium £.lO to £lO 15s ; cows, prime £8 lOte to £9 10s, medium. £7 10s to £B, unfinished £5 10s ,to £6 5s ; heifers, prime £9 10s to £lO 10s ; steers, forward 4-year £7 10s to £B, 3-year stores £5 15s to £6 ss, good 2-year £5 10s to £5 15s, 18months £4 to £4 10s ; good yearling steers £3 to £4, good yearling Jersey heifers £4 10s to £5 10's, good fresh empty cows £3 lOte to £4 5s aged store cows 30s to £2; choice in>-calf dairy heifers, best Jersey-cross, £lO to £lO 10s; 2%-year Jersey-cross springing hejfers £lO to £11; 2%-year Shorthorn dairy heifers £8 10s to £9 10s ; good dairy herds, tested, £lO 10s tol £l3, others £7 to £B' 10s. Sheep : Wethers, prime woolly heavy 33s to 345, medium 27s to 295, shorn heavy 26s to 27s 6d, shorn medium 21s to 22s 6d ; ewes, prime woolly heavy .24s to 26s 6d, light 21s to 225, shorn 18s to 20s; storq wethers, shorn 4-tooth 21s to 22s 6d, 2-tooth 19s to 20's; ewes, 4,6, and 8-tooth with lambs 27s 6d to 335, 5-year with lambs 26s to 28s, aged with lambs 17s to 18s; hoggets, fat 24fc to 275, good store woolly 17s 6d to 18s 6d, small woolly ,11s 6d to 13s, shorn good 15s to 16s. Pigs: Baconers, prime £3 12s 6d to £3 16s, medium £3 5s to £§, 10s ; porkers £2 15s to £2 18s, slips 38s to 1 £2, weaners 17s to 24s ; breeding sows, gobd, £7 10s to £8 10s. Horses .