COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 257, 7 May 1910, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

1 The Farmers' Auctioneering Co.,| gLtd., report: — 1 I At Ohaupo on Tuesday, 3rd inst., we| lyarded 6384 sheep and 600 head ofg Seattle. A good demand for young cat-| itle but sheep were dull of aale. Four! lyear steers £5 10s, and 3 year! Isteers £4 3s to £4 10s, 18 months andl |2 year steers £2 17s to £3 14s. year-l Slings and calves 34s 6d.to 375, younger! Icalves 24s to 28s, h*eifers in calf £4| lis, fat cows £4 10s to £5 10s, forward! iwethers 12s 9d to 13s Id, close woolled! fgwethers lis, small wethers 8s 6d to 9s| i6d, 2 and 4 tooth ewes in lamb 14s 6d| gto 15s 6d, smaller sheep 10s to 10s 6d,| Ifresh full-mouth ewes in lamb 9s to] gjl2s, cull ewes 4s to 4s 4d, fat lambs! glls, store lambs 5s to 6s Id, ewe| ilambs 8s 9d, culls 2s 9d. 1 6 Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Auclc-i Sland, report having held their West-1 Sfield fat stock sale on Wednesday,! gMay 4th, as under; —Beef —An aver-| liage yarding. The demand was ratherjj than late sales. Choice pens ofi fetched up to 22s per 1001bs.,| pordinary pens 20s to 212s per lOOlbsJ |j,eow and heifer beef sold at 16s to 18s. j pMutton—a large yarding. Prices were* fffully Is per head lower than last week.j ijExtra good quality heavy wethers soldj Sat up to 19s, ordinary good quality at l|lss to 16s 6d, good ewes up to 13s, Slight wethers and inferior ewes 8s to ||l2s. Lamb—A large yarding. Prices ||were well up to late rates. Heavy ||woolly up to 15s, heavy shorn to 12s ||9d, freezing weights 9s 6a to lis 6d. ||Pork —Bold at late rates.