COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 259, 14 May 1910, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Auckland, have received the following cable from their London Oflicc, under date 6th inst.,:—"Butter— Buyers are holding back expecting to do better later on. Nominal quotation exce))tional qualities Australian salted 100s, other 104s; New Zealand finest salted 108s." Mes3rs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Auckland, report having held their Wostfield fat stock sale on Wednesday as under :-- Beef—An average yarding. Competition was hardly so keen as last week. Prime ox averaged about 21s per lOOlbs, cow and heifer 10s to 18s. Mutton—A small yarding. Trices were fully a shilling a head better than last week for good wethers, ewe-4 being about the same as previous sale. Prime wethers extra heavy fetched up to 18s 9d, ordinary weights, prime His to 17s, ewes up to 12s. Lamb -A fair yarding of mostly inferior quality and stores. Prime shorn fetched up to 13s, medium quality !>3 to lis, small shorn lambs (is to 7s, culls :5s to 4s Ikl. The Farmers' Auctioneering Co., Ltd., report:—At Waihou on (ill) inst., we yarded !)20 head of cattle. -;l. r >o sheep and <IO pig*. Fat steers ,£G to ,£9 10s, fat cows and heifers .£."> (is to ,£. r > 10s, lighter sorts XI to £ I Ss, fresh conditioned bullocks .£.'> . r >:-i to £. r > l.'>s, 2.J and .'i year steers .1! 1 7s (id to £4 10s, 2 year'steers £•'? His, 15 to 18 months steers £2 Ms to .£2 IDs, yearlings £2 Is (id to £2 9s, good calves 20s to 'los, others 20s to .'2ss, fresh conditioned empty heifers .£;{ 10s Iq ,£:l 17s, heifers in calf.£l, daiiv <:ou'.i to calve early iq season £4 to £1 L r >s; fat wethers Ms l|d to L r >s (id, o|.hcrq I,'ia :i(|, fat owes I .'is 0,1, fat laiqlis !|h 9d to 10s; porkers 20s to Mils, weauers , r >s to 10s. New Zealand Loan and Mereantilo Agency Co., Ltd., Report:- -At our Ohaupo sale on Tuesday -ISO head of cattle and :U>o sheep were peincd. There was good competition and all sold readily at prices slightly i" advance of late sales, except one line < f H-year-old steers in low condition. Fat cows made £5 to .£!> lis, springing heifers £1 15a to ,£~> f>s, H to IU yearold steers £1 15s to £5 10s, 2 A-year-old do. £3l9s to £4 T.s, 20-month do. £2 12s to .£2 His, 2 and 2A year old heifers .£ls 7s (id to £'l 12s, steer calves £1 lfia, do. heifers £1 10s Oil, others (mixed sexes) £1 Ss to .£1 10s, empty cows and heifers in forward condition ,£,'.! 7s (id to £.') 18s, woolly lambs Ss 2d, f.m. ewes in low condition - -■• ~ "