COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 431, 17 January 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

At Tirau on January 10th, we had a yarding of 816 sheep, 584 head of cattle, and had a really good sale for all classes of stock. Weaner calves, however, were lower than at late sales. Fat ewes made 13s to 14s 6d, fat wethers 15s 3d to 16s 6d, forward lambs 8s 9d, fresh 2 tooth wethers 12s Id, fat steers £7 15s to £9, fat and forward cows £4 10s to £5 ss, very forward bullocks £7 lis 6d to £8 ss, fresb 3£ year steers £6 to £7, 2J year steers up to £5 ss, best weaner calves up to 365, uthers 26s to 30s, two draught horses £25 and £27 10s, three unbroken horses £ll each. Sundries, fowls, implements, etc., at usual rates. At the Waihou yards on 12th inst., we had an entry of 351 fat sheep, 121 fat cattle, 250 mixed store cattle, 571 weaner calves and 84 pigs. There was good competition right through, and nearly everything was disposed of. Fat ewes made lis Gd to 14s 6d, fat lambs lis ]od, fat steers £7 17s 6d to £9 ss, fat heifeugMßttto £6 ss, fat cows £5 to £4 5s to £4 15s, 15 steers £3 7s 6d to £3 steers £3 3s, choice 2 in calf £4 10s to £4 16s, calves 36s to 43s 6d, 30s to 335, small 20s to dairy cows £5 10s to £6 lOs.^^^^ft The New Zealand Loan cantile Agency Co., Ltd., At Ngaruawahia on 12th ' head of cattle came met with a ready sale, and pens of calves failed to serves. Prices —3 year steers to £6 Bs, 2h year steers £4 to £5 3s, 2 year steers months steers £3 6s to yearling steers £2 17s 6d to fat cows £5 5s to £6, cows ward condition £3 17s 6d to year heifers been with bull £4 £4 10s, good early heifer 15s, wearier calves 33s to smaller calves 22s to 30s, dairy cowjr £7, heifers £5 to £6 7s 6d, fat sheen 15s 6d, f.m. ewes 7s Id, ewes and lambs, all counted, 7s, lambs 4s 9d.