COMMERCIAL.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 623, 29 November 1913, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

The Farmers' Auctioneering Company, Ld., report:— TE AWAMUTU SALE. At Te Awarnutu, on November 22nd, we had an entry of 726 head of :attle. Buyers were requiring all classes, and the sale was a satisfactory one. Small fat steers made £8 10a, fat cows £5 Ss to £7 15s. springing cows and heifers £3 15s to £5 log, three year store steers £6 lis to £7 6s, two year steers £4 7s Gd to £4 12s Gd, fifteen months steers £3 19s to £4 4s, yearling steers £8 2s to £3 lis, choice yearling heifers £3 5s to £3 12s, smaller yearlings £2 15s to £3, bulls 43gns to 7gns, weaner pigs 15s to 17s 6d. pen of fat shorn sheep 17s. FAT STOCK SALES. The N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency, Co., Ltd., reportOn Wednesday at our weekly Westfield fat stock sale our entry of beef numbered 443 head. In s lew instances prices were slightly easier, but generally there was little alteration from last report. Choice ox sold to 31s, prime 28s to 30s, cows and heifers 23s to 275, steers ranged in price from £8 10s £l4 —32 nice quality well-finished steers from Mesrss H. and B. Reed, Waerenga, averaged £l2 7s—cows and heifers £4 15s to £9 17s, Fat and young calves came forward in increased numbers, and sold steadily throughout. There is an unlimited demand for choice medium suckers Runners made £4 5s to £5 ss, heavy suckers £3 5s to £4, choice medium suckers £2 5s to £3 Ib, lighter sorts 28s to 42g, small and fresh-dropped 13s to 25 weedy 3s, to 6s. There was a heavy yarding of mutton, including many lines of realty prime sheep. Extra well-finished sold at about last week's figures, but others were from Is to 2s per head lower. Extra heavy prime wethers made 23s 6g to 25s Gd, prime heavy 20s Gd to 22s 6d, medium to heavy 17s 6d to 19s (id, unfinished los Gd to 16s 6d, axsra heavy prime ewes 20s Gd to 225, good 16s to 19s others 14s to 15s 9d. The 484 lambs met with a brisk sale at improved prices. Best heavy made 19s 6d to 20s 6d,. good 15s 6d to 18s Gd, others 13s Gd to 15s, small and poor Ss 6d to 12s Gd. Pigs were yarded in large Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd , report on their Johnsonville sale as follows:—A fair yarding of prime bullocks came forward, and sold well at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks £ll 15s to £l2 ss, prime bullocks £lO 15s to £ll ss, lighter £lO 7s 6d to £lO 12s 6d, vealers 24s to 295, prime wethers 20s 4d, prima heavy ewes 20s lid, prime awes 18s Bd, prime heavy woolly swaa 29s 9d, plain horn ewes ' 15s 4d to 15s 9d, prime lambs 15s to los 3d, medium smbs 13s 6d to 14b 3d.