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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 651, 14 March 1914, Page 5

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FAT STOCK SALES

Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons report: — On Wednesday at our weekly Wcstfield fat stosk market, our beef pens contained 583 beads. There was a steady demand throughout, but on account of the heavy yarding and freezing buyer being unable to operate, prices receded by fully 10a per head. Choice ox to 295, prime 26s to 28s, steers £6 10s to £l3 2s 6d, cows and heifers 19s to 255. A draft of 24 heav\ prime bullocks from Mr D. McCracken, of Te Puke, averaged £l2 0s 6d.

Tha 47 veal penned were insufficient for requirements, and sold at advanced rates. Runners £5 12s, heavy suckers £2 5s to £3 15s, medium su:kers 35s to Bs, lightsr 27s to 335, small and fresh dropped 6a to 20s, weedy 3s. There was again a heavy yarding of mutton, and witn the exception of a few peris of extra heavy prime wethers, prices were from Is 6d to 2s a head below last week's quotations, ewes suffering mo9t. Extra heavy prime wethers 23s 9d to 27s 9d, heavy prime 20s to 225, medium to heavy 17s to 19s. extra heavy prime ewes 17s to 19s, good 14s to 15s 6d. others 10s 6d to 13s 6d. Lambs, extra heavy prime 19s to 20s, heavy 16s 6d to 18s, good 14s to 16a, lighter 21s 6d to 13s 6d, unfinished 10s 6d to lis 6d, stores fis to 10s. Pigs, heavy baconers £3 to £3 4smedium £2 15s to £2 19a, large.porkers £2 7s to £2 12s, lighter 36s to 44a, small 30s to 535, slips 19s to 28s, weaners 8s to 15a. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Ltd., reports as follows on their Johnsonville sale: —

A good entry of bullocks and prime sheep came forward and sold well at late rates. Prime bullocks £ll to £ll 12s 6d, lighter £lO 12s 6d to £lO 15s, vealers 29s to 30s, prime wethers 20a 8d to 21s 3d, gnod wethers 19s 6d to 235, prime heavy ewes 19s 6d to 20s, good ewes 16s 7d to 17s, prime woolly lambs 15s 6d to 16s, shorn lambs 13s to 14s. LONDON WOOL SALES.

The Bank of New Zealand has received the following cable from its London office London wool sales: Current prices for North Island farmers' lots, average condition: — Coarse crosabred 36-40's quality lid to llid per lb, medium crossbred 40-46's quality 113 d to 12$ d, fine crossbred 50's 12Ad to 13Jd. Current prices for South Island farmers' luts, Canterbury style, average condition Inferior merino, common 6064s' quality lid to superior merino, super 60-64's 14d to 15d, half or quarterbred 56's 131 d to 14Jd. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, ha? received the following cable form their London office, under date 10th inst.: —"As compared with the last wool sale's closing rate 3 prices are about 74 per cent, to 10 per cent, higher for merino scoured, greasy merino super, lambs merino, greaßy merino median], scour«d crossbred, greasy merino inferior; about 10 per cent, higher for crossbred lambs, crossbred slipe, and greasy crossbred. Competition continues spirited. America is operating freely."