COMMERCIAL

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 149, 22 February 1939, Page 3

COMMERCIAL

OPOTIKI PIC SALE I*ools, DK.MfVXI) KOR storks 'l'll,. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. rejioit as I**l- - on tin* fortnightly ]>iy; sale held in the" Opotiki salcvards* on Monday Wo had St good entry of oaeou pigs which sold well no to sclietl.de; this also applied to heavy porkers Stores and slips were yarded in smaller number* end met witn poor competition' throughout. No wen nor pig;s wore yarded. 'ROees realised were;— Mfn.vy prime bacon w-, £8 os to .£•*', 9e • 1 heavy Imeonors, Cd to td -Is; lighter l.m Conors, f.'2 3 *>•> to £2 19s; leavy porkers. ft! Os to f2 Ids; light porkers, .’IBs to £2 Is; large stores, Wit to £2 2s; smaller sorts 2S>; (id id's3os; .-lips. Its .-<> 19s; choppers. : it: 9s to ltd.

Dalgety and Co.’s Report. ! '*'Mossi-. Dalgety and Co. l.td. report a \cty small yarding ol most classes ol pigs came forward. No top weight haeoiiers were yarded at all, but medium liarnners made ii|i to .£.'3 (is. Store pins were not sought alter, "a good many lines lining passed in, although subsequently some were sold privately. \\'. • quote the following juices '.which* ruled throughout, the sale: Medium heavy haveners, to L'-'3 (is ; ’•'others. fd In CM 4s; light. £2 Mis to ;£,■{; nnlinished. £2* Mis tap ft! Mis. I lie best price realised! lor porkers was .ft! ;v'34s lor a pen of very heavy and prime qua lit v pigs. Large stores made, to as J |ligh as f'2 L'ls; smaller pigs reached ‘tilt. lowest) level as lar as price goes, that has been recorded in these yards fer some time; fairly hig stores makrn’g only fl 14 s; slips up to 2<s : othVers. Ids to £\ -s.