COMMERCIAL

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 280, 30 August 1915, Page 4

COMMERCIAL

FEILDINH .STOCK SALE. I Dalgoty and Co., Ltd., report:—At our Feilding sale on Friday, 27th inSiant, we had a. very good entry of &heep and a fair yarding of cattle, when prices for store sheep showed .-t decided advance on those ruling at the prevous week’s sale. Quotations: Smell hoggets 14.3 to 14/7, fair hoggets 17/, .18/1 to 18/4 • good hoggets 21/5 to 22/(5, fat liogets 2(.*/2. good fathoggets to 28/3, light fat ewes 21/, “*■/ 1° —o/". fat wethers 3.2/4 to 2 1 /"b yea ring -steers* £2 15 . !llorl u )K | stcois to £3 17/u, store cows to £3 17/.. j backward dairy cows to £5 10/ 2-vr steers to £5 13/(5. HIDE AND SKIN REPOST. ' ’ V; - Dalgoty and Co., Ltd.. Palmerston North, report:—We submitted a ’fair size catalogue, which met/ with excellent competition, and all lines of crutch:r.gs free of seed seld ; at prim s fully equal ro last sale V-'ratbs.' Seedy and inferior lines were, shtnewliat lower and difficult to sell. Pest sheepskins sold at about equal to last sale’s rates, while short and inferior descriptions showed a drop of Id to Id per lb in sympathy with ■ otlier markets. Ox hides advanced in price to Id per' Ib. Cow and light hides wore a. little easier, best of cows making jd per lb less than last sale.

Crutehings: Best lines ,12d, 12 Jd to 12J.d; medium 10? df„ Hd ; s ] lort an< | heavy, Sid to t«7,l - seodv. 5d to 71,1dead wool XOd to lOJcI; locks and Pieces,, 6d to 711; rough fleece and lambs, lid to I lid. Sheepskins: Full word, best lines. mto .10id; medium, SlidrolOd; half' wools, 8cl; shorts, to l-wccl. did to 7 J> 9vd; short and shorn, 5d to 'id; dead hoggets, 7?d.to 75d; dttto broken and damaged, ud to (lid; pelts inferior, Id to Sid; butchers’ ' dam pi green, and salted, at each: Light lines from 5/6 to 6/(1; medium 7/, 7/6 to y extra heavy from 10/6 to 15/6 _ Ox, medium and heavy, 10id; light, 9id to 9 7-8 d; cow hides, bes-f iines, S /-Sd; medium, S’ to 8 3-Sd; iufenor and rough. 7]d; ditto cut 'and 7-Jd to 7id; yearlings, 7id to Sid; ditto dried and cut, 5d to 7]d> S '°? s and bulls, Gd; horse hides, sound* '/ to 9/ each; cut, and damaged from 3/6 to 5/9. •Sundries; Tallow in tins 21/; horsehair, 1/3. . Our next sale wll be held on Thursday, 23rd September.