COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 348, 26 November 1915, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

STOCK SAiES,

ABRAHAM & WILLIAMS.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report as follows on their Johnsonville sale: —

A fair yarding of prime bullocks and sheep came forward and sold at the following prices: Prime bullocks £lO 10/ to £l7 7/0; prime lighter logns to £lO 5/; prime heifers £lO 2/0; prime heavy weathers 27/1; prime wethers 23/0 to 25/; prime ewes 21/9 to 22/; good lambs 15/0 to 10/1; light 14/ to 14/0. DALGETY AND CO., LTD. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., repent having a fair entry of sheep and cat tie at their Taihape sale on the 24th inst., which were offered to good at tendance of buyers and practically all lines were sold at prices hig'hly satisfactory to vendors. We can quote as fellows;

Sheep.—Mixed 2-tooths at 25/, ewes in wool with iambs 34/5, 4-tooth wetjhers in wool 30/11, fat ewes in wool 31/.

Cattle. —4 and 5-year bullocks £ll 0/ to £l4 0/6; 3-year steers £7 10/ to £lO 12/6; 2-year steers £5 5/ to £6 8/6: 18-months steers £4 8/ to £5 19/; yeaHing steers to £2 13/; fit cows £9 to £9 2/6; fat heifers to £5 17/6; 3-year heifers to £5 17/6; 2 year heifer? £4 7/6 to £4 12/; cows aud calves in milk £7 6/ to £8; Jersey bulls £4, Holstein bulls £9 5/, Shorthorn bull to £l2.

Dalgety and Co., Palmerston North, report:—At. cur usual fortnightly stock sale at Marton on Monday, 22nd inst., we offered a fair yarding of cattle to a good attendance of the public, which were sold as follows: — Springing heifers £6 to £(5 10/; cows in profit £6 2/6; yearling heifers £2 14/ to £2 17/; 2-year Holstein heifers £3 17/6.

We have to report having held a sale of dairy cows at the Palmerston North sale yards on account of Mr. W. Greenway, Kairanga. on Monday, 22nd inst. Quotations: Small cows in profit £5, £5 10/ to £S: medium caws ditto £7 5/, £7 10/, to £8; fair cows in profit £8 2/6, £8 15/ to £9 2/6; good cows in profit £lO 5/ to £l2.

FREEMAN R. JACKSON AND CO,

Freeman E. Jackson and Co. reportr —At our pig, dairy and fat stock sale on the 21th inst., we had a full entry. Fat sheep sold at last week’s quotations. A good entry of pigs sold in vendors ’ favour. A special entry of 70 2-year Hereford heifers sold on account of Mr. G. F. Moore, elicited keen competition and fetched £lO 3/ to £lO 11/. Fat woolly wethers 34/3, shorn fat ewes (good) 23/; woolly fat ewes 29/; fat cows £lO 7/6 to £ll 10/J empty heifers £6; yearling heifers £2 7/6; springing heifers to £6 15/; milch cows £6 to £7 15/; small heifers £4 6/ to £5 2/6. Hereford 2-ycar heifers on account Mr. Moore, £lO 3/ to £lO 11/j culls £6 12/. Pigs: Empty sows £2 5/ to £2 9/; heavy porkers £2 9/ to £2 14/; good porkers £2 5/6; medium do. 30/ to 33/6; good weaners 16/ to 16/9; medium do. 14/ to 15/6. AUCKLAND WOOL SALES. j HIGH PRICES RULING. AUCKLAND, This Day. At the wool sale 9000 bales were offered; bidding was very keen, especially by the AmeHcans. At the forenoon sales crossbreds sold firmly, bids ranging from 13, 14, 15, up to 16dOne lot of fine crossbred brought 18td. Pine half-breds sold on a par with southern rates, the extreme being 183 d. Fine scoured Merino brought 2011. A bale sold for the Patriotic Fund iealised £246.