COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, 6 May 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Abraham ami Williams, Ltd. Marton report for the week as follows: At Hunterville on MOnday last we held our annual Autumn Cattle Fair when we yarded some 1300 cattle mostly of good quality. There was fair competition for most classes and we have to report a very satisfactory sale, most lots finding purchasers. Bullocks were hard to quit. At Marton on Tuesday fair yardings of sheep and cattle came to hand but were hard to quit. On Wednesday we held a clearing sale at Tutaenui on account of Mr T. O'Leary. Everything offered found j purchasers at good prices. • • < At Hunterville. —31yr. and 4yr bullocks to £l4 8/, Syr. bullocks £lO 11/ to £ll 5/; 2yr. P. A. Steers £8 10/, to £lO 15/, 2yr. Hereford steers £lO, 20mos. S. H. steers £8 10/, £9, P. A. steers £8 6/. £8 10/. 2 yr. steers £9 5/ to £9 10/, others £7 10/, £8 15/, ISmos. steers £7 17/6. Fair do. £6 5/ £6 10/, P. A. Weaner steers £5 16/. S. H. do. £5 16/, S. H. weaner heifers £4 10/ to £5. Other mother-fed weaner £3 10/ to £-! 5/. yearling heifer to £4 10/. 2 yr do £7. £7 15/ heifers in calf to £9 5/, run cows in calf £S 10/, £9. old cows in calf £4 to £7 5/. empty do. £3 to £B, fat. cows £9 10/ to £lO 10/, ; At Marton. —2th wethers 25/9. m/s lambs'll/1 to 15/. m/s 2ths 21/, cull do 13/6, forward ewes 18/6. 20/6, cull do 6/4, 2yr. Jersey steers" £2. fat cows £9, £l4 15/, spg. do £6 17/6. At O'Leary's Clearing Sale: —Failing mouthed empty ewes 8/. spg COWS to £l3 10/, cow s in milk £7 to £9, heifers in calf to £7. trap pony £9, old horses £1 to £4. Sundries and implements at late rate. Messrs. Abraham and Williams Ltd.

report that at Palmerston North on the Ist inst. we had a fair entry of both sheep and cattle. The attendance was small and the sale was very dragging, prices being in favour of purchasers. We quote: Fat B.F. wethers to 26/8, forward ewes 13/, 14/, to-14/9, wethef lambs good 14/ to 15/6, mixed lambs 6/. 7/6, to 9/10. Cattle: Forward cows £5, £6, £7, to £B, store cows £1 2/6 £1 5/, to £2 12/6, cows and calves 7 5/, to £ll, 2yr. empty heifers to £5 10/, 18mOS. heifers r.wb. £3 19, to £4 10/, vealers -37/6, cows in calf £7 5/ £7 10/ to £9.