COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3320, 25 October 1919, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

TAIHAPE SALE. ' Messrs Abraham and Williams, L-td, report: At Taihape on Tuesday we had only small yarrdings of sheep and caffle. Quotations: Mixed aged ewes and lambs 34/10; 2yr steers, £8; yearling heifers £4, £5; cows in milk £lO. _ ADDINGTON. At the Addington market to-day the yardings Were smaller, particularl°y' ‘of fat stock. There were only four races of sheep, comparecl with six last week, 'and 165 cattle, compared with 334. Prices jumped for fat sheep from 5/ to 7/ for exceptionally prime sorts, and more Than that for store sheep. The range of prices was as follows:——— Ste-re sheep: Two and é—tooth ewes 31/4. to 32/, 4-tooth ewes with lambs

23/7 (all counted), .2 and 4-tootlifi wethers 36/ to 36/9, 4 and 6-tooth wethers 37/2 to ‘3B/7, 4 and. 6-tooth merino wethers 30/, ewe hoggets 20/ to 26/1, mixed 11-oggefs 21/4 to 37/6, wether lioggcts to 27/4, Fat lambs: One hundred and three were penned and the demand was keen. Good lambs brought up to 39/9, medium to 34/6. . Fzrf eaftle: Prime s.t;eers £22 10/ to £37, ordinary £l4 to £2O, prime heifers £l7 to £25 12//, extra, prime cows £24 5/, prime £l4 to £2O, ordinary £9 15/ to £l3. Fat. sheep: Extra prime Wethers to 86/, prime 64/6 to 73/6, medium 52/ to 60/, lighter 35/ to 49/6, extra prime ewes to 69/, prime 64/ $0 63/, medium 43/ to 42/, lighter 32/ to 41/, p”rime hoggets 54/ to 63/, lighter to 45/6. ‘- Store cattle: Three year steers £6 2/6 to £lO 5/, 2~year steers £7 to £8 17/6, 2-year heifers "£5 15/ to £7 15/, mixed yearlings £4 4/ to £6, dry cows £2 17/6 to £8 13/6, vealers, runners, ‘co £9 10/, good vealers £3 5/ to £4 15/, fair 45/ to 50/, dairy cows, second and tliird. calvers,.£lo 5/ to £l7 10/, cows ‘in milk to £l2 10/, heifers £4 to £l2 10/. ' Pigs: Extra heavy baeoners to £8 15/, heavy £7 to £7 10/, medium £5 10/ to £6 10/, equal 130 9§d to I.Qd per lb; heavy porkers £4 10/ to £5, equal to 11-1-<1 to 1/ per lb; choppers £7 to £ll, best stores 68/ to 77/6, medium 50/ to 62'/, small 44/ to 55/, weaners 30/ to 39/, extra good weaners f 0 43, sows in pig £7 2/6 to £8 10/.