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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3325, 1 November 1919, Page 5

COMMERCIAL

N.Z. I-fA_RME—RS' CO-OP. DISTRIBU-.' TING CO. LTD. . --—-0--- _ OPENING SAI,.E. The Fa-rmer’s C'o:op. Distributing Co. Ltd. report having conducted the opening sale on .Wednesday in their, newly erected yards at Taihape. There was a, good -yarding and a «large.at_ tendance, and under spirited competjtion they sold practically everything at sagisfactory prices. We‘quote: . Sheep.——Fat ‘ewes 40/ to 49/, fat’ ewes and wethers 48/, fat and 'forw,al-d ewes 39/, forward,-ewes 30/fforward wethers 42/6,,-mixed age ewes 25/6 to‘ 28/6, Wether ( hoggets '(good) 34/6, wether hoggets 30/ to 32/6, mixed sex hoggets 29/,_ mixed sex! hoggete (small) 20/6_ "I _ Cal;tle.—Fat heifer £l4 10/, 4-yr forward bullocks £ls 7/, stag £l412/6,_ 3-yr Hereford and Hereford cross steers. £l2 3/ to £l4 7/6, 3-311‘ steers £ll 5/, 3yr steers mixed Co37‘ ours £9 11/, cows and calves £lO 10/, empty cows (low condition) £6 14/, »2—yl‘ empty heifers £6 4/ , ‘yearling heifers £3 5/, mixed ‘sex yearlinge £4 10/, pedigree '3-yr Hereford‘ lgxrll £29 :18/6," .grade 2-yr Hereford b-t}ll‘“' £32, .P.A. bull £lB. Four year unbroken light draught gelding £2510/’.

Messrs Dalgety and Co. Ltd. are in receipt of=~a cable from their London house under date of 27th insit., reading as,fol‘loWs:——“VVool sales opened. A‘r~ tendance of buyers is large, competition animated and the selection good_ As compared with last sales closing rates, fine [and meditim crossbred are 5 per cent, higher, and coarse cross-" breds unchenged. Merinos are very firm and afny change in prices is in favour of sellers.” V