COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3356, 8 December 1919, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z. FARMERS’ CO.-OP. DISTRIBUTING CO_ LTD. OPENING SALE AT MARTON. The NZ, Farmers’ Co.—op. Distributing Comziany report having held their opening sale in their new ferr:)-con-crete yards at Marten on Thursday, the 4th inst. A very large yardjng of lboth sheep and cattle cane forward, but owing to the continued dry weather, bidding was incliu-2.1 to drag. However, in a large number of cases vendors met the market /illldl a. considerable quantity of both sheep and cattle were disposed of. We quote as followsV:——-2-th wethers :24/20, 2th ewes 23/, aged ewes in lamb, in wool 20/ to 22/9, younger sorts 32/6 to 37/6, dry ewes 16/4, m.s. hoggets in wool 25/9, fat ewes 28/6, fat lambs 23/6, 2-th rams‘ 23/ to £2 2/ 4-yr bulloeks £l3/15, fat heifer £l2, fat cows £ll 5/, £lO 10/ £9 10/ £7 10/, fat steer £l2 2/, empty cows £7 8/6, £6 15/, empty heifers ‘£6 16/ to £7 2/6, 2~Yr,_,steers £4 16/ to £7 12/, yearling steers £5 8/, yearling heifers £2 16/, £3 6/, £4, £5 to £5 11/, hS.fH; bulls £9 10/ to’ £lO, teows in pro‘fit £6 to £l4 10/, weaner'pi.gs 40/, 41/.