COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3422, 28 February 1920, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

TAIHAPE SALE. The NZ. Farmers’ CO-op Distributing Co., Ltd., report having _held their fortnightly sale at Taihape on Wednesday, -the 18th inst., when a totai yardiug of 2-100‘ sheep and 100 head of cattle came forward. Sheep prices were decidedly firm, and as a result all lines \\:ith the exeepfioii -of one pen of ewes were disposed of under -the hammer. Cattle were haul to quit. We quo7fe:—-—Good lambs .16/9, medium 8/7 to 10/1, cull lambs 4/1 to 4/3, 2 tooth ewes 26/9 to 2-7/6, 4 tooth maiden ewes 33/, 4 and 5 y.~.1:' ewes ‘3]/6, 21/9, to 23/3, 5 yea: ewes medium condition, 12/6 to 17/6, ‘.2 th wethers 25/10, mixed 2 vths, good, 28/, fat ewes 30/, Romney rams to 7 gus, Lincoln rams 18/ to 1 gn; 2%yr steers good colours £7 15/ to £B, wganers 41/

Dalgety and Coy., Limited, Palmerston North I'eport having a good yarding of sheep and a small y7arding of cattle at their H-tinterville sale on _Tll,gs§gX,:,;g§§;§, t, which sold as below:— ‘ - 's‘, ;‘~§_lleepL—Wethel' rafipe lambs 15/2, 16/1?),,,17/6,_,__r;rixi3dgjambs 12/, 12/4, 13/1, 15/3, ?b.f. lamlgjs 14/4, cull lambs 2/ to 4/9, 4 ancfifi-thmvvethers 32/6, 4-th wethers 30/ t0."30/3, small 2th wethers 20/3, 4 and 6-th ewes 27/8, 4 and 5-yr ewes 21/2 to 22/, aged ewes 12/, 12/9, 17/, light fat ewes 25/, small 2-th ewes to 17/6, rams to 11 gns.

'Cattle.—2-yr steers £6 10/. Abraham and Williams, Ltd. had exceptionally heavy yardings "of sfieep and cattle at Hunterville on Tuesday. ‘Sheep were in very keen demand, es.pecially lambs. The cattle market jdid not show any improvement. Quo-t:rtions:2-th. ewes 30/6, 31/8, fair do. 28/, 29/3, small do 21/3, 4 and 6~th ewes. small 19/6, middle aged ewes 25/6, 28/6, 4 and s—yr ewes 23/1, 24/10, poor do 19/, 20/, culls 6/ to 16/, 2-th wetliers 27/ to 30/, small 23/9, small lambs 12/1' to 14/, ofllers 9/ to 11/, culls to 6/6. On account of A. E. Russell 5-yr Romney ewes 32/, forward cows £6, £7, fat do. £l2 2/6, 18-mflhs. steers £6, £6 19/. others £3, £4 10/, 3%-yr do. £ll 2/6, £l2 10/, 8-mths heifers £2 15/.

'TAIHAPE STOCK SALE REPORT. ‘ Messrs 'Abraham and Williams, Ltd., report. At Taihape on Monday ‘we had a good yarcling of sheep and 'a small entry of cattle. With the yexception of aged ewes all lines met ‘with, keen competition and we have to report a total clearance at the following quotations:-——4, 6th and f.m. ewes 22/, aged ewes. 7/6, 8/6 ‘to 13/6, forward ewes 20/10, 22/, to 24/3, 2-t‘h ewes 21/1 to 24/3, small 2th ewes 17/6, 2-th wethers 26/6, good rape lambs 17/6, mixed sex lambs 10/6 to 15/11, small woolly lambs 15/10, cull lambs 6/10 to 8/1, 2 and 4-’rh Romney rams £6 6/, 2;-yr Hereford cross heifers in calf £8 6/, Hereford cows and‘ calves £7 2/6 and £lO 15/, 2%yr steers (good) £ll, others £6 10/. Bulls £7.