COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3464, 19 April 1920, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

[ Abraham and Williams Ltd. held [their usual fortnightly. Marten sale, [when a good yarding of sheep came iforward. Bidding for sheep was not [as keen as of late owing to quality in most cases not being too good. We kquote:——4 and 5-yr ewes 1-.,w. _S.D. }rams 26/3, empty ewes 15/6, 18/6, lf and f ewes 23/3, 26/3, ewe lambs 119/, 21/4, w. lambs 20/8, lambs 15/6, 18/2, medium do. 11/, 14/3, cull do. 6/9, m.s._ woolly lambs 14/1, 17/,wea.ner steers £2 12/6, dairy heifers £7 12/6, dairy cows to £ls 10/. - On Wednesday we held a clearing sale at Fern Flats on account Mr J. ,McJarrow. Horses made from £42 10/ to £57, aged do £l9, trap horse £25, farm implements and sundries‘ were all sold at extremely, good prices. ORUAMATUA CLEARING SALE». , Messrs Hoadley Son and Stewart, Ltd. report having held a most successful clearing sale on Thursday last, April 15th, on account of Messrs Lowry and Watt at their Oruamatua station There was a good attendance of ‘buyers and bidding was spirited throughout the sale The implements and sundries all brought satisfactory prices and the live stock sold as followsv:———967 ms. lambs 15/6, 859 6-th ewes 29/, 914 ewes 12/9," 300 4—yr ewes 20/9, 284 do. 21/. 698 4-th ewes 33/, 416 4-th wethers 25/6, 499 6-th ewes 24/, 704 4-th ewes 21/3, 519 2-th wethers 21/9, 266 5-yr ewes 16/6, 325 cull ewes 6/, 83 cull lambs 11/3, Romney rams 25/ to 3%gns, Corriedale rams lgn, 98 P.A. cows and calves £lO, 62 cross cows and calves £7 10/,: 49 21-yr steers £9 11/, ’4o 18-nrths‘ steers £7 2/6, 26 do. £7, 51 18-mthsl heifers £3 12/6, bulls £8 to £l2, dairy sows £9 to £l7 6, yearling! heifers £6 10/, broken draughts £3Ol to £38,, broken spring carters £ls to £l7 10/. hacks to £l4, unbroken, hacks to £l2 10/.