COMMERCIAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3504, 16 June 1920, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

).[Eb‘S.RS. ABRAHAM AND WILLl'AMb‘, LTD.) Rl:l'l’Oß'l‘.

011 the 7th inst. we conducted a clearing sale on account of Mr C. “roodledvf Newbury) Of the whole of his pedigree and grade Ayrshire herd, ’l‘llere was a good attendance of buv. ers, consequently the herd sold well, Sundries sold at late rates. We quote; Cows £8 10/, £lO, £l3, £l6 10/, £23, 3:326; to £27 10/; Ayrshire bulls, yam-.. ‘lings £2 10/, £4 21/; aged bull £5 5/; pedigree weaner heifers £6 15/; weauel. heifers £3 5/, £4: 3/, £5 12/6; yearling steers £1 1/. Pigs: Sows in pig £3 £8 5/ to £8 1,7/6; e. sows £3 5/. store pigs :37/-, 2/ to £2 5/. nu.-W’ .-W1 mares £l9, £l9 10/; aged gelding £ll, At Ashhurst, on Bth, we held a sue. cessful clearing sale of dairy stock on a.e.count of Ml‘ W. Rayworth. '_l‘he sews, which were well into the Jersey, had all been tested and this made a vast. difl’e.rence to the prices. Sundries sold Well. We quote:——-Cows £ll, £ls, £ls 10/, £l7, £lB, £l9 10/, £2O, £2l 10/, to £27, £27 5/, £27 10/. Pedigree Jersey 3:;-year burl, 16 guineas. Your-~ ling lieifer £5. Pigs: Sow in pig £7 10/; maidens ows £7 to 557 12/6; suckers £1 1/, 34/- to 36/-. At Palmerston North on Thursday we held our usua.l weekly stock sale. We submitted a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle to a good attendance of buyers. There was keen demand; for sheep, cattle being dull. We quo’te:'2F.M. ewes in lamb 26/9, f. and f.rn. ewes 16/-, 21/-, to 25/-, fat ewes’ 30/1, 30/9; springing cows £l2, £l3 5/. £ll, to £ls; e_ heifers, 2-year, £4 17/6; e. cows £2 12/6 to £4 5/-. ‘At Feilding sale on 11th inst., a fair yarding of both sheep and cattle came forward. The sheep changed hands at .~<atisfact\_ory prices, while bidding for cattle was dull. We quote: Mixetl lambs 15/11 to 2377, b.f. lambs 26/9; wether lambs 25/-, woolly lambs 19/-, cull lambs 4/9, 2/1;-year steers £5 T/6‘, £6 11/6, £7, £7 10/, £8 10/, 2-year steers £6 10/, 18-month steers £3 13/, weaner steers 30/-, dairy cows £ls 10/, dairy heifers £l6 5/, £l7 10/, store cows £3 15/; weaner ‘heifrs 28/—, £3 17/.