COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 May 1917, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

N.Z.L. AND M.A. CO.'S REPORT. Our Opunake sale was held on May 21. There was a small yarding. Prices "were somewhat easier, partly owing to the shipping outlook. Prices were: Fat rows (heavy) £l3 15s, light £9 10s to fll 10s, dairy cows £ll. Manaia—Cows (prime) £l2 10s to £l3 light £0 2s Od to £lO 14s, store coivs £8 5s to £7 lss, weaner heifer 3 £3 10s to £1 Bs, store pigs l"s Od to £l. _Waverley-£o\vs (light) £6 His to £S 17s od, 2-year-old steers £S 15s to £9 10s. weaner steers £3 10s to £4, heifers £2 15s to £3 10s, yearling bulls £5 to £5 9s, pigs (stores) 18s to 235. On the same day we held a clearing sale of dairy cows on account of-Mr. Edward Jc'-nson, Wavorlcy. Prices were good. Cows £lO to £ 13, backward cows £7 5s to £8 10s, aged £6 5s to £7 10s. FARMERS' CO-OP. SOCIETY. The Farmers' Co-op. Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., report: Okaiawa—Store lambs 14s Bd, fat cows £ll 10s to £l2 10s, fresh conditioned cows £'!> 10s to £ll, forward cows £S to £o.s*, store cows £0 10s to £7 15s, weaner"steers £4 las to £0 Ss, weaner heifers £3.19s to £5 Is. At Inglewood on Monday we held a clearing sale, of Mrs. A. Schumacher's live and dead stock. There was a good attendance of buyers, and a successful sale was held. The dairy cows sold at From £7 to £l3 10s. horses .£6 to £2O 10s. All the sundries sold at ruling vates.

On Monday, at Okaiawa, after our usual sale, we held a clearing sale on account of Mr. T. Ogier. The attendance ivas large, and cverythjng sold at satisfactory prices. The dairy cows sold at from £lO 15s to £ 13. averaging £ll 17s Od, mare £ 15' ss. Sundries sold at ruling rates. Eltham—Fata cow's £lllss to £l3 3s, fresh conditioned cows £lO 10s to £ll 10s, forward cows £8 10s to £lO, store cows £0 10s to £8 ss, light store cows £5 to £B 10s, bull £S 10s, small weancrs ISs to £2 4s, weaner steers £4 lis, weaner heifers £2 16s to £3 3s. Hawera —Small fat cows sold at from £ll 10s'to £l2 10s, fresh conditioned cows £9 10s to £lO 17s Od, .forward cows £8 8a to £0 ss, store cows £6 10s to £7 17s Od, store steers £l2 5s to £l4 45,. 20-month steers £7 15s, in-calf heifers £9 14s, weaner heifers £2 10s to £4, heifers £2 12s to £3 15s, mixed (vcaners £2 to £2 18s, forward empty ewes 23s to 25s Od, store lambs 14s 7d to 17s Id, store wethers 3fls 9(1. At Kaponga yards on Friday we had a good yarding of cattle, which sold well. Fat cows £l2 10s to £l4 lis, fresh conditioned £9 10s to £ll, forward cows £S 10s to £9 9s, store cows £5.15s to £S Bs, bulls £7 2s Od to £lO, lambs 20s. j