COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 April 1919, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

FARMERS' CO-OP. ORGANISATION SOCIETY'S REPORT.

At Opunake yards on Monday we held our fortnightly sale. There was; a smaller yarding ■than: usual. Prices were the same as late sales. We quote .—Forward conditioned cow 3 £lO lis .to £ll 10s, store cows £6 5s to £8 7s, boners £3 10s to £6, bulls £4 10s to £l3, 20-month .steers £5 to £5,105, 20-month empty heifers £4 15s to £5 2s, mixed weaners 20s to £3 7s Od, store ewes lis 6d, stiro pigs £1 12s. ■■'•' Manilla yards on Tuesday there was a small -^yarding'of cattle, and; prices were on a par „with late sales. Fat eovvs £ll to £ll 15s, forward- cows £8 2s 6d-to £lO 10s, boners '£3 10s to £5 17s, £4 6s to £5, good store lambs 20s 6d, cull lambs Bs, store pigs 17s to 235. . : ' . - Stratford yards on Tuesday'we held our usual ,eale. There was a fair ysrdtngof stock,rwhich Bold at late, fates. Forward, cows £lO 10s to .£ll 6s, "stqre'.cows £5 10s to £9 ss, boners £8 10s fo B'C'.bsj weaners 23s to £2 6s, dairy cows..£,|,JJ)sitq,j£9 15s, store ewes 9s to 13s, lambs 'l2B M . At 1 IhgleWood sgle on Wednesday there was a largei-jferdurff of .both cattle and sheep. Trices for. t)m;.«att)a,,.jvere the same as late sales. Sheeb 'fold,, uhdef good competition and a good tlearftnce The' following are some of .the- prises -.that were realised:—Store wethers (poor) "lid to. 14s 2d; 2-topth wethers 25s 3d to 25S'6d, forward ewes 21s lid, good'store lambs 13s 9d to 18s 9d, other lambs 5s 6d to 10s 9d, aged rams 17s to 275, fat and forward cows £lO 18s to £ll 7s, store cows £5 10s to £9 2s, boners £3 7s 6d to £5 12s, bulls £4 10s to £l3, dairy cows £9 5s to £9 10s, good weaner Jersey heifers £3 3s to £4 Is, other heifers 30s to £2 15s, weaner steers 22s 6d to £3 15s 6d. At Auroa sale on Friday there was a very small yarding of cattle which sold at late rates. Forward cows £lO to £lO 10s, store cows £5 to £8 88, boners £4 to £5. bulls £7 10s to £8 10s, lambs 10s to lis.