COMMERCIAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1920, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

HAMILTON-STOCK MARKET. Tlie Farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering Co. reportßullocks, heavy prime £l7 10s to £2l. medium £l4 to £l6 10s; cows, prime fat £l2 IBs to £l4, medium fat £lO Ills to £ll ss; heifers, fat £lO to £ll ss; bullocks, ,3year old £ll to £l3; cows, fresh conditioned £8 to £!), cood £7 to £8; steers, 2'/j-year old £7 Ills to £9, 18-montlis best £5 10s to £0 10s, medium £4 to £4 15s, small £2 10s to £3 10s; heifers, 38 month best £4 to £5 ss, medium £3 to £3 15s; dairy cows, best £ls to £23, ordinary £9 to £l2; heifers 2','■-year In-calf £lO to £ls, 1%-year do. £7 5s to £9 10s; wethers, prime shorn 34s to 38s, medium 20s Cd to 325; ewes, prime shorn 2.1s Cd to 325; store wethers, 4-tooth 29s to ■vis, do. 2-tooth 25s to 30s; pips, baconers £6 5s to £B, porkers £5 ot. £O, weaners £4 5s to £3; horses, heavy draught. £4O to £SO, medium do. £35 to £4O, light do. £22 to £2B, harness £ls to £22, hacks £9 to £lB.

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE REPORT. The N Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Co, Ltd (Stratford), report as follows: At our Tarata sale, the following prices were realised: Lambs lfis Od to 18s. f.m ewes I.ls Cd. 15s lid and 2Gs 6d, wethers 26s 6d to 26s 9(1, Romney rams £3 3s; steers 20month, £3 10s to £5 10s, bullocks £8 18s storo cows £7 lfis to £8 lis, empty heifers ? r 'o I . 2 . s £C ' 3 ec '' dalr y heifers £lO to £ll, bulls £3. At our Stratford sale prices were as follows; Woolly lambs £1 Os Id. shorn iambs 14s 6(i to los. Romney rams £3 3s, f.m. ewes 12s to IBs; store cows £7 ss, empty heifers £5 «o £6 10s, In-calf heifers £lO to £l3 10s we.me'r steers £2 0s 6d, weaner heifers £2 7s to £5 ISs and £8 (Jersey), bulls £7 2s C.il to £lO. .At Whangamomona, owing to the wet weather, several lots advertised were not ottered flo report a first-class sale, at full market prices: Four and 0-tooth wethers 31s lid 2 and 4-tooth wethers 31s 3d, fi-tooth wethers 28s, f.m. ewes 12s to £1 0s 4d. 2-tooth ewes 2Gs 3d, lambs, mixed sexes, 12s to 17s fid; 2-year steers £fi 15s, 20-month steers £4 12s to £6 2s, weaner steers £1 to 38s Od weaner Jersey heifers £5 2s, dairy heifers £7 to £lO, empty heifers £6 ss, bull £0 15s. At our usual monthly sale at Te Wera I every pen offered was sold. We quote: Mixed age ewes 15s 2d to 21s 9d; 2-tooth wethers 255, rams 255; 2-year In-calf heifers £lO 13s fid, Jersey heifers £l3 10s, empty heifers £7 2s, bullocks £9 9s. I Private Sales —Wo report as follows: In-calf heifers £9 £lO. £lO ss, £ll 10s, £l2; wenner heifers £2 17s, weaner steers £2 is' lainb3.lss 9d, 17s Cd; 4-tooth wethers 31s' 325; 2-tooth wethers 275, 28s; 4 and 5-yeai-ewes 235. FARMERS' CO-OP. INGLEWOOD SALE. . (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tor the sale at the Farmers' Co-op. yards, Inglewood, on Wednesday. March 31, 'there was a large number of stock yarded, and a good attendance, but. the combined Influence of the heavy southerly gale a few days previously and the Easter holidays so closely following, dulled the edge of enterprise with buyers, so that there was a marked drop In prices for most lines, though some revival was shown in the competition for store cows. Tills prohably was owing to resumption of business at the various freezing works. Trices realised for sheep were: 4 to 0-tooth wethers 29s Od, woolly lambs 17s 9d to 22s for a specially good lot. f.f.m. ewes from 20s to 27r. Cd, fat and forwards 28s 7d. A choice of weaner Jersey heifers sold for £B. heifers in calf realised from £G 10s to £lO, store cows in rough condition sold at from £3 5s to £B, forward stores from £S Ills to £lO 10s, IS-months steers £3 5s to £4 15s, empty heifers £4 12s Gd to £7 ss.