COMMERCIAL.

Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 199, 21 October 1897, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Waikato Argus Office, Wednesday. MR \V. J. HUNTER'S OHAUPO STOCK & BULL SALE. At Mr W. J. Hunters sale on Tuesday about 350 head of eattle and 55 bulls were yarded. There was a good muster of daiiy eows, but most of them were of medium quality. There was a fair demand for good cows. Grown steers wei e well represented ; there was a good demand, and everything in that line sold. Two-year-old steers and empty cows were'also selling well. Calves were h bit easier. Beef was plentiful and in demand at what was considered good prices. With the exception of calves, the tone of the market had an upward tcudeuey. Prices as follows : —Dairy cows from £3 to t'-l 17s (id, no really choice cows in the market ; springing heifers, from £2 5s to £3 10- ; yearling heifers, 25s ; yearling steers, 30a ; calves, mixed sexes, from 15s to 20s ; steer calves. 255; 18-months old steers, from £-2 to €2 5s ; two-year-old steers, £2 I0<; grown steers, in fresh forward condition, from £4 12s 6d to £6 ss, with a good demand ; empty cows, from £1 Us to £2 16s. Beef : Fat steers, from £5 6s to £6 7s (3d ; fat cows and heifers, from £3 10s to £4 17s 6d. Bull Sale: Over 50 bulls were offered and were sold at the beginning of the sale. There were not many pedigree animals, only one, as far as I could hear, could boast a pedigree, and that one was bred at Rotorangi and fetched the highest price, one bred by Mr R. Bosanko coming next. Although, with the one exception mentioned, they were all grade bulls, several of them were really good animals and elicited good competition. With one or two exceptions, every one was sold under the hammer. The opinion was that prices were high. The following arc the particulars : —McLaren : 1 two-year-old Shorthorn bull, £7, Tucker. Dodd : I two-year-old bll'l, £", W. Atkin. Lee : 1 two-year-old bull, £7 10s, Kavanagh ; 1 do, £6 10s, Hicks; 1 three-year-old, £4, Calder; 1 yearling Shorthorn, £4 10s, Armstrong. J. H. Scott : 1 four-year-old Cadmus, bred at Rotorangi, £ll 2s Oil, Hicks; 1 aged bull, £3, J. Hall. Churches: 1 three-year-old, £6, Hollicr ; 1 do, got by Champion out of one of Mr Bui he's cows, £9 7s 6d, Heather ; 1 yearling, L'4 17s «d, Corrigan ; 1 do, £4 10s, O'Lcary ; 1 aged bull, £7, Laurie. R. Bosanko : 1 well bred yearling bull, £9 10s, McGee. Several others were sold at from £2 to £4. A half-bred Ayrshire was offered but there was no bid. Taking it altogether, the sale was a successful one. The day was line, and there was a large attendance of the public. A line of 30 two-year-old steers were sold privately after the sale for C'l 12s 6d.—(Ohaupo Correspondent).