Commercial

Waikato Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3757, 14 April 1908, Page 3

Commercial

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report: CAMBRIDGE SALE.

On Friday at Cambridge we yarded over 800 head of cattle, and 600 lambs, store wethers and fat sheep. A large attendance of buyers came from Tauranga, Putaruru, Hikutaia, Morrinsville and Waikato districts, and we report a successful sale. The beef pens contained eighty odd fat cattle, mostly steers of prime quality. Brisk competition ruled throughout and all sold at satisfactory prices. The beef steers realised from £8 lis to £9 15s; lighter weights, £7 to £8 Is; fat cows and prime heifers, £5 12s 6d to £5 15s; aged heavy cows, £4 5s to £4 17s 6d; light weight heifers, £3 10s to £4 4s. Calves yardedin extra large numbers and all sold at the hammer or afterwards. The best sorts, mixed sexes, made 20s to £1 6s 6d; good steer calves, £1 7s 6d; smaller sorts, mixed sexes, 15s to 17s 6d; yearling to 18 months steers, £2 7s to £3 3s; according to size and condition. Yearling to 18 months heifers brought £1 5s to £1 lis; fresh conditioned cows and heifers, £2 10s to £3 7s 6d; store cows, £1 53 to £2- M 3 and 4 year old bulls, £3 to £sy/ | quiet heifers in calf, £2 10s. The thirty four cows advertised were in poor condition and sold at from £2 15s to £5 10s; choice heifers and voung cows at profit, £5 17s 6d to £7; fat lambs, lis 6d; woolly lambs, 8s to 10s lid; cull lambs, ss; 160 2-tooth wethers, 13s 9d; heavy fat wetness, 20s; full mouth ewes, 9s; weaii'er*pigs, 8s to lis; slips, 19s. '-'" " The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company held their third Ohaupo Sheep Fair yesterday and report a successful sale. Practically all the sheep, with the exception of a few pens, were sold'at auction or immediately afterwards, at satisfactory prices.