COMMERCIAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4691, 10 April 1894, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

The Egmont Farmers Union, Limited, !_,_ , f , HAWKA.AprUS. Wo had a fair muster of atook at Stratford on Friday the 80th ulfc., but though the sale was quiet throughout, we were able to plaoe the bulk of what came forward, prices being about equal to those of the previous sale, Wequote:-Fat and forward steers, j £4 9s to M 15s; cows and calves, £3 ' Wsj mixed weanors, £ltoll6i6dj heifers in oalf, £3 2s 6d to £o 15s; springers, £4 2s 6d. Our usual fortnightly Bale wai hold in the Glover Eoad yards, Hawera, on the 4th Inst. The yards wero again packed with cattle, a good number of which were fat and forward and as there were Borne beef buyers present they were easily sold. Other classes of stock met -■•- with a rather dragging sale and'M' a great deal of business was doitST the hammer, though nearly every! line changed hands afterwardsafr slighlyun. i dor reserve prices, Sheep were in pooc , demand and low prices tjjleJ, We quote :-Fat bullooka, £5 15a fid to £6 Is; fat oows, £3lss to MU • extra heavy do, £5 lCsj forward bal' [locks, £5 4s to £slos jlB monjiha to 2. year steers, £3 7s Cd to £3 15j, } \J,tol&' I months steers, to., fifrfj , 1 .eai|>tfreo«;£34tofflijbtiaLJ£4 to £6 5s j m calf, heifers, „~- -' \ SHESP.-«ixed,B«9d|o!dewe!to^