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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17975, 21 March 1930, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

NGATEA STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their Ngatca stock sale on Wednesday, loth inst., when a medium yarding came forward. Late rates were maintained. Quotations : Fat cows, £7 15s to £8 18s; lighter fat .cows, £0 lis to £7 10s: boner cows, £2 to £4; heavy bulls, £7 10s to £8; lighter bulls, £4 10s to £0 15s; steer calves, £3 13s: heifer calves, 30s to £2 2s. TE AWAftiUTU STOCK SALE. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, report having held their Tc AwamuLu stock sale yesterday, when a good yarding of all classes of cattle and sheep was penned. Sheep realised late rates, while beef and store cattle showed a further slight decline. Quotations : Fat" bullocks, £l2; fat cows, £10; medium fat cows, £7 2s 0d to £8; light, £5 17s Gd to £7; forward conditioned cows, £5 to £5 12s Gd; store cows, £3 to £4 7s 6d; vealers, £2 7s; cows with calves, £3 to £8; two year Shorthorn steers, £7 io £7 ss; mixed colours (in calf) heifers. £4 2s Gd to £5 12s Gd; heifer calves, £2 12s Gd to £2 iGs; good quality Shorthorn steer calves, £3 Us to £4; fat wethers, 23s 9d to 25s 9d; fat ewes, 23s 9d; fat lambs, 19s; best mixed sex lambs, 13s 7d to IGs; mixed sex lambs, shorn, 9s Id to 12s Sd; Full mouth ewes, Us to 15s Gd; potting bulls, £4 to £lO 10s. Pigs: Porkers, £2 7s Gd to £3; stores, 33s to £2 ss; slips. 23s to 30s; wcaners, 12s to 17s Gd. TAUrvIARUNU! SALE. Messrs Abraham and Williams, Lid., report: At Taumarunui on Tuesday wo yarded 3811 sheep, for which there was good competition, all lines changing hands ai prices in advance of last sale. A small yarding of cat He sold al la t e rates. The, main prices were: Fa I ewes and wethers 25s Gd, two-tooth wethers 20s 2d to 2is Gd, mixed-age wethers 19s 3d, best four and fiveyear breeding ewes IGs to 22s Gd. poor-conditioned 9s Gd to 15s Gd, small two-too|,h ewes 24s Id to 24s 9d, wether iambs'!os lOd to IGs 9d. ewe lambs 15s In IGs 9d, small iambs 7s 3d to 9s 3d, Romney rams I Jens to tOgns, three-year steers £G JQs In £7 15s, store cows £2 5s Io £i 18s. Jersey weancr steers 245, weaner pigs 12s to 12s. porkers 2Gs lo 80s.