MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE

Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 149, 24 June 1918, Page 2

MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE

— —— : .. The rough weather affected the entry I of stock and attendance nt the Farmers' j Auctioneering Company's sale on Friday. | Beef was firm. There was a good demand for IS-iii.in'bs steers, but the prices for calves were low, probably accounted for by the poor quality of many entries. Prices: Pigs — Wcancrs. 9/ to 14/; slips, 17/ to 23/; porkers, 27/ to 34/. Sheep— ewes, 26/3 to 20/-5; -woolly hoggets, 17/2 to 21/; empty ewes, 10/3. Cattle Pat steers, £15 3/ lo i £16 10/ for an entry from Mr F. W. SeLfert; j heavy fat cows, £14 to £14 1/; lighter sorts, £10 18/ to £11 10/; fresh-conditioned cows, j £8 5/ to £9 11/; store cows, i-» 12/r, to £6 10/; 18 to 20 months steers, £7 7/ to £8 5/; others, mixed colours, £()' 12/ to £0 10/: best Shorthorn heifer calves, £4 4/; I eteer calves, £_ 15/ to 13 10/; Inferior calves ! 21/ to 37/0. Dairy cattle—There was a ! fair yarding, and prices remained on recent ; lines for anything at all good. Cows close to profit. £13 17/6 to £17 for an animal i from Major J. B. Whyte: heifers, close to -profit. £1.1 7/0 to £14 5/; others, £8 to £11 5/.