NORTHERN STOCK SALES.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 201, 25 August 1919, Page 8

NORTHERN STOCK SALES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) ' WHAXGAREI, Saturday. The North Auckland Earmers' Co-op. reports:— | We held our monthly sale at _.a_gio_n& |on Tuesday. August 19. There was only a I moderate yarding of cattle, most of which ! chain-gotl hands at prices in favour of the ] buyers. There were no big cattle yarded. ; Good dairy tows brought ±10 10/ "to £14, l interior and backward sorts £7 10/ to £9; 'two-year heifers brought £3 15/ to £5 10/. j A: Kaikohe on Wednesday. August 20. we yarded 111) head cattle. Bkbliiig was by no means brisk, several lots failing to reach ithe reserves. A good • number of dairy cows were yarded, but were mostly in very low -condition, co__e_uent_v low prices | prevailed. " * I At Oliaeawai on Thursday we had a | tairiy good yarding of cattle. There were large entries of dairy stock and moat of these changed hands. Good cows close to profit brought from £11 ,to £13 3/. others from ±7 to £10; springing heifers, £S to £0; score cows. £7 to t'J 2/; 2i to three-year .steers brought £S 8/ to £9 11/: two-year ■steers. £« , to t T! l.v : yearlings. £2 5/ ito £4 i l.i/: culvers. 13/ to 27 '. With the continued' I dry weather feed is still scarce, and local i buyers are consequently cautious. but we ; are expecting an all-round improvement in our next monthly sales. N A. Farmers- Co-op.. Ltd.. reports:—ln conjunction with Messrs. Dalgety and Co. »• '!!'■ T ;l very successful clearing sale at nlr \\ Durham's farm, Waipu. on Wednesday, the 2iith inst. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was_ brisk throughout. Farm horses brought from £I.'! Co to ±:.',2: 4-year steers. tl2; --year to lij-yeur steers, £7 B/ to £S 9/J hoggets brought 23/, and a Hue of mixed sheep tl 17/. Implements and sundries were all cleared at satisfactory prices. I Messrs. DaJgety and Co.. Ltd.. report Ott Northern sale* held ithi-s week as Soliows: — Rauginhua. Tuesday 10th.—There was A small yarding of cattle in tine condition, anil they sola freely at an advance on last month's prices, fat cows making up to ±14. 1 here were very few big steers yarded. Kalsolie. Wednesday. 20th. There was a fair muster, although smaller than usual at this time of the year. Dairy cows and heifers in g.iod condition sold well Cows, from £S to £12; heifers. £7 10/ to £10 7/6; oi-year-.steers, £10 and £11 15/ to £11 IT/li: IS-months to two-year steers. £6 to £7 10A yearling steers. £3 to £3 10/; store cows, £b' to £"" 10, ; l_-ye_r 'bo three-year heifers, from £." 0/ to EC; yearling heifers, £fl to £3 10/. Ohaeawal, Thursday, 2Lst.—There was a modera/te muster of ail classes. Dairy cows in most cases, were in poor condition, and compettrloii was not keen, -cows ruling from i£7 10/ to £10 10/; hellers from £7 to £9 1 and £10 5/': -rpry few beef yarded; forwardoondi'tion ste&rs, £12 to £14; light-weight COWS and heifers, from £0 iV to £13 7/8; store steers, from £10 to £12 fi ; 2j-ye«r i store .steers, from £0 10/ to £7 10-'- 19 months store steers. £."> 15/ to £.; _O'J yearling store fteers. from C o to £4 7,'fij \s-:"onrhs lo two-year heifers. £4 UV t.. £5 12'o: store cows., from £-3 to £S; bulb:, fronj £6 to £7 10/. Where stock was in saleable condttir-i •there was a good steady demand, especially for store bullocks and' store cow*.