STOCK SALES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

AUCKLAND STOCK SALES. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report: During Hie week we Held sales at Westnem, Waitakaruru and Pukekohe twice. There were average yardings at tiie former places, but at Pukekohe we had an extra large entry, chiefly steers from two 10 nve years old. The demand continues to be keen Tor all classes and values unchanged. Grown steers In forward condition made £9 8/ 10 £10 -i/; fresh-condi-tioned four-year-old steers, £8 15/ to £3 5/; less condition four-year-old steers, £7 15/ to £8 12/6; three-year-old steers, £G 10/ to £7 12/G; two-year-old steers, £5 5/ to £6 5/; yearlings to two-year-old steers, £4 to £5. Beef was dear, selling at Westfleld advanced rates. Liglit steers made £12 to £16 7/0; best prime cows, £12 to £15 7/0; lighter cows, £11 to £11 10/; rough and plain cows, £i to £0 18/; empty young- cows, £4 10/ to £5 10/; store cows, £2 15/ to £4 5/; yearling to 18-months-old heifers, £3 to Ei 15/; calves, £1 5/ to £1 16/. There is a much keener Inquiry Tor young bulls and prices are considerable higher. Prices realised were from £6 6/ to £15 15/; dairy cows and heirers, £7 to £15 10/, according to quality; old and unsound cows, £3 10/ to £0 15/. There was n record yarding- of pigs at Pukekohe on Tuesday, which met with a steady sale throughout.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., reports:—We held sales during the past week at Westlleld, Papakura, Kaukapakapa and WW t red, all classes or cattle selling at late quotations. Dairy cows, heirers, close to prolit, best, £11 to £14 10/; others, £S to £10 10/; backward springers, best, £7 10/ to £9 15/; others, £5 to £7; aged cows and inrerlor heifers, £2 10/ to £4 15/; empty cows, £2 10/ to £4 15/; bulls, £2 15/ to £8 10/, according to quality; yearling to 18-months heifers, best, £3 10/ to £4 15/; others, £1 10/ to £3 hi; yearling to 18-months steers, £3 17/6 to £5; 2 to 2i-year steers, £5 2/6 to £0 5/; 3 to 3A-year steers, £0 7/6 to £7 10/; 4 to 44-year steers, £7 12/6 to £S 10/; grown steers in forward condition, £8 12/6 to £10. At Ardmore on Thursday we held Mr. Jno. Nlcoi's clearing sale. There was a large attendance and we report a most successful sale. Registered pedigree Shorthorn cows, iOgns to 40gn3; heifers, 6gns to 42gns; grade Shorthorn cows, £6 to £17 10/; farm horse,

HAMILTON. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited, reports:—At Frankton on Tuesday, tliere was a small entry of sheep and cattle. Beef and mutton was scarce and sold at advanced rates; no finished cattle being penned. The fat and store pig pens were aU occupied and competition was nrm for all classes. Light cows and heifers made £7 3/ to £7 io/; small and unUnlshed, £3 17/6 to £4 10/; good rramed Tresh-conditioned cows, £G to £6 3/; best stores, £3 12/ to £4 7/; young store cows, £2 10/ to £3 7/6; culls, 30/ to £1 17/; forward-hoggets, 32/0. Pigs: Heavy baconers, £4 7/ to £5 4/; medium, £3 10/ to £4 3/; g-ood porßers and light baconers, £3 3/ to £3 8/; medium porkers, £2 is/ to £3; light, £2 10/ to £2 12/6; small, unfinished, £2 to £2 8/; best slips, 30/ to 35/; others, £1 to £1 5/; good weaners, £1 to 25/; small and young-, 15/ to 16/.

Tho Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, reports:—At the Hamilton sale on Tuesday the entry or both cattle and sheep was below the average. Beer again realised high values. We quote: Fat cows, £10 12/6 to £13 12/6; cows in rresh condition, £5 6/ to £5 10/; store cows, £3 5/ to £3 15/; yearling heirers, £f 14/ to £2 1/. An average yarding of fat and store pigs came forward, Fat pigs showed a slight drop on last week's rates, stores maintaining prices ruling at late sales. Heavy prime baconers made £4 19/ to £5 7/; medium prime baconers, £4 8/ to £4 14/; heavy porkers, £3 11/ to £3 16/; lighter porkers, £2 15/ to £3 3/; stores. £1 13/ to £1 17/; weaners, 16/ to £1 l/; sows close to proilt, £3 15/ to £5 5/.

—a_— FAT STOCK MARKET. AUred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report:— Yesterday at our weekly Westlleld rat stock market our supply of fat cattle numbered 323 head, comprising: 151 steers, i/1 cows and heifers and l bull. These numbers were far below requirements and there was again a sharp advance in values. Extra choice ox sold to £2 15/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £2 ii/ to £2 14/----ordinary and plain ox, £2 7/ to £2 10/ : and heirer b eer, £2 6/ ™, 1!?/: ordinary cow beef, £2 to £2 ./■ rough beef, £1 to £i 10/- extra heivv WnVSS* r ? nged '" Pr ' c ° il/k. fI2XJP P,n ? c Steer 3' £SS aO/ to £24 ttl4? : Ji? toter Dnmc steers, £19 to £22 5/ligrht prime steers, £15 to £18 15/- un nnislied and small, £io to £13 is/-'extra' ?o/^o P £ r S% J /? un f cows and no'rofs, eft In. LUerl frffl no to £12; otber^kinable'co'wk.^fTci " \t'j F? ÜBl l and P lal » cows, _:i jo/ to m »/i U 5?, tra prime stcer3 from Mr w K« M n Cl f U i Wln ' PSlJa'ootoe, averaged £23 7/6, and there were 61 steers which soirt at £30 and upwards. There was a fair entry or sheep. The demand was less keen and generally values wore slightly lower Heavy prime wethers made £2 5/6-to £2 7/' medium to heavy prime wethers, £" 3/ to £2 5/3; light prime wethers, £2 l/r, to £2 2/9; unnnlshed wethers, £1 18/ to £2 1/; extra heavy prime young: ewes, £2 2/ to £2 4/9; lighter prime ewes, £i 17/ to £2; light prime ewes, £1 13/0 to £1 16/0; other ewes, £1 10/ to £1 13/; prime hoggets, £1 17 to £2; lighter hoggets £1 13/ to £1 if./ (815 sold). Spring lambs came forward in increased numbers and sold under keen competition and higher Values. Heavy prime made £1 16/ to £1 17/0; lighter prime, £i 13/ to £i 15/9- ---, light prime, £1 9/ to £1 12/(5; small lambs, £1 5/6 to £1 18/3 (45 sold). Calves were penned iv less than average numbers. Competition was keen, values remaining nrm Tor all good quality vealers. There were no- runners Or heavy vealers yarded. Medlumi vealers made from £2 10/ to £ 1 1/; light vealers, £2 to £2 18/; small and fresh-dropped, 3/ to £1 10/ (302 sold). There was again a good yarding of pigs. Good prime baconers sold at about last week's rates. No extra heavy pigs were penned. Prices ror porkers generally were lower. Choppers mado from £2 10/ to £i 13/; beavy baconers, £5 1/ to £5 7/; light and medium, £4 41 to £4 15/; beavy porkers, £3 8/ to £3 16/; light and medium, £2. 18/ to £3 5/; small and unflnisiiefl, £1 19/ to £2 1-3/. Few storos were yarded. Good framed and conditioned made up to £2 CI; smaller, £1 12/ to £1 19/; weaners, 18/ to £1 1/ for best; others, 13/ to 17/ (399 sold).

New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., report:—At Wcstneld fat stock market yesterday beef Was penned in less than average numbers. Competition was very keen and we report a sharp rise of from 7/ to 9/ per 1001b. Extra choice ox sold to £2 15/ per 1001b; choice and prime ox, £2 10/ to £2 14/; ordinary and plain ox, £2 5/ to £2 9/,; prime young- cow and heifer beef, 43/ to 49/; ordinary cow beef, 35/ to 42/; rough, beef, 25/ to 30/; heavy prime steers, £21 to £22 15/; lighter prime steers, £18 to 5t2 1 . 7/g : I'ifHt prime steers, £1-1 10/ to £17 17/G; uniinished and small, £10 to r\i'' ??? V:S J pr ' me young cows aud heirers, \t\l W, to „^ l3 iO/ - "8-hter. £0 5/ to cow, A' COWS, ;£7 to £0; otbe.r cows, £3 10/ to £6 10/- a drart or an var'ded P in etoe ' avera 8-ea £20. Sheep althoughcolm,r ragc numbers and out ■ftarags

prime wethers made £2 0/3 to £? 8/3; medium prime wethers, £2 4/ to £2 61; light prime Wethers, £2 0/6 to £2 3/6; small and unfinished wethers, £1 17/ to £2; heavy prime ewes, £1 16/ to £1 19/; medium prime ewes, £1 14/ to £1 15/9; light prune owes, £1 12/ to £1 13/9; inrerlorly ratted ewes, £1 0/6 to £1 8/.; prime hoggets, £1 11/ to £1 15/; small and unfinished hoggets, £1 0/ to £1 10/. Spring lambs were penned in average numbers and sold at late quotations. Heavy prime made £i 16/ to £1 17/; medium prune, £1 14/ to £1 15/9; light prime, £1 10/ to £1 13/. Pigs were penned in average numbers and sold at late quotations, choppers sold rrom £3 io/ to £4 10/; heavy and medium baconers rrom £5 to £5 7/; light baconers and heavy porkers from £1 10/ to £4 18/; medium porkers and light porkers rrom £3 10/ to £4 S/; small and unfinished porkers, £2 5/ to £2 12/. store pigs were penned ln small numbers, with values Ilrm at late quotations. Large stores made £1 10/ to £2; slips, £1 8/ to £1 12/; weaners, io/ to £1 2/. Calves were penned ln less tttan average numbers and sold under keen competition al late quotations. Runners made £5 to £G 7/; heavy vealers, £:j 10/ to £i; medium, £2 18/ to £3 S/; light, £2 0/ to £2 X.I; smaller, £1 15/ 10 £2 5/; small and fresh-dropped, 3/ to £1 10/; rough calves, 10/ to £1.

Unlgety and Company, Limited, report as follows on tho Westlleld sale yesterday:— Beer: An extra short market. Values were again considerably higher, both ox and cow beer meeting with koch competition. Quotulions: Extra choice ox, £2 15/ per 1001b; choice and prime. £2 10/ to £2 li/; other, £2 B/ to £2 si/; prime young cow and heirer beer, £2 3/ lo £2 ./; other, £115/ to i.j ./-, a line of iO prime young steers, ligrlit weights, from Air. Yv". Johnstone, Papatoetoe, averaged £18 7/6, while two trucks of a similar class Irom Mr. Kay, Te Awamutu, averaged £18 6/6. Sheep; A good entry of well-finished sheep sold at prices lower than last weok's quotations. No extra heavy prime wethers were yarded; heavy prime wethers made £2 4/6 to £2 6/; medium prime, £2 2/ to £2 <i/; light, £1 10/ to £2 1/6; others, £1 15/ to £1 IS/0; best heavy prime ewes, £l 10/ to £2; medium, £1 12/ to £1 is/. Spring lambs were penned in increased numbers, selling at late rates. Best heavy prime made £1 15/ to £1 IS/; medium, £1 12/ to £1 14/; light, £1 S/ to £1 11/. Pigs: A ralr yarding sold at late rates. Choppers made £3 10/ to £5 10/; heavy and medium baconers, £1 16/ to £5 CI; light baconers and heavy porkers, _\ in/ to £1 to/; medium and light porkers, L'j 5/ to £4 8/. Calves: A short market sold readily at last week's quotations. Runners made £1 10/ to £5 IS/; heavy vealers, £3 10/ to £4 6/; medium, £3 to £3 9/; light, £2 8/ to £2 19/; small and rresii-dropped, 3/ to £1 9/.

ADDINGTON,

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday. There was a steadying at the Addlngton saleyards to-day in the prices of most classes or slock, rat cattle being the exception. They showed a further advance. Store Sheep.—On account of lack of reed there was a very big entry ror this time or year, principally hoggets, with lines or ewes and lambs. Prices were easier, and an unusual proportion wa3 passed. Good rorward wether hoggets, 31/ to 34/10; crossbred wether hoggets, 2// to SO/; cull hoggets, 23/ 10 23/0; crossbred ewe hoggets, 31/2 to 30/: two and four-toothed half-bred wethers, 34/ to 36/; smaller two and Tour-toothed halfbred wethers, 29/3 to 32/; aged threequarterbred ewes with lambs, 21/ to 23/4----aged ewes with lambs, is/9 to 20/- rorward empty ewes, 32/1.

Spring Lambs.—Thirty-six were forward, and sold at rrom 33/6 to 44/2 Fat Sheep.—There was a larger entry. South Canterbury provided some good dralts. The sale was steadier, with values about 1/6 a head easier than last week. There were a Tew passing's. Extra prime Z_h eTS ' W. t0 62 / ; Prime, 47/ to 53/6; medium 49/ to 52/6: light, 37/ to 41/6 &V? J >rln '* ew es. 4'S/7 to 51/4; prime 9?^ 6^°,i?/ V In ? dlum ' 3i/0 t0 38/; light Ay to 34/; broken mouthed, aged, 25/ to 84/; prime hoggets, 38/6 to 43/9; medium 35/ to 38/.

Fat Cattle.—There was anothrf small grains or 3GO head, and a further Jump of tip to £2 a head on last week. There ?£FV e \?J ,aI truck lots n ' om South Otag-6 ana the west Coast, and only 13 rrom the aorta island. Three northern bullocks sold at from £33 2/6 to £37 10/. A South £30 2/6, ana a truck from the West Coast at from £26 17/Q to £30 12/ ft. Good prime medium weight beef made rrom 58/ to 63/; extra prime, to £65; prime heavyullS b % 5 , a / i° n f 8/ '> "ledium, 52/ to 66/; light, 47/ to 50/; and rough down to 3i'/G. Extra prime heavyweight steers, £27 10/ to £31 17/6; special, to £3 7 lb/- Drlmo heavy, £23 10/ to £27; medium wes^ £20 to £23; light, £1G 10/ to £19 10/« rough, £io to £14 10/; extra prime heifers, to £31 7/6; prime, £15 to £iT %%P&s\*%; i&U "PAP?™ Vealers.—There was a good sale runners making; to £8 17/0. Store Cattle.-—The pens contained mostly a dealers' entry, and the demand was moderate. Three-year steers sold to **o 10/. Dairy Cows.—The sale dragged, the entrj' being or poor quality. Passlujrs wore rrequent. Best springers, £6 to £8 10/. Fat Pig's.—Latn rates were maintained Choppers, £3 to £7 10/; bftcohers, £4 1 5/ to is 16/ ror extra heavy (avorago price per lb, 9Jd to lojd). Porkers, SU/ to 84/ l°od to ™}df aVy (aVorago prlce P er U>. Store.Pigs.—There was a free tale, with an advance In prices. Weaners, 17/ to 35/ for extra g"ood; stores, 33/ to 50/- -- s>'tO srg -£ 01/> SOWS ' iD Plff ' ** 12/6 X ° PROPERTY SALES. William' A. Home, Ltd., will offer by public auction, at their auction hall, High street, to-morrow, at 1 o'clock, bungalow °t ii 4 <- rooms - in Hillsboro' Road, Mount Albert, on a section 50 x ISO, also, under f!l?^ u(:t s. ou rn fro 1" tho mortgagee, a mixed .fSt ? /? ac , res - roods 17. porches. *\{£?. , :i m,le fron, Maluku railway bungalow oi 4 rooms !lU d conveniences on a section 1 rood IT and no perchn*

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