MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 127, 1 June 1927, Page 4

MORRINSVILLE STOCK SALE.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) MORRINSVDLLE, Tuesday. A smaller yarding of cattle than usual jras offered by the Farmers' Auctioneering Company at their fortnightly sale at Morrinsville. The demand for beef was fairly biaek, but prices showed no tendency to advance on recent quotations. The inquiry for sheep was not up to standard, although, a fair number changed hands. A medium yarding of fat pigs was submitted, but few stores were in evidence, and there was a noticeable decrease in prices. No heavy baconers were offered. Quotations were as follows:— Beef.—Fat cows, £5 6/ to £6 15/medium, £3 17/6 to £4 13/; light, £3 to £3 17/6; fresh and forward condition £2 to £2 17/; stores, £1 to £1 15/; fat heifers, £4 10/ to £5 17/; choice Jersey heifer yearlings, £3 5/, others, £1 17/6 to £2 5/; steer calves, good colours, £2 1/ to £2 2/; bulls for potting, £2 to £3 10/. Sheep.—Fat ewes, 18/ to £1 3/9; fat wethers, 25/; fat lambs, 17/11 to £1 1/; store lambs, forward condition, 15/ to 15/6; others, 10/2; ewes and lambs, 16/6. Pigs.—Medium baconers, £2 12/ to £2 18/; light, £2 6/ to £2 10/; porkers, £2 1/ to £2 6/; light and unfinished, £1 14/ to £1 19/; stores, best weaners, 16/ to £13/; others, 8/6 to 10/6. Dairy Cattle. —Heifers, close to profit, £7 5/ to £9 5/; others, £6 10/ to £6 15/.