STOCK SALES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 128, 2 June 1927, Page 4

STOCK SALES.

WESTFIELD MARKETS. CHOICE BEEF SELLS BETTER. SHEEP ABOUT THE SAME. At the Westfield stock sales yesterday there was a larger yarding of beef cattle. The demand for prime quality was keen, and prices advanced slightly, but for ordinary sorts last week's range was unaltered. In sheep there was an average yarding and no change in values. Lambs continue to sell freely, and prime quality realised up to 27/ per head. There •was again a large yarding of calves, and it was difficult to make sales except for prime quality. The pig pens were wall filled. Baconers maintained late values, but porkers again showed a slight fall. The range of prices as compared with last week waa as follow:— This Week. Last Week. BEEF (per 1001b) — Extra choice ox 27/ 2G/ Choice and prime ox 24/ to iS/ 23/ to 23/ Prime young cow and heifer .. 20/ to 24/ 20/ to 24/ SHEEP (per heart) — Prime wethers.. 2*/6 to 28/0 'zt/t, to 30/'J Vnfinish'd w'th'rs 21/ to 24/!) 21/ to 23/9 Prime ewes ... 18/6 to 22/9 17/3 to 23/ Prime lambs .. 22/ to 25/9 22/6 to 271/ Unfinished lambs 9/ to 16/6 10/ tola/ OALVES (per head) — Kunnera 51/ to 88/ 58/ to SS/ Vealere 50/ to 73/ SU/ to SI/ PIGS (per head) — Baconera 60/ to 74/ 59/ to 7C/ Porkers 52/ to 57/ 45/ to 58/ I-arge stores .. 30/ to 37/ 32/ to 44/ DALGETY AND COMPANY. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report:~ Beef: There was a fair yarding of ox beet". Values for extra choice improved slightly, other grades being firm at late quotations, Cow and heifer beef was penned in average numbers, and values were firm. A consignment of well-finished average-weight bullocks on account of Mr. A. E. Reed, Waerenga, sold to £11 7/6 and averaged £10 19/. Extra choice ox sold to 27/ per 1001b; choice and prime, 23/ to 25/; just killable, £1 to £1 2/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 to £14/; just killable, 17/ to 19/. Sheep: There was an average yarding, with little or no change in values. Extra heavy prime wethers, £1 8/ to £1 10/; heavy prime £1 6/ to £1 5/; light and unfinished, £1 1/ to £2 2/6; heavy prime ewes, £1 4/6; lighter, 19/ to £1 2/; other ewes, 15/ to 17/. Lambs: A irsual yarding, prices being unchanged. Heavy prime lamb made £1 4/6; medium, £1 2/6 to £1 4/; light, £1 1/ to £1 2/. Calves: There was a good yarding, which sold at last week's quotations. Runners, £2 9/ to £3 12/; heavy vealers, £3 to £i 11/; medium, £2 to £2 10/; light, £1 11/ to £1 17/; fresh dropped, 3/ to 9/. Pigs: There was a good yarding. Baconers were firm at late quotations, but porkers wore easier, especially toward the end of the sale. Choppers made £3 to £3 15/; heavy baconers, £3 10/ to £3 15/; medium baeoners, £3 5/ to £3 8/; light baconers, £3«to £3 4/; heavy porkers, £2 14/ to £2 17/; medium porkers, £2 5/ to £2 10/; light porkers, £1 10/ to £2 3/. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., report:—Our beef pens contained 525 head, as against 447 head at last Wednesday's markets, comprising 221 6teers and 304 cows and heifers. There was a keen demand throughout, with choice and prime ox slightly firmer, other classes unchanged. Extra choice ox. sold to £1 7/ per 1001b; choice and prime, £1 5/ to £1 G/; secondary and plain, £1 2/ to £14/; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 1/ to £14/; ordinary cow beef, 17/ to 19/: extra heavy prime steers, £11 5/ to £11 17/6; 22 steers from Mr. John Mclntyix>, Puni, averaged £10 8/; and six extra choice 2%-year old steers from Mr. J. Keaney, Ararimu, averaged £11; heavy prime steers, £10 10/ to £11 2/6; lighter prime, £9 to £10 7/6; light prime, £7 10/ to £8 17/6; small and unfinished, £5 15/ to £7 7/6; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £7 to £7 17/6; heavy prime cows and heifers, £5 15/ to £6 15/; lighter prime, £4 10/ to £5 12/6; other killable cows, £3 to £4 7/6. There was about an average yarding of sheep and although competition was less keen there was no alteration in values. Extra heavy prime wethers made £1 8/ to £1 8/9; nothing extra special being penned; heavy prime wethers, £1 C/ 6 to £1 7/9; medium to heavy prime, £1 5/ to £1 6/3; light to medium prime, £1 3/6 to £1 4/9; unfinished, £1 2/6 to £1 4/9; extra heavy prime young ewes, £1 0/6 to £1 2/9; heavy prime ewes, 18/6 to £1 0/3; lighter prime 16/6 to 18/3; other killable ewes, 14/ to 16/3; other ewes, 9/9 to 13/6 (1292 sheep sold). Lambs continue to sell freely at prices if anything firmer than those recently quoted. Extra heavy prime lanii s made £1 4/ to £1 5/9; heavy prime lambs, £1 2/6 to £1 3/9; lighter prime, £1 1/ to £1 2/3; light prime, 10/ to £1 0/9; small and plain, 13/ to 16/6 (408 lambs soldi. Calves were penned in large numbers. Values were easier for all good quality vealers and rough and plain calves were not wanted. Runners made £2 11/ to £4 8/; heavy vealers, £2 10/ to £3 8/; medium £1 18/ to £2 9/; light £1 10/ to £2; rough and plain, 10/ to £1; small and freeh-dropped, 3/ to 18/ (202 sold). The pig pens were well filled. Baconers and choppers realised recent rates but bidding lor porkers and unfinished pigs was dull and pnees receded. Choppers made £3 to 11/ Z' , r. eXtra heav y Piime baconers, £3 iri.4 £\ l V' medium > £ 3 5/ to £2 8/; i , !?; J^£, t0 £3 3/; heavy p° rkers > v (.. £? l V> med ium, £2 7/ to £2 10/; ?ft %}£ / tO £2 5/; Bmall and ""fin l *hed, £1 12/ to £2 2/. Stores were aiso m Ue, beßt mak ing £1 13/ to £1 17/; weaners, 12/ to 19/ (540 pigs sold). LOAN AND MERCANTILE. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., reports:—Beef was penned in lees than average numbers. Values for choice prime ox improved on last week s sale, prime cow and heifer beef being firm at late quotations. Extra choice ox sold to 27/ per l*01b; choice and prime, 24/ to 26/; ordinary and plain, 21/ to 23/; prime young cow and heifer beef, 20/ tc 22/; ordinary cow beef, 17/ to 19/; nc extra heavy prime steers were penned; heavy prime steers. £10 5/ to £11 5/lighter prime, £9 5/ to £10 2/0; lighi prime, £8 to £9 2/6; unfinished and small £6 5/ to £7 15/; extra heavy prime cows £7 5/ to £8 7/6; heavy prime young cows and heifers, £6 to £7; lighter, £5 to £j 17/6; light cows, £4 to £4 17/6; othei cows, £3 to £3 17/6. Sheep were penneti in small numbers and sold readily at !at< quotations. Heavy prime wethers mad< £1 6/6 to £1 8/; medium prime, £1 5/ tc £1 6/3; light prime, £1 3/6 to £1 4/9: small and unfinished, £1 to £1 3/3; heavj prime ewes, £1 to £1 1/; medium prime 18/ to 19/9; light prime, 16/ to 17/9; in feriorly fatted, 13/ to 15/9. Lambs wer< penned in average numbers and sold al late quotations. Heavy prime made £12/ to £1 4/6; medium prime, £1 to £1 1/9; light prime, 17/6 to 19/9; unfinished, best 13/ to 15/; others, 9/ to 12/6. Pigs were penned in average numbers, values being at late quotations except for porkers which were easier. Choppers sold at £i 10/ to £4 le/; heavy and medium baconers, £3 7/ to £3 13/; light baconers and heavy porkers, £2 18/ to £3 5/; medium porkeu and light porkers, £2 8/ to £2 16/; email and unfinished, £1 19/ to £2 6/; store pigs penned in averugt numbers and sold at late quotations. Large stores made £1 10/ to £1 17/; slips, £1 2/ to £1 8/; weaners, 11/ to £1 1/. Calvee were penned in large numbers and values were fully maintained at late quotations. Runners made £3 10/ to £45/; heavy vealere, £3 5/ to £3 13/; medium, £2 10' \?,, £ *W> l«nt, £2 to £2 8/; smaller, £1 J l /, *» *1 W; wnall and freeh-dropped, <V.SO g.\ 8/; rough calves, 12/ to £1 8/.

WAIKATO STOCK SALE.

RATES FOR BEEF UNCHANGED. Dalgety and Company, Ltd..—At Frankton yesterday there was an average yarding of beef and there was no change in prices. Prime bullocks made to £10, or ?qual to 25/ per 100U>. Prime young cows ind heifers made to £6 7. : ordinary prime :ows and heifers, £5 to £-3 12/; inferior quality cows, £3 18/ to £4 17/6; boners, £2 15/ to £3 5/; vealers. 35/ to 51/. There svas a moderate yarding of store cattle, svhich sold at late rates. Four-year-old bullocks in store condition made £6 to £5 7/6; Jersey heifers, in calf, £4 17/6; store cows, £2 to £2 12/; low-conditioned store cows, 36/ to 38/. There was a small rarding of sheep. Prime fat sheep sold at late rates. Prime wethers made 25/ to 27/6; medium-weight wethers, 22/6 to 24/: heavy prime ewes, to 25/9; prime fat ivoolly lambs, 22/ to 25/; store shorn hog?ets. 15/ to 16/6. There was an average rarding of fat pigs and stores were penned in small numbers. All classes sold at late rates. Xow Zealand Loan and Mercantile Aueiu-y Co.. Ltd.—There was an average > :>r<li;iir of beef, with prices slightly lower than last week. Few store cattle were rallied. We quote: Prime fat heifers, £5 19/ to £69/; prime fat cows, £5 13/ to £6 )/; ordinary cows. £4 10/ to £5 1/: realers, £1 5/ to £28/; store cows, £1 12 6 to £2 1/; fat wethers, £1 5/. A good yarding of fat and store pigs came forward. Medium baconers made £2 18/ to £3 3/; light baconens and heavy porkers, £2 8/ to £2 15/; porkers, £2 to £2 5/; stores. £1 10/ to £1 16/; slips, £1 2/ to £1 6/; weaners, 10/ to 16/. OTHER COUNTRY SALES. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd.. report: During the week we held sales at Westfield. Waitakaruru, and Pukekohe. The usual number of cattle was offered at the two former yards, and there were extra heavy entries in all departments at Pukekohe", including pigs. First quality dairy ?attle are in strong request, and prices are higher. All other classes of cattle selling at late values. Fat pigs, of which there were 606 at Pukekohe, realised fully ft'estfield rates, and the 347 store pigs penned found keen buyers at improved prices. Best dairy cows and heifers at profit made £12 to £15 10/; good dairy :ows and heifers, £9 to £11 10/; secondrrade cows and heifers, £6 to £8 15': imall backward heifers and aged cows, £3 10/ to £5 15/; empty cows and heifers, £2 V to £3 10/; store cows, £1 to £1 15,': irime fat cows and heifers. £4 10/ to £6 >/; boner cows and light heifers. £2 to £4 ),/; fat steers, £7 10/ to £9 12/6: grown >teers, in forward condition, £6 2/ to £7; to 3%-year-old steers. £4 10/ to £5 18/; 18-months-old to wo-year-old steers, £3 to £4 5/; yearling iteers. £2 10/ to £2 17'6; 2 to 3-year-old n calf dairy heifers. £4 10/ to £6 15/; .lain IS-months-old heifers, £2 to £3 10/; rood calves. £1 10/ to £2 4/: smaller •alves, £1 3/ to £1 8/; heavy bulls, £4 5/ tr> £5 10/; sound young herd bulls, £3 10/ to £6 6'; other bulls. £1 10/ to 63. The advertised lambs 6old at 13/9 to £1 0/6: fat ewes, £1 1/. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report:—We held sales luring the past week at Westfield, Papa;ura, and Kaukapakapa, and two clearing lales. We report good sales with values irm for all classes of cattle. We quote: )airy cows and heifers, best, £10 to £14 >/; others. £6 to £9 15/; backward ipringers, £4 to £7 10/; aged cows and nferior heifers, £2 to £3 15/; bulls, £2 to £7; according to weight, empty cows, £1 10/ to £3 10/; yearling to 18-months leifers, best, £2 5/ to £3 15/; others, 15/ ;o £1 17/6: yearling to 18-months steers. £1 10/ to £2 7/6: 2 to 2%-year steers, £3 ■o £3 17/6; 3 to 3%-year steers, £4 to £4 L 7/6; 4 to 4%-year steers, £5 to £6 5/; ;rown 6teers in forward condiion, £6 7/6 to £7. At the clearing sales sundries, implements, poultry, etc., sold well. MATAMATA. The Farmers' Auctioneering Companv leld their regular stock sale at Matamata mi Wednesday, when the following rates uled: — Cattle. —Fat cows, heavy. £5 to £6; nedium sorts. £3 17/6 to £4 5/; lighter, £2 15/ to £3 11/; fresh-conditioned cows, itores, £2 to £2 5/; others, 30/ to 37/. Pigs.—Good stores, 26/ to 28/; good ;lips,'l7/ to 20/: best weaners, 12/ to 16/; >thers, 9/6 to 11/6. Sheep.—Woolly store lambs, 16/2 to 6/6; forward ewes, stores, 8/ to 12/9.